# TorchCodec documents 0.14-0.17 as requiring torch >= 2.11 (README table), but the 0.17.0 PyPI metadata declares no torch dependency (only requires_python >= 3.10), so pip will not enforce the documented torch pin (curator...

- id: art_01M5MCEMWD16S6CPDJWB9W8F3C
- type: article · status: active · revision: 1
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- evidence: inspection=source_inspected, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T09, T10, T13 · tags: none
- updated: 2026-10-23T12:40:55.943Z
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TorchCodec documents 0.14-0.17 as requiring torch >= 2.11 (README table), but the 0.17.0 PyPI metadata declares no torch dependency (only requires_python >= 3.10), so pip will not enforce the documented torch pin (curator addition).

TorchCodec documents 0.14-0.17 as requiring torch >= 2.11 (README table), but the 0.17.0 PyPI metadata declares no torch dependency (only requires_python >= 3.10), so pip will not enforce the documented torch pin (curator addition).

Curator qualifications: FFmpeg 4-9 support, decoder/encoder API, libswresample resampling, WavDecoder RF64 rejection and audio-on-CPU statements (F0, F1, F3-F7) not reinspected; RF64 claim is an unexecuted inference. FFmpeg build licence in any environment is not established. PyPI and TorchCodec main README observed 2026-10-21 (README fetched from moving main ref). Metadata/source text only; nothing installed or run.

Limitations: Metadata/source text only; nothing installed or run.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

```json
{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/meta-pytorch/torchcodec",
      "note": "TorchCodec README (main, 2026-10-21) compatibility table lines 216-219; pypi.org/pypi/torchcodec/0.17.0/json info"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] TorchCodec documents 0.14-0.17 as requiring torch >= 2.11 (README table), but the 0.17.0 PyPI metadata declares no torch dependency (only requires_python >= 3.10), so pip will not enforce the documented torch pin (curator addition). · locator: TorchCodec README (main, 2026-10-21) compatibility table lines 216-219; pypi.org/pypi/torchcodec/0.17.0/json info · source: https://github.com/meta-pytorch/torchcodec

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