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FFmpeg static build

Three scripts to make a static build of ffmpeg with all the latest codecs (webm + h264).

Just follow the instructions below. Once you have the build dependencies, just run ./build.sh, wait and you should get the ffmpeg binary in target/bin

Build dependencies

# Debian & Ubuntu
$ apt-get install build-essential curl tar <FIXME???>

# OS X
# install XCode, it can be found at http://developer.apple.com/
# (apple login needed)
# <FIXME???>

Build & "install"

$ ./build.sh
# ... wait ...
# binaries can be found in ./target/bin/

NOTE: If you're going to use the h264 presets, make sure to copy them along the binaries. For ease, you can put them in your home folder like this:

$ mkdir ~/.ffmpeg
$ cp ./target/share/ffmpeg/*.ffpreset ~/.ffmpeg

Debug

On the top-level of the project, run:

$ . env.source

You can then enter the source folders and make the compilation yourself

$ cd build/ffmpeg-*
$ ./configure --prefix=$TARGET_DIR #...
# ...

Remaining links

I'm not sure it's a good idea to statically link those, but it probably means the executable won't work across distributions or even across releases.

# On Ubuntu 10.04:
$ ldd build/bin/ffmpeg
linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xb78df000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libm.so.6 (0xb789f000)
libz.so.1 => /lib/libz.so.1 (0xb788a000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 (0xb7870000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb7716000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb78e0000)

# on OSX 10.6.4:
$ otool -L ffmpeg 
ffmpeg:
	/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 125.2.0)

TODO

Add some tests to check that video output is correctly generated this would help upgrading the package without too much work
OSX's xvidcore does not detect yasm correctly
remove remaining libs

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