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How to compile ffmpeg on Mac and Linux

August 18th, 2007

Default compile command 
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tar zxvf xxx.tar.gz
./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-shared
make && sudo make install
1, lame 
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http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=290 (lame-3.97.tar.gz)
compile
2, Ogg, Vorbis, Theora 
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http://xiph.org/downloads/ (libvorbis,libtheora,libogg)
compile
3, NASM(support compile xvid and x264) 
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http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=6208 (nasm sources)
compile
4, xvid http://downloads.xvid.org/downloads/ 
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tar xvidcore-1.1.3.tar.gz
cd xvidcore-1.1.3/build/generic/
compile
Problem: nasm: fatal: unrecognised output format ../../src/bitstream/x86_asm/cbp_3dne.asm - use -hf for a list (http://rob.opendot.cl/index.php/useful-stuff/xvid-with-asm-on-os-x/) Solution: 
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./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-shared --enable-macosx_module
vi platform.inc:
< SPECIFIC_CFLAGS=-fPIC -fno-common -no-cpp-precomp 
< CFLAGS=-Wall -O2 -fstrength-reduce -finline-functions -ffast-math -fomit-frame-pointer
---
> SPECIFIC_CFLAGS=-fPIC -fno-common -no-cpp-precomp -DHAVE_PTHREAD -undefined suppress
> CFLAGS=-Wall -O3 -fstrength-reduce -finline-functions -ffast-math -fomit-frame-pointer -march=prescott
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< AFLAGS=-I$(<D)/ -f   
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> add '-f macho -DPREFIX' at the end of the line
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< SPECIFIC_LDFLAGS=-r -keep_private_externs -nostdlib && $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(PRE_SHARED_LIB) -o libxvidcore.$(SHARED_EXTENSION).$(API_MAJOR) -bundle -flat_namespace -undefined suppress 
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> SPECIFIC_LDFLAGS=-r -keep_private_externs -nostdlib && $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(PRE_SHARED_LIB) -o libxvidcore.$(SHARED_EXTENSION).$(API_MAJOR) -bundle -flat_namespace -undefined
make
sudo make install
5, x264 svn co svn://svn.videolan.org/x264/trunk x264 compile Problem: common/i386/dct-a.asm:124: panic: invalid section name (for Macosx) Solution: 
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install latest nasm and xcode(maybe re-install it, need some package installed)
download patch http://www.via.ecp.fr/via/ml/x264-devel/2006-12/msg00030.html
patch < ./x264-darwin-build.patch  ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable--dynamic 
make clean 
make  
sudo make install
6, a52codec http://liba52.sourceforge.net/ (a52codec-0.7.4) compile Problem: on ubuntu 
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./configure --prefix=/usr 
make && sudo make install
7, mpg4 aac http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=704 (faad2-src, faac-src) 
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A). cd faac
chmod +x bootstrap
./bootstrap
./configure --prefix=/usr --with-mp4v2 --enable-shared
make
sudo make install
Problem : cannot run ./bootstrap on ubuntu 
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sudo apt-get install autoconf
sudo apt-get install automake
sudo apt-get install libtool
Problem: bad interpreter: No such file or directory. (for Macosx) Solution: 
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change bootstrap to unix format (or use dos2unix)
tr -d '\015' < bootstrap > bootstrapa
mv bootstrapa bootstrap
chmod +x bootstrap
Problem: cannot find libtoolsize with Mac Solution: 


sudo ln -s /usr/bin/glibtoolize /usr/bin/libtoolize
Problem: .infig.status: error: cannot find input file: Solution: 
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find . -type f | xargs dos2unix
chmod +x configure
B). cd faad2 
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./bootstrap
./configure --prefix=/usr --with-mp4v2 --enable-shared
make
make install
Use the following command with Mac i386Ôºö 


make "CC=gcc -arch i386 -DHAS_LRINTF -Z -L'/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk/usr/lib'"
Problem: on ubuntu 
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download http://packages.ubuntu.com/feisty/libs/libfaad2-0
http://packages.ubuntu.com/dapper/libdevel/libfaad2-dev
sudo dpkg -i xxx.deb
Problem: plugins/Makefile.am:3: required directory plugins/bmp does not exist Solution: 
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vi plugins/Makefile.am
Delete
if HAVE_BMP
SUBDIRS = bmp
else
SUBDIRS =
endif #HAVE_BMP

vi configure.in
Delete
if test x$WITHBMP = xyes; then
 AC_DEFINE([HAVE_BMP], 1, [User wants beep media player plugin built])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_XMMS], true)
 AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_BMP], true)
fi

vi plugins/xmms/src/Makefile.am
Change the following line(delete everything about HAVE_BMP)
if HAVE_BMP
libdir=$(shell pkg-config --variable=input-plugin-dir bmp)
local_CFLAGS=$(shell pkg-config --cflags bmp)
local_LDFLAGS=$(shell pkg-config --libs bmp)
else
local_CFLAGS=`$(XMMS_CONFIG) --cflags` -Wall
local_LDFLAGS=`$(XMMS_CONFIG) --libs`
libdir = `$(XMMS_CONFIG) --input-plugin-dir`
endif #HAVE_BMP
To
local_CFLAGS=`$(XMMS_CONFIG) --cflags` -Wall
local_LDFLAGS=`$(XMMS_CONFIG) --libs`
libdir = $(XMMS_CONFIG) --input-plugin-dir
Problem: /usr/include/architecture/i386/math.h:378: error: conflicting types for 'lrintf' common.h:329: error: previous definition of 'lrintf' was here Solution: 
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vi libfaad/common.h
311 line add:  #ifndef HAS_LRINTF
339 line add:  #endif
8, 3gp http://www.penguin.cz/~utx/amr (amrnb and amrwb) compile 9, ffmpeg 
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cd ffmpeg
./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-gpl --enable-pthreads --disable-ffserver --disable-ffplay --enable-pp --enable-shared --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libamr-nb  --enable-libamr-wb --enable-libogg --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libxvid --enable-liba52 --enable-liba52bin  --enable-libfaad  --enable-libfaadbin --enable-libfaac --enable-libx264
make
sudo make install

ffmpeg --version
FFmpeg version SVN-rUNKNOWN, Copyright (c) 2000-2007 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
  configuration: --prefix=/usr --enable-gpl --enable-pthreads --disable-ffserver --disable-ffplay --enable-pp --enable-shared --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libamr-nb --enable-libamr-wb --enable-libogg --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libxvid --enable-liba52 --enable-liba52bin --enable-libfaad --enable-libfaadbin --enable-libfaac --enable-libx264
If the ffmpeg command isn't the new one after re-compile with mac, please: 
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sudo rm /usr/bin/ffmpeg
sudo rm /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg
sudo make install
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/ffmpeg /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg
./configure -h ./configure -h > ffmpeg_config.txt dos2unix, mac2unix for Mac 
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wget http://fresh.t-systems-sfr.com/linux/src/dos2unix-3.1.tar.gz
tar zxvf dos2unix-3.1.tar.gz
cd dos2unix-3.1
rm -f dos2unix
rm -f dos2unix.1
rm -f mac2unix
rm -f mac2unix.1
make all
sudo install -m 755 dos2unix /usr/local/bin
sudo install -m 644 dos2unix.1 /usr/local/man/man1
sudo install -m 755 mac2unix /usr/local/bin
sudo install -m 644 mac2unix.1 /usr/local/man/man1
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5 Responses to “How to compile ffmpeg on Mac and Linux”

  1. madhu Says:
    October 10th, 2007 at 06:42 PM i been trying to compile xvid for over a day and it just wont work. it keeps giving me this error.. nasm: fatal: unrecognised output format `macho' - use -hf for a list type `nasm -h' for help make: *** [bitstream/x86_asm/cbp_3dne.o] Error 1 any help will be appreicated. thanks. or maybe is there a way to get a compiled mac binary for ffmpeg that would be awesome.
  2. madhu Says:
    October 10th, 2007 at 06:42 PM oops i forgot to leave my email before.
  3. Drew Says:
    October 15th, 2007 at 05:14 AM Thank you, thank you, thank you. These instructions were very helpful in allowing me produce a functional build of ffmpeg on my MacBook. The only trouble I had was with x264. The patch you link to no longer works fully (x264 doesn't distribute "releases" so patching against a moving target is...inaccurate at best). The following worked after the patch applied what it was able: ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-shared --enable-pic Regarding the comment above mine, following the instructions provided in the link (http://rob.opendot.cl/index.php/useful-stuff/xvid-with-asm-on-os-x/) corrected the bug for me.
  4. Devob Says:
    November 2nd, 2007 at 07:40 AM @madhu For the nasm problem, i have the trouble too. 1, install the latest nasm 2, change some source code (http://rob.opendot.cl/index.php/useful-stuff/xvid-with-asm-on-os-x/)
  5. occy Says:
    June 12th, 2008 at 05:10 AM Thanks Mate, you guide helped me out, i was able to build ffmpeg on centos5 with all the codecs, the only things to mention is the configure for ffmpeg a few things have been droped or changed --enable-pp has changed to --enable-postproc and --enable-libogg doesent seam to exist anymore.. :) Thanks for posting this info.

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