[Ffmpeg-devel] BUG: x264 and pthreads

[Måns Rullgård]

Justin Ruggles <jruggle at earthlink.net> writes:

> Joshua Boyd wrote:
>> FFmpeg requires pthreads when using x264.  --enable-x264 alone fails,
>> but --enable-x264 and --enable-pthreads works.
>
> I ran into this problem as well. x264 can be compiled with or without
> pthreads. If you use x264 in FFmpeg, pthread usage has to match your
> x264 build.

FFmpeg can use pthreads even if x264 doesn't.  Obviously, you won't
get any SMP boost when encoding H.264.

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