[FFmpeg-user] How to have libavcodec smaller ?

[Stefano Sabatini]

On date Tuesday 2011-05-24 08:51:51 +0200, Reindl Harald encoded:
> Am 24.05.2011 03:33, schrieb linuxcbon:
> > Hello, 
> > I have a /usr/lib/libavcodec.so.52.77.0 which size is 3.5Mb. 
> > I need to have it smaller. 
> > I need to know what are the 5 most used codecs ?
> 
> YOU must know what codecs you use and all other are not needed
> in your binary, it is not relevant in this case was anybody
> other uses
> 
> > And how can I compile it to have it smaller ? 
> 
> ./configure --help

And configure --enable-small --disable-decoders --disable-encoders
--enable-decoder= ... --enable-encoder

that is you can deselect all the decoders and encoders, and
explicitely select only the ones you need.
-- 
ffmpeg-user random tip #19
X11 session recording with ffmpeg:
ffmpeg -f oss -i /dev/audio -f x11grab -s $WIDTHx$HEIGHT -r 5 -i :0.0 \
    x11-session.avi
Use xdpyinfo to get WIDTH and HEIGHT values.