[FFmpeg-user] ffmpeg with static x264

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

Reindl Harald <h.reindl <at> thelounge.net> writes:

> Am 06.10.2012 20:21, schrieb Carl Eugen Hoyos:
> > Reindl Harald <h.reindl <at> thelounge.net> writes:
> > 
> >> because ffmpeg and x264 are heavily changing so-names
> > 
> > Could you elaborate?
> 
> having a recent x264/ffmpeg on a distribution is not so easy
> vlc, mplayer and a lot of multimedia-packages are using both

I meant could you elaborate why you believe that FFmpeg is 
"heavily changing so-names"?

[...]

> > If you don't need libx264.a for other applications, 
> > you don't have to install it, simply pass the 
> > necessary include and lib paths as extra-ldflags 
> > and extra-cflags to FFmpeg's configure.
> > (See configure --help)
> 
> correct me -but that would mean x264 as shared-library

No, above only applies to a static x264 library.

Carl Eugen