[FFmpeg-user] Failed to configure ffmpeg

[Reindl Harald]

Am 05.12.20 um 20:55 schrieb Ibrahim Hammoudi:
> Cuz I already had a dual boot installation and I'm not going to waste space
> to add in a VM that I'll never use again.

you don't get it

there is no point in 2020 building "native" windows binaries for stuff 
which runs on Linux

> On Sat, Dec 5, 2020, 14:53 Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net> wrote:
> 
>>
>>
>> Am 05.12.20 um 20:35 schrieb Ibrahim Hammoudi:
>>> I would totally compile this on Windows if possible, but it seems a lot
>>> more complicated to get the dependencies...
>>
>> why don't you just use a VM or WSL?
>>
>>> On Sat, Dec 5, 2020, 14:31 Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Am 05.12.20 um 20:26 schrieb Ibrahim Hammoudi:
>>>>> Well I have the dev package for libfdk_aac, but how do I reduce
>>>>> dependencies apart from not specifying the target OS? By the way, the
>>>> same
>>>>> error pops up when I attempt to compile it fpr 32-bit Windows.
>>>>
>>>> reduce --anable-XX as much as possible
>>>>
>>>> cross-compile is not funny in anycase and i would use a vurtual machine
>>>> or container whereever i can if i won#t be windows-free at all for the
>>>> past 10 years
>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Dec 5, 2020, 14:13 Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net>
>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Am 05.12.20 um 20:11 schrieb Reindl Harald:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Am 05.12.20 um 20:00 schrieb Ibrahim Hammoudi:
>>>>>>>> Whenever I attempt to configure ffmpeg it pops up that error message
>>>>>>>> about
>>>>>>>> libfdk_aac despite the fact that I already have it installed
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> * you have *what* installed
>>>>>>
>>>>>> to make it clear: you need the *dvel* packages
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "--target-os=mingw64" - well, reduce you deps to the absolute
>> minimum, i
>>>>>> don't know where i would have missed libfdk_aac the past 15 years to
>>>>>> begin with
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> * you have whatever installed on *which* os / enivornment
>>>>>>> * you have *whatever* installed *where*
>>>>>>> * you need libfdk_aac why?