[FFmpeg-user] Failed to configure ffmpeg

[Reindl Harald]

Am 05.12.20 um 21:57 schrieb Ibrahim Hammoudi:
> Then how come cross-compiling is a thing for ffmpeg? 

cross-compiling is a thing in general

> I could build it under
> Windows itself if I wanted to but then it would be harder to get some stuff
> like libfdk_aac.

obiously it's hard to get libfdk_aac anyways


> On Sat, Dec 5, 2020, 15:42 Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net> wrote:
> 
>>
>>
>> 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?