[FFmpeg-user] ffmpeg > 5.0 refuses to build with x264-static

[Ferdi Scholten]

>
> Am 02.03.23 um 08:38 schrieb Ferdi Scholten:
>>>> ERROR: x264 not found using pkg-config
>>>
>>> So, what are the contents of x264.pc
>>> and, what is the result of pkg-config --debug x264
>>>
>>> pkg-config is telling the linker how to link the library, If it is 
>>> not found or incorrect you will get the not found message from 
>>> configure
>> On closer inspection, you might try adding
>>
>> --pkg-config-flags="--static" to your ./configure commandline to 
>> inform pkg-config that you are using statically linked libraries 
>> otherwise it assumes dynamically linked libraries
>
> x264 works with your suggestions, x265 which are ordinary Fedora 36 
> packages has the same issue
> luckily i don't care much about x265 and so disbaled it
>
> before ffmpeg 5.1 both worked for years - period
>
> -------------------------
>
> - update to 6.0.0
> - work around 'ERROR: x265 not found using pkg-config' with 
> '--disable-libx265' for now
> - add '/rpmbuild/BUILD/ffmpeg-snapshot/x264-static' to PKG_CONFIG_PATH
> - add --pkg-config-flags="--static" to configure-flags
>
> -------------------------
>
> [builduser at testserver:~]$ rpm -qa | grep x265
> x265-libs-3.5-5.fc36.x86_64
> x265-devel-3.5-5.fc36.x86_64
>
> [builduser at testserver:~]$ locate x265.pc
> /usr/lib64/pkgconfig/x265.pc
> [builduser at testserver:~]$ cat /usr/lib64/pkgconfig/x265.pc
> prefix=/usr
> exec_prefix=${prefix}
> libdir=/usr/lib64
> includedir=${prefix}/include
>
> Name: x265
> Description: H.265/HEVC video encoder
> Version: 3.5
> Libs: -L${libdir} -lx265
> Libs.private: -lstdc++ -lm -lgcc_s -lgcc -lgcc_s -lgcc -lrt -ldl -lnuma
> Cflags: -I${includedir}
>
> [builduser at testserver:~]$ pkg-config --debug x265
> libpkgconf/dependency.c:115 [add_or_replace_dependency_node]: added 
> dependency [x265] to list @0x7ffdfa02f7b8; flags=0
> libpkgconf/pkg.c:1565 [pkgconf_pkg_traverse]: virtual:world: level 2000
> libpkgconf/pkg.c:1580 [pkgconf_pkg_traverse]: virtual:world: walking 
> requires list
> libpkgconf/pkg.c:1346 [pkgconf_pkg_verify_dependency]: trying to 
> verify dependency: x265
> libpkgconf/pkg.c:733 [pkgconf_pkg_find]: looking for: x265
> libpkgconf/cache.c:62 [pkgconf_cache_lookup]: miss: x265
> libpkgconf/pkg.c:571 [pkgconf_pkg_try_specific_path]: trying path: 
> /usr/lib64/pkgconfig for x265
> libpkgconf/pkg.c:585 [pkgconf_pkg_try_specific_path]: found: 
> /usr/lib64/pkgconfig/x265.pc
> libpkgconf/tuple.c:189 [pkgconf_tuple_add]: adding tuple to 
> @0x55ca70dd4bd8: pcfiledir => /usr/lib64/pkgconfig (parsed? 1)
> libpkgconf/tuple.c:189 [pkgconf_tuple_add]: adding tuple to 
> @0x55ca70dd4bd8: prefix => /usr (parsed? 1)
> libpkgconf/tuple.c:189 [pkgconf_tuple_add]: adding tuple to 
> @0x55ca70dd4bd8: exec_prefix => ${prefix} (parsed? 1)
> libpkgconf/tuple.c:189 [pkgconf_tuple_add]: adding tuple to 
> @0x55ca70dd4bd8: libdir => /usr/lib64 (parsed? 1)
> libpkgconf/tuple.c:189 [pkgconf_tuple_add]: adding tuple to 
> @0x55ca70dd4bd8: includedir => ${prefix}/include (parsed? 1)
> libpkgconf/fragment.c:676 [pkgconf_fragment_parse]: post-subst: 
> [-L${libdir} -lx265] -> [-L/usr/lib64 -lx265]
> libpkgconf/fragment.c:147 [pkgconf_fragment_add]: added fragment {L, 
> '/usr/lib64'} to list @0x55ca70dd4b18
> libpkgconf/fragment.c:147 [pkgconf_fragment_add]: added fragment {l, 
> 'x265'} to list @0x55ca70dd4b18
> libpkgconf/fragment.c:676 [pkgconf_fragment_parse]: post-subst: 
> [-lstdc++ -lm -lgcc_s -lgcc -lgcc_s -lgcc -lrt -ldl -lnuma] -> 
> [-lstdc++ -lm -lgcc_s -lgcc -lgcc_s -lgcc -lrt -ldl -lnuma]
> libpkgconf/fragment.c:147 [pkgconf_fragment_add]: added fragment {l, 
> 'stdc++'} to list @0x55ca70dd4b30
> libpkgconf/fragment.c:147 [pkgconf_fragment_add]: added fragment {l, 
> 'm'} to list @0x55ca70dd4b30
> libpkgconf/fragment.c:147 [pkgconf_fragment_add]: added fragment {l, 
> 'gcc_s'} to list @0x55ca70dd4b30
> libpkgconf/fragment.c:147 [pkgconf_fragment_add]: added fragment {l, 
> 'gcc'} to list @0x55ca70dd4b30
> libpkgconf/fragment.c:147 [pkgconf_fragment_add]: added fragment {l, 
> 'gcc_s'} to list @0x55ca70dd4b30
> libpkgconf/fragment.c:147 [pkgconf_fragment_add]: added fragment {l, 
> 'gcc'} to list @0x55ca70dd4b30
> libpkgconf/fragment.c:147 [pkgconf_fragment_add]: added fragment {l, 
> 'rt'} to list @0x55ca70dd4b30
> libpkgconf/fragment.c:147 [pkgconf_fragment_add]: added fragment {l, 
> 'dl'} to list @0x55ca70dd4b30
> libpkgconf/fragment.c:147 [pkgconf_fragment_add]: added fragment {l, 
> 'numa'} to list @0x55ca70dd4b30
> libpkgconf/fragment.c:676 [pkgconf_fragment_parse]: post-subst: 
> [-I${includedir}] -> [-I/usr/include]
> libpkgconf/fragment.c:147 [pkgconf_fragment_add]: added fragment {I, 
> '/usr/include'} to list @0x55ca70dd4b48
> libpkgconf/dependency.c:115 [add_or_replace_dependency_node]: added 
> dependency [x265 = 3.5] to list @0x55ca70dd4bc0; flags=0
> libpkgconf/pkg.c:534 [pkgconf_pkg_ref]: refcount at 0x55ca70dd4ac0: 1
> libpkgconf/pkg.c:534 [pkgconf_pkg_ref]: refcount at 0x55ca70dd4ac0: 2
> libpkgconf/cache.c:87 [pkgconf_cache_add]: added @0x55ca70dd4ac0 to cache
> libpkgconf/pkg.c:534 [pkgconf_pkg_ref]: refcount at 0x55ca70dd4ac0: 3
> libpkgconf/pkg.c:1565 [pkgconf_pkg_traverse]: x265: level 1999
> libpkgconf/pkg.c:1580 [pkgconf_pkg_traverse]: x265: walking requires list
> libpkgconf/pkg.c:557 [pkgconf_pkg_unref]: refcount at 0x55ca70dd4ac0: 2
> libpkgconf/pkg.c:557 [pkgconf_pkg_unref]: refcount at 0x55ca70dd4ac0: 1
> libpkgconf/client.c:180 [pkgconf_client_deinit]: deinit @0x55ca70967800
> libpkgconf/pkg.c:557 [pkgconf_pkg_unref]: refcount at 0x55ca70dd4ac0: 0
> libpkgconf/cache.c:113 [pkgconf_cache_remove]: removed @0x55ca70dd4ac0 
> from cache
> libpkgconf/cache.c:142 [pkgconf_cache_free]: cleared package cache

Try also adding

--extra-libs="-lpthread"

to your ./configure that might get x265 working as well
It's described here: https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/CompilationGuide/Ubuntu