[Libav-user] Build FFmpeg libraries in Windows

[Hendrik Leppkes]

On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 2:20 PM, m.kamalasubha m.kamalasubha
<m.kamalasubha at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>   I am trying to build static libraries (.lib) for FFmpeg 3.3 version in
> Windows 10.
> I followed the steps outlined in the link given below,
> https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/CompilationGuide/MSVC
> and used Visual Studio 2015 version.
> In order to generate static libs, I changed the configure options from
> "--enable-shared --disable-static" to "--enable-static --disable-shared".
> But, it always generates libraries in ".a" format.
> How to generate static libraries in ".lib" format?

.a and .lib are just names, the .a file is the static library you're
looking for.

- Hendrik