[MEncoder-users] Trouble building with x264 support in Mac OS X

[L Lee]

On 7/9/09 4:17 PM, "Laine Lee" <llee040 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> On 7/9/09 3:41 PM, "Reimar Döffinger" <Reimar.Doeffinger at gmx.de> wrote:
> 
>> Then you installed it incorrectly. The version that MPlayer finds is still
>> ancient and not supported.
> 
> Well, let me include more details. I've been doing this for a year or so
> now, and it's usually worked before.
> 
> Get latest x264 from
> 
> ftp://ftp.videolan.org/pub/videolan/x264/snapshots/
> 
> Expand the archive.
> Open Terminal and change to that directory.
> Type cd x264 then press Return.
> Type ./configure --disable-asm then press Return.
> When Terminal activity ceases and you once again see the command prompt,
> type sudo make install and press Return.
> Enter admin password when prompted and press Return again.
> 
> Open a new Terminal window and type
> svn checkout svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk mplayer.
> When Terminal activity ceases and you once again see the command prompt,
> type cd mplayer and press Return.
> Type ./configure and press Return.
> When Terminal activity ceases and you once again see the command prompt,
> type sudo make install and press Return.
> Enter your password when prompted and press Return again.
> 
> This is pretty much what James Hastings-Trew said in his thread entitled
> "Mac OSX Binaries" on June 3.
> 
> If there's something else I should be doing, please let me know. This worked
> for both James and myself at least as recently as June 3. Thanks.
> 
> Laine Lee
> 

The problem appears to be that I had apparently let x264 get installed by
Fink again, although I try not to do that. Once I removed x264.h from
/sw/include, mplayer was able to find the right one again. Thanks.