[MEncoder-users] picking up x264 library

[Matyas]

Grozdan wrote:
> Just a note: mencoder does not only look for x264 libs. It also
> *needs* x264 headers to actually add support for it. When you install
> from source, headers are also installed. Some distros, however, split
> x264 into two packages; one that provides just the libs and one that
> provides the devel stuff (like headers and so). This may also have
> been a problem for you but I'm unsure (can't really tell from here
> what's going on on your system)

Yes, I overwrote the /usr/include/x264.h with the one downloaded.  Again, all
this was needed due to lack of debian package support of x264.  (I am not
claiming that is easy to do, considering the possibility of different
versions of the library on the system.)

So one last question: if I give up creating debian packages and just compile
mplayer/mencoder, how would I specify the location of a specific x264
library?  (Or prefix like /usr/local)  ./configure --help did not help me, I
saw no --x264-dir parm or similar.

Take care.
Matyas
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