[MEncoder-users] mencoder -> x264 ?

[Grozdan]

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 5:58 PM, Grozdan <neutrino8 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 2:40 PM, Bob Tennent <rdtennent at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I added --enable-x264 to the configure. The compilations went well
>> but the
>>>> linking fails:
>>>
>>> You should only use --enable-x264 when absolutely needed and you're
>>> sure you meet all the requirements. Recommended is to not explicitly
>>> use args in configure and let the configure detect stuff by itself. If
>>> it can't, it can mean four things
>>>
>>> 1. there's a bug in configure
>>> 2. your system is missing something thus it skips it
>>> 3. you have it, but it's too old so configure skips it
>>> 4. configure can't detect it as it's in a non-standard path (rarely
>> happens)
>>
>> config.log says
>>
>> #if X264_BUILD < 98
>> #error We do not support old versions of x264. Get the latest from git.
>> #endif
>>
>> and I believe I have 92, which is the most recent packaged version
>> available for my system.
>
> Do you have any other x264 versions (incl their headers/devel files)
> on your system? If so, remove them all as it can confuse configure. It
> looks like it's picking an older version on your system despite you
> having a newer one

and to expand a little bit, it's pretty obvious what the log says. You
need at least v98 or higher of x264 so v92 won't do it, which is the
one you have

>
>>
>>  > which gcc version are you using? gcc 4.4.0 and 4.4.1 are known to
>>  > miscompile mplayer (and I think x264 too). Also make sure you install
>>  > a supported yasm/nasm package
>>
>> Why would these affect the configuration script?
>
> It's not about the configure script rather about your errors you posted...
>
>>
>> gcc-4.4.3-4.fc12.i686
>> yasm-0.7.2-3.fc12.i686
>> nasm-2.07-3.fc12.i686
>>
>>>> Are more recent versions needed?
>
> I think yasm 0.7.x is still supported by x264
>
>>>
>>> Yes, probably the latest from x264 git
>>
>> I'm just going to revert to the previous version until the packager
>> catches up. I've reported the problem. Thanks for your help.
>>
>> Bob T.
>>
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