[MPlayer-cygwin] Distributable binaries for windows

[Sascha Sommer]

On Wednesday 10 August 2005 18:47, Joey Parrish wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 02:04:29PM +0100, Burrows, Ashley wrote:
> > I need a version of mplayer/mencoder compiled with --enable-largefiles
> > -- I'm using mencoder to transcode mpeg2 (.ty) streams from a series 1
> > TiVo.... these files frequently reach sizes greater than 2Gb.
> >
> > Is there a distributed package with --enable-largefiles set?  If so,
> > could someone point me in the direction of it...
>
> http://armory.nicewarrior.org/projects/cygmp/
> Mencoder included, newest package from Jan 2005.
> I can send you a newer version in private if you are missing some
> features you need.  This binary also has vstream client support compiled
> in, so you can stream directly from you Tivo without copying the files
> to your PC first.  Just try "mencoder tivo://hostname/fsid".
>
> There are also a lot of other mplayer for windows packages out there,
> you can get a full list from:
> http://mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/projects.html#windows
> I cannot say if any of those use the tivo vstream library, but if you
> don't like my packages, there are plenty others you can try.  Sascha's
> (first on that list) are generally met with high regard.
>

Yes, however mingw does not support largefile support the same way as other 
platforms do, so I would recommend him to try your builds first.

> > If not, is there a howto or and documentation (or advice) anyone could
> > give me about how to compile a distributable package for Windows? (I
> > looked at http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/tech/binary-packaging.txt
> > <http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/tech/binary-packaging.txt> , but
> > it seems to be giving advice specific to Unix based OS's.)
>
> If you install cygwin, get mplayer, libavcodec, libavformat, libavutils,
> then just ./configure --enable-static && make.  What you will get will
> still depend on cygwin1.dll, which can be a pain sometimes.  You could
> also try ./configure --cc="gcc -mno-cygwin" --enable-static.  This will
> compile using the mingw runtime, so you will have no dependance on
> cygwin1.dll.  Some areas of MPlayer may behave differently between
> cygwin and mingw, but you may not notice the difference.
> Also, you can grab my package hosted at the URL above, take mencoder.exe
> and re-distribute it.  Just give credit for the binary, mention the GPL
> somewhere, and link to my site for the sources and full distributions.
>
> > As a small aside, does anyone know why --enable-largefiles is not set
> > by default?
>
> For historical reasons, I presume.  Cygwin and mingw both used to be
> very difficult platforms for compiling MPlayer.  They have both made
> great strides since then.
>

It is afaik, but it is not implemented in mingw. I don't know about cygwin.

Sascha