[MPlayer-users] ERROR: mencoder may not support libx264.so

[Thomas Boehm]

andrew wrote:
> There are a few guides on the Ubuntu Forums which will allow you to
> build your own copies. First have a look here for some detailed
> instructions on how to build x264:
>
> HOWTO: Install and use the latest FFmpeg and x264
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=786095

> You do not have to build FFmpeg from here as well, although that would
> be a good idea. Next follow this guide:
> 
> Howto: Build the svn MPlayer under the latest release version of Ubuntu
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=786095

You pasted the same link again, but I found the right one on Google.

> This guide does not normally build MEncoder so simply omit the lines
> in ./configure:
> 
> --disable-mencoder --disable-x264 

Everything seems to install ok. I guess "ldd mencoder | grep x264"
doesn't return anything because I compiled x264 with --enable-static.

Thanks so far, I will test everything tomorrow...

Thomas