[MPlayer-dev-eng] libavcodec as 'public' library

[Martin Drab]

On Fri, 3 Oct 2003, Luis.F.Correia wrote:

> > last time I tried it (2 weeks ago), mplayer recognized 
> > libavcodec, but 
> > failed to compile because
> > it tried to use the post-processing code present it libavcodec/ (that 
> > wasn't there)
> 
> Actually, what i want is the other way around... ;)
> 
> I want to compile mplayer with the included libavcodec, but make that
> library public for OTHER applications to use ;)
 
How about to compile it in the MPlayer as usually and then compile it 
separatley again in the ffmpeg package? If you use

	./configure --enable-shared ...

in the ffmpeg package, it will compile the library dynamically. 

					Martin Drab

> > 
> > 
> > Luis.F.Correia wrote:
> > 
> > >Hi!
> > >
> > >The subject line is misleading, but was the best i could find...
> > >
> > >I would like to know how can I compile mplayer so that the included 
> > >libavcodec gets to be installed in the system as a shared library 
> > >like all those other that we have.
> > >
> > >I know it is possible, but just don't know how.
> > >
> > >Thanks!
> > >
> > >(yeah i know, rtfm...)