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diff --git a/doc/platform.texi b/doc/platform.texi index 356ee2f747..86dab54091 100644 --- a/doc/platform.texi +++ b/doc/platform.texi @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ \input texinfo @c -*- texinfo -*- -@settitle Platform Specific information +@settitle Platform Specific Information @titlepage -@center @titlefont{Platform Specific information} +@center @titlefont{Platform Specific Information} @end titlepage @top @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ @chapter Unix-like -Some parts of Libav cannot be built with version 2.15 of the GNU +Some parts of FFmpeg cannot be built with version 2.15 of the GNU assembler which is still provided by a few AMD64 distributions. To make sure your compiler really uses the required version of gas after a binutils upgrade, run: @@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ to configure. @section BSD -BSD make will not build Libav, you need to install and use GNU Make +BSD make will not build FFmpeg, you need to install and use GNU Make (@command{gmake}). @section (Open)Solaris -GNU Make is required to build Libav, so you have to invoke (@command{gmake}), +GNU Make is required to build FFmpeg, so you have to invoke (@command{gmake}), standard Solaris Make will not work. When building with a non-c99 front-end (gcc, generic suncc) add either @code{--extra-libs=/usr/lib/values-xpg6.o} or @code{--extra-libs=/usr/lib/64/values-xpg6.o} to the configure options @@ -45,20 +45,22 @@ bash ./configure @end example @anchor{Darwin} -@section Darwin (OS X, iPhone) +@section Darwin (Mac OS X, iPhone) The toolchain provided with Xcode is sufficient to build the basic unacelerated code. -OS X on PowerPC or ARM (iPhone) requires a preprocessor from -@url{git://git.libav.org/gas-preprocessor.git} to build the optimized +Mac OS X on PowerPC or ARM (iPhone) requires a preprocessor from +@url{https://github.com/FFmpeg/gas-preprocessor} or +@url{https://github.com/yuvi/gas-preprocessor}(currently outdated) to build the optimized assembly functions. Put the Perl script somewhere -in your PATH, Libav's configure will pick it up automatically. +in your PATH, FFmpeg's configure will pick it up automatically. -OS X on AMD64 and x86 requires @command{yasm} to build most of the -optimized assembly functions @url{http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/, Homebrew}, -@url{http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/bootstrap-macos.xml, Gentoo Prefix} -or @url{http://www.macports.org, MacPorts} can easily provide it. +Mac OS X on amd64 and x86 requires @command{yasm} to build most of the +optimized assembly functions. @uref{http://www.finkproject.org/, Fink}, +@uref{http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/bootstrap-macos.xml, Gentoo Prefix}, +@uref{https://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/, Homebrew} +or @uref{http://www.macports.org, MacPorts} can easily provide it. @chapter DOS @@ -69,15 +71,18 @@ Using a cross-compiler is preferred for various reasons. @chapter OS/2 -For information about compiling Libav on OS/2 see +For information about compiling FFmpeg on OS/2 see @url{http://www.edm2.com/index.php/FFmpeg}. @chapter Windows +To get help and instructions for building FFmpeg under Windows, check out +the FFmpeg Windows Help Forum at @url{http://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/forum/}. + @section Native Windows compilation using MinGW or MinGW-w64 -Libav can be built to run natively on Windows using the MinGW or MinGW-w64 +FFmpeg can be built to run natively on Windows using the MinGW or MinGW-w64 toolchains. Install the latest versions of MSYS and MinGW or MinGW-w64 from @url{http://www.mingw.org/} or @url{http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/}. You can find detailed installation instructions in the download section and @@ -93,17 +98,18 @@ speed up is close to non-existent for normal one-off builds and is only noticeable when running make for a second time (for example during @code{make install}). -@item In order to compile AVplay, you must have the MinGW development library +@item In order to compile FFplay, you must have the MinGW development library of @uref{http://www.libsdl.org/, SDL} and @code{pkg-config} installed. -@item By using @code{./configure --enable-shared} when configuring Libav, -you can build all libraries as DLLs. +@item By using @code{./configure --enable-shared} when configuring FFmpeg, +you can build the FFmpeg libraries (e.g. libavutil, libavcodec, +libavformat) as DLLs. @end itemize @section Microsoft Visual C++ or Intel C++ Compiler for Windows -Libav can be built with MSVC 2012 or earlier using a C99-to-C89 conversion utility +FFmpeg can be built with MSVC 2012 or earlier using a C99-to-C89 conversion utility and wrapper, or with MSVC 2013 and ICL natively. You will need the following prerequisites: @@ -169,15 +175,15 @@ follow step 3, or compilation will fail. @enumerate @item Grab the @uref{http://zlib.net/, zlib sources}. @item Edit @code{win32/Makefile.msc} so that it uses -MT instead of -MD, since -this is how Libav is built as well. +this is how FFmpeg is built as well. @item Edit @code{zconf.h} and remove its inclusion of @code{unistd.h}. This gets -erroneously included when building Libav. +erroneously included when building FFmpeg. @item Run @code{nmake -f win32/Makefile.msc}. @item Move @code{zlib.lib}, @code{zconf.h}, and @code{zlib.h} to somewhere MSVC can see. @end enumerate -@item Libav has been tested with the following on i686 and x86_64: +@item FFmpeg has been tested with the following on i686 and x86_64: @itemize @item Visual Studio 2010 Pro and Express @item Visual Studio 2012 Pro and Express @@ -189,7 +195,7 @@ Anything else is not officially supported. @end itemize -@subsection Linking to Libav with Microsoft Visual C++ +@subsection Linking to FFmpeg with Microsoft Visual C++ If you plan to link with MSVC-built static libraries, you will need to make sure you have @code{Runtime Library} set to @@ -241,14 +247,14 @@ Replace @code{foo-version} and @code{foo} with the respective library names. You must use the MinGW cross compilation tools available at @url{http://www.mingw.org/}. -Then configure Libav with the following options: +Then configure FFmpeg with the following options: @example ./configure --target-os=mingw32 --cross-prefix=i386-mingw32msvc- @end example (you can change the cross-prefix according to the prefix chosen for the MinGW tools). -Then you can easily test Libav with @uref{http://www.winehq.com/, Wine}. +Then you can easily test FFmpeg with @uref{http://www.winehq.com/, Wine}. @section Compilation under Cygwin @@ -266,7 +272,7 @@ In order to run FATE you will also need the following "Utils" packages: bc, diffutils @end example -If you want to build Libav with additional libraries, download Cygwin +If you want to build FFmpeg with additional libraries, download Cygwin "Devel" packages for Ogg and Vorbis from any Cygwin packages repository: @example libogg-devel, libvorbis-devel @@ -276,7 +282,7 @@ These library packages are only available from @uref{http://sourceware.org/cygwinports/, Cygwin Ports}: @example -yasm, libSDL-devel, libfaac-devel, libgsm-devel, libmp3lame-devel, +yasm, libSDL-devel, libfaac-devel, libaacplus-devel, libgsm-devel, libmp3lame-devel, libschroedinger1.0-devel, speex-devel, libtheora-devel, libxvidcore-devel @end example @@ -308,7 +314,7 @@ and for a build with shared libraries @chapter Plan 9 The native @uref{http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9/, Plan 9} compiler -does not implement all the C99 features needed by Libav so the gcc +does not implement all the C99 features needed by FFmpeg so the gcc port must be used. Furthermore, a few items missing from the C library and shell environment need to be fixed. @@ -324,7 +330,7 @@ utility by setting @code{pkgpath} to @item Missing/broken @code{head} and @code{printf} commands -Replacements adequate for building Libav can be found in the +Replacements adequate for building FFmpeg can be found in the @code{compat/plan9} directory. Place these somewhere they will be found by the shell. These are not full implementations of the commands and are @emph{not} suitable for general use. @@ -362,7 +368,7 @@ build system of this library. @item FPU exceptions enabled by default Unlike most other systems, Plan 9 enables FPU exceptions by default. -These must be disabled before calling any Libav functions. While the +These must be disabled before calling any FFmpeg functions. While the included tools will do this automatically, other users of the libraries must do it themselves. |