Ffmpeg install

Ffmpeg is a great library but it does not include complete installing instructions. Here are some useful links.

In Linux

Install ffmpeg packages:

libavcodec52 or libavcodec-extra-52

libavcodec-dev

libavformat52 or libavformat-extra-52

libavformat-dev

libavdevice52 or libavdevice-extra-52

libavdevice-dev

libavfilter0 or libavfilter-extra-0

libavfilter-dev

libavutil49 or libavutil-extra-49

libavutil-dev

libpostproc51 or libpostproc-extra-51

libpostproc-dev

libswscale0 or libswscale-extra-0

libswscale-dev

Other possible packages are:

libdc1394-22-dev

libfaad-dev

libgsm1-dev

libogg-dev

libraw1394-dev

libschroedinger-dev

libspeex-dev

libtheora-dev

libvorbis-dev

It is also possible to compile it from sources, but I have not found a reliable way to do it.

In Windows

Windows users are fortunate. They have three possibilities: safe (recommended!!), medium and hard ways.

Safe way

Download ffmpeg and SDL from U++ Sourceforge following the links. They include .dll, .lib, .a, .h and source code for recent versions.

Copy the downloaded folders in upp folder. You will get a folder structure like this:

drive:\upp\uppsrc\plugin\ffmpeg

drive:\upp\uppsrc\plugin\SDL

In Setup/Build Methods menu include the next folders:

In addition, MSC9 and MSC10 require an additional include folder

Medium

All ffmpeg files in "safe way" have been got from the great daily updated "Automated Ffmpeg Builds" by Ramiro Polla.

To get the bleeding edge compiled files, download the files labeled "shared" and "shared-dev".

You can set them in your own folder structure or just follow the "Safe way" one. Do not forget to delete inttipes.h and stdint.h when compiling with MinGW.

Remember that these files are supplied "as is" and they do not usually represent any "stable" version.

Hard way

Ramiro Polla web also includes instructions to build ffmpeg from sources. Only for very experts.

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