FFMPEG Status
this is the old content of doc/ffmpeg-support.txt
This document details the results of test compiles with regards to the
included ffmpeg library.
Platform | compiler | supported | comments
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alpha-osf4.0e | gcc 3.2.3 | NO | no stdint.h or inttypes.h
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i386-aros | gcc 4.6.4 | YES(3) | ported after 3.1 release
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i586-msdosdjgpp | gcc 4.6.2 | YES(3) | ported after 3.1 release
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i386-mingw | gcc 4.7.1 | YES |
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i386-os2 | openwatcom | NO | ffmpeg will not compile using openwatcom
| | | and it's too much work to make it compile
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m68k-amigaos | gcc 2.95.3 | NO | target not recognized
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ppc-amigaos4 | gcc 4.4.3 | YES(3) | ported after 3.1 release
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ppc-aros | gcc 4.5.2 | YES(3) | ported after 3.1 release
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ppc-morphos | gcc 2.95.3 | NO | target not recognized
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x86_64-aros | gcc 4.6.4 | YES(3) | ported after 3.1 release
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x86_64-mingw | gcc 6.2.0 | YES(1) |
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x86_64 Linux | gcc 6.3.0 | YES(1) | requires adding --enable-pic to the
(Debian Stretch) | | | libx264 configure line in
| | | src/lib/ffmpeg/configure.gnu
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x86_64 Linux | gcc 6.3.0 | YES(1) |
(Xubuntu 17.04b2)| | |
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x86_64 FreeBSD | clang 3.8.0 | YES(1) | libmp3lame's configure needs to
(11.0-RELEASE) | | | be run with the OS'es original
| | | shell to avoid hacks in libtool
| | | using bash-isms
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x86_64 NetBSD 7.1| gcc 4.8.5 | YES(1) | see FreeBSD
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X86_64 Dragonfly | gcc 5.4.1 | YES(1) | build issues fixed in trunk
BSD (4.8.0) | | |
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X86_64 OpenBSD | gcc 4.2.1 | YES(1) | build issue fixed in trunk
(6.0) | | |
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x86_64 Haiku | gcc 5.4.0 | NO(2) | configure.gnu doesn't recognize
(hrev51050) | | | Haiku, see https://pastebin/5SVJ10vB
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1 = broken in 3.1, fixed in trunk
2 = using --external-ffmpeg will be even worse, that requires building ffmpeg
from source and installing it into an alternate prefix so it won't bork
the ffmpeg lib used by the Webpositive browser
3 = not supported in 3.1, support added in trunk