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OSX:buildFFmpeg

This is tested on Mac OS 10.6.7 (a Mac Book Pro and a Mac Mini)

Get essential build environment

Install Xcode 3 - you don't need to spend $5 on Xcode 4

xcode_3.2.6_and_ios_sdk_4.3.dmg

Install MacPorts

MacPorts-1.9.2-10.6-SnowLeopard.dmg

Behind a firewall

If you cannot rsync, for instance if you're in a corporation where its hard to get through firewalls, then edit /opt/local/etc/macports/sources.conf replacing the default entry at the end of the file

sudo vim /opt/local/etc/macports/sources.conf
[...]
#rsync://rsync.macports.org/release/ports/ [default]
http://www.macports.org/files/ports.tar.gz [default]

Then, If your corporation has an HTTP proxy server, you might need to set the http_proxy environment variable before 'port' or 'curl' commands, like this:

sudo http_proxy=http://www-cache.reith.bbc.co.uk:80 \
/opt/local/bin/port -d sync

or

http_proxy=http://www-cache.reith.bbc.co.uk:80 curl -O http://someFile

Sync the MacPorts sources, as I have done in this example:

sudo /opt/local/bin/port -d sync

Get tools to build the source

sudo /opt/local/bin/port install \
yasm git-core exi2html

Behind a socks proxy server?

To access source files for building parts of FFmpeg, git might need access through a SOCKS proxy:

sudo /opt/local/bin/port install tsocks

copy the sample tsocks.conf

sudo cp -a /opt/local/etc/tsocks.conf.sample /opt/local/etc/tsocks.conf

and edit /opt/local/etc/tsocks.conf. For example, in a corporation you might need to add something like:

local = 132.0.0.0/255.0.0.0

to the local block near the top and change server and server_port to

server = 132.185.136.18
server_port = 1085
tordns_enable = false

Then, when you have to do a 'git clone' or a 'git pull' do this instead:

tsocks git clone git://
OR
tsocks git pull --rebase

Get pre-built libraries

sudo /opt/local/bin/port install \
dirac faac jpeg libdc1394 libsdl libtheor libvorbis speex-devel \
openjpeg schroedinger Xvid

Build other libraries

Decide and create the place where you are going to do all your building, and set an environment variable so that it is easy to script the install:

export PREFIX=/usr/local
sudo mkdir $PREFIX/src
sudo chgrp staff $PREFIX/src
sudo chmod g+w $PREFIX/src

libxavs

cd $PREFIX/src

svn co https://xavs.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/xavs/trunk xavs
cd xavs

PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/local/lib/pkgconfig/ \
PATH=$PATH:/opt/local/bin/ \
./configure --prefix=$PREFIX

PATH=$PATH:/opt/local/bin/ make
sudo make install

lame-398-4

cd $PREFIX/src
Download the file from http://sourceforge.net/projects/lame/files/lame/3.98.4/lame-3.98.4.tar.gz

curl -v -L -o lame-3.98.4.tar.gz "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/lame/lame/3.98.4/lame-3.98.4.tar.gz?r=http%3A%2F%2Fmdsh.com%2Fwiki%2Fjsp%2FWiki%3FOSX%3AbuildFFmpeg&ts=1309343584&use_mirror=kent"

Then build:

tar -zxf lame-3.98.4.tar.gz
cd lame-3.98.4/

PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/local/lib/pkgconfig/ \
PATH=$PATH:/opt/local/bin/ \
./configure

PATH=$PATH:/opt/local/bin/ make
sudo make install

libgsm

cd $PREFIX/src

curl -O http://libgsm.sourcearchive.com/downloads/1.0.13-3/libgsm_1.0.13.orig.tar.gz
tar -zxf libgsm_1.0.13.orig.tar.gz
cd gsm-1.0-pl13/
Edit Makefile to set 'INSTALL_ROOT' to $PREFIX.

vim Makefile
[...]
INSTALL_ROOT = $PREFIX
make the library

PATH=$PATH:/opt/local/bin/ make
Then, install like this...

libtool -dynamic -v -o lib/libgsm.1.0.13.dylib -install_name $PREFIX/lib/libgsm.1.0.13.dylib -compatibility_version 1.0.13 -current_version 1.0.13 -lc lib/libgsm.a
chmod 644 lib/libgsm.a
chmod 644 lib/libgsm.1.0.13.dylib
sudo /usr/bin/install -c lib/libgsm.a $PREFIX/lib/libgsm.a
sudo /usr/bin/install -c lib/libgsm.1.0.13.dylib $PREFIX/lib/libgsm.1.0.13.dylib
sudo /usr/bin/install -d $PREFIX/include/gsm
sudo /usr/bin/install -c inc/gsm.h $PREFIX/include/gsm/gsm.h

libx264

cd $PREFIX/src

PATH=$PATH:/opt/local/bin/ \

git clone git://git.videolan.org/x264.git
cd x264

OR

cd x264
PATH=$PATH:/opt/local/bin/ \
git pull --rebase

PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/local/lib/pkgconfig/ \
PATH=$PATH:/opt/local/bin/ \
./configure \
--prefix=$PREFIX \
--enable-shared

PATH=$PATH:/opt/local/bin/ \
make

sudo make install

libvpx

cd $PREFIX/src

PATH=$PATH:/opt/local/bin/ \
git clone git://review.webmproject.org/libvpx.git
cd libvpx

OR

cd libvpx
PATH=$PATH:/opt/local/bin/ \
git pull --rebase

PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/local/lib/pkgconfig/ \
PATH=$PATH:/opt/local/bin/ \
./configure \
--prefix=$PREFIX

PATH=$PATH:/opt/local/bin/ verbose=yes \
make

sudo make install

FFmpeg

cd $PREFIX/src
PATH=$PATH:/opt/local/bin/ \
git clone git://git.videolan.org/ffmpeg.git
cd ffmpeg

OR

cd ffmpeg
PATH=$PATH:/opt/local/bin/ \
git pull --rebase

PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/local/lib/pkgconfig/ \
PATH=$PATH:/opt/local/bin/ \
./configure \
--extra-cflags="-I$PREFIX/include -I/opt/local/include" \
--extra-libs="-L$PREFIX/lib -L/opt/local/lib -mmacosx-version-min=10.5" \
--prefix=$PREFIX \
--enable-ffplay \
--enable-ffprobe \
--enable-ffserver \
--enable-shared \
--disable-indev=jack \
--enable-gpl \
--enable-nonfree \
--enable-pthreads \
--enable-libdc1394 \
--enable-libdirac \
--enable-libfaac \
--enable-libgsm \
--enable-libmp3lame \
--enable-libopenjpeg \
--enable-libschroedinger \
--enable-libspeex \
--enable-libtheora \
--enable-libvorbis \
--enable-libvpx \
--enable-libx264 \
--enable-libxavs \
--enable-libxvid

PATH=$PATH:/opt/local/bin/ \
make

sudo make install



FFmbc

Fairly similar to FFmpeg:

cd $PREFIX/src
curl -O http://ffmbc.googlecode.com/files/FFmbc-0.6-rc7.tar.gz
tar -zxf FFmbc-0.6-rc7.tar.gz
cd FFmbc-0.6-rc7

PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/local/lib/pkgconfig/ \
PATH=$PATH:/opt/local/bin/ \
./configure \
--extra-cflags="-I$PREFIX/include -I/opt/local/include" \
--extra-libs="-L$PREFIX/lib -L/opt/local/lib -mmacosx-version-min=10.5" \
--prefix=$PREFIX \
--enable-ffplay \
--enable-ffprobe \
--enable-ffserver \
--enable-shared \
--disable-indev=jack \
--enable-gpl \
--enable-nonfree \
--enable-pthreads \
--enable-libdirac \
--enable-libfaac \
--enable-libgsm \
--enable-libmp3lame \
--enable-libopenjpeg \
--enable-libschroedinger \
--enable-libspeex \
--enable-libtheora \
--enable-libvorbis \
--enable-libvpx \
--enable-libx264 \
--enable-libxavs \
--enable-libxvid

PATH=$PATH:/opt/local/bin/ \
make

sudo make install



It appears that --enable-libdc1394 does not work with FFmbc0.6rc6.

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