On 06/15/2012 01:31 AM, Andrew Benton wrote: > On Thu, 14 Jun 2012 19:55:12 +0100 > Ragnar Thomsen<[email protected]> wrote: > >> I was able to build mplayer 1.1 linking to external ffmpeg 0.11.1 by using >> the >> configure switch --disable-ffmpeg_a. I suggest we add this switch to the >> default instructions in the book. > > And make FFmpeg a required dep? What about people who haven't installed > FFmpeg?
Just add a note about using system ffmpeg if desired. > >> My mplayer binary is now 4.6 MB, compared to 14 MB with statically linked >> ffmpeg. > > It's good to use shared libraries if they're available but with in the > past I've found Mplayer to be quite crashy (particularly on i686) when > linked to a system installed FFmpeg I am on i686, and it does not crash with system ffmpeg. And as you said "in the past" ... In the past many thing happened that are fixed today. > >> Hopefully the mplayer developers will continue to make proper releases. > > That would be nice. I get the feeling that they follow the FFmpeg > people and FFmpeg have started doing regular releases. > > Andy -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
