*How to quickly compile libx264

[burek]

This will quickly compile/install libx264:

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# cd /my/path/where/i/keep/compiled/stuff
# git clone git://git.videolan.org/x264.git
# cd x264
# ./configure --enable-static --enable-shared
# make
# make install
# ldconfig


P.S. If you are using Ubuntu, you'll most probably have to use sudo for the last 2 commands, like:

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# sudo make install
# sudo ldconfig


[acrane1]

I have been trying to compile ffmpeg and x264 on my linux system. I am running Ubuntu 11.04 64bit and openmediavault(debian 6) and neither of them will compile x264.\


git clone --depth 1 new users can't post links but it is taken from videolan's git /x264 ste
cd x264
./configure --enable-static
make


This is the output of check install after make fails
========================= Installation results ===========================
gcc -o x264 x264.o input/input.o input/timecode.o input/raw.o input/y4m.o output/raw.o output/matroska.o output/matroska_ebml.o output/flv.o output/flv_bytestream.o filters/filters.o filters/video/video.o filters/video/source.o filters/video/internal.o filters/video/resize.o filters/video/cache.o filters/video/fix_vfr_pts.o filters/video/select_every.o filters/video/crop.o filters/video/depth.o input/thread.o input/lavf.o output/mp4.o libx264.a -lgpac_static -lz -L. -pthread -L/usr/local/lib -lavformat -lavcodec -ldl -lx264 -lvpx -lvorbisenc -lvorbis -ltheoraenc -ltheoradec -logg -lrtmp -lgnutls -lopencore-amrwb -lopencore-amrnb -lmp3lame -lfdk-aac -lfaac -lz -lrt -lswscale -lavutil -lm -L/usr/local/lib -lswscale -lavutil -lm -m64 -lm -lpthread
/usr/local/lib/libavcodec.a(libx264.o): In function `X264_init':
/root/ffmpeg/libavcodec/libx264.c:533: undefined reference to `x264_encoder_open_125'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [x264] Error 1

Any help would be really appreciated.

[burek]

you probably have already installed some system's x264 package, so you'll most probably have issues with it anyway..
please first consult our wiki: http://ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg/wiki
if you can't find your solution, please join our IRC channel #ffmpeg on irc.freenode.net so we can help you more quickly.

basically, you need to either remove your system installed x264 package or you need to compile your ffmpeg in such way that you tell it that you have a custom x264 library somewhere in your disk compiled..