Usage: configure [options]
Options: [defaults in brackets after descriptions]
Standard options:
--help print this message
--log[=FILE|yes|no] log tests and output to FILE [config.err]
--prefix=PREFIX install in PREFIX [/usr/local]
--libdir=DIR install libs in DIR [PREFIX/lib]
--shlibdir=DIR install shared libs in DIR [PREFIX/lib]
--incdir=DIR install includes in DIR [PREFIX/include/ffmpeg]
--mandir=DIR install man page in DIR [PREFIX/man]
--enable-mingwce enable MinGW native/cross WinCE compile
--enable-static build static libraries [default=yes]
--disable-static do not build static libraries [default=no]
--enable-shared build shared libraries [default=no]
--disable-shared do not build shared libraries [default=yes]
--enable-gpl allow use of GPL code, the resulting libav*
and ffmpeg will be under GPL [default=no]
--enable-pp enable GPLed postprocessing support [default=no]
--enable-swscaler software scaler support [default=no]
--enable-beosthreads use BeOS threads [default=no]
--enable-os2threads use OS/2 threads [default=no]
--enable-pthreads use pthreads [default=no]
--enable-w32threads use Win32 threads [default=no]
--enable-x11grab enable X11 grabbing [default=no]
External library support:
--enable-sunmlib use Sun medialib [default=no]
--enable-dc1394 enable IIDC-1394 grabbing using libdc1394
and libraw1394 [default=no]
--enable-liba52 enable GPLed liba52 support [default=no]
--enable-liba52bin open liba52.so.0 at runtime [default=no]
--enable-avisynth allow reading AVISynth script files [default=no]
--enable-libdts enable GPLed libdts support [default=no]
--enable-libfaac enable FAAC support via libfaac [default=no]
--enable-libfaad enable FAAD support via libfaad [default=no]
--enable-libfaadbin build FAAD support with runtime linking [default=no]
--enable-libgsm enable GSM support via libgsm [default=no]
--enable-libmp3lame enable MP3 encoding via libmp3lame [default=no]
--enable-libnut enable NUT (de)muxing via libnut,
native demuxer exists [default=no]
--enable-libogg enable Ogg muxing via libogg [default=no]
--enable-libtheora enable Theora encoding via libtheora [default=no]
--enable-libvorbis enable Vorbis en/decoding via libvorbis,
native implementations exist [default=no]
--enable-x264 enable H.264 encoding via x264 [default=no]
--enable-xvid enable Xvid encoding via xvidcore,
native MPEG-4/Xvid encoder exists [default=no]
--enable-amr_nb enable amr_nb float audio codec
--enable-amr_nb-fixed use fixed point for amr-nb codec
--enable-amr_wb enable amr_wb float audio codec
--enable-amr_if2 enable amr_wb IF2 audio codec
Advanced options (experts only):
--source-path=PATH path to source code [/root/dlz/svnkram/ffmpeg]
--cross-prefix=PREFIX use PREFIX for compilation tools []
--cross-compile assume a cross-compiler is used
--target-os=OS compiler targets OS [Linux]
--cc=CC use C compiler CC [gcc]
--make=MAKE use specified make [make]
--extra-cflags=ECFLAGS add ECFLAGS to CFLAGS []
--extra-ldflags=ELDFLAGS add ELDFLAGS to LDFLAGS []
--extra-libs=ELIBS add ELIBS []
--build-suffix=SUFFIX suffix for application specific build []
--arch=ARCH select architecture [i686]
--cpu=CPU selects the minimum cpu required (affects
instruction selection, may crash on older CPUs)
--enable-powerpc-perf enable performance report on PPC
(requires enabling PMC)
--disable-mmx disable MMX usage
--disable-armv5te disable armv5te usage
--disable-armv6 disable armv6 usage
--disable-iwmmxt disable iwmmxt usage
--disable-altivec disable AltiVec usage
--disable-audio-oss disable OSS audio support [default=no]
--disable-audio-beos disable BeOS audio support [default=no]
--disable-v4l disable video4linux grabbing [default=no]
--disable-v4l2 disable video4linux2 grabbing [default=no]
--disable-bktr disable bktr video grabbing [default=no]
--disable-dv1394 disable DV1394 grabbing [default=no]
--disable-network disable network support [default=no]
--disable-ipv6 disable ipv6 support [default=no]
--disable-zlib disable zlib [default=no]
--disable-vhook disable video hooking support
--disable-debug disable debugging symbols
--disable-mpegaudio-hp faster (but less accurate)
MPEG audio decoding [default=no]
--disable-protocols disable I/O protocols support [default=no]
--disable-ffmpeg disable ffmpeg build
--disable-ffserver disable ffserver build
--disable-ffplay disable ffplay build
--enable-small optimize for size instead of speed
--enable-memalign-hack emulate memalign, interferes with memory debuggers
--disable-encoder=NAME disables encoder NAME
--enable-encoder=NAME enables encoder NAME
--disable-decoder=NAME disables decoder NAME
--enable-decoder=NAME enables decoder NAME
--disable-encoders disables all encoders
--disable-decoders disables all decoders
--disable-muxer=NAME disables muxer NAME
--enable-muxer=NAME enables muxer NAME
--disable-muxers disables all muxers
--disable-demuxer=NAME disables demuxer NAME
--enable-demuxer=NAME enables demuxer NAME
--disable-demuxers disables all demuxers
--enable-parser=NAME enables parser NAME
--disable-parser=NAME disables parser NAME
--disable-parsers disables all parsers
Developer options (useful when working on FFmpeg itself):
--enable-gprof enable profiling with gprof [no]
--disable-opts disable compiler optimizations
--enable-extra-warnings enable more compiler warnings
--disable-strip disable stripping of executables and shared libraries
NOTE: Object files are built at the place where configure is launched.