Changes between Version 5 and Version 6 of CompilationGuide/CrossCompilingForWindows

Timestamp:

Dec 27, 2013, 11:29:15 PM (13 years ago)

Author:

Timothy Gu

Comment:

Add (lotsa) stuff

CompilationGuide/CrossCompilingForWindows

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 This is sometimes easier than using a "native" compilation in windows because some dependencies' configure scripts accept a cross compiler more readily than a native windows mingw gcc, etc.  It also may be "faster" than using mingw's gcc in windows, for whatever reason gcc seems faster in linux.
 
+Most cross compilation are done under Linux, but it is possible to us OS X as a host machine.
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 = Automated cross compiling environment =
 
-Some building environments that aim to automatically build the cross compilers and dependencies of FFmpeg are available. These projects include [http://mxe.cc MXE] and [http://win-builds.org Win-builds]. Note that the former is more feature-complete as of Dec 2013 (it has more dependencies for FFmpeg, and it has a ffmpeg package; and it supports OS X as a host machine), while the latter is the official package manager for mingw-w64.
+Some building environments aim to automatically build the cross compilers and dependencies of FFmpeg. By using these projects you can eliminate the mess of building toolchains yourself. These projects include [http://mxe.cc MXE] and [http://win-builds.org Win-builds].
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+MXE is more feature-complete as of Dec 2013, as
+* it has more dependencies for FFmpeg (x264, xvid, etc.)
+* it has a ffmpeg package (by default it is libraries-only, but users are able to generate the programs to by simply deleting one line in the building recipe)
+* it supports OS X as a host machine
+* it supports MinGW in addition to mingw-w64.
+
+Win-builds as the official package manager for mingw-w64, is really new, and it does not have as many multimedia packages as MXE.
 
 = Cross Compiler =