FFmpeg Compilation Guide

This page contains a list of resources which describe the necessary steps required for compiling FFmpeg from scratch.

Linux / BSD

Attention: If you are using gcc-4.2 please read ​ticket 1464 first.

• Ubuntu - Compile FFmpeg and x264 on Ubuntu
• CentOS - Compile FFmpeg, x264, LAME, vo-aacenc, libvorbis, libtheora, and libvpx on CentOS 6.0

OSX

• ​FFmpeg for OSX on a ramdisk
• Compiling on Mac OS X

Some dependencies can also be installed with ​homebrew or ​macports.

Windows

• MingwCompilationGuide -- MinGW Compilation Guide for compiling FFmpeg with Windows/MinGW/MSYS.
• [CrossCompilingForWindows] -- Cross compiling for windows is sometimes easier than using MSYS+MinGW.

Compiling FFmpeg using MSVC is basically impossible and unsupported, however, you can consume the mingw builds (DLL or static) in an MSVC project.

Guides for developers

• Setup Eclipse IDE for FFmpeg (Linux)