FFmpeg Compilation Guide

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

The following page provides generic compilation and installation instructions: Generic compilation guide

Linux

Attention: If you are using gcc-4.2 please read ​ticket 1464 first, and try to update your compiler. A message to that effect is printed on running configure off the master branch.

• Compiling FFmpeg on Ubuntu / Debian / Mint
• Compiling FFmpeg on CentOS / RHEL / Fedora

OS X

• Compiling FFmpeg on OS X
• ​How to compile FFmpeg on Mac OS X using a RAMDisk

FFmpeg and its dependencies can also be installed with ​Homebrew or ​MacPorts.

Windows

• CompilationGuide/MinGW – MinGW Compilation Guide for compiling FFmpeg with Windows/MinGW/MSYS.
• CompilationGuide/CrossCompilingForWindows – Cross compiling for Windows is sometimes easier than using MSYS+MinGW.
• CompilationGuide/WinRT - Compiling FFmpeg for Windows Apps (Windows 10 and Windows 8.1)
• CompilationGuide/MSVC - Compiling FFmpeg using MSVC (see also ​the instructions on the reference web page)

Other Platforms

• How to compile FFmpeg for Raspberry Pi (Raspbian)
• How to compile FFmpeg for Android
• How to cross-compile FFmpeg for MIPS
• How to compile FFmpeg for Haiku

Guides for developers

• Setup Eclipse IDE for FFmpeg (Linux)