Re: [Audacity-devel] FFmpeg on Windows

[LRN <lr...@gm...>]

LRN wrote:
> Leland wrote:
>> --On June 11, 2008 1:31:18 PM +0400 LRN<lr...@gm...>  wrote:
>>
>>> Leland wrote:
>>>> --On June 11, 2008 12:48:41 PM +0400 LRN<lr...@gm...>   wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Leland wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I've uploaded a simplified version of the library to:
>>>>>> http://audacity.homerow.net/index.php?dir=windows
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Interesting. Though
>>>>>
>>>>> ./configure --enable-static \
>>>>>                --disable-debug \
>>>>>                --disable-shared \
>>>>>                --enable-memalign-hack \
>>>>>                --enable-gpl
>>>>>
>>>>> Would have been easier to do - you don't have to call gcc manually 
>>>>> after
>>>>> that.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Hmmm, I wonder what the difference could be?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Well, you can try it and then compare the list of functions exported
>>> from both DLLs. From my point of view, using --enable-static is better,
>>> as it guarantees that all necessary object files will be linked (you
>>> don't have to track any moving targets). And i'm not sure how this
>>> direct call to gcc would work when external libraries (libmad,
>>> libvorbis, etc) are involved.
>>>
>> Ah, but that's just it...I did try it...did you?  And, did you find any
>> DLLs?
>>
> OK, i've made some testing (had to install WinXP inside VirtualBox, 
> but now i can use MinGW/MSYS!). Indeed --enable-static 
> --disable-shared couple doesn't works anymore - only ffmpeg.exe gets 
> built (though it is static indeed).
> To get static dlls you have to configure with --enable-shared 
> --disable-static (maybe with --enable-static it works too, didn't 
> checked that one), edit config.mak and add "-static" to SHFLAGS along 
> with "-shared", which is already there. This way you'll get every dll 
> built statically.
And here's the static library itself - 
http://lrn.1986.li/other/gsoc/ffmpegcity/ffmpeg/distributable/avformat.win32.git-eed2c69.audio.standalone.bin.7z