Zirconium Linux From Scratch - Version r12.4-45-systemd

Chapter 13. Preparing FFMpeg and Support Libraries

x264-20250815

Introduction to x264

x264 package provides a library for encoding video streams into the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC format.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 12.4 platform.

Package Information

  • Download (HTTP): https://anduin.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/x264/x264-20250815.tar.xz

  • Download SHA256 Sum: eb9c8febcf4889d01a4fd97f67a9bec74981a67c89d04e492b74e81edd720031

  • Download MD5 sum: a4adb6f7d2644043765885e54abc3955

  • Download size: 5,770.1 KB

  • Estimated disk space required: 11,682.2 KB

  • Estimated build time: less than 0.5 SBU

x264 Dependencies

Recommended

NASM-3.01

Optional

ffms2, gpac or liblsmash

Installation of x264

Prepare x264 by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr   \
            --enable-shared \
            --disable-cli
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now Install the package, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--disable-cli: This switch disables building the command-line encoder which is redundant since it requires FFmpeg for most of the input formats.

--disable-asm: Use this switch if you didn't install NASM.

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Library: libx264.so
Installed Directory: None

Short Descriptions

libx264.so

provides the functions used to encode video streams into the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC format