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

Chapter 13. Preparing FFMpeg and Support Libraries

XviD-1.3.7

Introduction to XviD

XviD is an MPEG-4 compliant video CODEC.

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

Package Information

  • Download (HTTP): https://downloads.xvid.com/downloads/xvidcore-1.3.7.tar.gz

  • Download SHA256 Sum: abbdcbd39555691dd1c9b4d08f0a031376a3b211652c0d8b3b8aa9be1303ce2d

  • Download MD5 sum: 5c6c19324608ac491485dbb27d4da517

  • Download size: 3,619.6 KB

  • Estimated disk space required: 6,404.1 KB

  • Estimated build time: less than 0.5 SBU

XviD Dependencies

Optional

yasm-1.3.0 or NASM-3.01

Installation of XviD

[Note]

Note

This package tarball expands to xvidcore, not the expected xvidcore-1.3.7.

First, fix a problem when building with gcc-15: 

sed -i '/typedef int bool;/d' src/encoder.h

Prepare XviD by running the following commands: 

cd build/generic
sed -i 's/^LN_S=@LN_S@/& -f -v/' platform.inc.in

./configure --prefix=/usr

Now Install the package, as the root user: 

make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now Install the package, as the root user: 

sed -i '/libdir.*STATIC_LIB/ s/^/#/' Makefile
make install

chmod -v 755 /usr/lib/libxvidcore.so.4.3

To Install exaples and documentation as the root user issue: 

install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/xvidcore-1.3.7/examples
install -v -m644 ../../doc/* /usr/share/doc/xvidcore-1.3.7
install -v -m644 ../../examples/* \
    /usr/share/doc/xvidcore-1.3.7/examples

Command Explanations

sed -i 's/^LN_S=@LN_S@/& -f -v/' platform.inc.in: Fix error during make install if reinstalling or upgrading.

sed -i '/libdir.*STATIC_LIB/ s/^/#/' Makefile: This command disables installing the static library.

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Library: libxvidcore.so
Installed Directory: /usr/share/doc/xvidcore-1.3.7

Short Descriptions

libxvidcore.so

provides functions to encode and decode most MPEG-4 video data