2018-01-08, 12:52
So far I've been able to successfully build and run kodi 18 from current sources on my system, a fresh install of Ubuntu 16.04.3. However, I noticed the built does not produce any ffmpeg binaries (e.g. ffmpeg or ffprobe) and does not include libx264 support.
I need the ffmpeg binaries with libx264 support for a private addon that autoconverts my vdr recordings into mp4 files and would like to leverage the sources that kodi installs.
I found a way (post-built) using autobuild.sh in tools/depends/target/ffmpeg that generates a ffmpeg source directory to which - after installation of libx264-dev - I can apply my extended configure command and make to finally produce the matching ffmpeg binaries to the kodi sources.
Yet, I was wondering if there is an easier way to have the kodi build process generate those binaries with included libx264 support in one run. I am getting compile errors related to unspecified references when re-builing kodi using external ffmpeg (built as indicated above).
I need the ffmpeg binaries with libx264 support for a private addon that autoconverts my vdr recordings into mp4 files and would like to leverage the sources that kodi installs.
I found a way (post-built) using autobuild.sh in tools/depends/target/ffmpeg that generates a ffmpeg source directory to which - after installation of libx264-dev - I can apply my extended configure command and make to finally produce the matching ffmpeg binaries to the kodi sources.
Yet, I was wondering if there is an easier way to have the kodi build process generate those binaries with included libx264 support in one run. I am getting compile errors related to unspecified references when re-builing kodi using external ffmpeg (built as indicated above).