[FFmpeg-user] issue with mac os x 10.6.8 libx264 during 'make' command

[Tracey Jaquith]

On Mar 6, 2013, at 9:41 AM, Paul Sturbaum <psturbs at gmail.com> wrote:

>>> 
>> 
>> This is off topic - x264 is a separate, unrelated, project.
> Sorry
>> 
>> However, the issue you have is that you have told it to build with
>> ffmpeg support, and not told it what extra libraries ffmpeg needs.
>> 
>> The whole thing - building x264 with ffmpeg support and ffmpeg with
>> x264 support - is sort of a chicken/egg problem. Don't do that, build
>> x264 without ffmpeg.
> Thanks I will try that.
> Paul

re "chicken vs. egg"..

I'm probably a bit wacky, but here we do logically:
  - configure, compile ffmpeg normally (w/o x264 support)
  - configure, compile x264
  - configure, patch, and compile ffmpeg w/ x264 support, install

--tracey