[FFmpeg-user] Compiling failure

[Mike Scheutzow]

Alexandre Schenberg wrote:
> Yes, my make verson is 3.80.
> I tried make V=1. I started to compile, but after a few seconds it showed:
> 
> "In file included from libavdevice/v4l.c:40:
> /usr/include/linux/videodev.h:55: error: syntax error before "ulong"
> /usr/include/linux/videodev.h:71: error: syntax error before '}' token
> libavdevice/v4l.c: In function `grab_read_header':
> libavdevice/v4l.c:84: error: storage size of `tuner' isn't known
> libavdevice/v4l.c:92: warning: `time_base' is deprecated (declared at
> libavformat/avformat.h:350)
> libavdevice/v4l.c:93: warning: `time_base' is deprecated (declared at
> libavformat/avformat.h:350)
> libavdevice/v4l.c:96: warning: `time_base' is deprecated (declared at
> libavformat/avformat.h:350)
> libavdevice/v4l.c:98: warning: `width' is deprecated (declared at
> libavformat/avformat.h:353)
> libavdevice/v4l.c:99: warning: `height' is deprecated (declared at
> libavformat/avformat.h:354)
> libavdevice/v4l.c:136: warning: `pix_fmt' is deprecated (declared at
> libavformat/avformat.h:355)
> libavdevice/v4l.c:144: error: invalid application of `sizeof' to an
> incomplete type
> libavdevice/v4l.c:146: error: invalid application of `sizeof' to an
> incomplete type
> libavdevice/v4l.c:84: warning: unused variable `tuner'
> make: *** [libavdevice/v4l.o] Error 1"
> 
> Any possible solution? Anyway, time to get a newer make, right?

This error is not caused by make. The problem is either old or missing 
.h files in /usr/include.

As an experiment, you could disable the compiling of all these avdevices 
(used for hardware i/o mostly):

./configure --disable-indevs --disable-outdevs
make V=1

To see all the available configure options:

./configure --help | more


Mike Scheutzow