[FFmpeg-user] build error on Windows

[Charlie Arnold]

On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 10:34 PM, Charlie Arnold <charlie.arnold at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I'm trying to build the master branch from
> https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg.
> Following the directions at
> https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/CompilationGuide/MSVC, after ./configure,
> make gives me the following error:
>
> $ make
> CC  libavdevice/alldevices.o
> alldevices.c
> c:\FFmpeg\libavdevice\alldevices.c : fatal error C1083: Cannot open
> compiler generated file: '/c/FFmpeg/libavdevice/alldevices.o': No such file
> or directory
> make: *** [libavdevice/alldevices.o] Error 1
>
> Has anyone seen this error before?  Do I need to configure MSYS
> differently or anything?
>
> Thanks -
>

In case anyone else runs into this, I found this problem and filed a bug (
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/5180).