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author | Diego Biurrun <diego@biurrun.de> | 2012-05-10 16:18:10 +0400 |
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committer | Diego Biurrun <diego@biurrun.de> | 2012-05-14 15:05:39 +0400 |
commit | d19f3e9a2a4919a2beb55930b510282999197ec3 (patch) | |
tree | e3b2158afd6046da0c8305bb63653fa4754ddaf1 /doc | |
parent | 7b089b79e6c9e2f36e3811a24f64f2e00e46786d (diff) |
doc: misc improvements for the Windows section
Fix some orthography, wording and grammar issues; update the SDL section
with more current instructions; simplify lib.exe example command line;
drop outdated comments about libnut.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/platform.texi | 33 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/doc/platform.texi b/doc/platform.texi index 97e97c218c..c095f525d0 100644 --- a/doc/platform.texi +++ b/doc/platform.texi @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ instructions in the download section and the FAQ. Libav does not build out-of-the-box with the packages the automated MinGW installer provides. It also requires coreutils to be installed and many other -packages updated to the latest version. The minimum version for some packages +packages updated to the latest version. The minimum versions for some packages are listed below: @itemize @@ -104,17 +104,14 @@ Notes: @item Building natively using MSYS can be sped up by disabling implicit rules in the Makefile by calling @code{make -r} instead of plain @code{make}. This speed up is close to non-existent for normal one-off builds and is only -noticeable when running make for a second time (for example in +noticeable when running make for a second time (for example during @code{make install}). @item In order to compile AVplay, you must have the MinGW development library -of @uref{http://www.libsdl.org/, SDL}. -Edit the @file{bin/sdl-config} script so that it points to the correct prefix -where SDL was installed. Verify that @file{sdl-config} can be launched from -the MSYS command line. +of @uref{http://www.libsdl.org/, SDL} and @code{pkg-config} installed. @item By using @code{./configure --enable-shared} when configuring Libav, -you can build libavutil, libavcodec and libavformat as DLLs. +you can build all libraries as DLLs. @end itemize @@ -134,7 +131,7 @@ you might have to modify the procedures slightly. @subsection Using static libraries -Assuming you have just built and installed Libav in @file{/usr/local}. +Assuming you have just built and installed Libav in @file{/usr/local}: @enumerate @@ -257,14 +254,11 @@ are stored. @item Generate new import libraries with @file{lib.exe}: @example -lib /machine:i386 /def:..\lib\avcodec-53.def /out:avcodec.lib -lib /machine:i386 /def:..\lib\avdevice-53.def /out:avdevice.lib -lib /machine:i386 /def:..\lib\avfilter-2.def /out:avfilter.lib -lib /machine:i386 /def:..\lib\avformat-53.def /out:avformat.lib -lib /machine:i386 /def:..\lib\avutil-51.def /out:avutil.lib -lib /machine:i386 /def:..\lib\swscale-2.def /out:swscale.lib +lib /machine:i386 /def:..\lib\foo-version.def /out:foo.lib @end example +Replace @code{foo-version} and @code{foo} with the respective library names. + @end enumerate @anchor{Cross compilation for Windows with Linux} @@ -306,8 +300,8 @@ Then run to make a static build. -The current @code{gcc4-core} package is buggy and needs this flag to build -shared libraries: +To build shared libraries add a special compiler flag to work around current +@code{gcc4-core} package bugs in addition to the normal configure flags: @example ./configure --enable-shared --disable-static --extra-cflags=-fno-reorder-functions @@ -327,11 +321,8 @@ yasm, libSDL-devel, libfaac-devel, libgsm-devel, libmp3lame-devel, libschroedinger1.0-devel, speex-devel, libtheora-devel, libxvidcore-devel @end example -The recommendation for libnut and x264 is to build them from source by -yourself, as they evolve too quickly for Cygwin Ports to be up to date. - -Cygwin 1.7.x has IPv6 support. You can add IPv6 to Cygwin 1.5.x by means -of the @code{libgetaddrinfo-devel} package, available at Cygwin Ports. +The recommendation for x264 is to build it from source, as it evolves too +quickly for Cygwin Ports to be up to date. @section Crosscompilation for Windows under Cygwin |