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I am trying to build ffmpeg on 64-bit Windows with libfdk_aac.
I followed this YouTube guide and also tried these instructions.
None works. The references are old. I get lot of errors. I found these links after searching Google extensively.
Anyone had luck compiling ffmpeg with libfdk_aac? If yes, could you please share your knowledge.
kheya
Posted 2013-07-21T09:08:43.783
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I used the Media Autobuild Suite and it works like a charm, if you remove the You probably don't even need to do that anymore--enable-libblueray from the ffmpeg configure line in the media-suite_compile.sh
It automagically downloads the needed compiler and libraries and compiles everything for you. (including the requested libfdk_aac library)
MaPePeR
Posted 2013-07-21T09:08:43.783
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If you don't extremely care about the audio quality, Native FFmpeg AAC encoder (aac) is a nice alternative encoder whose quality is just slightly lower than libfdk_aac (Encode/AAC-FFmpeg). Then you can just use the prebuilt ffmpeg for Windows, which will saves you a lot of time.
Daniel
Posted 2013-07-21T09:08:43.783
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There are instructions here on how to compile your own ffmpeg with the codecs you want. It is involved and lots of steps:
Sun
Posted 2013-07-21T09:08:43.783
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Not a fix for your issue, but if "99% of people use non-windows systems" then VMWare Player (or VirtualBox) and Ubuntu should work.
https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/free#desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_player/5_0 http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop
Spencer5051
Posted 2013-07-21T09:08:43.783
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1@kheya if you're not familiar with what vmware is / what a virtual machine is, then you've slept through one of the biggest developments in the last 15 years / post 2000, in computing. But if you're installing on a linux virtual machine hosted by windows 7, then the host is irrelevant, you are installing on linux. It's like not knowing about VNC type applications(pc anywhere was in the 90s). – barlop – 2014-06-30T10:10:33.463
Sorry, but this really does not constitute a useful answer—if the OP wanted to use *nix they'd already have done so. – slhck – 2013-07-21T13:40:57.633
I spent almost all my life working with Windows. I moved away from MSFT SQL server to MongoDB last year. But my server side logic is in ASP.NET MVC (C#) – kheya – 2013-07-21T18:53:16.653
Never heard of VMWare player. I will use JWPlayer which plays HTML5. Is it possible to install Ubuntu on a Windows laptop (Win 7) and cross compile FFMPEG to generate the exe that I can use on a windows server? – kheya – 2013-07-21T19:01:53.877
@kheya Regarding your last question, no, not possible. Also, VMware Player is just a virtualization solution, nothing comparable with JWPlayer. – slhck – 2013-07-22T06:38:27.687
Just brainstorming, would running this on Cygwin be viable?
For any who don't know: "Cygwin is a Unix-like environment and command-line interface for Microsoft Windows. Cygwin provides native integration of Windows-based..." – Spencer5051 – 2013-07-23T01:50:48.027
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this mentions getting source code with git https://www.ffmpeg.org/download.html and on the same page it links to a compilation guide which has a section for windows . haven't tried it though.
– barlop – 2014-06-29T16:05:02.8301Apparently not easy to compile in Windows. libfdk_aac and libfaac are out of reach unless you compile it yourself. – Sun – 2014-11-09T05:10:55.093
2If anyone alredy compiled this for win 64 bit, will it be ok to share the binary? – kheya – 2013-07-21T09:53:46.320
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"I get lot of errors" – maybe you could share those. I don't have Windows and I'm sure compiling FFmpeg there is hard enough. You might also try to post in the Zeranoe Forums, but please make sure to search there as well and include what you've tried and what specific errors you get.
– slhck – 2013-07-21T09:55:14.090It will be tough for me to put all errors here. I tried so many things on the way. I see 99% people using non-windows system. I will try the Zeranoe forum thanks. – kheya – 2013-07-21T10:10:39.797