README
1 vpx Multi-Format Codec SDK
2 README - 1 August 2013
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4 Welcome to the WebM VP8/VP9 Codec SDK!
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6 COMPILING THE APPLICATIONS/LIBRARIES:
7 The build system used is similar to autotools. Building generally consists of
8 "configuring" with your desired build options, then using GNU make to build
9 the application.
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11 1. Prerequisites
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13 * All x86 targets require the Yasm[1] assembler be installed.
14 * All Windows builds require that Cygwin[2] be installed.
15 * Building the documentation requires PHP[3] and Doxygen[4]. If you do not
16 have these packages, you must pass --disable-install-docs to the
17 configure script.
18 * Downloading the data for the unit tests requires curl[5] and sha1sum.
19 sha1sum is provided via the GNU coreutils, installed by default on
20 many *nix platforms, as well as MinGW and Cygwin. If coreutils is not
21 available, a compatible version of sha1sum can be built from
22 source[6]. These requirements are optional if not running the unit
23 tests.
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25 [1]: http://www.tortall.net/projects/yasm
26 [2]: http://www.cygwin.com
27 [3]: http://php.net
28 [4]: http://www.doxygen.org
29 [5]: http://curl.haxx.se
30 [6]: http://www.microbrew.org/tools/md5sha1sum/
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32 2. Out-of-tree builds
33 Out of tree builds are a supported method of building the application. For
34 an out of tree build, the source tree is kept separate from the object
35 files produced during compilation. For instance:
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37 $ mkdir build
38 $ cd build
39 $ ../libvpx/configure <options>
40 $ make
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42 3. Configuration options
43 The 'configure' script supports a number of options. The --help option can be
44 used to get a list of supported options:
45 $ ../libvpx/configure --help
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47 4. Cross development
48 For cross development, the most notable option is the --target option. The
49 most up-to-date list of supported targets can be found at the bottom of the
50 --help output of the configure script. As of this writing, the list of
51 available targets is:
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53 armv5te-android-gcc
54 armv5te-linux-rvct
55 armv5te-linux-gcc
56 armv5te-none-rvct
57 armv6-darwin-gcc
58 armv6-linux-rvct
59 armv6-linux-gcc
60 armv6-none-rvct
61 armv7-android-gcc
62 armv7-darwin-gcc
63 armv7-linux-rvct
64 armv7-linux-gcc
65 armv7-none-rvct
66 armv7-win32-vs11
67 armv7-win32-vs12
68 mips32-linux-gcc
69 ppc32-darwin8-gcc
70 ppc32-darwin9-gcc
71 ppc32-linux-gcc
72 ppc64-darwin8-gcc
73 ppc64-darwin9-gcc
74 ppc64-linux-gcc
75 sparc-solaris-gcc
76 x86-android-gcc
77 x86-darwin8-gcc
78 x86-darwin8-icc
79 x86-darwin9-gcc
80 x86-darwin9-icc
81 x86-darwin10-gcc
82 x86-darwin11-gcc
83 x86-darwin12-gcc
84 x86-darwin13-gcc
85 x86-linux-gcc
86 x86-linux-icc
87 x86-os2-gcc
88 x86-solaris-gcc
89 x86-win32-gcc
90 x86-win32-vs7
91 x86-win32-vs8
92 x86-win32-vs9
93 x86-win32-vs10
94 x86-win32-vs11
95 x86-win32-vs12
96 x86_64-darwin9-gcc
97 x86_64-darwin10-gcc
98 x86_64-darwin11-gcc
99 x86_64-darwin12-gcc
100 x86_64-darwin13-gcc
101 x86_64-linux-gcc
102 x86_64-linux-icc
103 x86_64-solaris-gcc
104 x86_64-win64-gcc
105 x86_64-win64-vs8
106 x86_64-win64-vs9
107 x86_64-win64-vs10
108 x86_64-win64-vs11
109 x86_64-win64-vs12
110 universal-darwin8-gcc
111 universal-darwin9-gcc
112 universal-darwin10-gcc
113 universal-darwin11-gcc
114 universal-darwin12-gcc
115 universal-darwin13-gcc
116 generic-gnu
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118 The generic-gnu target, in conjunction with the CROSS environment variable,
119 can be used to cross compile architectures that aren't explicitly listed, if
120 the toolchain is a cross GNU (gcc/binutils) toolchain. Other POSIX toolchains
121 will likely work as well. For instance, to build using the mipsel-linux-uclibc
122 toolchain, the following command could be used (note, POSIX SH syntax, adapt
123 to your shell as necessary):
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125 $ CROSS=mipsel-linux-uclibc- ../libvpx/configure
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127 In addition, the executables to be invoked can be overridden by specifying the
128 environment variables: CC, AR, LD, AS, STRIP, NM. Additional flags can be
129 passed to these executables with CFLAGS, LDFLAGS, and ASFLAGS.
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131 5. Configuration errors
132 If the configuration step fails, the first step is to look in the error log.
133 This defaults to config.log. This should give a good indication of what went
134 wrong. If not, contact us for support.
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136 SUPPORT
137 This library is an open source project supported by its community. Please
138 please email webm-discuss (a] webmproject.org for help.
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