x264-20190209-2245

#### Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2019-02-27

### Chapter 42. Multimedia Libraries and Drivers

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# x264-20190209-2245

## Introduction to x264

x264 package provides a library for encoding video streams into the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC format.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-8.4 platform.

### Package Information

- Download (HTTP): https://download.videolan.org/x264/snapshots/x264-snapshot-20190209-2245-stable.tar.bz2

- Download MD5 sum: e4a4f7f77edd524a7c31f1f908c98ef8

- Download size: 752 KB

- Estimated disk space required: 13 MB

- Estimated build time: 0.7 SBU

### x264 Dependencies

#### Recommended

NASM-2.14.02

#### Optional

ffms2, gpac or liblsmash

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/x264

## Installation of x264

Install x264 by running the following commands:

    ./configure --prefix=/usr \
                --enable-shared \
                --disable-cli &&
    make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the `root` user:

    make install

## Command Explanations

`--disable-cli`: This switch disables building the command-line encoder which is redundant since it requires FFmpeg for most of the input formats.

`--disable-asm`: Use this switch if you didn't install NASM.

## Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Library: libx264.so
Installed Directory: None

### Short Descriptions

`libx264.so` | provides the functions used to encode video streams into the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC format.

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