Videolan won't compile!

[Russell Ballard]

The source code for the latest version of VLC does not completely compile, either under Linux (red hat 9) or windows. I am most concerned with getting going under Linux though.

The source code for VLS does compile but won't run. It says libdvbpsi.so.3 is missing when in fact said library is there.


Any ideas?

Needless to say I have done all the obvious stuff. Got all the lib tars, untared them done ./configure make and make install. Done the same for VLC itself. It takes forever to build everything and eventually decides everything in ffmpeg.c is undefined.

[zorglub]

Both for VLC and VLS, you need the libdvbpsi library, that you can get on http://developers.videolan.org/libdvbpsi.

If that does not solve the problem, could you paste the compile error lines so that we can help you efficiently ?

[Russell Ballard]

Both for VLC and VLS, you need the libdvbpsi library, that you can get on http://developers.videolan.org/libdvbpsi.

If that does not solve the problem, could you paste the compile error lines so that we can help you efficiently ?

Hi,

I already have the libdvbpsi library but I still get these errors:-

lffmpeg.c:36:24: avcodec.h: No such file or directory
ffmpeg.c:40:5: #error You must have a libavcodec >= 4680 (get CVS)
In file included from ffmpeg.c:43:
ffmpeg.h:42: parse error before "AVCodecContext"
ffmpeg.h:48: parse error before "AVCodecContext"
ffmpeg.h:68: parse error before "AVFrame"
ffmpeg.c:63: parse error before "AVCodecContext"
ffmpeg.c:63: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union
ffmpeg.c:64: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `p_codec'
ffmpeg.c:64: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
ffmpeg.c:65: parse error before '}' token
ffmpeg.c: In function `OpenDecoder':
ffmpeg.c:124: `AVCodecContext' undeclared (first use in this function)
ffmpeg.c:124: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
ffmpeg.c:124: for each function it appears in.)
ffmpeg.c:124: `p_context' undeclared (first use in this function)
ffmpeg.c:125: `AVCodec' undeclared (first use in this function)
ffmpeg.c:138: warning: implicit declaration of function `avcodec_find_decoder'
ffmpeg.c:138: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
ffmpeg.c:145: warning: implicit declaration of function `avcodec_alloc_context'
ffmpeg.c:151: `FF_MM_MMX' undeclared (first use in this function)
ffmpeg.c:155: `FF_MM_MMXEXT' undeclared (first use in this function)
ffmpeg.c:159: `FF_MM_3DNOW' undeclared (first use in this function)
ffmpeg.c:163: `FF_MM_SSE' undeclared (first use in this function)
ffmpeg.c:164: `FF_MM_SSE2' undeclared (first use in this function)
ffmpeg.c:183: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
ffmpeg.c: In function `CloseDecoder':
ffmpeg.c:196: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
ffmpeg.c:198: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
ffmpeg.c:199: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
ffmpeg.c:201: warning: implicit declaration of function `avcodec_close'
ffmpeg.c:201: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
ffmpeg.c:202: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
ffmpeg.c:203: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
ffmpeg.c:206: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
ffmpeg.c: In function `GetFfmpegCodec__ffmpeg':
ffmpeg.c:239: `CODEC_ID_MPEG1VIDEO' undeclared (first use in this function)
ffmpeg.c:247: `CODEC_ID_MPEG2VIDEO' undeclared (first use in this function)
ffmpeg.c:275: `CODEC_ID_MPEG4' undeclared (first use in this function)


etc etc etc!



...Russell

[The DJ]

ffmpeg.c:40:5: #error You must have a libavcodec >= 4680 (get CVS)

This means you are using ffmpeg < 0.4.7
You need at least 0.4.8 configured with --enable-pp

[Gibalou]

ffmpeg.c:36:24: avcodec.h: No such file or directory
ffmpeg.c:40:5: #error You must have a libavcodec >= 4680 (get CVS)

I would rather say he doesn't have ffmpeg at all

[Bollo]

I got the same problem.
and I just wanted to say that even if you compile ffmpeg in the latest version configured properly with --enable-pp the problem is not solved.
this means yes ffmpeg is installed properly and it is configured as it should be

if anybody knows how to get it done, please let us know

bollo

[bollo]

I think i solved it.. I had the same problem.
The solution seems to be the following:
uninstall ffmpeg (rpm -e ffmpeg)
recompile ffmpeg using the latest version 4.8 or whatever!

it's got to be configured using ./configure --enable-pp --enable-share

now run "make"
and then "make_install" or even better use checkinstall to build an rpm...

now type "ldconfig"

change into your vlc directory and reconfigure your vlc this means simpy type this again...
(./configure)
now "make" should do it...
hope this helps...
bye bollo

[stijn]

i've compiled, run and did a make install of ffmpeg 0.4.8 without problems (i guess)
when ik go back to the VLC 0.7.1 dir. en reconfigure with ./configure (no difference with or without "--enable-pp --enable-shared") i have te following error:

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checking for zlib.h... yes checking ffmpeg/avcodec.h usability... no checking ffmpeg/avcodec.h presence... no checking for ffmpeg/avcodec.h... no configure: error: Missing header file ffmpeg/avcodec.h. [root@localhost vlc-0.7.1]#

what to do?

[Guest]

Hi,

i have the same problem & here is how i solved it.

make a directory in your /usr/include/ffmpeg if you have installed ffmpeg you will have this dir. then just copy the from the ffmpeg source ~/ffmpeg-0.4.8/libavcodec the file avcodec.h in /usr/include/ffmpeg.

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as root: mkdir /usr/include/ffmpeg (make it if you don't have it) cp ~/ffmpeg-0.4.8/libavcodec/avcodec.h /usr/include/ffmpeg

if you don't have postprocessing enabled in ffmpeg, you can do the same.

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mkdir /usr/include/postproc cp ~/ffmpeg-0.4.8/libavcodec/libpostproc/postprocess.h /usr/include/postproc

i hope this helps you. if you can't install the cvs version of ffmpeg, use the latest 0.4.8

Shemeta[/code]

[stijn]

thanx for the tip, but it doesn't help

so, still looking for the answer

[Bernhard]

thanx for the tip, but it doesn't help

so, still looking for the answer

You have to configure ffmpeg with --enable-pp and then you have to make it.

Then you change into the vlc-directory and type

./configure --with-ffmpeg-tree=<where_you_build_ffmpeg!>

With this you can successfully run a configure. That's it!

But, although I run this configure successfully, I'm not able to get vlc compiled without errors! Take a look (german SuSE 8.2 Professonal):

------------------snip-----------------
gcc: ./modules/misc/memcpy/libmemcpymmx.a: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
gcc: ./modules/video_chroma/libi420_rgb_mmx.a: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
gcc: ./modules/video_chroma/libi422_yuy2_mmx.a: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
gcc: ./modules/video_chroma/libi420_ymga_mmx.a: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
gcc: ./modules/video_chroma/libi420_yuy2_mmx.a: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
gcc: ./modules/misc/memcpy/libmemcpymmxext.a: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
gcc: ./modules/misc/memcpy/libmemcpy3dn.a: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
gcc: ./modules/codec/ffmpeg/libffmpeg.a: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
gcc: ./modules/stream_out/libstream_out_transcode.a: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
------------------snip-----------------

What's going wrong?

[ipkiss]

It looks like you did 'make vlc' instead of a simple 'make' ('make vlc' doesn't build modules)

[Bernhard]

It looks like you did 'make vlc' instead of a simple 'make' ('make vlc' doesn't build modules)

No.

I used 'checkinstall'. Maybe this doesn't work with vlc... (?)

Later I used 'make' before 'checkinstall'.

Ok, I compiled vlc successfully now and 'checkinstall' builds and installs a RPM. So far so good...

But vlc doesn't play any movie on vcd or svcd. It starts for five seconds and stops immediately with an error like 'CDROM (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST'!

What's going wrong now?

(vlc DOES play DVD and Audio-CD's !)

[Bernhard]

Ok, I compiled vlc successfully now and 'checkinstall' builds and installs a RPM. So far so good...

But vlc doesn't play any movie on vcd or svcd. It starts for five seconds and stops immediately with an error like 'CDROM (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST'!

What's going wrong now?

(vlc DOES play DVD and Audio-CD's !)

Stop! I found the error! vlc tries to open a vcd or svcd like

vcdx:///dev/dvd@E1

Deleting the '@E1' lets vlc work fine! Thanks a lot for your help, guis!

Bernhard from Germany