vld android compile problem

[softwadev]

I followed instructions in https://wiki.videolan.org/AndroidCompile/ web page and used the following settings and running as sudo.

export ANDROID_NDK=/usr/local/android/android-ndk-r9b
export ANDROID_SDK=/usr/local/android/android-sdk-linux
export CROSS_COMPILER_PATH=/usr/local/android/android-ndk-r9b/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.8/prebuilt/linux-x86/bin
export ANDROID_ABI=armeabi
export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_SDK/platform-tools:$ANDROID_SDK/tools
export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_NDK/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.8/prebuilt/linux-x86/bin
sh compile.sh

I got the following output:

configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --disable-dependency-tracking
autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf: configure.in: not using Gettext
configure: error: in `/usr/local/android/vlc/contrib/android/freetype/builds/unix':
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details
make[1]: *** [setup] Error 77
make: *** [.freetype2] Error 2
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
autoreconf: running: aclocal -I /usr/local/android/vlc/contrib/arm-linux-androideabi/share/aclocal --force
autoreconf: configure.in: tracing
autoreconf: running: libtoolize --install --copy --force
autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoconf --include=/usr/local/android/vlc/contrib/arm-linux-androideabi/share/aclocal --force
autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoheader --include=/usr/local/android/vlc/contrib/arm-linux-androideabi/share/aclocal --force
autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --force-missing
liba52/Makefile.am:1: `CFLAGS' is a user variable, you should not override it;
liba52/Makefile.am:1: use `AM_CFLAGS' instead.
src/Makefile.am:1: `CFLAGS' is a user variable, you should not override it;
src/Makefile.am:1: use `AM_CFLAGS' instead.
autoreconf: Leaving directory `.'
configure: error: in `/usr/local/android/vlc/contrib/android/a52dec':
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details
make: *** [.a52] Error 77


I got the SDK and NDK installed properly and they are working well in Eclipse. Please let me know how I can fix this.
Please give me detailed steps as I am new to building code in Unix/Linux. Any help will be much appreciated.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

See `config.log' for more details Did you look at it?

[edwardw]

And is PATH and Android NDK set up properly?

[softwadev]

I have copied below relevant section of config.log file:

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hostname = kamala-MXC061 uname -m = i686 uname -r = 3.8.0-27-generic uname -s = Linux uname -v = #40-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 9 00:19:35 UTC 2013 /usr/bin/uname -p = unknown /bin/uname -X = unknown /bin/arch = unknown /usr/bin/arch -k = unknown /usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown /usr/bin/hostinfo = unknown /bin/machine = unknown /usr/bin/oslevel = unknown /bin/universe = unknown PATH: /usr/local/android/vlc/contrib/arm-linux-androideabi/bin PATH: /usr/local/android/vlc/extras/tools/build/bin PATH: /usr/local/android/vlc/extras/tools/build/bin PATH: /usr/local/android/android-ndk-r9b/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.8/prebuilt/linux-x86/bin PATH: /usr/local/sbin PATH: /usr/local/bin PATH: /usr/sbin PATH: /usr/bin PATH: /sbin PATH: /bin PATH: /usr/local/android/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools PATH: /usr/local/android/android-sdk-linux/tools PATH: /usr/local/android/android-ndk-r9b/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.8/prebuilt/linux-x86/bin ## ----------- ## ## Core tests. ## ## ----------- ## configure:2483: checking build system type configure:2497: result: i686-pc-linux-gnu configure:2517: checking host system type configure:2530: result: arm-unknown-linux-androideabi configure:2562: checking for arm-linux-androideabi-gcc configure:2589: result: arm-linux-androideabi-gcc --sysroot=/usr/local/android/android-ndk-r9b/platforms/android-9/arch-arm configure:2858: checking for C compiler version configure:2867: arm-linux-androideabi-gcc --sysroot=/usr/local/android/android-ndk-r9b/platforms/android-9/arch-arm --version >&5 arm-linux-androideabi-gcc (GCC) 4.8 Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. configure:2878: $? = 0 configure:2867: arm-linux-androideabi-gcc --sysroot=/usr/local/android/android-ndk-r9b/platforms/android-9/arch-arm -v >&5 Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=arm-linux-androideabi-gcc COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/local/android/android-ndk-r9b/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.8/prebuilt/linux-x86/bin/../libexec/gcc/arm-linux-androideabi/4.8/lto-wrapper Target: arm-linux-androideabi Configured with: /s/ndk-toolchain/src/build/../gcc/gcc-4.8/configure --prefix=/tmp/ndk-andrewhsieh/build/toolchain/prefix --target=arm-linux-androideabi --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-gnu-as --with-gnu-ld --enable-languages=c,c++ --with-gmp=/tmp/ndk-andrewhsieh/build/toolchain/temp-install --with-mpfr=/tmp/ndk-andrewhsieh/build/toolchain/temp-install --with-mpc=/tmp/ndk-andrewhsieh/build/toolchain/temp-install --with-cloog=/tmp/ndk-andrewhsieh/build/toolchain/temp-install --with-isl=/tmp/ndk-andrewhsieh/build/toolchain/temp-install --with-ppl=/tmp/ndk-andrewhsieh/build/toolchain/temp-install --disable-ppl-version-check --disable-cloog-version-check --disable-isl-version-check --enable-cloog-backend=isl --with-host-libstdcxx='-static-libgcc -Wl,-Bstatic,-lstdc++,-Bdynamic -lm' --disable-libssp --enable-threads --disable-nls --disable-libmudflap --disable-libgomp --disable-libstdc__-v3 --disable-sjlj-exceptions --disable-shared --disable-tls --disable-libitm --with-float=soft --with-fpu=vfp --with-arch=armv5te --enable-target-optspace --enable-initfini-array --disable-nls --prefix=/tmp/ndk-andrewhsieh/build/toolchain/prefix --with-sysroot=/tmp/ndk-andrewhsieh/build/toolchain/prefix/sysroot --with-binutils-version=2.23 --with-mpfr-version=3.1.1 --with-mpc-version=1.0.1 --with-gmp-version=5.0.5 --with-gcc-version=4.8 --with-gdb-version=7.3.x --with-python=/usr/local/google/home/andrewhsieh/mydroid/ndk/prebuilt/linux-x86/bin/python-config.sh --with-gxx-include-dir=/tmp/ndk-andrewhsieh/build/toolchain/prefix/include/c++/4.8 --with-bugurl=http://source.android.com/source/report-bugs.html --disable-bootstrap --disable-libquadmath --enable-plugins --enable-libgomp --disable-libsanitizer --enable-gold --enable-graphite=yes --with-cloog-version=0.18.0 --with-isl-version=0.11.1 --enable-eh-frame-hdr-for-static --with-arch=armv5te --program-transform-name='s&^&arm-linux-androideabi-&' --enable-gold=default Thread model: posix gcc version 4.8 (GCC) configure:2878: $? = 0 configure:2867: arm-linux-androideabi-gcc --sysroot=/usr/local/android/android-ndk-r9b/platforms/android-9/arch-arm -V >&5 arm-linux-androideabi-gcc: error: unrecognized command line option '-V' arm-linux-androideabi-gcc: fatal error: no input files compilation terminated. configure:2878: $? = 1 configure:2867: arm-linux-androideabi-gcc --sysroot=/usr/local/android/android-ndk-r9b/platforms/android-9/arch-arm -qversion >&5 arm-linux-androideabi-gcc: error: unrecognized command line option '-qversion' arm-linux-androideabi-gcc: fatal error: no input files compilation terminated. configure:2878: $? = 1 configure:2898: checking whether the C compiler works configure:2920: arm-linux-androideabi-gcc --sysroot=/usr/local/android/android-ndk-r9b/platforms/android-9/arch-arm -g -mfpu=vfp -mcpu=arm1136jf-s -mfloat-abi=softfp -O2 -I/usr/local/android/android-ndk-r9b/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.8/include -I/usr/local/android/android-ndk-r9b/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.8/libs/armeabi/include -I/usr/local/android/vlc/contrib/arm-linux-androideabi/include -g -g -mfpu=vfp -mcpu=arm1136jf-s -mfloat-abi=softfp -O2 -I/usr/local/android/android-ndk-r9b/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.8/include -I/usr/local/android/android-ndk-r9b/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.8/libs/armeabi/include -I/usr/local/android/vlc/contrib/arm-linux-androideabi/include -L/usr/local/android/vlc/contrib/arm-linux-androideabi/lib conftest.c >&5 arm-linux-androideabi-gcc: error trying to exec '/usr/local/android/android-ndk-r9b/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.8/prebuilt/linux-x86/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-linux-androideabi/4.8/../../../../arm-linux-androideabi/bin/as': execv: Exec format error configure:2924: $? = 1 configure:2962: result: no configure: failed program was: | /* confdefs.h */ | #define PACKAGE_NAME "FreeType" | #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "freetype" | #define PACKAGE_VERSION "2.5" | #define PACKAGE_STRING "FreeType 2.5" | #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "freetype@nongnu.org" | #define PACKAGE_URL "" | /* end confdefs.h. */ | | int | main () | { | | ; | return 0; | } configure:2967: error: in `/usr/local/android/vlc/contrib/android/freetype/builds/unix': configure:2969: error: C compiler cannot create executables See `config.log' for more details

[softwadev]

yes, i have. please see my previous post where i have mentioned how i actually set them up.

the error us below:

configure:2867: arm-linux-androideabi-gcc --sysroot=/usr/local/android/android-ndk-r9b/platforms/android-9/arch-arm -V >&5
arm-linux-androideabi-gcc: error: unrecognized command line option '-V'
arm-linux-androideabi-gcc: fatal error: no input files
compilation terminated.

the file /usr/local/android/android-ndk-r9b/platforms/android-9/arch-arm is indeed found but the option -V is not recognised.

also the initial part of my config file dump shows all my path. please verify.

[edwardw]

The real error is below:

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arm-linux-androideabi-gcc: error trying to exec '/usr/local/android/android-ndk-r9b/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.8/prebuilt/linux-x86/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-linux-androideabi/4.8/../../../../arm-linux-androideabi/bin/as': execv: Exec format error

Run a

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file /usr/local/android/android-ndk-r9b/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.8/prebuilt/linux-x86/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-linux-androideabi/4.8/../../../../arm-linux-androideabi/bin/as

What does it respond with?

[softwadev]

droideabi/4.8/../../../../arm-linux-androideabi/bin/as
/usr/local/android/android-ndk-r9b/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.8/prebuilt/linux-x86/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-linux-androideabi/4.8/../../../../arm-linux-androideabi/bin/as: ASCII text, with no line terminators

[edwardw]

Yeah, it seems like part of your NDK has become corrupt. Try deleting the NDK and re-extracting from scratch.

[softwadev]

I just extacted it again and re-ran it, it gives the same problem.
When I went to the download site, it has two ndk downloads one http://dl.google.com/android/ndk/androi ... 86.tar.bz2 and another http://dl.google.com/android/ndk/androi ... ns.tar.bz2. Do I need to get both of them?

[edwardw]

Try both.

[softwadev]

Thank you for the suggestion. I was able to build so files but it was stuck generating apk file with some git set up problem.
I really want to compile, build and use this in windows 8 64 bit environment. As I had a lot of problem even to get a basic system set up, I went to use linux thinking I can just get the files from unix and use them in windows. It looks like that it is not possible.

Can you give me some instructions on how to compile it in windows 64 bit. I did find some instructions for win 32 and I got stuck at some point. So, my guess was I had to use the 64 bit mingw and msys. Is it ok to use mingw32 and msys32 bit in windows 8 64 bit. Please suggest some thing. Thank you for being patient with me.

[edwardw]

Obviously, you cannot copy Linux executables and expect them to work...

Try virtualization software like VirtualBox.

[softwadev]

As I already mentioned, in the linux machine the build exited with error after generating the .so files withe following error message.
=== Building vlc-android/bin/VLC-debug.apk for armeabi ===

date +"%Y-%m-%d" > vlc-android/assets/builddate.txt
echo `id -u -n`@`hostname` > vlc-android/assets/builder.txt
git rev-parse --short HEAD > vlc-android/assets/revision.txt
fatal: Needed a single revision
make: *** [vlc-android/bin/VLC-debug.apk] Error 128
rm android-libs/libmedia.c android-libs/libutils.c android-libs/libstagefright.c android-libs/libbinder.c

Can you please throw some light on this?

[edwardw]

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git reset --hard HEAD git checkout master git pull --rebase

?

[softwadev]

I want to use the AudioServiceController instance to load a video rtmp url with options.
I am using the append method with arraylist<string> argument, with two strings the first string with the rtmp://urlname/filename and second string as avio-options={rtmp_swurl=http://..../a.swf, rtmp_pageurl=http://...}

It seems to be taking the two as two separate mrls and tries to load both of them. How can I set the second string to be the parameter for the first url?

[edwardw]

No, it's not currently supported, but I've added it to our bug tracker so it doesn't get forgotten:

https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/10290

[softwadev]

I managed to play the rtmp with options by adding avio-options parameter to the Media code in vlc-android.
Can you please let me know if I can add some options or something else to play rtmpe with token option.
Do I use the mrl as rtmpe or something else?

[edwardw]

https://wiki.videolan.org/RTMP

[softwadev]

Thanks for the reply. I already got the rtmp with avio options working. I would like to know whether vlc can play rtmpe and if so what option to use for token?

[edwardw]

Did you read the link provided?

[softwadev]

Yes, it says nothing about rtmpe.

[edwardw]

Same applies, rtmpe://

[softwadev]

that did not work.
I have another question. The you tube url works in vlc for windows. But it does not work in vlc android. How can I get it to work there?

[edwardw]

Lua is not enabled on Android.

[softwadev]

Can you give me some instructions on how I can enable it and re-build if necessary and run vlc-android.