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Downloaded the latest VLCKit

executing the ./buildMobileVLCKit.sh as per the website

I get

--extra-ldflags="-L/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS7.0.sdk/usr/lib -arch armv7 -isysroot /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS7.0.sdk -miphoneos-version-min=5.1 -arch armv7 -miphoneos-version-min=5.1 -L/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS7.0.sdk/usr/lib -arch armv7 -isysroot /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS7.0.sdk -miphoneos-version-min=5.1 -L/Users/barryf/Desktop/VLCKit/MobileVLCKit/ImportedSources/vlc/contrib/arm-apple-darwin11-armv7/lib" --cc="xcrun clang" --disable-doc --disable-encoder=vorbis --enable-libgsm --enable-libopenjpeg --disable-debug --disable-avdevice --disable-devices --disable-avfilter --disable-filters --disable-bsfs --disable-bzlib --disable-programs --disable-avresample --disable-encoders --disable-muxers --enable-cross-compile --arch=armv7 --target-os=darwin --enable-pic --as="perl /Users/barryf/Desktop/VLCKit/MobileVLCKit/ImportedSources/vlc/extras/tools/build/bin/gas-preprocessor.pl xcrun clang" --enable-pthreads \
--prefix="/Users/barryf/Desktop/VLCKit/MobileVLCKit/ImportedSources/vlc/contrib/arm-apple-darwin11-armv7" --enable-static --disable-shared
Configured with: --prefix=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
Configured with: --prefix=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
ERROR: libopenjpeg not found

If you think configure made a mistake, make sure you are using the latest
version from Git. If the latest version fails, report the problem to the
libav-tools@libav.org mailing list or IRC #libav on irc.freenode.net.
Include the log file "config.log" produced by configure as this will help
solving the problem.
make: *** [.ffmpeg] Error 1
[info] Building MobileVLCKit (Aggregate static plugins, Release)
2014-03-09 16:31:02.125 xcodebuild[44401:1207] [MT] PluginLoading: Required plug-in compatibility UUID 37B30044-3B14-46BA-ABAA-F01000C27B63 for plug-in at path '~/Library/Application Support/Developer/Shared/Xcode/Plug-ins/MarmaladeGCC.xcplugin' not present in DVTPlugInCompatibilityUUIDs
2014-03-09 16:31:02.127 xcodebuild[44401:1207] Failed to load plugin at: /Users/barryf/Library/Application Support/Developer/Shared/Xcode/Plug-ins/MarmaladeGCC.xcplugin, skipping. Reason for failure: *** -[__NSPlaceholderDictionary initWithObjects:forKeys:count:]: attempt to insert nil object from objects[0]
[info] Building MobileVLCKit (MobileVLCKit, Release)
2014-03-09 16:31:02.509 xcodebuild[44503:1207] [MT] PluginLoading: Required plug-in compatibility UUID 37B30044-3B14-46BA-ABAA-F01000C27B63 for plug-in at path '~/Library/Application Support/Developer/Shared/Xcode/Plug-ins/MarmaladeGCC.xcplugin' not present in DVTPlugInCompatibilityUUIDs
2014-03-09 16:31:02.510 xcodebuild[44503:1207] Failed to load plugin at: /Users/barryf/Library/Application Support/Developer/Shared/Xcode/Plug-ins/MarmaladeGCC.xcplugin, skipping. Reason for failure: *** -[__NSPlaceholderDictionary initWithObjects:forKeys:count:]: attempt to insert nil object from objects[0]
** BUILD FAILED **


The following build commands failed:
Libtool build/MobileVLCKit.build/Release-iphoneos/MobileVLCKit.build/Objects-normal/armv7/libMobileVLCKit.a normal armv7
Libtool build/MobileVLCKit.build/Release-iphoneos/MobileVLCKit.build/Objects-normal/armv7s/libMobileVLCKit.a normal armv7s
Libtool build/MobileVLCKit.build/Release-iphoneos/MobileVLCKit.build/Objects-normal/arm64/libMobileVLCKit.a normal arm64
(3 failures)





When I try via opening the MobileLCKit.xcodeproj
I get the failure
-
ls: /Users/barryf/Desktop/VLCKit/MobileVLCKit/ImportedSources/vlc/install-ios-OS/arm64/lib/vlc/plugins/lib*_plugin.a: No such file or directory
Command /bin/sh emitted errors but did not return a nonzero exit code to indicate failure




Any advice

Thanks in advance

I saw the same today and it surprised me a lot, since if you look at the log closely, you'll see that libopenjpeg is compiled just fine just right before libav. I'll try to investigate this further some time tomorrow.

Thanks
I had prior download the entire vlc-for iOS 2.2.2 and managed to compile it
I went back and re downloaded git clone …. and it also now fails

So, something must have been uploaded to the git source that is causing the failure

UPDATE:

Just downloaded the latest from git to build now crashes here



[info] LD FLAGS SELECTED = '-L/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS7.0.sdk/usr/lib -arch armv7 -isysroot /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS7.0.sdk -miphoneos-version-min=5.1'
/Users/barryf/Desktop/VLCKit/MobileVLCKit/ImportedSources/vlc
curl -f -L -- "http://www.libssh2.org/download/libssh2-1.4.3.tar.gz" > "../../contrib/tarballs/libssh2-1.4.3.tar.gz"
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 669k 100 669k 0 0 157k 0 0:00:04 0:00:04 --:--:-- 175k
grep -- " libssh2-1.4.3.tar.gz$" "../../contrib/src/ssh2/SHA512SUMS" && (cd ../../contrib/tarballs && shasum -a 512 --check /dev/stdin) < "../../contrib/src/ssh2/SHA512SUMS"
707e0634b74fcf0f5ae4e46d9807907db7cd09328d553a67c49e9e11d852ae85843a7dcbe3f002e639eb2704e53e865c640c8fe85dcada330d0160708e8b5177 libssh2-1.4.3.tar.gz
libssh2-1.4.3.tar.gz: OK
touch .sum-ssh2
curl -f -L -- "http://taglib.github.io/releases/taglib-1.9.1.tar.gz" > "../../contrib/tarballs/taglib-1.9.1.tar.gz"
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 638k 100 638k 0 0 210k 0 0:00:03 0:00:03 --:--:-- 708k
grep -- " taglib-1.9.1.tar.gz$" "../../contrib/src/taglib/SHA512SUMS" && (cd ../../contrib/tarballs && shasum -a 512 --check /dev/stdin) < "../../contrib/src/taglib/SHA512SUMS"
63a4f06b88b33be716dde3111e62a624995bc020127c9d22f63e918a535ebba858c59308ca4295eeedb29dc72b87d6673db5483f20d9dbf3f56cd93c7ba7ed58 taglib-1.9.1.tar.gz
taglib-1.9.1.tar.gz: OK
touch .sum-taglib
curl -f -L -- "http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/theo ... 1.1.tar.xz" > "../../contrib/tarballs/libtheora-1.1.1.tar.xz"
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 1400k 100 1400k 0 0 370k 0 0:00:03 0:00:03 --:--:-- 379k
grep -- " libtheora-1.1.1.tar.xz$" "../../contrib/src/theora/SHA512SUMS" && (cd ../../contrib/tarballs && shasum -a 512 --check /dev/stdin) < "../../contrib/src/theora/SHA512SUMS"
032fb60f10ac0074ec87d5f8c586702309edc50dc0d2842d2f9b9c46ebd1500acc399e9309f858f318fff5b8fbe953234db3afb54ed74a03d0f2c6ee8c3ed481 libtheora-1.1.1.tar.xz
libtheora-1.1.1.tar.xz: OK
touch .sum-theora
curl -f -L -- "http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/source ... 2.8.tar.gz" > "../../contrib/tarballs/zlib-1.2.8.tar.gz"
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
0 387 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: downloads.sourceforge.net; nodename nor servname provided, or not known
make: *** [../../contrib/tarballs/zlib-1.2.8.tar.gz] Error 6
make: *** Deleting file `../../contrib/tarballs/zlib-1.2.8.tar.gz'
[info] Building MobileVLCKit (Aggregate static plugins, Release)
2014-03-10 21:38:04.720 xcodebuild[9974:1207] [MT] PluginLoading: Required plug-in compatibility UUID 37B30044-3B14-46BA-ABAA-F01000C27B63 for plug-in at path '~/Library/Application Support/Developer/Shared/Xcode/Plug-ins/MarmaladeGCC.xcplugin' not present in DVTPlugInCompatibilityUUIDs
2014-03-10 21:38:04.721 xcodebuild[9974:1207] Failed to load plugin at: /Users/barryf/Library/Application Support/Developer/Shared/Xcode/Plug-ins/MarmaladeGCC.xcplugin, skipping. Reason for failure: *** -[__NSPlaceholderDictionary initWithObjects:forKeys:count:]: attempt to insert nil object from objects[0]
[info] Building MobileVLCKit (MobileVLCKit, Release)
2014-03-10 21:38:05.080 xcodebuild[9985:1207] [MT] PluginLoading: Required plug-in compatibility UUID 37B30044-3B14-46BA-ABAA-F01000C27B63 for plug-in at path '~/Library/Application Support/Developer/Shared/Xcode/Plug-ins/MarmaladeGCC.xcplugin' not present in DVTPlugInCompatibilityUUIDs
2014-03-10 21:38:05.081 xcodebuild[9985:1207] Failed to load plugin at: /Users/barryf/Library/Application Support/Developer/Shared/Xcode/Plug-ins/MarmaladeGCC.xcplugin, skipping. Reason for failure: *** -[__NSPlaceholderDictionary initWithObjects:forKeys:count:]: attempt to insert nil object from objects[0]
** BUILD FAILED **


The following build commands failed:
Libtool build/MobileVLCKit.build/Release-iphoneos/MobileVLCKit.build/Objects-normal/armv7/libMobileVLCKit.a normal armv7
Libtool build/MobileVLCKit.build/Release-iphoneos/MobileVLCKit.build/Objects-normal/arm64/libMobileVLCKit.a normal arm64
Libtool build/MobileVLCKit.build/Release-iphoneos/MobileVLCKit.build/Objects-normal/armv7s/libMobileVLCKit.a normal armv7s
(3 failures)

Any update? this is still failing to compile

Progress !!
IT finally compiles
But is failed about No targets for armv7 and arm64
So I'm rebuilding with -f -v -d and hopefully this will work
reports
[info] Building for iphoneos
[info] Building vlc
[info] Building libvlc for iOS
[info] Using armv7 with SDK version 7.1
SDKROOT not specified, assuming /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS7.1.sdk
[info] Building tools

How can you change the Using armv7 to include armv7s and arm64 ?


Thanks for the hard work, glad it finally got to compile

Success at last
Build finally worked and I have it running in a demo app to be completed

Thank You !

Success at last
Build finally worked and I have it running in a demo app to be completed

Thank You !

Can you show how you solved the problems more specifically??? cause I met the same problems just like you did.
THANKS A LOT!!!!!

I have the same problem. Please help

Success at last
Build finally worked and I have it running in a demo app to be completed

Thank You !

Can you show how you solved the problems more specifically??? cause I met the same problems just like you did.
THANKS A LOT!!!!!

Hi everyone!
I'm trying to compile VLC for iOS. I was able to do it 2 weeks ago but I have updated XCode to 5.1 and now I'm not able to compile it anymore. It fails while building MobileVLCKit.
This is the output I get:

[info] Building MobileVLCKit (Aggregate static plugins, Release)
[info] Building MobileVLCKit (MobileVLCKit, Release)
** BUILD FAILED **


The following build commands failed:
Libtool build/MobileVLCKit.build/Release-iphoneos/MobileVLCKit.build/Objects-normal/armv7/libMobileVLCKit.a normal armv7
Libtool build/MobileVLCKit.build/Release-iphoneos/MobileVLCKit.build/Objects-normal/armv7s/libMobileVLCKit.a normal armv7s
Libtool build/MobileVLCKit.build/Release-iphoneos/MobileVLCKit.build/Objects-normal/arm64/libMobileVLCKit.a normal arm64
CreateUniversalBinary build/Release-iphoneos/libMobileVLCKit.a normal armv7\ armv7s\ arm64
(4 failures)

Has anyone experimented this problem too? I'm grabbing VLC from master branch and stable version of MobileVLCKit.
Thanks in advance!

For me I had to repeatedly download new versions from Github (almost daily)

I finally got a download on the 21st that
I simply ran the ./buildMobileVLCKit.sh command and it finally worked

Sorry there was no extra steps

I had just upgraded Xcode to the latest which included download iOS 7.1
I guess it might have played a role, not sure.

Wish I could help more, sorry

Thanks for your quick reply. I just clone the last MobileVLCKit from git://git.videolan.org/vlc-bindings/VLCKit.git
but still unable to compile it. I just edit my last post with the last error log that I get.

For me I had to repeatedly download new versions from Github (almost daily)

I finally got a download on the 21st that
I simply ran the ./buildMobileVLCKit.sh command and it finally worked

Sorry there was no extra steps

I had just upgraded Xcode to the latest which included download iOS 7.1
I guess it might have played a role, not sure.

Wish I could help more, sorry

What was you exact build command?

Can you post more lines of the error say the last 20 - 30 lines

Here it is. I'm running ./compileVLCforiOS.sh

The last thing before the fail is when it is configuring ffmpeg.

./configure \
--extra-ldflags="-L/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS7.1.sdk/usr/lib -arch armv7 -isysroot /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS7.1.sdk -miphoneos-version-min=5.1 -arch armv7 -miphoneos-version-min=5.1 -L/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS7.1.sdk/usr/lib -arch armv7 -isysroot /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS7.1.sdk -miphoneos-version-min=5.1 -L/Users/Development/vlc-ios/ios/ImportedSources/VLCKit/MobileVLCKit/ImportedSources/vlc/contrib/arm-apple-darwin11-armv7/lib" --cc="xcrun clang" --disable-doc --disable-encoder=vorbis --enable-libgsm --enable-libopenjpeg --disable-debug --disable-avdevice --disable-devices --disable-avfilter --disable-filters --disable-bsfs --disable-bzlib --disable-programs --disable-avresample --disable-encoders --disable-muxers --enable-cross-compile --arch=armv7 --target-os=darwin --enable-pic --as="perl /Development/vlc-ios/ios/ImportedSources/VLCKit/MobileVLCKit/ImportedSources/vlc/extras/tools/build/bin/gas-preprocessor.pl xcrun clang" --enable-pthreads \
--prefix="/Development/vlc-ios/ios/ImportedSources/VLCKit/MobileVLCKit/ImportedSources/vlc/contrib/arm-apple-darwin11-armv7" --enable-static --disable-shared
Configured with: --prefix=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
Configured with: --prefix=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
GNU assembler not found, install gas-preprocessor

If you think configure made a mistake, make sure you are using the latest
version from Git. If the latest version fails, report the problem to the
libav-tools@libav.org mailing list or IRC #libav on irc.freenode.net.
Include the log file "config.log" produced by configure as this will help
solving the problem.
make: *** [.ffmpeg] Error 1
[info] Building MobileVLCKit (Aggregate static plugins, Release)
[info] Building MobileVLCKit (MobileVLCKit, Release)
** BUILD FAILED **


The following build commands failed:
Libtool build/MobileVLCKit.build/Release-iphoneos/MobileVLCKit.build/Objects-normal/armv7/libMobileVLCKit.a normal armv7
Libtool build/MobileVLCKit.build/Release-iphoneos/MobileVLCKit.build/Objects-normal/armv7s/libMobileVLCKit.a normal armv7s
Libtool build/MobileVLCKit.build/Release-iphoneos/MobileVLCKit.build/Objects-normal/arm64/libMobileVLCKit.a normal arm64
CreateUniversalBinary build/Release-iphoneos/libMobileVLCKit.a normal armv7\ armv7s\ arm64
(4 failures)

GNU assembler not found, install gas-preprocessor
Also you are building VLCforIOS I was building VLCKit which is just the engine side of VLC for IOS
Look at https://wiki.videolan.org/VLCKit/ This is what I built


However, on you error

check out
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5056 ... eprocessor

and

https://github.com/yuvi/gas-preprocessor

The message leads to it can't find gas-preprocessor


TheBearF8

Thanks for your replies TheBearF8. I give some steps more but still having problems.

Is it necessary to build libav for armv7\ armv7s\ arm64 separately???

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libavcodec/arm/mlpdsp_armv5te.S:618:9: error: unknown directive
.hword 0, 0, (12f - 0b) / 2, (13f - 0b) / 2, (14f - 0b) / 2, (15f - 0b) / 2
^
libavcodec/arm/mlpdsp_armv5te.S:619:9: error: unknown directive
.hword (16f - 0b) / 2, (17f - 0b) / 2, (18f - 0b) / 2, (19f - 0b) / 2
^
libavcodec/arm/mlpdsp_armv5te.S:620:9: error: unknown directive
.hword (20f - 0b) / 2, (21f - 0b) / 2, (22f - 0b) / 2, (23f - 0b) / 2, (24f - 0b) / 2, (25f - 0b) / 2
^
make[1]: *** [libavcodec/arm/mlpdsp_armv5te.o] Error 1
make: *** [.ffmpeg] Error 2
[info] Building MobileVLCKit (Aggregate static plugins, Release)
[info] Building MobileVLCKit (MobileVLCKit, Release)
** BUILD FAILED **


The following build commands failed:
Libtool build/MobileVLCKit.build/Release-iphoneos/MobileVLCKit.build/Objects-normal/armv7s/libMobileVLCKit.a normal armv7s
Libtool build/MobileVLCKit.build/Release-iphoneos/MobileVLCKit.build/Objects-normal/arm64/libMobileVLCKit.a normal arm64
CreateUniversalBinary build/Release-iphoneos/libMobileVLCKit.a normal armv7\ armv7s\ arm64
(3 failures)

in order to build for the simulator and true iOS devices (iPhones and iPads) yes you have to build for arm64 and armv7 and armv7s

unknown directives should not stop the build

What are the few lines before those lines, like before the error for gas-preprocessor was a few lines above the stop point
this is common when building for linux and *nix platforms

Thanks for your replies TheBearF8. I give some steps more but still having problems.

Is it necessary to build libav for armv7\ armv7s\ arm64 separately???

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.
.
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libavcodec/arm/mlpdsp_armv5te.S:618:9: error: unknown directive
.hword 0, 0, (12f - 0b) / 2, (13f - 0b) / 2, (14f - 0b) / 2, (15f - 0b) / 2
^
libavcodec/arm/mlpdsp_armv5te.S:619:9: error: unknown directive
.hword (16f - 0b) / 2, (17f - 0b) / 2, (18f - 0b) / 2, (19f - 0b) / 2
^
libavcodec/arm/mlpdsp_armv5te.S:620:9: error: unknown directive
.hword (20f - 0b) / 2, (21f - 0b) / 2, (22f - 0b) / 2, (23f - 0b) / 2, (24f - 0b) / 2, (25f - 0b) / 2
^
make[1]: *** [libavcodec/arm/mlpdsp_armv5te.o] Error 1
make: *** [.ffmpeg] Error 2
[info] Building MobileVLCKit (Aggregate static plugins, Release)
[info] Building MobileVLCKit (MobileVLCKit, Release)
** BUILD FAILED **


The following build commands failed:
Libtool build/MobileVLCKit.build/Release-iphoneos/MobileVLCKit.build/Objects-normal/armv7s/libMobileVLCKit.a normal armv7s
Libtool build/MobileVLCKit.build/Release-iphoneos/MobileVLCKit.build/Objects-normal/arm64/libMobileVLCKit.a normal arm64
CreateUniversalBinary build/Release-iphoneos/libMobileVLCKit.a normal armv7\ armv7s\ arm64
(3 failures)

Hi, I am having the same issue using iOS7.1 and XCode 5.1 and latest GIT version.
Thanks

Thanks for your replies TheBearF8. I give some steps more but still having problems.

Is it necessary to build libav for armv7\ armv7s\ arm64 separately???

.
.
.
.

libavcodec/arm/mlpdsp_armv5te.S:618:9: error: unknown directive
.hword 0, 0, (12f - 0b) / 2, (13f - 0b) / 2, (14f - 0b) / 2, (15f - 0b) / 2
^
libavcodec/arm/mlpdsp_armv5te.S:619:9: error: unknown directive
.hword (16f - 0b) / 2, (17f - 0b) / 2, (18f - 0b) / 2, (19f - 0b) / 2
^
libavcodec/arm/mlpdsp_armv5te.S:620:9: error: unknown directive
.hword (20f - 0b) / 2, (21f - 0b) / 2, (22f - 0b) / 2, (23f - 0b) / 2, (24f - 0b) / 2, (25f - 0b) / 2
^
make[1]: *** [libavcodec/arm/mlpdsp_armv5te.o] Error 1
make: *** [.ffmpeg] Error 2
[info] Building MobileVLCKit (Aggregate static plugins, Release)
[info] Building MobileVLCKit (MobileVLCKit, Release)
** BUILD FAILED **


The following build commands failed:
Libtool build/MobileVLCKit.build/Release-iphoneos/MobileVLCKit.build/Objects-normal/armv7s/libMobileVLCKit.a normal armv7s
Libtool build/MobileVLCKit.build/Release-iphoneos/MobileVLCKit.build/Objects-normal/arm64/libMobileVLCKit.a normal arm64
CreateUniversalBinary build/Release-iphoneos/libMobileVLCKit.a normal armv7\ armv7s\ arm64
(3 failures)

Hi, I am having the same issue using iOS7.1 and XCode 5.1 and latest GIT version.
Thanks

That is what I am using too. iOS7.1 and XCode 5.1

I am also seeing this issue exactly as described above. Has there been any update? Also, is there anywhere that binaries are posted? I am happy to simply download the latest stable .a in the meantime. Google has failed to reveal the location to me!