Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version 11.1

Chapter 42. Multimedia Libraries and Drivers

MLT-7.4.0

Introduction to MLT

MLT package is the Media Lovin Toolkit. It is an open source multimedia framework, designed and developed for television broadcasting. It provides a toolkit for broadcasters, video editors, media players, transcoders, web streamers and many more types of applications.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-11.1 platform.

Package Information

MLT Dependencies

Required

frei0r-plugins-1.7.0 and Qt-5.15.2

Optional

Doxygen-1.9.3, fftw-3.3.10, libexif-0.6.24, SDL-1.2.15, SDL2-2.0.20, JACK, MOVEit, SoX, and vid.stab

User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/mlt

Installation of MLT

Install MLT by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
      -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release  \
      -Wno-dev .. &&

make

This package does not come with a test suite. However a test .mp4 file can be played in a local graphical environment with ./src/melt/melt <filename>.mp4.

[Note]

Note

This application uses advanced graphical capabilities. In some cases, firmware for your specific graphics adaptor may be needed. See the section called “Firmware for Video Cards” for more information.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Contents

Installed Program: melt-7 and melt (symlink to melt-7)
Installed Libraries: libmlt-7.so, libmlt++-7.so, and over twenty plugins
Installed Directories: /usr/include/mlt-7, /usr/include/melt-7/mlt++, /usr/include/melt-7/framework, /usr/lib/mlt-7, /usr/lib/cmake/Mlt7, and /usr/share/mlt-7

Short Descriptions

melt

is a test tool for MLT

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