Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version 12.1

Chapter 42. Multimedia Libraries and Drivers

x264-20240216

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 12.1 platform.

Package Information

x264 Dependencies

Recommended

NASM-2.16.01

Optional

ffms2, gpac or liblsmash

Installation of x264

[Note]

Note

This package tarball expands to 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