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FFmpeg currently uses a custom build system, this text attempts to document

some of its obscure features and options.

Makefile variables:

V

    Disable the default terse mode, the full command issued by make and its

    output will be shown on the screen.

DESTDIR

    Destination directory for the install targets, useful to prepare packages

    or install FFmpeg in cross-environments.

Makefile targets:

all

    Default target, builds all the libraries and the executables.

fate

    Run the fate test suite, note you must have installed it

fate-list

    Will list all fate/regression test targets

install

    Install headers, libraries and programs.

libavformat/output-example

    Build the libavformat basic example.

libavcodec/api-example

    Build the libavcodec basic example.

libswscale/swscale-test

    Build the swscale self-test (useful also as example).

Useful standard make commands:

make -t <target>

    Touch all files that otherwise would be build, this is useful to reduce

    unneeded rebuilding when changing headers, but note you must force rebuilds

    of files that actually need it by hand then.

make -j<num>

    rebuild with multiple jobs at the same time. Faster on multi processor systems

make -k

    continue build in case of errors, this is useful for the regression tests

    sometimes but note it will still not run all reg tests.