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Bug 125210

Summary: adding x264 USE flag to vlc
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Thomas Krüger <krueger>
Component: New packagesAssignee: Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) <flameeyes>
Status: RESOLVED CANTFIX    
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: Low    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---
Attachments: Patch: adds x264 USE flag

Description Thomas Krüger 2006-03-06 03:05:38 UTC
Since x264-svn is more or less working a x264 USE flag could be added to vlc.
Comment 1 Thomas Krüger 2006-03-06 03:06:38 UTC
Created attachment 81501 [details, diff]
Patch: adds x264 USE flag
Comment 2 Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-03-06 03:31:32 UTC
Did you actually test it? It fails to compile here because of API mismatch.
Also, x264 does not build the required .so file, just a .a one, and that makes us unable to build it as a plugin, thing that is needed to avoid breaking the whole VLC if x264 is broken.
Comment 3 Thomas Krüger 2006-03-06 03:36:26 UTC
I compiled both several times on two computers: no problem at all.
Decodes and encodes h.264 perfectly.
Comment 4 Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-03-06 03:44:53 UTC
Err okay I mixed the versions, should wake up better before thinking why I did something, sorry :P

The failure here was not for API mismatch with recent VLC, but rather with PIC mismatch, and that relates with the missing .so ..