glfs/multimedia/libdriv/libvpx.xml

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY libvpx-download-http "https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/archive/v&libvpx-version;/libvpx-&libvpx-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY libvpx-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY libvpx-md5sum        "10cf85debdd07be719a35ca3bfb8ea64">
  <!ENTITY libvpx-size          "5.2 MB">
  <!ENTITY libvpx-buildsize     "64 MB (add 1.5 GB for tests)">
  <!ENTITY libvpx-time          "0.5 SBU (Using parallelism=4; add 42 SBU for tests, including download time)">
]>

<sect1 id="libvpx" xreflabel="libvpx-&libvpx-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="libvpx.html"?>


  <title>libvpx-&libvpx-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="libvpx">
    <primary sortas="a-libvpx">libvpx</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to libvpx</title>

    <para>
      This package, from the WebM project, provides the reference
      implementations of the VP8 Codec, used in most current html5 video,
      and of the next-generation VP9 Codec.
    </para>

    &lfs112_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&libvpx-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&libvpx-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &libvpx-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &libvpx-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &libvpx-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &libvpx-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">libvpx Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended">
      <xref linkend="yasm"/> or <xref role="nodep" linkend="nasm"/>, and
      <xref linkend="which"/> (so <command>configure</command> can find yasm)
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="curl"/> (to download test files) and
      <xref linkend="doxygen"/> (to build documentation)
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
    <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/libvpx"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of libvpx</title>

    <para>
      Install <application>libvpx</application> by running the
      following commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>sed -i 's/cp -p/cp/' build/make/Makefile &amp;&amp;

mkdir libvpx-build            &amp;&amp;
cd    libvpx-build            &amp;&amp;

../configure --prefix=/usr    \
             --enable-shared  \
             --disable-static &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      To test the results, issue:
      <command>LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. make test</command>.
      The test suite downloads many files as part of its test process.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para>
      <command>sed ... </command>: This command
      corrects ownership and permissions of installed files.
    </para>

    <para>
      <command>mkdir libvpx-build &amp;&amp; cd libvpx-build</command>:
      The <application>libvpx</application> developers
      recommend building in a dedicated build directory.
    </para>

    <para>
      <option>--disable-vp8</option>: This switch prevents building of VP8
      codec support.
    </para>

    <para>
      <option>--disable-vp9</option>: This switch prevents building of VP9
      codec support.
    </para>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
      href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>

    <para>
      <option>--target=generic-gnu</option>: This switch disables
      optimizations specific for x86 and x86-64, allowing to build this
      package without <command>nasm</command> and <command>yasm</command>
      installed.
    </para>

    <para>
      <command>LD_LIBRARY_PATH=.</command>: This is needed for the test suite
      to use the library that was just built.
    </para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>vpxdec and vpxenc</seg>
        <seg>libvpx.so</seg>
        <seg>/usr/include/vpx</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="vpxdec">
        <term><command>vpxdec</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is the WebM Project VP8 and VP9 decoder
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="libvpx vpxdec">
            <primary sortas="b-vpxdec">vpxdec</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="vpxenc">
        <term><command>vpxenc</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is the WebM project VP8 and VP9 encoder
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="libvpx vpxenc">
            <primary sortas="b-vpxenc">vpxenc</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libvpx-lib">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libvpx.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            provides functions to use the VP8 and VP9 video codecs
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="libvpx libvpx-lib">
            <primary sortas="c-libvpx">libvpx.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>