--disable-decoders disable all decoders --disable-hwaccel=NAME disable hwaccel NAME --enable-hwaccel=NAME enable hwaccel NAME --disable-hwaccels disable all hwaccels --disable-muxer=NAME disable muxer NAME --enable-muxer=NAME enable muxer NAME --disable-muxers disable all muxers --disable-demuxer=NAME disable demuxer NAME --enable-demuxer=NAME enable demuxer NAME --disable-demuxers disable all demuxers --enable-parser=NAME enable parser NAME --disable-parser=NAME disable parser NAME --disable-parsers disable all parsers
--enable-bsf=NAME enable bitstream filter NAME --disable-bsf=NAME disable bitstream filter NAME --disable-bsfs disable all bitstream filters --enable-protocol=NAME enable protocol NAME --disable-protocol=NAME disable protocol NAME --disable-protocols disable all protocols --enable-indev=NAME enable input device NAME --disable-indev=NAME disable input device NAME --disable-indevs disable input devices --enable-outdev=NAME enable output device NAME --disable-outdev=NAME disable output device NAME --disable-outdevs disable output devices --disable-devices disable all devices --enable-filter=NAME enable filter NAME --disable-filter=NAME disable filter NAME --disable-filters disable all filters
External library support:
--enable-avisynth enable reading of AviSynth script files [no] --disable-bzlib disable bzlib [autodetect]
--enable-fontconfig enable fontconfig, useful for drawtext filter [no] --enable-frei0r enable frei0r video filtering [no] --enable-gnutls enable gnutls, needed for https support if openssl is not used [no] --disable-iconv disable iconv [autodetect]
--enable-ladspa enable LADSPA audio filtering [no] --enable-libaacplus enable AAC+ encoding via libaacplus [no] --enable-libass enable libass subtitles rendering, needed for subtitles and ass filter [no] --enable-libbluray enable BluRay reading using libbluray [no] --enable-libbs2b enable bs2b DSP library [no]
--enable-libcaca enable textual display using libcaca [no] --enable-libcelt enable CELT decoding via libcelt [no] --enable-libcdio enable audio CD grabbing with libcdio [no] --enable-libdc1394 enable IIDC-1394 grabbing using libdc1394 and libraw1394 [no]
--enable-libfaac enable AAC encoding via libfaac [no] --enable-libfdk-aac enable AAC de/encoding via libfdk-aac [no]
--enable-libflite enable flite (voice synthesis) support via libflite [no] --enable-libfreetype enable libfreetype, needed for drawtext filter [no] --enable-libfribidi enable libfribidi, improves drawtext filter [no] --enable-libgme enable Game Music Emu via libgme [no] --enable-libgsm enable GSM de/encoding via libgsm [no] --enable-libiec61883 enable iec61883 via libiec61883 [no] --enable-libilbc enable iLBC de/encoding via libilbc [no] --enable-libmfx enable HW acceleration through libmfx --enable-libmodplug enable ModPlug via libmodplug [no] --enable-libmp3lame enable MP3 encoding via libmp3lame [no] --enable-libnut enable NUT (de)muxing via libnut, native (de)muxer exists [no]
--enable-libopencore-amrnb enable AMR-NB de/encoding via libopencore-amrnb [no] --enable-libopencore-amrwb enable AMR-WB decoding via libopencore-amrwb [no] --enable-libopencv enable video filtering via libopencv [no] --enable-libopenh264 enable H.264 encoding via OpenH264 [no] --enable-libopenjpeg enable JPEG 2000 de/encoding via OpenJPEG [no] --enable-libopus enable Opus de/encoding via libopus [no] --enable-libpulse enable Pulseaudio input via libpulse [no] --enable-libquvi enable quvi input via libquvi [no] --enable-librtmp enable RTMP[E] support via librtmp [no]
--enable-libschroedinger enable Dirac de/encoding via libschroedinger [no] --enable-libshine enable fixed-point MP3 encoding via libshine [no] --enable-libsmbclient enable Samba protocol via libsmbclient [no] --enable-libsoxr enable Include libsoxr resampling [no] --enable-libspeex enable Speex de/encoding via libspeex [no] --enable-libssh enable SFTP protocol via libssh [no]
--enable-libstagefright-h264 enable H.264 decoding via libstagefright [no] --enable-libtheora enable Theora encoding via libtheora [no] --enable-libtwolame enable MP2 encoding via libtwolame [no]
--enable-libutvideo enable Ut Video encoding and decoding via libutvideo [no] --enable-libv4l2 enable libv4l2/v4l-utils [no]
--enable-libvidstab enable video stabilization using vid.stab [no] --enable-libvo-aacenc enable AAC encoding via libvo-aacenc [no] --enable-libvo-amrwbenc enable AMR-WB encoding via libvo-amrwbenc [no] --enable-libvorbis enable Vorbis en/decoding via libvorbis, native implementation exists [no]
--enable-libvpx enable VP8 and VP9 de/encoding via libvpx [no] --enable-libwavpack enable wavpack encoding via libwavpack [no] --enable-libwebp enable WebP encoding via libwebp [no] --enable-libx264 enable H.264 encoding via x264 [no]
--enable-libx265 enable HEVC encoding via x265 [no] --enable-libxavs enable AVS encoding via xavs [no]
--enable-libxcb enable X11 grabbing using XCB [autodetect]
--enable-libxcb-shm enable X11 grabbing shm communication [autodetect] --enable-libxcb-xfixes enable X11 grabbing mouse rendering [autodetect] --enable-libxcb-shape enable X11 grabbing shape rendering [autodetect] --enable-libxvid enable Xvid encoding via xvidcore, native MPEG-4/Xvid encoder exists [no] --enable-libzmq enable message passing via libzmq [no] --enable-libzvbi enable teletext support via libzvbi [no] --disable-lzma disable lzma [autodetect]
--enable-decklink enable Blackmagick DeckLink I/O support [no] --enable-nvenc enable NVIDIA NVENC support [no] --enable-openal enable OpenAL 1.1 capture support [no] --enable-opencl enable OpenCL code
--enable-opengl enable OpenGL rendering [no]
--enable-openssl enable openssl, needed for https support if gnutls is not used [no] --disable-sdl disable sdl [autodetect]
--enable-x11grab enable X11 grabbing (legacy) [no] --disable-xlib disable xlib [autodetect] --disable-zlib disable zlib [autodetect]
Toolchain options:
--arch=ARCH select architecture []
--cpu=CPU select the minimum required CPU (affects instruction selection, may crash on older CPUs) --cross-prefix=PREFIX use PREFIX for compilation tools [] --progs-suffix=SUFFIX program name suffix []
--enable-cross-compile assume a cross-compiler is used --sysroot=PATH root of cross-build tree
--sysinclude=PATH location of cross-build system headers --target-os=OS compiler targets OS []
--target-exec=CMD command to run executables on target --target-path=DIR path to view of build directory on target --target-samples=DIR path to samples directory on target
--tempprefix=PATH force fixed dir/prefix instead of mktemp for checks --toolchain=NAME set tool defaults according to NAME --nm=NM use nm tool NM [nm -g] --ar=AR use archive tool AR [ar] --as=AS use assembler AS []
--windres=WINDRES use windows resource compiler WINDRES [windres] --yasmexe=EXE use yasm-compatible assembler EXE [yasm] --cc=CC use C compiler CC [gcc]
--cxx=CXX use C compiler CXX [g++]
--dep-cc=DEPCC use dependency generator DEPCC [gcc] --ld=LD use linker LD []
--pkg-config=PKGCONFIG use pkg-config tool PKGCONFIG [pkg-config] --pkg-config-flags=FLAGS pass additional flags to pkgconf [] --ranlib=RANLIB use ranlib RANLIB [ranlib -D]
--doxygen=DOXYGEN use DOXYGEN to generate API doc [doxygen] --host-cc=HOSTCC use host C compiler HOSTCC
--host-cflags=HCFLAGS use HCFLAGS when compiling for host --host-cppflags=HCPPFLAGS use HCPPFLAGS when compiling for host --host-ld=HOSTLD use host linker HOSTLD
--host-ldflags=HLDFLAGS use HLDFLAGS when linking for host --host-libs=HLIBS use libs HLIBS when linking for host --host-os=OS compiler host OS [] --extra-cflags=ECFLAGS add ECFLAGS to CFLAGS [] --extra-cxxflags=ECFLAGS add ECFLAGS to CXXFLAGS [] --extra-ldflags=ELDFLAGS add ELDFLAGS to LDFLAGS [] --extra-ldexeflags=ELDFLAGS add ELDFLAGS to LDEXEFLAGS [] --extra-libs=ELIBS add ELIBS []
--extra-version=STRING version string suffix []
--optflags=OPTFLAGS override optimization-related compiler flags --build-suffix=SUFFIX library name suffix []
--enable-pic build position-independent code --enable-thumb compile for Thumb instruction set --enable-lto use link-time optimization
Advanced options (experts only):
--malloc-prefix=PREFIX prefix malloc and related names with PREFIX --disable-symver disable symbol versioning
--enable-hardcoded-tables use hardcoded tables instead of runtime generation --disable-safe-bitstream-reader
disable buffer boundary checking in bitreaders (faster, but may crash)
--enable-memalign-hack emulate memalign, interferes with memory debuggers --sws-max-filter-size=N the max filter size swscale uses [256]
Optimization options (experts only):
--disable-asm disable all assembly optimizations --disable-altivec disable AltiVec optimizations --disable-amd3dnow disable 3DNow! optimizations
--disable-amd3dnowext disable 3DNow! extended optimizations
--disable-mmx disable MMX optimizations --disable-mmxext disable MMXEXT optimizations --disable-sse disable SSE optimizations --disable-sse2 disable SSE2 optimizations --disable-sse3 disable SSE3 optimizations --disable-ssse3 disable SSSE3 optimizations --disable-sse4 disable SSE4 optimizations --disable-sse42 disable SSE4.2 optimizations --disable-avx disable AVX optimizations --disable-xop disable XOP optimizations --disable-fma3 disable FMA3 optimizations --disable-fma4 disable FMA4 optimizations --disable-avx2 disable AVX2 optimizations --disable-armv5te disable armv5te optimizations --disable-armv6 disable armv6 optimizations --disable-armv6t2 disable armv6t2 optimizations --disable-vfp disable VFP optimizations --disable-neon disable NEON optimizations --disable-inline-asm disable use of inline assembly --disable-yasm disable use of nasm/yasm assembly --disable-mipsdspr1 disable MIPS DSP ASE R1 optimizations --disable-mipsdspr2 disable MIPS DSP ASE R2 optimizations --disable-mipsfpu disable floating point MIPS optimizations --disable-fast-unaligned consider unaligned accesses slow
Developer options (useful when working on FFmpeg itself):
--disable-debug disable debugging symbols --enable-debug=LEVEL set the debug level []
--disable-optimizations disable compiler optimizations --enable-extra-warnings enable more compiler warnings
--disable-stripping disable stripping of executables and shared libraries --assert-level=level 0(default), 1 or 2, amount of assertion testing, 2 causes a slowdown at runtime.
--enable-memory-poisoning fill heap uninitialized allocated space with arbitrary data --valgrind=VALGRIND run \ leaks and errors, using the specified valgrind binary. Cannot be combined with --target-exec --enable-ftrapv Trap arithmetic overflows
--samples=PATH location of test samples for FATE, if not set use $FATE_SAMPLES at make invocation time.
--enable-neon-clobber-test check NEON registers for clobbering (should be used only for debugging purposes)
--enable-xmm-clobber-test check XMM registers for clobbering (Win64-only; should be used only for debugging purposes) --enable-random randomly enable/disable components --disable-random
--enable-random=LIST randomly enable/disable specific components or --disable-random=LIST component groups. LIST is a comma-separated list of NAME[:PROB] entries where NAME is a component (group) and PROB the probability associated with NAME (default 0.5).
--random-seed=VALUE seed value for --enable/disable-random
NOTE: Object files are built at the place where configure is launched.
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