Compiling FFmpeg with libRTMP and libmp3lame for Intel, ARM and QorIQ PowerPC CPUs

Intel cross-compile for Synology NAS on Ubuntu Desktop 12.04 64bit (VirtualBox VM running on a Macbook Air):

#-----set up Synology toolchain
cd ~/Downloads
PART1="http://sourceforge.net/projects/dsgpl/files/DSM%204.0%20Tool%20Chains/"
PART2="Intel%20x86%20Linux%202.6.32%20%28Pineview%29/gcc420_glibc236_x64-GPL.tgz"
wget "${PART1}${PART2}"
tar xvzf gcc420_glibc236_x64-GPL.tgz
sudo mv x86_64-linux-gnu /usr/local
export PATH="/usr/local/x86_64-linux-gnu/bin:${PATH}"

#-----libz static lib
wget http://zlib.net/zlib-1.2.7.tar.gz
tar xvzf zlib-1.2.7.tar.gz
cd zlib-1.2.7
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/x86_64-linux-gnu --static
make libz.a
cp libz.a /usr/local/x86_64-linux-gnu/lib
cp *.h /usr/local/x86_64-linux-gnu/include/
cd ..

#-----libbz2 static lib
#-----seem to need 32bit libraries to build bzip2
#-----http://maketecheasier.com/run-32-bit-apps-in-64-bit-linux/2009/08/10
sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
wget http://bzip.org/1.0.6/bzip2-1.0.6.tar.gz
tar xvfz bzip2-1.0.6.tar.gz
cd bzip2-1.0.6
sed -i 's/^CC=gcc/CC=x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc/g' Makefile
sed -i 's/^AR=ar rc/AR=x86_64-linux-gnu-ar rc/g' Makefile
sed -i 's/^RANLIB=ranlib/RANLIB=x86_64-linux-gnu-ranlib/g' Makefile
make
make install PREFIX=/usr/local/x86_64-linux-gnu
cd ..

#-----libmp3lame static lib
sudo apt-get install nasm
wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/lame/files/lame/3.99/lame-3.99.5.tar.gz
tar xvzf lame-3.99.5.tar.gz
cd lame-3.99.5
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --enable-static --disable-shared --disable-decoder --enable-nasm
make
make install
cd..

#-----libssl & libcrypto static libs
wget http://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-0.9.8v.tar.gz
tar xvzf openssl-0.9.8v.tar.gz
cd openssl-0.9.8v
./config --prefix=/usr/local/x86_64-linux-gnu no-shared
sed -i 's/^CC= gcc/CC= x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc/g' Makefile
sed -i 's/^AR= ar /AR= x86_64-linux-gnu-ar /g' Makefile
sed -i 's/^ARD=ar /ARD=x86_64-linux-gnu-ar /g' Makefile
sed -i 's/^RANLIB= \/usr\/bin\/ranlib/RANLIB=x86_64-linux-gnu-ranlib/g' Makefile
sed -i 's/^MAKEDEPPROG= gcc/MAKEDEPPROG= x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc /g' Makefile
make
make install
cd ..

#-----librtmp 2.4 static lib
wget http://download.serviio.org/opensource/rtmpdump-c58cfb3e9208c6e6bc1aa18f1b1d650d799084e5.tar.gz
tar xvfz rtmpdump-c58cfb3e9208c6e6bc1aa18f1b1d650d799084e5.tar.gz
cd rtmpdump
#-----move all static libs to a separate folder to force compiler to use them
#-----http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/apache/dev/265052
mkdir /tmp/lib
cp /usr/local/x86_64-linux-gnu/lib/*.a /tmp/lib
#-----fix Makefile (won't compile without libdl linked)
#-----http://forum.luahub.com/index.php?topic=2390.0
sed -i.bak -e '/^LIB_OPENSSL\=/s/lcrypto/lcrypto \-ldl/' Makefile
make CROSS_COMPILE=x86_64-linux-gnu- SYS=posix prefix=/usr/local/x86_64-linux-gnu INC=-I/usr/local/x86_64-linux-gnu XLDFLAGS=-L/tmp/lib SHARED=
make install prefix=/usr/local/x86_64-linux-gnu SHARED=
cd ..

#-----gather all static libs again ready for FFmpeg compile
cp /usr/local/x86_64-linux-gnu/lib/*.a /tmp/lib
#-----remove unsupported URL line from pkgconfig/librtmp.pc
#-----pkg-config --exists --print-errors librtmp
sed -i -e '/^URL/d' /usr/local/x86_64-linux-gnu/lib/pkgconfig/librtmp.pc
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}:/usr/local/x86_64-linux-gnu/lib/pkgconfig"

#-----FFmpeg 0.11.1
wget http://download.serviio.org/opensource/ffmpeg-N-41860-g6fd0b55.tar.gz
tar xvzf ffmpeg-N-41860-g6fd0b55.tar.gz
cd ffmpeg
echo N-41860-g6fd0b55 > RELEASE
#-----Intel CPU-specific options
#-----pkg-config needs to be defined because with cross-prefix it assumes x86_64-linux-gnu-pkg-config which doesn't exist, and then librtmp won't be detected
sudo apt-get install yasm
./configure --arch=x86_64 --enable-ssse3 --cross-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --target-os=linux --prefix=/usr/local/x86_64-linux-gnu --extra-cflags='-I/usr/local/x86_64-linux-gnu/include' --extra-ldflags='-L/tmp/lib' --enable-static --disable-shared --disable-ffplay --disable-ffserver --enable-pthreads --enable-libmp3lame --enable-librtmp --pkg-config=pkg-config --extra-version=Serviio
make
./ffmpeg

ARM cross-compile for Synology NAS on Ubuntu Desktop 12.04 64bit (VirtualBox VM running on a Macbook Air):

#-----set up Synology toolchain
cd ~/Downloads
PART1="http://sourceforge.net/projects/dsgpl/files/DSM%204.1%20Tool%20Chains/"
PART2="Marvell%2088F628x%20Linux%202.6.32/gcc421_glibc25_88f6281-GPL.tgz"
wget "${PART1}${PART2}"
tar xvzf gcc421_glibc25_88f6281-GPL.tgz
sudo mv arm-none-linux-gnueabi /usr/local
export PATH=/usr/local/arm-none-linux-gnueabi/bin:$PATH
export AR=arm-none-linux-gnueabi-ar
export CC=arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc
export CXX=arm-none-linux-gnueabi-g++
export LD=arm-none-linux-gnueabi-ld
export RANLIB=arm-none-linux-gnueabi-ranlib
export CFLAGS="-I/usr/local/arm-none-linux-gnueabi/include"
export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/arm-none-linux-gnueabi/lib"

#-----libz static lib
wget http://zlib.net/zlib-1.2.7.tar.gz
tar xvzf zlib-1.2.7.tar.gz
cd zlib-1.2.7
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/arm-none-linux-gnueabi --static
make libz.a
cp libz.a /usr/local/arm-none-linux-gnueabi/lib
cp *.h /usr/local/arm-none-linux-gnueabi/include/
cd ..

#-----libbz2 static lib
wget http://bzip.org/1.0.6/bzip2-1.0.6.tar.gz
tar xvfz bzip2-1.0.6.tar.gz
cd bzip2-1.0.6
sed -i 's/^CC=gcc/CC=arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc/g' Makefile
sed -i 's/^AR=ar/AR=arm-none-linux-gnueabi-ar/g' Makefile
sed -i 's/^RANLIB=ranlib/RANLIB=arm-none-linux-gnueabi-ranlib/g' Makefile
#remove the tests - we can't run the native binaries
sed -i 's/^\(all: libbz2\.a bzip2 bzip2recover\) test/\1/' Makefile
make
make install PREFIX=/usr/local/arm-none-linux-gnueabi
cd ..

#-----libmp3lame static lib
wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/lame/files/lame/3.99/lame-3.99.5.tar.gz
tar xvzf lame-3.99.5.tar.gz
cd lame-3.99.5
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/arm-none-linux-gnueabi --host=arm-none-linux-gnueabi --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --enable-static --disable-shared --disable-decoder
make
make install
cd ..

#-----libssl & libcrypto static libs
wget http://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-0.9.8v.tar.gz
tar xvzf openssl-0.9.8v.tar.gz
cd openssl-0.9.8v
#Some kind of strange issue where cross compilation parameters are ignored
#unless this fix is used http://marc.waeckerlin.org/computer/blog/openssl_fuer_windows_mingw_unter_linux_crosscomilieren
sed -i 's/\(die \"target already defined - \$target (offending arg\)/#\1/' Configure
./config --prefix=/usr/local/arm-none-linux-gnueabi no-shared linux-generic32
make
make install
cd ..

#-----librtmp 2.4 static lib
wget http://download.serviio.org/opensource/rtmpdump-c58cfb3e9208c6e6bc1aa18f1b1d650d799084e5.tar.gz
tar xvfz rtmpdump-c58cfb3e9208c6e6bc1aa18f1b1d650d799084e5.tar.gz
cd rtmpdump
#-----move all static libs to a separate folder to force compiler to use them
#-----http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/apache/dev/265052
mkdir /tmp/lib
cp /usr/local/arm-none-linux-gnueabi/lib/*.a /tmp/lib
#-----fix Makefile (won't compile without libdl linked)
#-----http://forum.luahub.com/index.php?topic=2390.0
sed -i.bak -e '/^LIB_OPENSSL\=/s/lcrypto/lcrypto \-ldl/' Makefile
make CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-linux-gnueabi- SYS=posix prefix=/usr/local/arm-none-linux-gnueabi INC=-I/usr/local/arm-none-linux-gnueabi XLDFLAGS=-L/tmp/lib SHARED=
make install prefix=/usr/local/arm-none-linux-gnueabi SHARED=
cd ..

#-----gather all static libs again ready for FFmpeg compile
cp /usr/local/arm-none-linux-gnueabi/lib/*.a /tmp/lib
#-----remove unsupported URL line from pkgconfig/librtmp.pc
#-----pkg-config --exists --print-errors librtmp
sed -i -e '/^URL/d' /usr/local/arm-none-linux-gnueabi/lib/pkgconfig/librtmp.pc
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}:/usr/local/arm-none-linux-gnueabi/lib/pkgconfig"

#-----FFmpeg
wget http://download.serviio.org/opensource/ffmpeg-N-42368-gbf53863.tar.gz
tar xvzf ffmpeg-N-42368-gbf53863.tar.gz
cd ffmpeg
#-----fixed point maths modification for mpeg audio encoder
sed -i "s/^#define USE_FLOATS//" libavcodec/mpegaudioenc.c
#-----Marvell Kirkwood mv6282 CPU is based on the ARMv5TE core which has DSP and thumb instruction support
#-----http://www.arm.com/products/processors/technologies/dsp-simd.php
#-----http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/kirkwood/assets/88f6282-3_pb.pdf
#-----ARMv5TE CPU-specific options (based on inspecting 'configure' source https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/master/configure)
#-----pkg-config needs to be defined because with cross-prefix it assumes arm-none-linux-gnueabi-pkg-config which doesn't exist, and then librtmp won't be detected
#-----zmbv encoder refuses to cross compile here so it's disabled
./configure --arch=arm --cpu=armv5te --cross-prefix=arm-none-linux-gnueabi- --target-os=linux --prefix=/usr/local/arm-none-linux-gnueabi --extra-cflags='-I/usr/local/arm-none-linux-gnueabi/include' --extra-ldflags='-L/tmp/lib' --enable-static --disable-shared --disable-ffplay --disable-ffserver --enable-pthreads --enable-libmp3lame --enable-librtmp --disable-encoder=zmbv --pkg-config=pkg-config --extra-version=Serviio
make

./ffmpeg

Freescale QorIQ P1022 PowerPC cross-compile for Synology NAS on Ubuntu Desktop 12.04 64bit (VirtualBox VM running on a Macbook Air):

#-----set up Synology toolchain
cd ~/Downloads
PART1="http://sourceforge.net/projects/dsgpl/files/DSM%204.1%20Tool%20Chains/"
PART2="PowerPC%20QorIQ%20Linux%202.6.32/gcc4374_eglibc2874_qoriq-GPL.tgz"
wget "${PART1}${PART2}"
tar xvzf gcc4374_eglibc2874_qoriq-GPL.tgz
sudo mv powerpc-none-linux-gnuspe /usr/local
export PATH=/usr/local/powerpc-none-linux-gnuspe/bin:$PATH
export AR=powerpc-none-linux-gnuspe-ar
export CC=powerpc-none-linux-gnuspe-gcc
export CXX=powerpc-none-linux-gnuspe-g++
export LD=powerpc-none-linux-gnuspe-ld
export RANLIB=powerpc-none-linux-gnuspe-ranlib
export CFLAGS="-I/usr/local/powerpc-none-linux-gnuspe/include"
export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/powerpc-none-linux-gnuspe/lib"

#-----libz static lib
wget http://zlib.net/zlib-1.2.7.tar.gz
tar xvzf zlib-1.2.7.tar.gz
cd zlib-1.2.7
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/powerpc-none-linux-gnuspe --static
make libz.a
cp libz.a /usr/local/powerpc-none-linux-gnuspe/lib
cp *.h /usr/local/powerpc-none-linux-gnuspe/include/
cd ..

#-----libbz2 static lib
wget http://bzip.org/1.0.6/bzip2-1.0.6.tar.gz
tar xvfz bzip2-1.0.6.tar.gz
cd bzip2-1.0.6
sed -i 's/^CC=gcc/CC=powerpc-none-linux-gnuspe-gcc/g' Makefile
sed -i 's/^AR=ar/AR=powerpc-none-linux-gnuspe-ar/g' Makefile
sed -i 's/^RANLIB=ranlib/RANLIB=powerpc-none-linux-gnuspe-ranlib/g' Makefile
#remove the tests - we can't run the native binaries
sed -i 's/^\(all: libbz2\.a bzip2 bzip2recover\) test/\1/' Makefile
make
make install PREFIX=/usr/local/powerpc-none-linux-gnuspe
cd ..

#-----libmp3lame static lib
wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/lame/files/lame/3.99/lame-3.99.5.tar.gz
tar xvzf lame-3.99.5.tar.gz
cd lame-3.99.5
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/powerpc-none-linux-gnuspe --host=powerpc-none-linux-gnuspe --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --enable-static --disable-shared --disable-decoder
make
make install
cd..

#-----libssl & libcrypto static libs
wget http://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-0.9.8v.tar.gz
tar xvzf openssl-0.9.8v.tar.gz
cd openssl-0.9.8v
#Some kind of strange issue where cross compilation parameters are ignored
#unless this fix is used http://marc.waeckerlin.org/computer/blog/openssl_fuer_windows_mingw_unter_linux_crosscomilieren
sed -i 's/\(die \"target already defined - \$target (offending arg\)/#\1/' Configure
./config --prefix=/usr/local/powerpc-none-linux-gnuspe no-shared linux-ppc
make
make install
cd ..

#-----librtmp 2.4 static lib
wget http://download.serviio.org/opensource/rtmpdump-c58cfb3e9208c6e6bc1aa18f1b1d650d799084e5.tar.gz
tar xvfz rtmpdump-c58cfb3e9208c6e6bc1aa18f1b1d650d799084e5.tar.gz
cd rtmpdump
#-----move all static libs to a separate folder to force compiler to use them
#-----http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/apache/dev/265052
mkdir /tmp/lib
cp /usr/local/powerpc-none-linux-gnuspe/lib/*.a /tmp/lib
#-----fix Makefile (won't compile without libdl linked)
#-----http://forum.luahub.com/index.php?topic=2390.0
sed -i.bak -e '/^LIB_OPENSSL\=/s/lcrypto/lcrypto \-ldl/' Makefile
make CROSS_COMPILE=powerpc-none-linux-gnuspe- SYS=posix prefix=/usr/local/powerpc-none-linux-gnuspe INC=-I/usr/local/powerpc-none-linux-gnuspe XLDFLAGS=-L/tmp/lib SHARED=
make install prefix=/usr/local/powerpc-none-linux-gnuspe SHARED=
cd ..

#-----gather all static libs again ready for FFmpeg compile
cp /usr/local/powerpc-none-linux-gnuspe/lib/*.a /tmp/lib
#-----remove unsupported URL line from pkgconfig/librtmp.pc
#-----pkg-config --exists --print-errors librtmp
sed -i -e '/^URL/d' /usr/local/powerpc-none-linux-gnuspe/lib/pkgconfig/librtmp.pc
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}:/usr/local/powerpc-none-linux-gnuspe/lib/pkgconfig"

#-----FFmpeg
wget http://download.serviio.org/opensource/ffmpeg-N-42368-gbf53863.tar.gz
tar xvzf ffmpeg-N-42368-gbf53863.tar.gz
cd ffmpeg
#-----QorIQ P1022 CPU is based on the PowerPC e500v2 core which has Signal Processing Engine which is not a classic FPU design
#-----some QorIQ models have e500mc cores with true FPUs but these are not used in 2013 series Synology NAS
#-----http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QorIQ
#-----http://cache.freescale.com/files/32bit/doc/fact_sheet/QP1022FS.pdf?fpsp=1
#-----PowerPC e500v2 CPU-specific options (based on inspecting source https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/master/configure)
#-----pkg-config needs to be defined because with cross-prefix it assumes powerpc-none-linux-gnuspe-pkg-config which doesn't exist, and then librtmp won't be detected
./configure --arch=ppc --cpu=e500v2 --cross-prefix=powerpc-none-linux-gnuspe- --target-os=linux --prefix=/usr/local/powerpc-none-linux-gnuspe --extra-cflags='-I/usr/local/powerpc-none-linux-gnuspe/include' --extra-ldflags='-L/tmp/lib' --enable-static --disable-shared --disable-ffplay --disable-ffserver --enable-pthreads --enable-libmp3lame --enable-librtmp --pkg-config=pkg-config --extra-version=Serviio
make
./ffmpeg

14 thoughts on “Compiling FFmpeg with libRTMP and libmp3lame for Intel, ARM and QorIQ PowerPC CPUs”

Bastiaan January 13, 2012 at 11:35

Hi man,

Could you make your binaries availeble for download please? Much appriciated!

Regards,
Bastiaan

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1. Eric January 16, 2012 at 13:01
  
  They are implemented in the serviio packages ;)
  
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Eric January 16, 2012 at 16:10

There is a new version of lame out
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/lame/lame/3.99/lame-3.99.3.tar.gz
and change the version numbers in the lines below.

and a new open ssl version
wget http://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-0.9.8s.tar.gz

and ffmpeg
wget http://ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-0.9.1.tar.gz

Thanks again for this guide. =)
Eric

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1. patters Post authorJanuary 16, 2012 at 17:17
  
  No worries. I specifically kept OpenSSL at that particular version to match the one that ships with Synology DSM (in case there was a particular reason). For Serviio, I need to follow the prescribed versions of FFmpeg and certain libraries because the developers have a nasty habit of changing command syntax which then breaks the application depending on it.
  
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horizons January 23, 2012 at 23:22

Hi I followed your tutorial and tried to also crosscompile ffmpeg like above for my synology 712+.
I installed unbuntu 10.04 in virtualbox and so on.
compiled every libary needed. but when i wanted to compile ffmpeg i get the following error
“librtmp not found”
why do i get this?
i have a
librtmpdump executable in /usr/local/x86_64-linux-gnu/bin
“librtmp.a” in /tmp/lib
header files in /usr/local/x86_64-linux-gnu/include/librtmp
librtmp.pc in in /usr/local/x86_64-linux-gnu/lib/pkgconfig

what could be the problem?
what see in my config.log
check_pkg_config librtmp librtmp/rtmp.h RTMP_Socket
ERROR: librtmp not found

if i leave out librtmp ffmpeg is successfully compiled.
thx in advance for any hints.

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1. horizons January 24, 2012 at 00:36
  
  hmm found my problem pkg-config wasn’t installed doh’
  
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  1. horizons January 24, 2012 at 01:14
    
    I have another problem. I wanted to crosscompile also x264 into ffmpeg. but failed :(
    can you maybe also give there some help?
    
    tried to compile with
    ./configure –prefix=/usr/local/x86_64-linux-gnu –host=x86_64-linux-gnu –enable-static –enable-shared –bindir=/usr/local/x86_64-linux-gnu/bin –libdir=/usr/local/x86_64-linux-gnu/lib –includedir=/usr/local/x86_64-linux-gnu/include
  2. patters Post authorJanuary 24, 2012 at 11:06
    
    That’s not something I have tried yet I’m afraid. If it’s anything like the other libs I’m sure there will be a few gotchas. I have found that you can usually find clues by selectively Googling bits of the error message (sometimes the whole error doesn’t get you much). I find it useful to keep a note of the solution URL, since it’s likely you’ll run into the same issue later on when you want to compile a newer version of FFmpeg.
  3. Rodislav December 26, 2012 at 14:01
    
    THANKS A LOT!!!! :)
2. Eric January 24, 2012 at 18:39
  
  I have got the same error but pkg-config is installed and updated
  all the files are there
  
  ./configure: 2761: x86_64-linux-gnu-nm: not found
  ERROR: librtmp not found
  there is a “nm” file in /usr/bin
  
  config.log:
  a lot of “no such file or directory” eg “/tmp/ffconf.pnLpLjVR.c:1:42: fatal error: libcrystalhd/libcrystalhd_if.h: No such file or directory
  compilation terminated.”
  
  and on the last lines:
  
  /usr/local/x86_64-linux-gnu/lib/libdl.so: undefined reference to `_dl_open@GLIBC_PRIVATE’
  /usr/local/x86_64-linux-gnu/lib/libdl.so: undefined reference to `_dl_close@GLIBC_PRIVATE’
  collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
  ERROR: librtmp not found
  
  I think there is just another package missing but I can’t figure out, which one.
  
  the arm compilation works fine for me =)
  
  thanks, Eric
  
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  1. patters Post authorJanuary 24, 2012 at 20:24
    
    Hi Eric, maybe you need to create a symlink from x86_64-linux-gnu-nm to /bin/nm. Is it the FFmpeg configure that causes this error? Or some lib you’re compiling first?
    When cross compiling, the target architecture prefix is typically prepended automatically to the toolchain tools’ filenames, but sometimes the scripts aren’t quite right (you’ll see from the sed commands that I had similar issues, where I had to directly edit OpenSSL’s Makefile).
    What is libcrystalhd? Is that an extra thing you’re adding?
  2. horizons January 25, 2012 at 09:02
    
    I had this error when pkgconfig wasn’t installed. As i only tested it in my netinstall version of unbuntu 10.04 which i installed in Virtualbox on win7.
    type pkgconfig to test if you have it installed
    sudo apt-get install pkgconfig to install.
JL January 30, 2012 at 17:45

On CenOS 5 and 6, before compiling ffmpeg,

export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig

./configure passed with no warning of “ERROR: librtmp not found”

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denob September 22, 2012 at 16:52

it is possible to compile VLC 2.0 on Synology NAS ?

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