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Port details on branch 2023Q3
libx264 H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Video Encoding (Library)
0.165.3223_1 multimedia Σ=22 search for ports that depend on this port Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 0.165.3223Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: multimedia@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2014-11-22 16:24:00
Last Update: 2026-08-10 07:35:11
Commit Hash: 2212974
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License: GPLv2
WWW:
https://www.videolan.org/x264.html
Description: #
x264 is a free library for encoding H.264/AVC (aka MPEG-4 Part 10) video streams. Encoder features * CAVLC/CABAC * Multi-references * Intra: all modes (4x4 and 16x16 with all predictions) * Inter P: all partitions (from 16x16 down to 4x4) * Inter B: partitions from 16x16 down to 8x8 (including SKIP/DIRECT) * Ratecontrol: constant quantizer, constant bitrate, or multipass ABR * Scene cut detection
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Manual pages: #
FreshPorts has no man page information for this port.
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist #
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  1. @ldconfig
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/libx264-0.165.3223_1/catalog.mk
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/libx264-0.165.3223_1/LICENSE
  4. /usr/local/share/licenses/libx264-0.165.3223_1/GPLv2
  5. include/x264.h
  6. include/x264_config.h
  7. lib/libx264.so
  8. lib/libx264.so.165
  9. libdata/pkgconfig/x264.pc
  10. @owner
  11. @group
  12. @mode
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • For RUN/BUILD depends:
    • libx264>0:multimedia/libx264
  • For LIB depends:
    • libx264.so:multimedia/libx264
To install the port: #
cd /usr/ports/multimedia/libx264/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install multimedia/libx264
  • pkg install libx264
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: libx264
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port. #
distinfo: #
TIMESTAMP = 1786192615 SHA256 (meson-ports-x264-00852f599572d10798b2dafd2c5286213d0ce795_GL0.tar.gz) = b50a394f63fa9d59bb3cb2344444d91ab5d2571a83ee2a17a550f6346a6b3612 SIZE (meson-ports-x264-00852f599572d10798b2dafd2c5286213d0ce795_GL0.tar.gz) = 1055671
Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC): #
libx264
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386
FreeBSD:14:latest0.165.3223_10.165.3223_10.164.30950.164.30950.165.3223_1
FreeBSD:14:quarterly0.165.3223_10.165.3223_1-0.164.30950.165.3223_1
FreeBSD:15:latest0.165.3223_10.165.3223_1n/a0.164.3095n/a
FreeBSD:15:quarterly0.165.3223_10.165.3223_1n/a-n/a
FreeBSD:16:latest0.165.3223_10.165.3223_1n/a-n/a
Master port: multimedia/x264 #
Dependencies #
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
Build dependencies: #
  1. nasm>=2.13 : devel/nasm
  2. meson : devel/meson
  3. ninja : devel/ninja
  4. pkgconf>=1.3.0_1 : devel/pkgconf
  5. python3.12 : lang/python312
This port is required by: #
for Libraries #
  1. emulators/fceux
  2. graphics/cfdg
  3. graphics/libheif
  4. multimedia/avidemux
  5. multimedia/avidemux-cli
  6. multimedia/avidemux-plugins
  7. multimedia/avidemux-qt5
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  2. multimedia/emby-server
  3. multimedia/ffmpeg
  4. multimedia/ffmpeg4
  5. multimedia/gstreamer1-plugins-x264
  6. multimedia/handbrake
  7. multimedia/jellyfin-ffmpeg
  8. multimedia/jellyfin-ffmpeg7
  9. multimedia/mencoder
  10. multimedia/obs-studio
  11. multimedia/webcamoid
  12. multimedia/x264
  13. net/xrdp
  14. net/xrdp-devel
  15. x11/xpra
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Deleted ports which required this port:

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  1. multimedia/avidemux-qt4*
  2. multimedia/avidemux26*
  3. multimedia/avidemux26-cli*
  4. multimedia/avidemux26-plugins*
  5. multimedia/avidemux26-qt4*
  6. multimedia/cinelerra-gg*
  7. multimedia/emby-server-devel*
  8. multimedia/ffmpeg0*
  9. multimedia/ffmpeg23*
  10. multimedia/ffmpeg24*
  11. multimedia/ffmpeg25*
  12. multimedia/ffmpeg26*
  13. multimedia/ffmpeg6*
  14. multimedia/gstreamer-plugins-x264*
  15. multimedia/libav*
  16. multimedia/libquicktime*
  17. multimedia/mpeg4ip*
  18. multimedia/msx264*
  19. multimedia/zoneminder-h264*
  20. net/opal*
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Configuration Options: #
===> The following configuration options are available for libx264-0.165.3223_1: ASM=on: Use optimized assembly code LTO=on: Use Link-Time Optimization OPTIMIZED_CFLAGS=on: Use extra compiler optimizations ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Options name: #
multimedia_libx264
USES: #
meson pkgconfig python:build shebangfix
FreshPorts was unable to extract/find any pkg message #
Master Sites: #
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  1. https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/meson-ports/x264/-/archive/00852f599572d10798b2dafd2c5286213d0ce795.tar.gz?dummy=/
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