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Port details on branch 2023Q4
openh264 Cisco implementation of H.264 codec
2.6.0,2 multimedia Σ=5 search for ports that depend on this port An older version of this port was marked as vulnerable. Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 2.6.0,2Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: gecko@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2014-10-15 12:01:10
Last Update: 2026-09-06 12:42:40
Commit Hash: 60ac10a
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License: BSD2CLAUSE
WWW:
https://www.openh264.org/
Description: #
OpenH264 is a codec library which supports H.264 encoding and decoding. It is suitable for use in real time applications such as WebRTC.
Homepage    cgit ¦ Codeberg ¦ GitHub ¦ GitLab ¦ SVNWeb

Manual pages: #
FreshPorts has no man page information for this port.
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist #
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  1. /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins/symlinks/gecko/gmpopenh264.info
  2. /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins/symlinks/gecko/libgmpopenh264.so
  3. @ldconfig
  4. /usr/local/share/licenses/openh264-2.6.0,2/catalog.mk
  5. /usr/local/share/licenses/openh264-2.6.0,2/LICENSE
  6. /usr/local/share/licenses/openh264-2.6.0,2/BSD2CLAUSE
  7. include/wels/codec_api.h
  8. include/wels/codec_app_def.h
  9. include/wels/codec_def.h
  10. include/wels/codec_ver.h
  11. lib/browser_plugins/gmp-gmpopenh264/gmpopenh264.info
  12. @rmtry lib/firefox/defaults/pref/gmpopenh264.js
  13. @rmtry lib/thunderbird/defaults/pref/gmpopenh264.js
  14. lib/browser_plugins/gmp-gmpopenh264/gmpopenh264.js
  15. @postexec ln -sf %D/%F %D/lib/firefox/defaults/pref/ 2>/dev/null || true
  16. @postexec ln -sf %D/%F %D/lib/thunderbird/defaults/pref/ 2>/dev/null || true
  17. lib/browser_plugins/gmp-gmpopenh264/libgmpopenh264.so
  18. lib/libopenh264.a
  19. lib/libopenh264.so
  20. lib/libopenh264.so.2.6.0
  21. lib/libopenh264.so.8
  22. libdata/pkgconfig/openh264.pc
  23. @owner
  24. @group
  25. @mode
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • openh264>0:multimedia/openh264
To install the port: #
cd /usr/ports/multimedia/openh264/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install multimedia/openh264
  • pkg install openh264
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: openh264
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port. #
distinfo: #
TIMESTAMP = 1753131003 SHA256 (cisco-openh264-v2.6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 558544ad358283a7ab2930d69a9ceddf913f4a51ee9bf1bfb9e377322af81a69 SIZE (cisco-openh264-v2.6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 60302243
Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC): #
openh264
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386powerpcpowerpc64powerpc64leriscv64
FreeBSD:13:latest2.6.0,22.6.0,2n/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
FreeBSD:13:quarterly2.6.0,22.6.0,2n/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
FreeBSD:14:latest2.6.0,22.6.0,22.3.0,22.6.0,22.6.0,22.3.0,2-2.3.0,2-
FreeBSD:14:quarterly2.6.0,22.6.0,2-2.6.0,22.6.0,22.3.0,22.3.0,22.3.0,2-
FreeBSD:15:latest2.6.0,22.6.0,2n/a2.6.0,2n/an/a2.3.0,22.3.0,2-
FreeBSD:15:quarterly2.6.0,22.6.0,2n/a-n/an/a---
FreeBSD:16:latest2.6.0,22.6.0,2n/a-n/an/a---
Dependencies #
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
Build dependencies: #
  1. nasm : devel/nasm
  2. gmp-api>=34.0 : multimedia/gmp-api
  3. gmake>=4.4.1 : devel/gmake
This port is required by: #
for Libraries #
  1. devel/electron41
  2. devel/electron42
  3. devel/electron43
  4. devel/electron44
  5. editors/vscode
  6. graphics/libheif
  7. multimedia/gstreamer1-plugins-openh264
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  2. multimedia/msopenh264
  3. net/xrdp
  4. net/xrdp-devel
  5. net-im/signal-desktop
  6. net-im/telegram-desktop
  7. net-im/tg_owt
  8. www/chromium
  9. www/iridium
  10. www/qt6-webengine
  11. www/ungoogled-chromium
  12. x11/xpra
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Deleted ports which required this port:

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  1. databases/compass*
  2. devel/electron11*
  3. devel/electron12*
  4. devel/electron13*
  5. devel/electron17*
  6. devel/electron18*
  7. devel/electron19*
  8. devel/electron21*
  9. devel/electron22*
  10. devel/electron23*
  11. devel/electron24*
  12. devel/electron25*
  13. devel/electron26*
  14. devel/electron27*
  15. devel/electron28*
  16. devel/electron29*
  17. devel/electron30*
  18. devel/electron31*
  19. devel/electron32*
  20. devel/electron33*
  21. devel/electron34*
  22. devel/electron35*
  23. devel/electron36*
  24. devel/electron37*
  25. devel/electron38*
  26. devel/electron39*
  27. devel/electron4*
  28. devel/electron40*
  29. devel/electron5*
  30. devel/electron6*
  31. devel/electron7*
  32. devel/electron9*
  33. editors/atom*
  34. net-im/webinar*
  35. www/qt5-webengine*
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* - deleted ports are only shown under the This port is required by section. It was harder to do for the Required section. Perhaps later...
Configuration Options: #
===> The following configuration options are available for openh264-2.6.0,2: DEBUG=off: Build with debugging support PLUGINS=on: Build and/or install plugins TEST=off: Build and/or run tests ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Options name: #
multimedia_openh264
USES: #
cpe gmake webplugin:gecko
FreshPorts was unable to extract/find any pkg message #
Master Sites: #
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  1. https://codeload.github.com/cisco/openh264/tar.gz/v2.6.0?dummy=/
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