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Port details on branch 2020Q3
x264 H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Video Encoding (Front End CLI)
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Maintainer: koobs@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2020-09-27 13:10:57
Last Update: 2020-09-27 13:10:29
Commit Hash: 0839815
License: GPLv2
WWW:
http://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 WWW: http://www.videolan.org/x264.html
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pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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  1. bin/x264
  2. @ldconfig
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/x264-0.159.2999/catalog.mk
  4. /usr/local/share/licenses/x264-0.159.2999/LICENSE
  5. /usr/local/share/licenses/x264-0.159.2999/GPLv2
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
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Dependency lines:
  • x264>0:multimedia/x264
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/multimedia/x264/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install multimedia/x264
  • pkg install x264
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: x264
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distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1586435782 SHA256 (x264/example.y4m.bz2) = a5bec9d37362bd9d7773fbd0644643f9ec096d654d20823004e88d5df32bbff7 SIZE (x264/example.y4m.bz2) = 4910029

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SHA256 (x264/videolan-x264-296494a4011f58f32adc54304a2654627558c59a_GL0.tar.gz) = eb57e0be1a27fc70faa2844c5f8e66cde6f5c59c66162ccf988c93c74f42f04d SIZE (x264/videolan-x264-296494a4011f58f32adc54304a2654627558c59a_GL0.tar.gz) = 932841

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Slave ports:
  1. multimedia/libx264
Dependencies
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Build dependencies:
  1. bash : shells/bash
  2. pkgconf>=1.3.0_1 : devel/pkgconf
  3. gmake>=4.3 : devel/gmake
Library dependencies:
  1. libx264.so : multimedia/libx264
  2. libffms2.so : multimedia/ffms2
  3. libavcodec.so : multimedia/ffmpeg
  4. libavformat.so : multimedia/ffmpeg
  5. libavutil.so : multimedia/ffmpeg
  6. liblsmash.so : multimedia/l-smash
  7. libavutil.so : multimedia/ffmpeg
  8. libswscale.so : multimedia/ffmpeg
There are no ports dependent upon this port
Configuration Options:
===> The following configuration options are available for x264-0.159.2999: DEBUG=off: Build with debugging support FFMS=on: FFmpeg Source input support LAVF=on: libav* format input support (requires FFmpeg) PGO=off: Use Profile-Guided Optimization SWSCALE=on: Resize video filter ====> MPEG-4 output: you can only select none or one of them GPAC=off: GPAC library support LSMASH=on: L-SMASH library support ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Options name:
multimedia_x264
USES:
pkgconfig compiler:c11 gmake localbase shebangfix
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Master Sites:
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  1. https://code.videolan.org/videolan/x264/repository/296494a4011f58f32adc54304a2654627558c59a/archive.tar.gz?dummy=/
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Number of commits found: 2

Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page)
CommitCreditsLog message
0.159.2999
27 Sep 2020 13:10:29
commit hash: 08398155c816727c90dee50e12f80d96155bd833commit hash: 08398155c816727c90dee50e12f80d96155bd833commit hash: 08398155c816727c90dee50e12f80d96155bd833commit hash: 08398155c816727c90dee50e12f80d96155bd833 files touched by this commit		 Thomas Zander (riggs) search for other commits by this committer 
MFH: r542565

Fix build with multimedia/gpac-libgpac 1.0.0

PR:		248081
Submitted by:	riggs
Approved by:	koobs (maintainer)

Approved by:	ports-secteam (build fix blanket)
0.159.2999
27 Sep 2020 13:10:29
Revision:550273Original commit files touched by this commit		 riggs search for other commits by this committer 
MFH: r542565

Fix build with multimedia/gpac-libgpac 1.0.0

PR:		248081
Submitted by:	riggs
Approved by:	koobs (maintainer)

Approved by:	ports-secteam (build fix blanket)

Number of commits found: 2
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