[Libav-user] libavcodec documentation and usage

[Stefano Sabatini]

On date Tuesday 2013-07-16 13:04:42 -0700, James Board encoded:
> >On date Tuesday 2013-07-16 09:11:53 -0700, James Board encoded:
> >> I'd like to write a C or C++ program which uses libavcodec to retrieve
> >> individual frames of an AVI file.  I can't find much documentation on
> >> the WWW.  But there are examples in the ffmpeg source distribution.  I tried
> >> to compile them, but that failed because there is no file: channel_layout.h.
> >> 
> >> Any ideas how I can get the xamples in ffmpeg source to compile?
> >
> >You need updated headers and pkg-config installed in your system. Also
> >read the README file for further instructions.
> 
> Thanks for your reply, but in this case, it isn't true.  The pkg-config is
> okay.  But there  is no file named 'channel_layout.h' in my system.
> The other header files are in the example programs don't produce any
> problems.
>  

> So is 'channel_layout.h'  obsolete?  Or did my ffmpeg build not compile
> correctly?

The channel_layout.h file was added recently. Note that you *need* a
recent ffmpeg installation of FFmpeg in your system, accessed throuhg
pkg-config, since the examples make use of the recent API.

Also read the README file in doc/examples.
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