Trying to Compile the Ffmpeg Libraries for Iphoneos Platform with Armv6 and Arv7 Architecture

Building FFMPEG library for iOS6.0 ARMv7 Processor

Here is my working Configure for cross-compiling FFmpeg on iOS 6 the arch is ARMv7

NOTE: You must have to have gas-preprocessor.pl inside /usr/local/bin/ please do not continue until you have gas-preprocessor.pl on your bin directory

• Download FFmpeg 1.0 "Angel" from here

• Unzip it and place it somewhere i.e. your Desktop folder

• Open terminal and browse to unzipped FFmpeg folder

• Copy and paste the following command, (be patient will take a while)

./configure --disable-doc --disable-ffmpeg --disable-ffplay --disable-ffserver --enable-cross-compile --arch=arm --target-os=darwin --cc=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin/gcc --as='gas-preprocessor/gas-preprocessor.pl /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin/gcc' --sysroot=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS6.0.sdk --cpu=cortex-a8 --extra-cflags='-arch armv7' --extra-ldflags='-arch armv7 -isysroot /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS6.0.sdk' --enable-pic --enable-decoder=rawvideo --disable-asm

• Now type the following command on terminal make (wait a little more)

• Once it has finished now type on terminal sudo make install (wait again)

• Go to /usr/local/lib to find your freshly baked armv7 libs

• Enjoy!

Alex

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Added Support for armv7s

This armv7s configure is totally untested and i dont really know if this would work, i don't own an iPhone 5 so we need someone to test the final armv7s libs

./configure --disable-doc --disable-ffmpeg --disable-ffplay
--disable-ffserver --enable-cross-compile --arch=arm --target-os=darwin --cc=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin/gcc
--as='gas-preprocessor/gas-preprocessor.pl /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin/gcc'
--sysroot=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS6.0.sdk
--cpu=cortex-a8 --extra-cflags='-arch armv7s' --extra-ldflags='-arch armv7s -isysroot
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS6.0.sdk'
--enable-pic --enable-decoder=rawvideo --disable-asm

FFMPEG iOS 7 Library

To use the mooncatventures (our) ffmpegdecoderFramework, go into build settings
click on the arch and remove the armv7s.

you must also change build active architechure only to no.

fail building ffmpeg for armv6-7

i used the following to compile only for armv6 and armv7. I couldn't get it working for i386, i receive errors that the cputype and subcputype are wrong. apparently the cputype is supposed to be x86 and subcputype should be intel.

anyhow i used the following build scripts to compile (i ended up using gcc and it worked, it was the configure flags that were wrong from the beginning i guess) for the arm architectures:

build script:

#!/bin/sh

set -e

SCRIPT_DIR=$( (cd -P $(dirname $0) && pwd) )
DIST_DIR_BASE=${DIST_DIR_BASE:="$SCRIPT_DIR/dist"}

if [ -d ffmpeg ]
then
  echo "Found ffmpeg source directory, no need to fetch from git..."
else
  echo "Fetching ffmpeg from git://git.videolan.org/ffmpeg.git..."
  git clone git://git.videolan.org/ffmpeg.git
fi

ARCHS=${ARCHS:-"armv6 armv7"}

for ARCH in $ARCHS
do
    FFMPEG_DIR=ffmpeg-$ARCH
    if [ -d $FFMPEG_DIR ]
    then
      echo "Removing old directory $FFMPEG_DIR"
      rm -rf $FFMPEG_DIR
    fi
    echo "Copying source for $ARCH to directory $FFMPEG_DIR"
    cp -a ffmpeg $FFMPEG_DIR

    cd $FFMPEG_DIR

    DIST_DIR=$DIST_DIR_BASE-$ARCH
    mkdir -p $DIST_DIR

    case $ARCH in
        armv6)
            EXTRA_FLAGS="--enable-cross-compile --target-os=darwin --arch=arm --cpu=arm1176jzf-s"
            EXTRA_CFLAGS="-arch $ARCH"
            EXTRA_LDFLAGS="-arch $ARCH"
            ;;
        armv7)
            EXTRA_FLAGS="--enable-cross-compile --target-os=darwin --arch=arm --cpu=cortex-a8 --enable-pic"
            EXTRA_CFLAGS="-arch $ARCH"
            EXTRA_LDFLAGS="-arch $ARCH"
            ;;
        x86_64)
            EXTRA_CC_FLAGS="-mdynamic-no-pic"
            ;;
    esac

    echo "Configuring ffmpeg for $ARCH..."
    ./configure \
    --prefix=$DIST_DIR \
    --extra-ldflags=-L/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS4.3.sdk/usr/lib/system \
    --disable-bzlib \
    --disable-doc \
    --disable-ffmpeg \
    --disable-ffplay \
    --disable-ffserver \
    --cc=/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin/gcc \
    --sysroot=/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS4.3.sdk \
    --extra-ldflags="$EXTRA_LDFLAGS" \
    --extra-cflags="$EXTRA_CFLAGS" \
    $EXTRA_FLAGS

    echo "Installing ffmpeg for $ARCH..."
    make && make install

    cd $SCRIPT_DIR

    if [ -d $DIST_DIR/bin ]
    then
      rm -rf $DIST_DIR/bin
    fi
    if [ -d $DIST_DIR/share ]
    then
      rm -rf $DIST_DIR/share
    fi
done

and combine libs script:

#!/bin/bash

set -e

ARCHS="armv6 armv7"

for ARCH in $ARCHS
do
  if [ -d dist-$ARCH ]
  then
    MAIN_ARCH=$ARCH
  fi
done

if [ -z "$MAIN_ARCH" ]
then
  echo "Please compile an architecture"
  exit 1
fi


OUTPUT_DIR="dist-uarch"
rm -rf $OUTPUT_DIR

mkdir -p $OUTPUT_DIR/lib $OUTPUT_DIR/include

for LIB in dist-$MAIN_ARCH/lib/*.a
do
  LIB=`basename $LIB`
  LIPO_CREATE=""
  for ARCH in $ARCHS
  do
    if [ -d dist-$ARCH ]
    then
      LIPO_CREATE="$LIPO_CREATE-arch $ARCH dist-$ARCH/lib/$LIB "
    fi
  done
  OUTPUT="$OUTPUT_DIR/lib/$LIB"
  echo "Creating: $OUTPUT"
  lipo -create $LIPO_CREATE -output $OUTPUT
  lipo -info $OUTPUT
done

echo "Copying headers from dist-$MAIN_ARCH..."
cp -R dist-$MAIN_ARCH/include/* $OUTPUT_DIR/include

then i import the .a files from BUILD-FOLDER/dist-uarch and it builds in xcode like a charm!

Conditional compiling for armv6 and armv7

Well i realized my last answer in not the correct one... Apple said that is impossible but this is not really true... thanks to Jim, i search little more and i found one way to do it..

1. Remove lib from "Build Phases"
2. Add both architectures in "Other Linker Flags" (Build Settings) , for that you need click in + and add armv6 and armv7
3. Add the lib in armv7.. with -l
4. Don't forget #if defined _ARM_ARCH_7 in your code

This is like Jim answered but more detailed.

problem compiling ffmpeg for iFrameExtractor

After a week of trial and error, I was finally able to create the ffmpeg universal libraries and successfully compile and run iFrameExtractor for the device as well as the simulator.

To compile and run the project on your iPhone device OR simulator:

1) open Terminal

2) clone the repository: git clone git://github.com/lajos/iFrameExtractor.git

3) go to the ffmpeg folder in the project: cd iFrameExtractor/ffmpeg

4) run: ./configure

5) Edit the build scripts (build_armv6, build_armv7, build_i386) as follows:

These scripts assume you are using iOS SDK 5.0 on Xcode 4.2.

build_armv6:

#!/bin/tcsh -f

if (! -d armv6) mkdir armv6
if (! -d lib) mkdir lib

rm armv6/*.a

make clean

./configure \
--disable-bzlib --disable-doc \
--disable-ffmpeg --disable-ffplay \
--disable-ffserver --disable-mmx \
--cc=/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin/gcc \
--as='gas-preprocessor/gas-preprocessor.pl /Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin/gcc' \
--enable-cross-compile --target-os=darwin \
--arch=arm --cpu=arm1176jzf-s \
--sysroot=/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS5.0.sdk \
--extra-ldflags="-arch armv6 -L//Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS5.0.sdk/usr/lib/system" \
--extra-cflags="-arch armv6"

make

mv libavcodec/libavcodec.a armv6/
mv libavdevice/libavdevice.a armv6/
mv libavformat/libavformat.a armv6/
mv libavutil/libavutil.a armv6/
mv libswscale/libswscale.a armv6/

rm lib/*.a

cp armv6/*.a lib/

build_armv7:

#!/bin/tcsh -f

if (! -d armv7) mkdir armv7
if (! -d lib) mkdir lib

rm armv7/*.a

make clean

./configure \
--disable-bzlib --disable-doc \
--disable-ffmpeg --disable-ffplay \
--disable-ffserver --disable-mmx \
--cc=/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin/gcc \
--as='gas-preprocessor/gas-preprocessor.pl /Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin/gcc' \
--enable-cross-compile --target-os=darwin \
--arch=arm --cpu=cortex-a8 --enable-pic \
--sysroot=/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS5.0.sdk \
--extra-ldflags="-arch armv7 -    L/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS5.0.sdk/usr/lib/system" \
--extra-cflags="-arch armv7"

make

mv libavcodec/libavcodec.a armv7/
mv libavdevice/libavdevice.a armv7/
mv libavformat/libavformat.a armv7/
mv libavutil/libavutil.a armv7/
mv libswscale/libswscale.a armv7/

rm lib/*.a

cp armv7/*.a lib/

build_i386:

#!/bin/tcsh -f

if (! -d i386) mkdir i386
if (! -d lib) mkdir lib

rm i386/*.a

make clean

./configure \
--disable-bzlib --disable-doc \
--disable-ffmpeg --disable-ffplay \
--disable-ffserver --disable-mmx \
--cc=/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin/gcc \
--as='gas-preprocessor/gas-preprocessor.pl     /Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin/gcc' \
--sysroot=/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneSimulator5.0.sdk \
--extra-ldflags="-arch i386 -L//Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneSimulator5.0.sdk/usr/lib/system" \
--extra-cflags="-arch i386 -fmessage-length=0 -pipe -Wno-trigraphs -fpascal-strings -O0 -fasm-blocks -Wreturn-type -Wunused-variable -D__IPHONE_OS_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED=40000 -isysroot /Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneSimulator5.0.sdk -fvisibility=hidden -mmacosx-version-min=10.5 -gdwarf-2"

make

mv libavcodec/libavcodec.a i386/
mv libavdevice/libavdevice.a i386/
mv libavformat/libavformat.a i386/
mv libavutil/libavutil.a i386/
mv libswscale/libswscale.a i386/

rm lib/*.a

cp i386/*.a lib/

6) build the ffmpeg libraries: ./build_universal

7) open the xcode project and run it on your iPhone device or simulator

These steps work perfectly for me. I hope this will help others struggling to get the ffmpeg libraries working for iOS.

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