On 20/03/12 10:25, JonY wrote: > On 3/20/2012 17:54, postmas...@csmiller.demon.co.uk wrote: >> JonY said: >>> On 3/20/2012 00:57, mingw...@csmiller.demon.co.uk wrote: >> <snip!> >>> I'm trying to build ffmpeg-0.5.5 for MS-Windows 64bit; it claims >>>> it needs MinGW64 3.15 or later. >>>> >>>> >>>> TIA, >>>> Colin S. Miller >>> Go ahead and bump it yourself, we don't normally increment those numbers. >> >> Jon, >> It seems a bit strange that the ffmpeg team picked a version that MinGW64 >> doesn't support by default (the version check is only for MinGW x86_64). >> However, I bumped the version to 3.20, and the win32api version to 3.13 >> (from 3.12), as ffmpeg checks that next. >> >> Their code then does (libavdevice\vfwcap.c) >> #include "libavformat/avformat.h" >> #include<vfw.h> >> #include<windows.h> >> >> which fails as vfw.h does not pull in a #define / typedef for DWORD etc. >> This could be be fixed, (in several source files, or in vfw.h), but I >> suspect that ffmpeg used a different version of MinGW64. >> >> Thanks for your time, but I think this is a question for the ffmpeg team. >> >> Colin. >> > > I'm not familiar with the ffmpeg code base, so its best to ask the mingw > maintainer for some explanation. I can't say for sure what the real > problem is. > > As a quick fix, you could try moving windows.h above vfw.h. > > > Jon,
I am a bit reluctant to do that, as the fact that it doesn't build means that there is something wrong with my build environment. However, if it comes to it, I will do that, or upgrade to a slightly later ffmpeg. Colin S. Miller ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ Mingw-w64-public mailing list Mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public
