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diff --git a/doc/examples/README b/doc/examples/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c1ce619d35 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/examples/README @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +FFmpeg examples README +---------------------- + +Both following use cases rely on pkg-config and make, thus make sure +that you have them installed and working on your system. + + +Method 1: build the installed examples in a generic read/write user directory + +Copy to a read/write user directory and just use "make", it will link +to the libraries on your system, assuming the PKG_CONFIG_PATH is +correctly configured. + +Method 2: build the examples in-tree + +Assuming you are in the source FFmpeg checkout directory, you need to build +FFmpeg (no need to make install in any prefix). Then just run "make examples". +This will build the examples using the FFmpeg build system. You can clean those +examples using "make examplesclean" + +If you want to try the dedicated Makefile examples (to emulate the first +method), go into doc/examples and run a command such as +PKG_CONFIG_PATH=pc-uninstalled make. |