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@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ Essential dependencies (incomplete list): libGL, GLX, EGL, xv, ...) - Audio output development headers (libasound/ALSA, pulseaudio) - FFmpeg libraries (libavutil libavcodec libavformat libswscale libavfilter - and either libswresample or libavresample) from ffmpeg-mpv or Libav + and either libswresample or libavresample) - zlib - iconv (normally provided by the system libc) - libass (OSD, OSC, text subtitles) @@ -126,11 +126,10 @@ FFmpeg dependencies: - Libav also works, but some features will not work. (See section below.) Most of the above libraries are available in suitable versions on normal -Linux distributions. However, FFmpeg is an exception - [ffmpeg-mpv][ffmpeg-mpv] -or Libav git master is required. For that reason you may want to use -the separately available build wrapper ([mpv-build][mpv-build]) that first -compiles FFmpeg libraries and libass, and then compiles the player statically -linked against those. +Linux distributions. For ease of compiling the latest git master of everything, +you may wish to use the separately available build wrapper ([mpv-build][mpv-build]) +which first compiles FFmpeg libraries and libass, and then compiles the player +statically linked against those. If you want to build a Windows binary, you either have to use MSYS2 and MinGW, or cross-compile from Linux with MinGW. See @@ -145,17 +144,6 @@ of both FFmpeg and Libav. But FFmpeg is preferred, and some mpv features work with FFmpeg only (subtitle formats in particular). -## Preferred FFmpeg version - -Only [ffmpeg-mpv][ffmpeg-mpv] is supported. Upstream FFmpeg can be forced by -passing a certain switch to configure, but compilation or runtime behavior -might be broken at times. - -_If_ you force upstream FFmpeg, and it doesn't work, please contact upstream -FFmpeg for help, instead of mpv. See -[FFmpeg contact](http://ffmpeg.org/contact.html#MailingLists) on how to contact -FFmpeg upstream. - ## FFmpeg ABI compatibility mpv does not support linking against FFmpeg versions it was not built with, even @@ -246,4 +234,3 @@ only if discretion is required. [api-changes]: https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/blob/master/DOCS/client-api-changes.rst [restore-old-bindings]: https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/blob/master/etc/restore-old-bindings.conf [contribute.md]: https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/blob/master/DOCS/contribute.md -[ffmpeg-mpv]: https://github.com/mpv-player/ffmpeg-mpv |