Enabling libfaac in ffmpeg

djbushido · #1 24th November 2009, 09:24 PM

Is there an easy way to enable libfaac in ffmpeg? I'm hoping to not have to compile it myself, but it appears that it was compiled without libfaac support. Not sure if what I'm using is from rpmfusion, but it's enabled. Anyway, if someone could give me a bit of assistance, that would be wonderful. Thanks!

dd_wizard · #2 24th November 2009, 10:53 PM

It looks like libfaac got pulled from ffmpeg because of licensing issues. However, I found this page at ATrpms.net. You could download and install it or enable ATrpms in yum.

EDIT: I just noticed the sticky thread in the Software Support forum. You might want to read it before you enable the ATrpms repo.

dd_wizard

djbushido · #3 25th November 2009, 04:06 AM

No, libfaac gets provided as part of faac. ffmpeg appears to not be built against it. didn't know if anybody had an ffmpeg build already working for this, or if I'd have to do my own.

CamoAnimal · #4 25th November 2009, 05:40 AM

If it has anything to do with copyrights then it stands a high chance of being removed from their list as soon as their is a decent replacement... I talked to Paul Frields (Fedora Project Director) about this one time and he won't even consider the use of anything copyrighted or licensed for use in Fedora repos. So, chances are it has been removed from any major repo, but you may be able to find it as a file for download.

djbushido · #5 25th November 2009, 02:07 PM

That's weird then how I have a libfaac on my system...
Anyway, is there a way to get an ffmpeg binary built against libfaac, or do I need to do that myself?

djbushido · #6 26th November 2009, 03:37 PM

Bump.
Is there any way to drop in a replacement for ffmpeg that has libfaac support?

dd_wizard · #7 27th November 2009, 07:29 PM

This worked for me:

Code:

[gene@Mobile-PC ~]$ sudo yum --enablerepo=atrpms update faac
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, presto, refresh-packagekit, remove-with-leaves, show-leaves
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * fedora: mirrors.cat.pdx.edu
 * rpmfusion-free: mirrors.cat.pdx.edu
 * rpmfusion-free-updates: mirrors.cat.pdx.edu
 * rpmfusion-nonfree: mirrors.cat.pdx.edu
 * rpmfusion-nonfree-updates: mirrors.cat.pdx.edu
 * updates: mirror.stanford.edu
Setting up Update Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: libfaac.so.0()(64bit) for package: libavcodec52-0.5-31_git20091120.fc12.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: libfaac.so.0()(64bit) for package: faac-1.28-6.fc12.x86_64
---> Package faac.x86_64 0:1.28-6.fc12 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
---> Package libfaac0.x86_64 0:1.28-6.fc12 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

================================================================================================
 Package               Arch                Version                    Repository           Size
================================================================================================
Updating:
 faac                  x86_64              1.28-6.fc12                atrpms              189 k
Installing for dependencies:
 libfaac0              x86_64              1.28-6.fc12                atrpms               36 k

Transaction Summary
================================================================================================
Install       1 Package(s)
Upgrade       1 Package(s)

Total download size: 225 k
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Setting up and reading Presto delta metadata
Processing delta metadata
Package(s) data still to download: 225 k
(1/2): faac-1.28-6.fc12.x86_64.rpm                                       | 189 kB     00:01     
(2/2): libfaac0-1.28-6.fc12.x86_64.rpm                                   |  36 kB     00:00     
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total                                                            75 kB/s | 225 kB     00:02     
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Warning: RPMDB has been altered since the last yum transaction.
  Installing     : libfaac0-1.28-6.fc12.x86_64                                              1/3 
  Updating       : faac-1.28-6.fc12.x86_64                                                  2/3 
  Cleanup        : faac-1.28-2.fc12.x86_64                                                  3/3 

Dependency Installed:
  libfaac0.x86_64 0:1.28-6.fc12                                                                 

Updated:
  faac.x86_64 0:1.28-6.fc12                                                                     

Complete!
New leaves:
  faac.x86_64
  libmp4v2.x86_64

I have atrpms disabled in /etc/yum.repos.d/atrpms.repo because there seem to be some broken deps between RPM Fusion and atrpms packages. That one went well though.

dd_wizard

djbushido · #8 27th November 2009, 07:42 PM

So does this produce an ffmpeg with aac support? I have a version of libfaac installed (don't ask me how - I'm not sure) but ffmpeg doesn't know to use it.

dd_wizard · #9 27th November 2009, 08:22 PM

Hmm, apparently not. Back to the drawing board.

djbushido · #10 27th November 2009, 08:31 PM

I think the problem is that ffmpeg isn't compiled for it. Checking the build options on the one on my system doesn't have a "--enable-libfaac" line