X-Git-Url: https://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Ffaq.texi;h=8e8198d85153898572f7ac53f2aa5331fe1236b0;hp=3a57c3df2944625d5a557b4f7e5aaa552214c4ff;hb=988a9f9e3a47e2b9b6459ad8d982e43bfeae52d1;hpb=a93b9dbac293ab541674d87b4591a9cf55857f7c diff --git a/doc/faq.texi b/doc/faq.texi index 3a57c3df29..8e8198d851 100644 --- a/doc/faq.texi +++ b/doc/faq.texi @@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ portable, bloated and often slow. Use @file{-} as filename. +@section Why Audio is not decoded in VOB files ? + +AC3 decoding is optional as the codec is currently released under the +GPL. Enable it with @code{./configure --enable-a52}. Take care: by +enabling AC3, you automatically change the license of libavcodec from +LGPL to GPL. + @chapter Development @section Are there examples of use of the FFmpeg libraries libavcodec and libavformat ? @@ -62,11 +69,12 @@ No. Only GCC is supported. GCC is ported on most systems available and I don't see the need to pollute the source code with @code{#ifdef}s related to the compiler. -@section I want to use ffmpeg or libavcodec under Windows. Can you support my proprietary C compiler XXX ? +@section Can I use FFmpeg or libavcodec under Windows ? -No. Use @code{mingw-gcc} available at @url{http://www.mingw.org/} to -compile the code. It generates object files fully compatible with other -windows compilers. +Yes, but the MinGW tools @emph{must} be used to compile FFmpeg. You +can link the resulting DLLs with any other Windows program. Read the +@emph{Native Windows Compilation} section in the FFmpeg documentation +to have more information. @section Can you add automake, libtool or autoconf support ?