mplayer2 @ 2.0-20120815_2 build error

[notinmyhead@…]

Build error on OSX 10.6.8.

:info:build /usr/bin/gcc-4.2 -MD -MP -Wundef   -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wdisabled-optimization -Wno-pointer-sign -std=gnu99  -pipe -O2 -arch i386 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -falign-loops=16 -shared-libgcc -mdynamic-no-pic -I.  -I/opt/local/include -I/opt/local/include/freetype2 -O2 -arch i386 -Wno-pointer-sign -I/opt/local/include -I/opt/local/include/freetype2  -I/usr/X11/include -I/opt/local/include/SDL -D_GNU_SOURCE=1 -D_THREAD_SAFE -I/opt/local/include -I/opt/local/include/fribidi -I/opt/local/include/freetype2   -I/opt/local/include -I/opt/local/include/libdvdread -c -o libmpcodecs/vf_lavcdeint.o libmpcodecs/vf_lavcdeint.c
:info:build libmpcodecs/vf_lavc.c: In function 'config':
:info:build libmpcodecs/vf_lavc.c:79: error: 'const struct AVCodec' has no member named 'encode'
:info:build libmpcodecs/vf_lavc.c: In function 'put_image':
:info:build libmpcodecs/vf_lavc.c:99: warning: 'avcodec_encode_video' is deprecated (declared at /opt/local/include/libavcodec/avcodec.h:4314)
:info:build make: *** [libmpcodecs/vf_lavc.o] Error 1
:info:build make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

Please attach the complete main.log.

[notinmyhead@…]

The full log

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

In the future, please fill in the Port field and Cc the port maintainer(s).

[mike.c.wilding@…]

Cc Me!

[mike.c.wilding@…]

I had a similar error with compiling mplayer 2. The error relates to a change in the struct AVCodec in header libavcodec/aavcodec.h. This header comes from ffmpeg (which is missing from the Portfile as a compile time dependency). Digging around the ffmpeg releases and I can see that the struct changed sometime between ffmpeg release 0.11.x and 1.0. It appears mplayer2 is not compatible with ffmpeg version 1.0.

As a workaround you can install an old version of ffmpeg-devel port 20120917. Download the old ffmpeg-devel port file r97854 from svn or ​https://trac.macports.org/browser/trunk/dports/multimedia/ffmpeg-devel/Portfile?rev=97854 and add to a local macport repository or install manually. See ​http://guide.macports.org/#development.local-repositories or ​https://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/InstallingOlderPort for more detailed instructions on installing custom and old ports respectively.

The long term solution would be to update mplayer2 source to compile/link against ffmpeg 1.0; a job for its developers. In the short term one could create an ffmpeg-old port that is marked as conflicting with ffmpeg/ffmpeg-devel and add it as a compile/runtime dependency to mplayer2. Alternatively modify the port file to warn the user if an incompatible version of ffmpeg is installed.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Has duplicate #36966.

We should try updating mplayer2 to the latest version. I've started this, and have had to remove a lot of configure arguments that are no longer recognized. I don't know why this is.

[neverpanic (Clemens Lang)]

Replying to ryandesign@…:

I've started this, and have had to remove a lot of configure arguments that are no longer recognized. I don't know why this is.

Unfortunately mplayer2 upstream changes a lot, as does mplayer upstream.

[pmetzger (Perry E. Metzger)]

Cc Me!

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

This patch works for me.

I just kept removing configure arguments until it stopped complaining. I didn't check whether the argument names had perhaps been renamed and should be retained.

[bfg-dev@…]

Cc Me!

[bfg-dev@…]

I haven't tested it, but it seems this has been fixed upstream: ​http://devel.mplayer2.org/ticket/202

[bfg-dev@…]

I have tested the patch from the mplayer ticket, and everything seems to be working fine.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Yes, it was fixed upstream, and the patch I attached to this ticket updates the port to a version that includes that upstream fix. Now the maintainers needs to evaluate and commit that patch.

[neverpanic (Clemens Lang)]

Commited with some changes in r99854. Thanks for the patch.