[MacPorts] #48336: x265 build fails on Leopard G4 PPC

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#48336: x265 build fails on Leopard G4 PPC
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  Reporter:  zanderpower@…  |      Owner:  ays388@…
      Type:  defect         |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal         |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports          |    Version:  2.3.3
Resolution:                 |   Keywords:  leopard PowerPC
      Port:  x265           |
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Comment (by devans@…):

 Replying to [comment:4 zanderpower@…]:
 > I'm not worried about the time it takes to build anything!  I just am
 not sure that PPC can handle extreme HD video very smoothly.  I only need
 to (lossy) compress the really high bit-rate stuff.

 I'm thinking that it may take some processing time to compress video but
 the playback should not be too bad (similar to x264).  If you look at the
 video samples available on x265.org, x265 (hevc) provides the most
 dramatic improvements in visual quality over x264 for low bit rates.

 > To answer your second question, I'm OK with it being optional until the
 issue is addressed.  I will need to dig a little to find out whether there
 is any support in x265 for PPC.  I'll see if I can answer this question
 for you.

 I really was directing this to the x265 maintainer but any info you can
 find would help in determining what the platform constraints are.  My old
 ppc machine died some time ago and since then I have had to rely on folks
 like you do the testing necessary to support the older OS versions and
 architectures.

 I'll probably make x265 support on ffmpeg, ffmpeg-devel optional via
 variant for now so as not to block building on these platforms.

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