Compile ffmpeg static file from Macports?

[Sean DALY]

Years ago, I had a Windows machine and ffmpeg would break all the time, so
I used a static build for reliability. I'm happy to say that I have found
MacPorts ffmpeg to be very reliable and of course up to date; I used it
today to transcode from Apple ProRes 422 to H.264 for the Web for the first
time. Last month I helped a friend adding an introduction video to a
website with cropping, titles, and a logo bug added with ffmpeg

Sean

On Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 10:08 PM Richard L. Hamilton <rlhamil at smart.net>
wrote:

> ff-Works is a GUI front-end for ffmpeg, possibly among other things. I can
> see that it might be helpful given that the options for ffmpeg can be
> difficult to get right, esp. for someone who rarely uses Terminal at all.
>
> When I looked at its web site (I don't have ff-Works myself), I did see a
> mention of a static ffmpeg. I don't see how that should be necessary if
> they're just running the command, but someone wishing to know whether that
> was true would either have to try it, or ask the ff-Works folks directly.
>
> > On Dec 4, 2020, at 21:29, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On Dec 3, 2020, at 11:44, K Hindall wrote:
> >
> >> I have never been a coder, which is why I have Macports.
> >>
> >> Now I need a static ffmpeg file (to run ff·Works, thereby proving that
> I am not a coder!). I know that Macports uses dynamic libraries rather than
> static ones and somehow that complicates the process, but ... that's as far
> as my understanding goes.
> >>
> >> I would need either a port that would do it for me or *very* precise
> instructions on how to do it.
> >>
> >> Does anyone know of either? I've poked around on the Web, but haven't
> found anything that I can make sense of.
> >
> > So you would like an ffmpeg program that is statically linked to all of
> the libraries that it depends on, rather than dynamically? We don't and
> wouldn't offer that in MacPorts.
> >
> > Why do you need this? I haven't heard of ff·Works, but why would it need
> a statically linked ffmpeg? Why can't it use our dynamically-linked ffmpeg?
> Why would it care?
> >
> >
>
>
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