linux ffmpeg .configure option
 

Hello,
I need to change ffmpeg to support a library which i installed. It is normally done at the compile time during installation. is there an alternative way to do it and dynamically load the library without recompiling and building ffmpeg again?


thanks

Not that I know of, no. You are better off re-compiling anyway, as it is way more efficient.

Well i have no objection to recompiling it but don't know if that means the ffmpeg is going to go down for few mins or not

when you do a manual recompile(configure, make, make install), will it overwrite the old files, or do i have to delete the old ffmpeg first?

in another word what is a knock on effect of recompiling ffmpeg

Thanks

Do make clean, make distclean and remove the old directory and start again from zero.