FFmpeg iOS build script

Pre-compiled light-weight FFmpeg libraries for iOS. Build your own with attached build script.

Tested with:

• FFmpeg 2.2 release
• Xcode 5.1
• https://github.com/libav/gas-preprocessor (for arm64)
• yasm 1.2.0

Usage

build-ffmpeg.sh [minimal|entire] [arm64|armv7s|armv7|x86_64|i386] [lipo]

common:

build optimized libraries with all necessary stuff and h264 codec

./build-ffmpeg.sh minimal

build minimal configuration for device architectures only

./build-ffmpeg.sh minimal arm64 armv7s armv7

miscellaneous:

build configuration with all codecs

./build-ffmpeg.sh universal

join created libraries only for architectures into one fat library

./build-ffmpeg.sh lipo

Download

You can download a binary for FFmpeg 2.2 release at https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ffmpeg-ios/ffmpeg-ios-sf.tar.bz2

External libraries

You should link with

• libz.dylib
• libbz2.dylib
• libiconv.dylib

Influences

• https://github.com/jold/CocoaRTMP
• https://github.com/bbcallen/ijkplayer/blob/fc70895c64cbbd20f32f1d81d2d48609ed13f597/ios/tools/do-compile-ffmpeg.sh#L7
• https://github.com/chrisballinger/FFmpeg-iOS