[mythtv-users] FW: New Source Forge Project MythStreamTV

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Wednesday 19 January 2005 11:58, Geoff Scott wrote:
> I've been having a hell of a time getting VLC to compile.  I've used
> the ./configure options above (with the correct path for my ffmpeg
> tree) but get the following error:
>
>
> checking mpeg2dec/mpeg2.h usability... no
> checking mpeg2dec/mpeg2.h presence... no
> checking for mpeg2dec/mpeg2.h... no
> configure: error: Could not find libmpeg2 on your system: you may get
> it from http://libmpeg2.sf.net/ (you need the cvs version).
> Alternatively you can use --disable-libmpeg2 to disable the libmpeg2
> plugin.
>
> I can swear I have libmpeg2 on my system ...
>
> [root at localhost vlc-0.8.1]# rpm -qa mpeg2dec
> mpeg2dec-0.4.0-5b.1.fc2.rf
>
> I am under the assumption that the mpeg2dec package gives libmpeg2
>
> [root at localhost vlc-0.8.1]# locate libmpeg2.so.0
> /usr/lib/libmpeg2.so.0
> /usr/lib/libmpeg2.so.0.0.0
>
> I've tried to define a path to libmpeg2...
>
> Can anyone help out this compiling newbie?  Do I even need it, or can
> I throw it out in the configure line...?


You need to install the mpeg2dec-devel package.

-JAC