INSTALLATION there are two ways to build libxvidcore: using a makefile, or a microsoft visual studio workspace file. MAKEFILE to build libxvidcore.[a,so], cd xvidcore/build/generic and use: % make -f to install the compiled libxvidcore.[a,so] to the appropriate (platform specifc) library directory use: % make -f install filename platform arch --------------------------------------------------------------------- Makefile.beos beos x86 Makefile.cygwin cygwin x86 Makefile.dj djgpp or mingw x86 Makefile.vc microft visual c x86 Makefile.linux gnu/linux (generic) Makefile.linuxx86 gnu/linux x86 Makefile.ia64 gnu/linux ia64 Makefile.linuxppc gnu/linux powerpc Makefile.linuxppc_altivec gnu/linux powerpc+altivec Makefile.freebsd freebsd (generic) Makefile.sparc sun solaris sun sparc Makefile.irix64 sgi irix64 ~mips r10,12k Makefile.generic generic makefile for unsupported platforms/archs notes: * Makefile.inc specifies source code paths, and is not considered a Makefile. * to build Makefile.vc, first run vc98/bin/vcvars32.bat and then use: % nmake -f Makefile.vc MICROSOFT VISUAL STUDIO to build xvidcore you need microsoft visual studio, the visual studio service pack #5 and the visual studio processor pack. open the xvidcore/build/win32/xvidcore.dsw workspace file and hit f7 (build). the compiled library is written to xvidcore/build/win32/bin/libxvidcore.lib