[FFmpeg-cvslog] doc/platform: Mention MinGW-w64
Derek Buitenhuis
git at videolan.org
Fri Sep 28 22:40:55 CEST 2012
ffmpeg | branch: master | Derek Buitenhuis <derek.buitenhuis at gmail.com> | Thu Sep 27 18:38:59 2012 +0000| [583661ee0dfc2e6f80a9a1ca473106c281f3c4a4] | committer: Derek Buitenhuis
doc/platform: Mention MinGW-w64
This is the toolchain most use to build.
Signed-off-by: Derek Buitenhuis <derek.buitenhuis at gmail.com>
> http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/ffmpeg.git/?a=commit;h=583661ee0dfc2e6f80a9a1ca473106c281f3c4a4
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doc/platform.texi | 9 +++++----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/platform.texi b/doc/platform.texi
index 3813d31..597170e 100644
--- a/doc/platform.texi
+++ b/doc/platform.texi
@@ -82,10 +82,11 @@ the FFmpeg Windows Help Forum at
@section Native Windows compilation
-FFmpeg can be built to run natively on Windows using the MinGW tools. Install
-the latest versions of MSYS and MinGW from @url{http://www.mingw.org/}.
-You can find detailed installation instructions in the download
-section and the FAQ.
+FFmpeg can be built to run natively on Windows using the MinGW or MinGW-w64
+toolchains. Install the latest versions of MSYS and MinGW or MinGW-w64 from
+ at url{http://www.mingw.org/} or @url{http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/}.
+You can find detailed installation instructions in the download section and
+the FAQ.
FFmpeg does not build out-of-the-box with the packages the automated MinGW
installer provides. It also requires coreutils to be installed and many other
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