Helper script for cross compiling some media tools for windows, like customizable ffmpeg.exe (with or without non-free components, etc), and some other bonuses like mplayer, mp4box, mxf, etc.
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Replace libmfx with libvpl (libmfx has security issues) #729
The switch to VPL from Media SDK in FFMPEG, is simple. Just substitute ‘--enable-libvpl’ instead of ‘--enable-libmfx’ in the configure stage of FFMPEG compilation. Both options enable compilation of Intel® Quick Sync Video (*_qsv) codecs, which can be used without change from the FFMPEG command line or in applications.
The Intel® Media SDK (libmfx) project has been discontinued due to some security issues. Intel is no longer maintaining this project.
They instead created the Intel® Video Processing Library (libvpl) to replace Media SDK library (libmfx):
According to documentation provided by Intel, replacing libmfx with libvpl in FFmpeg is a very simple switch:
How to enable VPL
The switch to VPL from Media SDK in FFMPEG, is simple. Just substitute ‘
--enable-libvpl’ instead of ‘--enable-libmfx’ in the configure stage of FFMPEG compilation. Both options enable compilation of Intel® Quick Sync Video (*_qsv) codecs, which can be used without change from the FFMPEG command line or in applications.The git repo for libvpl is here: