FFmpeg Understanding(2. Where to download the source code of FFMPEG?)

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2. Where to download the source code of FFMPEG?

There are three ways to do that, and they will be introduced one by one.

2.1 How to use SVN to check it out?

Firstly, we must have installed SVN client tool. I suggest to use TortoiseSVN which is free and very easy tool to checkout, update, commit, etc. It can be found in the following list:

Application 32Bit
	TortoiseSVN-1.5.5.14361-win32-svn-1.5.4.msi	Installer
	TortoiseSVN-1.5.5.14361-win32-svn-1.5.4.msi.asc GPG	Signature
Application 64Bit
	TortoiseSVN-1.5.5.14361-x64-svn-1.5.4.msi	Installer
	TortoiseSVN-1.5.5.14361-x64-svn-1.5.4.msi.asc GPG	Signature

Secondary, please install and reboot system. TortoiseSVN is bound to explorer, it is easy to check FFMPEG out.

For example,

1. creating ‘ZZZ/ffmpeg’ folder in the disk.

2. clicking right button on the new one and select ‘SVN Checkout…’ menu item.

3. fill ‘svn://svn.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg/trunk’ into ‘URL of repository’ Field text, then click ‘OK’ button.

You will see that the files are checked out from servers continuouslyJ.

 

2.2 How to acquire the snapshot of source codes?

The full source codes can be obtained by ffmpeg-checkout-snapshot.tar.bz2.

 

2.3 How to use Git to check it out?

It is similar to SVN, and get them from the Git repository. For example:

git clone git://git.mplayerhq.hu/ffmpeg/ cd ffmpeg git clone git://git.mplayerhq.hu/libswscale/