[vlc] How to reduce VLC's size?

[Keith Kyzivat]

Don't build static, as Rémi said already, then try doing build  
optimizing for size, omit debug symbols, and (again, as Rémi said)  
strip the results.

On Oct 19, 2008, at 6:14, Mohamed AbdElwahed  
<mohameeed2010 at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> thanks for your reply, but how i can reach this 6kb for executable?
> I tried again but even after striped i have 4MB executable size, any  
> recommendations greatly appreciated
> ------------
> thanks
>
>
>
>
> > From: rem at videolan.org
> > To: vlc at videolan.org
> > Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:22:49 +0300
> > Subject: Re: [vlc] How to reduce VLC's size?
> >
> > Le dimanche 19 octobre 2008 11:01:12 Mohamed AbdElwahed, vous avez 
>  écrit :
> > > i disabled all unneeded modules during configuration, but still  
> the vlc
> > > executable size is 10.6 MB which is too large.
> >
> > The only "disablable" features of the run-time are sout, http and  
> vlm.
> >
> > Then again, I have 6kb for the executable and 807kb for the run-time
> > (stripped) with all of those three enabled.
> >
> > > also i should include the
> > > "Modules" folder when i want to run the vlc executable as a  
> standalone
> > > binary, how i can use only vlc executable without the need for  
> any other
> > > folders, note that i configured to static linking but still  
> Modules folder
> > > still needed to run vlc executable. here is My configuration  
> command
> >
> > This is not supported. It will NOT work.
> >
> > --
> > Rémi Denis-Courmont
> > http://git.remlab.net/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=vlc-courmisch.git;a=summary
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