[x264-devel] Bug#667573: x264: 10 bit builds

[Jonathan Rosser]

On 10/12/12 03:41, Reinhard Tartler wrote:

>> I do not know about x264cli, but I can confirm that if ffmpeg is dynamically
>> linked with libx264.so.$version, then using LD_LIBRARY_PATH to control which
>> build is loaded allows to select between 8-bits and 10-bits at run-time.
> 
> That's indeed something that I could do in the Debian package: Install
> a regular libx264.so in /usr/lib, and a 10bit in
> /usr/lib/x264-10bit/libx264.so in addition, and document how to use it
> in some README.Debian file. Not really nice, but I guess better than
> nothing.
> 
> Thanks for pointing out this option.
> 

Here is my somewhat incomplete attempt at doing just that. It was more
involved than I expected.

https://github.com/jrosser/x264-10bit-deb

Regards,
Jonathan.