[x264-devel] Build and debug x264 on Mac OSX

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On Mon, 16 Jan 2017 19:23:56 +0000, Jerry He wrote:
>   
> Hello,
>
> I am new to this list. I am interested in debugging into the x264
> source code to see how it works. I have followed some online
> instructions of building ffmpeg & x264 with xCode on Mac OSX. But I
> am unable to step into the code with Xcode. I am wondering  what is
> the best way to debug x264 on Mac. Any compile instructions?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>  
> Jerry
>    

Hi. Dunno about XCode but standard way to debug x264 is to compile it
with debugging symbols (./configure --enable-debug && make) and use
gdb for debugging.