Need assistance to compile X264 in Visual Studio

Question

I have been trying to open x264 code base in Visual Studio, by creating a separate project for it, but without any success.

I thought it should have been straight forward. I could build X264 code using MinGW, but I need to edit the code and extract motion estimation code.

Has anyone compiled/run the x264 from Visual Studio?

Thanks!

Answer 1

At the time this answer was written, there were no support for building x264 with Visual Studio. Instead you should build it with MinGW/gcc or Intel Compiler. For instance, there are some howtos around - take a look here and here.

For me, the second method has worked out.

Answer 2

Someone has done the job. They maintain a fork with a proper visual studio project

http://siliconandlithium.blogspot.ca/2014/03/building-x264-on-windows-with-visual.html