Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r13.0-167

Chapter 42. Multimedia Libraries and Drivers

libde265-1.0.18

Introduction to libde265

The libde265 package contains an open source H.265 video codec implementation.

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Package Information

libde265 Dependencies

Required

CMake-4.3.0

Optional

sdl2-compat-2.32.64 (for YUV overlay output support of dec265), both Qt 5 and FFmpeg-8.1 (for building sherlock265)

Installation of libde265

Install libde265 by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

cmake -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
      -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release  \
      .. &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Contents

Installed Program: dec265
Installed Library: libde265.so
Installed Directory: /usr/include/libde265

Short Descriptions

dec265

decodes H.265 data (a raw bitstream of a stream with NAL units)

libde265.so

contains an H.265 video decoder