[theora-dev] Compiling src

[janaka priyadarshana]

pls help me to understand what is "vorbis" and how it related with the
theora.

i know that ogg is the container format and theora is the codec, but i have
no idea about vorbis,

On 6/28/07, Silvia Pfeiffer <silvia at annodex.net> wrote:
>
> Can you hop on irc , host freenode.net, channel #theora? It is very
> hard to give instant support through email.
>
> Anyway, what you have to do is:
> 1. get the source code for ogg and compile it: configure; make; make
> install
> 2. get the source code for vorbis and compile it: configure; make; make
> install
> 2. get the source code for theora and compile it: configure; make; make
> install
>
> Then you should be up and running with a theora encoder and decoder.
>
> Cheers,
> Silvia.
>
> On 6/28/07, janaka priyadarshana <rpjanaka at gmail.com> wrote:
> > but i could not find a way to do this, pls can u help me to compile the
> src
> > code...?
> > are there any complete description about how to do this.? i checked the
> > readme file, FAQs in the theora site, but unable to find a way
> >
> > this is the way i did it
> >
> > i kept the ogg source code in the theora src folder and run the
> > configuration file
> > ./configure
> >
> > then i got this error message.
> >
> >
> >
> > checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
> > checking for ogg >= 1.1... checking for Ogg... no
> > *** Could not run Ogg test program, checking why...
> > *** The test program failed to compile or link. See the file config.logfor
> > the
> > *** exact error that occured. This usually means Ogg was incorrectly
> > installed
> > *** or that you have moved Ogg since it was installed.
> > configure: error:
> >     libogg is required to build this package!
> >     please see http://www.xiph.org/ for how to
> >     obtain a copy.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 6/28/07, Conrad Parker <conrad at metadecks.org> wrote:
> > > On 28/06/07, janaka priyadarshana <rpjanaka at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > to compile the source code of the Theora, do i need to get Ogg
> source
> > codes
> > >
> > > yes
> > >
> > > Conrad.
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Janaka Priyadarshana
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> >
> >
>



-- 
Regards,
Janaka Priyadarshana
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