I'm using the latest FFmpeg SVN sources and the latest git for MLT. Everything rolls along nicely until I hit this snag:

make[2]: Entering directory `/home/dlphilp/src/mlt/src/modules/avformat'
gcc -I../.. -Wall -fPIC -DPIC -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -DUSE_MMX -DUSE_SSE -g -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -pthread -I/usr/include/libavformat -I/usr/include/libavcodec -I/usr/include/libswscale -DFILTERS -DCODECS -DSWSCALE -c -o factory.o factory.c
In file included from factory.c:35:
/usr/include/libavformat/avformat.h:136: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘AVPacket’
/usr/include/libavformat/avformat.h:215: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘AVPacket’
/usr/include/libavformat/avformat.h:221: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘AVPacket’
/usr/include/libavformat/avformat.h:222: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘AVPacket’
/usr/include/libavformat/avformat.h:266: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘AVPacket’
/usr/include/libavformat/avformat.h:445: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘AVPacket’
/usr/include/libavformat/avformat.h:564: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘AVPacket’
/usr/include/libavformat/avformat.h:667: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘AVPacket’
/usr/include/libavformat/avformat.h:744: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘AVPacket’
/usr/include/libavformat/avformat.h:756: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘AVPacket’
/usr/include/libavformat/avformat.h:852: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘AVPacket’
/usr/include/libavformat/avformat.h:873: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘AVPacket’
/usr/include/libavformat/avformat.h:1078: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘AVPacket’
/usr/include/libavformat/avformat.h:1095: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘AVPacket’
/usr/include/libavformat/avformat.h:1112: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘AVPacket’
/usr/include/libavformat/avformat.h:1113: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘AVPacket’
make[2]: *** [factory.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/dlphilp/src/mlt/src/modules/avformat'
make[1]: *** [all] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/dlphilp/src/mlt/src/modules'
make: *** [all] Error 1


Any advice/suggestions for a fix ?

Best,

dp

My guess would be that the wrong version of header files are being used. Maybe you didn't install svn ffmpeg where the mlt make file expects it to be?

EDIT: Or maybe you have old headers still installed somewhere, and those are the ones the mlt make file is finding?

But, be aware that when I tried git mlt not long ago I had problems using it. Rendering to some formats I need would result in a crashed renderer, so I went back to mlt 0.4.6.

Tidris, you were right, I have double installations of some of the libav* stuff, probably due to building/installing every NLE available for Linux. I added --avformat-svn to the MLT compile-time directives, it seems to be compiling fine now. I'll post a report if I run into further problems. Thanks !

Added: The build completed without troubles, so I installed it and opened Kdenlive, LiVES, Kino, OpenShot, and PiTiVi (in succession). Everything appears to be running fine, I'm a happy guy again.

Best,

dp