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+SUMMARY="Audio and video recording, conversion, and streaming library"
+DESCRIPTION="FFmpeg is a complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert \
+and stream audio and video. It includes libavcodec - the leading audio/video \
+codec library."
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.ffmpeg.org"
+LICENSE="GNU LGPL v2.1
+	GNU GPL v2"
+COPYRIGHT="2000-2003 Fabrice Bellard
+	2003-2015 the FFmpeg developers"
+SOURCE_URI="http://www.ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-$portVersion.tar.bz2"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="9565236404d3515aab754283c687c0a001019003148bf7f708e643608c0690b8"
+SOURCE_DIR="ffmpeg-$portVersion"
+REVISION="1"
+ARCHITECTURES="!x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"
+SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86"
+
+PROVIDES="
+	ffmpeg$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 2.8
+	cmd:ffmpeg = $portVersion compat >= 2.8
+	cmd:ffprobe = $portVersion compat >= 2.8
+	cmd:ffserver = $portVersion compat >= 2.8
+	lib:libavutil$secondaryArchSuffix = 54.27.100 compat >= 54
+	lib:libavcodec$secondaryArchSuffix = 56.41.100 compat >= 56
+	lib:libavformat$secondaryArchSuffix = 56.36.100 compat >= 56
+	lib:libavdevice$secondaryArchSuffix = 56.4.100 compat >= 56
+	lib:libavfilter$secondaryArchSuffix = 5.16.101 compat >= 5
+	lib:libavresample$secondaryArchSuffix = 2.1.0 compat >= 2
+	lib:libswscale$secondaryArchSuffix = 3.1.101 compat >= 3
+	lib:libswresample$secondaryArchSuffix = 1.2.100 compat >= 1
+	lib:libpostproc$secondaryArchSuffix = 53.3.100 compat >= 53
+	"
+REQUIRES="
+	haiku$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libbz2$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libogg$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libspeex$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libmodplug$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libtheoradec$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libtheoraenc$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libvorbis$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libvorbisenc$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libvpx$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libz$secondaryArchSuffix
+	"
+CONFLICTS="
+	ffmpeg_legacy$secondaryArchSuffix
+	"
+
+PROVIDES_devel="
+	ffmpeg${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel = $portVersion compat >= 2.4
+	devel:libavutil$secondaryArchSuffix = 54.31.100 compat >= 54
+	devel:libavcodec$secondaryArchSuffix = 56.60.100 compat >= 56
+	devel:libavformat$secondaryArchSuffix = 56.40.101 compat >= 56
+	devel:libavdevice$secondaryArchSuffix = 56.4.100 compat >= 56
+	devel:libavfilter$secondaryArchSuffix = 5.40.101 compat >= 5
+	devel:libavresample$secondaryArchSuffix = 2.1.0 compat >= 2
+	devel:libswscale$secondaryArchSuffix = 3.1.101 compat >= 3
+	devel:libswresample$secondaryArchSuffix = 1.2.101 compat >= 1
+	devel:libpostproc$secondaryArchSuffix = 53.3.100 compat >= 53
+	"
+REQUIRES_devel="
+	ffmpeg$secondaryArchSuffix == $portVersion base
+	devel:libspeex$secondaryArchSuffix
+	"
+CONFLICTS_devel="
+	ffmpeg${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel
+	"
+
+BUILD_REQUIRES="
+	devel:libbz2$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libmodplug$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libogg$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libspeex$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libtheora$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libvorbis$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libvpx$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libz$secondaryArchSuffix
+	"
+BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+	haiku${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel
+	cmd:gcc$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:ld$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:awk
+	cmd:grep
+	cmd:make
+	cmd:perl
+	cmd:pkg_config$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:sed
+	cmd:texi2html
+	cmd:yasm
+	"
+
+GLOBAL_WRITABLE_FILES="
+	settings/ffserver.conf
+	"
+
+PATCH()
+{
+	# patch hard-coded config file path
+	sed -i "s,/etc/ffserver.conf,$sysconfDir/ffserver.conf," \
+		ffserver.c \
+		doc/ffserver.texi
+
+	# patch hard-coded paths to perl
+	sed -i "s,/usr/bin/perl,$portPackageLinksDir/cmd~perl/bin/perl," \
+		doc/Doxyfile \
+		doc/texi2pod.pl
+}
+
+BUILD()
+{
+	# not an autotools configure
+	./configure \
+		--prefix=$prefix \
+		--bindir=$prefix/bin \
+		--datadir=$dataDir/$portName \
+		--incdir=$includeDir \
+		--libdir=$libDir \
+		--shlibdir=$libDir \
+		--mandir=$manDir \
+		--disable-debug \
+		--enable-shared \
+		--enable-libmodplug \
+		--enable-libvorbis \
+		--enable-libspeex \
+		--enable-libtheora \
+		--enable-libvpx \
+		--enable-gpl \
+		--enable-avresample
+
+	if [ $targetArchitecture = x86_64 ]; then
+		cflags="-fPIC -std=c99"
+	else
+		cflags="-fno-PIC -std=c99"
+	fi
+
+	make $jobArgs CFLAGS="$cflags"
+}
+
+INSTALL()
+{
+	make install
+
+	prepareInstalledDevelLibs \
+		libavcodec \
+		libavdevice \
+		libavfilter \
+		libavformat \
+		libavresample \
+		libavutil \
+		libswresample \
+		libswscale \
+		libpostproc
+	fixPkgconfig
+
+	# The pkgconfig file reference other libraries using the wrong paths, which
+	# creates a lot of confusion. Fix them so correct paths are used.
+	local develPackageName="${portName}_devel-$portFullVersion"
+	local packageLinksDir=$(dirname $portPackageLinksDir)
+	local linksDir="$packageLinksDir/${develPackageName}/devel~libspeex$secondaryArchSuffix/$relativeDevelopLibDir"
+	sed -i -e "s,^\(Libs.private.*\)-L.*speex.* \(-lspeex.*\),\1-L$linksDir \2," \
+		$developLibDir/pkgconfig/libavcodec.pc \
+		$developLibDir/pkgconfig/libavdevice.pc \
+		$developLibDir/pkgconfig/libavfilter.pc \
+		$developLibDir/pkgconfig/libavformat.pc
+
+	# include the documented ffserver.conf
+	mkdir -p $docDir
+	cp doc/ffserver.conf $docDir
+
+	# Move html docs to the right place.
+	mv $prefix/share/doc/ffmpeg $docDir
+	rm -r $prefix/share
+
+	# devel package
+	packageEntries devel \
+		$dataDir/ffmpeg$secondaryArchSuffix/examples \
+		$manDir/man3 \
+		$docDir \
+		$developDir
+}
+
+TEST()
+{
+	make check
+}