[FFmpeg-devel] Re: Consider using CMake.

[crueter via ffmpeg-devel <ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org>]

Meson is even slower than the horribly written configure script AND has a hard dependency on Python. Absolutely not.


-------- Original Message --------
From: "Rémi Denis-Courmont via ffmpeg-devel" <ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org>
Sent: January 24, 2026 5:14:48 AM EST
To: ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org
Cc: "Rémi Denis-Courmont" <remi@remlab.net>
Subject: [FFmpeg-devel] Re: Consider using CMake.

Le lauantaina 24. tammikuuta 2026, 0.47.34 Itä-Euroopan normaaliaika crueter 
via ffmpeg-devel a écrit :
> Recently, I've been attempting to get FFmpeg building on MSVC. Normally 
> FFmpeg is built with MinGW for Windows, but it is 100% possible to build 
> it on MSVC. For those curious, I need this as a *static* library, and 
> attempting to link statically built MinGW libraries on MSVC generally 
> doesn't make for a fun time.

There are zero chances of that happening.

If a transition happens, it would presumably be towards Meson, which is way 
more suited. But even that's a long shot.

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