FFmpeg iOS build script

See the following repository for Swift package, .xcframeworks and more:

https://github.com/kewlbear/FFmpeg-iOS

This is a shell script to build FFmpeg libraries for iOS and tvOS apps.

Tested with:

• FFmpeg 4.3.1
• Xcode 12.2

Requirements

• https://github.com/libav/gas-preprocessor
• yasm 1.2.0

Usage

Use build-ffmpeg-tvos.sh for tvOS.

• To build everything:

    ./build-ffmpeg.sh

• To build arm64 libraries:

    ./build-ffmpeg.sh arm64

• To build fat libraries for armv7 and x86_64 (64-bit simulator):

    ./build-ffmpeg.sh armv7 x86_64

• To build fat libraries from separately built thin libraries:

    ./build-ffmpeg.sh lipo

Download

You can download a binary for FFmpeg 4.3.1 release at https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ffmpeg-ios/ffmpeg-ios-master.tar.bz2

External libraries

You should link your app with

• libz.dylib
• libbz2.dylib
• libiconv.dylib