Install this version:
emerge -a =media-libs/x264-9999
If this version is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:
autounmask =media-libs/x264-9999
Or alternatively:
emerge --autounmask-write -a =media-libs/x264-9999
| Version | EAPI | Keywords | Slot |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9999 | 8 | ~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc ~x86 | 0/164 |
# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
EAPI=8
# Please bump with media-video/x264-encoder
inherit edo multilib-minimal toolchain-funcs flag-o-matic
DESCRIPTION="Free library for encoding X264/AVC streams"
HOMEPAGE="https://www.videolan.org/developers/x264.html"
if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
inherit git-r3
EGIT_REPO_URI="https://code.videolan.org/videolan/x264.git"
else
X264_COMMIT="4613ac3c15fd75cebc4b9f65b7fb95e70a3acce1"
SRC_URI="https://code.videolan.org/videolan/x264/-/archive/${X264_COMMIT}/x264-${X264_COMMIT}.tar.bz2 -> ${P}.tar.bz2"
KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc ~x86"
S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${X264_COMMIT}"
fi
LICENSE="GPL-2"
SLOT="0/164" # SONAME
IUSE="cpu_flags_ppc_altivec +interlaced opencl static-libs"
ASM_DEP=">=dev-lang/nasm-2.13"
DEPEND="
abi_x86_32? ( ${ASM_DEP} )
abi_x86_64? ( ${ASM_DEP} )
opencl? ( dev-lang/perl )
"
RDEPEND="opencl? ( >=virtual/opencl-0-r3[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )"
# TODO: Consider implementing src_test which does what doc/regression_test says
# https://code.videolan.org/videolan/x264/-/blob/master/doc/regression_test.txt
DOCS=( AUTHORS doc/{ratecontrol,regression_test,standards,threads,vui}.txt )
multilib_src_configure() {
tc-export CC
if [[ ${ABI} == x86 || ${ABI} == amd64 ]]; then
export AS="nasm"
else
export AS="${CC}"
fi
local myconf=(
--prefix="${EPREFIX}"/usr
--libdir="${EPREFIX}"/usr/$(get_libdir)
--disable-cli
--disable-avs
--disable-lavf
--disable-swscale
--disable-ffms
--disable-gpac
--enable-pic
--enable-shared
--host="${CHOST}"
--cross-prefix="${CHOST}-"
$(usex interlaced "" "--disable-interlaced")
$(usex opencl "" "--disable-opencl")
$(usex static-libs "--enable-static" "")
)
if [[ ${ABI} == x86* || ${ABI} == x32 || ${CHOST} == armv5* ]]; then
myconf+=( --disable-asm )
elif [[ ${ABI} == ppc* ]]; then
if ! use cpu_flags_ppc_altivec; then
myconf+=( --disable-asm )
fi
elif use mips; then
if ! test-compile 'c' 'int main(void){__asm__("addvi.b $w0, $w1, 1");return 0;}'; then
myconf+=( --disable-asm )
fi
fi
edo "${S}"/configure "${myconf[@]}"
}
Manage flags for this package:
euse -i <flag> -p media-libs/x264 |
euse -E <flag> -p media-libs/x264 |
euse -D <flag> -p media-libs/x264
abi_x86_32? ( >=dev-lang/nasm-2.13 ) abi_x86_64? ( >=dev-lang/nasm-2.13 ) opencl? ( dev-lang/perl )
opencl? ( >=virtual/opencl-0-r3[] )