This executable is used to automate the generation of Makefiles, check for dependencies, and is the backbone of libopenshot’s cross-platform build process.

Qt5 is used to display video, store image data, composite images, apply image effects, and many other utility functions, such as file system manipulation, high resolution timers, etc.

It is based on the JUCE project, which is an outstanding audio library used by many different applications

This library is used to mix, resample, host plug-ins, and play audio.

OpenShot Audio Library (libopenshot-audio)

This library is optional, and used to decode and encode images.

ImageMagick++ (libMagick++, libMagickWand, libMagickCore) It is also used to obtain information about media files, such as frame rate, sample rate, aspect ratio, and other common attributes.

This library is used to decode and encode video, audio, and image files.

FFmpeg (libavformat, libavcodec, libavutil, libavdevice, libavresample, libswscale) Libraries and Executables have been labeled in the list below to help distinguish between them. Instructions on how to install these dependencies vary for each operating system. The following libraries are required to build libopenshot. These instructions have only been tested with the GNU compiler (including MSYS2/MinGW for Windows).

This prevents the build process from cluttering up the source code.

CMake uses an out-of-source build concept, where all temporary build files, such as makefiles, object files, and even the final binaries, are created outside of the source code folder, inside a /build/ sub-folder. It is a cross-platform build system, which checks for dependencies, locates header files and libraries, generates makefiles, and supports the cross-platform compiling of libopenshot and libopenshot-audio. Build ToolsĬMake is the backbone of our build system. Your file paths and versions of applications might be slightly different, so keep an eye out for subtle file path differences in the commands you type. And keep in mind, that your computer is likely different than the one used when writing these instructions. So, please read through the following sections, and follow the instructions. The best way to get started with libopenshot, is to learn about our build system, obtain all the source code, install a development IDE and tools, and better understand our dependencies.

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