WebM Codec SDK: README

WebM Codec SDK

README

    Welcome to the WebM VP8/VP9 Codec SDK!

    COMPILING THE APPLICATIONS/LIBRARIES:
      The build system used is similar to autotools. Building generally consists of
      "configuring" with your desired build options, then using GNU make to build
      the application.

      1. Prerequisites

        * All x86 targets require the NASM[0] or Yasm[1] assembler be installed[2].
        * All Windows builds require that Cygwin[3] or MSYS2[4] be installed.
        * Building the documentation requires Doxygen[5]. If you do not
          have this package, the install-docs option will be disabled.
        * Downloading the data for the unit tests requires curl[6] and sha1sum.
          sha1sum is provided via the GNU coreutils, installed by default on
          many *nix platforms, as well as MinGW and Cygwin. If coreutils is not
          available, a compatible version of sha1sum can be built from
          source[7]. These requirements are optional if not running the unit
          tests.

        [0]: https://www.nasm.us/
        [1]: http://www.tortall.net/projects/yasm
        [2]: For Visual Studio the base yasm binary (not vsyasm) should be in the
             PATH for Visual Studio. For VS2017 it is sufficient to rename
             yasm-<version>-<arch>.exe to yasm.exe and place it in:
             Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2017/<level>/Common7/Tools/
             The MSYS2 version of the yasm binary can also be used and avoids an
             issue caused by a missing Visual C++ Redistributable install (Visual
             Studio 2010, MSVCR100.dll).
        [3]: http://www.cygwin.com
        [4]: http://www.msys2.org/
        [5]: http://www.doxygen.org
        [6]: http://curl.haxx.se
        [7]: http://www.microbrew.org/tools/md5sha1sum/

      2. Out-of-tree builds
      Out of tree builds are a supported method of building the application. For
      an out of tree build, the source tree is kept separate from the object
      files produced during compilation. For instance:

        $ mkdir build
        $ cd build
        $ ../libvpx/configure <options>
        $ make

      3. Configuration options
      The 'configure' script supports a number of options. The --help option can be
      used to get a list of supported options:
        $ ../libvpx/configure --help

      4. Compiler analyzers
      Compilers have added sanitizers which instrument binaries with information
      about address calculation, memory usage, threading, undefined behavior, and
      other common errors. To simplify building libvpx with some of these features
      use tools/set_analyzer_env.sh before running configure. It will set the
      compiler and necessary flags for building as well as environment variables
      read by the analyzer when testing the binaries.
        $ source ../libvpx/tools/set_analyzer_env.sh address

      5. Cross development
      For cross development, the most notable option is the --target option. The
      most up-to-date list of supported targets can be found at the bottom of the
      --help output of the configure script. As of this writing, the list of
      available targets is:

        arm64-android-gcc
        arm64-darwin-gcc
        arm64-darwin20-gcc
        arm64-darwin21-gcc
        arm64-darwin22-gcc
        arm64-darwin23-gcc
        arm64-darwin24-gcc
        arm64-darwin25-gcc
        arm64-linux-gcc
        arm64-win64-gcc
        arm64-win64-vs15
        arm64-win64-vs16
        arm64-win64-vs16-clangcl
        arm64-win64-vs17
        arm64-win64-vs17-clangcl
        arm64-win64-vs18
        arm64-win64-vs18-clangcl
        armv7-android-gcc
        armv7-darwin-gcc
        armv7-linux-rvct
        armv7-linux-gcc
        armv7-none-rvct
        armv7-win32-gcc
        armv7-win32-vs14
        armv7-win32-vs15
        armv7-win32-vs16
        armv7-win32-vs17
        armv7s-darwin-gcc
        armv8-linux-gcc
        loongarch32-linux-gcc
        loongarch64-linux-gcc
        mips32-linux-gcc
        mips64-linux-gcc
        ppc64le-linux-gcc
        sparc-solaris-gcc
        x86-android-gcc
        x86-darwin8-gcc
        x86-darwin8-icc
        x86-darwin9-gcc
        x86-darwin9-icc
        x86-darwin10-gcc
        x86-darwin11-gcc
        x86-darwin12-gcc
        x86-darwin13-gcc
        x86-darwin14-gcc
        x86-darwin15-gcc
        x86-darwin16-gcc
        x86-darwin17-gcc
        x86-iphonesimulator-gcc
        x86-linux-gcc
        x86-linux-icc
        x86-os2-gcc
        x86-solaris-gcc
        x86-win32-gcc
        x86-win32-vs14
        x86-win32-vs15
        x86-win32-vs16
        x86-win32-vs17
        x86-win32-vs18
        x86_64-android-gcc
        x86_64-darwin9-gcc
        x86_64-darwin10-gcc
        x86_64-darwin11-gcc
        x86_64-darwin12-gcc
        x86_64-darwin13-gcc
        x86_64-darwin14-gcc
        x86_64-darwin15-gcc
        x86_64-darwin16-gcc
        x86_64-darwin17-gcc
        x86_64-darwin18-gcc
        x86_64-darwin19-gcc
        x86_64-darwin20-gcc
        x86_64-darwin21-gcc
        x86_64-darwin22-gcc
        x86_64-darwin23-gcc
        x86_64-darwin24-gcc
        x86_64-darwin25-gcc
        x86_64-iphonesimulator-gcc
        x86_64-linux-gcc
        x86_64-linux-icc
        x86_64-solaris-gcc
        x86_64-win64-gcc
        x86_64-win64-vs14
        x86_64-win64-vs15
        x86_64-win64-vs16
        x86_64-win64-vs17
        x86_64-win64-vs18
        generic-gnu

      The generic-gnu target, in conjunction with the CROSS environment variable,
      can be used to cross compile architectures that aren't explicitly listed, if
      the toolchain is a cross GNU (gcc/binutils) toolchain. Other POSIX toolchains
      will likely work as well. For instance, to build using the mipsel-linux-uclibc
      toolchain, the following command could be used (note, POSIX SH syntax, adapt
      to your shell as necessary):

        $ CROSS=mipsel-linux-uclibc- ../libvpx/configure

      In addition, the executables to be invoked can be overridden by specifying the
      environment variables: AR, AS, CC, CXX, LD, STRIP. Additional flags can be
      passed to these executables with ASFLAGS, CFLAGS, CXXFLAGS, and LDFLAGS.

      6. Configuration errors
      If the configuration step fails, the first step is to look in the error log.
      This defaults to config.log. This should give a good indication of what went
      wrong. If not, contact us for support.

    VP8/VP9 TEST VECTORS:
      The test vectors can be downloaded and verified using the build system after
      running configure. To specify an alternate directory the
      LIBVPX_TEST_DATA_PATH environment variable can be used.

      $ ./configure --enable-unit-tests
      $ LIBVPX_TEST_DATA_PATH=../libvpx-test-data make testdata

    CODE STYLE:
      The coding style used by this project is enforced with clang-format using the
      configuration contained in the .clang-format file in the root of the
      repository.

      Before pushing changes for review you can format your code with:
      # Apply clang-format to modified .c, .h and .cc files
      $ clang-format -i --style=file \
        $(git diff --name-only --diff-filter=ACMR '*.[hc]' '*.cc')

      Check the .clang-format file for the version used to generate it if there is
      any difference between your local formatting and the review system.

      See also: http://clang.llvm.org/docs/ClangFormat.html

    PROFILE GUIDED OPTIMIZATION (PGO)
      Profile Guided Optimization can be enabled for Clang builds using the
      commands:

      $ export CC=clang
      $ export CXX=clang++
      $ ../libvpx/configure  --enable-profile
      $ make

      Generate one or multiple PGO profile files by running vpxdec or vpxenc. For
      example:

      $ ./vpxdec ../vpx/out_ful/vp90-2-sintel_1280x546_tile_1x4_1257kbps.webm \
        -o - > /dev/null

      To convert and merge the raw profile files, use the llvm-profdata tool:

      $ llvm-profdata merge -o perf.profdata default_8382761441159425451_0.profraw

      Then, rebuild the project with the new profile file:

      $ make clean
      $ ../libvpx/configure --use-profile=perf.profdata
      $ make

      Note: Always use the llvm-profdata from the toolchain that is used for
      compiling the PGO-enabled binary.

      To observe the improvements from a PGO-enabled build, enable and compare the
      list of failed optimizations by using the -Rpass-missed compiler flag. For
      example, to list the failed loop vectorizations:

      $ ../libvpx/configure --use-profile=perf.profdata \
        --extra-cflags=-Rpass-missed=loop-vectorize

      For guidance on utilizing PGO files to identify potential optimization
      opportunities, see: tools/README.pgo.md

    SUPPORT
      This library is an open source project supported by its community. Please
      email webm-discuss@webmproject.org for help.

    BUG REPORTS
      Bug reports can be filed in the libvpx component of the issue tracker:
      https://issues.webmproject.org/issues/new?component=1618984&template=2023833.
      For security reports, select 'Security report' from the Template dropdown.