#48336: x265 build fails on Leopard G4 PPC ----------------------------+----------------------------- Reporter: zanderpower@… | Owner: ays388@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.3.3 Resolution: | Keywords: leopard PowerPC Port: x265 | ----------------------------+----------------------------- Comment (by devans@…): Replying to [comment:4 zanderpower@…]:
I'm not worried about the time it takes to build anything! I just am not sure that PPC can handle extreme HD video very smoothly. I only need to (lossy) compress the really high bit-rate stuff.
I'm thinking that it may take some processing time to compress video but the playback should not be too bad (similar to x264). If you look at the video samples available on x265.org, x265 (hevc) provides the most dramatic improvements in visual quality over x264 for low bit rates.
To answer your second question, I'm OK with it being optional until the issue is addressed. I will need to dig a little to find out whether there is any support in x265 for PPC. I'll see if I can answer this question for you.
I really was directing this to the x265 maintainer but any info you can find would help in determining what the platform constraints are. My old ppc machine died some time ago and since then I have had to rely on folks like you do the testing necessary to support the older OS versions and architectures. I'll probably make x265 support on ffmpeg, ffmpeg-devel optional via variant for now so as not to block building on these platforms. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/48336#comment:5> MacPorts <https://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X