Hi, Mja, the information I gave you guys is less than minimal I realized, sorry for that. I am trying to compile gst-ffmpeg-0.10.13 on Solaris 11, which ships with 0.10.32. GCC I use is 3.4.3 pale@solaris:~$ /usr/sfw/bin/gcc -v Reading specs from /usr/sfw/lib/gcc/i386-pc-solaris2.11/3.4.3/specs Configured with: /builds/hudson/workspace/nightly/build/i386/components/gcc3/gcc-3.4.3/configure --prefix=/usr/sfw --mandir=/usr/sfw/share/man --infodir=/usr/sfw/share/info --without-gnu-ld --with-ld=/usr/bin/ld --enable-languages=c,c++,f77,objc --enable-shared --with-gnu-as --with-as=/usr/gnu/bin/as Thread model: posix gcc version 3.4.3 (csl-sol210-3_4-20050802) I see here that the 'ld' used is /usr/bin/ld which is not the GNU ld but the Solaris one. GNU ld is installed on my system in /usr/gnu/bin. Could this be the issue? If yes, how do I tell ./configure to use the GNU ld? My binutils version is 2.19.0 Some extra info after me playing around after sending my initial email: When I go to the gst-libs/ext/libav directory and run: /configure --prefix=/usr --disable-ffserver --disable-ffplay --disable-ffmpeg --disable-ffprobe --enable-static --enable-pic --disable-encoder=flac --disable-decoder=cavs --disable-protocols --disable-devices --disable-network --disable-hwaccels --disable-filters --disable-doc --enable-optimizations --enable-postproc --enable-gpl --enable-shared --enable-pic ## --enable-shared and --enable-pic are added by me, the rest of the configure statements are a result of running ./configure --prefix=/usr from $HOME/SOURCES/gstreamer/gst-ffmpeg-0.10.32/ gmake && gmake install ; then gst-ffmpeg compiles and installs when I issue a './configure --prefix=/usr --with-system-ffmpeg' from $HOME/SOURCES/gstreamer/gst-ffmpeg-0.10.32. However, trying to play a matroska file with ATSC A/52 sound and h264 video core dumps totem then. Please let me know if you require extra information. Patrick <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Stefan Sauer <<a href="mailto:ensonic@hora-obscura.de">ensonic@hora-obscura.de</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"><div><div class="h5"> On 01/22/2012 01:58 PM, Patrick Ale wrote: <blockquote type="cite">Hi all, First of all, sorry if I ask a question that has been asked many times before. Yes I googled and all I found is people reporting the problem but no fix was offered (for what I could see). My problem is related to compiling the gst-ffmpeg 0.10.13 source. All seems to go fine untill the linking phase. Making all in ffmpeg gmake[3]: Entering directory `/home/pale/SOURCE/gstreamer/gst-ffmpeg-0.10.13/ext/ffmpeg' CCLD <a href="http://libgstffmpeg.la" target="_blank">libgstffmpeg.la</a> *** Warning: Linking the shared library <a href="http://libgstffmpeg.la" target="_blank">libgstffmpeg.la</a> against the *** static library ../../gst-libs/ext/libav/libavformat/libavformat.a is not portable! *** Warning: Linking the shared library <a href="http://libgstffmpeg.la" target="_blank">libgstffmpeg.la</a> against the *** static library ../../gst-libs/ext/libav/libavcodec/libavcodec.a is not portable! *** Warning: Linking the shared library <a href="http://libgstffmpeg.la" target="_blank">libgstffmpeg.la</a> against the *** static library ../../gst-libs/ext/libav/libavutil/libavutil.a is not portable! After this it ends with: ld: fatal: relocations remain against allocatable but non-writable sections collect2: ld returned 1 exit status gmake[3]: *** [<a href="http://libgstffmpeg.la" target="_blank">libgstffmpeg.la</a>] Error 1 gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/home/pale/SOURCE/gstreamer/gst-ffmpeg-0.10.13/ext/ffmpeg' </blockquote> </div></div> on what platform and using what toolchain version are you doing the build? What are the configure flags you are using? Stefan <blockquote type="cite"><div class="im"> Any idea what I am doing wrong and preferable, how do I fix this? Thanks :) Patrick </div><pre><fieldset></fieldset> _______________________________________________ gstreamer-devel mailing list <a href="mailto:gstreamer-devel@lists.freedesktop.org" target="_blank">gstreamer-devel@lists.freedesktop.org</a> <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/gstreamer-devel" target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/gstreamer-devel</a> </pre> </blockquote> </div> _______________________________________________ gstreamer-devel mailing list <a href="mailto:gstreamer-devel@lists.freedesktop.org">gstreamer-devel@lists.freedesktop.org</a> <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/gstreamer-devel" target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/gstreamer-devel</a> </blockquote></div>