Failed build opencv-python without ffmpeg option in Windows
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Description
I'm trying build minimal OpenCV-python for Windows for my project, without not needed functions. In my case I don't need video encoding and decoding functions. Also I would like to minimize LGPL libs presence.
At that setup.py contains the following lines:
rearrange_cmake_output_data = {
"cv2": (
[r"bin/opencv_videoio_ffmpeg\d{4}%s\.dll" % ("_64" if is64 else "")]
if os.name == "nt"
else []
)
+
Here is expected, that ffmpeg dll will be built and packaged. However, there is no such file in case of building without FFMPEG (with CMAKE_ARGS="-DWITH_FFMPEG=OFF" env variable set). These lines leads to build fail in such configuration.
I have changed these lines to fix problem in my case. However, it seems disabling FFMPEG is a common need given the considerations above. Build should not fail in this case.
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Start in setup.py at the rearrange_cmake_output_data entry for the Windows FFmpeg DLL and reproduce the build with CMAKE_ARGS="-DWITH_FFMPEG=OFF". Check the packaging step and confirm that a Windows build without FFmpeg completes successfully without requiring the absent DLL.
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- Tech stack
- opencv, python
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Clearly specified
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