Shared LIB

Building FFmpeg SVN shared libraries
If you followed Building FFmpeg SVN dlls correctly, you should be one step away from having shared libraries that can be used by MSVC++.

First, you must make sure you have Microsoft Visual C++ installed.

Then, you must make sure the lib program from Microsoft's Toolchain is in your PATH on the shell. For that, you can either make sure the changes you made in Fixing "msys.bat" regarding vcvars32.bat really worked, or you can first open Visual Studio 2008 Command Prompt, and from there run msys.bat.

The first option is the usual:  

The second option is something like:  

Once in the shell, run the lib command, by entering this in the prompt:  

If you get the following output (or something similar), then you're good to go. Make sure it is the Microsoft (R) Library Manager.

If you just came from Building FFmpeg SVN dlls, and the above step was already working, you probably already have the files you need.

If you did not just come from Building FFmpeg SVN dlls, or you had to change something to get the lib command to work (but you're certain the lib command is working now), just follow Building FFmpeg SVN dlls again.

Basically, you have to do:  

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