playwright/browser_patches/ffmpeg/README.md

Playwright and FFMPEG

Playwright requires FFMPEG to produce screncast and bundles FFMPEG binaries for Mac , Linux and Windows.

Configuration

We compile libvpx and ffmpeg only. Their source versions and build configurations are defined in //browser_patches/ffmpeg/CONFIG.sh.

Building ffmpeg-linux

Compilation scripts are based on:

• https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/CompilationGuide/Generic

Prerequisites:

• Mac or Linux
• Docker

Building:

~/playwright$ ./browser_patches/ffmpeg/build.sh --linux

Building ffmpeg-mac

Compilation scripts are based on:

• https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/CompilationGuide/Generic
• https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/CompilationGuide/macOS

Prerequisites:

• Mac
• xcode command line tools: xcode-select --install
• homebrew

Building:

~/playwright$ ./browser_patches/ffmpeg/build.sh --mac

Building ffmpeg-win*

Cross-compilation scripts are based on:

• https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/CompilationGuide/Generic
• https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/CompilationGuide/CrossCompilingForWindows

Prerequisites:

• Mac or Linux
• Docker

Building:

~/playwright$ ./browser_patches/ffmpeg/build.sh --cross-compile-win32
~/playwright$ ./browser_patches/ffmpeg/build.sh --cross-compile-win64