Windows: How to build X264.lib instead of .dll
I downloaded the X264 source and installed mingw. Step 1: Executed this in the MINGW bash: ./configure --disable-cli --enable-shared --enable-win32thread - -extra-ldflags=-Wl,--output-def=libx264.def and then 'make' Step 2: Renamed the libx264-142.dll to libx264.dll and Opened up VS2012 Command Prompt and executed this: LIB /DEF:libx264.def which gave me libx264.lib and object libx264.exp Step 3: Included the lib file in a VS2012 project which uses the X264 API. Problem: When I start the project I get the following error message: "The program can't start because libx264.dll is missing from