FFMpeg on Android, undefined references to libavcodec functions, although it is listed on command line

Question

I have a problem with unresolved references to ffmpeg's libavcodec functions, so far failed to find the answer in other places (including my mind) :)

Let me describe my setup - it takes space, but is really basic, it might be that I'm failing to see some error...

I built an FFMPeg with ndk r5 toolchain, ffmpeg port I got from http://bambuser.com/opensource (as recommended in other questions here). It built fine, so I put several static libraries in my project like this:

<project>/jni/bambuser_ffmpeg/libavcodec.a
<project>/jni/bambuser_ffmpeg/libavformat.a
<project>/jni/bambuser_ffmpeg/libavcore.a
<project>/jni/bambuser_ffmpeg/libavutil.a

Next, I created an Android.mk in bambuser_ffmpeg folder to list these libs as a prebuilt ones:

LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)

include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := bambuser-libavcore
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := libavcore.a
include $(PREBUILT_STATIC_LIBRARY)

include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := bambuser-libavformat
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := libavformat.a
include $(PREBUILT_STATIC_LIBRARY)

(same for other two libs)

Next, I have another module which references these libs in its Android.mk, sets up include paths, etc:

LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)

include $(CLEAR_VARS)

LOCAL_MODULE := ffmpegtest
LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := bambuser-libavcodec bambuser-libavcore bambuser-libavformat bambuser-libavutil
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := ffmpeg_test.cpp
LOCAL_C_INCLUDES := $(LOCAL_PATH)/../bambuser_ffmpeg/include
LOCAL_LDLIBS    := -llog -lz

include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)

And finally I have my ffmpeg_test.cpp which is really basic, like this:

#include <jni.h>

extern "C" {
#include <libavcodec/avcodec.h>
#include <libavformat/avformat.h>
}

extern "C" {
    JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_com_the7art_ffmpegtest_PaintThread_testFFMpeg(JNIEnv* env, jobject obj, jstring fileName);
}

JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_com_the7art_ffmpegtest_PaintThread_testFFMpeg(JNIEnv* env, jobject obj, jstring fileName)
{
    av_register_all();
    return 0;
}

When I run ndk-build, it compiles fine, but when linking it prints an unresolved reference to almost every function in libavcodec. Looks like only this lib's functions are failing to be located:

/home/dimka/src/mobile/android/ffmpegtest/obj/local/armeabi/libavformat.a(allformats.o): In function `av_register_all':
/home/dimka/work/suzy/tmp/ffmpeg-android/ffmpeg/libavformat/allformats.c:47: undefined reference to `avcodec_register_all'
/home/dimka/src/mobile/android/ffmpegtest/obj/local/armeabi/libavformat.a(utils.o): In function `parse_frame_rate':
/home/dimka/work/suzy/tmp/ffmpeg-android/ffmpeg/libavformat/utils.c:3240: undefined reference to `av_parse_video_rate'
/home/dimka/src/mobile/android/ffmpegtest/obj/local/armeabi/libavformat.a(utils.o): In function `parse_image_size':
/home/dimka/work/suzy/tmp/ffmpeg-android/ffmpeg/libavformat/utils.c:3234: undefined reference to `av_parse_video_size'
/home/dimka/src/mobile/android/ffmpegtest/obj/local/armeabi/libavformat.a(utils.o): In function `flush_packet_queue':
/home/dimka/work/suzy/tmp/ffmpeg-android/ffmpeg/libavformat/utils.c:1277: undefined reference to `av_free_packet'
/home/dimka/work/suzy/tmp/ffmpeg-android/ffmpeg/libavformat/utils.c:1283: undefined reference to `av_free_packet'
/home/dimka/src/mobile/android/ffmpegtest/obj/local/armeabi/libavformat.a(utils.o): In function `get_audio_frame_size':
/home/dimka/work/suzy/tmp/ffmpeg-android/ffmpeg/libavformat/utils.c:766: undefined reference to `av_get_bits_per_sample'
/home/dimka/src/mobile/android/ffmpegtest/obj/local/armeabi/libavformat.a(utils.o): In function `ff_interleave_add_packet':
/home/dimka/work/suzy/tmp/ffmpeg-android/ffmpeg/libavformat/utils.c:2909: undefined reference to `av_dup_packet'
and so on...

I fail to figure why this is happening. I tried running ndk-build V=1 to check the actual linking command, and libavcodec is sitting there perfectly right, like it should. All other ffmpeg libs are there too.

Any hints?

Solution 1

I've been using ffmpeg for some Android work too. I do my build a bit different though. I take the lib*.a files and the include dir from the bambuser.com build and just directly include them in my jni directory, my Android.mk looks like this:

LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)

include $(CLEAR_VARS)

LOCAL_MODULE    := ndk1
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := native.c

LOCAL_C_INCLUDES := $(LOCAL_PATH)/include
LOCAL_LDLIBS := -L$(NDK_PLATFORMS_ROOT)/$(TARGET_PLATFORM)/arch-arm/usr/lib -L$(LOCAL_PATH) -lavformat -lavcodec -lavdevice -lavfilter -lavutil -lswscale -llog -ljnigraphics -lz -ldl -lgcc

include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)

There might be some cruft in there, but maybe it'll help point you in the right direction. I tried following some of the forms laid out in the NDK example projects like you have. Bundling up the libs into a module and then referencing that. But ended up falling back on the simple direct include just to get things working, and so far haven't had reason to revisit it.

Solution 2

The following Android.mk works for me, including handling the target arch. The result of running the bambuser build.sh is copied from .../build/ffmpeg to /jni/lib/ffmpeg. I'm using PREBUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY rather than PREBUILT_STATIC_LIBRARY as the OP did.

LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)

include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := libavcodec
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := lib/ffmpeg/$(TARGET_ARCH_ABI)/lib/$(LOCAL_MODULE).so
LOCAL_EXPORT_C_INCLUDES := $(LOCAL_PATH)/lib/ffmpeg/$(TARGET_ARCH_ABI)/include
include $(PREBUILT_SHARED_LIBRARY)

include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := libavcore
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := lib/ffmpeg/$(TARGET_ARCH_ABI)/lib/$(LOCAL_MODULE).so
LOCAL_EXPORT_C_INCLUDES := $(LOCAL_PATH)/lib/ffmpeg/$(TARGET_ARCH_ABI)/include
include $(PREBUILT_SHARED_LIBRARY)

include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := libavdevice
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := lib/ffmpeg/$(TARGET_ARCH_ABI)/lib/$(LOCAL_MODULE).so
LOCAL_EXPORT_C_INCLUDES := $(LOCAL_PATH)/lib/ffmpeg/$(TARGET_ARCH_ABI)/include
include $(PREBUILT_SHARED_LIBRARY)

include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := libavfilter
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := lib/ffmpeg/$(TARGET_ARCH_ABI)/lib/$(LOCAL_MODULE).so
LOCAL_EXPORT_C_INCLUDES := $(LOCAL_PATH)/lib/ffmpeg/$(TARGET_ARCH_ABI)/include
include $(PREBUILT_SHARED_LIBRARY)

include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := libavformat
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := lib/ffmpeg/$(TARGET_ARCH_ABI)/lib/$(LOCAL_MODULE).so
LOCAL_EXPORT_C_INCLUDES := $(LOCAL_PATH)/lib/ffmpeg/$(TARGET_ARCH_ABI)/include
include $(PREBUILT_SHARED_LIBRARY)

include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := libavutil
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := lib/ffmpeg/$(TARGET_ARCH_ABI)/lib/$(LOCAL_MODULE).so
LOCAL_EXPORT_C_INCLUDES := $(LOCAL_PATH)/lib/ffmpeg/$(TARGET_ARCH_ABI)/include
include $(PREBUILT_SHARED_LIBRARY)

include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := libswscale
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := lib/ffmpeg/$(TARGET_ARCH_ABI)/lib/$(LOCAL_MODULE).so
LOCAL_EXPORT_C_INCLUDES := $(LOCAL_PATH)/lib/ffmpeg/$(TARGET_ARCH_ABI)/include
include $(PREBUILT_SHARED_LIBRARY)

include $(CLEAR_VARS)

LOCAL_MODULE    := mynativecode
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := native.c
LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := libavcore libavdevice libavfilter libavutil libswscale libavformat
LOCAL_LDLIBS := -L$(NDK_PLATFORMS_ROOT)/$(TARGET_PLATFORM)/arch-arm/usr/lib \
                -L$(LOCAL_PATH)/lib/ffmpeg/$(TARGET_ARCH_ABI)/lib \
                -lavcore \
                -lavformat \
                -lavcodec \
                -lavdevice \
                -lavfilter \
                -lavutil \
                -lswscale \
                -llog \
                -lz \
                -ldl \
                -lgcc

include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)

I also had to change the bambuser build.sh to modify the --soname-prefix argument to include my package name rather than bambusers.

        FLAGS="--target-os=linux --cross-prefix=arm-linux-androideabi- --arch=arm"
        FLAGS="$FLAGS --sysroot=$SYSROOT"
-       FLAGS="$FLAGS --soname-prefix=/data/data/com.bambuser.broadcaster/lib/"
+       FLAGS="$FLAGS --soname-prefix=/data/data/<my package name here>/lib/"
        FLAGS="$FLAGS --enable-shared --disable-symver"
        FLAGS="$FLAGS --enable-small --optimization-flags=-O2"

Comments

[dimsuz]

What I also found is the misterious phrase "NDK does not support combining static libraries", but I'm not sure what it means - in the end static libraries are just collections of object files, so if i specify them on command line, they should be linked all together in the specified order. That was the case, but it didn't work for some reason. Maybe i don't know some detail :)

[dimsuz]

Eh, now another thing. av_open_input_file returns -2 (no such file or directory) when I try to open a file from /sdcard/myfile.mp4 (it surely exists, i have permissions in androidmanifest.xml, etc). Did you have such issue maybe, know the solution? :)

[mikerowehl]

Actually, yes. If you're using the defaults from the bambuser.com build they have the file protocol turned off. I have that turned on in the version I've been using, and I refer to the file as 'file:/sdcard/myfile.mp4' in my code.

[dimsuz]

oh, thanks much! I guess I'll recompile with file protocol enabled and try again. I guess it would take a lot of time to find this out without your hint, thanks! :)

[dimsuz]

Sorry to bother you again, but i'm stuck once more, googling doesn't help :) File protocol is now enabled, but now i get an error -22 (Invalid data found when processing input). I'm trying to open an mp4 file - mp4 decoder is enabled too, tried different files even, still this error. Maybe you've seen something like this? :)

[dimsuz]

Just found out that av_find_input_format("mpeg4") and av_find_input_format("mp4") both return null. While I clearly specified --enable-decoder=mpeg4 and it is properly enabled in config.h. Scratching my head... :)

[dimsuz]

Thank you! Did you manage to get it play something? :) Because after I compiled it, I fail to play anything (see my last comment to the answer above)

[Fasaxc]

Yes. I had to enable the file protocol and the codec/demuxer that my file was using. Bambuser's config disables all but the couple of codecs that they use.

[dimsuz]

Aha. I suspect that this might be my problem. I tried to enable mp4 codec and open mp4 file, but it won't open. I started to think that maybe I need to enable some more codecs maybe even try to enable all of them :) Did you enable only specific ones or all?

[Fasaxc]

I just enabled the ones I needed. You'll need the file protocol along with the 264 demuxer and the 264 decoder and maybe a couple of other things by trial and error. Do ./configure --help and then try the --list-xyz options to find out what's available.

[Dr.jacky]

Which my package name?! I don't have any android project yet! I just want to compile ffmpeg for ARM! It's ok in ubuntu, but in windows I get this error: "Unknown option "--soname-prefix=/data/data/com.bambuser.broadcaster/lib/""