Error while compiling the Xcode project (IPhone)

Question

I added ffmpeg iphone port into my library and I can able to use a few of its functions like avcodec_init(),.. without any errors. But when I include this function call "avcodec_register_all" Xcode is giving error after compilation

The error message is :

*--------------- ld: ldr 12-bit displacement out of range (4276 max +/-4096) in _CFRelease$stub in _CFRelease$stub from /Users/foxit/Documents/CameraTest/build/CameraTest.build/Debug-iphoneos/CameraTest.build/Objects-normal/armv6/CameraTest

Command /Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin/gcc-4.2 failed with exit code 1

*-------------

Does anyone know whats wrong with this ?

Regards,

Raghu

Answer 1

This problem exists in iPhone OS 3.1 or later while building in Xcode. Try re-arringing the link order of the libraries in your target's link library phase. I have discussed this issue in: http://www.galloway.me.uk/2009/12/ldr-12-bit-displacement-out-of-range/

There is an inherent problem in iPhone SDK 3.1 and later. Will have to wait until Apple fixes it or we will have to do some trail and error changes.

In our case, just re-ordering libavfilter and libavcodec to the last would simply work.