FFmpeg currently uses a custom build this text attempts to document some of its obscure features and options Makefile the full command issued by make and its output will be shown on the screen DBG Preprocess x86 external assembler files to a dbg asm file in the object which then gets compiled Helps in developing those assembler files DESTDIR Destination directory for the install useful to prepare packages or install FFmpeg in cross environments GEN Set to ‘1’ to generate the missing or mismatched references Makefile builds all the libraries and the executables fate Run the fate test suite