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Building FFmpeg on Mac OS/X

The following will create a universal binary of FFmpeg. You'll need an Intel Mac with XCode installed.

./configure
make clean
make
mv ffmpeg ffmpeg.i386
./configure --arch=ppc --enable-altivec --extra-cflags="-arch ppc" --extra-ldflags="-arch ppc" --cross-compile
make clean
make
mv ffmpeg ffmpeg.ppc
lipo ffmpeg.i386 ffmpeg.ppc -create -o ffmpeg