Failure to Load the Dependency Library When Using x265 to Execute the Encoding Program

Symptom

When using x265 to execute the encoding program, an error is reported stating "ffmpeg: error while loading shared libraries: libavdevice.so.xx."

Key Process and Cause Analysis

The dependency library fails to be loaded.

Conclusion and Solution

1. Find the path of the dependency library specified in the error information.

   find / -name libavdevice.so.xx

2. Add the path to the environment variable, that is, add the found path next to the colon (:) in the following command:

   export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/ffmpeg/install/lib/:Path of the dependency library