-1) Type './configure' create the configuration (use './configure
---help' to have the configure options).
+1) Type './configure' to create the configuration. A list of configure
+options is printed by running 'configure --help'.
-2) Then type 'make' to build ffmpeg.
+'configure' can be launched from a directory different from the FFmpeg
+sources to build the objects out of tree. To do this, use an absolute
+path when launching 'configure', e.g. '/ffmpegdir/ffmpeg/configure'.
-3) Type 'make install' to install ffmpeg and ffserver in
-/usr/local/bin.
+2) Then type 'make' to build FFmpeg. GNU Make 3.81 or later is required.
+
+3) Type 'make install' to install all binaries and libraries you built.