To test the HandBrake dylib on MacOs X issue the following commands:
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cp ../libhb/libhb.dylib .
gcc -I../libhb -L. -lhb test.c -o test -arch i386 -arch ppc
install_name_tool -change /usr/local/lib/libhb.dylib @executable_path/libhb.dylib test

Validate that the test Binary is really using the shared library

otool -L test

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To test the HandBrake .so on Linux issue the following commands:
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cp ../libhb/libhb.so .
gcc -I../libhb -L. -lhb test.c -o test -lz -lpthread

Validate that the test Binary is really using the shared library

ldd test

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To test the HandBrake .dll on cygwin issue the following commands:
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cp ../libhb/libhb.dll .
gcc -I../libhb -L. -lhb test.c -o test -lz -lpthread

The resulting binary test should depend on the cygwin dll and the hb dll.

I works like that but wasn't tested yet outside of cygwin.

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