We need to pass the location sdl-config so that ffmpeg picks it up. So just pass the whole string to make things simpler. Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zacarias diff -Nura ffmpeg-0.6.1/configure ffmpeg-0.6.1.sdl/configure --- ffmpeg-0.6.1/configure 2010-06-15 16:44:30.000000000 -0300 +++ ffmpeg-0.6.1.sdl/configure 2011-02-25 17:13:12.979168176 -0300 @@ -2640,7 +2640,7 @@ die "ERROR: No version of libdc1394 found " fi -SDL_CONFIG="${cross_prefix}sdl-config" +SDL_CONFIG="${SDL_CONFIG}" if "${SDL_CONFIG}" --version > /dev/null 2>&1; then sdl_cflags=$("${SDL_CONFIG}" --cflags) sdl_libs=$("${SDL_CONFIG}" --libs)