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@@ -121,65 +121,6 @@ This description of how to use the FFmpeg libraries with MSVC++ is based on
 Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition. If you have a different version,
 you might have to modify the procedures slightly.
 
-@subsection Using static libraries
-
-Assuming you have just built and installed FFmpeg in @file{/usr/local}:
-
-@enumerate
-
-@item Create a new console application ("File / New / Project") and then
-select "Win32 Console Application". On the appropriate page of the
-Application Wizard, uncheck the "Precompiled headers" option.
-
-@item Write the source code for your application, or, for testing, just
-copy the code from an existing sample application into the source file
-that MSVC++ has already created for you. For example, you can copy
-@file{libavformat/output-example.c} from the FFmpeg distribution.
-
-@item Open the "Project / Properties" dialog box. In the "Configuration"
-combo box, select "All Configurations" so that the changes you make will
-affect both debug and release builds. In the tree view on the left hand
-side, select "C/C++ / General", then edit the "Additional Include
-Directories" setting to contain the path where the FFmpeg includes were
-installed (i.e. @file{c:\msys\1.0\local\include}).
-Do not add MinGW's include directory here, or the include files will
-conflict with MSVC's.
-
-@item Still in the "Project / Properties" dialog box, select
-"Linker / General" from the tree view and edit the
-"Additional Library Directories" setting to contain the @file{lib}
-directory where FFmpeg was installed (i.e. @file{c:\msys\1.0\local\lib}),
-the directory where MinGW libs are installed (i.e. @file{c:\mingw\lib}),
-and the directory where MinGW's GCC libs are installed
-(i.e. @file{C:\mingw\lib\gcc\mingw32\4.2.1-sjlj}). Then select
-"Linker / Input" from the tree view, and add the files @file{libavformat.a},
-@file{libavcodec.a}, @file{libavutil.a}, @file{libmingwex.a},
-@file{libgcc.a}, and any other libraries you used (i.e. @file{libz.a})
-to the end of "Additional Dependencies".
-
-@item Now, select "C/C++ / Code Generation" from the tree view. Select
-"Debug" in the "Configuration" combo box. Make sure that "Runtime
-Library" is set to "Multi-threaded Debug DLL". Then, select "Release" in
-the "Configuration" combo box and make sure that "Runtime Library" is
-set to "Multi-threaded DLL".
-
-@item Click "OK" to close the "Project / Properties" dialog box.
-
-@item MSVC++ lacks some C99 header files that are fundamental for FFmpeg.
-Get msinttypes from @url{http://code.google.com/p/msinttypes/downloads/list}
-and install it in MSVC++'s include directory
-(i.e. @file{C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\include}).
-
-@item MSVC++ also does not understand the @code{inline} keyword used by
-FFmpeg, so you must add this line before @code{#include}ing libav*:
-@example
-#define inline _inline
-@end example
-
-@item Build your application, everything should work.
-
-@end enumerate
-
 @subsection Using shared libraries
 
 This is how to create DLL and LIB files that are compatible with MSVC++: