ffmpeg

Audio & video processing

Software project home page: https://ffmpeg.org

Distribution: source code {stable | snapshot}
Distribution: binary code {stable | snapshot}

Verify installed version via the command-line interface:

ffmpeg -version

Using ffmpeg for video playback: ffplay

Verify whether a ffmpeg package has x11grab support:

ffmpeg -formats 2> /dev/null | grep x11

Dependencies

+alsalib,+binutils,+bzip2,+fdk-acc,+flac,+fontconfig,+freetype,+grep,+gzip,+lame,+libao,+libass,+libbluray,+libcdio,+libdca,+libfdk-acc,+libjpeg,+libogg,+libpng,+libtheora,+libvorbis,+libvpx,+libxau,+libxcb,+libxext,+libxml2,+libxv,+mesa-lib,+openal,+openjpeg,+openssl,+opus,+pulseaudio,+rtmpdump,+sdl,+tar,+v4l-utils,+vo-aacenc,+vo-amrwbenc,+wavpack,+x264,+xvidcore,+xz,+zlib

{packages in bold may be additional dependencies for Fatdog}

Run-time dependencies:

ldd /usr/bin/ffmpeg

ldd /usr/bin/ffplay

Identify any missing dependencies via the command-line interface:

ffmpeg

Build (compile) binary distribution and install

For 64-bit operating systems:

CFLAGS="-march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-fexceptions -grecord-gcc-switches" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro" CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" CPPFLAGS="-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2" ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var --libdir=/usr/lib64 --disable-debug && time make --debug=n -j 4 --output-sync --trace && time make -j 4 -k check && gcc tools/qt-faststart.c -o tools/qt-faststart && make install

References

http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/multimedia/ffmpeg.html

http://www.t2-project.org/packages/ffmpeg.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-4_Part_14

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=73975

http://www.e-rave.nl/installing-ffmpeg-on-debian-squeeze-and-newer

http://ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg/wiki/How%20to%20quickly%20compile%20libaacplus

http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02935 ffmpeg-0.8.12-1-w5c.pet

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