{"id":2457,"date":"2015-01-26T22:05:05","date_gmt":"2015-01-26T20:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.extradrm.com\/?p=2457"},"modified":"2015-01-26T22:10:28","modified_gmt":"2015-01-26T20:10:28","slug":"install-latest-version-of-ffmpeg-and-its-dependencies-on-ubuntu-12-04-or-14-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.extradrm.com\/?p=2457","title":{"rendered":"Install latest ffmpeg on ubuntu 12.04 or 14.04"},"content":{"rendered":"

We will install all the coders into opt folder<\/strong> :<\/p>\n

# Remove any existing packages:<\/strong>
\nsudo apt-get -y remove ffmpeg x264 libav-tools libvpx-dev libx264-dev<\/p>\n

# Get the dependencies (Ubuntu Server or headless users):<\/strong>
\nsudo apt-get update
\nsudo apt-get -y install build-essential checkinstall git libfaac-dev libgpac-dev \\
\nlibmp3lame-dev libopencore-amrnb-dev libopencore-amrwb-dev librtmp-dev libtheora-dev \\
\nlibvorbis-dev pkg-config texi2html yasm zlib1g-dev<\/p>\n

# Install x264<\/strong>
\nsudo apt-get -y install libx264-dev
\ncd \/opt
\ngit clone –depth 1 git:\/\/git.videolan.org\/x264
\ncd x264
\n.\/configure –enable-static
\nmake
\nsudo checkinstall –pkgname=x264 –pkgversion=”3:$(.\/version.sh | \\
\nawk -F'[” ]’ ‘\/POINT\/{print $4″+git”$5}’)” –backup=no –deldoc=yes \\
\n–fstrans=no –default<\/p>\n

# Install AAC audio decoder<\/strong>
\ncd \/opt
\nwget http:\/\/downloads.sourceforge.net\/opencore-amr\/fdk-aac-0.1.0.tar.gz
\ntar xzvf fdk-aac-0.1.0.tar.gz
\ncd fdk-aac-0.1.0
\n.\/configure
\nmake
\nsudo checkinstall –pkgname=fdk-aac –pkgversion=”0.1.0″ –backup=no \\
\n–deldoc=yes –fstrans=no –default<\/p>\n

# Install VP8 video encoder and decoder \/ webmproject.org<\/strong><\/p>\n

cd \/opt
\ngit clone http:\/\/git.chromium.org\/webm\/libvpx.git
\ncd libvpx
\n.\/configure
\nmake
\n# make install<\/p>\n

# Add lavf support to x264<\/strong>
\n# This allows x264 to accept just about any input that FFmpeg can handle and is useful if you want to use x264 directly. See a more detailed explanation of what this means.
\ncd ~\/x264
\nmake distclean
\n.\/configure –enable-static
\nmake
\nsudo checkinstall –pkgname=x264 –pkgversion=”3:$(.\/version.sh | \\
\nawk -F'[” ]’ ‘\/POINT\/{print $4″+git”$5}’)” –backup=no –deldoc=yes \\
\n–fstrans=no –default<\/p>\n

# Installing FFmpeg<\/strong>
\ncd \/opt
\ngit clone –depth 1 git:\/\/source.ffmpeg.org\/ffmpeg
\ncd ffmpeg
\n.\/configure –enable-gpl –enable-libfaac –enable-libmp3lame –enable-libopencore-amrnb \\
\n–enable-libopencore-amrwb –enable-librtmp –enable-libtheora –enable-libvorbis \\
\n–enable-libvpx –enable-libx264 –enable-nonfree –enable-version3
\nmake
\nsudo checkinstall –pkgname=ffmpeg –pkgversion=”5:$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M)-git” –backup=no \\
\n–deldoc=yes –fstrans=no –default
\nhash x264 ffmpeg ffplay ffprobe<\/p>\n

# Optional: install qt-faststart<\/strong>
\n# This is a useful tool if you’re showing your H.264 in MP4 videos on the web. It relocates some data in the video to allow playback to begin before the file is completely downloaded. Usage: qt-faststart input.mp4 output.mp4.
\ncd \/opt\/ffmpeg
\nmake tools\/qt-faststart
\nsudo checkinstall –pkgname=qt-faststart –pkgversion=”$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M)-git” –backup=no \\
\n–deldoc=yes –fstrans=no –default install -Dm755 tools\/qt-faststart \\
\n\/usr\/local\/bin\/qt-faststart <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We will install all the coders into opt folder : # Remove any existing packages: sudo apt-get -y remove ffmpeg x264 libav-tools libvpx-dev libx264-dev # Get the dependencies (Ubuntu Server or headless users): sudo...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2843,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[328,209,14,327],"tags":[332],"youtube_video":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.extradrm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2457"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.extradrm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.extradrm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.extradrm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.extradrm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.extradrm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.extradrm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.extradrm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.extradrm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.extradrm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}