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Compile FFmpeg on Ubuntu
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This guide supports Ubuntu Precise Pangolin 12.04, Ubuntu Oneiric Ocelot 11.10, Ubuntu Natty Narwhal 11.04, and Ubuntu Maverick Meerkat 10.10. Separate guides are available for Ubuntu Lucid Lynx 10.04 and Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04?. This guide will enable several external encoders and decoders: libfaac (AAC encoder), libmp3lame (MP3 encoder), libopencore-amr (AMR encoder/decoder), librtmp (for additional RTMP protocols), libtheora (Theora encoder), libvorbis (Vorbis encoder), libvpx (VP8 encoder/decoder), and libx264 (H.264 encoder). These are optional and may be omitted if desired.
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Preparation
Remove any existing packages:
sudo apt-get remove ffmpeg x264 libav-tools libvpx-dev libx264-dev
Get the dependencies (Ubuntu Desktop users):
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get -y install build-essential checkinstall git libfaac-dev libgpac-dev \ libjack-jackd2-dev libmp3lame-dev libopencore-amrnb-dev libopencore-amrwb-dev \ librtmp-dev libsdl1.2-dev libtheora-dev libva-dev libvdpau-dev libvorbis-dev \ libx11-dev libxfixes-dev pkg-config texi2html yasm zlib1g-dev
Get the dependencies (Ubuntu Server or headless users):
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get -y install build-essential checkinstall git libfaac-dev libgpac-dev \ libmp3lame-dev libopencore-amrnb-dev libopencore-amrwb-dev librtmp-dev libtheora-dev \ libvorbis-dev pkg-config texi2html yasm zlib1g-dev
Installation
x264
H.264 video encoder. The following commands will get the current source files, compile, and install x264.
cd git clone --depth 1 git://git.videolan.org/x264 cd x264 ./configure --enable-static make sudo checkinstall --pkgname=x264 --pkgversion="3:$(./version.sh | \ awk -F'[" ]' '/POINT/{print $4"+git"$5}')" --backup=no --deldoc=yes \ --fstrans=no --default
Note: You can download the nightly x264 source snapshot as an alternative to using git.
libvpx
VP8 video encoder and decoder.
cd git clone --depth 1 http://git.chromium.org/webm/libvpx.git cd libvpx ./configure make sudo checkinstall --pkgname=libvpx --pkgversion="1:$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M)-git" --backup=no \ --deldoc=yes --fstrans=no --default
Note: You can download a libvpx source snapshot as an alternative to using git.
FFmpeg
cd git clone --depth 1 git://source.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg cd ffmpeg ./configure --enable-gpl --enable-libfaac --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb \ --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-librtmp --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis \ --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-nonfree --enable-version3 --enable-x11grab make sudo checkinstall --pkgname=ffmpeg --pkgversion="5:$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M)-git" --backup=no \ --deldoc=yes --fstrans=no --default hash x264 ffmpeg ffplay ffprobe
Note: You can download the nightly FFmpeg source snapshot as an alternative to using git.
Note: Ubuntu Server users should omit --enable-x11grab.
Finish
Installation is now complete and FFmpeg is now ready for use. You can keep the x264, libvpx, and ffmpeg directories in your home directory if you plan on updating later. See Updating FFmpeg below for more details. Some optional steps are next followed by instructions on updating FFmpeg and finally instructions on reverting all changes made by this guide.
Optional Installation
qt-faststart
This is a useful tool if you're showing your H.264 in MP4 videos on the web. It relocates some data in the video to allow playback to begin before the file is completely downloaded. Usage: qt-faststart input.mp4 output.mp4.
cd ~/ffmpeg make tools/qt-faststart sudo checkinstall --pkgname=qt-faststart --pkgversion="$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M)-git" --backup=no \ --deldoc=yes --fstrans=no --default install -Dm755 tools/qt-faststart \ /usr/local/bin/qt-faststart
Add lavf support to x264
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.
cd ~/x264 make distclean ./configure --enable-static make sudo checkinstall --pkgname=x264 --pkgversion="3:$(./version.sh | \ awk -F'[" ]' '/POINT/{print $4"+git"$5}')" --backup=no --deldoc=yes \ --fstrans=no --default
Updating FFmpeg
Development of FFmpeg and x264 is active and an occasional update can give you new features and bug fixes. First, remove some packages and then update the dependencies:
sudo apt-get -y remove ffmpeg x264 libx264-dev libvpx-dev sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get -y install build-essential checkinstall git libfaac-dev libgpac-dev \ libjack-jackd2-dev libmp3lame-dev libopencore-amrnb-dev libopencore-amrwb-dev \ librtmp-dev libsdl1.2-dev libtheora-dev libva-dev libvdpau-dev libvorbis-dev \ libx11-dev libxfixes-dev texi2html yasm zlib1g-dev
x264
cd ~/x264 make distclean git pull
Now run ./configure, make, and make install as shown in the Install x264 section.
libvpx
cd ~/libvpx make clean git pull
Now run ./configure, make, and make install as shown in the Install libvpx section.
FFmpeg
cd ~/ffmpeg make distclean git pull
Now run ./configure, make, and make install as shown in the Install FFmpeg section.
Reverting Changes Made by This Guide
To remove FFmpeg/x264 and other packages added for this guide:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove build-essential checkinstall ffmpeg git libfaac-dev libgpac-dev \ libjack-jackd2-dev libmp3lame-dev librtmp-dev libsdl1.2-dev libtheora-dev libva-dev libvdpau-dev \ libvorbis-dev libvpx libx11-dev libxfixes-dev pkg-config qt-faststart texi2html x264 yasm zlib1g-dev
Lastly, delete the x264, libvpx, and ffmpeg directories in your home folder.
If You Need Help
Feel free to ask your questions at the #ffmpeg IRC channel or the ffmpeg-user mailing list.