This post guides you through the process of installing FFmpeg on an Ubuntu server. FFmpeg is a powerful multimedia framework that can be used to record, convert, and stream audio and video files. The following steps explain how to install the required dependencies, download the necessary libraries, compile FFmpeg, and make the FFmpeg binary available from the executable path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before proceeding with the installation, make sure you have:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This post guides you through installing FFmpeg on Ubuntu Server.<\/p>\n
Let’s update all the repos on the host.<\/p>\n
apt-get update<\/pre>\nInstall the required packages using apt-get install.<\/p>\n
apt-get -y --force-yes install autoconf automake build-essential libass-dev libfreetype6-dev libgpac-dev libsdl1.2-dev libtheora-dev libtool libva-dev libvdpau-dev libvorbis-dev libxcb1-dev libxcb-shm0-dev libxcb-xfixes0-dev pkg-config texi2html zlib1g-dev\u00a0yasm <\/span>libx264-dev\u00a0unzip libopus-dev\u00a0<\/span><\/span>libmp3lame-dev<\/span><\/pre>\nCreate an FFmpeg installation directory.<\/p>\n
mkdir \/usr\/local\/src\/ffmpeg\n\ncd\u00a0\/usr\/local\/src\/ffmpeg<\/pre>\nDownload and install.<\/p>\n
wget -O fdk-aac.zip https:\/\/github.com\/mstorsjo\/fdk-aac\/zipball\/master<\/span>\n\nunzip fdk-aac.zip<\/span>\n\ncd mstorsjo-fdk-aac*<\/span>\n\nautoreconf -fiv<\/span>\n\n.\/configure --prefix=\"$HOME\/ffmpeg_build\" --disable-shared<\/span>\n\nmake<\/span>\nmake install<\/span><\/pre>\nInstall the libpvx package.<\/p>\n
wget http:\/\/webm.googlecode.com\/files\/libvpx-v1.3.0.tar.bz2<\/span>\n\ntar xjvf libvpx-v1.3.0.tar.bz2<\/span>\n\ncd libvpx-v1.3.0<\/span>\n\nPATH=\"$HOME\/bin:$PATH\" .\/configure --prefix=\"$HOME\/ffmpeg_build\" --disable-examples<\/span>\n\nPATH=\"$HOME\/bin:$PATH\" make<\/span>\n\nmake install<\/span><\/pre>\nInstall the libogg package.<\/p>\n
curl -O http:\/\/downloads.xiph.org\/releases\/ogg\/libogg-1.3.2.tar.gz<\/span>\n\ntar xzvf libogg-1.3.2.tar.gz<\/span>\n\ncd libogg-1.3.2<\/span>\n\n.\/configure --prefix=\"$HOME\/ffmpeg_build\" --disable-shared<\/span>\n\nmake<\/span>\nmake install<\/span><\/pre>\nInstall the ffmpeg package.<\/p>\n
wget http:\/\/ffmpeg.org\/releases\/ffmpeg-snapshot.tar.bz2<\/span>\n\ntar xjvf ffmpeg-snapshot.tar.bz2<\/span>\n\ncd ffmpeg<\/span>\n\nPATH=\"$HOME\/bin:$PATH\" PKG_CONFIG_PATH=\"$HOME\/ffmpeg_build\/lib\/pkgconfig\" .\/configure --prefix=\"$HOME\/ffmpeg_build\" --extra-cflags=\"-I$HOME\/ffmpeg_build\/include\" \u00a0--extra-ldflags=\"-L$HOME\/ffmpeg_build\/lib\" \u00a0--bindir=\"$HOME\/bin\" \u00a0--enable-gpl \u00a0--enable-libass \u00a0--enable-libfdk-aac \u00a0\u00a0--enable-libfreetype \u00a0--enable-libmp3lame \u00a0--enable-libopus \u00a0\u00a0--enable-libtheora \u00a0--enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-nonfree<\/span>\n\nPATH=\"$HOME\/bin:$PATH\" make<\/span>\n\nmake install<\/span><\/pre>\nCopy the binary to the executable path<\/p>\n
cp \/usr\/local\/src\/ffmpeg \/usr\/sbin<\/pre>\n\n\nConclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
By following the above steps, you can install FFmpeg and its required libraries on an Ubuntu server. First, install the required dependencies, then compile and install the supporting libraries and FFmpeg. Once you copy the binary to the executable path, you can access and use FFmpeg for multimedia processing on the server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FAQs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
What is FFmpeg?<\/strong>
FFmpeg is a multimedia framework used to process, convert, record, and stream audio and video files.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHow do you check the FFmpeg version?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
ffmpeg -version<\/pre>\n\n\n\nHow do you convert a video using FFmpeg?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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