From ffmpeg.org :
FFmpeg is a complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video. It includes libavcodec – the leading audio/video codec library.
Installation Guide :
download the following debian package and install it :
1 2 | wget http://www.debian-multimedia.org/pool/main/d/debian-multimedia-keyring/debian-multimedia-keyring_2008.10.16_all.debdpkg -i debian-multimedia-keyring_2008.10.16_all.deb |
Add the following lines to your /etc/apt/source.list :
1 | nano /etc/apt/nano sources.list |
1 2 | deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org lenny maindeb-src http://www.debian-multimedia.org lenny main |
update your apt cache :
1 | apt-get update |
install needed utils :
1 | apt-get install checkinstall yasm git-core subversion |
install ffmpeg dependencies :
1 | apt-get build-dep ffmpeg |
Install x264 :
1 2 3 4 5 | git clone git://git.videolan.org/x264.gitcd x264./configuremakecheckinstall --pkgname=x264 --pkgversion "1:0.svn`date +%Y%m%d`" --backup=no --default |
Install libtheora :
1 2 3 4 5 6 | wget http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/theora/libtheora-1.1.1.tar.gztar xzvf libtheora-1.1.1.tar.gzcd libtheora-1.1.1./configuremakecheckinstall --pkgname=libtheora --pkgversion "1.1.1" --backup=no --default |
remove old libx264-dev :
1 | apt-get remove libx264-dev |
download the latest release of ffmpeg using subversion :
1 | svn checkout svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/ffmpeg/trunk ffmpeg |
configure and make ffmpeg :
1 2 3 4 | cd ffmpeg/./configure --enable-version3 --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libtheora --enable-libx264 --enable-libgsm --enable-postproc --enable-libxvid --enable-libfaac --enable-pthreads --enable-libvorbis --enable-gpl --enable-x11grab --enable-nonfreemakecheckinstall --pkgname=ffmpeg --pkgversion "4:0.5+svn`date +%Y%m%d`" --backup=no --default |
and we are all set 🙂
just one more note , if you are going to convert flv files to 3gp files like me 😀 use the following command :
1 | ffmpeg -i input.flv -s 176x144 -vcodec h263 -acodec aac output.3gp |