FFmpeg is a video editing software that can be used to convert audio and video streams in linux. Compiling ffmpeg from source can be quite complex, so there are a couple alternatives, either installing from yum or a static build already created. If you are looking for a more recent release than you should follow the static built as opposed to installing from a repository. More information can be found about ffmpeg on their site
Installing FFmpeg from a repository
First install the epel-release
yum -y install epel-release
Install the nux repository
rpm -Uvh http://li.nux.ro/download/nux/dextop/el7/x86_64/nux-dextop-release-0-5.el7.nux.noarch.rpm
Install ffmpeg and ffmpeg -devel packages
yum install ffmpeg ffmpeg-devel -y
Make sure it works:
# ffmpeg -version
ffmpeg version 2.6.8 Copyright (c) 2000-2016 the FFmpeg developers
built with gcc 4.8.5 (GCC) 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-4)
configuration: –prefix=/usr –bindir=/usr/bin –datadir=/usr/share/ffmpeg –incdir=/usr/include/ffmpeg –libdir=/usr/lib64 –mandir=/usr/share/man –arch=x86_64 –optflags=’-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong –param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -grecord-gcc-switches -m64 -mtune=generic’ –enable-bzlib –disable-crystalhd –enable-gnutls –enable-ladspa –enable-libass –enable-libcdio –enable-libdc1394 –enable-libfaac –enable-nonfree –enable-libfdk-aac –enable-nonfree –disable-indev=jack –enable-libfreetype –enable-libgsm –enable-libmp3lame –enable-openal –enable-libopenjpeg –enable-libopus –enable-libpulse –enable-libschroedinger –enable-libsoxr –enable-libspeex –enable-libtheora –enable-libvorbis –enable-libv4l2 –enable-libx264 –enable-libx265 –enable-libxvid –enable-x11grab –enable-avfilter –enable-avresample –enable-postproc –enable-pthreads –disable-static –enable-shared –enable-gpl –disable-debug –disable-stripping –shlibdir=/usr/lib64 –enable-runtime-cpudetect
libavutil 54. 20.100 / 54. 20.100
libavcodec 56. 26.100 / 56. 26.100
libavformat 56. 25.101 / 56. 25.101
libavdevice 56. 4.100 / 56. 4.100
libavfilter 5. 11.102 / 5. 11.102
libavresample 2. 1. 0 / 2. 1. 0
libswscale 3. 1.101 / 3. 1.101
libswresample 1. 1.100 / 1. 1.100
libpostproc 53. 3.100 / 53. 3.100
That is it for installing with a repository.
Installing a static prebuilt version of FFmpeg
Get the installer script:
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/q3aql/ffmpeg-install/master/ffmpeg-install
Make it executable
chmod a+x ffmpeg-install
Install a release version
./ffmpeg-install –install release
Make sure it works:
# ffmpeg -version
ffmpeg version 3.3.2-static http://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/ Copyright (c) 2000-2017 the FFmpeg developers
built with gcc 5.4.1 (Debian 5.4.1-11) 20170519
configuration: –enable-gpl –enable-version3 –enable-static –disable-debug –disable-ffplay –disable-indev=sndio –disable-outdev=sndio –cc=gcc-5 –enable-fontconfig –enable-frei0r –enable-gnutls –enable-gray –enable-libass –enable-libfreetype –enable-libfribidi –enable-libmp3lame –enable-libopencore-amrnb –enable-libopencore-amrwb –enable-libopenjpeg –enable-libopus –enable-librtmp –enable-libsoxr –enable-libspeex –enable-libtheora –enable-libvidstab –enable-libvo-amrwbenc –enable-libvorbis –enable-libvpx –enable-libwebp –enable-libx264 –enable-libx265 –enable-libxvid –enable-libzimg
libavutil 55. 58.100 / 55. 58.100
libavcodec 57. 89.100 / 57. 89.100
libavformat 57. 71.100 / 57. 71.100
libavdevice 57. 6.100 / 57. 6.100
libavfilter 6. 82.100 / 6. 82.100
libswscale 4. 6.100 / 4. 6.100
libswresample 2. 7.100 / 2. 7.100
libpostproc 54. 5.100 / 54. 5.100
Thats it for installing a static build.
Jun 21, 2017LinuxAdmin.io