HOWTO: Install and use the latest FFmpeg and x264

[ron999]

Now what?

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2011-11-26 15:02:08 (172 MB/s) - `lame-3.99.tar.gz.2' saved [16767/16767]

****@******:~$ tar xzvf lame-3.99.tar.gz

gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors

There's a problem unzipping lame.
That's probably because you've already downloaded it and there are probably multiple copies on your hard drive....
lame-3.99.tar.gz
lame-3.99.tar.gz.1
lame-3.99.tar.gz.2
etc.

So look for all these lame tar.gz files and delete them, then try again from:-

wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/lame/lame/3.99/lame-3.99.tar.gz

[Jerriy]

^ I did that and that went well but then the very next line of instruction failed:

****@******:~$ tar xzvf lame-3.99.tar.gz

gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
****@******:~$ cd lame-3.99
bash: cd: lame-3.99: No such file or directory
****@******:~$ ./configure --enable-nasm --disable-shared
bash: ./configure: No such file or directory
****@******:~$ make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.
****@******:~$ sudo checkinstall --pkgname=lame-ffmpeg --pkgversion="3.99" --backup=no --default \
>     --deldoc=yes

[ron999]

Works for me.

[mc4man]

Jerriy - try step 5 like this, then maybe you can move along, copy & paste the complete code box as 1 command

cd
mkdir -p lame_build; cd lame_build; \
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/lame/lame/3.99/lame-3.99.tar.gz; \
tar xzvf lame-3.99.tar.gz; cd lame-3.99; \
./configure --enable-nasm --disable-shared; \
make; sudo checkinstall --pkgname=lame-ffmpeg --pkgversion="3.99" --backup=no \
--default --deldoc=yes

[Jerriy]

^ That was to no avail:

****@******:~$ cd
****@******:~$ mkdir -p lame_build; cd lame_build; \
> wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/lame/lame/3.99/lame-3.99.tar.gz; \
> tar xzvf lame-3.99.tar.gz; cd lame-3.99; \
> ./configure --enable-nasm --disable-shared; \
> make; sudo checkinstall --pkgname=lame-ffmpeg --pkgversion="3.99" --backup=no \
> --default --deldoc=yes
--2011-11-26 19:33:59--  http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/lame/lame/3.99/lame-3.99.tar.gz
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Location: http://sourceforge.net/projects/lame/files/lame/3.99/lame-3.99.tar.gz/download?use_mirror=netcologne [following]
--2011-11-26 19:34:00--  http://sourceforge.net/projects/lame/files/lame/3.99/lame-3.99.tar.gz/download?use_mirror=netcologne
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Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 16823 (16K) [text/html]
Saving to: `lame-3.99.tar.gz'

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2011-11-26 19:34:01 (159 MB/s) - `lame-3.99.tar.gz' saved [16823/16823]


gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
bash: cd: lame-3.99: No such file or directory
bash: ./configure: No such file or directory
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.
[sudo] password for ****: 

checkinstall 1.6.1, Copyright 2002 Felipe Eduardo Sanchez Diaz Duran
           This software is released under the GNU GPL.


The package documentation directory ./doc-pak does not exist. 
Should I create a default set of package docs?  [y]: y

Preparing package documentation...OK

*** No known documentation files were found. The new package 
*** won't include a documentation directory.

*****************************************
**** Debian package creation selected ***
*****************************************

This package will be built according to these values: 

0 -  Maintainer: [ root@****** ]
1 -  Summary: [ Package created with checkinstall 1.6.1 ]
2 -  Name:    [ lame-ffmpeg ]
3 -  Version: [ 3.99 ]
4 -  Release: [ 1 ]
5 -  License: [ GPL ]
6 -  Group:   [ checkinstall ]
7 -  Architecture: [ i386 ]
8 -  Source location: [ lame_build ]
9 -  Alternate source location: [  ]
10 - Requires: [  ]
11 - Provides: [ lame-ffmpeg ]

Enter a number to change any of them or press ENTER to continue: 

Installing with make...Installing with install...

========================= Installation results ===========================
make: *** No rule to make target `install'.  Stop.

****  Installation failed. Aborting package creation.

Cleaning up...OK

Bye.

****@******:~/lame_build$ cd
****@******:~$ mkdir -p lame_build; cd lame_build; \
> wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/lame/lame/3.99/lame-3.99.tar.gz; \
> tar xzvf lame-3.99.tar.gz; cd lame-3.99; \
> ./configure --enable-nasm --disable-shared; \
> make; sudo checkinstall --pkgname=lame-ffmpeg --pkgversion="3.99" --backup=no \
> --default --deldoc=yes
--2011-11-26 20:55:41--  http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/lame/lame/3.99/lame-3.99.tar.gz
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Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
Location: http://sourceforge.net/projects/lame/files/lame/3.99/lame-3.99.tar.gz/download?use_mirror=heanet [following]
--2011-11-26 20:55:42--  http://sourceforge.net/projects/lame/files/lame/3.99/lame-3.99.tar.gz/download?use_mirror=heanet
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gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
bash: cd: lame-3.99: No such file or directory
bash: ./configure: No such file or directory
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.
[sudo] password for ****: 

checkinstall 1.6.1, Copyright 2002 Felipe Eduardo Sanchez Diaz Duran
           This software is released under the GNU GPL.


The package documentation directory ./doc-pak does not exist. 
Should I create a default set of package docs?  [y]: y

Preparing package documentation...OK

*** No known documentation files were found. The new package 
*** won't include a documentation directory.

*****************************************
**** Debian package creation selected ***
*****************************************

This package will be built according to these values: 

0 -  Maintainer: [ root@****** ]
1 -  Summary: [ Package created with checkinstall 1.6.1 ]
2 -  Name:    [ lame-ffmpeg ]
3 -  Version: [ 3.99 ]
4 -  Release: [ 1 ]
5 -  License: [ GPL ]
6 -  Group:   [ checkinstall ]
7 -  Architecture: [ i386 ]
8 -  Source location: [ lame_build ]
9 -  Alternate source location: [  ]
10 - Requires: [  ]
11 - Provides: [ lame-ffmpeg ]

Enter a number to change any of them or press ENTER to continue: 

Installing with make...Installing with install...

========================= Installation results ===========================
make: *** No rule to make target `install'.  Stop.

***  Installation failed. Aborting package creation.

Cleaning up...OK

Bye.

[mc4man]

Then maybe just open the folder with lame-3.99.tar.gz, r. click on > extract here & then proceed from at the lame-3.99 prompt

./configure --enable-nasm --disable-shared; \
make; sudo checkinstall --pkgname=lame-ffmpeg --pkgversion="3.99" --backup=no \
--default --deldoc=yes

Or try changing the tar command posted above or from step 5 to
tar xvf lame-3.99.tar.gz

[Jerriy]

I can't seem to be able to extract "lame-3.99.tar.gz" in any folder or even desktop

[qyot27]

The problem is that the lame tarball isn't being downloaded at all. The size isn't right, which confirms this (the tarball isn't 16KB, but an HTML error page certainly is - hence the reason it complains about the file not being in gzip format).

Compare filesizes:
2011-11-26 19:34:01 (159 MB/s) - `lame-3.99.tar.gz' saved [16823/16823]

And then me, having downloaded lame-3.99.tar.gz from the provided link above:
2011-11-26 16:57:07 (466 KB/s) - `lame-3.99.tar.gz' saved [1441166/1441166]

The difference is that mine correctly downloaded, and hence really is a tarball, and it extracts fine. Check the proxy settings you're using, or just bypass the problem entirely and download the tarball through your web browser.

[Jerriy]

qyot27, yes that's the case. So I went directly to the sourceforge via my browser and downloaded it and it worked!....

Then I went thru the instructions until step 7 and then (you guessed it!) the next mysterious problem showed up that I'm at a loss to solve:

****@******:~/libvpx$ cd
****@******:~$ git clone --depth 1 git://source.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg
fatal: destination path 'ffmpeg' already exists and is not an empty directory.
****@******:~$ cd ffmpeg
****@******:~/ffmpeg$ ./configure --enable-gpl --enable-libfaac --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb \
>     --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx \
>     --enable-libx264 --enable-nonfree --enable-postproc --enable-version3 --enable-x11grab
ERROR: libvpx decoder version must be >=0.9.1

If you think configure made a mistake, make sure you are using the latest
version from Git.  If the latest version fails, report the problem to the
ffmpeg-user@ffmpeg.org mailing list or IRC #ffmpeg on irc.freenode.net.
Include the log file "config.log" produced by configure as this will help
solving the problem.
****@******:~/ffmpeg$ make
Makefile:2: config.mak: No such file or directory
Makefile:45: /common.mak: No such file or directory
Makefile:82: /libavutil/Makefile: No such file or directory
Makefile:148: /doc/Makefile: No such file or directory
Makefile:149: /tests/Makefile: No such file or directory
make: *** No rule to make target `/tests/Makefile'.  Stop.
****@******:~/ffmpeg$ sudo checkinstall --pkgname=ffmpeg --pkgversion="5:$(./version.sh)" --backup=no \
>     --deldoc=yes --default

checkinstall 1.6.1, Copyright 2002 Felipe Eduardo Sanchez Diaz Duran
           This software is released under the GNU GPL.



*****************************************
**** Debian package creation selected ***
*****************************************

This package will be built according to these values: 

0 -  Maintainer: [ root@****** ]
1 -  Summary: [ Package created with checkinstall 1.6.1 ]
2 -  Name:    [ ffmpeg ]
3 -  Version: [ 5:N-31031-g022f8d2 ]
4 -  Release: [ 1 ]
5 -  License: [ GPL ]
6 -  Group:   [ checkinstall ]
7 -  Architecture: [ i386 ]
8 -  Source location: [ ffmpeg ]
9 -  Alternate source location: [  ]
10 - Requires: [  ]
11 - Provides: [ ffmpeg ]

Enter a number to change any of them or press ENTER to continue: 

Installing with make...Installing with install...

========================= Installation results ===========================
Makefile:2: config.mak: No such file or directory
Makefile:45: /common.mak: No such file or directory
Makefile:82: /libavutil/Makefile: No such file or directory
Makefile:148: /doc/Makefile: No such file or directory
Makefile:149: /tests/Makefile: No such file or directory
make: *** No rule to make target `/tests/Makefile'.  Stop.

****  Installation failed. Aborting package creation.

Cleaning up...OK

Bye.

[qyot27]

ERROR: libvpx decoder version must be >=0.9.1

Did Step 6 complete successfully? That should have taken care of the issue of making sure libvpx was at or above version 0.9.1. Otherwise, I'd think it a problem with a repository version of libvpx-dev (or whatever the exact package name is) not being new enough.

The solution would likely be to 'completely remove' (sudo apt-get purge if using the Terminal) the libvpx packages and then do Step 6 again.