HOWTO: Install and use the latest FFmpeg and x264

[Nom du Clavier]

hi. i need to convert avi to Sony PSP, 480x272, h264, high quality if possible

i found this on ffmpeg FAQ and edit it.

however, i cant get it to work. what should be the correct command? thanks.

According to mencoder's docs:

mencoder -ofps 30000/1001 -af lavcresample=24000 -vf harddup -oac lavc \
-ovc lavc -lavcopts aglobal=1:vglobal=1:vcodec=mpeg4:acodec=libfaac \
-of lavf -lavfopts format=psp \
/home/ubuntu/Desktop/Shrek.avi -o /home/ubuntu/Desktop/Shrek.mp4

Also, you don't need to use sudo in front of ffmpeg in the command you gave. It doesn't need to be run as the root user.

[mc4man]

So, finally, here's how to make kosher ffmpeg packages.....

For those that wish to try/use (post #1068. pg. 107), tried a quick run thru and it works quite well.

Though faad should still be removed from debian/confflags

(# there is no libfaad in ubuntu/main, on in ubuntu/multiverse
gpl_confflags += $(call cond_enable,/usr/include/faad.h,libfaad

If using at some point on maverick I'd probably move the line in blue from the libavcodec52.install file to the ffmpeg.install file to avoid an overwrite issue if upgrading to the new packages

usr/lib/{,*/,*/*/}libavcodec.so.*
usr/share/ffmpeg/*.ffpreset

( was fairly straightforward to adapt the .diff used here to produce extra versions instead, but only a very few apps require them and it's probably easier to just edit the control file in the <app>.deb before installing to accept a non extra name

[FakeOutdoorsman]

Do you happen to know how to do this easily on a minimal install without it wanting to pull X in?

Full ffmpeg, no X?

I am currently out of town, but I run FFmpeg X-less occasionally. I'm not able to check dependencies now, so I'm not sure if anything wants to suck in X related junk, but libx11-dev and libxfixes-dev might be worth investigating. These probably aren't needed for a command-line only system anyway.

[FakeOutdoorsman]

Wow, thanks for making what would otherwise have been a formidable task quite easy. I did have install libopencore-amrnb-dev, which isn't listed in your post as a dependency.

This looks like it's listed on the Lucid guide. Not sure of the others. What Ubuntu version are you using?

[qyot27]

hi sorry for incomplete details.

hi. im trying to emulate this settings from Xilisoft. i need to convert avi to psp with high quality settings. i want to try the performance of this pc in windows and linux converting.

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s...reenshot-1.png

...

any help in replicating the xilisoft settings. thanks.

The screenshot doesn't tell us anything about the settings used, outside of bitrate. Take an output .mp4 from Xilisoft and use avinaptic to generate the report of what features the stream uses. There is a Linux version of avinaptic, but since you're using Xilisoft through a VM the Windows version would work too. Post the results and someone can probably translate it into x264 or ffmpeg parameters.

[Nom du Clavier]

hi sorry for incomplete details.
....snip....
any help in replicating the xilisoft settings. thanks.

Right, what qyot27 said. I've been playing with transcoding DVD's using mplayer/mencoder myself, but with a bit more info I'm sure one of us here can replicate the settings to use with either ffmpeg or the mplayer stack.

[dannyboy79]

i just want to follow up with my success with FFMPEG and x264 encoding. I am still using a static build of FFMPEG because i don't fully understand the whole sharing of libraries and i don't believe i even need it with the apps i currently use. i can now encode with x264 and aac in kdenlive. i used the google code bash script to install (and 2nd script to upgrade occasionally) svn ffmpeg and x264 from git. the code is here and all credit goes to r.plumridge
http://code.google.com/p/x264-ffmpeg-up-to-date/
I use the following versions of software on my Lucid Lynx setup
Qt: 4.6.2
KDE Development Platform: 4.4.2 (KDE 4.4.2)
Kdenlive: 0.7.7.1
MLT (melt) = 0.5.6
FFmpeg version SVN-r24084, Copyright (c) 2000-2010 the FFmpeg developers
built on Jul 7 2010 09:19:01 with gcc 4.4.3
configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-nonfree --enable-postproc --enable-pthreads --enable-libfaac --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libtheora --enable-libx264 --enable-libxvid --enable-x11grab
libavutil 50.20. 0 / 50.20. 0
libavcodec 52.79. 1 / 52.79. 1
libavformat 52.73. 0 / 52.73. 0
libavdevice 52. 2. 0 / 52. 2. 0
libavfilter 1.20. 1 / 1.20. 1
libswscale 0.11. 0 / 0.11. 0
libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
FFmpeg SVN-r24084
libavutil 50.20. 0 / 50.20. 0
libavcodec 52.79. 1 / 52.79. 1
libavformat 52.73. 0 / 52.73. 0
libavdevice 52. 2. 0 / 52. 2. 0
libavfilter 1.20. 1 / 1.20. 1
libswscale 0.11. 0 / 0.11. 0
libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0

libx264 = not sure how to see what version but it's from git

I can export very nice x264 (8000k bit rate) aac (audio 128kb, 48000) mp4 (container) files from kdenlive. there's one here and it's not bad for standard definition. I am going to try to not scale it down to 640x480 and just try 720x480 and see if i don't get better quality.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld4vSLkeTbo

[Syed_karim]

Hi.,

I installed FFMPEG in Ubuntu 10.04LTS 32bit as per your instruction on this thread. I think installation is okay.,

karim@desktop:~$ ls -l /usr/local/include/
total 76
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-07-14 15:37 libavcodec
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-07-14 15:37 libavdevice
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-07-14 15:37 libavfilter
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-07-14 15:37 libavformat
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-07-14 15:37 libavutil
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-07-14 15:37 libpostproc
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-07-14 15:37 libswscale
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-07-07 15:47 libusb-1.0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-07-08 11:45 SDL
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-07-14 15:24 vpx
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 36460 2010-07-14 15:22 x264.h

karim@desktop:~$ ls -l /usr/local/lib/
total 46216
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 29157798 2010-07-14 15:36 libavcodec.a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 481196 2010-07-14 15:36 libavdevice.a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 353020 2010-07-14 15:36 libavfilter.a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8756786 2010-07-14 15:36 libavformat.a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 285456 2010-07-14 15:36 libavutil.a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 79428 2010-07-14 15:36 libpostproc.a
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 2010-07-08 11:45 libSDL-1.2.so.0 -> libSDL-1.2.so.0.11.3
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2098338 2010-07-08 11:45 libSDL-1.2.so.0.11.3
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3313590 2010-07-08 11:45 libSDL.a
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 986 2010-07-08 11:45 libSDL.la
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3330 2010-07-08 11:45 libSDLmain.a
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 2010-07-08 11:45 libSDL.so -> libSDL-1.2.so.0.11.3
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 595136 2010-07-14 15:36 libswscale.a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 201874 2010-07-07 15:47 libusb-1.0.a
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 955 2010-07-07 15:47 libusb-1.0.la
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2010-07-07 15:47 libusb-1.0.so -> libusb-1.0.so.0.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2010-07-07 15:47 libusb-1.0.so.0 -> libusb-1.0.so.0.0.0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 156673 2010-07-07 15:47 libusb-1.0.so.0.0.0
-rw-r--r-- 1 karim karim 765920 2010-07-14 15:23 libvpx.a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1035970 2010-07-14 15:22 libx264.a

Thanks for your effort. But when I tried to compile some samples http://dranger.com/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.html based on ffmpeg libraries, I'm getting linking error. Even I linked the proper libraries in the gcc.

I knew that those samples are little bit outdated. so I did some changes in his samples like
#include <libavcodec/avcodec.h>
#include <libavformat/avformat.h>
#include <libavutil/avutil.h>

#include <SDL/SDL.h>
#include <SDL/SDL_thread.h> ... etc.

In his sample program he mentioned that how to compile his samples? And some changes in FFMPEG. I followed his instruction., but I'm getting some linking error:

/usr/local/lib/libavformat.a(concat.o): In function `concat_open':
/home/karim/ffmpeg/libavformat/concat.c:67: undefined reference to `av_strstart'
/home/karim/ffmpeg/libavformat/concat.c:99: undefined reference to `av_strlcpy'
/usr/local/lib/libavformat.a(rl2.o): In function `rl2_read_seek':
/home/karim/ffmpeg/libavformat/rl2.c:277: undefined reference to `av_rescale_q'
/usr/local/lib/libavcodec.a(alsdec.o): In function `revert_channel_correlation':
/home/karim/ffmpeg/libavcodec/alsdec.c:1205: undefined reference to `av_log'
/usr/local/lib/libavcodec.a(alsdec.o): In function `read_var_block_data':
/home/karim/ffmpeg/libavcodec/alsdec.c:628: undefined reference to `av_log'
/usr/local/lib/libavcodec.a(alsdec.o): In function `decode_blocks':
/home/karim/ffmpeg/libavcodec/alsdec.c:1111: undefined reference to `av_log'
/usr/local/lib/libavcodec.a(alsdec.o): In function `read_channel_data':
/home/karim/ffmpeg/libavcodec/alsdec.c:1148: undefined reference to `av_log'
/usr/local/lib/libavcodec.a(alsdec.o): In function `read_frame_data':
/home/karim/ffmpeg/libavcodec/alsdec.c:1329: undefined reference to `av_log'
/usr/local/lib/libavcodec.a(alsdec.o):/home/karim/ffmpeg/libavcodec/alsdec.c:1173: more undefined references to `av_log' foll

That message is so big.., so I just pasted few lines. Even I tried

export LD_INCLUDE_PATH=/usr/local/include:$LD_INCLUDE_PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

in .bashrc file, still I'm getting those errors. Do you have any idea about this?

Thanks...

[Syed_karim]

Hi.,

I installed FFMPEG in Ubuntu 10.04LTS 32bit as per your instruction on this thread. I think installation is okay.,

karim@desktop:~$ ls -l /usr/local/include/
total 76
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-07-14 15:37 libavcodec
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-07-14 15:37 libavdevice
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-07-14 15:37 libavfilter
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-07-14 15:37 libavformat
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-07-14 15:37 libavutil
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-07-14 15:37 libpostproc
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-07-14 15:37 libswscale
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-07-07 15:47 libusb-1.0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-07-08 11:45 SDL
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-07-14 15:24 vpx
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 36460 2010-07-14 15:22 x264.h

karim@desktop:~$ ls -l /usr/local/lib/
total 46216
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 29157798 2010-07-14 15:36 libavcodec.a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 481196 2010-07-14 15:36 libavdevice.a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 353020 2010-07-14 15:36 libavfilter.a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8756786 2010-07-14 15:36 libavformat.a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 285456 2010-07-14 15:36 libavutil.a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 79428 2010-07-14 15:36 libpostproc.a
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 2010-07-08 11:45 libSDL-1.2.so.0 -> libSDL-1.2.so.0.11.3
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2098338 2010-07-08 11:45 libSDL-1.2.so.0.11.3
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3313590 2010-07-08 11:45 libSDL.a
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 986 2010-07-08 11:45 libSDL.la
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3330 2010-07-08 11:45 libSDLmain.a
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 2010-07-08 11:45 libSDL.so -> libSDL-1.2.so.0.11.3
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 595136 2010-07-14 15:36 libswscale.a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 201874 2010-07-07 15:47 libusb-1.0.a
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 955 2010-07-07 15:47 libusb-1.0.la
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2010-07-07 15:47 libusb-1.0.so -> libusb-1.0.so.0.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2010-07-07 15:47 libusb-1.0.so.0 -> libusb-1.0.so.0.0.0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 156673 2010-07-07 15:47 libusb-1.0.so.0.0.0
-rw-r--r-- 1 karim karim 765920 2010-07-14 15:23 libvpx.a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1035970 2010-07-14 15:22 libx264.a

Thanks for your effort. But when I tried to compile some samples http://dranger.com/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.html based on ffmpeg libraries, I'm getting linking error. Even I linked the proper libraries in the gcc.

I knew that those samples are little bit outdated. so I did some changes in his samples like
#include <libavcodec/avcodec.h>
#include <libavformat/avformat.h>
#include <libavutil/avutil.h>

#include <SDL/SDL.h>
#include <SDL/SDL_thread.h> ... etc.

In his sample program he mentioned that how to compile his samples? And some changes in FFMPEG. I followed his instruction., but I'm getting some linking error:

/usr/local/lib/libavformat.a(concat.o): In function `concat_open':
/home/karim/ffmpeg/libavformat/concat.c:67: undefined reference to `av_strstart'
/home/karim/ffmpeg/libavformat/concat.c:99: undefined reference to `av_strlcpy'
/usr/local/lib/libavformat.a(rl2.o): In function `rl2_read_seek':
/home/karim/ffmpeg/libavformat/rl2.c:277: undefined reference to `av_rescale_q'
/usr/local/lib/libavcodec.a(alsdec.o): In function `revert_channel_correlation':
/home/karim/ffmpeg/libavcodec/alsdec.c:1205: undefined reference to `av_log'
/usr/local/lib/libavcodec.a(alsdec.o): In function `read_var_block_data':
/home/karim/ffmpeg/libavcodec/alsdec.c:628: undefined reference to `av_log'
/usr/local/lib/libavcodec.a(alsdec.o): In function `decode_blocks':
/home/karim/ffmpeg/libavcodec/alsdec.c:1111: undefined reference to `av_log'
/usr/local/lib/libavcodec.a(alsdec.o): In function `read_channel_data':
/home/karim/ffmpeg/libavcodec/alsdec.c:1148: undefined reference to `av_log'
/usr/local/lib/libavcodec.a(alsdec.o): In function `read_frame_data':
/home/karim/ffmpeg/libavcodec/alsdec.c:1329: undefined reference to `av_log'
/usr/local/lib/libavcodec.a(alsdec.o):/home/karim/ffmpeg/libavcodec/alsdec.c:1173: more undefined references to `av_log' foll

That message is so big.., so I just pasted few lines. Even I tried

export LD_INCLUDE_PATH=/usr/local/include:$LD_INCLUDE_PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

in .bashrc file, still I'm getting those errors. Do you have any idea about this?

Thanks...

Thanks.., I fixed this problem by myself... Actually this is library ordering problem...

[prupert]

Thanks.., I fixed this problem by myself... Actually this is library ordering problem...

To help others in future, since your post was too complicated for me - can you write down a step by step of how you fixed this problem?