HOWTO: Install and use the latest FFmpeg and x264

[dave-buntu]

I tried installing the dependencies and apt displayed this message below.

E: Couldn't find package libjack-jackd2-dev

Did I type it in wrong, or is there anywhere else I can find it?

[FakeOutdoorsman]

The libjack-jackd2-dev package is for Ubuntu Maverick Meerkat 10.10 and newer. Are you following the correct guide for your Ubuntu version?

[noleks]

Hi:I'm running Lucid. On step #7 I get this:

noleks-ub:~/ffmpeg> sudo checkinstall --pkgname=ffmpeg --pkgversion "4:SVN-r`LANG=C svn info | \ grep Revision | awk '{ print $NF }'`" --backup=no --default --deldoc=yes
NF: Undefined variable.

Where is NF defined?
Thanks

[FakeOutdoorsman]

Works for me. It appears that your checkinstall command was copied incorrectly. Did you modify it? You can just copy and paste the command into your terminal and it should work fine.

[noleks]

Yes I've been cutting and pasting directly from the how-to.
Can you just try echo $NF and see what it gives you?
Maybe I need to be using a shell other than tcsh?

[FakeOutdoorsman]

I am unfamiliar with tcsh and these guides were written for bash. Looks like tcsh also chokes on LANG=C too. I can't investigate this very throughly right now, but if you want a quick and dirty solution:

ubuntu:~/ffmpeg> svn info | grep Revision
Revision: 26239
ubuntu:~/ffmpeg> sudo checkinstall --pkgname=ffmpeg --pkgversion "4:SVN-r26239" --backup=no --default --deldoc=yes

[noleks]

Hi:
I've gone back through the whole process and confirmed that by using bash, I have no issues.
Thanks

[Scott O'Nanski]

When I

./configure --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-nonfree --enable-postproc \
>     --enable-libfaac --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb \
>     --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis \
>     --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libxvid --enable-x11grab

I get the following message bounced back;

ERROR: libx264 not found

If you think configure made a mistake, make sure you are using the latest
version from SVN.  If the latest version fails, report the problem to the
ffmpeg-user@mplayerhq.hu 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.

.

Anyone know why this is, or how to circumvent it?

[Pablo_F]

Thanks a lot for this howto. It is the second time I just copy-paste the commands to a terminal as I read the rest of the post while the terminal is throwing "human"-readable lines. (I have followed the lucid version)

[FakeOutdoorsman]

...
I get the following message bounced back;

ERROR: libx264 not found

.
Anyone know why this is, or how to circumvent it?

Are you using Ubuntu Nattty Narwhal 11.04? The guide doesn't work for that yet, and I can confirm that FFmpeg is having trouble finding x264 in that Ubuntu version.

Edit: I forgot to mention that current latest (FFmpeg version SVN-r26269) worked for me on 10.10.

Thanks a lot for this howto. It is the second time I just copy-paste the commands to a terminal as I read the rest of the post while the terminal is throwing "human"-readable lines. (I have followed the lucid version)

Glad it worked for you.