HOWTO: Install and use the latest FFmpeg and x264

[macey]

Can someone tell me how to compile this install for 64 bit Ubuntu please?

[Bachstelze]

Can someone tell me how to compile this install for 64 bit Ubuntu please?

There should be no difference between a 32- and 64-bit Ubuntu.

[qyot27]

There should be no difference between a 32- and 64-bit Ubuntu.

Indeed, the process is exactly the same. I've done it on 64-bit Intrepid and Karmic, haven't gotten around to even testing out 64-bit Lucid (I don't even know if it'll play nice with that computer since it's got a VIA chipset) but I don't expect there to be a difference there, either.

[Linuxforall]

Installed in Lucid yesterday, works perfect with WinFF.

[n.hinton]

I had upgraded from karmic to lucid and noted lucid had replaced my ffmpeg with the one from the repos. Thought I would update the lazy way with prupert's very good ffmpegup script, all went well with x264 but ffmpeg failed (ffmpegup.log attached), I note the log file says Removing ffmpeg, but it didn't and maybe that was the problem.

I uninstalled ffmpeg with synaptic, deleted my source dirs and started from scratch with FakeOutdoorsman's howto which worked flawlessly.

I haven't tried to update yet though.

[FakeOutdoorsman]

I had upgraded from karmic to lucid and noted lucid had replaced my ffmpeg with the one from the repos. Thought I would update the lazy way with prupert's very good ffmpegup script, all went well with x264 but ffmpeg failed (ffmpegup.log attached), I note the log file says Removing ffmpeg, but it didn't and maybe that was the problem.

I uninstalled ffmpeg with synaptic, deleted my source dirs and started from scratch with FakeOutdoorsman's howto which worked flawlessly.

I haven't tried to update yet though.

Line 252 of the log shows: ERROR: libxvid not found. This error occurred directly after the FFmpeg ./configure command. The configure line probably contains --enable-libxvid but libxvidcore-dev probably wasn't installed.

[sebald]

Thank you, thank you, thank you. The power of ffmpeg is now in my hands. Having heard about it, I dutifully installed the standard package but of course found all its crippled-ness due to licensing concerns. Your build procedure worked flawlessly (at least for the formats I've tried it with so far...)

[FakeOutdoorsman]

Thank you, thank you, thank you. The power of ffmpeg is now in my hands. Having heard about it, I dutifully installed the standard package but of course found all its crippled-ness due to licensing concerns. Your build procedure worked flawlessly (at least for the formats I've tried it with so far...)

You have the power!

[andrew.46]

Hi Fakeoutdoorsman,

I think the privilege of making the 1,000th post in your incredible guide belongs to you . Thanks for introducing me to FFmpeg in the first place!

All the very best,

Andrew

[Linuxforall]

You have the power!

The thanks goes to you and andrew, now for all my LTS Lucid installs, every month I can upgrade to latest FFMPEG, x264 and mplayer thanks to both your hard work. So for next three years, I and many others are all set.