HOWTO: Install and use the latest FFmpeg and x264

[Henrikx]

64 encoding should work once libavcodec-unstripped-52

NO.
No need for unstripped.

x264 --help
x264 core:78 r1318 fe83a90

ffmpeg
FFmpeg version SVN-r20419, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
built on Oct 30 2009 13:43:05 with gcc 4.4.1
configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-libdirac --enable-libschroedinger --enable-nonfree --enable-postproc --enable-pthreads --enable-libfaac --enable-libfaad --enable-libmp3lame --enable-avfilter --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libx264 --enable-libxvid --enable-x11grab --enable-libdc1394 --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libspeex


Works all fine, without unstripped !!!

[Jumbs]

Installed from source, and now at least it encodes.

But i get the dreaded "Public atom failure"when trying to put them in iTunes...

Oh well, thanks for the help, I'll have to figure out a new approach

[FakeOutdoorsman]

Installed from source, and now at least it encodes.

But i get the dreaded "Public atom failure"when trying to put them in iTunes...

Oh well, thanks for the help, I'll have to figure out a new approach

What is your FFmpeg command and complete FFmpeg output? I don't have iTunes so I can't test this, but you may be able to fix this error with qt-faststart (part of FFmpeg):

qt-faststart input.mp4 output.mp4

or MP4Box (part of the gpac package from the repository):

MP4Box -add input.mp4 output.mp4

[FakeOutdoorsman]

NO.
No need for unstripped.

x264 --help
x264 core:78 r1318 fe83a90

ffmpeg
FFmpeg version SVN-r20419, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
built on Oct 30 2009 13:43:05 with gcc 4.4.1
configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-libdirac --enable-libschroedinger --enable-nonfree --enable-postproc --enable-pthreads --enable-libfaac --enable-libfaad --enable-libmp3lame --enable-avfilter --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libx264 --enable-libxvid --enable-x11grab --enable-libdc1394 --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libspeex


Works all fine, without unstripped !!!

Yes, that is correct that FFmpeg that you compile youself from SVN doesn't need the unstripped libraries, but I believe the FFmpeg in question by the previous poster was the version from the repository which does require libavcodec-unstripped-5* to use restricted encoders.

[Jumbs]

What is your FFmpeg command and complete FFmpeg output? I don't have iTunes so I can't test this, but you may be able to fix this error with qt-faststart (part of FFmpeg):

qt-faststart input.mp4 output.mp4

or MP4Box (part of the gpac package from the repository):

MP4Box -add input.mp4 output.mp4

Oh my, if that works, i don't know if i will be happy, or sad about all the stress that has caused me over the years.
I have constantly been changing encoding tool due to it, and eventual wrote my own script to try to avoid it.

I'll try it if and when i get a broken one and report back

[BadSeqtor]

Hi, I get a problem when installing the pre-requsites;

libfaad-dev: Beroende av: libfaad0 (= 2.6.1-3.1) men 2.7.0~ppa1~karmic3 kommer att installeras
libsdl1.2-dev: Beroende av: libglu1-mesa-dev men det kommer inte att installeras

Beroende av = dependent of (swedish)
I.e. it sais that libfaad-dev is dependet on libfaad0 2.6.1-3.1, but 2.7.0~ppa1~karmic3 will be installed.

All third party repos have been deactivated.
Any ideas as to what the problem could be?

A have tried resolving my problems with third party repo (FreshMedia), it gives me AAC encoding in ffmpeg, but breaks Mencoder - that's why I'm looking to go with official Mencoder and compile ffmpeg by my self.

This is on a 9.10 system, upgraded from 9.04 where this all worked.

[FakeOutdoorsman]

Hi, I get a problem when installing the pre-requsites;
Beroende av = dependent of (swedish)
I.e. it sais that libfaad-dev is dependet on libfaad0 2.6.1-3.1, but 2.7.0~ppa1~karmic3 will be installed.

All third party repos have been deactivated.
Any ideas as to what the problem could be?

A have tried resolving my problems with third party repo (FreshMedia), it gives me AAC encoding in ffmpeg, but breaks Mencoder - that's why I'm looking to go with official Mencoder and compile ffmpeg by my self.

This is on a 9.10 system, upgraded from 9.04 where this all worked.

You probably still have a third-party repo active and it is interfering with your installation. Show the output of your sources.list:

less /etc/apt/sources.list

Also show anything in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/.

[BadSeqtor]

You probably still have a third-party repo active and it is interfering with your installation. Show the output of your sources.list:

less /etc/apt/sources.list

Also show anything in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/.

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic main restricted multiverse
deb-src http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic restricted main universe #Added by software-properties

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates main restricted multiverse
deb-src http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates restricted main universe #Added by software-properties

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic universe
deb http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu 
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to 
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in 
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu karmic partner
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security main restricted multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security restricted main universe #Added by software-properties
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic universe
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic universe #Added by software-properties
# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/xorg-edgers/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/xorg-edgers/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
# deb http://repository.cairo-dock.org/ubuntu karmic cairo-dock #Cairo-dock
# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/jaunty-ppa/ubuntu karmic main #XBMC
# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/jaunty-ppa/ubuntu karmic main #XBMC
# deb http://le-web.org/repository stable main #BackInTime
# deb http://debian.scribus.net/debian/ karmic main non-free #Scribus
# ConvertIT
# deb http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/pculture.org/miro/linux/repositories/ubuntu jaunty/ #Miro
# deb http://getswiftfox.com/builds/debian unstable non-free #Swiftfox
# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/gstreamer-developers/ppa/ubuntu karmic main #GStreamer
# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/gstreamer-developers/ppa/ubuntu karmic main #GStreamer
# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/jonabeck/ppa/ubuntu karmic main #iFuse iPhone mount
# deb http://navit.latouche.info/ubuntu karmic main #Navit
# deb http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org karmic main #TOR Project
# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/freshmedia/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/freshmedia/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
deb http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic main multiverse #Multiverse 

akirad.list
akirad.list.save
medibuntu.list
medibuntu.list.distUpgrade
medibuntu.list.save
opera.list
opera.list.distUpgrade
opera.list.save 

Thanks for taking time!

[FakeOutdoorsman]

I believe the FreshMedia repository is still activate, although it is commented out in sources.list. Each time this file is edited you should run:

sudo apt-get update

This will resynchronize the package index files from their sources. Run this and then try downloading the FFmpeg dependencies again.

[BadSeqtor]

I believe the FreshMedia repository is still activate, although it is commented out in sources.list. Each time this file is edited you should run:

sudo apt-get update

This will resynchronize the package index files from their sources. Run this and then try downloading the FFmpeg dependencies again.

I allways do that, did it again just to make sure but still get the same error.