My solution to the checkinstall of ffmpeg in Spanish was:

Code:
cd
git clone git://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg/
cd ffmpeg
git clone git://git.ffmpeg.org/libswscale/
./configure --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-nonfree --enable-postproc --enable-pthreads --enable-libfaac --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libxvid --enable-x11grab
make
sudo checkinstall --pkgname=ffmpeg --pkgversion="`date +%Y%m%d%H%M`-git" --backup=no --default
hash x264 ffmpeg ffplay
I prefer git to SVN ;D

p.d: and update:

Code:
cd ~/ffmpeg
make distclean
git pull