There are currently 5 active ffmpeg release versions 0.7.x up to 0.11.x. This document describes how to install these versions. I’ll leave you with a system ready for you to pick a version you need/want and tell you how to install them. All versions are as complete as possible AND containing nearly all supported codecs.
Add the following to your /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://deb-multimedia.org squeeze main non-free deb-src http://deb-multimedia.org squeeze main non-free deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-backports main
and run the command:
apt-get update
You will get an error about a missing signature, install it and update package list with:
apt-get -y --force-yes install deb-multimedia-keyring; apt-get update
Now install these packages:
apt-get install subversion unzip frei0r-plugins-dev libdc1394-22-dev libfaac-dev \
libmp3lame-dev libx264-dev libdirac-dev libxvidcore4-dev libfreetype6-dev \
libvorbis-dev libgsm1-dev libopencore-amrnb-dev libopencore-amrwb-dev \
libopenjpeg-dev librtmp-dev libschroedinger-dev libspeex-dev libtheora-dev \
libva-dev libvpx-dev libvo-amrwbenc-dev libvo-aacenc-dev libaacplus-dev libbz2-dev \
libgnutls-dev libssl-dev libopenal-dev libv4l-dev libpulse-dev libmodplug-dev \
libass-dev libcdio-dev libcdio-cdda-dev libcdio-paranoia-dev libvdpau-dev \
libxfixes-dev libxext-dev libbluray-dev
Install libutvideo manually with:
cd /usr/src wget http://umezawa.dyndns.info/archive/utvideo/utvideo-11.1.1-src.zip unzip utvideo-11.1.1-src.zip cd utvideo-11.1.1 make make install
Install libxavs manually with:
svn co https://svn.code.sf.net/p/xavs/code/trunk xavs cd xavs ./configure --enable-shared --disable-asm make make install
Download the ffmpeg version you prefer here and unpack it with
tar zxf ffmpeg-0.x.x.tar.gz
Now for the default configure and make stuff, start with the configure string below and add the options according to the chosen version:
All versions:
./configure --enable-gpl --enable-nonfree --enable-postproc --enable-pthreads \
--enable-x11grab --enable-swscale --enable-version3 --enable-shared --disable-yasm \
--enable-filter=movie --enable-frei0r --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libfaac \
--enable-libmp3lame --enable-libx264 --enable-libdirac --enable-libxvid \
--enable-libfreetype --enable-libvorbis --enable-libgsm --enable-libopencore-amrnb \
--enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-librtmp \
--enable-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvpx \
--enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvo-aacenc --enable-libaacplus --enable-libxavs \
--enable-bzlib
If you’re installing version 0.9, 0.10 or 0.11, add:
--enable-openssl --enable-gnutls --enable-openal --enable-libutvideo --enable-libv4l2 \ --enable-libpulse --enable-libmodplug --enable-libass --enable-libcdio --enable-vdpau
If you’re installing version 0.11:
--enable-libbluray
If you’re installing version 0.11, remove:
--enable-libdirac
make make install ldconfig
ffmpeg is now installed.
All done!
This watermark example will put the image “logo.png” in the left top corner of the video (with a 10pixel padding at the top and at left side):
ffmpeg -sameq -i movie.flv -vf "movie=logo .png [logo]; [in][logo] overlay=10:10 [out]" movie.avi
The bookmark to this post has saved me many a times doing installs. Thanks for keeping it up to date. It’s pretty much the ONLY post out there that actually has the install method for installing ffmpeg w/ squeeze with all the libraries needed.
You are welcome! I made it because of the fact that there wasn’t indeed a good page on the net that described an ffmpeg install with all “bells and whistles”. I’m glad you like it. I will keep it up to date of course.
Sorry, did not work for me with ffmpeg 0.11.2. Make gave error:
…
libavcodec/libavcodec.so: undefined reference to `x264_encoder_open_128′
…
As
nm /usr/local/lib/libx264.a |grep x264_encoder_open
says correct
00003450 T x264_encoder_open_128
Now I tried with:
export LD_LIBARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib
according to http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/problem-with-enable-libx264-option-in-ffmpeg-822156/page2.html
But it still fails to compile.
Then I tried againas root:
>make distclean
>export LDFLAGS=”-rpath /usr/local/lib “$LDFLAGS
>./configure ……
and it was unable to determine gcc.
Giving up
~Josef
Don’t just give up like that!
That thread is 2 years old! I’m guessing you have installed (or not cleaned up properly) and older version of libx264. Make sure you have only 1 libx264 installed, as they say in the thread, if it finds multiple, it’ll grab the first one. Sometimes an old / incorrect symlink to the wrong .so can cause these problems. libx264.a might look good, but check the .so.
So double check your libx264 .so files and try again!
Good luck,
Mark
Hi. Im french, so sorry for my bad english.
This tutorial is awesome and it worked perfectly with ffmpeg 0.11.
I just see that yesterday, ffmpeg 1.0 was released. How can I update from 0.11 to 1.0 ?
Another question :
What is utvideo and libxavs for ? Does ffmpeg need this ? Is there any update for this two packages ? And why does not ffmpeg install it automaticaly ?
Thank in advance for keeping this post up to date. I am beginner with debian and it helped me a lot.
Hi David,
Before you install ffmpeg 1.0 you can go to the source directory of the older ffmpeg you currently have installed and type “make uninstall”. All older ffmpeg binaries etc will be removed from your system and you can install ffmpeg 1.0.
Mark
Thanks very much! I was searching 2 hours for install ffmpeg on Debian with libx264 and this is the only tutorial that works!
You’re welcome! The how-to is a bit old, but it still works fine (Trying to find time to keep it up-to-date). Glad to hear it’s still working! The reason I made this was that I have searched high and low on the net for a plain and simple way to setup ffmpeg without to much hassle.
Mark
Hi,
I’m trying to get this to work on Debian Wheezy but I get the following error and than nothing of the packages is installed.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libxvidcore4-dev : Depends: libxvidcore4 (= 2:1.2.2-0.1) but 2:1.3.2-9 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
I’ve tried -f, –force didn’t made a difference
There’s a naming issue within both repositories.
A: libxvidcore4-dev and libxvidcore4 (2:1.2.2-0.1) are in deb-multimedia.org repo.
B: libxvidcore-dev and libxvidcore4 (2:1.3.2-9) are in packages.debian.org repo.
The it wants to install one packages from repo A and the other from repo B. You can force downloading from a certain repo with the -t option for apt-get. Like so: apt-get install -t deb-multimedia libxvidcore4-dev libxvidcore4
So I’ve been trying to install ffmpeg and handbrake-cli and I found your guide. When I try to install:
OMVNas:/$ sudo apt-get install subversion unzip frei0r-plugins-dev libdc1394-22-dev libfaac-dev libmp3lame-dev libx264-dev libdirac-dev libxvidcore4-dev libfreetype6-dev libvorbis-dev libgsm1-dev libopencore-amrnb-dev libopencore-amrwb-dev libopenjpeg-dev librtmp-dev libschroedinger-dev libspeex-dev libtheora-dev libva-dev libvpx-dev libvo-amrwbenc-dev libvo-aacenc-dev libaacplus-dev libbz2-dev libgnutls-dev libssl-dev libopenal-dev libv4l-dev libpulse-dev libmodplug-dev libass-dev libcdio-dev libcdio-cdda-dev libcdio-paranoia-dev libvdpau-dev libxfixes-dev libxext-dev libbluray-dev
It starts to install:
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
subversion is already the newest version.
unzip is already the newest version.
But then I get the same errors that I’ve been getting for hours now…
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libaacplus-dev : Depends: libaacplus2 (= 2.0.2-dmo1) but it is not going to be installed
libfaac-dev : Depends: libfaac0 (= 1:1.28-dmo3) but 1.28-0.3 is to be installed
libmp3lame-dev : Depends: libmp3lame0 (= 1:3.99.5-dmo2) but 3.98.4-0.0 is to be installed
libx264-dev : Depends: libx264-135 (= 3:0.135.2345+gitf0c1c53-dmo1) but it is not going to be installed
libxvidcore4-dev : Depends: libxvidcore4 (= 2:1.2.2-0.1) but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages
Hey!
I guess dmo removed the dependencies or something because normally, the dependency would install the (f.e. libaacplus2) package as well.
Just add the missing packages to the install command. Copy paste mine from the post, then add “libaacplus2 libfaac0 … etc”
That should do the trick.
XAVS repository has moved.
svn: Dépôt definitivement déplacé en ‘https://svn.code.sf.net/p/xavs/code/trunk’ ; merci de relocaliser
Install libxavs manually with:
svn co https://svn.code.sf.net/p/xavs/code/trunk xavs
cd xavs
./configure –enable-shared –disable-asm
make
make install
Many thanks for your help !
Thanks Hubert, I’ve changed the svn url