edit /etc/apt/sources.list and add the following lines:Ģ. 2 install dependencies needed for compilingġ.Others like Debian users will probably not use sudo but will become root before running them.Īll commands in bold are run in a terminal.Īny commands NOT preceeded by 'sudo' are NOT run as the root user ! double check your PATH and library paths are correct.Ĭommands preceeded by 'sudo' need root privileges: the sudo is added for the benefit of Ubuntu users. download the latest source code using subversion (svn)Ĥ. install the dependancies needed for compiling.Ģ. Someone who uses Ubuntu please contribute any help here, but please keep to the topic which is installing *svn* ffmpeg.ġ. Note: Ubuntu users may find this howto outdated - for example libfaad-dev is no longer a package name. Debian sid/unstable users can change the 'etch' in the sources.list line to 'sid'. It has only been tested on ubuntu feisty and debian etch, but the principles will apply on any such debian based distro. It may be particularly useful to those who have discovered an ffmpeg whose vhook's are broken and who can not use -quick-menu in the todisc/todiscgui program. This short howto shows how to compile the latest ffmpeg from source on debian based distros such as ubuntu and of course. HOWTO: Install and use the latest FFmpeg for Ubuntu users: Debian users will find it extremely useful as well. This howto is no longer being maintained.

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