Note: The # indicates that the command should be executed as superuser or root and is only required in this guide for the yum command.
Get the dependencies. These are required for compiling, but you can remove them when you are done if you prefer (except make; it should be installed by default and many things depend on it).
# yum install autoconf automake bzip2 cmake freetype-devel gcc gcc-c++ git libtool make mercurial nasm pkgconfig zlib-devel
In your home directory make a new directory to put all of the source code into:
mkdir ~/ffmpeg_sources
Compilation & Installation
Note: If you do not require certain encoders you may skip the relevant section and then remove the appropriate ./configure option in FFmpeg. For example, if libvorbis is not needed, then skip that section and then remove --enable-libvorbis from the Install FFmpeg section.
Yasm
Yasm is an assembler used by x264 and FFmpeg.
cd ~/ffmpeg_sources git clone --depth 1 git://github.com/yasm/yasm.git cd yasm autoreconf -fiv ./configure --prefix="$HOME/ffmpeg_build" --bindir="$HOME/bin" make make install echo
Note: The echo at the end is just a sacrificial command because some users are forgetting to manually execute the last command when copying and pasting each code block.
libx264
H.264 video encoder. See the H.264 Encoding Guide for more information and usage examples.
Requires ffmpeg to be configured with --enable-gpl --enable-libx264.
cd ~/ffmpeg_sources git clone --depth 1 git://git.videolan.org/x264 cd x264 PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$HOME/ffmpeg_build/lib/pkgconfig" ./configure --prefix="$HOME/ffmpeg_build" --bindir="$HOME/bin" --enable-static make make install echo
libx265
H.265/HEVC video encoder. See the H.265 Encoding Guide for more information and usage examples.
Requires ffmpeg to be configured with --enable-gpl --enable-libx265.
cd ~/ffmpeg_sources hg clone https://bitbucket.org/multicoreware/x265 cd ~/ffmpeg_sources/x265/build/linux cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$HOME/ffmpeg_build" -DENABLE_SHARED:bool=off ../../source make make install echo
libfdk_aac
AAC audio encoder.
Requires ffmpeg to be configured with --enable-libfdk_aac (and --enable-nonfree if you also included --enable-gpl).
cd ~/ffmpeg_sources git clone --depth 1 git://git.code.sf.net/p/opencore-amr/fdk-aac cd fdk-aac autoreconf -fiv ./configure --prefix="$HOME/ffmpeg_build" --disable-shared make make install echo
libmp3lame
MP3 audio encoder.
Requires ffmpeg to be configured with --enable-libmp3lame.
cd ~/ffmpeg_sources curl -L -O http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/lame/lame/3.99/lame-3.99.5.tar.gz tar xzvf lame-3.99.5.tar.gz cd lame-3.99.5 ./configure --prefix="$HOME/ffmpeg_build" --bindir="$HOME/bin" --disable-shared --enable-nasm make make install echo
libopus
Opus audio decoder and encoder.
Requires ffmpeg to be configured with --enable-libopus.
cd ~/ffmpeg_sources git clone http://git.opus-codec.org/opus.git cd opus autoreconf -fiv PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$HOME/ffmpeg_build/lib/pkgconfig" ./configure --prefix="$HOME/ffmpeg_build" --disable-shared make make install echo
libogg
Ogg bitstream library. Required by libtheora and libvorbis.
cd ~/ffmpeg_sources curl -O http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/ogg/libogg-1.3.2.tar.gz tar xzvf libogg-1.3.2.tar.gz cd libogg-1.3.2 ./configure --prefix="$HOME/ffmpeg_build" --disable-shared make make install echo
libvorbis
Vorbis audio encoder. Requires libogg.
Requires ffmpeg to be configured with --enable-libvorbis.
cd ~/ffmpeg_sources curl -O http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/vorbis/libvorbis-1.3.4.tar.gz tar xzvf libvorbis-1.3.4.tar.gz cd libvorbis-1.3.4 ./configure --prefix="$HOME/ffmpeg_build" --with-ogg="$HOME/ffmpeg_build" --disable-shared make make install echo
libvpx
VP8/VP9 video encoder.
Requires ffmpeg to be configured with --enable-libvpx.
cd ~/ffmpeg_sources git clone --depth 1 https://chromium.googlesource.com/webm/libvpx.git cd libvpx ./configure --prefix="$HOME/ffmpeg_build" --disable-examples make make install echo
FFmpeg
cd ~/ffmpeg_sources curl -O http://ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-snapshot.tar.bz2 tar xjvf ffmpeg-snapshot.tar.bz2 cd ffmpeg PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$HOME/ffmpeg_build/lib/pkgconfig" ./configure --prefix="$HOME/ffmpeg_build" --extra-cflags="-I$HOME/ffmpeg_build/include" --extra-ldflags="-L$HOME/ffmpeg_build/lib -ldl" --bindir="$HOME/bin" --pkg-config-flags="--static" --enable-gpl --enable-nonfree --enable-libfdk_aac --enable-libfreetype --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopus --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 make make install hash -r
Compilation is now complete and ffmpeg (also ffprobe, ffserver, lame, and x264) should now be ready to use. The rest of this guide shows how to update or remove FFmpeg.
Tip: Keep the ffmpeg_sources directory and all contents if you intend to update as shown below. Otherwise you can delete this directory.
Updating
Development of FFmpeg is active and an occasional update can give you new features and bug fixes. First, remove the old files and then update the dependencies:
rm -rf ~/ffmpeg_build ~/bin/{ffmpeg,ffprobe,ffserver,lame,vsyasm,x264,x265,yasm,ytasm} # yum install autoconf automake cmake freetype-devel gcc gcc-c++ git libtool make mercurial nasm pkgconfig zlib-devel
Update Yasm
cd ~/ffmpeg_sources/yasm make distclean git pull
Then run ./configure, make, and make install as shown in the Install yasm section.
Update x264
cd ~/ffmpeg_sources/x264 make distclean git pull
Then run ./configure, make, and make install as shown in the Install x264 section.
Update x265
cd ~/ffmpeg_sources/x265 rm -rf ~/ffmpeg_sources/x265/build/linux/* hg update cd ~/ffmpeg_sources/x265/build/linux
Then run cmake, make, and make install as shown in the Install x265 section.
Update libfdk_aac
cd ~/ffmpeg_sources/fdk_aac make distclean git pull
Then run ./configure, make, and make install as shown in the Install libfdk_aac section.
Update libvpx
cd ~/ffmpeg_sources/libvpx make distclean git pull
Then run ./configure, make, and make install as shown in the Install libvpx section.
Update FFmpeg
rm -rf ~/ffmpeg_sources/ffmpeg
Then re-run the Install FFmpeg section.
Reverting changes made by this guide
rm -rf ~/ffmpeg_build ~/ffmpeg_sources ~/bin/{ffmpeg,ffprobe,ffserver,lame,vsyasm,x264,yasm,ytasm} # yum erase autoconf automake bzip2 cmake freetype-devel gcc gcc-c++ git libtool mercurial nasm pkgconfig zlib-devel hash -r
If You Need Help
Feel free to ask your questions at the #ffmpeg IRC channel or the ffmpeg-user mailing list.