FFmpeg is a popular multimedia framework, that enables the users to easily ncode, transcode, mux, demux, stream, filter and play audio and video content.
Also worth mentioning, FFmpeg provides the ffmpeg tool for converting multimedia files, the ffserver streaming tool, the ffplay media player based on SDL and ffmpeg libraries and the ffprobe multimedia stream analyzer.
The latest version available is FFmpeg 2.6.3 “Grothendieck”, which updates all the containing libraries, including the following versions: libavutil 54,20.100, libavcodec 56.26.100, libavformat 56.25.101, libavdevice 56.4.100, libavfilter 5.11.102, libavresample 2.1.0, libswscale 3.1.101, libswresample 1.1.100 and libpostproc 53.3.100.
Installation instructions:
In this article I will show you how to install the latest version of FFmpeg available on the latest Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora systems and their derivative systems, via either a repository or a PPA, depending on the system.
Install the latest FFmpeg version on Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04 and derivative systems (Linux Mint 17.1, Linux Mint 17, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3, Deepin 2014, Peppermint Five, LXLE 14.04 and Linux Lite 2):
$ sudo apt-add-repository ppa:samrog131/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install ffmpeg-real
$ sudo ln -sf /opt/ffmpeg/bin/ffmpeg /usr/bin/ffmpeg
Optional, to remove ffmpeg, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove ffmpeg
$ sudo rm /opt/ffmpeg/bin/ffmpeg /usr/bin/ffmpeg
Install the latest FFmpeg version on Debian 8.0 Jessie:
$ sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org jessie main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list'
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install deb-multimedia-keyring
$ sudo apt-get install ffmpeg
Optional, to remove ffmpeg, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove ffmpeg
$ sudo rm /opt/ffmpeg/bin/ffmpeg /usr/bin/ffmpeg
Install the latest FFmpeg version on Fedora 22:
$ sudo yum install http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-22.noarch.rpm
$ sudo yum update
$ sudo yum install ffmpeg
Optional, to remove ffmpeg, do:
$ sudo yum remove ffmpeg
Install the latest FFmpeg version on Fedora 21:
$ sudo yum install http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-21.noarch.rpm
$ sudo yum update
$ sudo yum install ffmpeg
Optional, to remove ffmpeg, do:
$ sudo yum remove ffmpeg