#!/bin/bash # Bash script to install latest version of ffmpeg and its dependencies on Ubuntu 12.04 or 14.04 # Inspired from https://gist.github.com/faleev/3435377 # Remove any existing packages: sudo apt-get -y remove ffmpeg x264 libav-tools libvpx-dev libx264-dev # Get the dependencies (Ubuntu Server or headless users): sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get -y install build-essential checkinstall git libfaac-dev libgpac-dev \ libmp3lame-dev libopencore-amrnb-dev libopencore-amrwb-dev librtmp-dev libtheora-dev \ libvorbis-dev pkg-config texi2html yasm zlib1g-dev # Install x264 sudo apt-get -y install libx264-dev cd git clone --depth 1 git://git.videolan.org/x264 cd x264 ./configure --enable-static make sudo checkinstall --pkgname=x264 --pkgversion="3:$(./version.sh | \ awk -F'[" ]' '/POINT/{print $4"+git"$5}')" --backup=no --deldoc=yes \ --fstrans=no --default # Install AAC audio decoder cd wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/opencore-amr/fdk-aac-0.1.0.tar.gz tar xzvf fdk-aac-0.1.0.tar.gz cd fdk-aac-0.1.0 ./configure make sudo checkinstall --pkgname=fdk-aac --pkgversion="0.1.0" --backup=no \ --deldoc=yes --fstrans=no --default # Install VP8 video encoder and decoder. cd git clone --depth 1 https://chromium.googlesource.com/webm/libvpx cd libvpx ./configure make sudo checkinstall --pkgname=libvpx --pkgversion="1:$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M)-git" --backup=no \ --deldoc=yes --fstrans=no --default # Add lavf support to x264 # This allows x264 to accept just about any input that FFmpeg can handle and is useful if you want to use x264 directly. See a more detailed explanation of what this means. cd ~/x264 make distclean ./configure --enable-static make sudo checkinstall --pkgname=x264 --pkgversion="3:$(./version.sh | \ awk -F'[" ]' '/POINT/{print $4"+git"$5}')" --backup=no --deldoc=yes \ --fstrans=no --default # Installing FFmpeg cd git clone --depth 1 git://source.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg cd ffmpeg export TMPDIR=~/tmp-ffmpeg mkdir $TMPDIR ./configure --enable-gpl --enable-libfaac --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb \ --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-librtmp --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis \ --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-nonfree --enable-version3 make sudo checkinstall --pkgname=ffmpeg --pkgversion="5:$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M)-git" --backup=no \ --deldoc=yes --fstrans=no --default hash x264 ffmpeg ffplay ffprobe # Optional: install qt-faststart # This is a useful tool if you're showing your H.264 in MP4 videos on the web. It relocates some data in the video to allow playback to begin before the file is completely downloaded. Usage: qt-faststart input.mp4 output.mp4. cd ~/ffmpeg make tools/qt-faststart sudo checkinstall --pkgname=qt-faststart --pkgversion="$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M)-git" --backup=no \ --deldoc=yes --fstrans=no --default install -Dm755 tools/qt-faststart \ /usr/local/bin/qt-faststart