FFmpeg is a popular multimedia framework that can be used to record, transform, and convert digital audio and video into streaming open-source computer programs. Use LGPL or GPL license. It provides a complete solution for recording, converting, and streaming audio and video. It contains a very advanced audio/video codec library Libavcodec, in order to ensure high portability and codec quality, Libavcodec Many codec are developed from scratch.
It is also worth mentioning that FFmpeg transform multimedia files provide ffmpeg tools, ffserver streaming tools, based on SDL and ffmpeg libraries and Ffprobe Multimedia Stream Analyzer Ffplay media players.
The latest version is FFmpeg 2.6.3 "Grothendieck", the library has been updated, including the following versions: Libavutil 54, 20.100,56.26.100 Libavcodec,libavformat 56.25.101,libavdevice 56.4.100,libavfilter 5.11.102,libavresample 2.1.0,3.1.101 libswscale,libswresample 1.1.100 and Libpostproc 53.3.100.
Installation Instructions:
This article will teach you how to install the latest version of FFmpeg on Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, via a library or PPA, depending on the system you are using.
in Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04(Derivative systems include: Linux Mint 17.1,linux Mint 17,pinguy OS 14.04,elementary os 0.3,deepin 2014,peppermint Five 14.04,linux 2 Install the latest version of the FFmpeg, install the command:
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
Uninstall command:
sudo apt-get remove ffmpeg
sudo rm/opt/ffmpeg/bin/ffmpeg/usr/bin/ffmpeg
Debian 8.0 Jessie installation command:
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
Uninstall command:
sudo apt-get remove ffmpeg
sudo rm/opt/ffmpeg/bin/ffmpeg/usr/bin/ffmpeg
Fedora 22 installation command:
sudo yum install http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-22.noarch.rpm
sudo yum update
sudo yum install FFmpeg
Download command:
sudo yum remove ffmpeg
Fedora 21 installation Command:
sudo yum install http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-21.noarch.rpm
sudo yum update
sudo yum install FFmpeg
Uninstall command:
sudo yum remove ffmpeg