前面的文章（http://blog.csdn.net/ericbar/article/details/69937295）已經幫助我們搭建好了編譯FFmpeg的環境，接下來，便可以來認識一下FFmpeg的廬山真面目了。
下載FFmpeg源碼
首先登陸FFmpeg的官方網站https://ffmpeg.org/，打開下載地址：https://ffmpeg.org/download.html#get-sources，在頁面的“Releases”段落裏，可以看到多個版本的FFmpeg源代碼。筆者當前的最新Releases版本是 3.2.4 ，代號”Hypatia”（百度了一下，希帕蒂婭出生在埃及，是古希臘著名數學家，天文學家，哲學家。人稱世界上第一位女數學家，這位聰慧的女性以她的才華和貢獻躋身於古代世界最優秀的學者之列，而她慘死在野蠻的教徒手下實爲一千古悲劇）。
下面是此版本的發佈日期以及它從主分支版本分離出來的日期：
FFmpeg 3.2.4 was released on 2017-02-10. It is the latest stable FFmpeg release from the 3.2.4 release branch, which was cut from master on 2016-10-26.
下面是FFmpeg各庫的子版本號：
libavutil 55. 34.100
libavcodec 57. 64.101
libavformat 57. 56.100
libavdevice 57. 1.100
libavfilter 6. 65.100
libavresample 3. 1. 0
libswscale 4. 2.100
libswresample 2. 3.100
libpostproc 54. 1.100選擇xz擴展名的tarball 包ffmpeg-3.2.4.tar.xz下載，將下載完畢的包放到Ubuntu虛擬機的/home/ffmpeg/work目錄下。
編譯FFmpeg
首先通過命令行（Terminal程序）解壓縮FFmpeg的源代碼，並進入ffmpeg-3.2.4目錄。
tar xvf ffmpeg-3.2.4.tar.xz
cd ffmpeg-3.2.4編譯前要配置FFmpeg，可以通過如下命令看一下有哪些配置選項，
./configure --help可配置選項十分豐富，可見FFmpeg功能之強大，
ffmpeg@ubuntu:~/work/ffmpeg-3.2.4$ ./configure --help
Usage: configure [options]
Options: [defaults in brackets after descriptions]
Help options:
--help print this message
--list-decoders show all available decoders
--list-encoders show all available encoders
--list-hwaccels show all available hardware accelerators
--list-demuxers show all available demuxers
--list-muxers show all available muxers
--list-parsers show all available parsers
--list-protocols show all available protocols
--list-bsfs show all available bitstream filters
--list-indevs show all available input devices
--list-outdevs show all available output devices
--list-filters show all available filters
Standard options:
--logfile=FILE log tests and output to FILE [config.log]
--disable-logging do not log configure debug information
--fatal-warnings fail if any configure warning is generated
--prefix=PREFIX install in PREFIX []
--bindir=DIR install binaries in DIR [PREFIX/bin]
--datadir=DIR install data files in DIR [PREFIX/share/ffmpeg]
--docdir=DIR install documentation in DIR [PREFIX/share/doc/ffmpeg]
--libdir=DIR install libs in DIR [PREFIX/lib]
--shlibdir=DIR install shared libs in DIR [LIBDIR]
--incdir=DIR install includes in DIR [PREFIX/include]
--mandir=DIR install man page in DIR [PREFIX/share/man]
--pkgconfigdir=DIR install pkg-config files in DIR [LIBDIR/pkgconfig]
--enable-rpath use rpath to allow installing libraries in paths
not part of the dynamic linker search path
use rpath when linking programs [USE WITH CARE]
--install-name-dir=DIR Darwin directory name for installed targets
Licensing options:
--enable-gpl allow use of GPL code, the resulting libs
and binaries will be under GPL [no]
--enable-version3 upgrade (L)GPL to version 3 [no]
--enable-nonfree allow use of nonfree code, the resulting libs
and binaries will be unredistributable [no]
Configuration options:
--disable-static do not build static libraries [no]
--enable-shared build shared libraries [no]
--enable-small optimize for size instead of speed
--disable-runtime-cpudetect disable detecting cpu capabilities at runtime (smaller binary)
--enable-gray enable full grayscale support (slower color)
--disable-swscale-alpha disable alpha channel support in swscale
--disable-all disable building components, libraries and programs
--enable-raise-major increase major version numbers in sonames [no]
Program options:
--disable-programs do not build command line programs
--disable-ffmpeg disable ffmpeg build
--disable-ffplay disable ffplay build
--disable-ffprobe disable ffprobe build
--disable-ffserver disable ffserver build
Documentation options:
--disable-doc do not build documentation
--disable-htmlpages do not build HTML documentation pages
--disable-manpages do not build man documentation pages
--disable-podpages do not build POD documentation pages
--disable-txtpages do not build text documentation pages
Component options:
--disable-avdevice disable libavdevice build
--disable-avcodec disable libavcodec build
--disable-avformat disable libavformat build
--disable-swresample disable libswresample build
--disable-swscale disable libswscale build
--disable-postproc disable libpostproc build
--disable-avfilter disable libavfilter build
--enable-avresample enable libavresample build [no]
--disable-pthreads disable pthreads [autodetect]
--disable-w32threads disable Win32 threads [autodetect]
--disable-os2threads disable OS/2 threads [autodetect]
--disable-network disable network support [no]
--disable-dct disable DCT code
--disable-dwt disable DWT code
--disable-error-resilience disable error resilience code
--disable-lsp disable LSP code
--disable-lzo disable LZO decoder code
--disable-mdct disable MDCT code
--disable-rdft disable RDFT code
--disable-fft disable FFT code
--disable-faan disable floating point AAN (I)DCT code
--disable-pixelutils disable pixel utils in libavutil
Individual component options:
--disable-everything disable all components listed below
--disable-encoder=NAME disable encoder NAME
--enable-encoder=NAME enable encoder NAME
--disable-encoders disable all encoders
--disable-decoder=NAME disable decoder NAME
--enable-decoder=NAME enable decoder NAME
--disable-decoders disable all decoders
--disable-hwaccel=NAME disable hwaccel NAME
--enable-hwaccel=NAME enable hwaccel NAME
--disable-hwaccels disable all hwaccels
--disable-muxer=NAME disable muxer NAME
--enable-muxer=NAME enable muxer NAME
--disable-muxers disable all muxers
--disable-demuxer=NAME disable demuxer NAME
--enable-demuxer=NAME enable demuxer NAME
--disable-demuxers disable all demuxers
--enable-parser=NAME enable parser NAME
--disable-parser=NAME disable parser NAME
--disable-parsers disable all parsers
--enable-bsf=NAME enable bitstream filter NAME
--disable-bsf=NAME disable bitstream filter NAME
--disable-bsfs disable all bitstream filters
--enable-protocol=NAME enable protocol NAME
--disable-protocol=NAME disable protocol NAME
--disable-protocols disable all protocols
--enable-indev=NAME enable input device NAME
--disable-indev=NAME disable input device NAME
--disable-indevs disable input devices
--enable-outdev=NAME enable output device NAME
--disable-outdev=NAME disable output device NAME
--disable-outdevs disable output devices
--disable-devices disable all devices
--enable-filter=NAME enable filter NAME
--disable-filter=NAME disable filter NAME
--disable-filters disable all filters
External library support:
Using any of the following switches will allow FFmpeg to link to the
corresponding external library. All the components depending on that library
will become enabled, if all their other dependencies are met and they are not
explicitly disabled. E.g. --enable-libwavpack will enable linking to
libwavpack and allow the libwavpack encoder to be built, unless it is
specifically disabled with --disable-encoder=libwavpack.
Note that only the system libraries are auto-detected. All the other external
libraries must be explicitly enabled.
Also note that the following help text describes the purpose of the libraries
themselves, not all their features will necessarily be usable by FFmpeg.
--enable-avisynth enable reading of AviSynth script files [no]
--disable-bzlib disable bzlib [autodetect]
--enable-chromaprint enable audio fingerprinting with chromaprint [no]
--enable-frei0r enable frei0r video filtering [no]
--enable-gcrypt enable gcrypt, needed for rtmp(t)e support
if openssl, librtmp or gmp is not used [no]
--enable-gmp enable gmp, needed for rtmp(t)e support
if openssl or librtmp is not used [no]
--enable-gnutls enable gnutls, needed for https support
if openssl is not used [no]
--disable-iconv disable iconv [autodetect]
--enable-jni enable JNI support [no]
--enable-ladspa enable LADSPA audio filtering [no]
--enable-libass enable libass subtitles rendering,
needed for subtitles and ass filter [no]
--enable-libbluray enable BluRay reading using libbluray [no]
--enable-libbs2b enable bs2b DSP library [no]
--enable-libcaca enable textual display using libcaca [no]
--enable-libcelt enable CELT decoding via libcelt [no]
--enable-libcdio enable audio CD grabbing with libcdio [no]
--enable-libdc1394 enable IIDC-1394 grabbing using libdc1394
and libraw1394 [no]
--enable-libebur128 enable libebur128 for EBU R128 measurement,
needed for loudnorm filter [no]
--enable-libfdk-aac enable AAC de/encoding via libfdk-aac [no]
--enable-libflite enable flite (voice synthesis) support via libflite [no]
--enable-libfontconfig enable libfontconfig, useful for drawtext filter [no]
--enable-libfreetype enable libfreetype, needed for drawtext filter [no]
--enable-libfribidi enable libfribidi, improves drawtext filter [no]
--enable-libgme enable Game Music Emu via libgme [no]
--enable-libgsm enable GSM de/encoding via libgsm [no]
--enable-libiec61883 enable iec61883 via libiec61883 [no]
--enable-libilbc enable iLBC de/encoding via libilbc [no]
--enable-libkvazaar enable HEVC encoding via libkvazaar [no]
--enable-libmodplug enable ModPlug via libmodplug [no]
--enable-libmp3lame enable MP3 encoding via libmp3lame [no]
--enable-libnut enable NUT (de)muxing via libnut,
native (de)muxer exists [no]
--enable-libopencore-amrnb enable AMR-NB de/encoding via libopencore-amrnb [no]
--enable-libopencore-amrwb enable AMR-WB decoding via libopencore-amrwb [no]
--enable-libopencv enable video filtering via libopencv [no]
--enable-libopenh264 enable H.264 encoding via OpenH264 [no]
--enable-libopenjpeg enable JPEG 2000 de/encoding via OpenJPEG [no]
--enable-libopenmpt enable decoding tracked files via libopenmpt [no]
--enable-libopus enable Opus de/encoding via libopus [no]
--enable-libpulse enable Pulseaudio input via libpulse [no]
--enable-librubberband enable rubberband needed for rubberband filter [no]
--enable-librtmp enable RTMP[E] support via librtmp [no]
--enable-libschroedinger enable Dirac de/encoding via libschroedinger [no]
--enable-libshine enable fixed-point MP3 encoding via libshine [no]
--enable-libsmbclient enable Samba protocol via libsmbclient [no]
--enable-libsnappy enable Snappy compression, needed for hap encoding [no]
--enable-libsoxr enable Include libsoxr resampling [no]
--enable-libspeex enable Speex de/encoding via libspeex [no]
--enable-libssh enable SFTP protocol via libssh [no]
--enable-libtesseract enable Tesseract, needed for ocr filter [no]
--enable-libtheora enable Theora encoding via libtheora [no]
--enable-libtwolame enable MP2 encoding via libtwolame [no]
--enable-libv4l2 enable libv4l2/v4l-utils [no]
--enable-libvidstab enable video stabilization using vid.stab [no]
--enable-libvo-amrwbenc enable AMR-WB encoding via libvo-amrwbenc [no]
--enable-libvorbis enable Vorbis en/decoding via libvorbis,
native implementation exists [no]
--enable-libvpx enable VP8 and VP9 de/encoding via libvpx [no]
--enable-libwavpack enable wavpack encoding via libwavpack [no]
--enable-libwebp enable WebP encoding via libwebp [no]
--enable-libx264 enable H.264 encoding via x264 [no]
--enable-libx265 enable HEVC encoding via x265 [no]
--enable-libxavs enable AVS encoding via xavs [no]
--enable-libxcb enable X11 grabbing using XCB [autodetect]
--enable-libxcb-shm enable X11 grabbing shm communication [autodetect]
--enable-libxcb-xfixes enable X11 grabbing mouse rendering [autodetect]
--enable-libxcb-shape enable X11 grabbing shape rendering [autodetect]
--enable-libxvid enable Xvid encoding via xvidcore,
native MPEG-4/Xvid encoder exists [no]
--enable-libzimg enable z.lib, needed for zscale filter [no]
--enable-libzmq enable message passing via libzmq [no]
--enable-libzvbi enable teletext support via libzvbi [no]
--disable-lzma disable lzma [autodetect]
--enable-decklink enable Blackmagic DeckLink I/O support [no]
--enable-mediacodec enable Android MediaCodec support [no]
--enable-netcdf enable NetCDF, needed for sofalizer filter [no]
--enable-openal enable OpenAL 1.1 capture support [no]
--enable-opencl enable OpenCL code
--enable-opengl enable OpenGL rendering [no]
--enable-openssl enable openssl, needed for https support
if gnutls is not used [no]
--disable-schannel disable SChannel SSP, needed for TLS support on
Windows if openssl and gnutls are not used [autodetect]
--disable-sdl2 disable sdl2 [autodetect]
--disable-securetransport disable Secure Transport, needed for TLS support
on OSX if openssl and gnutls are not used [autodetect]
--enable-x11grab enable X11 grabbing (legacy) [no]
--disable-xlib disable xlib [autodetect]
--disable-zlib disable zlib [autodetect]
The following libraries provide various hardware acceleration features:
--disable-audiotoolbox disable Apple AudioToolbox code [autodetect]
--enable-cuda enable dynamically linked Nvidia CUDA code [no]
--enable-cuvid enable Nvidia CUVID support [autodetect]
--disable-d3d11va disable Microsoft Direct3D 11 video acceleration code [autodetect]
--disable-dxva2 disable Microsoft DirectX 9 video acceleration code [autodetect]
--enable-libmfx enable Intel MediaSDK (AKA Quick Sync Video) code via libmfx [no]
--enable-libnpp enable Nvidia Performance Primitives-based code [no]
--enable-mmal enable Broadcom Multi-Media Abstraction Layer (Raspberry Pi) via MMAL [no]
--disable-nvenc disable Nvidia video encoding code [autodetect]
--enable-omx enable OpenMAX IL code [no]
--enable-omx-rpi enable OpenMAX IL code for Raspberry Pi [no]
--disable-vaapi disable Video Acceleration API (mainly Unix/Intel) code [autodetect]
--disable-vda disable Apple Video Decode Acceleration code [autodetect]
--disable-vdpau disable Nvidia Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix code [autodetect]
--disable-videotoolbox disable VideoToolbox code [autodetect]
Toolchain options:
--arch=ARCH select architecture []
--cpu=CPU select the minimum required CPU (affects
instruction selection, may crash on older CPUs)
--cross-prefix=PREFIX use PREFIX for compilation tools []
--progs-suffix=SUFFIX program name suffix []
--enable-cross-compile assume a cross-compiler is used
--sysroot=PATH root of cross-build tree
--sysinclude=PATH location of cross-build system headers
--target-os=OS compiler targets OS []
--target-exec=CMD command to run executables on target
--target-path=DIR path to view of build directory on target
--target-samples=DIR path to samples directory on target
--tempprefix=PATH force fixed dir/prefix instead of mktemp for checks
--toolchain=NAME set tool defaults according to NAME
--nm=NM use nm tool NM [nm -g]
--ar=AR use archive tool AR [ar]
--as=AS use assembler AS []
--ln_s=LN_S use symbolic link tool LN_S [ln -s -f]
--strip=STRIP use strip tool STRIP [strip]
--windres=WINDRES use windows resource compiler WINDRES [windres]
--yasmexe=EXE use yasm-compatible assembler EXE [yasm]
--cc=CC use C compiler CC [gcc]
--cxx=CXX use C compiler CXX [g++]
--objcc=OCC use ObjC compiler OCC [gcc]
--dep-cc=DEPCC use dependency generator DEPCC [gcc]
--ld=LD use linker LD []
--pkg-config=PKGCONFIG use pkg-config tool PKGCONFIG [pkg-config]
--pkg-config-flags=FLAGS pass additional flags to pkgconf []
--ranlib=RANLIB use ranlib RANLIB [ranlib]
--doxygen=DOXYGEN use DOXYGEN to generate API doc [doxygen]
--host-cc=HOSTCC use host C compiler HOSTCC
--host-cflags=HCFLAGS use HCFLAGS when compiling for host
--host-cppflags=HCPPFLAGS use HCPPFLAGS when compiling for host
--host-ld=HOSTLD use host linker HOSTLD
--host-ldflags=HLDFLAGS use HLDFLAGS when linking for host
--host-libs=HLIBS use libs HLIBS when linking for host
--host-os=OS compiler host OS []
--extra-cflags=ECFLAGS add ECFLAGS to CFLAGS []
--extra-cxxflags=ECFLAGS add ECFLAGS to CXXFLAGS []
--extra-objcflags=FLAGS add FLAGS to OBJCFLAGS []
--extra-ldflags=ELDFLAGS add ELDFLAGS to LDFLAGS []
--extra-ldexeflags=ELDFLAGS add ELDFLAGS to LDEXEFLAGS []
--extra-ldlibflags=ELDFLAGS add ELDFLAGS to LDLIBFLAGS []
--extra-libs=ELIBS add ELIBS []
--extra-version=STRING version string suffix []
--optflags=OPTFLAGS override optimization-related compiler flags
--build-suffix=SUFFIX library name suffix []
--enable-pic build position-independent code
--enable-thumb compile for Thumb instruction set
--enable-lto use link-time optimization
--env="ENV=override" override the environment variables
Advanced options (experts only):
--malloc-prefix=PREFIX prefix malloc and related names with PREFIX
--custom-allocator=NAME use a supported custom allocator
--disable-symver disable symbol versioning
--enable-hardcoded-tables use hardcoded tables instead of runtime generation
--disable-safe-bitstream-reader
disable buffer boundary checking in bitreaders
(faster, but may crash)
--enable-memalign-hack emulate memalign, interferes with memory debuggers
--sws-max-filter-size=N the max filter size swscale uses [256]
Optimization options (experts only):
--disable-asm disable all assembly optimizations
--disable-altivec disable AltiVec optimizations
--disable-vsx disable VSX optimizations
--disable-power8 disable POWER8 optimizations
--disable-amd3dnow disable 3DNow! optimizations
--disable-amd3dnowext disable 3DNow! extended optimizations
--disable-mmx disable MMX optimizations
--disable-mmxext disable MMXEXT optimizations
--disable-sse disable SSE optimizations
--disable-sse2 disable SSE2 optimizations
--disable-sse3 disable SSE3 optimizations
--disable-ssse3 disable SSSE3 optimizations
--disable-sse4 disable SSE4 optimizations
--disable-sse42 disable SSE4.2 optimizations
--disable-avx disable AVX optimizations
--disable-xop disable XOP optimizations
--disable-fma3 disable FMA3 optimizations
--disable-fma4 disable FMA4 optimizations
--disable-avx2 disable AVX2 optimizations
--disable-aesni disable AESNI optimizations
--disable-armv5te disable armv5te optimizations
--disable-armv6 disable armv6 optimizations
--disable-armv6t2 disable armv6t2 optimizations
--disable-vfp disable VFP optimizations
--disable-neon disable NEON optimizations
--disable-inline-asm disable use of inline assembly
--disable-yasm disable use of nasm/yasm assembly
--disable-mipsdsp disable MIPS DSP ASE R1 optimizations
--disable-mipsdspr2 disable MIPS DSP ASE R2 optimizations
--disable-msa disable MSA optimizations
--disable-mipsfpu disable floating point MIPS optimizations
--disable-mmi disable Loongson SIMD optimizations
--disable-fast-unaligned consider unaligned accesses slow
Developer options (useful when working on FFmpeg itself):
--disable-debug disable debugging symbols
--enable-debug=LEVEL set the debug level []
--disable-optimizations disable compiler optimizations
--enable-extra-warnings enable more compiler warnings
--disable-stripping disable stripping of executables and shared libraries
--assert-level=level 0(default), 1 or 2, amount of assertion testing,
2 causes a slowdown at runtime.
--enable-memory-poisoning fill heap uninitialized allocated space with arbitrary data
--valgrind=VALGRIND run "make fate" tests through valgrind to detect memory
leaks and errors, using the specified valgrind binary.
Cannot be combined with --target-exec
--enable-ftrapv Trap arithmetic overflows
--samples=PATH location of test samples for FATE, if not set use
$FATE_SAMPLES at make invocation time.
--enable-neon-clobber-test check NEON registers for clobbering (should be
used only for debugging purposes)
--enable-xmm-clobber-test check XMM registers for clobbering (Win64-only;
should be used only for debugging purposes)
--enable-random randomly enable/disable components
--disable-random
--enable-random=LIST randomly enable/disable specific components or
--disable-random=LIST component groups. LIST is a comma-separated list
of NAME[:PROB] entries where NAME is a component
(group) and PROB the probability associated with
NAME (default 0.5).
--random-seed=VALUE seed value for --enable/disable-random
--disable-valgrind-backtrace do not print a backtrace under Valgrind
(only applies to --disable-optimizations builds)
NOTE: Object files are built at the place where configure is launched.初次編譯FFmpeg，我們先不要關心那麼多配置選項，這裏只設置一個選項，即–prefix，它指定我們編譯後的結果，包括庫文件和可執行程序以及頭文件等放置到的路徑。
./configure --prefix=/home/ffmpeg/work/ffmpeg-3.2.4/out如果配置遇到如下錯誤，
ffmpeg@ubuntu:~/work/ffmpeg-3.2.4$ ./configure
yasm/nasm not found or too old. Use --disable-yasm for a crippled build.則表示缺少yasm包，可以通過–disable-yasm選項關閉或者安裝此包，我們這裏選擇安裝，
ffmpeg@ubuntu:~/work/ffmpeg-3.2.4$ sudo apt-get install yasm
ffmpeg@ubuntu:~/work/ffmpeg-3.2.4$ sudo apt-get install nasmconfigure完成後，執行make進行編譯，如果想多線程編譯可以嘗試make -jN，其中N爲多線程數量（過多併發可能會編譯報錯），最後執行make install，將編譯結果拷貝到out目錄下。
make
make install最後在out目錄下生成的結果如下，
其中，
bin目錄ffmpeg，ffprobe和ffserver是三個可執行程序，可以直接運行；
include下是FFmpeg的頭文件；
lib下是FFmpeg的所有靜態庫，如果想編譯爲動態庫的形式，可以修改configure的配置選項，這個後期我們再介紹。
測試FFmpeg
接下來，我們可以用ffprobe來做一個測試，比如解析一個媒體文件（自己準備哦，這裏採用的是Android CTS測試的一個碼流，bbb_short.ffmpeg.1280x720.mp4.libx264_5000kbps_30fps.libfaac_stereo_192kbps_48000Hz，也可以到這裏下載：http://pan.baidu.com/s/1mieAJFy，），將其音視頻信息打印出來，
bin目錄下的ffmpeg也是一個可執行程序，功能十分強大，可以通過命令行進行轉碼，格式轉換等操作，我們可以通過help命令來查看它的信息，詳細功能本文暫不做介紹。
cd /out/bin
./ffmpeg --help現在，我們已經順利的完成了FFmpeg編譯和測試了。看起來，初次邂逅FFmpeg顯得十分順利和簡單，這極大的增強了小工繼續深入研究FFmpeg的信心，^_^ 。