This guide is based on a minimal CentOS installation and will installFFmpeg with several external encoding libraries.
Note: The # indicates that the commandshould be executed as superuser or root.
Preparation
Remove any existing packages:
# yum erase ffmpeg x264x264-devel
Get the dependencies:
# yum install gcc git makenasm pkgconfig wget
Make a source directory:
mkdir ~/ffmpeg-source
Installation
Yasm
Yasm is an assembler used by x264 and FFmpeg.
cd ~/ffmpeg-source
wget http://www.tortall.net/projects/yasm/releases/yasm-1.2.0.tar.gz
tar xzvf yasm-1.2.0.tar.gz
cd yasm-1.2.0
./configure
make
# make install
Note: If you do not require certainencoders you may skip the relevant section and then remove the appropriate./configure option in FFmpeg. For example, if libtheora is not needed, thenskip that section and then remove --enable-libtheora from the Install FFmpeg section.
x264
H.264 video encoder.
cd ~/ffmpeg-source
git clone git://git.videolan.org/x264
cd x264
./configure --enable-static
make
# make install
LAME
MP3 audio encoder.
cd ~/ffmpeg-source
wget 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 --disable-shared--enable-nasm
make
# make install
libogg
Required for libtheora and libvorbis.
cd ~/ffmpeg-source
wget http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/ogg/libogg-1.3.0.tar.xz
tar Jxvf libogg-1.3.0.tar.xz
cd libogg-1.3.0
./configure --disable-shared
make
# make install
libtheora
Theora video encoder.
cd ~/ffmpeg-source
wget http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/theora/libtheora-1.1.1.tar.gz
tar xzv flibtheora-1.1.1.tar.gz
cd libtheora-1.1.1
./configure --disable-shared
make
# make install
libvorbis
Vorbis audio encoder.
cd ~/ffmpeg-source
wget http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/vorbis/libvorbis-1.3.2.tar.gz
tar xzvf libvorbis-1.3.2.tar.gz
cd libvorbis-1.3.2
./configure --disable-shared
make
# make install
vo-aacenc
VisualOn AAC audio encoder.
cd ~/ffmpeg-source
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/opencore-amr/vo-aacenc-0.1.1.tar.gz
tar xzvfvo-aacenc-0.1.1.tar.gz
cd vo-aacenc-0.1.1
./configure --disable-shared
make
# make install
libvpx
VP8 video encoder.
cd ~/ffmpeg-source
git clone http://git.chromium.org/webm/libvpx.git
cd libvpx
./configure
make
# make install
FFmpeg
cd ~/ffmpeg-source
git clone git://source.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg
cd ffmpeg
./configure --enable-gpl--enable-libmp3lame --enable-libtheora --enable-libvo-aacenc --enable-libvorbis--enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-version3
make
# make install
Compilation is now complete and ffmpeg should now be ready to use. Therest of this guide shows how to update or remove FFmpeg.
Note: Keep the ffmpeg-source directoryand all contents if you intend to update or uninstall as shown below.
Updating x264, libvpx, and FFmpeg
First uninstall x264, libvpx, and FFmpeg:
cd ~/ffmpeg-source/x264
# make uninstall
cd ~/ffmpeg-source/ffmpeg
# make uninstall
cd ~/ffmpeg-source/libvpx
# make uninstall
Update x264
cd ~/ffmpeg-source/x264
make distclean
git pull
Then run ./configure, make, and make install as shown in theInstall x264 section.
Update libvpx
cd ~/ffmpeg-source/libvpx
make clean
git pull
Then run ./configure, make, and make install as shown in theInstall libvpx section.
Update FFmpeg
cd ~/ffmpeg-source/ffmpeg
make distclean
git pull
Then run ./configure, make, and make install as shown in theInstall FFmpeg section.
Reverting changes made by this guide
cd ~/ffmpeg-source/yasm-1.2.0
# make uninstall
cd ../x264
# make uninstall
cd ../lame-3.99.5
# make uninstall
cd ../libogg-1.3.0
# make uninstall
cd ../libtheora-1.1.1
# make uninstall
cd ../libvorbis-1.3.2
# make uninstall
cd ../libvpx
# make uninstall
cd ../ffmpeg
# make uninstall
rm -rf ~/ffmpeg-source
# yum erase gcc git make nasmpkgconfig wget
https://ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg/wiki/CentosCompilationGuide