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Compile FFmpeg on Ubuntu 16.04

Lastmod: 2019-11-16

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Get the Dependencies

Copy and paste the whole code box for each step. First install the dependencies:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install autoconf automake build-essential libass-dev libfreetype6-dev libtheora-dev libtool libvorbis-dev pkg-config texinfo zlib1g-dev nasm cmake mercurial libenca-dev

Now make a directory for the source files that will be downloaded later in this guide:

mkdir ~/ffmpeg_sources

Compilation & Installation

You can compile ffmpeg to your liking. If you do not require certain encoders you may skip the relevant section and then remove the appropriate ./configure option in FFmpeg. For example, if libopus is not needed, then skip that section and then remove --enable-libopus from the Install FFmpeg section.

This guide is designed to be non-intrusive and will create several directories in your home directory:

ffmpeg_sources – Where the source files will be downloaded.
ffmpeg_build – Where the files will be built and libraries installed.
bin – Where the resulting binaries (ffmpeg, ffplay, ffserver, x264, and yasm) will be installed.

Yasm

An assembler for x86 optimizations used by x264 and FFmpeg. Highly recommended or your resulting build may be very slow.

If your repository offers a yasm package ≥ 1.2.0 then you can install that instead of compiling:

sudo apt-get install yasm

Otherwise you can compile:

cd ~/ffmpeg_sources
proxychains wget http://www.tortall.net/projects/yasm/releases/yasm-1.3.0.tar.gz
tar xvf yasm-1.3.0.tar.gz
cd yasm-1.3.0
./configure --prefix="$HOME/ffmpeg_build" --bindir="$HOME/bin"
make
make install
make distclean

libx264

H.264 video encoder. See the H.264 Encoding Guide for more information and usage examples.

Requires ffmpeg to be configured with --enable-gpl --enable-libx264.

If your repository offers a libx264-dev package ≥ 0.118 then you can install that instead of compiling:

sudo apt-get install libx264-dev

Otherwise you can compile:

cd ~/ffmpeg_sources
proxychains wget http://download.videolan.org/pub/x264/snapshots/last_x264.tar.bz2
tar xvf last_x264.tar.bz2
cd x264-snapshot*
PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH" ./configure --prefix="$HOME/ffmpeg_build" --bindir="$HOME/bin" --enable-static --disable-opencl
PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH" make
make install
make distclean

libx265

H.265/HEVC video encoder. See the H.265 Encoding Guide for more information and usage examples.

cd ~/ffmpeg_sources
proxychains hg clone https://bitbucket.org/multicoreware/x265
cd ~/ffmpeg_sources/x265/build/linux
PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH" cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$HOME/ffmpeg_build" -DENABLE_SHARED:bool=off ../../source
make
make install
make distclean

libfdk-aac

AAC audio encoder. See the AAC Audio Encoding Guide for more information and usage examples.

Requires ffmpeg to be configured with --enable-libfdk-aac (and --enable-nonfree if you also included --enable-gpl).

If your repository offers a libfdk-aac-dev package then you can install that instead of compiling:

sudo apt-get install libfdk-aac-dev

Otherwise you can compile:

The error “error: Libtool library used but ‘LIBTOOL’ is undefined” after running “autoreconf -fiv” can be resolved by running the command: libtoolize.

cd ~/ffmpeg_sources
proxychains wget -O fdk-aac.tar.gz https://github.com/mstorsjo/fdk-aac/tarball/master
tar xzvf fdk-aac.tar.gz
cd mstorsjo-fdk-aac*
autoreconf -fiv
./configure --prefix="$HOME/ffmpeg_build" --disable-shared
make
make install
make distclean

libmp3lame

MP3 audio encoder.

Requires ffmpeg to be configured with --enable-libmp3lame.

If your repository offers a libmp3lame-dev package ≥ 3.98.3 then you can install that instead of compiling:

sudo apt-get install libmp3lame-dev

Otherwise you can compile:

cd ~/ffmpeg_sources
proxychains 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 --prefix="$HOME/ffmpeg_build" --enable-nasm --disable-shared
make
make install
make distclean

libopus

Opus audio decoder and encoder.

Requires ffmpeg to be configured with --enable-libopus.

If your repository offers a libopus-dev package ≥ 1.1 then you can install that instead of compiling:

sudo apt-get install libopus-dev

Otherwise you can compile:

cd ~/ffmpeg_sources
proxychains wget http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/opus/opus-1.1.3.tar.gz
tar xzvf opus-1.1.3.tar.gz
cd opus-1.1.3
./configure --prefix="$HOME/ffmpeg_build" --disable-shared
make
make install
make clean

libvpx

VP8/VP9 video encoder and decoder. See the VP8 Video Encoding Guide for more information and usage examples.

Requires ffmpeg to be configured with --enable-libvpx.

cd ~/ffmpeg_sources
proxychains wget http://storage.googleapis.com/downloads.webmproject.org/releases/webm/libvpx-1.6.0.tar.bz2
tar xjvf libvpx-1.6.0.tar.bz2
cd libvpx-1.6.0
PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH" ./configure --prefix="$HOME/ffmpeg_build" --disable-examples --disable-unit-tests
PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH" make
make install
make clean

ffmpeg

cd ~/ffmpeg_sources
proxychains wget http://ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-snapshot.tar.bz2
tar xjvf ffmpeg-snapshot.tar.bz2
cd ffmpeg
PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH" PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$HOME/ffmpeg_build/lib/pkgconfig" ./configure \
  --prefix="$HOME/ffmpeg_build" \
  --pkg-config-flags="--static" \
  --extra-cflags="-I$HOME/ffmpeg_build/include" \
  --extra-ldflags="-L$HOME/ffmpeg_build/lib" \
  --bindir="$HOME/bin" \
  --enable-gpl \
  --enable-libass \
  --enable-libfdk-aac \
  --enable-libfreetype \
  --enable-libmp3lame \
  --enable-libopus \
  --enable-libtheora \
  --enable-libvorbis \
  --enable-libvpx \
  --enable-libx264 \
  --enable-libx265 \
  --enable-nonfree
PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH" make
make install
make distclean
hash -r

build debug version:

cd ~/ffmpeg_sources
proxychains wget http://ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-snapshot.tar.bz2
tar xjvf ffmpeg-snapshot.tar.bz2
cd ffmpeg
PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH" PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$HOME/ffmpeg_build/lib/pkgconfig" ./configure \
  --prefix="$HOME/ffmpeg_build" \
  --pkg-config-flags="--static" \
  --extra-cflags="-I$HOME/ffmpeg_build/include" \
  --extra-ldflags="-L$HOME/ffmpeg_build/lib" \
  --bindir="$HOME/bin" \
  --enable-gpl \
  --enable-libass \
  --enable-libfdk-aac \
  --enable-libfreetype \
  --enable-libmp3lame \
  --enable-libopus \
  --enable-libtheora \
  --enable-libvorbis \
  --enable-libvpx \
  --enable-libx264 \
  --enable-libx265 \
  --enable-nonfree \
  --disable-yasm \
  --disable-mmx \
  --enable-debug=3 \
  --disable-optimizations \
  --disable-doc \
  --disable-htmlpages
PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH" make
make install
make distclean
hash -r

Conclusion

Installation is now complete and ffmpeg is now ready for use. Your newly compiled FFmpeg programs are in ~/bin.

All in one script

#!/bin/bash

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install autoconf automake build-essential libass-dev libfreetype6-dev libtheora-dev libtool libvorbis-dev pkg-config texinfo zlib1g-dev nasm cmake mercurial

mkdir ~/ffmpeg_sources
mkdir ~/ffmpeg_build

#Yasm
cd ~/ffmpeg_sources
proxychains wget http://www.tortall.net/projects/yasm/releases/yasm-1.3.0.tar.gz
tar xvf yasm-1.3.0.tar.gz
cd yasm-1.3.0
./configure --prefix="$HOME/ffmpeg_build" --bindir="$HOME/bin"
make
make install
make distclean

#libx264
cd ~/ffmpeg_sources
proxychains wget http://download.videolan.org/pub/x264/snapshots/last_x264.tar.bz2
tar xvf last_x264.tar.bz2
cd x264-snapshot*
PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH" ./configure --prefix="$HOME/ffmpeg_build" --bindir="$HOME/bin" --enable-static --disable-opencl
PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH" make
make install
make distclean

#libx265
cd ~/ffmpeg_sources
proxychains hg clone https://bitbucket.org/multicoreware/x265
cd ~/ffmpeg_sources/x265/build/linux
PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH" cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$HOME/ffmpeg_build" -DENABLE_SHARED:bool=off ../../source
make
make install
make distclean

#libfdk-aac
cd ~/ffmpeg_sources
proxychains wget -O fdk-aac.tar.gz https://github.com/mstorsjo/fdk-aac/tarball/master
tar xzvf fdk-aac.tar.gz
cd mstorsjo-fdk-aac*
autoreconf -fiv
./configure --prefix="$HOME/ffmpeg_build" --disable-shared
make
make install
make distclean

#libmp3lame
cd ~/ffmpeg_sources
proxychains 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 --prefix="$HOME/ffmpeg_build" --enable-nasm --disable-shared
make
make install
make distclean

#libopus
cd ~/ffmpeg_sources
proxychains wget http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/opus/opus-1.1.3.tar.gz
tar xzvf opus-1.1.3.tar.gz
cd opus-1.1.3
./configure --prefix="$HOME/ffmpeg_build" --disable-shared
make
make install
make clean

#libvpx
cd ~/ffmpeg_sources
proxychains wget http://storage.googleapis.com/downloads.webmproject.org/releases/webm/libvpx-1.6.0.tar.bz2
tar xjvf libvpx-1.6.0.tar.bz2
cd libvpx-1.6.0
PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH" ./configure --prefix="$HOME/ffmpeg_build" --disable-examples --disable-unit-tests
PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH" make
make install
make clean

#ffmpeg
cd ~/ffmpeg_sources
proxychains wget http://ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-snapshot.tar.bz2
tar xjvf ffmpeg-snapshot.tar.bz2
cd ffmpeg
PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH" PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$HOME/ffmpeg_build/lib/pkgconfig" ./configure \
  --prefix="$HOME/ffmpeg_build" \
  --pkg-config-flags="--static" \
  --extra-cflags="-I$HOME/ffmpeg_build/include" \
  --extra-ldflags="-L$HOME/ffmpeg_build/lib" \
  --bindir="$HOME/bin" \
  --enable-gpl \
  --enable-libass \
  --enable-libfdk-aac \
  --enable-libfreetype \
  --enable-libmp3lame \
  --enable-libopus \
  --enable-libtheora \
  --enable-libvorbis \
  --enable-libvpx \
  --enable-libx264 \
  --enable-libx265 \
  --enable-nonfree \
  --disable-yasm \
  --disable-mmx \
  --enable-debug=3 \
  --disable-optimizations \
  --disable-doc \
  --disable-htmlpages
PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH" make
make install
make distclean
hash -r

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