Installation FFmpeg on Linux RHEL/CentOS 6.X

FFmpeg :

FFmpeg is simply a tool which implements a decoder and then an encoder.It is a complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video. This allows the users to convert files from one form to another.

Features :

• FFmpeg is free software licensed under the LGPL or GPL depending on your choice of configuration options.


• FFmpeg Hosting can convert any video format to the web-optimized .flv format so that they can get streamed on the website.


• FFmpeg provide command line tool to convert multimedia files between formats.

Steps to Installation FFmpeg on Linux RHEL/CentOS 6.X

  

Step 1 : Create FFmpeg Repository

Open repository Directory

[root@bsrtech ~]# cd /etc/yum.repos.d/

Create name with ffmpeg(any name) repositorty& open with vi command

[root@bsrtech yum.repos.d]# vim ffmpeg.repo

Step 2 : Write the following data on that file

     [ffmpeg]
name=FFmpeg RPM Repository for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
baseurl=http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el6/en/x86_64/dag/  (64 Bit OS)
#baseurl=http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el6/en/i386/dag/   (32 Bit OS)
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1

Save&Quit the file(:wq)

Stewp 3 : Copy the conf file in lib directory

 Copy /etc/ld.so.conf file in /usr/local/lib/ directory

[root@bsrtech ~]# cp -r /etc/ld.so.conf  /usr/local/lib/

Then After Run This Command

[root@bsrtech ~]# ldconfig -v  (Enter)

Step 4 : Install rpmforge Repository

For 32 Bit OS

[root@bsrtech ~]#rmp -Uvh http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el6/en/i386/rpmforge/RPMS/rpmforge-release-0.5.3-1.el6.rf.i686.rpm

For 64 Bit OS

[root@bsrtech ~]# rpm -Uvh http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el6/en/x86_64/rpmforge/RPMS/rpmforge-release-0.5.3-1.el6.rf.x86_64.rpm

Once Update installed Packages using yum update command

[root@bsrtech ~]# yum update

Step 5 : Now Install ffmpeg & ffmpeg-devel

   [root@bsrtech ~]# yum -y install ffmpeg ffmpeg-devel
( or )
   [root@bsrtech ~]# yum -y install ffmpeg*

After Completion use ffmpeg command to see the Full Details of FFmpeg.

[root@bsrtech ~]# ffmpeg