Here’s how to build and install FFmpeg from source with all the bells and whistles (i.e codec support). We’ll install it as a custom Debian package using checkinstall. That way, any other package that depends on the ffmpeg package will recognize that it is already installed, and won’t try to fetch it from the Debian or Ubuntu software repositories.
sudo apt-get -y install build-essential autoconf automake cmake libtool git checkinstall mkdir ffmpegtemp cd ffmpegtemp mkdir aom cd aom git clone https://aomedia.googlesource.com/aom cmake aom/ -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=1 make sudo checkinstall -y --deldoc=yes --pkgversion=1.0.0 cd .. git clone https://github.com/hoene/libmysofa cd mysopha cd build cmake .. cd build cpack sudo apt-get remove libmysopha0 libmysopha-dev sudo dpkg -i *.deb cd.. sudo apt-get -y install build-essential autoconf automake cmake libtool git \ checkinstall nasm yasm libass-dev libfreetype6-dev libsdl2-dev p11-kit \ libva-dev libvdpau-dev libvorbis-dev libxcb1-dev libxcb-shm0-dev \ libxcb-xfixes0-dev pkg-config texinfo wget zlib1g-dev libchromaprint-dev \ frei0r-plugins-dev gnutls-dev ladspa-sdk libcaca-dev libcdio-paranoia-dev \ libcodec2-dev libfontconfig1-dev libfreetype6-dev libfribidi-dev libgme-dev \ libgsm1-dev libjack-dev libmodplug-dev libmp3lame-dev libopencore-amrnb-dev \ libopencore-amrwb-dev libopenjp2-7-dev libopenmpt-dev libopus-dev \ libpulse-dev librsvg2-dev librubberband-dev librtmp-dev libshine-dev \ libsmbclient-dev libsnappy-dev libsoxr-dev libspeex-dev libssh-dev \ libtesseract-dev libtheora-dev libtwolame-dev libv4l-dev libvo-amrwbenc-dev \ libvorbis-dev libvpx-dev libwavpack-dev libwebp-dev libx264-dev libx265-dev \ libxvidcore-dev libxml2-dev libzmq3-dev libzvbi-dev liblilv-dev \ libopenal-dev opencl-dev libjack-dev
Install the non-free dependencies too, if you want to convert decrypted Blu-Ray content:
sudo apt-get -y install libbluray-dev libfdk-aac-dev
wget https://ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-4.2.1.tar.bz2 tar -xf ffmpeg-4.2.1.tar.bz2 rm ffmpeg-4.2.1.tar.bz2 cd ffmpeg-4.2.1
./configure --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --disable-static --enable-shared --enable-small --enable-avisynth --enable-chromaprint --enable-frei0r --enable-gmp --enable-gnutls --enable-ladspa --enable-libaom --enable-libass --enable-libcaca --enable-libcdio --enable-libcodec2 --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libjack --enable-libmodplug --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopenmpt --enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-librsvg --enable-librubberband --enable-librtmp --enable-libshine --enable-libsmbclient --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libssh --enable-libtesseract --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libv4l2 --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxvid --enable-libxml2 --enable-libzmq --enable-libzvbi --enable-lv2 --enable-libmysofa --enable-openal --enable-opencl --enable-opengl --enable-libdrm
./configure --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --disable-static \ --enable-shared --enable-small --enable-avisynth --enable-chromaprint \ --enable-frei0r --enable-gmp --enable-gnutls --enable-ladspa \ --enable-libaom --enable-libass --enable-libcaca --enable-libcdio \ --enable-libcodec2 --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype \ --enable-libfribidi --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libjack \ --enable-libmodplug --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb \ --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopencore-amrwb \ --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopenmpt --enable-libopus --enable-libpulse \ --enable-librsvg --enable-librubberband --enable-librtmp --enable-libshine \ --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex \ --enable-libssh --enable-libtesseract --enable-libtheora \ --enable-libtwolame --enable-libv4l2 --enable-libvo-amrwbenc \ --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp \ --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxvid --enable-libxml2 \ --enable-libzmq --enable-libzvbi --enable-lv2 --enable-libmysofa \ --enable-openal --enable-opencl --enable-opengl --enable-libdrm \ --enable-nonfree --enable-libfdk-aac --enable-libbluray
make
sudo apt-get -y purge ffmpeg "libav*" " libpostproc*" sudo apt-get -y autoremove
sudo checkinstall -y --deldoc=yes --pkgversion=10:4.2.1 cd .. rm -rf ffmpegtemp
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This saved my life. Thanks
this doesn't work for debian 8
ges/mysite/Build/aom# cmake aom/
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:11 (cmake_minimum_required):
CMake 3.5 or higher is required. You are running version 3.0.2
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
I tried this on an Ubuntu 18.04 and during the Build stage, the make fails:
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CC libavcodec/lclenc.o
CC libavcodec/libaomdec.o
CC libavcodec/libaomenc.o
libavcodec/libaomenc.c:703:109: error: ‘AOM_ERROR_RESILIENT_PARTITIONS’ undeclared here (not in a function); did you mean ‘AOM_ERROR_RESILIENT_DEFAULT’?
" is still done over the partition boundary.", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = AOM_ERROR_RESILIENT_PARTITIONS}, 0, 0, VE, "er"},
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AOM_ERROR_RESILIENT_DEFAULT
ffbuild/common.mak:60: recipe for target 'libavcodec/libaomenc.o' failed
make: *** [libavcodec/libaomenc.o] Error 1
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Just thought I would pass it on.
I have the same issue as Mike Perkinson in Ubuntu 16.04
Did you solve the problem?
This commit solves the problem: http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commitdiff;h=b69ea742ab23ad74b2ae2772764743642212a139
Even after apply the patch I cannot get to compile
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/libaom.a(aom_config.c.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata.str1.8' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/local/lib/libaom.a: error adding symbols: Bad value
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
ffbuild/library.mak:102: recipe for target 'libavcodec/libavcodec.so.58' failed
make: *** [libavcodec/libavcodec.so.58] Error 1
Tried using the latest snapshot, exactly the same issue.
try to update to latest aom. works on november builds
I got aom again, cloned git but still it is the same as before. I can compile the latest snapshot manually following https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/CompilationGuide/Ubuntu or using the scripts from https://github.com/rdp/ffmpeg-windows-build-helpers but not the relase branch.
For now I can stick with snapshot
I solved this compile error with adding the PIC compile flag to the aom library, try this patch in directory ffmpegtemp/aom/aom:
diff --git a/build/cmake/compiler_flags.cmake b/build/cmake/compiler_flags.cmake
index 79192c1fa..ec8d214a5 100644
--- a/build/cmake/compiler_flags.cmake
+++ b/build/cmake/compiler_flags.cmake
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ include(CheckCCompilerFlag)
include(CheckCXXCompilerFlag)
include("${AOM_ROOT}/build/cmake/compiler_tests.cmake")
+set(AOM_EXTRA_C_FLAGS "-fPIC")
+
# Strings used to cache flags.
set(AOM_C_FLAGS)
set(AOM_CXX_FLAGS)
When I'm trying to compile ffmpeg, I have this error
nasm/yasm not found or too old. Use --disable-x86asm for a crippled build.
If you think configure made a mistake, make sure you are using the latest
version from Git. If the latest version fails, report the problem to the
ffmpeg-user@ffmpeg.org mailing list or IRC #ffmpeg on irc.freenode.net.
Include the log file "ffbuild/config.log" produced by configure as this will help
solve the problem.
I ran into this problem as well. After I ran this I got farther:
sudo apt install nasm
compile aom with option:
cmake aom/ -DAOM_EXTRA_C_FLAGS=-fPIC
worked for me.
I solved the ffmpeg issue with aom by compiling aom as a shared library:
cmake aom/ -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=1
as per (aom/README.md)
Thank you for this very helpful comment!
..then after running ldconfig:
erflungued@minty:~/src/ffmpegtemp/ffmpeg-4.1.3$ make check
worked fine.
Thanks for this tute @Sean
After removing libavcodec I ended up in command line on boot.
Looks like libs from this custom ffmpeg package were not linked properly. Any suggestions how to fix?
I'm stuck there too... really wish someone answered with a solution. Google isn't helping much... =/
LD libavcodec/libavcodec.so.58
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/libaom.a(noise_model.c.o): relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against symbol `stderr@@GLIBC_2.2.5' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Bad value
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
ffbuild/library.mak:102: recipe for target 'libavcodec/libavcodec.so.58' failed
make: *** [libavcodec/libavcodec.so.58] Error 1
1) Small typo in instructions;
--enable-small--enable-avisynth
should read:
--enable-small --enable-avisynth
2) git clone ...
can be
git clone --depth=1 ...
to avoid unecessary repo history
3) aom: for this error: "relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against symbol `stderr@@GLIBC_2.2.5' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC" the following works:
delete ffmpegtemp directory, take all same steps for aom again, but change;
cmake aom/
to;
cmake aom/ -DAOM_EXTRA_C_FLAGS=-fPIC
then just go back to ffmpeg directory and type make again, build will complete
4) Latest: https://ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-4.1.3.tar.gz
Enjoy & God bless