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Update On: 23 Jul 2021Install FFmpeg, Mplayer, Mencoder, MP4Box, Flvtool2

You can use the following tutorial to install ffmpeg and other video modules in your centos server. FFmpeg is an audio/video translation tool. It covers libavcodec, the best open-source codec library. An temporary streaming server for live telecasts is also added.
Install FFmpeg modules Mencoder, Mplayer, flvtool2, MediaInfo, mp4box, neroAacEnc on centos to switch the video to your favorite expansion.

Install FFmpeg, Mplayer, Mencoder, MP4Box, Flvtool2 etc.,

Update your rpmforge now.

for i386:wget http://pkgs.repoforge.org/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.3-1.el6.rf.i686.rpmrpm -ivh rpmforge-release-0.5.3-1.el6.rf.i686.rpm

for x86_64:wget http://pkgs.repoforge.org/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.3-1.el6.rf.x86_64.rpmrpm -ivh rpmforge-release-0.5.3-1.el6.rf.x86_64.rpm

Install the utilites of ffmpeg.

RedHat/Centos:

# yum groupinstall -y "Development Tools"

or

yum install zlib-devel automake autoconf gcc gmake make libcpp libgcc libstdc++ gcc4 gcc4-c++ gcc4-gfortran gcc-c++ mesa-libGL-devel mesa-libGLU-devel libXi-devel libXmu-devel freeglut-devel freeglut libtool ncurses-devel

Debian/Ubuntu:

#apt-get install build-essential

Dynamic Linked Libraries Path

Linux uses a system of shared libraries, similar to Windows dlls, for the efficient use of space and resources, and modularity.

Add those  below entry in  /etc/ld.so.conf

/usr/local/lib
/usr/lib

# ldconfig

Install libogg

Libogg contains necessary functionality to create, decode, and work with Ogg bitstreams.

# cd /usr/local/src
# wget http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/ogg/libogg-1.2.2.tar.gz
# tar zxvf libogg-1.2.2.tar.gz
# cd /usr/local/src/libogg-1.2.2
#./configure && make clean && make && make install
# ldconfig

Install libvorbis

The libvorbis reference implementation provides both a standard encoder and decoder under a BSD license.

# cd /usr/local/src
# wget http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/vorbis/libvorbis-1.3.3.tar.gz
# tar zxvf libvorbis-1.3.3.tar.gz
# cd libvorbis-1.3.3
# ./configure && make clean && make && make install

Install Yasm

Yasm is a software program that attempts to be a complete rewrite of the NASM assembler

# wget http://www.tortall.net/projects/yasm/releases/yasm-1.2.0.tar.gz
# tar zfvx yasm-1.2.0.tar.gz
# cd yasm-1.1.0
# ./configure && make && make install

Install libx264

x264 is a free software library for encoding video streams into the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC format. It is released under the terms of the GNU

General Public License.

# cd /usr/local/src
# wget ftp://ftp.videolan.org/pub/videolan/x264/snapshots/x264-snapshot-`date -d “-1 days” +%Y%m%d`-2245-stable.tar.bz2
# tar jxf x264-snapshot-`date -d “-1 days” +%Y%m%d`-2245-stable.tar.bz2
# cd /usr/local/src/x264-snapshot-`date -d “-1 days” +%Y%m%d`-2245-stable
# ./configure –enable-shared && make clean && make && make install

Install amr

3GP is a simplified version of the MPEG-4 Part 14 (MP4) container format, designed to decrease storage and bandwidth requirements in order to accommodate mobile phones.

# cd /usr/local/src
# wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/opencore-amr/opencore-amr/0.1.2/opencore-amr-0.1.2.tar.gz
# tar zxf opencore-amr-0.1.2.tar.gz
# cd opencore-amr-0.1.2
# ./configure && make clean && make && make install