Open a new terminal ( CTRL+ALT+T) and then run the following commands. I will install FFmpeg from the default repositories. Let’s start with the installation of the FFmpeg framework in Ubuntu-based distributions. Since the FFmpeg packages are offered for the most used Linux distributions and the installation will be relatively easy. How to Install FFmpeg Multimedia Framework in Linux In the next part, we will practice with some of the FFmpeg multimedia framework tools, but before doing that we have to install them in our Linux box. The above command is only useful for explanation, it is not recommended to be used in practice because the codec, bitrate, and other specifics are not declared. # ffmpeg -i Lone_Ranger.mp4 Lone_Ranger.avi The following command will convert your mp4 file into an avi file, simple as that. Let me take an example, a very simple one. There are many other practical things that you can do with the help of the FFmpeg framework such as converting your wav file to an mp3 one, encode and decode your videos, or even scale them.Īccording to the official website, FFmpeg is able to do the following.
I am very sure you will find this framework very useful when you would like to do some digital audio and video streaming or recording. The FFmpeg framework offers high security and the reason for this is the seriosity of the developers when they review the code, it is always done with security in mind.
According to the description of FFmpeg on the official website, the reason for having such a great multimedia framework is the combination of the best free software options available. This framework is really powerful due to the diversity of available tools, that provide the best technical solution for the user. For example, the ffplay is a portable media player that can be used to play audio/video files, ffmpeg can convert between different file formats, ffserver can be used to stream live broadcasts and ffprobe is able to analyze multimedia stream. FFmpeg is one of the best multimedia frameworks that contains various tools for different tasks.
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