Post Sun Jan 06, 2013 4:54 am

ubuntu FFMPEG X264 install / upgrade script

I found this while I was trying to resolve a problem with my site. I used it and it got my ffmpeg working. I have not tested and make sure that everything that serviio needs is installed, but either way it is a good start.



Introduction
This is a bash script, written for Ubuntu, to automatically update both x264 and FFmpeg to the latest versions available from their git repos.

It was first released on 16th April 2010 and is currently in a stable state.

It was been tested on Ubuntu Natty. It supports Natty, Maverick, Lucid and Hardy. It will not work on other Linux Distros due to the dependency differences across different Distros. This script doesn't yet support Oneric, but I will fix this very soon, though why you'd want to use Oneric with that ghastly Unity interface is anyone's guess - Lubuntu all the way baby!
What It Does and How To Use It
This script uses the instructions from here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=786095 and automates the process of updating to the latest git versions of x264 and FFmpeg.

If this is the first time you have run it, it will download and install all the necessary dependencies for your Distro and then download the source files for x264 and FFmpeg and build both. It creates and uses a simple config file so you can specify where it downloads the sources to.

If you run this a second or more times, it will then update your x264 and FFmpeg install.

It also includes a basic update checking mechanism that will only update x264 and FFmpeg when there is actually a newer version. In addition, there is another update checking mechanism for the script, to ensure you are always using the latest version. If it finds that there is a newer version (by checking a version file here on this site) it will download the new file and save it to the same place as the source files.


https://github.com/pruperting/x264-ffmpeg-up-to-date
Mark
Beta Tester Group
http://www.serviidb.com Online media resource repository

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