How to install FFmpeg 2.6.1 on Ubuntu 14.10 and Ubuntu 14.04 systems. FFmpeg is a multimedia framework which comes with the ffmpeg tool for converting multimedia files. It can be used for transcoding, streaming and playing multimedia contents – auido and video files.
FFmpeg multimedia framework contains libavcodec, libavutil, libavformat, libavfilter, libavdevice, libswscale and libswresample which can be used by applications. FFmpeg comes with an in-built ffmpeg tool for converting multimedia files. It also includes ffserver, ffplay and ffprobe used for transcoding, streaming and playing multimedia contents.
The latest version, FFmpeg 2.6.1 has been released with several updated libraries and codecs.
Install FFmpeg 2.6.1 On Ubuntu Systems
The FFmpeg can be installed via PPA. Open Terminal and run the following command to add the ppa and install FFmpeg:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kirillshkrogalev/ffmpeg-next
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ffmpeg
You will also have to create the symlink to make make FFmpeg 2.6.1 work on Linux Ubuntu systems. Run the following command to create the symlink:
sudo ln -sf /opt/ffmpeg/bin/ffmpeg /usr/bin/ffmpeg
Uninstall FFmpeg 2.6.1 From Ubuntu Systems
If you want to uninstall and remove FFmpeg installed on your system, run the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ffmpeg
Using FFmpeg in Ubuntu
Once installed, you can open FFmpeg from Ubuntu Dash and use it to convert a video or another multimedia file.