FFmpeg 2.8.4 “Feynman.” Install FFmpeg multimedia framework on Ubuntu (apt-get PPA) on Ubuntu 15.10 and Ubuntu 14.04. FFmpeg is a command line tool to convert multimedia files on Ubuntu.
FFmpeg is the leading multimedia framework, able to decode, encode, transcode, mux, demux, stream, filter and play pretty much anything that humans and machines have created. It supports the most obscure ancient formats up to the cutting edge. It contains libavcodec, libavutil, libavformat, libavfilter, libavdevice, libswscale and libswresample which can be used by applications. As well as ffmpeg, ffserver, ffplay and ffprobe which can be used by end users for transcoding, streaming and playing.
FFmpeg Tools
FFmpeg contains various tools for working on various multimedia files. Below are the FFmpeg tools:
- ffmpeg – A command line tool to convert multimedia files between formats.
- ffserver – A multimedia streaming server for live broadcasts.
- ffplay – A simple media player based on SDL and the FFmpeg libraries.
- ffprobe – A simple multimedia stream analyzer.
Install FFmpeg on Ubuntu
FFmpeg 2.8.4 is the latest version of FFmpeg Multimedia Framework. It can be installed on Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 14.10 and Ubuntu derivatives. Run the following commands to install FFmpeg 2.8.4:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:djcj/hybrid
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install ffmpeg
Uninstall FFmpeg from Ubuntu
Run the following commands to uninstall and remove FFmpeg 2.8 from Ubuntu Systems:
$ sudo apt-get remove FFmpeg
$ sudo rm /opt/FFmpeg/bin/FFmpeg /usr/bin/FFmpeg
Using FFmpeg on Ubuntu
Please note that FFmpeg is a command line tool. If you like to use GUI, try installing WinFF, GUI for FFmpeg (see below). If you wish to get more help, run help or info command in Terminal.