FFmpeg 6.0 Released. How to Install FFmpeg 6.0 via PPA in Ubuntu. FFmpeg is a software to record, convert and stream audio and video on Linux Ubuntu.
The new release, FFmpeg 6.0 “Von Neumann” has many new encoders and decoders, filters, ffmpeg CLI tool improvements, and many more updates. The new decoders featured are Bonk, RKA, Radiance, SC-4, APAC, VQC, WavArc and a few ADPCM formats. QSV and NVenc now support AV1 encoding.
Other changes are:
- Radiance HDR image support
- ddagrab (Desktop Duplication) video capture filter
- ffmpeg -shortest_buf_duration option
- ffmpeg now requires threading to be built
- ffmpeg now runs every muxer in a separate thread
- Add new mode to cropdetect filter to detect crop-area based on motion vectors and edges
- VAAPI decoding and encoding for 10/12bit 422, 10/12bit 444 HEVC and VP9
- WBMP (Wireless Application Protocol Bitmap) image format
- a3dscope filter
- bonk decoder and demuxer
- Micronas SC-4 audio decoder
- LAF demuxer
- APAC decoder and demuxer
- Media 100i decoders
- DTS to PTS reorder bsf
- ViewQuest VQC decoder
- backgroundkey filter
- nvenc AV1 encoding support
- MediaCodec decoder via NDKMediaCodec
- MediaCodec encoder
- oneVPL support for QSV
- QSV AV1 encoder
- QSV decoding and encoding for 10/12bit 422, 10/12bit 444 HEVC and VP9
- showcwt multimedia filter
- corr video filter
- adrc audio filter
- afdelaysrc audio filter
- WADY DPCM decoder and demuxer
- CBD2 DPCM decoder
- ssim360 video filter
- ffmpeg CLI new options: -stats_enc_pre[_fmt], -stats_enc_post[_fmt], -stats_mux_pre[_fmt]
- hstack_vaapi, vstack_vaapi and xstack_vaapi filters
- XMD ADPCM decoder and demuxer
- media100 to mjpegb bsf
- ffmpeg CLI new option: -fix_sub_duration_heartbeat
- WavArc decoder and demuxer
- CrystalHD decoders deprecated
- SDNS demuxer
- RKA decoder and demuxer
- filtergraph syntax in ffmpeg CLI now supports passing file contents as option values
- hstack_qsv, vstack_qsv and xstack_qsv filters
Install FFmpeg 6.0 in Ubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu 20.04
Run the following commands in terminal to Install FFmpeg 6.0 in Ubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu 20.04
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg6 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg4 sudo apt-get update sudo apt full-upgrade sudo apt install ffmpeg
Once installed, you can use the tool to convert video and audio easily. You can type: $ ffmpeg -i input.mp4 output.avi to convert the desired file.