FFmpeg 2.7.2 “Nash” multimedia framework for Linux Ubuntu. Install FFmpeg 2.7.2 on Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04 and Ubuntu 14.10.
FFmpeg can record, convert and stream audio and video files on Linux Ubuntu. It can also decode, encode, transcode, mux, demux, stream, filter audio and video files. It supports every single audio and video file formats up to date.
FFmpeg 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.
The release note says “2.7.2 was released on 2015-07-20. It is the latest stable FFmpeg release from the 2.7.2 release branch, which was cut from master on 2015-06-09. Amongst lots of other changes, it includes all changes from ffmpeg-mt, libav master of 2015-06-10, libav 11 as of 2015-06-11.”
Install FFmpeg 2.7.2 Ubuntu Systems
Run the following commands in Terminal to install the latest FFmpeg version on Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04 and Ubuntu derivative systems:
$ sudo apt-add-repository ppa:samrog131/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install ffmpeg-real
$ sudo ln -sf /opt/ffmpeg/bin/ffmpeg /usr/bin/ffmpeg
If you wish to uninstall FFmpeg from Ubuntu Systems, run the following command:
$ sudo apt-get remove ffmpeg
$ sudo rm /opt/ffmpeg/bin/ffmpeg /usr/bin/ffmpeg
Install FFmpeg 2.7.2 Debian 8 Jessie
Run the following commands in Terminal to install the latest FFmpeg version on Debian 8.0 Jessie:
$ sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org jessie main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list'
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install deb-multimedia-keyring
$ sudo apt-get install ffmpeg
If you wish to uninstall FFmpeg from Debian 8 system, run the following command:
$ sudo apt-get remove ffmpeg
$ sudo rm /opt/ffmpeg/bin/ffmpeg /usr/bin/ffmpeg