Help with FFMPEG, please

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Guldstrand

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Can someone please, please explain how i can remove ALL instances of FFMPEG, and then install the very latest, (with support for most formats)?
A big thanks in advance!

(I'm running Debian 7.)
 


What version is currently installed? You can upgrade to the newest at: http://www.deb-multimedia.org/
If you want to build from source:
Code:
git clone git://source.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git ffmpeg
There is a list of other ffmpeg varieties at:
http://www.ffmpeg.org/download.html
Other version include Multithreading support and CrystallHD.


I don't think you want to try an remove the current version..ffmpeg is a dependency of many programs. If you try to remove it, chances are you will have to remove other programs that depend on it. It is possible though, you will have to make all the programs yourself and not use apt-get. I recommend using the deb-multimedia source. IE
Code:
apt-get install deb-multimedia-keyring
and add deb-multimedia.org to your source list.
 
It's just that, i don't know exactly how to build from source. :(
And when i run
Code:
git clone git://source.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git ffmpeg
..i get something like:
destination path 'ffmpeg' already exists and is not an empty directory
 
Okay, first lets find out what version you have:
Code:
 ffmpeg -version
And if you want to check for the format you are looking for
Code:
 ffmpeg -formats
If it is on the list, it is supported.

As for the git error. Have you downloaded ffmpeg before? That would be the only reason you get that..
 
Ok, i'm going to test that tomorrow, need to sleep soon.
Yes, i may have downloaded "ffmpeg" before, how can i remove that one?
 
from a terminal:
cd to the folder location. For example
cd ~/Downloads if ffmpeg was in your Downloads folder
Code:
 rm -rf ffmpeg
 

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