Easy steps to install ffmpeg on linux server

A comprehensive, cross-platform tool for recording, converting, and streaming music and video is called FFmpeg. Included in it is the industry-leading audio/video codec library, libavcodec.

This tutorial will help you to install ffmpeg on your Linux VPS OR Linux Dedicated Server.

Note: Please update the yum repositories on your server before beginning the installation.Once the repositories are updated, follow the steps below to install ffmpeg.
yum install ffmpeg ffmpeg-devel php-devel mplayer -y

It will install all the required rpm’s and required dependencies.
It’s time to compile it with php so that you can use it with your php code.
# cd /usr/local/src
# wget http://biznetnetworks.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/ffmpeg-php/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0.tbz2
# tar xjf ffmpeg-php-0.6.0.tbz2
# cd ffmpeg-php-0.6.0
# phpize
# ./configure –enable-shared –prefix=/usr
# make
# make install
Now, you will have to include the ffmpeg.so file in php.ini. You can find server’s php.ini with command
php -i | grep php.ini

Open the file with your favorite editor and add line below.
extension=ffmpeg.so

Restart apache & you are done.
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