On 10.03.20 18:08, Dennis Mungai wrote:
On Tue, 10 Mar 2020 at 19:52, Reindl Harald <[email protected]> wrote:
Am 10.03.20 um 17:10 schrieb bbb:
I was using ffmpeg from official ubuntu-xenial repositories and was
unable to convert a bunch of files with subtitles ("invalid, non
monotonically increasing dts").
Then I realised, that my ffmpeg was so very old, it did not include
those two fixes:
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/4450
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/6248
When I checked out from git and build it myself everything worked fine.
So I wonder: What is the best practice to keep ffmpeg up to date on an
ubuntu 18.04 system? Is there another repo?
i build ffmpeg from source for 12 years now on Fedora
/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg has a static linked up-to-date libx264 and so
ffmpeg-libs in whatever version rpmfusion ships and lins other packages
with are untouched
just learn to build packages and you are done
Depending on your use case:
(a). If you want a build with mostly free components, such as nvenc,
etc, grab a snap installer from here: https://snapcraft.io/ffmpeg
(b). If you need extras, its' always best to build from source. It can
be tedious and even frustrating especially if you're not familiar with
build systems, but the reward and return on investment is totally
worth it.
(c). For simple, static builds, you may also grab a copy from John Van
Sickle: https://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/
On other platforms, your mileage will vary. For Windows, I've found
great success with this build helper (needs a Linux VM or host to
generate working builds):
https://github.com/rdp/ffmpeg-windows-build-helpers
Warm regards,
Dennis.
Hi Dennis,
thanks for your reply.
Actually building from source was perfectly easy both on amd64 and
armhf. I didn't even bothered to read the documentation. Seems like a
very well configured git repository.
The John Van Sickle homepage looks very promising. It provides the
binaries and checksums I need, so it should be easy to create a cronjob
that keeps my ffmpeg up to date.
Best regards
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