2009/11/9 Mallikarjun <[email protected]> > Dear friends, > I have problem figuring out which library to install for ffmpeg to work > with mp4 files, > I can convert flv to avi, mp3 and all I wanted but not to/from mp4. > I was able to do this in previous versions, and did a fresh install > recently. > > By mp4, I am assuming you want to convert to the mp4 container with the h264 codec. The h264 codec doesn't come with the default ffmpeg issues since there are patent issues associated with it.
One option is to compile ffmpeg yourself with all the libraries and codecs you need: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ffmpeg . You used to be able to also get a fully functional version off medibuntu - http://medibuntu.org , but it seems like they might have removed it from the medibuntu repositories now for some reason ... I haven't had to do a compile of ffmpeg in some time, so not sure if the link above works for Karmic . Let us know if you do try that route and I'll try and help with any errors. If you do plan on doing a lot of video encoding, I do suggest compiling your own ffmpeg. Otherwise, you can just use mencoder as suggested by others. Hth, Sanjay
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