[FFmpeg-user] FFMPEG SOURCE BUILD QUESTION

[James Darnley]

On 2012-12-10 23:25, maujhsn wrote:
> Can anybody explain why this command doesn't install this program which I
> downloaded from source?
> 
> tar -xjvf <filename>.tar.bz2 In my case: ffmpeg-linux64-20121206.tar.bz2
> 
> It resides in ubuntu at ubuntu:~/Downloads/ffmpeg-linux64-20121206$
> 
> WHY DO I GET THIS OUTPUT TO A SIMPLE FFMPEG COMMAND IF THE WHOLE PACKAGE
> RESIDES IN THIS PATH?: ubuntu at ubuntu:~/Downloads/ffmpeg-linux64-20121206$
> ffmpeg -vn -i desk2E.mkv -ac 2 -ab 128k -ar 44100 output.wav
> The program 'ffmpeg' is currently not installed.

Because you haven't installed ffmpeg?

If this:
> tar -xjvf <filename>.tar.bz2 In my case: ffmpeg-linux64-20121206.tar.bz2
is supposed to extract a binary to the current directory, have you
tried: ./ffmpeg

If that is the source package, have you tried: ./configure && make &&
./ffmpeg

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