Comments on: Converting Videos with Rails: Installing FFMPEG http://jimneath.org/2008/06/02/converting-videos-with-rails-installing-ffmpeg/ Ruby on Rails, Javascript, CSS and Standards Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:15:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Scott Motte http://jimneath.org/2008/06/02/converting-videos-with-rails-installing-ffmpeg/#comment-739 Scott Motte Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:34:06 +0000 http://jimneath.org/?p=39#comment-739 You know what, I think ffmpeg can be installed now (at least on ubuntu hardy) simply via: sudo apt-get install ffmpeg You know what, I think ffmpeg can be installed now (at least on ubuntu hardy) simply via:

sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

]]> By: Scott Motte http://jimneath.org/2008/06/02/converting-videos-with-rails-installing-ffmpeg/#comment-737 Scott Motte Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:15:12 +0000 http://jimneath.org/?p=39#comment-737 Here are some problems I ran into as well. 1. With my /etc/apt/sources.list on ubuntu hardy, I needed to add 'multiverse' to the end of each of the lines so it looked like the following <code> deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted universe multiversedeb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted universe multiverse deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted universe multiverse deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted universe multiverse deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted universe multiverse deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted universe multiverse </code> Then I ran sudo aptitude update to let ubuntu know I updated my sources list. 2. I couldn't find libfaad2-dev for ubuntu hardy so I installed libfaad-dev instead using apt-get install Here are some problems I ran into as well.

1. With my /etc/apt/sources.list on ubuntu hardy, I needed to add ‘multiverse’ to the end of each of the lines so it looked like the following


deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted universe multiversedeb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted universe multiverse

Then I ran sudo aptitude update to let ubuntu know I updated my sources list.

2. I couldn’t find libfaad2-dev for ubuntu hardy so I installed libfaad-dev instead using apt-get install

]]> By: Chris http://jimneath.org/2008/06/02/converting-videos-with-rails-installing-ffmpeg/#comment-420 Chris Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:54:29 +0000 http://jimneath.org/?p=39#comment-420 Here are a couple of problems I ran into and how I solved them: 1. When running ./configure, some libraries were not found. For each missing lib, I went to http://packages.ubuntu.com/ and searched for the lib name, then did an "apt-get install" for the most likely-sounding module. 2. When running make, the libx264 library caused some errors so I simply reran ./configure without the --enable-libx264 flag. 3. When I tested with "ffmpeg -v" the newly installed libs weren't found. I ran ldconfig to update the libs cache and that solved it. Hope this helps somebody! Here are a couple of problems I ran into and how I solved them:

1. When running ./configure, some libraries were not found. For each missing lib, I went to http://packages.ubuntu.com/ and searched for the lib name, then did an “apt-get install” for the most likely-sounding module.

2. When running make, the libx264 library caused some errors so I simply reran ./configure without the –enable-libx264 flag.

3. When I tested with “ffmpeg -v” the newly installed libs weren’t found. I ran ldconfig to update the libs cache and that solved it.

Hope this helps somebody!

]]> By: Chris http://jimneath.org/2008/06/02/converting-videos-with-rails-installing-ffmpeg/#comment-417 Chris Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:43:59 +0000 http://jimneath.org/?p=39#comment-417 Thanks for this great post (all 3 parts)! Today I decided to write an online video conversion tool as part of a pet project of mine and I thought, "hey, this is a good excuse to learn Ruby on Rails!" Then about 5mins later I found your blog post. Fits the bill perfectly! Thanks for this great post (all 3 parts)!

Today I decided to write an online video conversion tool as part of a pet project of mine and I thought, “hey, this is a good excuse to learn Ruby on Rails!” Then about 5mins later I found your blog post. Fits the bill perfectly!

]]> By: Converting Videos with Rails: Converting the Video | Uncategorized http://jimneath.org/2008/06/02/converting-videos-with-rails-installing-ffmpeg/#comment-261 Converting Videos with Rails: Converting the Video | Uncategorized Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:22:34 +0000 http://jimneath.org/?p=39#comment-261 [...] you’ve installed FFMPEG. Now it’s time to move onto converting the video. For this we’re going to be using a [...] [...] you’ve installed FFMPEG. Now it’s time to move onto converting the video. For this we’re going to be using a [...]

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