Posted by ranoble on November 17, 2009 at 6:37pm
When in the course of human events it becomes necessary to install FFmpeg on one's Drupal server, I can find source code but no "Installing FFmpeg For Dummies" documentation. I am not adept at installing from source. I am assuming that someone reading this has done so already and would be able to arrange a time when you could look over my shoulder, hold my hand, etc. while I install FFmpeg so we can use Media Mover.
If you are such a person, please contact me offlist at ranoble at madison dot k12 dot wi dot us
Thanks :)
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What sort of server
What OS, version, etc?
Environment
VMware virtual hardware
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
FFmpeg itself or a particular Drupal module that uses it?
Is the problem installing ffmpeg itself or getting a particular Drupal module to integrate with it.
If it is the former and you have root access on the system installing ffmpeg should be straightforward:
get the source, untar it, etc
./configure; make; make install
It appears to be pretty well behaved from an installation standpoint.
I feel your pain.
Hopes of trying out and installing ffmpeg were dashed last week when I couldn't find any decent documentation on how to install and configure it.
This apparently isn't one of those quick and dirty module installs I have been accustomed to....
in as many words: subscribing
Fun with Gmap
mythtv
I have not used ffmpeg for Drupal at all but have worked on it for MythTV. The trickiest part to building it from source is knowing which configuration options to use when building it. I think I used this page in the past to get a starting point: http://videotranscoding.wikispaces.com/ffmpeg
Tutorial found
I found a tutorial at http://howto-pages.org/ffmpeg/ that looks promising. I'm going to try it out.