{"id":6764,"date":"2017-05-05T16:16:37","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T16:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=6764"},"modified":"2017-05-05T16:18:30","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T16:18:30","slug":"install-ffmpeg-3-3-in-ubuntu-16-04-14-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2017\/05\/install-ffmpeg-3-3-in-ubuntu-16-04-14-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install FFmpeg 3.3 in Ubuntu 16.04, 14.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ffmpeg-icon245.png\" alt=\"FFMPEG\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6248\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This quick tutorial is going to show you how to install the latest FFmpeg multimedia library 3.3 &#8220;Hilbert&#8221; in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 14.04 via PPA.<\/p>\n<p>FFmpeg 3.3 &#8220;Hilbert&#8221; is a new major release that features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Apple Pixlet decoder<\/li>\n<li>NewTek SpeedHQ decoder<\/li>\n<li>QDMC audio decoder<\/li>\n<li>PSD (Photoshop Document) decoder<\/li>\n<li>FM Screen Capture decoder<\/li>\n<li>ScreenPressor decoder<\/li>\n<li>XPM decoder<\/li>\n<li>DNxHR decoder fixes for HQX and high resolution videos<\/li>\n<li>ClearVideo decoder (partial)<\/li>\n<li>16.8 and 24.0 floating point PCM decoder<\/li>\n<li>Intel QSV-accelerated VP8 video decoding<\/li>\n<li>native Opus encoder<\/li>\n<li>DNxHR 444 and HQX encoding<\/li>\n<li>Quality improvements for the (M)JPEG encoder<\/li>\n<li>VAAPI-accelerated MPEG-2 and VP8 encoding<\/li>\n<li>MPEG-7 Video Signature filter<\/li>\n<li>Intel QSV video scaling and deinterlacing filters<\/li>\n<li>Support MOV with multiple sample description tables<\/li>\n<li>Pro-MPEG CoP #3-R2 FEC protocol<\/li>\n<li>Support for spherical videos<\/li>\n<li>CrystalHD decoder moved to new decode API<\/li>\n<li> and many more, see <a href=\"https:\/\/ffmpeg.org\/download.html#release_3.3\" target=\"_blank\">release note<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>How to Install FFmpeg 3.3 via PPA in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T or by searching for &#8220;Terminal&#8221; from the dash. When it opens, run command to add the <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~jonathonf\/+archive\/ubuntu\/ffmpeg-3\" target=\"_blank\">PPA repository<\/a> (unofficial):<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:None;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonathonf\/ffmpeg-3<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type in password (no visual feedback due to security reason) and hit Enter.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ffmpeg-3-ppa-600x92.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"92\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ffmpeg-3-ppa-600x92.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ffmpeg-3-ppa-450x69.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ffmpeg-3-ppa.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2. (For Ubuntu 14.04 only)<\/b>, you also need to add another PPA for the dependencies:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonathonf\/tesseract<\/pre>\n<p><b>3.<\/b> Then upgrade FFmpeg using Software Updater:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/upgrade-ffmpeg-600x467.jpg\" alt=\"upgrade ffmpeg\" width=\"600\" height=\"467\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/upgrade-ffmpeg-600x467.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/upgrade-ffmpeg-450x350.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/upgrade-ffmpeg.jpg 859w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Or simply run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade<\/pre>\n<p><b>How to Restore:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>To undo the changes and restore to the stock version of FFmpeg in main Ubuntu repositories, purge the PPA via command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt install ppa-purge && ppa-purge ppa:jonathonf\/ffmpeg-3<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This quick tutorial is going to show you how to install the latest FFmpeg multimedia library 3.3 &#8220;Hilbert&#8221; in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 14.04 via PPA. 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