How to get ffmpeg installed on my system?

[James Mcphee]

dpkg makes me think debian or *buntu.  apt-cache search ffmpeg to see
packages available that have it in there.  if it were me, i'd probably
install dvdrip and use the perl tools that frontend libffmpeg.

On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 8:24 PM, Herminio Hernandez Jr. <
herminio.hernandezjr at gmail.com> wrote:

> What distro do you use?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jan 2, 2018, at 7:53 PM, joe at actionline.com wrote:
> >
> > When I tried to run this to convert a video:
> >
> > cat workshop2.VOB | ffmpeg -i - workit.mp4
> >
> > This was the result:
> >
> > ffmpeg: command not found
> >
> > When searching my system for ffmpeg, I found lots
> > of entries, but apparently not the right thing.
> >
> > Or ... what do I need to differently to get this to work?
> >
> >
> > locate ffmpeg | fgrep lib
> > /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gstreamer-0.10/libgstffmpegcolorspace.so
> > /usr/lib/kde4/ffmpegthumbs.so
> > /usr/lib/kde4/k3bffmpegdecoder.so
> > /usr/lib/kde4/kffmpegthumbnailer.so
> > /usr/lib/kde4/kfilemetadata_ffmpegextractor.so
> > /usr/lib/transcode/export_ffmpeg.so
> > /usr/lib/transcode/import_ffmpeg.so
> > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libffmpegthumbnailer.so.4
> > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libffmpegthumbnailer.so.4.0.8
> > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gstreamer-0.10/libgstffmpeg.so
> > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gstreamer-0.10/libgstffmpegcolorspace.so
> > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gstreamer-0.10/libgstffmpegscale.so
> > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libquicktime2/lqt_ffmpeg.so
> > /usr/share/doc/libffmpegthumbnailer4
> > /usr/share/doc/libxine1-ffmpeg
> > /usr/share/doc/libffmpegthumbnailer4/changelog.Debian.gz
> > /usr/share/doc/libffmpegthumbnailer4/copyright
> > /var/lib/dpkg/info/ffmpegthumbs.list
> > /var/lib/dpkg/info/ffmpegthumbs.md5sums
> > /var/lib/dpkg/info/gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg:amd64.list
> > /var/lib/dpkg/info/gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg:amd64.md5sums
> > /var/lib/dpkg/info/kffmpegthumbnailer.list
> > /var/lib/dpkg/info/kffmpegthumbnailer.md5sums
> > /var/lib/dpkg/info/libffmpegthumbnailer4.list
> > /var/lib/dpkg/info/libffmpegthumbnailer4.md5sums
> > /var/lib/dpkg/info/libffmpegthumbnailer4.postinst
> > /var/lib/dpkg/info/libffmpegthumbnailer4.postrm
> > /var/lib/dpkg/info/libffmpegthumbnailer4.shlibs
> > /var/lib/dpkg/info/libxine1-ffmpeg.list
> > /var/lib/dpkg/info/libxine1-ffmpeg.md5sums
> > /var/lib/dpkg/info/libxine1-ffmpeg.postinst
> >
> >
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James McPhee
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