An easy install of the ffmpeg command line tool
Dec 22, '06 07:30:00AM
Contributed by: Wikinator
I always wanted to use the ffmpeg command line tool (the one ffmpegX is the GUI of) in Terminal, but I didn't find it in Fink, and I didn't want to compile it from an experimental source. Well, there is a working binary of ffmpeg bundled with ffmpegX. To get it, simply follow these steps:
- Get ffmpegX from the above URL. It's a pretty useful tool, because the ffmpeg synatx isn't quite easy to handle.
- Control-click on the ffmpegX application, choose Show Package Contents from the pop-up menu, and navigate into Resources.
- Copy ffmpeg to /usr/local/bin.
- Execute the following in Terminal (as admin):
sudo chown root:wheel /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg
sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg
Now you have a working version of ffmpeg in the Terminal.
[robg adds: There may be other ways to get the binary as well, but this one seems quite simple.]
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