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I have some newer videos that wont play on my tv via via my nas because they are broadcasting a format profile of 5.1 and my TV will only handle 4.0.
I can change the format profile with ffmpeg without converting the whole file so it’s quick but, while I have downloaded ffmpeg-2.8.3.tar.bz2 I can’t work out how to install it.
Instructions read

  1. Type ./configure to create the configuration. A list of configure
    options is printed by running configure --help.

    configure can be launched from a directory different from the FFmpeg
    sources to build the objects out of tree. To do this, use an absolute
    path when launching configure, e.g. /ffmpegdir/ffmpeg/configure.

  2. Then type make to build FFmpeg. GNU Make 3.81 or later is required.

  3. Type make install to install all binaries and libraries you built.

I’m sure I’m not doing it right but am at a loss as to why.
Any help appreciated.

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Which distro / version / architecture ?

[EDIT]

If it’s a recent version of ubuntu (or derivative) you probably don’t want ffmpeg (it’s been replaced by the drop in replacement libav) … instead you probably want to install libav-tools:

sudo apt-get install libav-tools

then replace “ffmpeg” in your conversion command to “avconv”

so:

ffmpeg -i input_file.mp4 -vcodec libx264 -vprofile main -preset slow -b:v 500k -maxrate 500k -bufsize 1000k -threads 0 -acodec libvo_aacenc -b:a 128k output_file.mp4

would become

avconv -i input_file.mp4 -vcodec libx264 -vprofile main -preset slow -b:v 500k -maxrate 500k -bufsize 1000k -threads 0 -acodec libvo_aacenc -b:a 128k output_file.mp4

but personally I’d just install then use winff to convert the file with say the MPEG-4 / 720P profile.

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LOL, sorry, peppermint 4 32 bit

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Peppermint FOUR ???

You’re still running FOUR ?

That should IIRC still have ffmpeg … are you unable to add stuff from the repos ?