CentOS 7 install and use FFmpeg

FFmpeg

FFmpeg is a free and open source tool set for processing multimedia files. It contains a set of shared audio and video libraries, such as libavcodec, libavformat, and libavutil. Using FFmpeg, you can convert between various video and audio formats, set sample rate, capture streaming audio/video, and adjust video size

Install FFmpeg on CentOS 7

1. Install epel-release

$ sudo yum install epel-release

2. Use RPM Fusion source

$ yum localinstall --nogpgcheck https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/el/rpmfusion-free-release-7.noarch.rpm

3. Install FFmpeg

$ yum install ffmpeg ffmpeg-devel

4. Check if the installation is successful

$ ffmpeg -version

FFmpeg usage example

Basic conversion

• Convert video files from mp4 to webm

  $ ffmpeg -i input.mp4 output.webm

• Convert audio files from mp3 to ogg

  $ ffmpeg -i input.mp3 output.ogg

Specify codec

You can specify the codec to be used with the -c option. The codec can be the name of any supported decoder/encoder, or copy can simply copy the special value of the input stream

• Use libvpx video codec and libvorbis audio codec to convert video files from mp4 to webm

  $ ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -c:v libvpx -c:a libvorbis output.webm

• Convert audio files from mp3 to ogg encoded with the libopus codec

  $ ffmpeg -i input.mp3 -c:a libopus output.ogg

More actions

You can refer to the official FFmpeg document