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FFmpeg is a cross-platform solution for streaming audio and video as well as recording and conversion. It’s also useful to convert multimedia files between various formats. FFmpeg includes libavcodec audio/video codec library in it.
This article will describe you to how to install FFmpeg on Fedora 27/26/25/4/23 systems using DNF. Also provides basic uses of FFmpeg command line utility.
Step 1 – Configure Yum Repository
First of all, You must have installed and enabled the RPMfusion repository on your Fedora system. If you don’t have installed, use below commands to install.
sudo dnf install https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm sudo dnf install https://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm
Step 2 – Install FFmpeg on Fedora
Now, your Fedora system is ready for FFmpeg installation. Use DNF package manager to begin the installation process of FFmpeg with FFmpeg-devel package on Fedora system.
sudo dnf install ffmpeg ffmpeg-devel
Step 3 – Find FFmpeg Version
After successfully installed FFmpeg packages on Fedora. Now use the following command to check the version installed on the system.
ffmpeg ffmpeg version 4.0.2 Copyright (c) 2000-2018 the FFmpeg developers built with gcc 8 (GCC) configuration: --prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin --datadir=/usr/share/ffmpeg..... ....
Step 4 – FFmpeg Basic Commands (Optional)
Here is the list of few FFmpeg basic commands line options. These commands will help you to work with FFmpeg utility.
ffmpeg -version: show version ffmpeg -formats: show available formats ffmpeg -codecs: show available codecs ffmpeg -decoders: show available decoders ffmpeg -encoders: show available encoders ffmpeg -bsfs: show available bit stream filters ffmpeg -protocols: show available protocols ffmpeg -filters: show available filters ffmpeg -pix_fmts: show available pixel formats ffmpeg -layouts: show standard channel layouts ffmpeg -sample_fmts: show available audio sample formats
Click here to read more about ffmpeg on its official site.
Step 5 – FFmpeg Basic Examples
Here are few basic examples of uses of FFmpeg command line. Please suggest more examples to add here.
Reduce .mov File Size:
ffmpeg -i infile.mov -c:v libx264 -c:a copy -crf 20 outfile.mov
Convert .mov To .mp4
ffmpeg -i infile.mov -vcodec copy -acodec aac -strict experimental -ab 128k outfile.mp4
