Hi, I have ffmpeg version ffmpeg version 4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1

I undertand that is an older version of ffmpeg and I thought that it was the latest stable version for ubuntu 20.04. Until I discovered new versions in launchpad

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ffmpeg

If I execute apt update I can't see this version. Then, how can I update this package?

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ffmpeg

Can you please help me understand how to install latest Ffmpeg from the link above?

I'm dumb, I cannot grasp my head around finding instructions ob how to install it.

Thanks

I was really enjoying Ubuntu until i opened twitter to check mr.Musk account when i noticed i couldn't play any twitter video. I have a 18.04.3 Ubuntu with everything up to date (i didn't installed non-free drivers and software). When i go to the ffmpeg site it says that it is open source so why it is not included ?

OS: Ubuntu 24.04

We're trying to upgrade ffmpeg from version 4.2.7 to version 6.1 in order to patch security releases. The server we're using has OS Ubuntu 20.04

I've found conflicting information in various articles stating that ffmpeg version 6.1 may not be compatible with Ubuntu 20.04, and that I may need to upgrade my ubuntu version to 22.04 or possibly even Ubuntu 23.10 (that is part of the conflicting info I've read)

As well, most instructional articles I've found specify the ffmpeg 6.1 upgrade for servers using Ubuntu 22.04. I've not found anything stating guidelines for Ubuntu 20.04.

This is my first time attempting a major ffmpeg version upgrade. If anyone has any information on these version compatibilities, and/or any links that explain installing that upgrade on Ubuntu 20.04, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance for any help!

THANK YOU!!! I am a professional videographer. I want to switch over to using FFmpeg on UBUNTU for trans-coding and compiling of 25+ hours of video per week.

I have Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS. I am slightly familiar with working in the terminal and "dependencies." I did this:

sudo apt install ffmpeg

I got ffmpeg version 3.4.6. I want FFmpeg version 4.2 "Ada.". What is the optimum way to upgrade and maintain ffmpeg?

I often do a lot of Video or Audio file conversions from one format to another.

• Examples:
  Video - convert "any to any" mpeg, mkv, mov etc
  Audio - covert "any to any" mp3, aac etc
  I'd been using about six Bash scripts I created to do this

But using those was a bit of a pain.

So I did some searching and found an awesome FFMPEG GUI which does everything
extremely well.

Its called "Panda-video-converter" and it conveniently comes as a SNAP

https://snapcraft.io/panda-video-converter

It even supports Batch conversion! I used it over this past weekend to convert some movie video's audio tracks to mp3 so I could play them like a Podcast.

Anyway wanted to share this nugget.

I run unattended-upgrades and all works fine.

Still I get pop-ups with updates that can not be installed.

I therefor uninstalled ffmpeg and downloaded binaries from Github instead. https://github.com/BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds/releases

Still do not understand why vital parts of base Ubuntu stuff is under Pro..

I'm on linux mint 21 with ffmpeg version 4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
Thanks for your inputs

I ran this command:

sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

But when i check the version ffmpeg -version

It shows version 3.4.2-2.

How can i upgrade to 4.0?

Hi,I have been trying to update ffmpeg with both apt install and snap install. apt install does not give me the latest version, I only get 3.4.8 (and the latest stable build is 4.3.1). When I use

snap install ffmpeg

I get

error: cannot communicate with server: Post http://localhost/v2/snaps/ffmpeg: dial unix /run/snapd.socket: connect: no such file or directory

From what I've read, compiling and building would be the best way to go, but I'm not versed with this at all to be honest. Any advice on how I could go about doing this? (or any other way to update it). Thank you.

Ubuntu version

Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS
Release:        18.04
Codename:       bionic

EDIT: Also wondering what's the difference between static build and source code? Would appreciate a conceptual explanation from source code to being ready to install it. Thank you.

Tried

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg4 -y
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg5 -y

this one but i get error :

 sudo apt install ffmpeg
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 ffmpeg : Depends: libavcodec59 (= 7:5.1.3-0ubuntu1~22.04.sav0)
          Depends: libavfilter8 (= 7:5.1.3-0ubuntu1~22.04.sav0)
          Depends: libavformat59 (= 7:5.1.3-0ubuntu1~22.04.sav0)
 libavdevice59 : Depends: libavcodec59 (= 7:5.1.3-0ubuntu1~22.04.sav0)
                 Depends: libavfilter8 (= 7:5.1.3-0ubuntu1~22.04.sav0)
                 Depends: libavformat59 (= 7:5.1.3-0ubuntu1~22.04.sav0)
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Tried all other method but it is not working.

The latest ffmpeg is 4.3.1, but the latest on Ubuntu Focal 20.04 LTS is 4.2.4.

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ffmpeg

I found https://launchpad.net/~jonathonf/+archive/ubuntu/ffmpeg-4

But there is no Focal release.

Is there an alternate PPA / repository that carries the latest for Ubuntu LTS releases?

I am using KDE and am mostly looking to rip (in batches) audio out of video (mp4) to flac or mp3. I need an easy GUI. Any suggestions?

I currently install the latest ffmpeg 4.x using PPA's from:https://launchpad.net/~savoury1/+archive/ubuntu/ffmpeg4

As far as I can search I could not find a 5.0 PPA install.

Does one exist, or is it still too early?

Update:

https://launchpad.net/~savoury1/+archive/ubuntu/ffmpeg5

I was trying to install FFmpeg for some reason but it's not installing on my ubuntu 20.04 latest. I have updated and upgraded my machine but still, it's showing some dependencies error

Error:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:

ffmpeg : Depends: libavcodec58 (= 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1)

Depends: libavdevice58 (= 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1) but it is not going to be installed

Depends: libavfilter7 (= 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1)

Depends: libavformat58 (= 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1) but 7:4.2.4-1ubuntu0.1 is to be installed

Depends: libavresample4 (= 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1) but it is not going to be installed

Depends: libavutil56 (= 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1) but 7:4.2.4-1ubuntu0.1 is to be installed

Depends: libpostproc55 (= 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1) but 7:4.2.4-1ubuntu0.1 is to be installed

Depends: libswresample3 (= 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1) but 7:4.2.4-1ubuntu0.1 is to be installed

Depends: libswscale5 (= 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1) but 7:4.2.4-1ubuntu0.1 is to be installed

E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages

Please help me.