Installing ffmpeg on Debian

Adding the repository & installing packages

Add one of the following repositories to your /etc/apt/sources.list:

• http://www.debian-multimedia.org stable main for Debian Squeeze (stable)
• http://www.debian-mulrimedia.org oldstable main for Debian Lenny (oldstable)

After adding the new repository, update it's sources:

$ apt-get update

Ignore the warning about the missing key for now, we'll fix that right now. To install the keyring package for the new repository, issue the following command:

$ apt-get install debian-multimedia-keyring

Make sure you allow the package to be installed, the source is not yet trusted due to the missing keys. Now update your repositories:

$ apt-get update

The warning from the previous step should be gone, your now ready to rock'n'roll!

$ apt-get install ffmpeg libmp3lame0

Testing your installation

To test your installation, just run the following command using your favorite movie (you can use the example movie from node-fluent-ffmpeg if you wish to):

$ ffmpeg -i /path/to/your/movie.avi

If you see informations about the file displayed (like codec, resolution, bitrate and audio stream info), your clear to go!