Get FFmpeg from MacPorts
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So you want a more recent version of FFmpeg do you? Want to be on the cutting edge and ditch the version bundled with Motion JWii? Well there is a very simple way in which you can achieve this without having to obtain all the sources and compile yourself. It involves something called MacPorts.
Step 1
Download MacPorts
Step 2
Open the Terminal
Step 3
Type sudo port -d selfupdate
Step 4
Type sudo port install ffmpeg +lame +extvorbis +theora +faac +faad +xvid +x264 +a52
Step 5
Allow MacPorts to do it's job
Step 6
Once it's finished, go to this folder...
/opt/local/bin
...and copy the ffmpeg file to where ever you want
Now, a word of warning. This version of FFmpeg you just made cannot be moved onto another computer unless MacPorts is installed because it depends on files in that opt folder. What's to be gained from doing this? Well it takes about the same amount of time to convert but the video will turn out a little smaller.
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So you want a more recent version of FFmpeg do you? Want to be on the cutting edge and ditch the version bundled with Motion JWii? Well there is a very simple way in which you can achieve this without having to obtain all the sources and compile yourself. It involves something called MacPorts.
Step 1
Download MacPorts
Step 2
Open the Terminal
Step 3
Type sudo port -d selfupdate
Step 4
Type sudo port install ffmpeg +lame +extvorbis +theora +faac +faad +xvid +x264 +a52
Step 5
Allow MacPorts to do it's job
Step 6
Once it's finished, go to this folder...
/opt/local/bin
...and copy the ffmpeg file to where ever you want
Now, a word of warning. This version of FFmpeg you just made cannot be moved onto another computer unless MacPorts is installed because it depends on files in that opt folder. What's to be gained from doing this? Well it takes about the same amount of time to convert but the video will turn out a little smaller.
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Another good idea is to rebuild it every now and then so you get the advantages its updated dependencies bring.
I am NOT a wizard when it comes to "ports", "terminal installs", or "compiling packages" in the terminal as that's when all of this is OVER MY HEAD.
:)
I am on OS X.5.1 Leopard, I have PHP5 with GD support installed (big headache at first under Leopard), all tested and working, downloaded MACPORTS . . . and built ffmeg through the terminal as per your instructions.
Great.
But once it is actually COMPILED and INSTALLED . .. . You said "just go into ffmpeg/ . . . . and move the file wherever you want", and that's where you lost me.
I want to get PHP to recognize it as an EXTENSION (?) so I can begin coding and manipulating Video.
Can you help??
Please and BIG THANKS!
- CHris
/opt/local/var/macports/software/ffmpeg/0.4.9-pre1_2+a52+faac+faad+gpl+lame+libogg+vorbis+x264+xvid/opt/local/bin/
Then move the file called "ffmpeg" wherever you want.
Hope that's a bit more clear
As the install / porting of ffmpeg was working . . . at the end . . it suddenly froze my mac. I preformed your instructions again after deleting the OPT folder and doing it all over again . . . same thing,
Completely froze.
:(
I'm going to try it now.
/opt/local/var/macports/software/ffmpeg/0.4.9-pre1_2+a52+darwin_9+faac+faad+gpl+lame+libogg+vorbis+x264+xvid/opt/local/bin/
Eeverything seems to work untill It gets down to "BUILDING FFMPEG" and the computer COMPLETELY freezes . . . even with a TOTALLY CLEAN install of Leopard.
The color wheel starts spinning and not even my mouse will move.
Does your crash log show anything?
I justb decided to give it another go . . . . I didnt do a DAMN THING differently . . . but it all installed PERFECTLY!
I cant believe it.
Thank you for these EASY instructions.
NOw . . . if I can get FFMPEG-PHP installed under Leopard from this . . . I will be ONE HAPPY DUDE.
Big thanks.
Do you know anything about FFMPEG-PHP????
Check him out.