FFMPEG Installation

Install ffmpeg, flvtool2, mplayer, mencoder and ffmpeg-php in Cpanel, CentOS, RHEL


This is by far the easiest way to get up and running with ffmpeg and assorted tools on a Cpanel / RHEL / CentOS server. I can’t take credit for all of it, however the original site where I found it has long since been offline with nothing similar replacing it. Hopefully these instructions help others as they have helped me.

First, install rpmforge so you don’t have to compile a bunch of components from scratch:

#cd /usr/src
#wget http://pkgs.repoforge.org/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm
#rpm -ivh rpmforge-release-0.3.6-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm

Now, edit ‘/etc/yum.conf’ and remove ‘ruby*’ from the excludes list. This is just to get past the next step; we must restore it later.

(if perl error occur remove perl from exclude list and add later)

For latest version ffmpeg the rpms are available in http://dl.atrpms.net/el6-x86_64/atrpms/stable/

To enable altrpms repo, you may follow the steps below.

1. Import Key

rpm --import http://packages.atrpms.net/RPM-GPG-KEY.atrpms

1. Create repo file

vim /etc/yum.repos.d/atrpms.repo

[atrpms]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - ATrpms
baseurl=http://dl.atrpms.net/el$releasever-$basearch/atrpms/stable
gpgkey=http://ATrpms.net/RPM-GPG-KEY.atrpms
gpgcheck=1
enabled=0

[atrpms-testing]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - ATrpms
baseurl=http://dl.atrpms.net/el$releasever-$basearch/atrpms/testing
gpgkey=http://ATrpms.net/RPM-GPG-KEY.atrpms
gpgcheck=1
enabled=0`

Now, install the required packages:

#yum install ffmpeg ffmpeg-devel flvtool2 mplayer mencoder lame libogg libvorbis libtheora swftools amrnb amrwb transcode x264

Now, add ‘ruby*’ back to the excludes list in ‘/etc/yum.conf’ to keep Cpanel happy.


Install Mplayer directly from source:

#wget http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/essential-20071007.tar.bz2
#tar xjf essential-20071007.tar.bz2
#mv essential-20071007 /usr/lib/codec
#mkdir /usr/local/include/ffmpeg/
#cp -par /usr/include/lib{avcodec,avdevice,avformat,avutil,swscale} /usr/local/include/ffmpeg/
#cp -pa /usr/include/lib{avcodec,avdevice,avformat,avutil,swscale}/*.h /usr/local/include/ffmpeg/

Same with the ffmpeg PHP module:

#wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/ffmpeg-php/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0.tbz2
#tar xjf ffmpeg-php-0.6.0.tbz2
#cd ffmpeg-php-0.6.0
#phpize
#./configure && make
#make install

Add after the ‘extension_dir’ and ‘zend_extension’ entries in the php.ini:

extension="ffmpeg.so"
Test your installation with the following command. I’ve included the raw shell output so you know what you should be seeing:

root@server [~]# php -i | grep ffmpeg
ffmpeg
ffmpeg-php version => 0.6.0-svn
ffmpeg-php built on => Apr 28 2010 15:40:49
ffmpeg-php gd support  => enabled
ffmpeg libavcodec version => Lavc52.20.0
ffmpeg libavformat version => Lavf52.31.0
ffmpeg swscaler version => SwS0.7.1
ffmpeg.allow_persistent => 0 => 0
ffmpeg.show_warnings => 0 => 0


NOTE:
In certain situations, you may end up with the following error:

/usr/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_frame.c: In function âzim_ffmpeg_frame_toGDImageâ:
/usr/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_frame.c:336: error: âPIX_FMT_RGBA32â undeclared (first use in this function)
/usr/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_frame.c:336: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
/usr/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_frame.c:336: error: for each function it appears in.)
/usr/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_frame.c: In function âzim_ffmpeg_frame_ffmpeg_frameâ:
/usr/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_frame.c:421: error: âPIX_FMT_RGBA32â undeclared (first use in this function)
make: *** [ffmpeg_frame.lo] Error 1
To resolve this, search for all instance of “PIX_FMT_RGBA32″ and replace with “PIX_FMT_RGB32″ in ffmpeg_frame.c and recompile:

#perl -pi -e "s/PIX_FMT_RGBA32/PIX_FMT_RGB32/g" ffmpeg_frame.c
#make clean
#phpize
#./configure && make
#make install