How to Install FFmpeg on CentOS

FFmpeg is the most popular open source solution to record, convert, and stream audio and video.

By : Moe Alam

Date Added : Wed Aug 09 2017 10:09:17 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Last Updated : Wed Aug 09 2017 10:09:17 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Prerequisites

  • A newly deployed Vultr CentOS 6 or CentOS 7 server instance.
  • Root access

Step 1 : Update the system 

sudo yum install epel-release -y
sudo yum update -y
sudo shutdown -r now

Step 2 : Install the Nux Dextop YUM repo

There are no official FFmpeg rpm packages for CentOS for now. Instead, you can use a 3rd-party YUM repo, Nux Dextop, to finish the job.

On CentOS 7, you can install the Nux Dextop YUM repo with the following commands: 

sudo rpm --import http://li.nux.ro/download/nux/RPM-GPG-KEY-nux.ro
sudo rpm -Uvh http://li.nux.ro/download/nux/dextop/el7/x86_64/nux-dextop-release-0-5.el7.nux.noarch.rpm

For CentOS 6, you need to install another release: 

sudo rpm --import http://li.nux.ro/download/nux/RPM-GPG-KEY-nux.ro
sudo rpm -Uvh http://li.nux.ro/download/nux/dextop/el6/x86_64/nux-dextop-release-0-2.el6.nux.noarch.rpm

Step 3 : Install FFmpeg 

sudo yum install ffmpeg ffmpeg-devel -y

Step 4 : Test FFMPEG

Run the following to verify FFMPEG will run. 

ffmpeg