Installing FFmpeg on Linux

FFmpeg is a collection of open-source libraries for recording, converting, and streaming audio and video in a wide range of formats. It includes libavcodec for encoding and decoding, and libavformat for media container multiplexing and demultiplexing.

Debian / Ubuntu

Install FFmpeg:

apt-get install ffmpeg

Install the PHP module:

apt-get install php5-ffmpeg

Restart Apache:

/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Verify that the module is loaded:

php -i | grep ffmpeg

Expected output:

/etc/php5/cli/conf.d/20-ffmpeg.ini,
ffmpeg
ffmpeg-php version => 0.6.0-svn
ffmpeg-php built on => Apr  6 2012 16:24:10
ffmpeg-php gd support  => enabled
ffmpeg libavcodec version => Lavc53.35.0
ffmpeg libavformat version => Lavf53.21.0
ffmpeg swscaler version => SwS2.1.0
ffmpeg.allow_persistent => 0 => 0
ffmpeg.show_warnings => 0 => 0

CentOS

Installing FFmpeg

Import the repository:

rpm -ivh https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/dl.atrpms.net/el7-x86_64/atrpms/stable/atrpms-repo-7-7.el7.x86_64.rpm

Open the repository file:

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

Replace the baseurl line with the following:

#baseurl=http://dl.atrpms.net/el$releasever-$basearch/atrpms/stable
baseurl=https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/dl.atrpms.net/el$releasever-$basearch/atrpms/stable

Install FFmpeg:

yum install ffmpeg ffmpeg-compat ffmpeg-compat-devel ffmpeg-devel ffmpeg-libs

Installing the PHP extension

Install Git and clone the extension source:

yum install git
git clone https://github.com/tony2001/ffmpeg-php.git

Alternatively, download the ZIP archive from https://github.com/tony2001/ffmpeg-php and extract it manually.

Install the PHP development tools:

yum install php-devel gcc

Compile and install the extension:

cd ffmpeg-php
phpize
./configure
make && make install

Create the configuration file and add the module directive:

vim /etc/php.d/ffmpeg.ini

extension=ffmpeg.so

Save the file (:wq!) and verify that the module is loaded:

php -i | grep ffmpeg

Restart Apache:

systemctl restart httpd