ffmpeg-notes.txt

To get a usable ffmpeg for testing on OSX using homebrew (from https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/CompilationGuide/MacOSX):
brew install ffmpeg --with-fdk-aac --with-ffplay --with-freetype --with-libass --with-libquvi --with-libvorbis --with-libvpx --with-opus --with-x265

Use brew to install p7zip
Download static OSX binary: http://evermeet.cx/ffmpeg/
unpack with `7z x ffmpeg-2.4.4.7z` and move to somewhere in your path (/usr/loca/bin/ potentially overwriting an existing brew installed version)

on ubuntu 14.x: (from http://askubuntu.com/questions/432542/is-ffmpeg-missing-from-the-official-repositories-in-14-04)
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mc3man/trusty-media
apt-get install ffmpeg
starting in ubuntu 15.04, ffmpeg returns to the official repos

Or DL and install static binaries from: http://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/releases/ffmpeg-2.5.2-64bit-static.tar.xz
or DL and install from source to get the theora codec working:
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/CompilationGuide/Ubuntu
sudo apt-get -y install autoconf automake build-essential libass-dev libfreetype6-dev libgpac-dev libtheora-dev libtool libvorbis-dev pkg-config texi2html zlib1g-dev
apt-get install yasm
apt-get install libx264-dev libmp3lame-dev
PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH" PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$HOME/ffmpeg_build/lib/pkgconfig" ./configure   --prefix="$HOME/ffmpeg_build"   --extra-cflags="-I$HOME/ffmpeg_build/include"   --extra-ldflags="-L$HOME/ffmpeg_build/lib"   --bindir="$HOME/bin"   --enable-gpl   --enable-libass      --enable-libfreetype   --enable-libmp3lame      --enable-libtheora   --enable-libvorbis     --enable-libx264   --enable-nonfree