FFmpeg 2.5 Officially Released, Install on Linux Ubuntu 12.04, 13.04, 14,04, 14,10, 15.04 and Linux Mint 17.1, 17

FFmpeg 2.5 Officially Released, Install on Linux Ubuntu 12.04, 13.04, 14,04, 14,10, 15.04 and Linux Mint 17.1, 17 [PPA]

FFmpeg is an open source utility that allows Linux, Windows and Mac OS X users to playback, convert, record and stream video and audio files. It is used in almost all Linux distributions. It is a command-line software that can encode, decode, demux, mux, transcode, stream, play and filter almost any media format available. FFmpeg uses libavcodec, the most advanced audio/video codec library for Linux and UNIX-like systems.

FFmpeg 2.5 has been dubbed "Bohr" and comes just 2.5 months after the previous release. There are not as many changes as you might think, but there are more than enough to keep users interested.

Some of the updated packages in the latest FFmpeg framework include libavutil, libavcodec, libavformat, libavdevice, libavfilter, libavresample, libswscale, libswresample, and libpostproc. The devs have also said that the STL subtitle decoder is now supported, the XCB-based screen-grabber is now working properly, a SUP/PGS subtitle demuxer is now available, a number of fixes have been implemented as well.

What's New in This Release:

• HEVC/H.265 RTP payload format (draft v6) packetizer
• SUP/PGS subtitle demuxer
• ffprobe -show_pixel_formats option
• CAST128 symmetric block cipher, ECB mode
• STL subtitle demuxer and decoder
• libutvideo YUV 4:2:2 10bit support
• XCB-based screen-grabber
• UDP-Lite support (RFC 3828)
• xBR scaling filter
• AVFoundation screen capturing support
• ffserver supports codec private options
• creating DASH compatible fragmented MP4, MPEG-DASH segmenting muxer
• WebP muxer with animated WebP support
• zygoaudio decoding support
• APNG demuxer
• postproc visualization support

To Install/Update FFmpeg 2.5 on Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Ubuntu 13.10/13.04/2.04, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, Peppermint Five, Deepin 2014, LXLE 14.04, Linux Lite 2.0, Linux Lite 2.2 and other Ubuntu derivative systems via PPA, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jon-severinsson/ffmpeg
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ffmpeg
sudo apt-get install frei0r-plugins

The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.

Converting videos and audios has never been so easy.

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 output.avi

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