Install FFMPEG on Ubuntu 20.04

[alrnetwork]

Hi there,

I was hoping someone may be able to provide me the steps for installing FFMPEG on Ubuntu 20.04 via DirectAdmin. Surprised that it wasn't already an option in CustomBuild.

Is there a reason one shouldn't be using it on a DA server?

 

[toml]

ffmpeg has nothing to do at all with DirectAdmin. It is for multimedia file manipulation. If you want to install it on a DA server, that is up to you, but do note it can use a lot of resources when running and certainly could affect the performance of the server. You can lower the usage if you can use and enable hardware acceleration but then that means you need to install and build a ton of stuff, too many steps and variables to just list here. To install ffmpeg (without hardware acceleration), you would need to ssh into the server and use apt to install it properly (i.e. sudo apt install ffmpeg).

 

[hostmaria]

Hi,

connect via ssh and run:

sudo apt install ffmpeg

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To validate that the package is installed properly use the ffmpeg -version command which prints the FFmpeg version:

ffmpeg -version

All the best!