#HOMEBREW INSTALL FFMPEG INSTALL#
#HOMEBREW INSTALL FFMPEG DRIVER#
#HOMEBREW INSTALL FFMPEG MANUAL#
#HOMEBREW INSTALL FFMPEG CODE#
#HOMEBREW INSTALL FFMPEG DOWNLOAD#

#HOMEBREW INSTALL FFMPEG INSTALL#

To use this patented format, which is yet another Fraunhofer Institute Patent, you will need to install FFMPEG with the libfdk_aac library. But you might need to use a special version of the AAC codec, such as the HE-AAC (High Efficiency Advance Audio Coding). This audio codec can be used freely by calling the native AAC encoder option with the command -c:a aac (which means “Codec for Audio: AAC”). Let’s take an example: the AAC audio compression codec. Amongst these formats there are patented formats, such as the common Mp3 format, which is a registered patent of the Fraunhofer Institute, which deals with licenses and authorized uses for commercial purposes.įor example: if you want to use a proprietary codec such as the AAC into an App or a commercial software, and embed FFMPEG as a component of your App, you might want to study this legal section of the FFMPEG website.Īs per the Blackmagic Design option above described, if you need to use FFMPEG on a specific configuration or output a special format you may want to install a custom version of FFMPEG.

#HOMEBREW INSTALL FFMPEG DRIVER#

In the example of DeckLink support, you will have to install the Blackmagic Desktop Video and Driver libraries and then type the following command: brew install homebrew-ffmpeg/ffmpeg/ffmpeg -with-decklinkĪs mentioned before FFMPEG can be installed in many ways, and with some options that can process many formats and standards created in the last 30 years. In order to install FFMPEG with the desired options, you will need to type the command along with the desired option to install. This will print out all the supported options. In such case you can check the options available on Brew by typing the following command: brew info homebrew-ffmpeg/ffmpeg/ffmpeg You might want to use an FFMPEG version that has all the protocols and libraries needed for a particular task.įor example, you might need to use a Decklink acquisition card from BlackMagic Design. If you see a similar screen, after running the above command, that means that the installation process of FFMPEG on MacOS X has completed! Optional: Custom Installation of FFMPEG on MacOS X with Options

Your shell will display something like this: To do so, within your Terminal window, just type the following code: ffmpeg -version Now type the following code: brew install homebrew-ffmpeg/ffmpeg/ffmpegĪfter completion of the installation process, you might want to check if everything is fine with your installation of FFMPEG. Install a Basic FFMPEG version thru HomeBrewĪfter installing HomeBrew it’s time to install FFMPEG.Īt the time of writing this article the latest version is 4.3.1.

#HOMEBREW INSTALL FFMPEG MANUAL#

A complete techcnical explanation of the command can be founded on the Additional Notes of my book and/or by visiting the Bash Reference Manual available at the GNU.org website.

#HOMEBREW INSTALL FFMPEG DOWNLOAD#

“ Please BASH run the command within the quotes so to download and install HomeBrew from the HomeBrew’s Website onto my computer.”įor the sake of simplicity, the above command won’t be analyzed word by word.

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The above mentioned code is a BASH command that basically says: Just open the Terminal Application on MacOS X and then paste the following code: /bin/bash -c '$(curl -fsSL )' While there are several ways to install FFMPEG on MacOS X or on Ubuntu, i suggest you to download and install one specific program called “HomeBrew” thru the Terminal Application.

To access this folder on your Desktop, within Terminal, you will type: cd ~/Desktop/processed To create this folder you will type: mkdir ~/Desktop/processed

In this case it will a good idea to can create a folder on your desktop and call it “processed”. You just want to make sure that everything you will output from your Terminal will be easily located on your computer, once the processes are done.įor example: you might want to process a large batch of videos. The above command means “ Change the Directory where i am located, to the user Desktop”. To access your “Desktop” directory on MacOS X, for example, you can type the following command on Terminal: cd ~/Desktop First thing to do with Terminal: choose or locate your default working directory.īy default Terminal will process your commands on the current USER directory path (aka your Home Directory). This will enable the BASH shell immediately.

To do so, just type the word bash as soon as your Terminal will open, and press Enter. Please note: the latest MacOS X version use an extended version of BASH named ZSH (aka “Zed Shell “). In order to use all the tools and commands described in this book i suggest you to switch from ZSH to BASH. The Terminal application on MacOS X it’s a standard shell with a pre-installed BASH version 3. MacOS X contains a great app called “Terminal” which is inside the Utility Folder. Instructions for MacOS, Linux and Windows.

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