How can I get a newer ffmpeg on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

[Sorin Srbu]

On mån, 2024-09-30 at 08:13 +0200, Bo Berglund wrote:
> I need to get the latest ffmpeg on my Linux server running 20.04 LTS.
> I need to use a new ffmpeg function called hybrid_fragmented which is available
> in the latest version...
> 
> How can I upgrade from the version ffmpeg version 4.3.2-0york0~18.04 provided by
> the Ubuntu distribution?
> 
> Note:
> This box was originally created when Ubuntu was 16.04 and I have done
> dist-upgrades twice to 18 and then 20. Strangely the apt policy command returns
> an 18.04 version for ffmpeg, why is that?
> 
> But anyway, I assume upgrading the distribution at this time will not help so is
> there any way I can get ffmpeg to the latest version on the current Ubuntu
> level?



Hello!

Maybe get it from here?

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/focal/+source/ffmpeg

There may be dependencies issues though.
Make sure you have backups of the importanta stuff and try the above
out!

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