How can I get a newer ffmpeg on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

[Bo Berglund]

On Mon, 30 Sep 2024 06:52:17 +0000, Sorin Srbu via ubuntu-users
<ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

>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!

Well on that page I find:

The package versions that were published when the distribution release was made.
ffmpeg 7:4.2.2-1ubuntu1 (universe)  Uploaded: 2022-06-07

This does not cut it because the flag I need was recently added to ffmpeg...
I think it was back in June 2024...


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Bo Berglund
Developer in Sweden