How to get ffmpeg v 7.1 or higher?

[Bret Busby]

On 24/9/25 20:28, Bo Berglund wrote:
> I am running an Ubuntu Server 24.04.3 LTS and it has only this:
> 
> $ ffmpeg --version
> ffmpeg version 6.1.1-3ubuntu5+esm4
> 
> I need version 7.1 or higher in order to use a recently added feature so can
> someone here say how I can go about getting it?
> 
> I haver installed ffmpeg using apt and that gets me the distro version of
> course. Waiting for new features is no fun so can I somehow similar to how I
> could with yt-dlp get a current version on my server?
> 
> For yt-dlp there was a github releases site where the absolute latest could be
> downloaded, is something like that available somewhere also for ffrmpeg itself
> (which is part of the yt-dlp program)?
> 
> Else, how can I get it?
> 

Is your Ubuntu fully updated?

I ask this, because I am running Linux Mint Mate 21.3, which uses the 
Ubuntu 22.04 repositories, and, in checking in synaptic, my version of 
ffmpeg, which is the latest available version shown (for the 
repository), is
7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1

I remember having checked, and posted on the mailing list, about the 
version that I have, because I was wanting v8, which apparently includes 
automatic subtitling of videos, and, I was told that there is no 
prospect of getting v8 for Ubuntu 22.04 .

So, I do not know why you would have a significantly older version than 
I have, on a version of Ubuntu, that is two years later than the Ubuntu 
that is the base version of what I am running.

..
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
(UTC+0800)
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