How to install the H.264 codec?
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H.264 codec is a digital video codec for video compression. It is a process in which videos are encoded in a format that requires less capacity when it is stored or transmitted. Video compression (or video coding) is a key technology for applications such as digital television, DVD-Video, mobile TV, video conferencing and Internet video streaming. Standardize video compression allows products from different manufacturers (eg encoders, decoders and storage) inter-working. An encoder converts video into a compressed format and a decoder converts compressed video back in a compressed format.
Type these commands into SSH:
# mkdir /usr/local/src # cd /usr/local/src # wget ftp://ftp.videolan.org/pub/videolan/x264/snapshots/x264-snapshot-`date -d "-1 days" +%Y%m%d`-2245-stable.tar.bz2 # tar jxf x264-snapshot-`date -d "-1 days" +%Y%m%d`-2245-stable.tar.bz2 # cd /usr/local/src/x264-snapshot-`date -d "-1 days" +%Y%m%d`-2245-stable # make distclean # ./configure --enable-shared && make clean && make && make install
The x264 project creates a daily snapshot with the format x264-snapshot-yyyymmdd-2245.tar.bz2 . We recommend to use the last available snapshot.
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If the installation process finished ok the compiled libraries will be placed at /usr/local/lib (the actual version number after libx264.so.* may vary)
# ls /usr/local/lib/libx264* /usr/local/lib/libx264.so /usr/local/lib/libx264.so.124
