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build-ffmpeg
A bash script to create custom builds of FFmpeg primarily intended for TrueNAS / FreeBSD, but can work on other platforms with a little tweaking.
Like many developers, I adore automation and I'm lazy. These tend often tend to be the necessary ingredients that lead one to writing a script to automate a task like creating custom FFmpeg builds. In my case, I'm working on other projects that need specific support compiled into FFmpeg that the standard FreeBSD / TrueNAS packages don't provide.
This script resides on top of the work of others. It effectively is a cleaned up and fully automated version of the terrific FFmpeg HOWTO on the TrueNAS community forum. It will generate a static FFmpeg executable, along with it's usual siblings.
Usage
./build-ffmpeg.sh clean # Cleanup old builds.
./build-ffmpeg.sh build # Build or update a previous build with the latest from repos.
./build-ffmpeg.sh install # Install to your final system location.
Notes
- The script will prompt you for dependencies that aren't installed that are needed for this build script to succeed.
clean
will delete the staging, build, and target install locations.build
will download and build x264, x265, and ffmpeg from their respective repositories.install
will install the build to a final location, defined in the script.