[FFmpeg-user] git ffmpeg not working

[Lou]

On Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:32:41 +0000
"Lang, Terrilee" <Terrilee.Lang at amd.com> wrote:

> 
> I am using the following command on a Ubuntu 11.10 setup in my home directory:

You may be interested in:
https://ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg/wiki/UbuntuCompilationGuide
 
> Sudo git clone git://source.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git ffmpeg

You don't need to use sudo with this command in your home directory.

> This is what I see on the screen:
> 
> Cloning into ffmpeg...
> Source.ffmpeg.org[0: 88.191.250.118]: errno=connection timed out
> Source.ffmpeg.org[0: 2a01:e0d:1:3:58bf:fa76:0:1]: errno=Network is unreachable
> Fatal: unable to connect a socket (Network is unreachable)
> 
> Any ideas what the problem is?

Perhaps it was a temporary network issue? Have you tried again
recently? If you are having problems using git then an alternative is a
source snapshot available at http://ffmpeg.org/download.html