[FFmpeg-user] Installing latest version on CentOS 6.3

[Lou]

On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:21:45 -0800
Nathan Malachowski <nathanmal at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi i'm trying to install the latest version of ffmpeg (version 1.0) on my
> dedicated virtual running CentOS 6.3 x86_64 (hosted w godaddy)
> 
> I installed ffmpeg ffmpeg-devel using yum, but the dag repository only has
> ffmpeg version 0.6.5 and that's what it installs. It works, but it doesn't
> recognize any -vf or -vfilter flags, and when exporting images of a video
> that requires horizontal stretching it leaves vertical white lines in dark
> areas. Testing locally (osx ffmpeg 1.0) it works fine.
> 
> I've tried several times/methods to install the latest version (ie
> http://ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg/wiki/CentosCompilationGuide)  but there
> always seems some error.

What are the actual errors? Please provide enough information so others
can attempt to duplicate your issues; such as if you deviated from the
guide and what you did differently if you did.

> I also tried simply downloading the static build at
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24633983/ffmpeg/index.html and then cp'ing ffmpeg
> and ffprobe into /usr/bin/ but got a fatal error

Again, what is the error in this case? Without it we can only guess.