[FFmpeg-user] Unknown encoder 'libx264'

[Stefano Sabatini]

On date Friday 2012-08-31 18:27:30 -0700, blacky94 encoded:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a problem with ffmpeg, always when i try to encode a video with this
> line: 
> ffmpeg -i "mov.mkv" -an -b 700k -r 25 -vcodec libx264 "output.mp4"
> on my vserver (debian 6.0), the error message Unknown encoder 'libx264'
> appears. 
> I used this tutorial to install ffmpeg
> http://www.zoharbabin.com/build-and-install-ffmpeg-and-x264-on-debian-squeeze-the-dumb-guide.
> 
> Here is the full output of the console:
> 
> ~/mov# ffmpeg -i "mov.mkv" -an -b 700k -r 25 -vcodec libx264 "output.mp4"
> ffmpeg version git-2012-08-31-dfb4757 Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the FFmpeg
> developers
>   built on Aug 31 2012 23:32:29 with gcc 4.4.5 (Debian 4.4.5-8)
>   configuration: --enable-shared

You need to compile with --enable-libx264.

[...]
-- 
ffmpeg-user random tip #15
Please submit bugreports to:
https://ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg/report
instead of this mailinglist.