[FFmpeg-user] Update ffmpeg

[Moritz Barsnick]

On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 10:35:18 +0200, Lhuillier Sébastien wrote:
> I have a PC specifically dedicated to FFMPEG and video editing under debian
> 9.12.
> I would like to update FFMPEG (my version used is 3.2.14-1~deb9u1.
> The proposed packages do not have the new version 4 of ffmpeg. Do I have to
> reassemble my whole system?

There are several options, like outlined here:
https://superuser.com/a/865744

(Note that debian-multimedia doesn't provide anything new for Debian 9
/ stretch).

Like Harald pointed out, building your own isn't that difficult,
considering there exist a lot of guides. For Debian, check the link
above, or this guide from the ffmpeg wiki:
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/CompilationGuide/Ubuntu

Moritz