Installing FFmpeg on a Sakura Rental Server

This article details the steps to install FFmpeg on a Sakura rental server. The instructions assume a basic understanding of terminal commands and Unix-like environments.

Prerequisites

Ensure that the necessary build tools and dependencies, such as gcc, make, and gmake, are installed on your server.

Step 1: Download FFmpeg

Download the latest version of FFmpeg from the official website:

wget https://ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-7.0.2.tar.gz

Step 2: Extract the Archive

Extract the downloaded FFmpeg tarball:

tar xzvf ffmpeg-7.0.2.tar.gz

Step 3: Navigate to the FFmpeg Directory

Change to the FFmpeg directory:

cd ffmpeg-7.0.2

Step 4: Set Up Temporary Directory

Create a temporary directory for handling files during the configuration:

mkdir ~/tmp
export TMPDIR=~/tmp

Step 5: Install libfdk-aac

To enable AAC encoding with FFmpeg, you need to install libfdk-aac. Follow these steps:

# Create a working directory
mkdir -p ~/src && cd ~/src

# Download the libfdk_aac source code
wget https://downloads.sourceforge.net/opencore-amr/fdk-aac-2.0.2.tar.gz

# Extract the tarball
tar xzvf fdk-aac-2.0.2.tar.gz

# Navigate to the extracted directory
cd fdk-aac-2.0.2

# Configure and build
./configure --prefix=$HOME
make
make install

Step 6: Configure FFmpeg with Required Libraries

Set the PKG_CONFIG_PATH to include your local installation of libfdk_aac, then configure FFmpeg:

export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$HOME/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH

# Configure FFmpeg with necessary libraries
cd ~/ffmpeg-7.0.2
./configure --prefix=${HOME} --enable-gpl --enable-nonfree --disable-x86asm \
--enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libvpx --enable-libfdk-aac --enable-libmp3lame \
--extra-cflags=-I${HOME}/include --extra-ldflags=-L${HOME}/lib

Configuring FFmpeg for AAC Encoding Only

If you only need AAC encoding, use the following configuration options:

./configure --prefix=${HOME} --enable-gpl --enable-nonfree --disable-x86asm --enable-libfdk-aac

This option enables only the libfdk-aac library, disabling unnecessary features, allowing you to build FFmpeg with minimal functionality.

Step 7: Compile and Install FFmpeg

Compile FFmpeg using the configuration options:

gmake

After building, you may manually copy the binaries to your bin directory:

install ffmpeg ~/bin
install ffprobe ~/bin

Step 8: Update Library Path

Update the LD_LIBRARY_PATH to include your local library path:

echo 'export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH' >> ~/.zshrc
source ~/.zshrc

For Bash:

echo 'export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

Step 9: Verify the Installation

Check the installed version of FFmpeg:

ffmpeg --version

Step 10: Test FFmpeg

Navigate to the directory containing the audio files and test FFmpeg by converting or processing a file:

ffmpeg -i example.m4a output.mp3

Replace example.m4a and output.mp3 with your actual file names.

[Note] Running FFmpeg Binaries on FreeBSD

Sakura rental servers operate on FreeBSD. Therefore, Linux-compiled FFmpeg binaries may not work, resulting in the following error:

ELF binary type "3" not known.
zsh: exec format error: ./ffmpeg

To resolve this, use FreeBSD-compatible binaries or build FFmpeg from source on your server.

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