OSX - An easy install of the ffmpeg command line tool

An easy install of the ffmpeg command line tool

Dec 22, '06 07:30:00AM • Contributed by: Wikinator

I always wanted to use the ffmpeg command line tool (the one ffmpegX is the GUI of) in Terminal, but I didn't find it in Fink, and I didn't want to compile it from an experimental source. Well, there is a working binary of ffmpeg bundled with ffmpegX. To get it, simply follow these steps:

1. Get ffmpegX from the above URL. It's a pretty useful tool, because the ffmpeg synatx isn't quite easy to handle.
2. Control-click on the ffmpegX application, choose Show Package Contents from the pop-up menu, and navigate into Resources.
3. Copy ffmpeg to /usr/local/bin.
4. Execute the following in Terminal (as admin):

   sudo chown root:wheel /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg
   sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg

Now you have a working version of ffmpeg in the Terminal.