Updating FFmpeg and x264
Development of FFmpeg and x264 is active and an occasional update can give you new features and bug fixes. To update FFmpeg and x264 you will need to remove the packages, make distclean, update the source, recompile, and install. To update x264:
Code:
sudo apt-get remove ffmpeg x264 libx264-dev libvpx
cd ~/x264
make distclean
git pull
Now compile x264 as shown earlier in the guide starting with the x264 ./configure line. Now update FFmpeg:
Code:
cd ~/ffmpeg
make distclean
svn update