FFmpeg Installation in Ubuntu 20.04 – Step by step

GNU/Linux Ubuntu 20.04 Installing FFmpeg – Step by step Guide

How to Install Latest FFmpeg in Ubuntu 20.04 Focal LTS GNU/Linux.

And FFmpeg for Ubuntu Focal is the Leading Multimedia Framework, able to Decode, Encode, Transcode, Mux, Demux, Stream, Filter and Execute pretty much Anything that humans and machines have created.

Moreover, it contains libavcodec, libavutil, libavformat, libavfilter, libavdevice, libswscale and libswresample which can be Used by Applications. As well as ffmpeg, ffplay and ffprobe which can be Used by end Users for Transcoding and Executing.

Finally, this guide includes detailed instructions on Getting Started with FFmpeg on Ubuntu.

1. 1. Launching Shell Emulator

   Open a Terminal window
   Ctrl+Alt+t on Desktop
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands).

   
   In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.