Comments on: HOWTO install and use FFmpeg on Mac OS X Leopard

By: David

David — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:21:04 +0000

ffmpeg ‘variants’ have changed. You can now simply install with +nonfree

$ sudo port install ffmpeg +nonfree

By: Chronocento’s Blog » Blog Archive » Compilare FFmpeg su Mac OS X

Chronocento’s Blog » Blog Archive » Compilare FFmpeg su Mac OS X — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 23:10:48 +0000

[...] e priva di inconvenienti. Sarebbe possibile fare lo stesso lavoro anche tramite MacPorts, seguendo queste istruzioni (in inglese), ma non è detto che la versione installata sia recentissima [...]

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:55:02 +0000

I am a complete noob when it comes to this and I have ran into a roadblock … though it seems to be trivial to most i’m assuming that its an important step.

After installing ffmpeg with macports along with its other variants, users have noted to use the “./configure –enable-nonfree –enable-XYZ etc”

When using the “./configure” command, terminal says that it cannot find the proper directory.

Where is this directory so that I may enable other co-dependancies of ffmpeg?

Cheers,

Patrick

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:08:34 +0000

Thanks, that was super useful! Was trying to figure out how to convert to MP2 on Mac, and everything I tried had issues.

Thanks!

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By: Grover

Grover — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:43:59 +0000

It’s been a long time since this incredible article was written but it still comes up first when you google “Mac Ports ffmpeg” It’s worth noting that it appears as if now the default is to give you the most functional configuration by default, and you only need to use variants if you want to exclude certain functionality.

Also, if video is your only concern, Handbrake now takes video file input, is simpler to use, free, and actually uses ffmpeg anyway. Heck, there’s even a command line version that has a much simpler syntax than ffmpeg. Pretty much the only reason not to use it is that it only outputs video files, and not audio-only file types.

Thanks again for writing this up in the first place.

By: Quora

Quora — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 09:05:47 +0000

What is the best way to bulk convert movie files on a Mac?…

There is Adobe Media Encoder which lets you batch files with drag and drop. The downside is that I think it only comes with a purchase of Flash CS5. Depending on your confidence with coding and Terminal usage, you could look into ffmpeg combined with A…

By: Blanca

Blanca — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:13:26 +0000

I followed all your steps, but ffmpeg is not uninstalled.
Also, althoug I installed port and the variable is well set up in .bash_profile, I cannot runport in othe directory

By: Martin Cleaver

Martin Cleaver — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 11:31:35 +0000

MacPorts is up to version 1.9 for Snow Leopard. http://www.macports.org/install.php

By: Bertil

Bertil — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:20:40 +0000

Audacity installs a version of ffmpeg. If it works only in Audacity I do not know. (Also on Mac.)