How can I get a newer ffmpeg on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

[Keith]

On 9/30/24 1:13 AM, Bo Berglund wrote:
> I need to get the latest ffmpeg on my Linux server running 20.04 LTS.
> I need to use a new ffmpeg function called hybrid_fragmented which is available
> in the latest version...
> 
> How can I upgrade from the version ffmpeg version 4.3.2-0york0~18.04 provided by
> the Ubuntu distribution?
> 
> Note:
> This box was originally created when Ubuntu was 16.04 and I have done
> dist-upgrades twice to 18 and then 20. Strangely the apt policy command returns
> an 18.04 version for ffmpeg, why is that?
> 
> But anyway, I assume upgrading the distribution at this time will not help so is
> there any way I can get ffmpeg to the latest version on the current Ubuntu
> level?
> 
> 

The FFmpeg download page has a link to a site that provides static 
builds of ffmpeg for various architectures.

FFmpeg download page:
https://www.ffmpeg.org/download.html#build-linux

Static builds link:
https://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/

-- 
Keith