I needed to convert a few videos to .mp4 format and I knew that FFmpeg would do it but unfortunately, Ubuntu 14.04 does not have FFmpeg installed by default. So…we have to install it. Yay!

First thing’s first, let’s add a repository (mc3man ppa):

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mc3man/trusty-media

You will see a message similar to the following. Just hit the ENTER button to proceed:

Also note that with apt-get a sudo apt-get dist-upgrade is needed for initial setup & with some package upgrades
More info: https://launchpad.net/~mc3man/+archive/ubuntu/trusty-media
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

Now we need to update the package list.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

And finally, we install FFmpeg using apt-get:

sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

Thanks to the guys at http://www.faqforge.com/linux/how-to-install-ffmpeg-on-ubuntu-14-04/ for this tutorial.

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