How to install ffmpeg 5 or 6

[LuizStSantos]

How do I install ffmpeg 5 or 6, I'm trying but I couldn't understand, how to do this in Ubuntu.

[jb-alvarado]

I believe there are backports for it, but I would recommend to use one of the many compile scripts, which are out there. I use this one, but there are others too, also docker based.

[LuizStSantos]

I managed to install it via the UbuntuHandbook PPA

How to Install FFmpeg 6.0 via PPA in Ubuntu:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/ffmpeg6

sudo apt update

sudo apt install ffmpeg

ffmpeg -version

How to Downgrade FFmpeg library:

sudo apt install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/ffmpeg6