This install script puts together the pieces described here.
This will give you FFmpeg binaries with the following optional codecs:
- x264
- AAC
- MP3
- VP8/VP9
You can customize the installation paths by changing the FFMPEG_PREFIX and FFMPEG_BINDIR in the script.
$ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zhm/ffmpeg-ubuntu/master/install_ffmpeg.sh
$ chmod +x install_ffmpeg.sh
$ ./install_ffmpeg.sh
$ cd ~/local && tar -czvf ffmpeg-2.7-ubuntu-trusty-amd64-bin.tar.gz -C bin .