How to install ffmpeg and image magic for DAM conversion in Linux ( OEL 6 , Redhat 6)

Video Conversion :

ffmpeg is used for video conversion . It is commad line conversion tool which is much simpler than flipfactory etc

Steps to install

1. Install : EPEL Repo

rpm -Uvh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
 

Edit /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo :::

edit all urls from https to http

if https is used , then there can be connection issues


1.B  Install Remi Repo


yum localinstall --nogpgcheck http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-6.rpm
 

2. Install RPM Fusion Repo :

32 bit system

rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/el/updates/6/i386/rpmfusion-free-release-6-1.noarch.rpm

rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/el/updates/6/i386/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-6-1.noarch.rpm

64 bit system :

rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/el/updates/6/x86_64/rpmfusion-free-release-6-1.noarch.rpm

rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/el/updates/6/x86_64/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-6-1.noarch.rpm

3. After installing both Repo, update the yum 

yum update

After updating the yum , make sure that all repo shows properly like this

[root@stjacob-pc1 yum.repos.d]# yum repolist

Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit, security, ulninfo

repo id repo name status

*epel Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 6 - x86_64 11,750

ol6_UEK_latest Latest Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel for Oracle Linux 6Server (x86_64) 429

ol6_addons Oracle Linux 6Server Add ons (x86_64) 257

ol6_internal Oracle Linux 6Server Internal Mirror 7

ol6_latest Oracle Linux 6Server Latest (x86_64) 26,286

ol6_oracle Oracle Software for Oracle Linux 6Server (x86_64) 53

public_ol6_UEKR3_latest Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 3 for Oracle Linux 6Server (x86_64) 478

public_ol6_latest Oracle Linux 6Server Latest (x86_64) 32,597

remi-safe Safe Remi's RPM repository for Enterprise Linux 6 - x86_64 494

rpmfusion-free-updates RPM Fusion for EL 6 - Free - Updates 293

rpmfusion-nonfree-updates RPM Fusion for EL 6 - Nonfree - Updates 87

4. After adding all repo , install using yum 

yum install ffmpeg

5. Image Conversion tool : Image Magic

  yum install ImageMagick