If you ever need a quick way to convert between video or audio formats in Linux and want something that doesn't munch on resources but does the job well, then you might want to give ffmpeg a try. There are many GUI interfaces for the ffmpeg package but in this article we'll learn how to install it in RHEL 8 using the command line and compiling tools.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-ffmpeg-on-redhat-8
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I’m trying to perform a screen recording and get the following error:
Unknown input format: ‘x11grab’
$ffmpeg -video_size 1024x768 -framerate 25 -f x11grab -i :0.0+100,200 output.mp4
ffmpeg version N-97331-g10a68ccd58 Copyright © 2000-2020 the FFmpeg developers
built with gcc 8 (GCC)
configuration: --disable-x86asm
libavutil 56. 42.102 / 56. 42.102
libavcodec 58. 78.102 / 58. 78.102
libavformat 58. 42.100 / 58. 42.100
libavdevice 58. 9.103 / 58. 9.103
libavfilter 7. 77.101 / 7. 77.101
libswscale 5. 6.101 / 5. 6.101
libswresample 3. 6.100 / 3. 6.100
Unknown input format: ‘x11grab’