This script builds the latest stable versions of x264 and ffmpeg and/or libav and builds deb packages for them (which do not replace the existing deb packages. Mine place binaries in /usr/local/bin, not /usr/bin). Limitations: -Meant for ubuntu systems. Probably works on debian just fine but I have not tested. -Builds static libraries and puts t…

update_video_tools.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import os
import subprocess
import shutil

from os.path import join
from subprocess import call

X264 = 'x264'
X264_VER = 'stable'

LIBAV = 'libav'
LIBAV_VER = 'v9.3'

FFMPEG = 'ffmpeg'
FFMPEG_VER = 'n2.4.3'

YASM_VER = '1.3.0'

MPLAYER = 'mplayer'
GIT_DIR = '.git'
GIT_BIN = 'git'
SVN_BIN = 'svn'
SUDO = '/usr/bin/sudo'
APTITUDE = '/usr/bin/aptitude'
FDK_DIR = 'fdk-aac'

X264_GIT = 'git://git.videolan.org/x264'
FFMPEG_GIT = 'git://source.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git'
LIBAV_GIT = 'git://git.libav.org/libav.git'
FDK_GIT = 'git://github.com/mstorsjo/fdk-aac.git'
YASM_TARBALL = 'yasm-%s.tar.gz' % (YASM_VER,)
VID_STAB_GIT = 'git://github.com/georgmartius/vid.stab.git'

DEPS = ('build-essential', 'checkinstall', 'git', 'libfaac-dev', 'libjack-jackd2-dev', \
        'libmp3lame-dev', 'libopencore-amrnb-dev', 'libopencore-amrwb-dev', 'libsdl1.2-dev', 'libtheora-dev', \
        'libva-dev', 'libvdpau-dev', 'libvorbis-dev', 'libx11-dev', 'libxfixes-dev', 'libxvidcore-dev', 'texi2html', \
        'yasm', 'zlib1g-dev',)

def run(args, check_retcode=True):
    print("***** Running:", args)
    try:
        retcode = call(args)
        if retcode != 0 and check_retcode:
            print("ERROR: the following command failed: ", " ".join(args), "with error code ", retcode)
            raise Exception("Got a bad return code")
        else:
            print("***** Command succeeded (retcode=%d)" % (retcode))
    except OSError as e :
        print("Execution failed of command: ", " ".join(args))
        raise

def sudo(args):
    run((SUDO,) + args)

def apt_update():
    sudo((APTITUDE, 'update'))

class cd:
    def __init__(self, path):
        self.path = path

    def __call__(self, f):
        def wrapped_f(*args, **kwargs):
            olddir = os.getcwd()
            os.chdir(self.path)
            try:
                f(*args, **kwargs)
            finally:
                os.chdir(olddir)
        return wrapped_f

def checkout_x264():
    run((GIT_BIN, 'clone', X264_GIT))

@cd(X264)
def build_x264(clean=False):
    run((GIT_BIN, 'checkout', X264_VER))
    run((GIT_BIN, 'pull'))
    if clean:
        run((GIT_BIN, 'clean', '-f', '-d', '-x'))
        run(('make', 'distclean'))
    run(('./configure', '--enable-static', '--disable-opencl'))
    run(('make',))
    sudo(('checkinstall',
          '--pkgname=libx264-local',
          "--pkgversion=\"3:$(./version.sh | awk -F'[\" ]' '/POINT/{print $4\"+git\"$5}')\"",
          '--backup=no',
          '--deldoc=yes',
          '--fstrans=no',
          '--default'))

def checkout_ffmpeg():
    if os.path.exists(FFMPEG):
        raise Exception(FFMPEG + " path already exists.")
    run((GIT_BIN, 'clone', FFMPEG_GIT))


@cd(FFMPEG)
def build_ffmpeg(clean=False):
    run((GIT_BIN, 'fetch'))
    run((GIT_BIN, 'checkout', FFMPEG_VER))
    if clean:
        run((GIT_BIN, 'clean', '-f', '-d', '-x'))
        run(('make', 'clean'), check_retcode=False)
    run(('./configure',
         '--enable-gpl',
         '--enable-libfaac',
         '--enable-libfdk_aac',
         '--enable-libmp3lame',
         '--enable-libopencore-amrnb',
         '--enable-libopencore-amrwb',
         '--enable-libtheora',
#         '--enable-libvidstab',
         '--enable-libvorbis',
         '--enable-libx264',
         '--enable-libxvid',
         '--enable-nonfree',
         '--enable-postproc',
         '--enable-version3',
         '--enable-x11grab'))
    run(('make',))
    sudo(('checkinstall',
          '--pkgname=ffmpeg-local',
          '--pkgversion="5:$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M)-git"',
          '--backup=no',
          '--deldoc=yes',
          '--fstrans=no',
          '--default'))

def checkout_libav():
    if os.path.exists(LIBAV):
        raise Exception(LIBAV + " path already exists.")
    run((GIT_BIN, 'clone', LIBAV_GIT))


@cd(LIBAV)
def build_libav(clean=False):
    run((GIT_BIN, 'fetch'))
    run((GIT_BIN, 'checkout', LIBAV_VER))
    if clean:
        run(('make', 'clean'), check_retcode=False)
    run(('./configure',
         '--enable-gpl',
         '--enable-libfaac',
         '--enable-libmp3lame',
         '--enable-libopencore-amrnb',
         '--enable-libopencore-amrwb',
         '--enable-libtheora',
         '--enable-libvorbis',
         '--enable-libx264',
         '--enable-libxvid',
         '--enable-nonfree',
         '--enable-postproc',
         '--enable-version3',
         '--enable-x11grab'))
    run(('make',))
    sudo(('checkinstall',
          '--pkgname=libav-local',
          '--pkgversion="5:$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M)-git"',
          '--backup=no',
          '--deldoc=yes',
          '--fstrans=no',
          '--default'))

def download_yasm():
    if os.path.exists(YASM_TARBALL):
        raise Exception(YASM_TARBALL + ' already exists.')
    run(('wget', 'http://www.tortall.net/projects/yasm/releases/%s' % (YASM_TARBALL,)))
    run(('tar', 'zxvf', YASM_TARBALL))


@cd('yasm-%s' % (YASM_VER,))
def build_yasm(clean=False):
    if clean:
        run(('make', 'clean'), check_retcode=False)
    run(('./configure',))
    run(('make',))
    sudo(('checkinstall',
          '--pkgname=yasm-local',
          '--pkgversion="2:$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M)-git"',
          '--backup=no',
          '--deldoc=yes',
          '--fstrans=no',
          '--default'))

def download_fdk():
    run((GIT_BIN, 'clone', FDK_GIT))


@cd(FDK_DIR)
def build_fdk(clean=False):
    run((GIT_BIN, 'checkout', 'master'))
    run((GIT_BIN, 'pull'))
    if clean:
        run((GIT_BIN, 'clean', '-f', '-d', '-x'))
        run(('make', 'clean'), check_retcode=False)
    run(('autoreconf', '-fiv',))
    run(('./configure', '--disable-shared',))
    run(('make',))
    sudo(('checkinstall',
          '--pkgname=fdk-aac-local',
          '--pkgversion="1:$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M)-git"',
          '--backup=no',
          '--deldoc=yes',
          '--fstrans=no',
          '--default'))


if __name__ == "__main__":
    sudo((APTITUDE, '-y', 'purge', 'ffmpeg-local', 'libx264-local', 'libav-local', 'yasm-local') )
#    apt_update()
#    sudo((APTITUDE, 'install') + DEPS)

    if not os.path.exists(YASM_TARBALL):
        download_yasm()
    build_yasm(clean=True)

    if not os.path.exists(X264):
        checkout_x264()
    build_x264(clean=True)

    if not os.path.exists(FDK_DIR):
        download_fdk()
    build_fdk(clean=True)

    if not os.path.exists(FFMPEG):
        checkout_ffmpeg()
    build_ffmpeg(clean=True)

#    if os.path.exists(LIBAV):
#        print('Deleting dir', LIBAV)
#        shutil.rmtree(LIBAV)
#    checkout_libav()
#    build_libav()