gistfile1.txt

apt-get build-dep -y ffmpeg
apt-get install -y ffmpeg libsdl1.2-dev libfaad-dev libfaad2 libconfig8-dev \
                   libavformat-dev libfaac-dev libmp3lame-dev libx264-dev   \
                   ruby rubygems

git-clone git://github.com/carsonmcdonald/HTTP-Live-Video-Stream-Segmenter-and-Distributor.git segmenter

(cd segmenter; make)

a "grep require *" shows that http_streamer.rb requires the other .rb files,
so I have to guess that we need to start there... wtf?

cp example-configs/config-recommended-iphone-16x9-multirate.yml config.yml
$ ./http_streamer.rb
Usage: http_streamer.rb <config file>

$ ./http_streamer.rb  config.yml
Unknown encoder 'libx264'

mkdir tmp && cd tmp
apt-get source ffmpeg
(cd ffmpeg-0.5.1; fakeroot debian/rules binary) # wait a fucking half-hour
sudo dpkg -i *.deb

$ ./http_streamer.rb  config.yml