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## Get FFMpeg working on heroku by building binaries using vulcan
gem install vulcan
vulcan create foo
git clone --depth 1 git://source.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg
cd ffmpeg
vulcan build -v -s . -c "./configure --enable-shared --disable-asm --prefix=/app/vendor/ffmpeg && make && make install"
## once done, you'll see something along the lines of:
# >> Downloading build artifacts to: /tmp/ffmpeg.tgz
# (available at http://foo.herokuapp.com/output/d21f6bb8-6db6-4397-b02e-347806945881)
#
# Download the .tgz via the link or cd to /tmp then:
tar xvf ffmpeg.tgz
mkdir /path/to/app/vendor/ffmpeg
mv ffmpeg/* /path/to/app/vendor/ffmpeg/
# cd to your app then:
heroku config:set PATH=bin:vendor/ffmpeg/bin:vendor/bundle/ruby/1.9.1/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin -a yourapp
#in the above, make sure you are simply appending 'vendor/ffmpeg/bin' to whatever is already set when you run 'heroku config' and look at the currently set value for PATH. overwriting it will break your app.
heroku config:set LD_LIBRARY_PATH=vendor/ffmpeg/lib:/usr/local/lib -a yourapp
git add .
git commit -m "vendor ffmpeg"
git push heroku master
# enjoy!
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