This is a revised edition of my original post on compiling ffmpeg on Ubuntu.

update: seems to work in Hardy too.

The excellent Flashvideo module in Drupal uses ffmpeg to convert uploaded video to Adobe Flash Video format (.flv).

However, we’re using Ubuntu based servers and Ubuntu has a strict policy not to include non-free software.

[UPDATE May 12, 2008]

The information is this post is outdated.
You should head over to the revised edition.

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The Flashvideo module in Drupal uses ffmpeg to convert uploaded video to Adobe Flash Video format (.flv).

However, we’re using Ubuntu based servers and Ubuntu has a strict policy not to include non-free software.