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.

The new Dell XPS laptop for the lady of the house arrived a few days ago. It was high time we got her a replacement for the old one: missing keys, fan roaring continuously, bad contact in the power socket, dead battery, dead pixels and buggy pcmcia wifi card. To name but a few slight discomforts.

First impression: very slick, light machine.

Quick and easy way to create an iso file from any cd/dvd under linux:

> sudo umount /dev/cdrom
> dd if=/dev/cdrom of=filename-goes-here.iso bs=1024

[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The information is this post is outdated.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.