How to compile avconv with libx264 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)?

Question

Is there a step-by-step guide on how to compile avconv in Ubuntu?

It seems hard to search for any tutorial with avconv compared to ffmpeg.

Answer 1

It worked great for me on Ubuntu 12.04, except that it complained that assembler was missing.

The minimum version is yasm-1.2.0. If you really want to compile without asm, configure with --disable-asm.

Thanks to HOWTO: Install and use the latest FFmpeg and x264, I did the following as well, and it was OK beyond that.

sudo apt-get install build-essential checkinstall

sudo apt-get build-dep yasm

wget http://www.tortall.net/projects/yasm/releases/yasm-1.2.0.tar.gz && \
tar -xf yasm-1.2.0.tar.gz && cd yasm-1.2.0 && ./configure

make

sudo checkinstall --pakdir "$HOME/Desktop" --pkgname yasm --pkgversion 1.2.0 \
--backup=no --default