for 14.04, here - the ffmpeg site version is ). If you can't find that, you can usually get a source code download (e.g. Find a 'recipe' with successful builds ( example) then download the deb files for that ( example) - get amd64 if possible for 64bit, else use the i*86 packages (for 32bit).

This can a annoying to find on launchpad (the link may just be out of date) - but is still possible to something usable ( NOTE: Read the last part of the answer before trying for ffmpeg.): If you are still running Ubuntu 14.04, you can install libav-tools (a fork of ffmpeg which temporarily replaced ffmpeg in Ubuntu 14.04) instead.įirst look for the packaged deb file for your version of Ubuntu (a deb for Debian/Mint etc may work for Ubuntu - RPMs are for fedora/centos/redhat/suse, other packaging formats are available for different distros). Other packages like libavcodec-extra57, which provides some additional de/encoders or any dev-versions have to be installed manually. This is from an Ubuntu 16.10 installation - packages and versions are different in other editions. For example - here my initial setup - these packages were installed after I had executed the command sudo apt install ffmpeg : ffmpeg (7:3.0.2-1ubuntu3) When you install ffmpeg using apt, the 'additional packages' are getting installed alongside automatically, maybe something went wrong in your case. Update addressing your comment about missing packages after an installation using apt

There is no need to download ffmpeg from launchpad. To install it open a terminal and execute this command : sudo apt install ffmpeg xenial | xenial-updates | yakkety | yakkety-updates - apt policy ffmpegĥ00 yakkety-updates/universe amd64 Packagesĥ00 yakkety-security/universe amd64 Packages Ffmpeg is available in the official Ubuntu repositories :

Ffmpeg build download