Install ffmpeg in debian 8 jessie

Installing ffmpeg from source have been a pain in the ass for me that wasted 5 hours of my time with no success.

On the other hand ffmpeg is not in debian jessie repo. But thankfully there is still a simple solution:

It is now available for Jessy as a backport: https://packages.debian.org/jessie-backports/ffmpeg

Add something like this to /etc/apt/sources.list (with your preferred mirror):

deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian jessie-backports main

Then

apt-get update
apt-get install ffmpeg







Which installs `ffmpeg version 3.2.2-1~bpo8+1`







Thanks this good fella, Dan