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There are several encoding software available for Linux Distros, but FFmpeg considered as the most famous encoding software which is available for cross platforms. FFmpeg is one of the leading multimedia framework which allows you to decode, encode, transcode, mux, stream and filter.

It also includes libavcodec, libavutil, libavformat, libavdevice, libswscale and libswresample which can be used by applications. Apart from ffmpeg, ffserver, ffplay and ffprobe are also used by end users for transcoding, streaming and playing. You might also like to check out latest Software News on our website.

In today's HowTo Tutorial, we will discuss how to install FFmpeg 2.2.4 (Encoder and Decoder) using PPA on Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint, Elementary OS, Peer OS and other Debian based Linux Distros.

Step 1 : First open the terminal and run or copy the following command in terminal to add PPA for FFmpeg 2.2.4 on your Debian based Linux Distros.

Step 2 : Next, run or copy the following command in terminal to update recently added PPA for FFmpeg 2.2.4 in the software repository on your Debian based Linux Distros.

Step 3 : Finally, run or copy the following command in terminal to install latest FFmpeg 2.2.4 on your Debian based Linux Distros.

After installation, search and open FFmpeg application on your system. Now encode or decode your favorite audio or video files.

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