Got a whole lot of instructions from multiple sources

Instructions
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/archive/index.php/t-565563.html
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?p=4234345#post4234345
http://dev.gemin-i.org/wiki/index.php/Ffmpeg_install_instructions
http://www.hiteshagrawal.com/ffmpeg/installing-ffmpeg-easily-on-linux

Download links
http://www.audiocoding.com/downloads.html
ftp://ftp.videolan.org/pub/videolan/x264/snapshots/
http://www.xvid.org/Downloads.43.0.html
http://downloads.xvid.org/downloads/xvidcore-1.1.3.tar.gz
http://www.penguin.cz/~utx/amr

For Windows refer to the following link
http://www.videohelp.com/tools/ffmpeg

Also, please ensure you have libtool, patch installed on your machine, if not do

Check for the following packages
rpm -qa automake
rpm -qa autoconf
rpm -qa libtool
rpm -qa m4
rpm -qa gcc-c++

[root@earth tmp]# yum install libtool
[root@earth tmp]# yum install patch

also ensure u have libogg-devel libvorbis-devel libncurses-devel

1 - install faac

[root@earth faac]# pwd
/home/dld/ffmpeg/final/faac
[root@earth faac]# ls -l ../faac-1.26.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 400915 Feb 5 13:56 ../faac-1.26.tar.gz
[root@earth faac]# sh bootstrap
configure.in:11: warning: underquoted definition of MY_DEFINE
run info '(automake)Extending aclocal'
or see http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Extending-aclocal
configure.in: installing `./install-sh'
configure.in: installing `./missing'
common/mp4v2/Makefile.am: installing `./depcomp'
[root@earth faac]# ./configure > CONFIGURE.LOG 2>&1 &
[root@earth faac]# make > MAKE.LOG 2>&1 &
[root@earth faac]# make install > MAKE_INSTALL.LOG 2>&1 &

2 - libmp4v2
[root@earth libmp4v2-1.5.0.1]# pwd
/home/dld/ffmpeg/final/libmp4v2-1.5.0.1
[root@earth libmp4v2-1.5.0.1]# ls -l ../libmp4v2-1.5.0.1.tar.bz2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 375541 Feb 5 13:57 ../libmp4v2-1.5.0.1.tar.bz2
[root@earth libmp4v2-1.5.0.1]# ./configure > CONFIGURE.LOG 2>&1 &
[root@earth libmp4v2-1.5.0.1]# make > MAKE.LOG 2>&1 &
[root@earth libmp4v2-1.5.0.1]# make install > MAKE_INSTALL.LOG 2>&1 &

3 - faad2
[root@earth faad2]# pwd
/home/dld/ffmpeg/final/faad2
[root@earth faad2]# ls -l ../faad2-2.6.1.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 839410 Feb 5 13:56 ../faad2-2.6.1.tar.gz
[root@earth faad2]#

[root@earth faad2]# cat README.linux
To compile under Linux.
----------------------
just run :

autoreconf -vif
./configure --with-mp4v2
make
sudo make install

about the xmms plugin.
---------------------
The xmms plugin need to be build after the install of the faad project.
so after you have installed correctly faad (--with-xmms options) you need
to configure and build the xmms plugin part in the plugins/xmms directory.
Read the README and INSTALL files into the xmms directory.
[root@earth faad2]#
[root@earth faad2]# autoreconf -vif
autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf: configure.in: not using Gettext
autoreconf: running: aclocal --force
autoreconf: configure.in: tracing
autoreconf: running: libtoolize --copy --force
autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoconf --force
autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoheader --force
autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --force-missing
configure.in: installing `./install-sh'
configure.in: installing `./missing'
common/mp4ff/Makefile.am: installing `./compile'
common/mp4ff/Makefile.am: installing `./depcomp'
Makefile.am: installing `./INSTALL'
autoreconf: Leaving directory `.'
[root@earth faad2]#
[root@earth faad2]# ./configure --with-mp4v2 > CONFIGURE.LOG 2>&1 &
[root@earth faad2]# make > MAKE.LOG 2>&1 &
[root@earth faad2]# make install > MAKE_INSTALL.LOG 2>&1 &

4 - Installing lame-3.97

[root@earth faac]#tar -xzf lame-3.97.tar.gz
[root@earth faac]# pwd
/home/dld/ffmpeg/final/lame
[root@earth faac]# ./configure > CONFIGURE.LOG 2>&1 &
[root@earth faac]# make > MAKE.LOG 2>&1 &
[root@earth faac]# make install > MAKE_INSTALL.LOG 2>&1 &

5 - Installing Xvid 1.1.3

[root@earth xvidcore-1.1.3]# pwd
/home/dld/ffmpeg/final/xvidcore-1.1.3
[root@earth xvidcore-1.1.3]# ls -l ../xvidcore-1.1.3.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 739591 Feb 5 14:34 ../xvidcore-1.1.3.tar.gz
[root@earth xvidcore-1.1.3]# cd build/generic
[root@earth generic]# pwd
/home/dld/ffmpeg/final/xvidcore-1.1.3/build/generic
[root@earth generic]#
[root@earth generic]# ./configure > CONFIGURE.LOG 2>&1 &
[root@earth generic]# make > MAKE.LOG 2>&1 &
[root@earth generic]# make install > MAKE_INSTALL.LOG 2>&1 &

[root@earth ~]# cd /usr/local/lib
[root@earth lib]# ls -l libxvidcore.*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 834244 Feb 5 16:20 libxvidcore.a
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 724482 Feb 5 16:20 libxvidcore.so.4.1
[root@earth lib]#
[root@earth lib]# ln -s libxvidcore.so.4.1 libxvidcore.so.4
[root@earth lib]# ln -s libxvidcore.so.4 libxvidcore.so
[root@earth lib]# ls -l libxvidcore.*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 834244 Feb 5 16:20 libxvidcore.a
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Feb 5 16:24 libxvidcore.so -> libxvidcore.so.4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Feb 5 16:23 libxvidcore.so.4 ->
libxvidcore.so.4.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 724482 Feb 5 16:20 libxvidcore.so.4.1
[root@earth lib]#

6 - Installing a52

[root@earth a52dec-0.7.4]# pwd
/home/dld/ffmpeg/final/a52dec-0.7.4
[root@earth a52dec-0.7.4]# ls -l ../a52dec-0.7.4.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 241507 Feb 5 13:58 ../a52dec-0.7.4.tar.gz
[root@earth a52dec-0.7.4]#
[root@earth a52dec-0.7.4]# ./configure > CONFIGURE.LOG 2>&1 &
[root@earth a52dec-0.7.4]# make > MAKE.LOG 2>&1 &
[root@earth a52dec-0.7.4]# make install > MAKE_INSTALL.LOG 2>&1 &

7 - Installing libtheora

[root@earth libtheora-1.0beta2]# pwd
/home/dld/ffmpeg/final/libtheora-1.0beta2
[root@earth libtheora-1.0beta2]# ls -l ../libtheora-1.0beta2.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1961709 Feb 5 13:59 ../libtheora-1.0beta2.tar.gz
[root@earth libtheora-1.0beta2]#
[root@earth libtheora-1.0beta2]# ./configure > CONFIGURE.LOG 2>&1 &
[root@earth libtheora-1.0beta2]# make > MAKE.LOG 2>&1 &
[root@earth libtheora-1.0beta2]# make install > MAKE_INSTALL.LOG 2>&1 &

8 - Installing x264
[root@earth x264-snapshot-20080204-2245]# pwd
/home/dld/ffmpeg/final/x264-snapshot-20080204-2245
[root@earth x264-snapshot-20080204-2245]# ls -l
../x264-snapshot-20080204-2245.tar.bz2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 537647 Feb 5 14:09
../x264-snapshot-20080204-2245.tar.bz2
[root@earth x264-snapshot-20080204-2245]#
[root@earth x264-snapshot-20080204-2245]# ./configure --enable-shared
> CONFIGURE.LOG 2>&1 &
[root@earth x264-snapshot-20080204-2245]# make > MAKE.LOG 2>&1 &
[root@earth x264-snapshot-20080204-2245]# make install > MAKE_INSTALL.LOG 2>&1 &

9 - Installing 3GP stuff ...

[root@earth amrnb-7.0.0.0]# pwd
/home/dld/ffmpeg/final/amrnb-7.0.0.0
[root@earth amrnb-7.0.0.0]# ls -l ../amrnb-7.0.0.0.tar.bz2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 226952 Feb 5 14:37 ../amrnb-7.0.0.0.tar.bz2
[root@earth amrnb-7.0.0.0]#
[root@earth amrnb-7.0.0.0]# ./configure > CONFIGURE.LOG 2>&1 &
[root@earth amrnb-7.0.0.0]# make > MAKE.LOG 2>&1 &
[root@earth amrnb-7.0.0.0]# make install > MAKE_INSTALL.LOG 2>&1 &

[root@earth amrwb-7.0.0.2]# pwd
/home/dld/ffmpeg/final/amrwb-7.0.0.2
[root@earth amrwb-7.0.0.2]# ls -l ../amrwb-7.0.0.2.tar.bz2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 222579 Feb 5 14:37 ../amrwb-7.0.0.2.tar.bz2
[root@earth amrwb-7.0.0.2]#
[root@earth amrwb-7.0.0.2]# ./configure > CONFIGURE.LOG 2>&1 &
[root@earth amrwb-7.0.0.2]# make > MAKE.LOG 2>&1 &
[root@earth amrwb-7.0.0.2]# make install > MAKE_INSTALL.LOG 2>&1 &

INSTALLING FFMPEG - finally

[root@earth ffmpeg-export-2008-02-05]# pwd
/home/dld/ffmpeg/final/ffmpeg-export-2008-02-05
[root@earth ffmpeg-export-2008-02-05]# ls -l
../ffmpeg-export-snapshot.tar.bz2.2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2468551 Feb 5 12:01 ../ffmpeg-export-snapshot.tar.bz2.2
[root@earth ffmpeg-export-2008-02-05]#
[root@earth ffmpeg-export-2008-02-05]# cat CONFIG.sh
#!/bin/bash
# ./configure --enable-libmp3lame --enable-gpl --enable-shared --enable-libfaad
./configure --enable-shared --enable-gpl --enable-nonfree
--enable-libxvid --enable-libvorbis --enable-libmp3lame
--enable-libfaad --enable-libfaac --enable-liba52 --enable-libtheora
--enable-libx264 --enable-libamr-nb --enable-libamr-wb
[root@earth ffmpeg-export-2008-02-05]# ./CONFIG.sh > CONFIGURE.LOG 2>&1 &
[root@earth ffmpeg-export-2008-02-05]# make > MAKE.LOG 2>&1 &
[root@earth ffmpeg-export-2008-02-05]# make install > MAKE_INSTALL.LOG 2>&1 &