How to install the transcoding tools on Debian 5 "Lenny"?

 

For using open source transcoding with VIMP you have to install the necessary transcoding tools (MPlayer, mencoder, flvtool2 etc.)

 

Edit sources for "apt"

Debian and Ubuntu use the packet-manager "apt" to install software. We first have to add the needed sources (repositories):
(we recommend using "joe" to edit the file)

touch /etc/apt/sources.list.d/deb-multimedia.org.list
joe /etc/apt/sources.list.d/deb-multimedia.org.list

We add the following lines to the file debian-multimedia.org.list:

 

# Debian Multimedia Repository 
deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org lenny main
deb ftp://ftp.deb-multimedia.org lenny main

 

Then we update the cache changes in our working directory:

 

apt-get update
cd /usr/src

 

Now we have to install the tools:

apt-get install libimage-exiftool-perl ffmpeg

 

For an update to VIMP 3.2.0+ you have to install exiftool:

apt-get install libimage-exiftool-perl

 

For VIMP <= 3.1.9 MPlayer/mencoder is needed:

apt-get install mplayer mencoder

 

That´s it. Now it´s time to install the hosting for VIMP.