How to Compile the Latest FFmpeg with x264 and libvpx on CentOS 6

Compiling FFmpeg with high-performance H.264 (libx264) and VP8/VP9 (libvpx) encoding support on CentOS 6 often encounters dependency version collisions and compilation errors if older library packages remain installed on the host.

Environment: CentOS 6.x • FFmpeg • x264 • libvpx • faac

1. Removing Conflicting RPM Packages

Before compiling from source, remove older distribution codec libraries to prevent undefined reference linker errors like libx264.c: undefined reference to 'x264_encoder_open_130':

yum remove libvpx libogg libvorbis libtheora libx264 x264 x264-devel x264-libs ffmpeg -y

2. Patching and Compiling faac 1.28

If building the faac AAC encoder, a syntax error occurs in mpeg4ip.h: error: new declaration 'char* strcasestr(const char*, const char*)'. Remove line 126 from ./common/mp4v2/mpeg4ip.h before building:

sed -i '/strcasestr/d' common/mp4v2/mpeg4ip.h
./configure && make && make install

3. Compiling x264 and libvpx

# Build x264
cd x264
./configure --enable-static --enable-shared
make && make install

# Build libvpx
git clone https://chromium.googlesource.com/webm/libvpx
cd libvpx
./configure
make && make install
ldconfig

Once libraries are installed into /usr/local, configure FFmpeg with --enable-gpl --enable-libx264 --enable-libvpx for a fully modern encoding stack.