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Computer Tips - ffmpeg: How to use full ffmpeg on RedHat/Fedora/CentOS?
Date: 2016feb29
Update: 2026oct24
OS: Linux
Distro: RedHat/Fedora/CentOS
Q. ffmpeg: How to use full ffmpeg on RedHat/Fedora/CentOS?
A. Fedora comes with an incomplete ffmpeg. Its missing the non-free codecs.
1. If you don't already have it, install the rpmfusion repository.
You'll want to install the free and non-free repros.
The instructions are here:
https://rpmfusion.org/Configuration
2. Then replace ffmpeg-free with the full version from rpmfusion: