Easily get ffmpeg on Fedora with support for all the things. Updated to reflect VLC's move to Gitlab for their repository hosting.

Dockerfile

# Dockerfile for ffmpeg with pretty much support for everything as per:
# https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/CompilationGuide/Centos
# includes codecs with weird licensing like MP3 and AAC.
#

FROM fedora
MAINTAINER Ross Timson <[email protected]>

# Install build requirements.
RUN dnf install -y autoconf automake cmake freetype-devel gcc gcc-c++ git libtool make mercurial nasm pkgconfig zlib-devel

# Yasm
RUN cd /usr/local/src \
    && git clone --depth 1 git://github.com/yasm/yasm.git \
    && cd yasm \
    && autoreconf -fiv \
    && ./configure --prefix="/usr/local" \
    && make \
    && make install

# libx264
RUN cd /usr/local/src \
    && git clone --depth 1 https://code.videolan.org/videolan/x264.git \
    && cd x264 \
    && ./configure --prefix="/usr/local" --enable-static \
    && make \
    && make install

# libx265
RUN cd /usr/local/src \
    && hg clone https://bitbucket.org/multicoreware/x265 \
    && cd /usr/local/src/x265/build/linux \
    && cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/usr/local" -DENABLE_SHARED:bool=off ../../source \
    && make \
    && make install

# libfdk_aac
RUN cd /usr/local/src \
    && git clone --depth 1 git://git.code.sf.net/p/opencore-amr/fdk-aac \
    && cd fdk-aac \
    && autoreconf -fiv \
    && ./configure --prefix="/usr/local" --disable-shared \
    && make \
    && make install

# libmp3lame
RUN cd /usr/local/src \
    && curl -L -O http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/lame/lame/3.99/lame-3.99.5.tar.gz \
    && tar xzvf lame-3.99.5.tar.gz \
    && cd lame-3.99.5 \
    && ./configure --prefix="/usr/local" --disable-shared --enable-nasm \
    && make \
    && make install

# libopus
RUN cd /usr/local/src \
    && git clone https://git.xiph.org/opus.git \
    && cd opus \
    && autoreconf -fiv \
    && ./configure --prefix="/usr/local" --disable-shared \
    && make \
    && make install

# libogg
RUN cd /usr/local/src \
    && curl -O http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/ogg/libogg-1.3.2.tar.gz \
    && tar xzvf libogg-1.3.2.tar.gz \
    && cd libogg-1.3.2 \
    && ./configure --prefix="/usr/local" --disable-shared \
    && make \
    && make install

# libvorbis
RUN cd /usr/local/src \
    && curl -O http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/vorbis/libvorbis-1.3.5.tar.gz \
    && tar xzvf libvorbis-1.3.5.tar.gz \
    && cd libvorbis-1.3.5 \
    && ./configure --prefix="/usr/local" --disable-shared \
    # LDFLAGS="-L$HOME/ffmeg_build/lib" CPPFLAGS="-I$HOME/ffmpeg_build/include" ./configure --prefix="/usr/local" --with-ogg="$HOME/ffmpeg_build" --disable-shared \
    && make \
    && make install

# libvpx
RUN cd /usr/local/src \
    && git clone --depth 1 https://chromium.googlesource.com/webm/libvpx.git \
    && cd libvpx \
    && ./configure --prefix="/usr/local" --as=yasm --disable-examples \
    && make \
    && make install

# ffmpeg
#
# TODO:  Work out why freetype support isn't working in order to use:  --enable-libfreetype
RUN cd /usr/local/src \
    && git clone --depth 1 git://source.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg \
    && cd ffmpeg \
    && PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig" ./configure --prefix="/usr/local" --extra-cflags="-I/usr/local/include" --extra-ldflags="-L/usr/local/lib" --pkg-config-flags="--static" --enable-gpl --enable-nonfree --enable-libfdk-aac --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopus --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 \
    && make \
    && make install

# Cleanup.
RUN rm -rf /usr/local/src/* \
    && dnf clean all \
    && dnf erase -y autoconf automake cmake freetype-devel gcc gcc-c++ git libtool make mercurial nasm pkgconfig zlib-devel

# Define entrypoint so we can use container as if it's a standalone app.
ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg"]

ffmpeg-install.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Build ffmpeg with pretty much support for everything as per:
# https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/CompilationGuide/Centos
# includes codecs with weird licensing like MP3 and AAC.
#
# Tested on Fedora 31.
#

set -eux

# Install build requirements.
dnf install -y \
      autoconf \
      automake \
      cmake \
      freetype-devel \
      gcc \
      gcc-c++ \
      git \
      libogg-devel \
      libtool \
      libvorbis-devel \
      libvpx-devel \
      make \
      mercurial \
      nasm \
      opus-devel \
      pkgconfig \
      yasm \
      zlib-devel

# libx264
cd /usr/local/src
git clone --depth 1 https://code.videolan.org/videolan/x264.git
cd x264
./configure --prefix="/usr/local" --enable-static
make
make install
make distclean

# libx265
cd /usr/local/src
hg clone https://bitbucket.org/multicoreware/x265
cd /usr/local/src/x265/build/linux
cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/usr/local" -DENABLE_SHARED:bool=off ../../source
make
make install

# libfdk_aac
cd /usr/local/src
git clone --depth 1 git://git.code.sf.net/p/opencore-amr/fdk-aac
cd fdk-aac
autoreconf -fiv
./configure --prefix="/usr/local" --disable-shared
make
make install
make distclean

# libmp3lame
cd /usr/local/src
curl -L -O http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/lame/lame/3.99/lame-3.99.5.tar.gz
tar xzvf lame-3.99.5.tar.gz
cd lame-3.99.5
./configure --prefix="/usr/local" --disable-shared --enable-nasm
make
make install
make distclean

# ffmpeg
cd /usr/local/src
git clone --depth 1 git://source.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg
cd ffmpeg
PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig" ./configure --prefix="/usr/local" --extra-cflags="-I/usr/local/include" --extra-ldflags="-L/usr/local/lib" --pkg-config-flags="--static" --enable-gpl --enable-nonfree --enable-libfdk-aac --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopus --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265
make
make install
make distclean
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