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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# get ffmpeg/yasm/x264
+git clone git://source.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git FFmpeg
+git clone git://github.com/yasm/yasm.git FFmpeg/yasm
+git clone git://git.videolan.org/x264.git FFmpeg/x264
+
+# compile/install yasm
+cd FFmpeg/yasm
+./autogen.sh
+./configure
+make
+make install
+cd -
+
+# compile/install x264
+cd FFmpeg/x264
+./configure --enable-static --enable-shared
+make
+make install
+ldconfig
+cd -
+
+# compile/install ffmpeg
+cd FFmpeg
+./configure --disable-asm --enable-libx264 --enable-gpl
+make install
+cd -
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