How do I install ffmpeg and codecs?

Question

I am trying to write to an Excel cell in VB.NET Using the following code:

Dim RowCntr As Integer = 2
Dim ColCntr As Integer = 1

CellStart = xlWorkSheet.Cells(RowCntr, ColCntr).Address(RowAbsolute:=False, ColumnAbsolute:=False)
xlWorkSheet.Range(CellStart).Value = Reader.GetValue(0).ToString
ColCntr += ColCntr + 2

I get the following error:

System.MissingMemberException: 'Public member 'Address' on type 'Range' not found.'

The Excel file is open and has a header information and the first row has column names all written to it by my program.

Solution

To install it :

If you're using Ubuntu 14.04 :

ffmpeg was replaced in previous releases by the avconv program from the libav project.

To install avconv you need to install the libav-tools package:

sudo apt-get install libav-tools

Or use PPA :

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mc3man/trusty-media
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg

If you're using Ubuntu 15.04 :

FFmpeg Returns To The Official Ubuntu Repositories With Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet.

Just type :

sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

For more info :

Is FFmpeg missing from the official repositories in 14.04?

Install FFmpeg on Ubuntu 14.10 Using PPA

Comments

[guntbert]

Tell us what you tried and how it failed.

[Arjon11]

If i install it from the given ppa, will it be installed with all the codecs?

[Bilal]

@Arjon11, i'm not sure ! but if it doesn't work, you can take a look at MPlayer, or at How to install the transcoding tools on Ubuntu 14.04

[matanster]

And this seems to no longer work in 16.04

[e_x_p]

FYI: libav-tools alone does not work on ubuntu 14.04 but the ppa does work.