Installing ffmpeg with homebrew?

Question

I am trying to install ffmpeg and it's libraries with homebrew on a mac running osx (El Capitain). The installation completes however its seems only ffmpeg is installed and not ffprobe or drawtext.

I tried reinstalling with this command:

brew install ffmpeg --with-fdk-aac --with-ffplay --with-freetype --with-frei0r --with-libass --with-libvo-aacenc --with-libvorbis --with-libvpx --with-opencore-amr --with-openjpeg --with-opus --with-rtmpdump --with-schroedinger --with-speex --with-theora --with-tools

..but I get this

Warning:ffmpeg-3.0.2 already installed, it's just not linked

What am I missing? I have tried deleting and retrying the installation but the problem persists.

Answer 1

To answer this question, you need to link up ffmpeg, but I'd run some housecleaning too.

First remove ffmpeg from your system:

$ brew uninstall ffmpeg

Now update all your brew packages and references.

$ brew update
$ brew upgrade
$ brew cleanup

Now install ffmpeg on your system, and link it up:

$ brew install ffmpeg --force
$ brew link ffmpeg

Now you should be good to go.