title: FFMPEG install on server
body: <p>I have an online server (shared hosting plan) in linux, i do not know a lot stuff about linux and i am trying to install ffmpeg.</p>
  
  <p>I have tryied a lot of scripts but no luck.
  Now i am trying to install the below script via putty.
  <code><a href="https://github.com/heidisoft/FFMPEG-install-script-for-shared-host" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/heidisoft/FFMPEG-install-script-for-shared-host</a></code></p>
  
  <p>When the install was running i get this message and the installation stops...</p>
  
  <pre><code>Installation of MPlayer-1.0rc1.tar.bz2 ....... started
    % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                   Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  100  1233  100  1233    0     0   7713      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  7803
  bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
  tar: Child returned status 2
  tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
  mplayer.sh: line 32: cd: MPlayer-1.0rc1/: No such file or directory
  mplayer.sh: line 33: ./configure: No such file or directory
  make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.
  make: *** No rule to make target `install'.  Stop.
  cp: cannot stat `etc/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
  Installation of MPlayer-1.0rc1.tar.bz2 ....... Completed
  
          Mplayer installation Failed :( , please visit the forum
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What can i do to install??? Thanks!</p>