This should be add to document. I don't know why the doc is so dumb , no usage inside. If there's no usage why docs exist?

[good1uck]

          Just unpack the archive:

tar xf ffmpeg-master-latest-linux64-gpl.tar.xz -C /opt

Then either add /opt/ffmpeg-master-latest-linux64-gpl/bin to PATH, or use --ffmpeg-location command line argument.

P.S. Strictly specking, you no longer need this build on Linux. Patches here only enable long path support on Windows. Everything else was already merged into FFmpeg master.

Originally posted by @nihil-admirari in #19 (comment)

[nihil-admirari]

The comment you've mentioned was posted on 9 March 2022, more than two years ago.

Since them three patches came and went (Long path support for Windows, Chapter embedding regression and WebVTT decoding fix) while a fourth patch (Decoding non-standard HEVC in FLV containers) still remains in use and will never go, since FFmpeg devs explicitly refuse to support non-standard HEVC in FLV despite its wide spread use on Chinese sites.

Whether you need that patch or not is entirely up to you; if not, then you don't need these builds even on Windows.