brew install ffmpeg --use-clang Warning: Building with LLVM, but this formula is reported to not work with LLVM: Dies during compilation of motionpixels_tablegen We are continuing anyway so if the build succeeds, please open a ticket with the following information: 2336-10.6. So that we can update the formula accordingly. Thanks! If it doesn't work you can: brew install --use-gcc ==> Downloading http://ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-0.8.6.tar.bz2 File already downloaded in /Users/Pasha/Library/Caches/Homebrew ==> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/ffmpeg/0.8.6 --enable-shared --enable-gpl --enable-versio ERROR: libmp3lame >= 3.98.3 not found If you think configure made a mistake, make sure you are using the latest version from Git. If the latest version fails, report the problem to the ffmpeg-user@ffmpeg.org mailing list or IRC #ffmpeg on irc.freenode.net. Include the log file "config.log" produced by configure as this will help solving the problem. ==> Exit Status: 1 http://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/blob/master/Library/Formula/ffmpeg.rb#L59 ==> Environment /usr/bin/gcc HOMEBREW_VERSION: 0.8 HEAD: 1533bed26fe5e0865b22ad317ae3ed4febd316c2 HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /usr/local HOMEBREW_CELLAR: /usr/local/Cellar HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY: /usr/local HOMEBREW_LIBRARY_PATH: /usr/local/Library/Homebrew Hardware: dual-core 64-bit penryn OS X: 10.6.8 Kernel Architecture: i386 Ruby: 1.8.7-249 /usr/bin/ruby => /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby Xcode: 4.2 GCC-4.0: N/A GCC-4.2: build 401 (5664 or newer recommended) LLVM: build 2336 MacPorts or Fink? false X11 installed? true ==> Build Flags "--use-clang" was specified CC: /usr/bin/clang CXX: /usr/bin/clang++ => /usr/bin/clang LD: /usr/bin/clang CFLAGS: -O3 -march=core2 -msse4.1 -w -pipe CXXFLAGS: -O3 -march=core2 -msse4.1 -w -pipe MAKEFLAGS: -j2 Error: Failed executing: ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/ffmpeg/0.8.6 --enable-shared --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-nonfree --enable-hardcoded-tables --cc=/usr/bin/clang --enable-libx264 --enable-libfaac --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libxvid --disable-ffplay These existing issues may help you: https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/issues/8456 Otherwise, please report the bug: https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/wiki/checklist-before-filing-a-new-issue We saved the configure log, please gist it if you report the issue: ~/Library/Logs/Homebrew/config.log