well it got a lot further this time, here is why it won't work now:
dsputil.c: In function `put_h264_chroma_mc4_c':
dsputil.c:2846: internal error: Segmentation fault
Please submit a full bug report,
with preprocessed source if appropriate.
See <URL:
https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/> for instructions.
make[3]: *** [dsputil.o] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/jason/Desktop/transcode-0.6.9/ffmpeg/libavcodec'
make[2]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/jason/Desktop/transcode-0.6.9/ffmpeg/libavcodec'
make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/jason/Desktop/transcode-0.6.9/ffmpeg'
make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
[root@localhost transcode-0.6.9]#