When trying to compile FFmpeg under FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE I got an error:

{{{
Error: `ff_h264_cabac_tables+1024+128(%esi)' is not a valid 64 bit base/index expression
}}}

apparently the linker is broken, but as seen at Solaris [http://blogs.everycity.co.uk/alasdair/2009/05/ffmpeg-64bit-x86_64-amd64-on-solaris-10/ here] there is a workaround, also seen to work at FreeBSD [http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=5228 here]. After the {{{./configure}}} phase apply:

{{{
 echo '#define BROKEN_RELOCATIONS 1' >> config.h
}}}