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
}}}

Trying this fix did still NOT solve my issue, next is trying a later/better compiler and linker, I will get the job done by clang/llvm for this matter:
{{{
  make -C /usr/ports/lang/clang install
  make -C /usr/ports/multimedia/x264
  ./configure --cc=clang --cxx=clang --ld=clang --prefix=$HOME/ff --enable-libx264 --enable-gpl
  gmake install
}}}

rplay% cp /usr/local/lib/libx264.* ~/ff/
bin/     etc/     include/ lib/     share/   tmp/     
rplay% cp /usr/local/lib/libx264.* ~/ff/lib/