docs : document how to use 'WHISPER_FFMPEG' build option (#3029)

FFmpeg integration was introduced in 1b51fdf by William Tambellini,
but not mentioned in the main documentation.

Add a short guide on how to enable the feature. Confirmed to work
on both Ubuntu 24.04 and Fedora 39.

Signed-off-by: Fujimoto Seiji <redacted>

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@@ -375,6 +375,37 @@ Run the inference examples as usual, for example:
 - If you have trouble with Ascend NPU device, please create a issue with **[CANN]** prefix/tag.
 - If you run successfully with your Ascend NPU device, please help update the table `Verified devices`.
 
+## FFmpeg support (Linux only)
+
+If you want to support more audio formats (such as Opus and AAC), you can turn on the `WHISPER_FFMPEG` build flag to enable FFmpeg integration.
+
+First, you need to install required libraries:
+
+```bash
+# Debian/Ubuntu
+sudo apt install libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libavutil-dev
+
+# RHEL/Fedora
+sudo dnf install libavcodec-free-devel libavformat-free-devel libavutil-free-devel
+```
+
+Then you can build the project as follows:
+
+```bash
+cmake -B build -D WHISPER_FFMPEG=yes
+cmake --build build
+```
+
+Run the following example to confirm it's working:
+
+```bash
+# Convert an audio file to Opus format
+ffmpeg -i samples/jfk.wav jfk.opus
+
+# Transcribe the audio file
+./build/bin/whisper-cli --model models/ggml-base.en.bin --file jfk.opus
+```
+
 ## Docker
 
 ### Prerequisites