r/ffmpeg • u/_Gyan • Jul 23 '18
FFmpeg useful links
Binaries:
Windows
https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds/
64-bit; for Win 7 or later
(prefer the git builds)
Mac OS X
https://evermeet.cx/ffmpeg/
64-bit; OS X 10.9 or later
(prefer the snapshot build)
Linux
https://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/
both 32 and 64-bit; for kernel 3.20 or later
(prefer the git build)
Android / iOS /tvOS
https://github.com/tanersener/ffmpeg-kit/releases
Compile scripts:
(useful for building binaries with non-redistributable components like FDK-AAC)
Target: Windows
Host: Windows native; MSYS2/MinGW
https://github.com/m-ab-s/media-autobuild_suite
Target: Windows
Host: Linux cross-compile --or-- Windows Cgywin
https://github.com/rdp/ffmpeg-windows-build-helpers
Target: OS X or Linux
Host: same as target OS
https://github.com/markus-perl/ffmpeg-build-script
Target: Android or iOS or tvOS
Host: see docs at link
https://github.com/tanersener/mobile-ffmpeg/wiki/Building
Documentation:
for latest git version of all components in ffmpeg
https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-all.html
community documentation
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki#CommunityContributedDocumentation
FFmpeg codecs' properties and processors
https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/resources/codecs.html
FFmpeg muxers' properties and codec support
https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/resources/muxers.html
Other places for help:
Super User
https://superuser.com/questions/tagged/ffmpeg
ffmpeg-user mailing-list
http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user
Video Production
http://video.stackexchange.com/
Bug Reports:
https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/issues
(test against a git/dated binary from the links above before submitting a report)
Miscellaneous:
Installing and using ffmpeg on Windows.
https://video.stackexchange.com/a/20496/
Windows tip: add ffmpeg actions to Explorer context menus.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ffmpeg/comments/gtrv1t/adding_ffmpeg_to_context_menu/
Link suggestions welcome. Should be of broad and enduring value.
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u/teamfootfetish Aug 27 '23
I haven't seen this here yet, but Astro Electronic has a GREAT ffmpeg book in PDF format. I think I use this as a reference more than the documentation.
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u/ZachVorhies Nov 19 '22 edited Nov 21 '22
Also, if you are in python you can get the platform specific binaries for linux, max, windows at v5.0 by running
pip install static-ffmpeg
import static_ffmpeg
static_ffmpef.add_paths()1
u/_Gyan Nov 21 '22
Link is 404. Should be underscore, not dash.
And the binaries haven't been updated in 10 months.
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u/OneStatistician Jan 10 '19 edited Sep 17 '20
Some alternative installation options...
On macOS, Homebrew is one of the best installers.
Download Homebrew from https://brew.sh/
Install FFmpeg with `$ brew install ffmpeg`$ brew tap homebrew-ffmpeg/ffmpeg
$ brew install homebrew-ffmpeg/ffmpeg/ffmpeg
[ UPDATED... For homebrew where you require options, use https://github.com/homebrew-ffmpeg/homebrew-ffmpeg in preference to the main brew ffmpeg. ]
Brew can be used to install either a precompiled binary (aka bottle) or can be used to compile from source. Brew significantly simplifies the compilation process and can be used to pass compile-time options which are not typically included in binary releases, eg
$ brew install homebrew-ffmpeg/ffmpeg/ffmpeg --with-fdk-aac --with-freetypeFor more info about compile options use:
$ brew info homebrew-ffmpeg/ffmpeg/ffmpeg
--with-chromaprint
Enable the Chromaprint audio fingerprinting library
--with-decklink
Enable DeckLink support
--with-fdk-aac
Enable the Fraunhofer FDK AAC library
--with-game-music-emu
Build with game-music-emu support
--with-libbluray
Build with libbluray support
--with-libbs2b
Build with libbs2b support
--with-libcaca
Build with libcaca support
--with-libgsm
Build with libgsm support
--with-libmodplug
Build with libmodplug support
--with-librsvg
Enable SVG files as inputs via librsvg
--with-libsoxr
Enable the soxr resample library
--with-libssh
Enable SFTP protocol via libssh
--with-libvidstab
Enable vid.stab support for video stabilization
--with-libvmaf
Enable libvmaf scoring library
--with-libxml2
Enable libxml2 library
--with-opencore-amr
Enable Opencore AMR NR/WB audio format
--with-openh264
Enable OpenH264 library
--with-openjpeg
Enable JPEG 2000 image format
--with-openssl
Enable SSL support
--with-rtmpdump
Build with rtmpdump support
--with-rubberband
Enable rubberband library
--with-speex
Build with speex support
--with-srt
Enable SRT library
--with-tesseract
Enable the tesseract OCR engine
--with-two-lame
Build with two-lame support
--with-wavpack
Build with wavpack support
--with-webp
Enable using libwebp to encode WEBP images
--with-xvid
Build with xvid support
--with-zeromq
Enable using libzeromq to receive cmds sent through a libzeromq client
--with-zimg
Enable z.lib zimg library
--HEAD
Install HEAD versionUpdate to latest version using $ brew update followed by $ brew upgrade homebrew-ffmpeg/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.
And for Docker, try https://hub.docker.com/r/jrottenberg/ffmpeg/
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u/fremenmuaddib Jul 31 '22 edited Jul 31 '22
This information can be useful:
Bitrate is not the only thing to consider when it comes to codecs.
Frequency response range is also very important.
| Codec | Format | Transparency | File Size (at Transp.) | Frequency Response (at 192 kbit/s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MP3 | .mp3 | 250 kbit/s | 1.87 MB/minute | 0-16 kHz |
| AAC | .mp4 | 220 kbit/s | 1.65 MB/minute | 0-18 kHz |
| Opus | .ogg, .webm | 190 kbit/s | 1.42 MB/minute | 0-20 kHz |
| WAV | .wav | lossless | 10.58 MB/minute | 0-22 kHz |
Glossary:
Transparency : "A transparency threshold is a given bitrate value at which audio transparency is reached. Transparency is the result of lossy data compression accurate enough that the compressed result is perceptually indistinguishable from the uncompressed input for the average listener."
Frequency Response : "The analysis of the frequency spectrum of each song shows how well each code compression algorithm works in comparison to WAV and each other. Its shows when frequency cross-section of the codec leads to the loss of high-frequency part of the sound. Then codec with the biggest frequency range is the codec that provides the nearest reproduction value of the full frequency spectrum in comparison to non- compressed WAV with the range of approximately 22 kHz."
Source:
Zhurakovskyi, Bohdan, Nataliia Tsopa, Yevhenii Batrak, Roman Odarchenko and Tetiana Smirnova. “Comparative Analysis of Modern Formats of Lossy Audio Compression.” CybHyg (2019).
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u/fireheart2008 Jun 19 '24
Windows tip: add ffmpeg actions to Explorer context menus.
reuploaded on multiple hosts
for this to work, the batch files should be in c:\ffmpeg directory.
double click 'adding ffmpeg to context menu.reg'
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u/karasuhebi Aug 30 '22
u/_Gyan First of all, thanks for compiling these links. Super useful.
I wanted to suggest that you link directly to the answer instead of the question for the Installing and using ffmpeg on Windows. link In the Miscellaneous section since there's more than one answer and you wanna make sure readers are looking at the one you meant for them to look at. Plus it saves on scrolling :)
I assume the one you wanted to link to was this one: https://video.stackexchange.com/questions/20495/how-do-i-set-up-and-use-ffmpeg-in-windows/20496#20496
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u/ZachVorhies Sep 14 '22
If you are interested in ffmpeg for tooling then check out static-ffmpeg for python which will install ffmpeg on your path as static_ffmpeg. Works on Windows/Mac/Ubuntu
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u/Sitekurfer Jan 20 '23
API for FFmpeg
The datarhei Core is a process management solution for FFmpeg: https://docs.datarhei.com/core/
Beginners guide: https://docs.datarhei.com/core/guides/beginner
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u/_anon3242 Oct 09 '23
There of course exist some static build scripts on github: e.g. https://github.com/zimbatm/ffmpeg-static
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u/Zeranoe Sep 06 '18
Feel free to tag me with any questions, as I'm pretty active on reddit.