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FFmpeg is a collection of libraries and command-line tools for processing audio, video, subtitles, and related metadata. It combines codecs, containers, streaming protocols, filters, and device I/O into programmable media pipelines.
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Compose conversion, playback, and inspection through libraries and CLIs
The ffmpeg tool manipulates, converts, and streams media; ffplay provides minimal playback; and ffprobe inspects content. Libraries such as libavcodec, libavformat, libavfilter, libavdevice, libswresample, and libswscale expose codecs, containers, filters, devices, resampling, and scaling.
Sources: [1]
From automated media conversion to infrastructure building blocks
It fits batch jobs and services that convert formats, adjust dimensions or color, ingest or emit streams, and inspect metadata. Validate input formats, required codecs, filters, hardware acceleration, and output quality against representative files.
Sources: [1]
Check the review channel and the license of the exact build
GitHub is a mirror, and pull requests are outside the review process; patches go to the ffmpeg-devel mailing list. The default combination is mainly LGPLv2.1+, but enabling GPL components or external libraries can change the resulting binary's terms, so verify the actual build you distribute.
Official sources
- [1]FFmpeg README(2026-09-13)
- [2]FFmpeg license guide(2026-09-13)
- [3]FFmpeg GitHub mirror(2026-09-13)
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GitHub Topics
- ffmpeg
- video
- audio
- c
- mpeg
- webm
- mp4
- matroska
- hls
- rtsp
- rtmp
- hevc
- Stars
- 64,179
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- Primary language
- C
- License
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- Repository last updated
- Sep 13, 2026
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