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A useful building block for automated media processing; review the licenses of your chosen build and codecs before distribution.

  • Free
  • 4 sources
  • GitHub stars, read on 2026-10-17: 65,299
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What is FFmpeg?

Cross-platform command-line tools and libraries for encoding, transcoding, filtering, muxing and streaming audio/video, with ffprobe for media inspection.

What can you use FFmpeg for?

  • Encode and convert delivery files
  • Batch-process audio and video assets
  • Inspect media streams with ffprobe

FFmpeg pricing and usage limits

Free

Free software. LGPL 2.1+ applies by default; optional GPL components change licensing obligations. Distribution and codec patent requirements depend on the build and use case.

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