ffmpeg
brew install ffmpegAlso known as: ffmpeg@9
Play, record, convert, and stream select audio and video codecs
License: GPL-3.0-or-later
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/ffmpeg.json
Formula code: ffmpeg.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
tahoe | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| sonoma | ✅ | |
| macOS on Intel |
sonoma | ✅ |
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ | |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 9.0.1 |
| head | ⚡️ | HEAD |
Other versions:
| ffmpeg@7 | 7.1.5 | Play, record, convert, and stream audio and video |
| ffmpeg@6 | 6.1.6 | Play, record, convert, and stream audio and video |
| ffmpeg@5 | 5.1.10 | Play, record, convert, and stream audio and video |
| ffmpeg@4 | 4.4.8 | Play, record, convert, and stream audio and video |
| ffmpeg@2.8 | 2.8.22 | Play, record, convert, and stream audio and video |
Revision: 1
Depends on:
| dav1d | 1.5.4 | AV1 decoder targeted to be small and fast |
| lame | 4.0 | High quality MPEG Audio Layer III (MP3) encoder |
| libvmaf | 3.2.0 | Perceptual video quality assessment based on multi-method fusion |
| libvpx | 1.17.0 | VP8/VP9 video codec |
| openssl@3 | 3.6.3 | Cryptography and SSL/TLS Toolkit |
| opus | 1.6.1 | Audio codec |
| sdl2-compat | 2.32.70 | SDL2 compatibility layer that uses SDL3 behind the scenes |
| svt-av1 | 4.2.0 | AV1 encoder |
| x264 | r3222 | H.264/AVC encoder |
| x265 | 4.3 | H.265/HEVC encoder |
| xz | 5.8.3 | General-purpose data compression with high compression ratio |
Depends on when building from source:
| pkgconf | 3.0.6 | Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit |
Uses from macOS: bzip2, libxml2
Binaries:
aviocat,
bisect-create,
check_arm_indent.sh,
check_commit_msg.sh,
clean-diff,
compare-cvelists.sh,
crypto_bench,
cws2fws,
dvd2concat,
enc_recon_frame_test,
enum_options,
ffescape,
ffeval,
ffhash,
ffmpeg,
ffplay,
ffprobe,
fourcc2pixfmt,
gen-rc,
general_assembly.pl,
graph2dot,
indent_arm_assembly.pl,
ismindex,
loudnorm.rb,
make_chlayout_test,
merge-all-source-plugins,
missing_codec_desc,
murge,
normalize.py,
patcheck,
pktdumper,
plotframes,
probetest,
qt-faststart,
scale_slice_test,
seek_print,
sidxindex,
source2c,
target_dec_fate.sh,
trasher,
uncoded_frame,
unwrap-diff,
update-checkasm.sh,
venc_data_dump,
zmqshell.py
| ffmpeg-full includes additional tools and libraries that are not included in the regular ffmpeg formula. |
Analytics:
| 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installs | 224,382 | 579,318 | 1,957,845 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 466 | 1,267 | 4,469 |
| Installs on Request | 206,145 | 527,438 | 1,730,803 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 441 | 1,166 | 4,182 |
| Build Errors | 104 |