ffmpeg
Install command:
brew install ffmpegAlso known as: ffmpeg@8
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 | ✅ | 8.1.2 |
| 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 | 1.16.0 | 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 | 4.2 | H.265/HEVC encoder |
Depends on when building from source:
| pkgconf | 3.0.5 | Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit |
| ffmpeg-full includes additional tools and libraries that are not included in the regular ffmpeg formula. |
Analytics:
| 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installs | 155,042 | 505,535 | 1,906,108 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 301 | 1,158 | 4,445 |
| Installs on Request | 143,387 | 457,414 | 1,679,796 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 276 | 1,057 | 4,177 |
| Build Errors | 146 |