ffmpeg
Install command:
brew install ffmpegAlso known as: ffmpeg@4
Play, record, convert, and stream audio and video
License: GPL-2.0-or-later
/api/formula/ffmpeg.json (JSON API)
Formula code on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for macOS releases:
| Intel | big sur | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| catalina | ✅ | |
| mojave | ✅ | |
| Apple Silicon | big sur | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 4.4 |
| head | ⚡️ | HEAD |
Other versions:
| ffmpeg@2.8 | 2.8.17 | Play, record, convert, and stream audio and video |
Depends on:
| aom | 3.0.0 | Codec library for encoding and decoding AV1 video streams |
| dav1d | 0.8.2 | AV1 decoder targeted to be small and fast |
| fontconfig | 2.13.1 | XML-based font configuration API for X Windows |
| freetype | 2.10.4 | Software library to render fonts |
| frei0r | 1.7.0 | Minimalistic plugin API for video effects |
| gnutls | 3.6.15 | GNU Transport Layer Security (TLS) Library |
| lame | 3.100 | High quality MPEG Audio Layer III (MP3) encoder |
| libass | 0.15.0 | Subtitle renderer for the ASS/SSA subtitle format |
| libbluray | 1.3.0 | Blu-Ray disc playback library for media players like VLC |
| libsoxr | 0.1.3 | High quality, one-dimensional sample-rate conversion library |
| libvidstab | 1.1.0 | Transcode video stabilization plugin |
| libvorbis | 1.3.7 | Vorbis General Audio Compression Codec |
| libvpx | 1.10.0 | VP8/VP9 video codec |
| opencore-amr | 0.1.5 | Audio codecs extracted from Android open source project |
| openjpeg | 2.4.0 | Library for JPEG-2000 image manipulation |
| opus | 1.3.1 | Audio codec |
| rav1e | 0.4.1 | Fastest and safest AV1 video encoder |
| rubberband | 1.9.1 | Audio time stretcher tool and library |
| sdl2 | 2.0.14 | Low-level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, and graphics |
| snappy | 1.1.8 | Compression/decompression library aiming for high speed |
| speex | 1.2.0 | Audio codec designed for speech |
| srt | 1.4.2 | Secure Reliable Transport |
| tesseract | 4.1.1 | OCR (Optical Character Recognition) engine |
| theora | 1.1.1 | Open video compression format |
| webp | 1.2.0 | Image format providing lossless and lossy compression for web images |
| x264 | r3049 | H.264/AVC encoder |
| x265 | 3.5 | H.265/HEVC encoder |
| xvid | 1.3.7 | High-performance, high-quality MPEG-4 video library |
| xz | 5.2.5 | General-purpose data compression with high compression ratio |
| zeromq | 4.3.4 | High-performance, asynchronous messaging library |
| zimg | 3.0.1 | Scaling, colorspace conversion, and dithering library |
Depends on when building from source:
| nasm | 2.15.05 | Netwide Assembler (NASM) is an 80x86 assembler |
| pkg-config | 0.29.2 | Manage compile and link flags for libraries |
Analytics:
| Installs (30 days) | |
|---|---|
ffmpeg |
204,020 |
ffmpeg --HEAD |
297 |
ffmpeg --with-fdk-aac |
1 |
| Installs on Request (30 days) | |
ffmpeg |
173,158 |
ffmpeg --HEAD |
296 |
ffmpeg --with-fdk-aac |
1 |
| Build Errors (30 days) | |
ffmpeg |
41 |
ffmpeg --HEAD |
3 |
| Installs (90 days) | |
ffmpeg |
476,509 |
ffmpeg --HEAD |
832 |
ffmpeg --with-fdk-aac --with-libass --with-libvpx --with-openssl |
12 |
ffmpeg --with-sdl2 |
3 |
ffmpeg --with-fdk-aac |
2 |
ffmpeg --with-libvpx |
2 |
FFmpeg |
1 |
ffmpeg --with-chromaprint --with-fdk-aac --with-libass --with-librsvg --with-libsoxr --with-libssh --with-tesseract --with-libvidstab --with-opencore-amr --with-openh264 --with-openjpeg --with-openssl --with-rtmpdump --with-rubberband --with-sdl2 --with-snappy --with-tools --with-webp --with-x265 --with-xz --with-zeromq --with-zimg --with-frei0r --with-game-music-emu --with-libbluray --with-libbs2b --with-libcaca --with-libgsm --with-libmodplug |
1 |
ffmpeg --with-fdk-aac --with-libass --with-libsoxr --with-libssh --with-tesseract --with-libvidstab --with-opencore-amr --with-openh264 --with-openjpeg --with-openssl --with-rtmpdump --with-rubberband --with-sdl2 --with-snappy --with-tools --with-webp --with-x265 --with-xz --with-fontconfig --with-freetype --with-frei0r --with-libbluray --with-libbs2b --with-libcaca --with-libgsm --with-libmodplug --with-libvorbis --with-libvpx --with-opus --with-speex --with-theora --with-wavpack |
1 |
ffmpeg --with-fdk-aac --with-opencore-amr --with-sdl2 --with-webp --with-x265 --with-libvpx |
1 |
ffmpeg --with-libvpx --with-theora |
1 |
| Installs on Request (90 days) | |
ffmpeg |
401,262 |
ffmpeg --HEAD |
832 |
ffmpeg --with-fdk-aac --with-libass --with-libvpx --with-openssl |
12 |
ffmpeg --with-sdl2 |
3 |
ffmpeg --with-fdk-aac |
2 |
ffmpeg --with-libvpx |
2 |
FFmpeg |
1 |
ffmpeg --with-chromaprint --with-fdk-aac --with-libass --with-librsvg --with-libsoxr --with-libssh --with-tesseract --with-libvidstab --with-opencore-amr --with-openh264 --with-openjpeg --with-openssl --with-rtmpdump --with-rubberband --with-sdl2 --with-snappy --with-tools --with-webp --with-x265 --with-xz --with-zeromq --with-zimg --with-frei0r --with-game-music-emu --with-libbluray --with-libbs2b --with-libcaca --with-libgsm --with-libmodplug |
1 |
ffmpeg --with-fdk-aac --with-libass --with-libsoxr --with-libssh --with-tesseract --with-libvidstab --with-opencore-amr --with-openh264 --with-openjpeg --with-openssl --with-rtmpdump --with-rubberband --with-sdl2 --with-snappy --with-tools --with-webp --with-x265 --with-xz --with-fontconfig --with-freetype --with-frei0r --with-libbluray --with-libbs2b --with-libcaca --with-libgsm --with-libmodplug --with-libvorbis --with-libvpx --with-opus --with-speex --with-theora --with-wavpack |
1 |
ffmpeg --with-fdk-aac --with-opencore-amr --with-sdl2 --with-webp --with-x265 --with-libvpx |
1 |
ffmpeg --with-libvpx --with-theora |
1 |
| Installs (365 days) | |
ffmpeg |
1,764,524 |
ffmpeg --HEAD |
3,525 |
ffmpeg --with-fdk-aac --with-libass --with-libvpx --with-openssl |
24 |
ffmpeg --with-sdl2 |
19 |
FFmpeg |
14 |
ffmpeg --with-decklink |
14 |
ffmpeg --with-libvpx |
13 |
ffmpeg --with-fdk-aac --with-libass --with-tools --with-freetype --with-libvorbis --with-opus |
7 |
ffmpeg --with-fdk-aac |
6 |
ffmpeg --with-fdk-aac --with-libass --with-tools --with-x265 --with-freetype --with-libvorbis --with-libvpx --with-opus |
4 |
ffmpeg --with-freetype --with-libvorbis --with-opus |
4 |
| Installs on Request (365 days) | |
ffmpeg |
1,431,980 |
ffmpeg --HEAD |
3,471 |
ffmpeg --with-fdk-aac --with-libass --with-libvpx --with-openssl |
24 |
ffmpeg --with-sdl2 |
18 |
ffmpeg --with-decklink |
15 |
FFmpeg |
14 |
ffmpeg --with-libvpx |
11 |
ffmpeg --with-fdk-aac --with-libass --with-tools --with-freetype --with-libvorbis --with-opus |
7 |
ffmpeg --with-fdk-aac |
6 |
ffmpeg --with-fdk-aac --with-libass --with-tools --with-x265 --with-freetype --with-libvorbis --with-libvpx --with-opus |
4 |
ffmpeg --with-freetype --with-libvorbis --with-opus |
4 |
ffmpeg --with-chromaprint --with-fdk-aac --with-libass --with-librsvg --with-libsoxr --with-libssh --with-tesseract --with-libvidstab --with-opencore-amr --with-openh264 --with-openjpeg --with-openssl --with-rtmpdump --with-rubberband --with-sdl2 --with-snappy --with-tools --with-webp --with-x265 --with-xz --with-zeromq --with-zimg --with-frei0r --with-game-music-emu --with-libbluray --with-libbs2b --with-libcaca --with-libgsm --with-libmodplug |
3 |
ffmpeg --with-decklink --with-fdk-aac |
3 |
