Ffmpeg

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ffmpeg

http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/index.php
FFmpeg is a complete solution to record, convert and stream audio and video. Its components include:

* ffmpeg -- Converts one video file format to another and
supports grabbing and encoding in real time
from a TV card.
* ffserver -- HTTP (RTSP is being developed) multimedia streaming
server for live broadcasts that supports time
shifting.
* ffplay -- simple media player based on SDL and the ffmpeg libraries
* libavcodec -- library containing all ffmpeg audio/video
encoders and decoders (most developed from scratch
for best performances and high reusability
* libavformat -- library of parsers and generators for all
common audio/video formats

Documentation

See http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/documentation.php for a complete list of documentation

Related Projects

• Fftv
• Gstreamer
• Flumotion
• Libshout
• Icecast
• FreeJ
• XMFFMPEG

Download

Download version 0.4.9-pre1 (beta)
released on 10 July 2004

VCS Checkout

-d:pserver:anonymous@mplayerhq.hu:/cvsroot/ffmpeg co ffmpeg

Categories

• Interface:command-line
• Use:video
• Video:viewing
• Works-with:video

Licensing

License	Verified by	Verified on	Notes
LGPLv2orlater	Janet Casey	27 October 2004

Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)	Role
Fabrice Bellard	Maintainer
See the CREDITS file in the distribution for a complete list	Contributor

Resources and communication

Audience	Resource type	URI
Developer	Mailing List Info/Archive	http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel
Support	Mailing List Info/Archive	http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user

Software prerequisites

This entry (in part or in whole) was last reviewed on 7 January 2008.

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