When possible I recommend using a package manager, as it can be used to easily keep your software up to date, as manual methods will require you to manually update the executables by downloading them and replacing them by hand. However "installing" ffmpeg isn't quite as intuitive. Like many open source programs, ffmpeg is available on a great number of platforms, including Windows, OS X macOS, and dozens of different flavors of Linux package managers. If you intend to use a GUI you should follow the installation instruction for your GUI, and not the ones below. This can seem a bit intimidating, but if you can't wrap your head around it there are GUIs for ffmpeg, but more on that later. It isn't maintained anymore, and is scheduled for removal.įfmpeg is what's known as a Command Line Interface (CLI) tool, which means it live entirely within the world of the command line terminal, as opposed to a tool that uses a Graphic User Interface, which you would interact with using a mouse. Occasionally, there may be a fourth program available: ffserver, which is used for streaming stuff across a network. ffprobe displays metadata and content info of an input file, and can be used to inspect packet or frame-level info. ffplay is a simple player that can be used to quickly preview files, especially those which don't play with other players or editors. ffmpeg is the core of the unit, and the only program you actually need. As such it's a remarkably flexible tool, and a great thing to have in your back pocket, even in the professional realm.Ī pre-built package of FFmpeg typically contains three programs: ffmpeg, ffplay, and ffprobe. Encoding H.264 using NVENC using Constant Quality Rate Factor 18, High Profileįfmpeg is an open source media manipulation tool, capable of transcoding to and from nearly anything, and the libraries under the hood power a great number of popular media converters.Rewrapping video, and re-encoding audio.Rewrapping to an MOV file, keeping source codecs and formats.
Converting to DNxHD 145 720p59.94 at 48kHz for MOV.
DNxHD 1p23.976, with one audio track in MXF Op1a.ProRes 422 HQ with eight discrete audio tracks in MOV.
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