Editing FFmpeg (section)

{{Short description|Multimedia framework}}
{{Infobox software
| logo = [[File:FFmpeg Logo new.svg|200px]]
| screenshot = FFmpeg 7.1 screenshot.webp
| screenshot size = 300px
| caption = FFmpeg being used to convert a file from the [[PNG|PNG file format]] to the [[WebP|WebP format]]
| author = [[Fabrice Bellard]] <br />
Bobby Bingham (libavfilter)<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2008-February/045338.html | date=2008-02-09 | title=Bobby announces work on libavfilter as GsOC project | archive-date=2021-10-07 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007032422/http://ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2008-February/045338.html | access-date=2021-10-07 | url-status=live }}</ref>
| developer = FFmpeg team
| released = {{Start date and age|2000|12|20}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commit;h=9aeeeb63f7e1ab7b0b7bb839a5f258667a2d2d78 |title=Initial revision - git.videolan.org/ffmpeg.git/commit |publisher=git.videolan.org |date=2000-12-20 |access-date=2013-05-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225083213/http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3D9aeeeb63f7e1ab7b0b7bb839a5f258667a2d2d78 |archive-date=2013-12-25 }}</ref>
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| latest release date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q847465|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q847465|P348|P548=Q51930650}}
| latest preview date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q847465|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}
| repo = {{URL|https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git}}
| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]] and [[Assembly language|Assembly]]<ref name=SEC4>{{cite web |url=https://ffmpeg.org/developer.html |title=Developer Documentation |publisher=ffmpeg.org |date=2011-12-08 |access-date=2012-01-04 |archive-date=2012-02-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204192831/http://ffmpeg.org/developer.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| operating system = Various, including [[Windows]], [[macOS]], and [[Linux]] ([[executable]] programs are only available from third parties, as the project only distributes [[source code]])<ref name="ffmpeg-platform-info">{{cite web |title=Platform Specific Information |url=https://ffmpeg.org/platform.html |website=FFmpeg.org |access-date=25 February 2020 |archive-date=25 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225202151/https://ffmpeg.org/platform.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=Homepage>{{cite web |url=https://ffmpeg.org/download.html |title=Download |work=ffmpeg.org |publisher=FFmpeg |access-date=2012-01-04 |archive-date=2011-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006131811/http://www.ffmpeg.org/download.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| platform = [[x86]], [[ARM architecture family|ARM]], [[PowerPC]], [[MIPS architecture|MIPS]], [[RISC-V]], [[DEC Alpha]], [[Blackfin]], [[AVR32]], [[SuperH#SH-4|SH-4]], and [[SPARC]]; may be [[compiled]] for other [[desktop computer]]s
| genre = [[Multimedia framework]]
| license = [[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL-2.1-or-later]], [[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]] <br />Unredistributable if compiled with any software with a license incompatible with the GPL<ref>FFmpeg can be compiled with various external libraries, some of which have licenses that are [[GNU General Public License#Linking and derived works|incompatible with]] the FFmpeg's primary license, the [[GNU General Public License|GNU GPL]].</ref>
| website = [https://ffmpeg.org/ ffmpeg.org]
}}
'''FFmpeg''' is a [[free and open-source software]] project consisting of a suite of [[Library (computing)|libraries]] and [[Computer program|programs]] for handling video, audio, and other [[multimedia]] files and streams. At its core is the [[Command-line interface|command-line]] <code>ffmpeg</code> tool itself, designed for processing video and audio files. It is widely used for format [[transcoding]], basic editing (trimming and [[concatenation]]), [[Video scaler|video scaling]], video [[post-production]] effects, and standards compliance ([[Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers|SMPTE]], [[International Telecommunication Union|ITU]]).

FFmpeg also includes other tools: <code>ffplay</code>, a simple media player, and <code>ffprobe</code>, a command-line tool to display media information. Among included libraries are [[libavcodec]], an audio/video [[codec]] library used by many commercial and free software products, '''libavformat''' (Lavf),<ref name="Lavf">{{cite web|url=https://www.ffmpeg.org/doxygen/2.2/group__libavf.html|title=FFmpeg: Lavf: I/O and Muxing/Demuxing Library|work=ffmpeg.org|access-date=21 October 2016|archive-date=3 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203035541/http://ffmpeg.org/doxygen/2.2/group__libavf.html|url-status=live}}</ref> an audio/video [[Container format (computing)|container]] [[multiplexing|mux and demux]] library, and libavfilter, a library for enhancing and editing filters through a [[GStreamer]]-like filtergraph.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Libavfilter Documentation|url=https://ffmpeg.org/libavfilter.html|access-date=2021-10-07|website=ffmpeg.org|archive-date=2021-10-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007032443/https://ffmpeg.org/libavfilter.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

FFmpeg is part of the workflow of many other software projects, and its libraries are a core part of software media players such as [[VLC media player|VLC]], and has been included in core processing for [[YouTube]] and [[Bilibili]].<ref>{{Citation|title=ijkplayer|date=2021-10-05|url=https://github.com/bilibili/ijkplayer|publisher=bilibili|access-date=2021-10-05|archive-date=2021-10-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005224814/https://github.com/bilibili/ijkplayer|url-status=live}}</ref> Encoders and decoders for many audio and video file formats are included, making it highly useful for the transcoding of common and uncommon media files.

FFmpeg is published under the [[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL-2.1-or-later]] or [[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]], depending on which options are enabled.<ref name="legal">{{cite web|url=https://www.ffmpeg.org/legal.html|title=FFmpeg License and Legal Considerations|publisher=ffmpeg.org|access-date=2012-01-04|archive-date=2012-01-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103190924/http://ffmpeg.org/legal.html|url-status=live}}</ref>