FFmpeg

ffmpeg.org

A complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video.

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/ About /

FFmpeg is a free, open-source multimedia framework that enables recording, converting, and streaming audio and video across platforms. It provides a suite of libraries and command-line tools supporting a vast range of codecs, formats, and hardware acceleration APIs. Developers and system integrators use it as a foundational component for audio/video processing pipelines.

/ How it works /

FFmpeg provides command-line tools and C libraries that handle demuxing, decoding, filtering, encoding, and muxing of audio and video using a wide range of codecs and hardware accelerators.

/ Who it's for /

developers, system integrators, and distributors working with audio and video processing

/ More info /

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Status
launched
Business model
open-source
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