This page hosts packages containing binaries of ffmpeg, ffprobe and ffplay.
Compatible with Windows 7 and above.
If you’re downloading a package to support features in a program like Krita or Blender,
the release essentials build is sufficient. Read more in the section about these builds.
Last build update: 2023-02-06
Next build update: 2023-02-09
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FFmpeg is a widely-used cross-platform multimedia framework which can process almost all common and many uncommon media formats.
It has over 1000 internal components to capture, decode, encode, modify, combine, stream media, and it can make use of dozens of
external libraries to provide more capabilities.
The FFmpeg project offers 3 primary tools in source code form to access this functionality, which are
ffmpeg for processing, ffprobe for information and ffplay for playback.
Binaries of these tools can be built to include only a select set of these components & libraries.
This site offers builds in a couple of variants: the essentials build variant contains commonly used libraries, whereas
the full build variant also contains most of the remainder. See the libraries section for a list.
All variants contain all internal components available for Windows.
FFmpeg’s source code is maintained using a version control system called git.
The git master builds are built from the master branch of the repository, which is where all development occurs whereas
the release builds are built from the latest release branch. These are essentially a snapshot of the master branch at a given
point of time. They are updated with bug and security fixes for a while but no new features.
It is highly recommended to choose a git master build; unlike many software, releases are primarily made for the convenience of OS distributors
and package managers and don’t signify greater stability or maturity. For a bug report to be accepted, the issue must
be reproducible using a very recent git master build.
All builds are 64-bit, static and licensed as GPLv3;
the release full variant is also available as a shared build with development files.
A set of supplementary tools are available in the tools section. These are updated infrequently and are licensed as LGPLv3.
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libraries in essentials build
avisynth+
libaom
libass
libfreetype
libfribidi
libgme
libgsm
libmp3lame
libopencore-amrnb
libopencore-amrwb
libopenjpeg
libopenmpt
libopus
librubberband
libspeex
libsrt
libssh
libtheora
libvidstab
libvmaf
libvo-amrwbenc
libvorbis
libvpx
libwebp
libx264
libx265
libxvid
libzimg
libzmq
mediafoundation
sdl2
additional libraries in full build
chromaprint
frei0r
ladspa
libaribb24
libbluray
libbs2b
libcaca
libcdio
libdav1d
libdavs2
libflite
libilbc
libjxl
liblensfun
libmodplug
libmysofa
libplacebo
librav1e
librist
libshaderc
libshine
libsnappy
libsoxr
libsvtav1
libtwolame
libuavs3d
libxavs2
libzvbi
opencl
vulkan
hardware-support libraries in all builds
amf
cuda
cuvid
d3d11va
dxva2
libvpl
nvdec
nvenc
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Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10
Описание
Для качественной обработки видео и аудио документов, рекомендуем скачать FFmpeg. Программа содержит группу свободных библиотек с открытым исходным кодом, которые позволяют:
- выполнять конвертацию из одного формата в другой;
- соединять многочисленные отрывки в один фильм;
- извлекать трек из роликов;
- делить записи на отдельные картинки и пр.
FFmpeg для Windows, подходит для серий XP, Vista, Win 7, 8 и 10. Загрузить FFmpeg легко, утилита проста в управлении, занимает мало места и не предъявляет серьезных требований к ресурсам компьютера.
Характеристики и достоинства ПО:
- поддержка многочисленных кодеков и контейнеров;
- оптимизация скорости кодирования;
- использование командной строки;
- настройка частоты кадров и количества бит вручную;
- технология уплотнения канала связи;
- захват окна экрана;
- сохранение готовой работы на HMDD;
- в короткий срок выполняет кодирование видео и аудио;
- легко настроить список команд;
- опция возврата к параметрам по умолчанию;
- можно указать предельно допустимый размер выходного файла при сохранении;
- наличие встроенных утилит и библиотек.
Отметим, что инструмент лишен интерфейса, поэтому для руководства приложением потребуется набор специальных команд.
Предлагаем скачать бесплатно ФФмпег для компьютера с нашего сайта.
Версии
FFmpeg is a «complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video». We provide easy to use binaries for Windows.
Our binaries are compiled using GitHub Actions and made available on SoureForge for download. See https://github.com/mannyamorim/ffmpeg-windows-builds for more info. Nightly builds start at midnight UTC and are available about 2 hours later. Release builds are manually triggered when new releases are made available by FFmpeg.
We are providing static and shared, 64-bit windows builds, with GPL enabled. More build types to come.
Credit to Roger Pack for the build scripts https://github.com/rdp/ffmpeg-windows-build-helpers.
Features
- Record, Convert and Stream Audio and Video
License
GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3)
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FFmpeg — незаметный, но очень важный инструмент для работы с видео и звуком. Представляет собой набор свободных библиотек с открытым исходным кодом, которые позволяют записывать, конвертировать и передавать цифровые медиазаписи в различных форматах, а главной задачей является кодирование видео.
Поддерживает широкий спектр видео форматов, может использовать аппаратное ускорение для минимизации времени преобразования. Предлагает свою реализацию видеокодеков, оптимизированную для скорости.
С помощью данных библиотек вы сможете:
- конвертировать видео в формат iPod/iPhone
- извлечь звуковую дорожку из видео и сохранить в mp3
- порезать видео на картинки
- переконвертировать формат аудио из ac3 в mp3
- склеить два и более видео в один
- и многое другое
Особенности:
- Максимально быстрое кодирование звука и видео.
- Позволяет создавать трансляции в Интернете.
- Состоит из следующих компонентов:
- ffmpeg — утилита командной строки для конвертирования видео файла из одного формата в другой. С её помощью можно также захватывать видео в реальном времени с TV-карты.
- ffserver — HTTP-потоковый сервер для видео- или радиовещания.
- ffplay — простой медиаплеер, основанный на SDL и библиотеках FFmpeg.
- libavcodec — библиотека со всеми аудио/видеокодеками.
- libavformat — библиотека с мультиплексорами и демультиплексорами для различных аудио- и видеоформатов.
- libavutil — библиотека со стандартными общими подпрограммами для различных компонентов ffmpeg. Включает Adler-32, CRC, MD5, SHA1, LZO-декомпрессор, Base64-кодер/декодер, DES-шифровальщик/расшифровщик, RC4-шифровальщик/расшифровщик и AES-шифровальщик/расшифровщик.
- libpostproc — библиотека стандартных подпрограмм обработки видео.
- libswscale — библиотека для масштабирования видео.
- libavfilter — замена vhook, которая позволяет изменять видеопоток между декодером и кодером «на лету».
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5.1.2 (September 26, 2022)
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version 5.1.2:
— avcodec/dstdec: Check for overflow in build_filter()
— avformat/spdifdec: Use 64bit to compute bit rate
— avformat/rpl: Use 64bit for duration computation
— avformat/xwma: Use av_rescale() for duration computation
— avformat/sdsdec: Use av_rescale() to avoid intermediate overflow in duration calculation
— avformat/sbgdec: Check ts_int in genrate_intervals
— avformat/sbgdec: clamp end_ts
— avformat/rmdec: check tag_size
— avformat/nutdec: Check fields
— avformat/flvdec: Use 64bit for sum_flv_tag_size
— avformat/jacosubdec: Fix overflow in get_shift()
— avformat/genh: Check nb_channels for IMA ADPCM
— avformat/dxa: avoid bpc overflows
— avformat/dhav: Use 64bit seek_back
— avformat/cafdec: Check that nb_frasmes fits within 64bit
— avformat/asfdec_o: Limit packet offset
— avformat/apm: Use 64bit for bit_rate computation
— avformat/ape: Check frames size
— avformat/icodec: Check nb_pal
— avformat/aiffdec: Use 64bit for block_duration use
— avformat/aiffdec: Check block_duration
— avformat/mxfdec: only probe max run in
— avformat/mxfdec: Check run_in is within 65536
— avcodec/mjpegdec: Check for unsupported bayer case
— avcodec/apedec: Fix integer overflow in filter_3800()
— avcodec/tta: Check 24bit scaling for overflow
— avcodec/mobiclip: Check quantizer for overflow
— avcodec/exr: Check preview psize
— avcodec/tiff: Fix loop detection
— libavformat/hls: Free keys
— avcodec/fmvc: Move frame allocation to a later stage
— avfilter/vf_showinfo: remove backspaces
— avcodec/speedhq: Check width
— avcodec/bink: disallow odd positioned scaled blocks
— avformat/cafenc: derive Opus frame size from the relevant stream parameters
— avformat/dashdec: Fix crash on invalid input/ENOMEM, fix leak
— lavc/videotoolbox: do not pass AVCodecContext to decoder output callback
— lavc/pthread_frame: always transfer stashed hwaccel state
— avcodec/arm/sbcenc: avoid callee preserved vfp registers
— avformat/riffdec: don’t unconditionally overwrite WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE layout
— avfilter/vf_scale: overwrite the width and height expressions with the original values
— lavc/pthread_frame: avoid leaving stale hwaccel state in worker threads
— avutil/tests/.gitignore: Add channel_layout testtool
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Works great! Just used this to render a Krita animation! Very simple and easy to use.
Review by swiss_szn on
Jul 14, 2022 Version: 5.0.1
OS: Windows 11 Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Rating by longwin on
Nov 6, 2021 Version: 4.4.1
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 1/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
Superb project but 99% of users won’t have a clue how to use it or know what a command line is! Pazera MP4 Converter is my recommended GUI for that group of folks. My quibble is Ffmeg can deinterlace, but there must be an easier way to ivtc an NTSC based single Bob file source. Anyway I will master it someday using decimate in my script.
For those wanting one which will work in XP, link below.
https://opensourcepack.blogspot.com/2017/12/ffmpeg-for-windows-xp.html
Review by Rod on
Sep 2, 2020 Version: 4.3.1
OS: Windows 8 64-bit Ease of use: 1/10
Functionality: 9/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 9/10
ffmpeg 4.3 was updated in original site (date and size changed).
ffmpeg-4.3-win64-static.zip 29-Jun-2020 04:06 71M
Review by waldomiro on
Jun 30, 2020 Version: 4.3
OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 8/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 9/10
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Jan 18, 2020 Version: 3.2.4
OS: Windows 10 Ease of use: 10/10
Functionality: 10/10
Value for money: 10/10
Overall: 10/10
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Trial
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Paid
Usually commercial software or games are produced for sale or to serve a commercial purpose.
Introduction
FFmpeg is a command-line audio and video converter available for Linux, macOS, and Windows. This open-source tool helps users manipulate multimedia content and offers free access to several audio and video libraries.
Even though FFmpeg doesn’t have a clickable GUI, the installation process is straightforward.
In this guide, you will learn how to install FFmpeg on Windows in four simple steps.
Prerequisites
- A system running Windows (This tutorial uses Windows 10).
- A file archiver (This guide uses 7-Zip).
- Command Prompt or Windows PowerShell access.
- Administrator privileges.
How To Install FFmpeg on Windows
Installing FFmpeg on Windows requires adding the utility to the Windows PATH. Additionally, users can manually navigate to the folder containing the executable and run the program. However, the process is time-consuming and impractical.
A straightforward way to work with FFmpeg is to add it to PATH by editing Windows environment variables. Therefore, Windows knows where to look for the executable. Users can run FFmpeg directly from the command line without typing in the full path to the app’s folder.
Step 1: Download FFmpeg for Windows
Visit the FFmpeg download page. The More downloading options section has FFmpeg packages and executable files for Linux, Windows, and Mac. To get the Windows version:
1. Hover over the Windows logo and click the Windows builds from gyan.dev link. A new page opens.
2. In the git master builds section, look for the latest version of the FFmpeg build. Click the ffmpeg-git-full-7z link to download the full build since that version has the most up-to-date libraries.
3. Choose the download location and save the file if the download does not start automatically.
Note: This guide uses the Windows build from gyan.dev. Other builds are available for download, like the one by BtbN. No official documentation confirms any significant differences between different builds.
Step 2: Extract the Downloaded Files
Once downloaded, extract the contents:
1. Locate the downloaded file. The default location is the Downloads folder.
2. Right-click the file and hover over 7-Zip (or another file archiver of choice).
3. From the archiver submenu, choose Extract here. Wait for a few seconds for the extracting process to complete.
5. Rename the extracted folder to ffmpeg.
6. Move the folder to the root of the C drive or the folder of your choice.
Step 3: Add FFmpeg to PATH
Set Windows environment variables to add FFmpeg to the PATH. Follow these steps:
1. Type system variables into the search bar and click the Edit the system environment variables option.
2. Under the User variables section, select Path and click the Edit button.
3. Choose New from the side menu.
4. Add C:ffmpegbin to the empty field and confirm changes with OK.
The change in the Path variable line confirms the FFmpeg is added to PATH.
Note: If you stored FFmpeg in a folder other than the C drive, use that path accordingly.
Step 4: Verify FFmpeg PATH
To verify the FFmpeg is correctly added to the Windows PATH, open the Command Prompt or PowerShell and run:
ffmpegThe output confirms the installation:
Conclusion
This article provided an easy step-by-step guide on installing FFmpeg on Windows.
For more tutorials refer to our article and learn how to install FFmpeg on MacOS.
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