FFmpeg has always been a very experimental and developer-driven project. It is a key component in many multimedia projects and has new features added constantly. Development branch snapshots work really well 99% of the time so people are not afraid to use them.
You can retrieve the source code through the standard Git client by using the command:
git clone git://source.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git ffmpeg
If you are a distributor, you can find release tarballs below.
For the main ffmpeg repository you can also directly download the source snapshot that we generate each night instead of grabbing a source snapshot from the gitweb URL. This is slightly preferred since it reduces the load on our server.
Alternatively, if you cannot access Git directly or wish to speed up the cloning and reduce the bandwidth usage, we also offer a complete git snapshot tarball that comes with git metadata and version history to bootstrap your local repository.
FFmpeg Debian packages for Oldstable, Stable, Testing, Unstable (amd64, i386, powerpc, sparc, ia64, armel, mips, mipsel) are available at deb-multimedia.
FFmpeg Ubuntu packages for Precise, Oneiric, Natty, Maverick, and Lucid (amd64, i386) are available at Jon Severinsson's FFmpeg PPA.
FFmpeg static builds are available at FFmpeg Static Builds by Burek and FFmpeg Static Builds by Relaxed.
FFmpeg Windows Builds are available at Zeranoe FFmpeg Builds.
FFmpeg static builds for Mac OS X Intel 64bit are available at FFmpeg Static Builds by tessus.
FFmpeg is developed with Git. Given the decentralized nature of Git, multiple repositories from developers and groups of developers are available.
Clone URL | Browse | Snapshot | Admin | Commiters | Description |
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git://source.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git | Browse | Snapshot | Michael Niedermayer | All FFmpeg developers | Main FFmpeg / libavcodec / libavformat / libavfilter git repository, all work is merged in here, and it is the recommended repository for users and developers to use. |
git://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-web | - | - | Michael Niedermayer | All FFmpeg developers | Main ffmpeg.org website repository |
Other Repositories | |||||
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg git://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg.git |
Browse | Snapshot | - | - | Mirror of the main repository |
git://git.libav.org/libav.git | Browse | Snapshot | ? | 8 developers | |
git://gitorious.org/~astrange/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-mt.git | Browse | Snapshot | Alexander Strange | Alexander Strange | Multithreaded decoding |
https://github.com/ubitux/FFmpeg.git | Browse | - | Clément Bœsch | Clément Bœsch | |
https://github.com/dwbuiten/FFmpeg | Browse | - | Derek Buitenhuis | Derek Buitenhuis | |
git://gitorious.org/~flameeyes/ffmpeg/flameeyes-ffmpeg.git | Browse | Snapshot | Diego E. Pettenò | Diego E. Pettenò | Personal repository with works in progress |
git://git.1f0.de/ffmpeg.git | Browse | - | Hendrik Leppkes | Hendrik Leppkes | |
https://github.com/josephwecker/FFmpeg.git | Browse | - | Joseph Wecker | Joseph Wecker | |
git://github.com/justinruggles/Libav | Browse | - | Justin Ruggles | Justin Ruggles | Personal repository with works in progress |
git://github.com/lu-zero/libav.git | Browse | Snapshot | Luca Barbato | Luca Barbato | Personal repository with works in progress and experiments |
https://github.com/cus/ffplay.git | Browse | - | Marton Balint | Marton Balint | FFplay |
https://github.com/mbouron/FFmpeg | Browse | - | Matthieu Bouron | Matthieu Bouron | |
https://github.com/mjbshaw/FFmpeg-OpenJPEG-J2K-Encoder | Browse | - | Michael Bradshaw | Michael Bradshaw | Personal repository with works in progress and experiments relating to the OpenJPEG encoder |
https://github.com/takis/FFmpeg | Browse | - | Panagiotis H.M. Issaris | Panagiotis H.M. Issaris | |
https://github.com/richardpl/FFmpeg.git | Browse | - | Paul B Mahol | Paul B Mahol | |
https://github.com/philipl/ffmpeg-crystalhd | Browse | - | Philip Langdale | Philip Langdale | CrystalHD |
https://github.com/BastyCDGS/ffmpeg-soc.git | Browse | - | Sebastian Vater | Sebastian Vater | |
https://github.com/dilaroga/ffmpeg-vda.git | Browse | - | Sebastien Zwickert | Sebastien Zwickert | VDA |
git@gitorious.org:~saste/ffmpeg/sastes-ffmpeg.git | Browse | - | Stefano Sabatini | Stefano Sabatini | Personal repository with works in progress |
https://github.com/Tjoppen/FFmpeg | Browse | - | Tomas Härdin | Tomas Härdin |
Note, if you have a public clone of ffmpeg and want to be listed above, contact us.
At irregular intervals FFmpeg makes releases that represent snapshots of FFmpeg at the moment the release branch was cut. Between major releases point releases will appear that add important bug fixes but no new features. Note that these releases are intended for distributors and system integrators. Users that wish to compile from source themselves are strongly encouraged to consider using the development branch (see above), this is the only version on which FFmpeg developers actively work. The release branches only cherry pick selected changes from the development branch, which therefore receives much more and much faster bug fixes such as additional features and security patches.
1.0 was released on 2012-09-28. It is the latest stable FFmpeg release from the 1.0 release branch, which was cut from master on 2012-09-28. Amongst lots of other changes, it includes all changes from ffmpeg-mt, libav master of 2012-09-27, libav 0.8.3 as of 2012-09-27.
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0.11.2 was released on 2012-09-19. It is the latest stable FFmpeg release from the 0.11 release branch, which was cut from master on 2012-05-25. Amongst lots of other changes, it includes all changes from ffmpeg-mt, libav master of 2012-05-24, libav 0.8.2 as of 2012-09-19.
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0.10.6 was released on 2012-10-26. It is the latest stable FFmpeg release from the 0.10 release branch, which was cut from master on 2012-01-26. Amongst lots of other changes, it includes all changes from ffmpeg-mt, libav master of 2012-01-26, libav 0.8.4 as of 2012-10-26.
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0.9.2 was released on 2012-05-03. It is the latest stable FFmpeg release from the 0.9 release branch, which was cut from master on 2011-12-11. Amongst lots of other changes, it includes all changes from ffmpeg-mt, libav master of 2011-12-11, libav 0.7.2 as of 2011-12-11.
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0.8.12 was released on 2012-06-09. It is a stable FFmpeg release from the 0.8 release branch, which was cut from master on 2011-06-21. Amongst lots of other changes, it includes all changes from ffmpeg-mt, libav master of 2011-06-21, libav 0.7.6 as of 2012-06-09.
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0.7.13 was released on 2012-06-09. It contains almost all features and bugfixes of 0.8.12 while being compatible with the 0.6 ABI and API.
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0.6.6 appeared on 2012-06-09. It is the latest point release from the 0.6 release branch, which was cut on 2010-05-04. it includes all changes from libav 0.6.6 as of 2012-06-09.
This release is not actively maintained and thus we discourage its use. If you want to maintain this old version, contact us.
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0.5.10 appeared on 2012-06-09. It is the latest point release from the 0.5 release branch, which was cut on 2009-03-02. it includes all changes from libav 0.5.9 as of 2012-06-09.
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