You can retrieve the source code through Git by using the command:
git clone git://source.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git ffmpeg
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.
Since FFmpeg is developed with Git, multiple repositories from developers and groups of developers are available.
| Clone URL | Browse | Snapshot | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| git://source.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git | Browse | Snapshot | Main FFmpeg Git repository |
| git://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-web | - | - | Main ffmpeg.org website repository |
| git://git.ffmpeg.org/fateserver | - | - | fate.ffmpeg.org server software repository |
| Mirrors | |||
| https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg git://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg.git |
Browse | Snapshot | Mirror of the main repository |
| https://github.com/FFmpeg/web git://github.com/FFmpeg/web.git |
Browse | Snapshot | Mirror of the website repository |
| https://github.com/FFmpeg/fateserver git://github.com/FFmpeg/fateserver.git |
Browse | Snapshot | Mirror of the FATE server repository |
Approximately every 3 months the FFmpeg project makes a new major release. 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.
2.4.3 was released on 2014-11-02. It is the latest stable FFmpeg release from the 2.4 release branch, which was cut from master on 2014-09-14. Amongst lots of other changes, it includes all changes from ffmpeg-mt, libav master of 2014-09-14, libav 11 as of 2014-11-01.
It includes the following library versions:
libavutil 54. 7.100 libavcodec 56. 1.100 libavformat 56. 4.101 libavdevice 56. 0.100 libavfilter 5. 1.100 libavresample 2. 1. 0 libswscale 3. 0.100 libswresample 1. 1.100 libpostproc 53. 0.100
2.2.10 was released on 2014-11-01. It is the latest stable FFmpeg release from the 2.2 release branch, which was cut from master on 2014-03-01. Amongst lots of other changes, it includes all changes from ffmpeg-mt, libav master of 2014-03-01, libav 10.5 as of 2014-09-20.
It includes the following library versions:
libavutil 52. 66.100 libavcodec 55. 52.102 libavformat 55. 33.100 libavdevice 55. 10.100 libavfilter 4. 2.100 libavresample 1. 2. 0 libswscale 2. 5.102 libswresample 0. 18.100 libpostproc 52. 3.100
1.2.10 was released on 2014-11-03. It is the latest stable FFmpeg release from the 1.2 release branch, which was cut from master on 2013-03-07. Amongst lots of other changes, it includes all changes from ffmpeg-mt, libav master of 2013-03-07, libav 9 as of 2013-03-07.
It includes the following library versions:
libavutil 52. 18.100 libavcodec 54. 92.100 libavformat 54. 63.104 libavdevice 54. 3.103 libavfilter 3. 42.103 libavresample 1. 1. 0 libswscale 2. 2.100 libswresample 0. 17.102 libpostproc 52. 2.100
Older versions are available at the Old Releases page.