
Unpack to the destination of your choice, and rename the folder "FFmpeg". Pick up the latest static build from the downloads page: I will explain the setup process for Windows operating systems.

New major releases get pushed out every 3 months, so be sure to keep your version up-to-date! Initial Setup The main website offers build packages for:Īll other platforms can be compiled from the source code. Cross-PlatformįFmpeg supports just about every operating system. If you store tons of media on your devices, uploads videos to the Internet, or find yourself converting files quite often, then you really start using this program right away. This highly popular piece of software is embedded into tons of platforms and software, including:

Let's just call it "The Swiss Army Knife" of video compressions. The software discussed in this article can be downloaded at:Īn indispensable piece of software brought to us by the French Fabrice Bellard in late 2000, FFmpeg is a command line based program for encoding, transcoding and compressing media files.
