ffmpeg

A collection of libraries to process multimedia content such as audio, video, subtitles and related metadata.

Latest version: 7.1

Add to xmake.lua

add_requires("ffmpeg 7.1")

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Information

License
GPL-3.0
Recipe updated
2026-05-07T12:28:07.000Z

Platforms

  • linux: i386, x86_64, armv7, armv7s, arm64, mips, mips64, mipsel, mips64el, loong64, riscv64, s390x, ppc, ppc64, ppc64el, sparc64
  • mingw: i386, x86_64, arm, arm64
  • cross: i386, x86_64, arm, armv7, arm64, mips, mips64, mips64el, riscv, riscv64, loong64, s390x, ppc, ppc64, ppc64el, sh4, sparc64
  • android: armeabi, armeabi-v7a, arm64-v8a, riscv64, x86, x86_64, mips, mip64
  • windows: x86, x64, arm, arm64, arm64ec
  • iphoneos: arm64, x86_64
  • macosx: x86_64, arm64

Options

bzlib
Enable bzlib compression library. · Type: boolean · Default: false
ffmpeg
Enable ffmpeg program. · Type: boolean · Default: true
ffplay
Enable ffplay program. · Type: boolean · Default: false
ffprobe
Enable ffprobe program. · Type: boolean · Default: false
gpl
Enable GPL code · Type: boolean · Default: true
hardcoded-tables
Enable hardcoded tables. · Type: boolean · Default: true
iconv
Enable libiconv library. · Type: boolean · Default: false
libaom
Enable libaom encoder. · Type: boolean · Default: false
libdav1d
Enable libdav1d decoder. · Type: boolean · Default: false
libdrm
Enable libdrm hardware acceleration · Type: boolean · Default: true
libopenh264
Enable openh264 encoder. · Type: boolean · Default: false
libsvtav1
Enable libsvtav1 encoder. · Type: boolean · Default: false
libx264
Enable libx264 encoder. · Type: boolean · Default: false
libx265
Enable libx265 encoder. · Type: boolean · Default: false
lzma
Enable liblzma compression library. · Type: boolean · Default: false
nvdec
Enable nvidia nvdec library. · Type: boolean · Default: false
nvenc
Enable nvidia nvenc library. · Type: boolean · Default: false
vaapi
Enable vaapi library. · Type: boolean · Default: false
vdpau
Enable vdpau library. · Type: boolean · Default: false
zlib
Enable zlib compression library. · Type: boolean · Default: false

Versions

  • 4.0.2
  • 4.4.4
  • 5.0.1
  • 5.1.1
  • 5.1.2
  • 6.0.1
  • 6.1
  • 7.0
  • 7.1

Dependencies

Used by (3)

Packages declaring this dependency; requirements can vary by platform and configuration.

Install with xrepo

Install the package independently of a project and inspect its available configuration.

install

xrepo install "ffmpeg 7.1"

show info

xrepo info "ffmpeg"

Link a library to your target

Declare the requirement, then attach the library to the target that uses it.

xmake.lua

add_requires("ffmpeg 7.1")

target("demo")
    set_kind("binary")
    add_files("src/*.cpp")
    add_packages("ffmpeg")

Open a package environment

Open a shell with the environment exported by this package. Use the executable names documented by the package.

enter shell

xrepo env -b "ffmpeg 7.1" shell