Documentation

The following documentation is regenerated nightly, and corresponds to the newest FFmpeg revision. Consult your locally installed documentation for older versions.

Command Line Tools Documentation

• ffmpeg: ffmpeg tool
• ffmpeg-all: ffmpeg tool and FFmpeg components
• ffplay: ffplay tool
• ffplay-all: ffplay tool and FFmpeg components
• ffprobe: ffprobe tool
• ffprobe-all: ffprobe tool and FFmpeg components

Components Documentation

• Utilities
• Video scaling and pixel format converter
• Audio resampler
• Encoders and decoders (codecs)
• Bitstream filters
• Muxers and demuxers (formats)
• Protocols
• Input and output devices
• Filters

Libraries Documentation

• libavutil
• libswscale
• libswresample
• libavcodec
• libavformat
• libavdevice
• libavfilter

General Documentation

• Frequently Asked Questions
• Supported External Libraries, Formats, Codecs or Features
• Platform Specific Information
• Developer Documentation
• Git How-To
• FATE FFmpeg Automated Testing Environment

API Documentation

• Doxygen documentation for current trunk (regenerated nightly); documentation for the 8.0, 7.1, 7.0, 6.1, 6.0, 5.1, 5.0, 4.4, 4.3, 4.2, 4.1, 4.0, 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, 3.1, 3.0, 2.8, 2.7, 2.6, 2.5, 2.4, 2.3, 2.2, 2.1, 2.0, 1.2, 1.1, 1.0, 0.11, 0.10, 0.9, 0.8, 0.7, 0.6 and 0.5 branches is also available.

Community Contributed Documentation

• Official FFmpeg Wiki
• Books and other external resources

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