FFmpeg 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
ffserver: ffserver tool
ffserver-all: ffserver tool and FFmpeg components
sample ffserver configuration file

Components Documentation

ffmpeg-utils: FFmpeg utilities
ffmpeg-scaler: FFmpeg video scaling and pixel format converter
ffmpeg-resampler: FFmpeg audio resampler
ffmpeg-codecs: FFmpeg encoders and decoders (codecs)
ffmpeg-bitstream-filters: FFmpeg bitstream filters
ffmpeg-formats: FFmpeg muxers and demuxers (formats)
ffmpeg-protocols: FFmpeg protocols
ffmpeg-devices: FFmpeg input and output devices
ffmpeg-filters: FFmpeg filters

Libraries Documentation

General Documentation

API Documentation

Doxygen documentation for current trunk (regenerated nightly); documentation for the 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
MultimediaWiki
An FFmpeg and SDL Tutorial by Stephen Dranger, explains how to write a video player based on FFmpeg (updated source code).

Books about FFmpeg

FFmpeg Basics by Frantisek Korbel, describes various FFmpeg features and common tasks.