= Welcome to the FFmpeg Bug Tracker and Wiki =

This Wiki is intended for all kinds of FFmpeg and multimedia related information. Everyone is welcome to add to, edit and improve it!

= Bug Reports =
* [/report/1 List of Bug Reports]

Please read the [http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=blob_plain;f=doc/issue_tracker.txt;hb=HEAD Bug Tracker Manual] and [http://ffmpeg.org/bugreports.html Submitting a Bug Report] before filing a new report. You must [/register register] before you can file a report or edit this wiki. For uploading samples, either use http://www.datafilehost.com/ or the ftp on [http://ffmpeg.org/bugreports.html Submitting a Bug Report] (there is no hard filesize limit).

= FFmpeg Official Documentation =
* [http://ffmpeg.org/documentation.html Documentation] – FFmpeg's own documentation, including links to things like developer guides
* [[MaintainingFFmpeg|Notes on Maintaining FFmpeg Source Code]]
* [[SubmitALogo|Submit an FFmpeg Logo]] – Instructions on how to submit a themed logo or banner to FFmpeg

 * [http://upstream-tracker.org/versions/ffmpeg.html List of FFmpeg API changes/compatibility test results]
 
= Community Contributed Documentation =

== Compiling FFmpeg ==
* [[CompilationGuide|FFmpeg Compilation Guides]]
* [[CompileBenchmarks|Compile Benchmarks]]
* [[KnownCompilationIssues|Known Compilation Issues]] – Log of Known Issues and Proposed Solutions When Compiling FFmpeg with Certain Compilers (i.e. Intel C Compiler and MSVC)
* [[How to quickly compile libx264]] as a pre-requisite to using it within FFmpeg
* [[How to quickly compile libaacplus]] as a pre-requisite to using it within FFmpeg
* [[How to quickly compile FFmpeg with libx264 (x264, H.264)]]
* [[How to quickly compile FFmpeg with mp3, aac+ and x264]]
* [[How to compile FFmpeg for Raspberry Pi (Raspbian)]]
* [[How to compile FFmpeg for Android]]

== Encoding ==

* Video:
 * [[x264EncodingGuide|x264 Encoding Guide]]
 * [[How to encode Xvid / DivX video with ffmpeg|Xvid / DivX / MPEG-4 Encoding Guide]]
 * [[vfxEncodingGuide|VFX Encoding Guide]]
 * [[vpxEncodingGuide|vpx (WebM) Encoding Guide]]
* Audio:
 * [[Encoding VBR (Variable Bit Rate) mp3 audio|MP3 Encoding Guide]]
 * [[AACEncodingGuide|AAC Encoding Guide]]
 * [[GuidelinesHighQualityAudio|Guidelines for high quality audio encoding]]
* Other encoding guides:
 * [[TheoraVorbisEncodingGuide|Theora Video and Vorbis Audio Encoding Guide]]
 * [[EncodeforYouTube|How to encode videos for YouTube]] and other video sharing sites

== Grabbing`/`Capturing ==
* [[How to capture a webcam input]]
* [[How to grab the desktop (screen) with FFmpeg]]
* [[Capturing audio with FFmpeg and ALSA]]

== Streaming ==
* [[StreamingGuide|Streaming Guide]]
* [[Streaming media with ffserver]]

== Filtering ==
* [FilteringGuide Filtering Guide]
* [FancyFilteringExamples Fancy Filtering Examples]
* [[Scaling (resizing) with ffmpeg]]
* [[Stereoscopic]] 3D movies with ffmpeg

== Images`/`Frames ==
* [[Create a video slideshow from images]]
* [[Create a thumbnail image every X seconds of the video]]
* [[How to take multiple screenshots to an image (tile, mosaic)]]

== Subtitles ==
* [[How to burn subtitles into the video]]
* [[How to convert subtitle from SRT to ASS format]]

== Development ==
* [[How to setup Eclipse IDE for FFmpeg development]]
* [[Using libav*]] – Instructions for how to integrate FFmpeg's main libraries into your own custom programs
* [[Including FFmpeg headers in a C++ application]]

== Other/FAQ ==

* General command line usage:
 * [[Creating multiple outputs]] from the same input
 * [[How to concatenate (join, merge) media files]]
 * [[How to use -map option]] to select exactly which streams to process
 * [[Seeking with FFmpeg]] if you need to split a file, or select just a part of one
* Effects:
 * [[How to speed up / slow down a video]] time lapse, etc.
 * [[How to capture a lightning (thunderbolt) with FFmpeg]]
* Audio:
 * [[audio types|Audio Types]] – list of the different types of raw audio
 * [[How to change audio volume up-down with FFmpeg]]
 * High quality audio resampling with [[FFmpeg and the SoX Resampler]]
* Working with other tools:
 * [[FFmpegPremierePro|How to encode with FFmpeg from Adobe Premiere Pro]]
 * [[Using FFmpeg from PHP scripts]]
* Other:
 * [[Option '-sameq' does NOT mean 'same quality']]
 * [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FFMPEG_An_Intermediate_Guide FFMPEG An Intermediate Guide] – A small wikibook that seems a bit unmaintained
 * [[ArticlesForCreation|Articles for Creation]] – A simple idea/reminder list for new community contributed wiki articles

The materials within the Community Contributed Documentation section of the FFmpeg Wiki are released under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License]. This allows anyone to share, adapt, and build upon this work, even for commercial purposes, as long as the same or compatible license is used and that credit is properly attributed to the author(s). Credit should be attributed to "Contributors to the FFmpeg Community Documentation Wiki".

= Wiki Page Index =

For a complete list of all local wiki pages, see TitleIndex.

= Trac Documentation =

Trac is what FFmpeg uses for tracking bugs (and also hosts this wiki).

 * TracGuide --  Built-in Documentation
 * [http://trac.edgewall.org/ The Trac project] -- Trac Open Source Project
 * [http://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/TracFaq Trac FAQ] -- Frequently Asked Questions
 * TracSupport --  Trac Support