FFmpeg.org

Where it all starts.

Filters

Docs for FFmpeg's powerful filter chains (scaling, cropping, concatenating, merging, etc.). This is one of my most visited links when working with FFmpeg.

Man page

Official FFmpeg man page.

Wiki & Bug Tracker

Lots of great info on here.

CLI flags

A comprehensive list of all FFmpeg commandline flags. Really useful for searching random flags that you come across in the wild.

fluent-ffmpeg

A fluent API to FFmpeg. If you only use one tool from this list, it should be this one.

ffmpeg-probe

Wrapper around ffprobe for getting info about media files.

ffmpeg-concat

Concats a list of videos together using FFmpeg with sexy OpenGL transitions.

editly

Declarative video editing tool and library with slick animations and transitions.

ffmpeg-generate-video-preview

Generates an attractive image strip or GIF preview from a video.

ffmpeg-extract-frame

Extracts a single frame from a video.

ffmpeg-extract-frames

Extracts screenshots from a video using FFmpeg.

gif-extract-frames

Extracts frames from GIFs including inter-frame coalescing.

ffmpeg-extract-audio

Extracts an audio stream from a media file.

ffmpeg-on-progress

Utility for robustly reporting progress with fluent-ffmpeg.

ffmpeg.js

Port of FFmpeg to JavaScript via Emscripten. Allows for limited FFmpeg use on the client-side.

ffmpeg-static

Provides static FFmpeg binaries for macOS, Linux, and Windows. Very useful for CI testing.

tangerine

Webcam streaming service using Node.js, FFmpeg, WebSockets, and Lad.

ffparser

Parse input stream by frames directly into your code as a buffer.

lottie-render

Converts Lottie animations to MP4 using Playwright and FFmpeg, as a library or self-hosted HTTP service.

ffmpeg-gl-transition

FFmpeg filter for applying GLSL transitions between video streams (gl-transitions).

simplest ffmpeg mobile

FFmpeg examples for Android and iOS.

ijkplayer

Android / iOS video player based on FFmpeg.

How to Write a Video Player in Less Than 1k Lines

Learn FFmpeg libav the Hard Way

FFmpeg libav tutorial - learn how media works from basic to transmuxing, transcoding and more. Translations: 🇺🇸 🇨🇳 🇰🇷 🇪🇸 🇻🇳 🇧🇷 🇷🇺

Applying OpenGL Shaders with FFmpeg

And follow-up.

A Beginner's FFmpeg Cookbook

FFmpeg Cookbook

Task-first cookbook of tested ffmpeg one-liners (compress, trim, GIF, audio extraction).

FFmpeg Cheatsheet for Video Automation

Stack Overflow

Mailing Lists

Official FFmpeg real-time community channels: #FFmpeg for user support, #FFmpeg-devel for development discussion, logged and active.