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FFmpeg Download and Source Code Repository Access

Getting FFmpeg

FFmpeg has always been a very experimental and developer-driven project. It is a key component in many multimedia projects and has new features added constantly. Development branch snapshots work really well 99% of the time so people are not afraid to use them.

You can retrieve the source code through the standard Git client by using the command:

git clone git://source.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git ffmpeg

If you are a distributor, you can find release tarballs below.

FFmpeg Repository Snapshots

For the main ffmpeg repository you can also directly download the source snapshot that we generate each night instead of grabbing a source snapshot from the gitweb URL. This is slightly preferred since it reduces the load on our server.

Alternatively, if you cannot access Git directly or wish to speed up the cloning and reduce the bandwidth usage, we also offer a complete git snapshot tarball that comes with git metadata and version history to bootstrap your local repository.

FFmpeg Linux Builds

FFmpeg Debian packages for Oldstable, Stable, Testing, Unstable (amd64, i386, powerpc, sparc, ia64, armel, mips, mipsel) are available at deb-multimedia.

FFmpeg Ubuntu packages for Precise, Oneiric, Natty, Maverick, and Lucid (amd64, i386) are available at Jon Severinsson's FFmpeg PPA.

FFmpeg Redhat and Fedora packages for EL, Fedora Rawhide (i386, x86_64) are available at RPM Fusion.

FFmpeg static builds are available at FFmpeg Static Builds by Burek and FFmpeg Static Builds by Relaxed.

FFmpeg Windows Builds

FFmpeg Windows Builds are available at Zeranoe FFmpeg Builds.

FFmpeg Mac OS X Builds

FFmpeg static builds for Mac OS X Intel 64bit are available at FFmpeg Static Builds by tessus.

Extra repositories

FFmpeg is developed with Git. Given the decentralized nature of Git, multiple repositories from developers and groups of developers are available.

Clone URL	Browse	Snapshot	Admin	Commiters	Description
git://source.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git	Browse	Snapshot	Michael Niedermayer	All FFmpeg developers	Main FFmpeg / libavcodec / libavformat / libavfilter / libavutil / libswscale / libswresample git repository, all work is merged in here, and it is the recommended repository for users and developers to use.
git://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-web	-	-	Michael Niedermayer	All FFmpeg developers	Main ffmpeg.org website repository
Other Repositories
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg git://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg.git	Browse	Snapshot	-	-	Mirror of the main repository
git://git.libav.org/libav.git	Browse	Snapshot	?	8 developers
git://gitorious.org/~astrange/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-mt.git	Browse	Snapshot	Alexander Strange	Alexander Strange	Multithreaded decoding
https://github.com/cehoyos/FFmpeg.git	Browse	-	Carl Eugen Hoyos	Carl Eugen Hoyos
https://github.com/ubitux/FFmpeg.git	Browse	-	Clément Bœsch	Clément Bœsch
https://github.com/dwbuiten/FFmpeg	Browse	-	Derek Buitenhuis	Derek Buitenhuis
git://gitorious.org/~flameeyes/ffmpeg/flameeyes-ffmpeg.git	Browse	Snapshot	Diego E. Pettenò	Diego E. Pettenò	Personal repository with works in progress
git://git.1f0.de/ffmpeg.git	Browse	-	Hendrik Leppkes	Hendrik Leppkes
https://github.com/josephwecker/FFmpeg.git	Browse	-	Joseph Wecker	Joseph Wecker
git://github.com/justinruggles/Libav	Browse	-	Justin Ruggles	Justin Ruggles	Personal repository with works in progress
git://github.com/lu-zero/libav.git	Browse	Snapshot	Luca Barbato	Luca Barbato	Personal repository with works in progress and experiments
https://github.com/cus/ffplay.git	Browse	-	Marton Balint	Marton Balint	FFplay
https://github.com/mbouron/FFmpeg	Browse	-	Matthieu Bouron	Matthieu Bouron
https://github.com/mjbshaw/FFmpeg-OpenJPEG-J2K-Encoder	Browse	-	Michael Bradshaw	Michael Bradshaw	Personal repository with works in progress and experiments relating to the OpenJPEG encoder
https://github.com/takis/FFmpeg	Browse	-	Panagiotis H.M. Issaris	Panagiotis H.M. Issaris
https://github.com/richardpl/FFmpeg.git	Browse	-	Paul B Mahol	Paul B Mahol
https://github.com/philipl/ffmpeg-crystalhd	Browse	-	Philip Langdale	Philip Langdale	CrystalHD
https://github.com/BastyCDGS/ffmpeg-soc.git	Browse	-	Sebastian Vater	Sebastian Vater
https://github.com/dilaroga/ffmpeg-vda.git	Browse	-	Sebastien Zwickert	Sebastien Zwickert	VDA
git@gitorious.org:~saste/ffmpeg/sastes-ffmpeg.git	Browse	-	Stefano Sabatini	Stefano Sabatini	Personal repository with works in progress
https://github.com/Tjoppen/FFmpeg	Browse	-	Tomas Härdin	Tomas Härdin

Note, if you have a public clone of ffmpeg and want to be listed above, contact us.

FFmpeg Releases

Approximately every 3 months the FFmpeg project makes a new major release. Between major releases point releases will appear that add important bug fixes but no new features. Note that these releases are intended for distributors and system integrators. Users that wish to compile from source themselves are strongly encouraged to consider using the development branch (see above), this is the only version on which FFmpeg developers actively work. The release branches only cherry pick selected changes from the development branch, which therefore receives much more and much faster bug fixes such as additional features and security patches.

FFmpeg 1.2.1 "Magic"

1.2.1 was released on 2013-05-10. It is the latest stable FFmpeg release from the 1.2 release branch, which was cut from master on 2013-03-07. Amongst lots of other changes, it includes all changes from ffmpeg-mt, libav master of 2013-03-07, libav 9 as of 2013-03-07.

It includes the following library versions:

  libavutil      52. 18.100
  libavcodec     54. 92.100
  libavformat    54. 63.104
  libavdevice    54.  3.103
  libavfilter     3. 42.103
  libswscale      2.  2.100
  libswresample   0. 17.102
  libpostproc    52.  2.100

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FFmpeg 1.1.5 "Fire Flower"

1.1.5 was released on 2013-05-13. It is the latest stable FFmpeg release from the 1.1 release branch, which was cut from master on 2013-01-06. Amongst lots of other changes, it includes all changes from ffmpeg-mt, libav master of 2013-01-06, libav 9.5 as of 2013-05-12.

It includes the following library versions:

  libavutil      52. 13.100
  libavcodec     54. 86.100
  libavformat    54. 59.106
  libavdevice    54.  3.102
  libavfilter     3. 32.100
  libswscale      2.  1.103
  libswresample   0. 17.102
  libpostproc    52.  2.100

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FFmpeg 1.0.7 "Angel"

1.0.7 was released on 2013-05-14. It is the latest stable FFmpeg release from the 1.0 release branch, which was cut from master on 2012-09-28. Amongst lots of other changes, it includes all changes from ffmpeg-mt, libav master of 2012-09-27, libav 0.8.3 as of 2013-01-22.

It includes the following library versions:

  libavutil      51. 73.101
  libavcodec     54. 59.100
  libavformat    54. 29.104
  libavdevice    54.  2.101
  libavfilter     3. 17.100
  libswscale      2.  1.101
  libswresample   0. 15.100
  libpostproc    52.  0.100

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FFmpeg 0.11.3 "Happiness"

0.11.3 was released on 2013-03-22. It is the latest stable FFmpeg release from the 0.11 release branch, which was cut from master on 2012-05-25. Amongst lots of other changes, it includes all changes from ffmpeg-mt, libav master of 2012-05-24, libav 0.8.2 as of 2012-09-19.

It includes the following library versions:

  libavutil      51. 54.100
  libavcodec     54. 23.100
  libavformat    54.  6.100
  libavdevice    54.  0.100
  libavfilter     2. 77.100
  libswscale      2.  1.100
  libswresample   0. 15.100
  libpostproc    52.  0.100

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FFmpeg 0.10.7 "Freedom"

0.10.7 was released on 2013-04-10. It is the latest stable FFmpeg release from the 0.10 release branch, which was cut from master on 2012-01-26. Amongst lots of other changes, it includes all changes from ffmpeg-mt, libav master of 2012-01-26, libav 0.8.6 as of 2013-04-10.

It includes the following library versions:

  libavutil      51. 35.100
  libavcodec     53. 61.100
  libavformat    53. 32.100
  libavdevice    53.  4.100
  libavfilter     2. 61.100
  libswscale      2.  1.100
  libswresample   0.  6.100
  libpostproc    52.  0.100

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FFmpeg 0.9.2 "Harmony"

0.9.2 was released on 2012-05-03. It is the latest stable FFmpeg release from the 0.9 release branch, which was cut from master on 2011-12-11. Amongst lots of other changes, it includes all changes from ffmpeg-mt, libav master of 2011-12-11, libav 0.7.2 as of 2011-12-11.

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FFmpeg 0.8.14 "Love"

0.8.14 was released on 2013-02-21. It is a stable FFmpeg release from the 0.8 release branch, which was cut from master on 2011-06-21. Amongst lots of other changes, it includes all changes from ffmpeg-mt, libav master of 2011-06-21, libav 0.7.7 as of 2013-02-20.

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FFmpeg 0.7.15 "Peace"

0.7.15 was released on 2013-02-21. It contains almost all features and bugfixes of 0.8.14 while being compatible with the 0.6 ABI and API.

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FFmpeg 0.6.6 "Works with HTML5"

0.6.6 appeared on 2012-06-09. It is the latest point release from the 0.6 release branch, which was cut on 2010-05-04. it includes all changes from libav 0.6.6 as of 2012-06-09.

This release is not actively maintained and thus we discourage its use. If you want to maintain this old version, contact us.

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FFmpeg 0.5.12 "half-way to world domination A.K.A. the belligerent blue bike shed"

0.5.12 appeared on 2013-02-28. It is the latest point release from the 0.5 release branch, which was cut on 2009-03-02. it includes all changes from libav 0.5.10 as of 2013-02-28.

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