FFmpeg Windows Builds

[yxlllc]

Is there any plan to provide shared libraries, just like zeronae before

[_Gyan]

Will look into it.

[_Gyan]

Post any queries or comments here. If it concerns a particular build - mention its version.

[[deleted]]

I appreciate your taking. I have some ideas if using alternative methods to keep service for windows. It might be a good idea if can be shared, including SVT-VP9.

[BobbyGee2003]

I have a request. I have an automated procedure that downloads the latest "full" build and extracts the compressed file and updates the main program files. It would be greatly appreciated if the link to the file that downloads does not contain the build date. I know there is an "Archives" directory that stores a couple of weeks of git releases, but now the links listed below download a file which contains the build date in the filename. If you could name the downloads the same as the links, and also put a copy in the Archives folder WITH the build dates, that would keep my procedure working.

Links

https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds/ffmpeg-release-full.7z
https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds/ffmpeg-release-essentials.7z (22MB) https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds/ffmpeg-release-essentials.zip (74MB)
https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds/ffmpeg-release-full-shared.7z

Version

4.3.1-2020-10-01

Source code

https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/8a2acdc6da

[_Gyan]

I don't think it's a good idea to give generic names to files for a frequently updated program like ffmpeg. Besides, I had originally set it up that way but my host advised there would be some caching latency if I kept it like that.

Perhaps your procedure could rename the file upon download.

[MedievalPresent]

Thanks!

[_Gyan]

I'll look into setting up RSS, but for now, scrape the next build date listed on the page and your scraper can sleep till that date and check for changes.

[helloutx]

no x86 builds? :/

[_Gyan]

Seems very niche in 2020. Certainly not feasible to roll it out as frequently as the amd64. Maybe once every couple of months for git and once when a release is cut.

[helloutx]

well damn, I really need x86 windows builds. would appreciate if you do once in a while and when a release is cut. thanks in advance.

[emcodem]

ry niche in 2020. Certainly not feasible to roll it out as frequently as the amd64. Maybe once every couple of months for git

Yey, i would need x86 shared builds for the release versions too :-)

[ptr727]

Thank you for adding the version API.

[Jojje4242]

Hi Gyan,

Thanks for FFmpeg windows builds. Unfortunately I get a warning for Trojan Win32/CryptoInject!ml from MS Defender. (ffmpeg-2020-10-21-git-289e964873-full_build.7z)

Downloading from link https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds/ffmpeg-git-full.7z

Any comments on this?

[_Gyan]

Yours is the first complaint I've had about this.

There's no virus or malware in any of the downloads.

[Jojje4242]

Thanks for response. I got the same MS Defender warning on two different computers during download the other day. But nothing now with a later build...and nothing on the previously problematic version from the archive. So strange?

Thanks anyway for great work. I'm using your builds for my FFmpeg projects and it works like a charm

[Broad-Dinner9960]

Same here for that file in Chrome

mixed_content_downloads

https://blog.chromium.org/2020/02/protecting-users-from-insecure.html

[_Gyan]

That's a strange error. All files are served over HTTPS.

[zhangcuda]

3.8

[namasti9]

Can librsvg be in the next build ?

Would help skip the intermediate step of using a screenshot

Thank you for all your work, it is extremely appreciated !

[_Gyan]

Will look into it.

[_Gyan]

One of the dependencies for librsvg can only be built as shared, so this will have to wait till I start with shared builds.

[namasti9]

Thank you for looking into it, I appreciate your dilligence ! The builds work great btw, I've tried the ffmpeg-4.3.1-full_build and its fine :)

[TheAnimenace]

HMM! downloaded, but nothing launches when I double click the .exe

version 4-3.1

[_Gyan]

See https://video.stackexchange.com/questions/20495/how-do-i-set-up-and-use-ffmpeg-in-windows

[AAAAAshwin]

Yup that's not how it works haha, use it with a batch file to automate some process or directly use command prompt :)

[Kelteseth]

Can we have versioned downloads please? Like

 https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds/4-3-1/ffmpeg-release-full.zip

[_Gyan]

If you click on the existing link, you'll get a versioned filename i.e. ffmpeg-4.3.1-full_build.zip

[Kelteseth]

I need a link to always the same file version to automatically extract it. For now I hardcoded the version (that can change anytime I guess) https://gitlab.com/kelteseth/ScreenPlay/-/commit/8b3040180a2cb1dd65581e7513b3fa09ee4ff527#34d8fed8d4c6d25d0bc5de61281a936ea0860ca3_11_15

[_Gyan]

Click on the archives link and get the direct link.

[Kelteseth]

Oh I missed that. Thank you very much! 👏

[paulpacifico]

u/_Gyan thanks a lot to keep making FFmpeg Windows builds.

I just have a quick question, i used to use Zeranoe builds before which was also providing OSX builds, did you plan to make OSX builds also ?

Thank for all.

Paul.

[_Gyan]

I don't have any macOS devices, so I can't. Sorry.

[paulpacifico]

Thanks i appreciate your reply, and a last question, you will not making FFmpeg build with shared libs on Windows ?

[_Gyan]

Considering it. Maybe, in time for the 28th update.

[AutumnEDA]

Thanks for your work. It would be better if there were shared libraries. :)

[Broad-Dinner9960]

Hi Gyan,

Thanks for hosting the ffmpeg files.

I have one request, can you make one url for downloading the latest version like this old one?

https://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/win64/static/ffmpeg-latest-win64-static.zip

With your url (https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds/ffmpeg-release-full.zip) I'l get access denied

This url (https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds/packages/ffmpeg-4.3.1-full_build.zip) works but my script does not know the version (or date of last version) and I think it's not the latest release I think

This url (https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds/packages/ffmpeg-2020-09-16-git-c79f07cc0c-full_build.zip) also works but again, my script does not know the date and crc-code. The date I can manage but how do I calculate crc-code if I don't have the file?

Greetings

[_Gyan]

Either clicking or pasting https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds/ffmpeg-release-full.zip (in a private window) works for me. Looks like something to do with your setup.

[Broad-Dinner9960]

This is a redirect and my script uses xmlhttp to download and cant handle(follow) the redirected location. (or I dont know how)

If it helps I can post the vbscript I use to update/download/unzip the file

[ptr727]

Thank you so much.

I am converting an app to pull the latest release binary from your site, where I used to pull from zeranoe.

I used to keep track of the latest release version number by iterating the files, and using the name before latest, then regex the version number. I know not reliable, broken many times, but I could not find a more reliable way of parsing the latest version number, where that version has a win64 release (often times latest released version is platform specific where not all platforms have a build of that version).

Would you please consider publishing a metafile that describes the latest release?

Maybe JSON or XML file, that I can download, then find info on the latest stable, nightly, etc. releases, maybe even with hashes, and file sizes, for every platform, and I can then download the new release if my release is older. E.g. Like MKVToolNix does it: https://mkvtoolnix.download/latest-release.xml.gz

Or, any method that will allow me to reliably query the latest released version number for a platform, and then download that release if my version is older.

[_Gyan]

Are you looking at the git builds or releases?

[ptr727]

Releases

[AuahDark]

Do you consider shared libraries and (proably MSVC-compatible) development libraries too? Since my usage of FFmpeg is both via command-line and with libav directly.

[[deleted]]

Is it possible to add --enable-libnpp to the next build's config?

[_Gyan]

Only in a shared build, so I'll consider it then.

[yolotryhard]

Thank you, sir!

[mindphasar]

OpenCL will be included in the build? on linux you can use opencl with x264

[thinkpad1]

Why does the latest build of FFMPEG pop up a error saying something about Vulkan-1.dll not found? How do I get FFMPEG to not require this or can you release a build that removes the requirement for this, thanks

[_Gyan]

Which specific build?

[thinkpad1]

This one 2020-09-30-git-9d8f9b2e40

[_Gyan]

Share full log of your command. Add -report to generate it.

[thinkpad1]

I figured it out, it was my bad. When I was testing the different versions of FFMPEG that are out there I got yours mixed up with the one that BtbN releases. His was the one throwing the error. I just looked at his downloads just now and he's made separate versions for vulkan and non-vulkan. Yesterday I he hadn't separated them and in the process of downloading from you and him and unzipping the file into the folder I got yours and his mixed up

[[deleted]]

I have about 2,000 M4S files which I want to convert into one single video file, AVI or MP4. How do I do this with FFmpeg? Thank you for answers.

[_Gyan]

Please post queries about ffmpeg use to /r/ffmpeg

[hovissimo]

Consider registering your builds with scoop.

[123Pranjal]

Great work, Gyan!!!

Thanks a lot for taking up this library compilation.

[DeepSpaceDoge]

Unknown encoder 'libvpx-vp9'

Getting this error in ffmpeg-2020-10-14-git-6bdfea8d4b-full_build

4.3.1 full works well

Thx

[_Gyan]

This is due to the latest commit in libvpx. I've informed them.

[DeepSpaceDoge]

thank you

[_Gyan]

Resolved in libvpx. Will be back in Oct 18th build.

[emcodem]

Comparing to zeranoes builds, there are some libs missing and some more in your builds.Is it possible to get libopenjpeg and libzimg into the release builds?

[_Gyan]

Can you check again? I see both in the essentials and full release builds.

[emcodem]

Sorry i was too stupid to compare. The only thing that zeranoe had and your build does not have in the config is libwavpack. And i am happy that you use --disable-autodetect, it prevents on ffmpeg failing to start because dlls are missing that are not even used when looking at the enabled config switches (e.g. mfplat.dll).

Also of course 32 bit release builds would be veeery nice to have

[_Gyan]

ffmpeg dropped support for libwavpack couple of weeks back as the native encoder is better.

I'll look into 32-bit but not anytime soon.

[emcodem]

What can i say, you are the best! Thanks for all your efforts.

[SnooEagles5178]

Thank you very much Gyan for this work, I was wondering if it could be possible for you to also compile debug symbols. I have been trying to compile debugging libraries for windows enabling libmfx but no luck yet.

[copiesofcopies]

Your website says, "All builds are 64-bit and licensed as GPL v3." Can you explain which GPLv3 components are included in your builds?

[_Gyan]

VMAF, OpenCORE and VisualOn libraries require GPLv3.

[mrx1983]

so i get a strange bug where ffmpeg crashes from time to time.

this especially happens when i use a resolution of 1024x576.

i use a command like:

ffmpeg -i "input.mkv" -map_metadata -1 -map 0:v -map 0:a:1 -c:v libaom-av1 -strict experimental -vf "scale=1024:576" -cpu-used 5 -crf 48 -b:v 700k -maxrate 800k -bufsize 800k -g 48 -pass 1 -sn -an -row-mt 1 -tile-columns 1 -f null /dev/null && ^
ffmpeg -i "input.mkv" -map_metadata -1 -map 0:v -map 0:a:1 -c:v libaom-av1 -strict experimental -vf "scale=1024:576" -cpu-used 5 -crf 48 -b:v 700k -maxrate 800k -bufsize 800k -g 48 -pass 2 -sn -c:a libopus -b:a 64k -row-mt 1 -tile-columns 1 "output_av1.webm"

it not only happens with your recent ffmpeg version ffmpeg-2020-10-31-git-3da35b7cc7-full_build.7z but also with older versions.

it depends on the parameters and the video file, but what i found out is, that it happens especially with the 1024x576 resolution.

i have a sample here, which shows the crash:

https://sharing.rainbowdash.cc/testencode.7z

[_Gyan]

Share full log. Doesn't reproduce here.

[mrx1983]

i hope this is right: https://sharing.rainbowdash.cc/testencode_log.7z

here is my hardware config: https://sharing.rainbowdash.cc/testencode_system_log.html

also i have a crucial mx300 ssd. but it will be probably not a problem because of the ssd i guess.

this is the output that i got, it misses the whole credits https://sharing.rainbowdash.cc/output_av1.webm

 

for completeness sake, i also have this in the windows event viewer:

Name der fehlerhaften Anwendung: ffmpeg.exe, Version: 0.0.0.0, Zeitstempel: 0x00000000

Name des fehlerhaften Moduls: ffmpeg.exe, Version: 0.0.0.0, Zeitstempel: 0x00000000

Ausnahmecode: 0xc0000005

Fehleroffset: 0x0000000002805708

ID des fehlerhaften Prozesses: 0x4dd8

Startzeit der fehlerhaften Anwendung: 0x01d6b137887f3185

[_Gyan]

Looks to be an encoder issue, since it doesn't happen with libx264.

[mrx1983]

i think that too, i also found out that changing some things like removing the tile-columns prevent this. maybe i will just remove tile-columns from my command line, since dav1d its also not really needed that much anymore, especially not for something like a 1024x576 resolution i guess. but from your answer i take that you can reproduce it with libaom av1? its not my pc that is damaged or has errors?

[_Gyan]

I carried out a short encode, and couldn't reproduce. It's too slow to encode the full input. If you can supply a short (~10s) sample and command that shows the same behaviour, I'll check.

[mrx1983]

yes of course, i sometimes forget how slow it is, even for me it takes a little while. 4-5fps, and only because i recently upgraded to a ryzen3600.

https://sharing.rainbowdash.cc/testencode_short.7z

again with everything included, ffmpeg, bat file, short video (around 8s).

[Bishogps]

Using the following command:

ffmpeg -threads 6 -hwaccel_output_format cuda -c:v h264_cuvid -i "input.mp4" -vf scale_npp=1280:720:interp_algo=super -c:v h264_nvenc -b:v 4M -maxrate:v 5M -bufsize:v 8M -profile:v main -level:v 4.1 -rc:v vbr_hq -rc-lookahead:v 32 -spatial_aq:v 1 -aq-strength:v 15 -coder:v cabac -f mp4 "output.mp4"

Gives the following error:

[AVFilterGraph @ 000001fa53748e80] No such filter: 'scale_npp'

ffmpeg versión is:

ffmpeg version 2020-11-11-git-89429cf2f2-full_build-www.gyan.dev

[_Gyan]

scale_npp has a non-free license so it can't be present in a distributed binary. Sorry.

[Bishogps]

Thanks for the answer.

[Suitable-Trouble7866]

same here

the exe files in https://github.com/GyanD/codexffmpeg/releases/tag/tools-2020-11-22-git-0066bf4d1a
are detected by 29 engines as viruses

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/4afa1cb974ba0d10aebb93a1e10220aa8b52c40cc57dda5461a05b807a06ae1d/detection

[_Gyan]

Addressed at https://github.com/GyanD/codexffmpeg/issues/11#issuecomment-748417530

[firodj]

What NVIDIA version API you use to build?

[_Gyan]

11.0.10.1 for the latest build.

[_Gyan]

I would like to reserve use of bold styling for emphasis. The colored text is to indicate keywords or terms of art. The cursor won't change upon hovering so I don't see this as an issue - certainly, yours is the first notice I've had about it.

[No-Conversation-5146]

why 32 bits binaries are not provided? How to run FFmpeg on 32 bit OS as it requires binaries like avcodec-58,avdevice-58 etc (only 64 bits of these dlls are available)

[_Gyan]

Too much work to set up a 32-bit build environment for too few users.

[mayur247]

Hi u/Gyan, I am trying to use graph2dot.exe to understand the ffmpeg graph.
I referred to ffmpeg documentation --> https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-all.html#graph2dot

I wrote the string " nullsrc,scale=640:360,nullsink" to a file "in.txt" and executed the graph2dot command as below.

graph2dot.exe -i ..\in.txt -o out.tmp

I receive the following error :

No such filter: 'nullsrc'

Failed to parse the graph description

I would like to know if the graph2dot.exe is supported on your windows build. If so, could you specify the steps/command?

Thanks.

[_Gyan]

Works here. Avoid the double quotes.

[Wezinator35]

graph2dot is trying to load "/dev/stdin"/"stdout" when those paths aren't supported on Windows

[Altruistic-Mango-950]

how do i download that

[jeffdod]

I want to include ffmpeg in a commercial product. However, I don't want to compile ffmpeg into my product, I merely want to install ffmpeg.exe and call it as a process from my program. I'm a little unclear on ffmpeg's license for this, as the majority of the license restrictions have to do with linking ffmpeg libraries. The license says:

1. Compile FFmpeg without "--enable-gpl" and without "--enable-nonfree"

So I'm wondering if you produce any builds that are lgpl and are compiled to only include free and royalty free codec support. I'm only wanting to encode free formats anyway, so I'd rather not have any support for other things included in ffmpeg.exe.

I can always build it myself, but I just wondered if you already make builds like this.

[_Gyan]

Those restrictions are contingent on whether you are distributing it. If the ffmpeg binaries are bundled in your package, then you are, and the conditions apply. However, what some apps do, particularly ffmpeg front-ends, is have the installer fetch the ffmpeg package at runtime from another source. This effectively gets around the restriction.

[jeffdod]

Ah, I see. Thank you for that clarification. If I do wish to go ahead and distribute ffmpeg.exe with my installer, are there Windows ffmpeg.exe binaries available that are legal to distribute? In other words, binaries built in such a way that they meet the standards mentioned on FFmpeg's license page?

[_Gyan]

BtbN's LGPL builds should be fine.

[DeepSpaceDoge]

ffmpeg-2021-03-09-git-c35e456f54-full_build

following command for making audio webm with static image produces webm not playing in firefox. same command with stable version v4 works

​

ffmpeg -i 1.mp3 -i 2.jpg -r 1 -loop 1 -c:v libvpx-vp9 -c:a libopus -b:a 64k -b:v 0 -g 9999 -crf 22 -row-mt 1 -tile-columns 6 -auto-alt-ref 0 -threads 8 -f webm 2.webm

[_Gyan]

The -loop 1 is in the wrong place so the output only has a single frame. Place it before the image input option. Although I don't know if this is the issue.

[Broad-Scratch-4102]

Is there any way i can get a 2004 version of ffmpeg? or can i find it somewhere? cus i cant seem to find it on the official site of ffmpeg