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FFmpeg is a complete solution to record, convert, edit and stream audio and video. It is a command line video software for Windows, Mac and Linux. It supports converting between most video and audio formats. It supports grabbing and encoding in real time from streaming media, capture cards, etc. Multiplex(join) and demultipex(split) video and audio tracks from all video formats. Edit(cut,join) all video formats. Advanced video and audio filters. Subtitle support. ffplay(basic video player) and ffprobe(video identifier) are also included. Several frontEnds/GUIs are available like FFmpeg Batch Converter or clever FFMPEG-GUI.

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9.0.2 (September 19, 2026)



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Supported operating systems

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Version history / Release notes / Changelog / What's New


version 9.0.2:
Update for 9.0.2
avcodec/ppc/vp8dsp: store the 16 pixel wide rows at any alignment
avfilter/vf_decimate: reject blocks smaller than one chroma sample
avformat/genh: check for unsupported interlaved size 1 typ1 THP
lavc/vvc: Prevent OOB write in sh_entry_points
avcodec/vulkan_hevc: bound the per category reference counts in vk_hevc_start_frame
avcodec/vulkan_hevc: bound the reference count in vk_hevc_start_frame
avformat/pdvenc: add the AVClass pointer to PDVMuxContext
avcodec/fflcms2: fix memory leak after cmsDeleteContext(NULL)
avcodec/cbs_h266_syntax_template: fix ph_recovery_poc_cnt range
avformat/http: free cookie parameters on parse failure
avutil/opt: fix av_opt_is_set_to_default() on default-NAN options
fftools: reject negative -t durations
avcodec/hevc: don't error out on remaining slices of a skipped picture
avcodec/vvc: Skip over the current picture in find_ref_idx
avcodec/mips/vc1dsp_msa: Fix mspel functions
avcodec/mips/hevcpred_msa: Fix compilation
avcodec/vc1_block: don't drop the last macroblock when 1 bit remains
avcodec/dovi_rpudec: strip zero padding
avformat/dashdec: check fragment_timescale before division in refresh_manifest
avutil/encryption_info: reject init info with zero-sized key IDs
avformat/genh: check thp extradata read and allocation
avformat/oggdec: check for integer overflow in buf_realloc
vulkan_av1: fix out-of-bounds write of tile_sizes
avcodec/cfhd: reject header tags after the frame buffer was allocated
avcodec/cfhd: check the channel number after every tag
avcodec/cfhd: reset the allocated band sizes when freeing the buffers
avcodec/cook: require the channel mask to cover every subpacket channel
avcodec/dvdsubenc: account for the byte alignment of each RLE line
avfilter/vf_colorconstancy: free only allocated buffers on setup failure
avcodec/hap: do not hide the failure of the chunk table allocation
avformat/mov: Allocate the array without clearing before read
avformat/mov: do not zero a key string before reading it
avformat/mov: bound the keys atom entry count by the atom size
avcodec/vvc/dec: compare the CTU area in ibc_tl_init()
avcodec/vvc/dec: free the tabs when pic_arrays_init() fails
avcodec/vvc/thread: clear fc->ft when the frame thread is freed
avfilter/vf_uspp: Fix qpcount
avcodec/codec_internal: clarify docs for FF_CODEC_CAP_SKIP_FRAME_FILL_PARAM
avfilter/f_metadata: avoid overread on long formatted output
avformat/tls_mbedtls: set the expected hostname for numeric hosts
libswscale/ppc/yuv2rgb_altivec: Fix heap buffer overflow in yuv2packedX
swscale/ops_dispatch: account for the vertical filter taps in the tail copy
swscale/ops_dispatch: pass the line strides to copy_lines() as ptrdiff_t
swscale/uops: pad the horizontal filter weights to whole blocks
avcodec/apac: reset bitstream_index unconditionally to avoid integer overflow
avcodec/vorbisenc: dont assert on non finite input
avcodec/rv34: do not copy an unused reference line in the edge emulation
avcodec/rv34: do not await a negative reference-frame row
avcodec/vp9: unref next_refs in vp9_decode_flush
avcodec/vp8: do not await a negative reference-frame row
avformat/vpk: Check the channel count before dividing in the last block
avformat: Restore the container channel layout after a failed decoder open
avcodec/dcadec: ignore reserved speaker positions in coded channel order
avformat/matroskaenc: reserve space for BlockAdditionMapping even if Matroska muxer isn't enabled
(fforge/pr/24457) ffmpeg: fix matching of non-apic stream specifiers
avformat/cbs: move AV1 feature definition to their own header
(fforge/pr/24399) avcodec/bsf/dca_core: clear profile value on init()
avformat/sierravmd: require a 6bit palette in the probe
libswscale: use unaligned read/write macros in planarCopyWrapper
avformat/binka: reject truncated packet reads
avfilter/acrossover: reject non-finite parameters
avfilter/aiir: reject non-finite parameters
avfilter/firequalizer: reject overflowing delays
avcodec/wavpackenc: handle INT32_MIN samples
avfilter/aecho: reject non-finite delays and decays
libswresample/aarch64: Fix sign extension in audio conversion
avcodec/audiotoolbox: use 64-bit channel masks
avfilter/aarch64/vf_bwdif_init: Fix stride bound check
avformat/dashenc: free http options on avio_open_dyn_buf failure
avcodec/bmp: fix misaligned read in 16-bit decoding
avcodec/huffyuv: seed the median predictor endian independently
avformat/wvdec: convert flags to defines
(fforge/pr/24299) avformat/iamf_writer: don't discard skip samples signaled through side data for Opus
(fforge/pr/24295) avformat/movenc: fix crash when flushing a fragment with no data
swscale/loongarch: fix buffer underflow in yuv2plane1_8_lsx/lasx
(fforge/pr/24279) avcodec/h264_direct: do not read the other field's rows of colocated mb_type
avcodec/h264_slice: clear the ER picture when starting a second field
Revert "fftools/ffmpeg_sched: allow throttling decoder outputs"
avcodec/libdav1d: fix leak of frames on failure
avcodec/mips/cabac: Fix building on OpenBSD/mips64
avcodec/pthread_frame: sync decoded side data to all worker threads
(fforge/pr/24146) avcodec/h264_direct: await both fields of a colocated field pair
avcodec/h264_direct: move check before loading things



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Review by Ole on Aug 5, 2026 Version: ffmpeg 9.0 OS: Windows 11 64-bit Ease of use: 7/10 Functionality: 7/10 Value for money: 7/10 Overall: 7/10




@gripweed

This download is v6.1.

ffmpeg version 6.1-full_build-www.gyan.dev Copyright (c) 2000-2023 the FFmpeg developers built with gcc 12.2.0 (Rev10, Built by MSYS2 project)

FFmpeg 6.1 "Heaviside"
6.1 was released on 2023-11-11. It is the latest stable FFmpeg release from the 6.1 release branch, which was cut from master on 2023-10-29.

FFmpeg 6.0.1 "Von Neumann"
6.0.1 was released on 2023-11-10. It is the latest stable FFmpeg release from the 6.0 release branch, which was cut from master on 2023-02-19.


Review by HemLok on Nov 11, 2023 Version: 6.1 OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10




All is well but shouldn't this be listed as 6.0.1 and not 6.1?

Review by Gripweed on Nov 11, 2023 Version: 6.0.1 OS: Windows 10 64-bit Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10




Works great! Just used this to render a Krita animation! Very simple and easy to use.

Review by swiss_szn on Jul 14, 2022 Version: 5.0.1 OS: Windows 11 Ease of use: 10/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10




Rating by longwin on Nov 6, 2021 Version: 4.4.1 OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ease of use: 1/10 Functionality: 10/10 Value for money: 10/10 Overall: 10/10


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