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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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Latest version

9.0 (August 4, 2026)



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Software License

Free software / FOSS (Free and Open Source Software)



Supported operating systems

Windows Win Mac OS Mac Linux Linux




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


version 9.0:
- Extend AMF Color Converter (vf_vpp_amf) HDR capabilities
- LCEVC track muxing support in MP4 muxer
- Playdate video encoder and muxer
- Add v360_vulkan filter
- HE-AAC 960 decoding (DAB+)
- transpose_cuda filter
- Add AMF Frame Rate Converter (vf_frc_amf) filter
- SMPTE 2094-50 metadata support and passthrough
- ProRes RAW VideoToolbox hwaccel
- APV Vulkan hwaccel
- Animated WebP decoder
- Animated WebP demuxer
- Remove CELT decoding support (doesn't affect Opus CELT)
- Remove ogg/celt parsing
- Bitstream filter to split Dolby Vision multi-layer HEVC
- Add AMF hardware memory mapping support.
- ONNX Runtime DNN backend with GPU execution provider support
- Remove deprecated NVENC options and support for pre-11.1 SDK versions

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Acronyms / Also Known As

ffplay,ffprobe



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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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