ffmpeg-static
Static ffmpeg binaries for macOS, Linux, Windows.
Supports macOS (64-bit and arm64), Linux (32 and 64-bit, armhf, arm64), Windows (32 and 64-bit). The ffmpeg version currently used is 6.0
.
Note: The version of ffmpeg-static
follows SemVer. When releasing new versions, we do not consider breaking changes in ffmpeg
itself, but only the JS interface (see below). For example, ffmpeg-static@4.5.0
might download ffmpeg 5.0
. To prevent an ffmpeg-static
upgrade downloading backwards-incompatible ffmpeg versions, use a strict version range for it or use a lockfile.
Also check out node-ffmpeg-installer
!
Installation
$ npm install ffmpeg-static
Note: During installation, it will download the appropriate ffmpeg
binary from the b6.0
GitHub release. Use and distribution of the binary releases of ffmpeg
are covered by their respective license.
Custom binaries url
By default, the ffmpeg
binary will get downloaded from https://github.com/eugeneware/ffmpeg-static/releases/download
. To customise this, e.g. when using a mirror, set the FFMPEG_BINARIES_URL
environment variable.
export FFMPEG_BINARIES_URL=https://cdn.npmmirror.com/binaries/ffmpeg-static
npm install ffmpeg-static
Electron & other cross-platform packaging tools
Because ffmpeg-static
will download a binary specific to the OS/platform, you need to purge node_modules
before (re-)packaging your app for a different OS/platform (read more in #35).
Example Usage
Returns the path of a statically linked ffmpeg binary on the local filesystem.
const pathToFfmpeg = require('ffmpeg-static')
console.log(pathToFfmpeg)
// /Users/j/playground/node_modules/ffmpeg-static/ffmpeg
Check the example script for a more thorough example.
Sources of the binaries
The binaries downloaded by ffmpeg-static
are from these locations:
- Windows x64 builds
- Windows x86 builds
- Linux x64/x86/ARM/ARM64 builds
- macOS x64 (Intel) & ARM64 (Apple Silicon) builds
Show your support
This npm package includes statically linked binaries that are produced by the following individuals. Please consider supporting and donating to them who have been providing quality binary builds for many years:
- Linux builds: John Van Sickle
- macOS builds: Helmut K. C. Tessarek