FFmpeg supporters
have donated 1200 € for the completion of the
Snow specification 1.0
and a working implementation licensed under the LGPL.
Help is very welcome. Please don't hesitate to contact us on the
ffmpeg-devel
mailing list. Gain your portion!
Further donations are welcome as well.
News
(September 13, 2007) In about half a year of work since the
last update we have added among other things: DXA and Monkey's Audio demuxer
and decoder, DNxHD, Atrac3 and AC-3 decoders, QTRLE encoder, NUT and Matroska
muxers.
(July 14, 2007) FFmpeg got 8 projects this year in the Google Summer of Code program.
Check out the FFmpeg SoC about page for
more information.
(March 09, 2007) Nine months without news but with heavy
development. A few select highlights are decoders for VC-1/WMV3/WMV9, VMware,
VP5, VP6 video and WavPack, IMC, DCA audio and a WMA encoder.
(June 01, 2006) FFmpeg got 5 projects in the Google Summer of Code program.
Check out the FFmpeg SoC about page for
more information about the 5 projects.
(June 01, 2006) FFmpeg cvs to svn transition is completed. The cvs server
is now retired.
(May 02, 2006) FFmpeg will be present at
LinuxTag 2006
with a few developers. Drop by the Free Video booth to meet us.
(October 16, 2005) Recent FFmpeg developments include a
native decoder for Duck TrueMotion 2 data. This decoder can handle data from
the popular Final
Fantasy VII game (Windows port). As usual, check out
the latest CVS.
(August 17, 2005) Due to the generous donations of all you
people we have ordered a new server for the project and will have it
running in a few weeks. Look at the
MPlayer news page
for details. Thank you!
(August 6, 2005) A few days ago the server of the
MPlayer project where FFmpeg is hosted had a
serious failure. We are now looking for donations to get a replacement
server and hosting place. If you wish to see FFmpeg continue to prosper,
please contribute. Look at the
MPlayer news page
for details.
(May 20, 2005) Notable recent developments:
FFmpeg has a Fraps
FPS1 video decoder. This video codec has 3 different versions
and this new decoder supports the first 2 versions so far. Stay tuned
for updates.
The libavformat library features a native Ogg demuxer.
FFmpeg's VP3 decoder is implemented correctly. Further, the new Ogg
demuxer is capable of sending Theora
video packets to the VP3 for decoding. Put another way, FFmpeg supports
Theora video decoding.
FFmpeg now has its own native Vorbis audio decoder
implementation.
(May 5, 2005) You may have noticed that
Apple's QuickTime Player 7 is available for download. As of this writing,
the player is only available for Mac OS X, and the latest QuickTime files are
only viewable on that platform. That is, unless you are using an
FFmpeg-derived
multimedia application. Thanks to dedicated multimedia hackers from the FFmpeg
and x264 projects, FFmpeg's
libavcodec can already decode the next-generation (buzzword alert!)
H.264 video codec data inside the latest Apple QuickTime files. Along with
the free, open source FAAD AAC decoding
library (for the audio track) and a competent QuickTime file demuxer,
open source software is already equipped to handle
the newest multimedia files on the internet.
You're welcome.
(Mar 6, 2005)
FFmpeg now includes a native decoder for Apple's Lossless Audio Codec
(a.k.a. 'alac'). As usual, check out CVS.
(Feb 28, 2005)
At least 2 new features recently: Native decoder implementations of both
the Shorten lossless audio codec and the LOCO video codec. Further, finally
added a link to Martin Boehme's FFmpeg API documentation that so many of you have
already located with search engines. See the documentation
page for more information.
(Feb 6, 2005)
Added a new compatibility page to help users
understand which FFmpeg encoding options work best if they
need to interoperate with certain proprietary multimedia players.
(Jan 24, 2005)
Eagle-eyed observers may have noticed the recent CVS addition of a VC-9
decoding implementation. It is still highly experimental but should eventually
serve as a basis for decoding Microsoft VC-1/VC-9/WMV3/WMV9 video data.
(Dec 10, 2004)
Here are some of the newest FFmpeg developments:
Creative ADPCM audio decoder
Electronic Arts Multimedia (WVE/UV2/etc.) file demuxer
Looking for help? Check out the mailing
lists, and be sure to give us good troubleshooting information.
Project Description
FFmpeg is a complete solution to record, convert and stream
audio and video. It includes libavcodec, the leading
audio/video codec library. FFmpeg is developed under Linux, but it
can compiled under most operating systems, including Windows.
The project is made of several components:
ffmpeg is a command line tool to convert one video file
format to another. It also supports grabbing and encoding in real time
from a TV card.
ffserver is an HTTP (RTSP is being developped) multimedia
streaming server for live broadcasts. Time shifting of live broadcast
is also supported.
ffplay is a simple media player based on SDL and on the FFmpeg libraries.
libavcodec is a library containing all the FFmpeg
audio/video encoders and decoders. Most codecs were developped from
scratch to ensure best performances and high code reusability.
libavformat is a library containing parsers and
generators for all common audio/video formats.
