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ffmpeg Realtime audio/video encoder/converter and streaming server
8.1,1 multimedia on this many watch lists=147 search for ports that depend on this port An older version of this port was marked as vulnerable. Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 8.0.1_1,1Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: multimedia@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2002-11-28 00:14:07
Last Update: 2026-03-29 19:47:11
Commit Hash: 11391ea
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Also Listed In: audio net
License: GPLv3+ LGPL3+
WWW:
https://ffmpeg.org/
Description:
FFmpeg is a complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video. It includes libavcodec - the leading audio/video codec library.
Homepage    cgit ¦ Codeberg ¦ GitHub ¦ GitLab ¦ SVNWeb

Manual pages:
FreshPorts has no man page information for this port.
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
There is no configure plist information for this port.
USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • ffmpeg>0:multimedia/ffmpeg
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/multimedia/ffmpeg/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install multimedia/ffmpeg
  • pkg install ffmpeg
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: ffmpeg
Package flavors (<flavor>: <package>)
  • default: ffmpeg
  • nox11: ffmpeg-nox11
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1773697056 SHA256 (ffmpeg-8.1.tar.xz) = b072aed6871998cce9b36e7774033105ca29e33632be5b6347f3206898e0756a SIZE (ffmpeg-8.1.tar.xz) = 11702216

Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
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ffmpeg-nox11
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Dependencies
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Build dependencies:
  1. nasm : devel/nasm
  2. texi2html : textproc/texi2html
  3. frei0r.h : graphics/frei0r
  4. ffnvcodec-headers>=11.1.5.2 : multimedia/ffnvcodec-headers
  5. v4l_compat>0 : multimedia/v4l_compat
  6. vulkan-headers>0 : graphics/vulkan-headers
  7. gmake>=4.4.1 : devel/gmake
  8. pkgconf>=1.3.0_1 : devel/pkgconf
  9. perl5>=5.42.r<5.43 : lang/perl5.42
  10. x11.pc : x11/libX11
  11. xcb.pc : x11/libxcb
  12. x11.pc : x11/libX11
  13. xext.pc : x11/libXext
  14. xv.pc : x11/libXv
Runtime dependencies:
  1. x11.pc : x11/libX11
  2. xcb.pc : x11/libxcb
  3. x11.pc : x11/libX11
  4. xext.pc : x11/libXext
  5. xv.pc : x11/libXv
Library dependencies:
  1. libaom.so : multimedia/aom
  2. libass.so : multimedia/libass
  3. libdav1d.so : multimedia/dav1d
  4. libdrm.so : graphics/libdrm
  5. libdvdnav.so : multimedia/libdvdnav
  6. libdvdread.so : multimedia/libdvdread
  7. libfontconfig.so : x11-fonts/fontconfig
  8. libfreetype.so : print/freetype2
  9. libgmp.so : math/gmp
  10. libgnutls.so : security/gnutls
  11. libharfbuzz.so : print/harfbuzz
  12. libjxl.so : graphics/libjxl
  13. libmp3lame.so : audio/lame
  14. liblcms2.so : graphics/lcms2
  15. libbluray.so : multimedia/libbluray
  16. libplacebo.so : graphics/libplacebo
  17. libopus.so : audio/opus
  18. libshaderc_shared.so : graphics/shaderc
  19. libsrt.so : www/srt
  20. libSvtAv1Enc.so : multimedia/svt-av1
  21. libv4l2.so : multimedia/libv4l
  22. libva.so : multimedia/libva
  23. libvdpau.so : multimedia/libvdpau
  24. libvmaf.so : multimedia/vmaf
  25. libvorbisenc.so : audio/libvorbis
  26. libvpx.so : multimedia/libvpx
  27. libvulkan.so : graphics/vulkan-loader
  28. libwebp.so : graphics/webp
  29. libx264.so : multimedia/libx264
  30. libx265.so : multimedia/x265
  31. libcairo.so : graphics/cairo
  32. libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so : graphics/gdk-pixbuf2
  33. libglib-2.0.so : devel/glib20
  34. libintl.so : devel/gettext-runtime
  35. librsvg-2.so : graphics/librsvg2-rust
  36. libxml2.so : textproc/libxml2
This port is required by:
for Build
  1. audio/audacity
  2. multimedia/dvbcut
  3. multimedia/mpv
  4. multimedia/p5-FFmpeg-Command
  5. multimedia/tenacity
  6. multimedia/vlc
  7. net/waypipe
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  2. science/lammps
  3. www/persepolis
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Deleted ports which required this port:

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  1. math/sage*
  2. multimedia/mpv034*
  3. multimedia/vlc-qt4*
  4. multimedia/vlc3*
  5. multimedia/zoneminder-h264*
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for Libraries
  1. astro/siril
  2. audio/aqualung
  3. audio/aubio
  4. audio/audiowmark
  5. audio/baresip
  6. audio/bliss
  7. audio/cantata
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  2. audio/chromaprint
  3. audio/cmus
  4. audio/cyanrip
  5. audio/essentia
  6. audio/fooyin
  7. audio/kid3
  8. audio/midivisualizer
  9. audio/mixxx
  10. audio/musicpd
  11. audio/owntone
  12. audio/pianobar
  13. audio/pianod2
  14. audio/plasma6-kpipewire
  15. audio/rsgain
  16. audio/shairport-sync
  17. audio/siren
  18. audio/spek
  19. audio/squeezelite
  20. audio/zrythm
  21. cad/freecad
  22. cad/freecad-devel
  23. cad/librepcb
  24. comms/scrcpy
  25. deskutils/calibre
  26. devel/kf5-kfilemetadata
  27. devel/kf6-kfilemetadata
  28. devel/notcurses
  29. devel/simgear
  30. emulators/dolphin-emu
  31. emulators/dosbox-x
  32. emulators/emu64
  33. emulators/es-de
  34. emulators/fceux
  35. emulators/mgba
  36. emulators/pcsx2
  37. emulators/rpcs3
  38. emulators/wine-devel
  39. emulators/yuzu
  40. games/DDNet
  41. games/corsix-th
  42. games/fs2open
  43. games/moonlight-embedded
  44. games/moonlight-embedded-devel
  45. games/moonlight-qt
  46. games/openenroth
  47. games/openmw
  48. games/retroarch
  49. games/vcmi
  50. graphics/blender
  51. graphics/blender4
  52. graphics/cfdg
  53. graphics/cimg
  54. graphics/digikam
  55. graphics/drawpile
  56. graphics/f3d
  57. graphics/gegl
  58. graphics/glaxnimate
  59. graphics/hiptext
  60. graphics/libheif
  61. graphics/osg
  62. graphics/pqiv
  63. graphics/synfig
  64. graphics/synfigstudio
  65. graphics/timg
  66. graphics/unpaper
  67. graphics/wxsvg
  68. multimedia/arcan
  69. multimedia/audacious-plugins
  70. multimedia/av1an
  71. multimedia/ccextractor
  72. multimedia/dragon
  73. multimedia/droidcam
  74. multimedia/dvbcut
  75. multimedia/dvdstyler
  76. multimedia/ffmpegthumbnailer
  77. multimedia/ffms2
  78. multimedia/gstreamer1-libav
  79. multimedia/guvcview
  80. multimedia/haruna
  81. multimedia/harvid
  82. multimedia/kdemultimedia-ffmpegthumbs
  83. multimedia/kodi
  84. multimedia/lebiniou
  85. multimedia/libopenshot
  86. multimedia/libxine
  87. multimedia/lms
  88. multimedia/mencoder
  89. multimedia/mlt7
  90. multimedia/motion
  91. multimedia/mplayer
  92. multimedia/mpv
  93. multimedia/musikcube
  94. multimedia/nymphcast
  95. multimedia/obs-streamfx
  96. multimedia/obs-studio
  97. multimedia/olive
  98. multimedia/ossia-score
  99. multimedia/py-av
  100. multimedia/py-torchcodec
  101. multimedia/qmmp-plugin-pack-qt5
  102. multimedia/qmmp-plugin-pack-qt6
  103. multimedia/qmmp-qt5
  104. multimedia/qmmp-qt6
  105. multimedia/qt6-multimedia
  106. multimedia/simplescreenrecorder
  107. multimedia/subtitlecomposer
  108. multimedia/vapoursynth-l-smash-works
  109. multimedia/webcamoid
  110. multimedia/wf-recorder
  111. multimedia/winff
  112. multimedia/wl-screenrec
  113. multimedia/x264
  114. multimedia/zoneminder
  115. net/freerdp
  116. net/freerdp3
  117. net/gerbera
  118. net/guacamole-server
  119. net/minidlna
  120. net/neatvnc
  121. net/tigervnc-server
  122. net/tigervnc-viewer
  123. net/wlvncc
  124. net-im/qTox
  125. net-im/telegram-desktop
  126. net-im/tg_owt
  127. science/paraview
  128. textproc/goldendict
  129. www/angie-module-vod
  130. www/nginx-full
  131. www/qt5-webengine
  132. www/qt6-webengine
  133. x11/taiga
  134. x11/xpra
  135. x11-toolkits/pangolin
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Deleted ports which required this port:

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  1. audio/acoustid-fingerprinter*
  2. audio/akode-plugins-ffmpeg*
  3. audio/forked-daapd*
  4. audio/idjc*
  5. audio/kid3-kde4*
  6. audio/kid3-kf5*
  7. audio/kid3-qt4*
  8. audio/kid3-qt5*
  9. audio/lastfm-desktop*
  10. audio/lms*
  11. audio/mixxx22*
  12. audio/plasma5-kpipewire*
  13. comms/dabstick-radio*
  14. deskutils/libstreamanalyzer*
  15. devel/electron11*
  16. devel/electron12*
  17. devel/electron13*
  18. devel/electron4*
  19. devel/electron5*
  20. devel/electron6*
  21. devel/electron7*
  22. devel/electron9*
  23. devel/renpy*
  24. devel/renpy6*
  25. devel/synfig*
  26. editors/atom*
  27. emulators/citra*
  28. emulators/citra-qt5*
  29. emulators/kcemu*
  30. emulators/pcsxr*
  31. emulators/ppsspp-devel*
  32. emulators/ppsspp-qt4*
  33. emulators/ppsspp-qt5-devel*
  34. emulators/yuzu-qt5*
  35. games/renpy*
  36. games/renpy6*
  37. graphics/amide*
  38. graphics/blender-lts28*
  39. graphics/electricsheep*
  40. graphics/gimp-gap*
  41. graphics/gimp-gmic-plugin*
  42. graphics/opencv-java*
  43. graphics/openfx-io*
  44. graphics/openscenegraph*
  45. graphics/osg-devel*
  46. graphics/php5-ffmpeg*
  47. graphics/py-opencv*
  48. java/openjfx8-devel*
  49. misc/survex*
  50. multimedia/2mandvd*
  51. multimedia/QtAV*
  52. multimedia/audacious-plugins-gtk3*
  53. multimedia/bombono*
  54. multimedia/cinelerra-gg*
  55. multimedia/decord*
  56. multimedia/etoile-mediakit*
  57. multimedia/ffmpeg2theora*
  58. multimedia/imagination*
  59. multimedia/k9copy*
  60. multimedia/kdemultimedia-ffmpegthumbs-kde4*
  61. multimedia/kdemultimedia4-ffmpegthumbs*
  62. multimedia/kino*
  63. multimedia/kodi-devel*
  64. multimedia/libquicktime*
  65. multimedia/mediabrowser*
  66. multimedia/miro*
  67. multimedia/mlt*
  68. multimedia/mlt6*
  69. multimedia/moonlight*
  70. multimedia/mplayer2*
  71. multimedia/mpv034*
  72. multimedia/omxplayer*
  73. multimedia/openmovieeditor*
  74. multimedia/pHash*
  75. multimedia/py-ffmpeg*
  76. multimedia/qmmp*
  77. multimedia/qmmp-plugin-pack*
  78. multimedia/transcode*
  79. multimedia/vdr-plugin-markad*
  80. multimedia/vdr-plugin-osdpip*
  81. multimedia/vdr-plugin-softdevice*
  82. multimedia/vdr-plugin-xineliboutput*
  83. net/mediatomb*
  84. net/opal3*
  85. net-im/ring-daemon*
  86. science/siril*
  87. sysutils/k3b-kde4*
  88. sysutils/kfilemetadata*
  89. sysutils/kfilemetadata-kde4*
  90. sysutils/nepomuk-core*
  91. sysutils/nepomuk-core-kde4*
  92. sysutils/xvidcap*
  93. x11/leechcraft*
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for Run
  1. audio/TonieToolbox
  2. audio/audacity
  3. audio/beets
  4. audio/gonic
  5. audio/pacpl
  6. audio/py-pydub
  7. audio/unflac
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  2. audio/waves
  3. devel/appstream-compose
  4. games/wargus
  5. graphics/gmt
  6. graphics/impressive
  7. graphics/natron
  8. graphics/pencil2d
  9. graphics/py-imageio-ffmpeg
  10. graphics/vhs
  11. mail/thunderbird
  12. mail/thunderbird-esr
  13. multimedia/ab-av1
  14. multimedia/cineencoder
  15. multimedia/dvbcut
  16. multimedia/dvd-slideshow
  17. multimedia/ffaudioconverter
  18. multimedia/filebot
  19. multimedia/get_iplayer
  20. multimedia/go2tv
  21. multimedia/jellyfin
  22. multimedia/kdenlive
  23. multimedia/lives
  24. multimedia/lms
  25. multimedia/navidrome
  26. multimedia/opentoonz
  27. multimedia/p5-FFmpeg-Command
  28. multimedia/peek
  29. multimedia/py-mat2
  30. multimedia/py-moviepy
  31. multimedia/py-scenedetect
  32. multimedia/py-tartube
  33. multimedia/qwinff
  34. multimedia/rubygem-streamio-ffmpeg
  35. multimedia/shotcut
  36. multimedia/shotcut-qt6
  37. multimedia/streamlink
  38. multimedia/video-trimmer
  39. multimedia/vlc
  40. net/serviio
  41. net-im/gomuks
  42. net-im/mastodon
  43. net-p2p/bazarr
  44. science/afni
  45. science/lammps
  46. sysutils/devedeng
  47. www/filebrowser-quantum
  48. www/firefox
  49. www/firefox-esr
  50. www/librewolf
  51. www/lux
  52. www/lycheeorg
  53. www/owncast
  54. www/persepolis
  55. www/py-yt-dlp
  56. www/tor-browser
  57. www/waterfox
  58. www/you-get
  59. www/yt-dlp
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Deleted ports which required this port:

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  1. audio/audacity-devel*
  2. audio/lms*
  3. graphics/py-imageio24*
  4. multimedia/devede*
  5. multimedia/kdenlive-kde4*
  6. multimedia/m2tstoavi*
  7. multimedia/py-ffmpeg-python*
  8. multimedia/tovid*
  9. multimedia/transkode*
  10. multimedia/vlc-qt4*
  11. multimedia/vlc3*
  12. multimedia/zoneminder-h264*
  13. net-p2p/bazarr-devel*
  14. net-p2p/tribler*
  15. textproc/py-textract*
  16. www/annie*
  17. www/libresonic-standalone*
  18. www/libxul*
  19. www/madsonic*
  20. www/madsonic-standalone*
  21. www/py-yt-dlp-devel*
  22. www/seamonkey*
  23. www/subsonic*
  24. www/subsonic-standalone*
  25. www/youtube_dlc*
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Configuration Options:
===> The following configuration options are available for ffmpeg-8.1,1: ALSA=off: ALSA audio architecture support AMR_NB=off: AMR Narrow Band audio support (opencore) AMR_WB=off: AMR Wide Band audio support (opencore) AOM=on: AV1 video encoding/decoding via libaom ARIBB24=off: ARIB text and caption decoding via libaribb24 ASM=on: Use optimized assembly code ASS=on: Subtitles rendering via libass BS2B=off: Bauer Stereophonic-to-Binaural filter CACA=off: libcaca graphics library support CDIO=off: CDIO support via libcdio CODEC2=off: Codec 2 audio encoding/decoding via libcodec2 DAV1D=on: AV1 video decoding via libdav1d DC1394=off: IIDC-1394 grabbing using libdc1394 DEBUG=off: Build with debugging support DOCS=on: Build and/or install documentation DRM=on: KMS grabbing using libdrm DVD=on: Support for DVD FDK_AAC=off: AAC audio encoding via Fraunhofer FDK FLITE=off: Voice synthesis support via libflite FONTCONFIG=on: X11 font configuration support FREETYPE=on: TrueType font rendering support FREI0R=on: Frei0r video plugins support FRIBIDI=off: Bidirectional text support via GNU FriBidi GLSLANG=off: GLSL->SPIRV compilation via libglslang GME=off: Game Music Emu demuxer GSM=off: GSM codec support HARFBUZZ=on: Text shaping via HarfBuzz ICONV=on: Encoding conversion support via iconv ILBC=off: Internet Low Bit Rate codec JACK=off: JACK audio server support JXL=on: JPEG XL image format via libjxl KVAZAAR=off: H.265 video codec support via Kvazaar LADSPA=off: LADSPA audio plugins support LAME=on: LAME MP3 audio encoder support LCMS2=on: Little CMS 2.x support LENSFUN=off: Camera lens database support via LensFun LIBBLURAY=on: Blu-ray discs support via libbluray LIBPLACEBO=on: GPU filters from libplacebo LIBRSVG2=on: SVG vector graphics support via librsvg2 LIBXML2=on: XML parser support via libxml2 LTO=on: Use Link-Time Optimization LV2=off: LV2 audio filtering MFX=off: Intel MediaSDK (aka Quick Sync Video) MODPLUG=off: ModPlug decoder support MYSOFA=off: SOFAlizer binaural filter NETWORK=on: Networking support NVENC=on: NVIDIA decoder/encoder with CUDA support OPENAL=off: Audio support via OpenAL OPENCL=off: Heterogeneous computing via OpenCL OPENGL=off: 2D/3D rendering support via OpenGL OPENH264=off: H.264 video codec support via OpenH264 OPENJPEG=off: JPEG 2000 support via OpenJPEG OPENMPT=off: Decoding tracked files via libopenmpt OPTIMIZED_CFLAGS=on: Use extra compiler optimizations OPUS=on: Opus audio codec support POCKETSPHINX=off: Automatic Speech Recognition via PocketSphinx PULSEAUDIO=off: PulseAudio sound server support RABBITMQ=off: AMQP 0-9-1 protocol via RabbitMQ RAV1E=off: AV1 encoding via librav1e RIST=off: Reliable Internet Stream Transport protocol via librist RTCPU=on: Detect CPU capabilities at runtime RUBBERBAND=off: Time-stretching and pitch-shifting with librubberband SDL=off: Simple Direct Media Layer support SHADERC=on: GLSL->SPIRV compilation via libshaderc SMB=off: SMB network protocol support SNAPPY=off: Snappy compression library support SNDIO=off: Sndio audio support SOXR=off: SoX resampler support via libsoxr SPEEX=off: Speex audio format support SRT=on: Haivision SRT protocol via libsrt SSH=off: SSH protocol support SVTAV1=on: AV1 encoding via SVT-AV1 TENSORFLOW=off: TensorFlow as a DNN module backend TESSERACT=off: Optical Character Recognition via Tesseract THEORA=off: Encoding support for theora via libtheora TWOLAME=off: TwoLAME MP2 audio encoder support V4L=on: Video 4 Linux support VAAPI=on: VAAPI (GPU video acceleration) support VAPOURSYNTH=off: VapourSynth demuxer VDPAU=on: VDPAU (GPU video acceleration) support VIDSTAB=off: Video stabilization filter VMAF=on: VMAF filter via libvmaf VORBIS=on: Ogg Vorbis audio codec support VO_AMRWBENC=off: AMR Wide Band encoding via vo-amrwbenc VPL=off: Intel oneVPL (aka Quick Sync Video) VPX=on: VP8/VP9 video codec support VULKAN=on: Vulkan filters VVENC=off: H.266/VVC encoding support via VVenC WEBP=on: WebP image format support X264=on: H.264 video codec support via x264 X265=on: H.265 video codec support via x265 XCB=on: X11 grabbing using XCB XVID=off: Encoding support for MPEG-4 ASP via libxvid XVIDEO=off: X11 Video extension library support ZIMG=off: "z" library video scaling filter ZMQ=off: Message passing via libzmq4 ZVBI=off: Teletext support via libzvbi ====> Licensing options GPL3=on: Allow (L)GPL version 3 code(cs) NONFREE=off: Allow use of nonfree code ====> RTMP(T)E protocol support: you can only select none or one of them GCRYPT=off: Use GNU crypt library instead of OpenSSL GMP=on: GMP (multiple precision arithmetic) support ====> SSL protocol support: you can only select none or one of them GNUTLS=on: SSL/TLS support via GnuTLS OPENSSL=off: SSL/TLS support via OpenSSL ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Options name:
multimedia_ffmpeg
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