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Port details on branch 2026Q4
ffmpeg Realtime audio/video encoder/converter and streaming server
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Maintainer: multimedia@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2002-11-28 00:14:07
Last Update: 2026-10-03 19:13:06
Commit Hash: d98c014
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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

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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 = 1789801621 SHA256 (ffmpeg-9.0.2.tar.xz) = 8c3850283eb25fa026482078a04051e0be17347b09ef81a0849bec15a96e002e SIZE (ffmpeg-9.0.2.tar.xz) = 12040788

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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. libsrt.so : www/srt
  19. libSvtAv1Enc.so : multimedia/svt-av1
  20. libv4l2.so : multimedia/libv4l
  21. libva.so : multimedia/libva
  22. libvdpau.so : multimedia/libvdpau
  23. libvmaf.so : multimedia/vmaf
  24. libvorbisenc.so : audio/libvorbis
  25. libvpx.so : multimedia/libvpx
  26. libvulkan.so : graphics/vulkan-loader
  27. libwebp.so : graphics/webp
  28. libx264.so : multimedia/libx264
  29. libx265.so : multimedia/x265
  30. libcairo.so : graphics/cairo
  31. libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so : graphics/gdk-pixbuf2
  32. libglib-2.0.so : devel/glib20
  33. libintl.so : devel/gettext-runtime
  34. librsvg-2.so : graphics/librsvg2-rust
  35. libxml2.so : textproc/libxml2
This port is required by:
for Build
  1. audio/audacity
  2. multimedia/mpv
  3. multimedia/p5-FFmpeg-Command
  4. multimedia/tenacity
  5. multimedia/vlc
  6. net/waypipe
  7. science/lammps
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  2. www/persepolis
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Deleted ports which required this port:

Expand this list of 6 deleted ports
  1. math/sage*
  2. multimedia/dvbcut*
  3. multimedia/mpv034*
  4. multimedia/vlc-qt4*
  5. multimedia/vlc3*
  6. multimedia/zoneminder-h264*
  7. Collapse this list of deleted ports.
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. cad/opencascade
  25. comms/scrcpy
  26. comms/sdrangel
  27. deskutils/calibre
  28. devel/kf5-kfilemetadata
  29. devel/kf6-kfilemetadata
  30. devel/notcurses
  31. devel/simgear
  32. emulators/dolphin-emu
  33. emulators/dosbox-x
  34. emulators/emu64
  35. emulators/es-de
  36. emulators/fceux
  37. emulators/mgba
  38. emulators/pcsx2
  39. emulators/rpcs3
  40. emulators/wine-devel
  41. emulators/yuzu
  42. games/DDNet
  43. games/corsix-th
  44. games/fs2open
  45. games/moonlight-embedded
  46. games/moonlight-embedded-devel
  47. games/moonlight-qt
  48. games/openenroth
  49. games/openmw
  50. games/retroarch
  51. games/trx
  52. games/vcmi
  53. graphics/blender
  54. graphics/blender4
  55. graphics/cfdg
  56. graphics/cimg
  57. graphics/digikam
  58. graphics/drawpile
  59. graphics/f3d
  60. graphics/gegl
  61. graphics/glaxnimate
  62. graphics/libheif
  63. graphics/openboard
  64. graphics/osg
  65. graphics/pqiv
  66. graphics/py-opencv-python-headless
  67. graphics/synfig
  68. graphics/synfigstudio
  69. graphics/timg
  70. graphics/unpaper
  71. graphics/wxsvg
  72. math/octave-forge-octave_ffmpeg_free
  73. multimedia/arcan
  74. multimedia/audacious-plugins
  75. multimedia/av1an
  76. multimedia/ccextractor
  77. multimedia/dragon
  78. multimedia/droidcam
  79. multimedia/ffmpegthumbnailer
  80. multimedia/ffms2
  81. multimedia/gstreamer1-libav
  82. multimedia/guvcview
  83. multimedia/hana
  84. multimedia/haruna
  85. multimedia/harvid
  86. multimedia/kdemultimedia-ffmpegthumbs
  87. multimedia/kodi
  88. multimedia/lebiniou
  89. multimedia/libopenshot
  90. multimedia/libxine
  91. multimedia/lms
  92. multimedia/mencoder
  93. multimedia/mlt7
  94. multimedia/motion
  95. multimedia/mplayer
  96. multimedia/mpv
  97. multimedia/mpv-mpris
  98. multimedia/musikcube
  99. multimedia/obs-studio
  100. multimedia/olive
  101. multimedia/ossia-score
  102. multimedia/py-av
  103. multimedia/py-torchcodec
  104. multimedia/qmmp-plugin-pack-qt5
  105. multimedia/qmmp-plugin-pack-qt6
  106. multimedia/qmmp-qt5
  107. multimedia/qmmp-qt6
  108. multimedia/qt6-multimedia
  109. multimedia/simplescreenrecorder
  110. multimedia/smelter
  111. multimedia/subtitlecomposer
  112. multimedia/vapoursynth-l-smash-works
  113. multimedia/webcamoid
  114. multimedia/wf-recorder
  115. multimedia/winff
  116. multimedia/wl-screenrec
  117. multimedia/x264
  118. multimedia/zoneminder
  119. net/freerdp
  120. net/freerdp3
  121. net/freeswitch
  122. net/gerbera
  123. net/guacamole-server
  124. net/minidlna
  125. net/neatvnc
  126. net/tigervnc-server
  127. net/tigervnc-viewer
  128. net/wlvncc
  129. net-im/qTox
  130. net-im/telegram-desktop
  131. net-im/tg_owt
  132. science/paraview
  133. www/angie-module-vod
  134. www/nginx-full
  135. www/qt6-webengine
  136. x11/swayimg
  137. x11/xpra
  138. x11-toolkits/pangolin
  139. Collapse this list.

Deleted ports which required this port:

Expand this list of 101 deleted ports
  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/hiptext*
  43. graphics/opencv-java*
  44. graphics/openfx-io*
  45. graphics/openscenegraph*
  46. graphics/osg-devel*
  47. graphics/php5-ffmpeg*
  48. graphics/py-opencv*
  49. java/openjfx8-devel*
  50. misc/survex*
  51. multimedia/2mandvd*
  52. multimedia/QtAV*
  53. multimedia/audacious-plugins-gtk3*
  54. multimedia/bombono*
  55. multimedia/cinelerra-gg*
  56. multimedia/decord*
  57. multimedia/dvbcut*
  58. multimedia/dvdstyler*
  59. multimedia/etoile-mediakit*
  60. multimedia/ffmpeg2theora*
  61. multimedia/imagination*
  62. multimedia/k9copy*
  63. multimedia/kdemultimedia-ffmpegthumbs-kde4*
  64. multimedia/kdemultimedia4-ffmpegthumbs*
  65. multimedia/kino*
  66. multimedia/kodi-devel*
  67. multimedia/libquicktime*
  68. multimedia/mediabrowser*
  69. multimedia/miro*
  70. multimedia/mlt*
  71. multimedia/mlt6*
  72. multimedia/moonlight*
  73. multimedia/mplayer2*
  74. multimedia/mpv034*
  75. multimedia/nymphcast*
  76. multimedia/obs-streamfx*
  77. multimedia/omxplayer*
  78. multimedia/openmovieeditor*
  79. multimedia/pHash*
  80. multimedia/py-ffmpeg*
  81. multimedia/qmmp*
  82. multimedia/qmmp-plugin-pack*
  83. multimedia/transcode*
  84. multimedia/vdr-plugin-markad*
  85. multimedia/vdr-plugin-osdpip*
  86. multimedia/vdr-plugin-softdevice*
  87. multimedia/vdr-plugin-xineliboutput*
  88. net/mediatomb*
  89. net/opal3*
  90. net-im/ring-daemon*
  91. science/siril*
  92. sysutils/k3b-kde4*
  93. sysutils/kfilemetadata*
  94. sysutils/kfilemetadata-kde4*
  95. sysutils/nepomuk-core*
  96. sysutils/nepomuk-core-kde4*
  97. sysutils/xvidcap*
  98. textproc/goldendict*
  99. www/qt5-webengine*
  100. x11/leechcraft*
  101. x11/taiga*
  102. Collapse this list of deleted ports.
for Run
  1. audio/TonieToolbox
  2. audio/audacity
  3. audio/beets
  4. audio/gonic
  5. audio/pacpl
  6. audio/py-pydub
  7. audio/songsee
Expand this list (92 items / 85 hidden - sorry, this count includes any deleted ports)
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  2. audio/unflac
  3. audio/waves
  4. devel/appstream-compose
  5. games/wargus
  6. graphics/gmt
  7. graphics/impressive
  8. graphics/pencil2d
  9. graphics/py-imageio-ffmpeg
  10. graphics/vhs
  11. mail/thunderbird
  12. mail/thunderbird-esr
  13. misc/openclaw
  14. multimedia/ab-av1
  15. multimedia/cineencoder
  16. multimedia/dvd-slideshow
  17. multimedia/ffaudioconverter
  18. multimedia/filebot
  19. multimedia/get_iplayer
  20. multimedia/go2tv
  21. multimedia/graft
  22. multimedia/jellyfin
  23. multimedia/kdenlive
  24. multimedia/lives
  25. multimedia/lms
  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
  60. Collapse this list.

Deleted ports which required this port:

Expand this list of 27 deleted ports
  1. audio/audacity-devel*
  2. audio/lms*
  3. graphics/natron*
  4. graphics/py-imageio24*
  5. multimedia/devede*
  6. multimedia/dvbcut*
  7. multimedia/kdenlive-kde4*
  8. multimedia/m2tstoavi*
  9. multimedia/py-ffmpeg-python*
  10. multimedia/tovid*
  11. multimedia/transkode*
  12. multimedia/vlc-qt4*
  13. multimedia/vlc3*
  14. multimedia/zoneminder-h264*
  15. net-p2p/bazarr-devel*
  16. net-p2p/tribler*
  17. textproc/py-textract*
  18. www/annie*
  19. www/libresonic-standalone*
  20. www/libxul*
  21. www/madsonic*
  22. www/madsonic-standalone*
  23. www/py-yt-dlp-devel*
  24. www/seamonkey*
  25. www/subsonic*
  26. www/subsonic-standalone*
  27. www/youtube_dlc*
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Configuration Options:
===> The following configuration options are available for ffmpeg-9.0.2_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 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 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 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 libvpl (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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