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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 8.1,1Version 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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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/es-de
  33. emulators/fceux
  34. emulators/mgba
  35. emulators/pcsx2
  36. emulators/rpcs3
  37. emulators/wine-devel
  38. emulators/yuzu
  39. games/DDNet
  40. games/corsix-th
  41. games/fs2open
  42. games/moonlight-embedded
  43. games/moonlight-embedded-devel
  44. games/moonlight-qt
  45. games/openenroth
  46. games/openmw
  47. games/retroarch
  48. games/vcmi
  49. graphics/blender
  50. graphics/blender4
  51. graphics/cfdg
  52. graphics/cimg
  53. graphics/digikam
  54. graphics/drawpile
  55. graphics/f3d
  56. graphics/gegl
  57. graphics/glaxnimate
  58. graphics/hiptext
  59. graphics/libheif
  60. graphics/osg
  61. graphics/pqiv
  62. graphics/py-opencv-python-headless
  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/ffmpegthumbnailer
  76. multimedia/ffms2
  77. multimedia/gstreamer1-libav
  78. multimedia/guvcview
  79. multimedia/haruna
  80. multimedia/harvid
  81. multimedia/kdemultimedia-ffmpegthumbs
  82. multimedia/kodi
  83. multimedia/libopenshot
  84. multimedia/libxine
  85. multimedia/lms
  86. multimedia/mencoder
  87. multimedia/mlt7
  88. multimedia/motion
  89. multimedia/mplayer
  90. multimedia/mpv
  91. multimedia/musikcube
  92. multimedia/nymphcast
  93. multimedia/obs-streamfx
  94. multimedia/obs-studio
  95. multimedia/olive
  96. multimedia/ossia-score
  97. multimedia/py-av
  98. multimedia/py-torchcodec
  99. multimedia/qmmp-plugin-pack-qt5
  100. multimedia/qmmp-plugin-pack-qt6
  101. multimedia/qmmp-qt5
  102. multimedia/qmmp-qt6
  103. multimedia/qt6-multimedia
  104. multimedia/simplescreenrecorder
  105. multimedia/subtitlecomposer
  106. multimedia/vapoursynth-l-smash-works
  107. multimedia/webcamoid
  108. multimedia/wf-recorder
  109. multimedia/winff
  110. multimedia/wl-screenrec
  111. multimedia/x264
  112. multimedia/zoneminder
  113. net/freerdp
  114. net/freerdp3
  115. net/gerbera
  116. net/guacamole-server
  117. net/minidlna
  118. net/neatvnc
  119. net/tigervnc-server
  120. net/tigervnc-viewer
  121. net/wlvncc
  122. net-im/qTox
  123. net-im/telegram-desktop
  124. net-im/tg_owt
  125. science/paraview
  126. textproc/goldendict
  127. www/angie-module-vod
  128. www/nginx-full
  129. www/qt5-webengine
  130. www/qt6-webengine
  131. x11/taiga
  132. x11/xpra
  133. x11-toolkits/pangolin
  134. Collapse this list.

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/emu64*
  30. emulators/kcemu*
  31. emulators/pcsxr*
  32. emulators/ppsspp-devel*
  33. emulators/ppsspp-qt4*
  34. emulators/ppsspp-qt5-devel*
  35. emulators/yuzu-qt5*
  36. games/renpy*
  37. games/renpy6*
  38. graphics/amide*
  39. graphics/blender-lts28*
  40. graphics/electricsheep*
  41. graphics/gimp-gap*
  42. graphics/gimp-gmic-plugin*
  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/dvdstyler*
  58. multimedia/etoile-mediakit*
  59. multimedia/ffmpeg2theora*
  60. multimedia/imagination*
  61. multimedia/k9copy*
  62. multimedia/kdemultimedia-ffmpegthumbs-kde4*
  63. multimedia/kdemultimedia4-ffmpegthumbs*
  64. multimedia/kino*
  65. multimedia/kodi-devel*
  66. multimedia/libquicktime*
  67. multimedia/mediabrowser*
  68. multimedia/miro*
  69. multimedia/mlt*
  70. multimedia/mlt6*
  71. multimedia/moonlight*
  72. multimedia/mplayer2*
  73. multimedia/mpv034*
  74. multimedia/omxplayer*
  75. multimedia/openmovieeditor*
  76. multimedia/pHash*
  77. multimedia/py-ffmpeg*
  78. multimedia/qmmp*
  79. multimedia/qmmp-plugin-pack*
  80. multimedia/transcode*
  81. multimedia/vdr-plugin-markad*
  82. multimedia/vdr-plugin-osdpip*
  83. multimedia/vdr-plugin-softdevice*
  84. multimedia/vdr-plugin-xineliboutput*
  85. net/mediatomb*
  86. net/opal3*
  87. net-im/ring-daemon*
  88. science/siril*
  89. sysutils/k3b-kde4*
  90. sysutils/kfilemetadata*
  91. sysutils/kfilemetadata-kde4*
  92. sysutils/nepomuk-core*
  93. sysutils/nepomuk-core-kde4*
  94. sysutils/xvidcap*
  95. 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/opentoonz
  26. multimedia/p5-FFmpeg-Command
  27. multimedia/peek
  28. multimedia/py-mat2
  29. multimedia/py-moviepy
  30. multimedia/py-scenedetect
  31. multimedia/py-tartube
  32. multimedia/qwinff
  33. multimedia/rubygem-streamio-ffmpeg
  34. multimedia/shotcut
  35. multimedia/shotcut-qt6
  36. multimedia/streamlink
  37. multimedia/video-trimmer
  38. multimedia/vlc
  39. net/serviio
  40. net-im/gomuks
  41. net-im/mastodon
  42. net-p2p/bazarr
  43. science/afni
  44. science/lammps
  45. sysutils/devedeng
  46. www/filebrowser-quantum
  47. www/firefox
  48. www/firefox-esr
  49. www/librewolf
  50. www/lux
  51. www/lycheeorg
  52. www/owncast
  53. www/persepolis
  54. www/py-yt-dlp
  55. www/tor-browser
  56. www/waterfox
  57. www/you-get
  58. 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
USES:
compiler:c17 cpe gmake localbase:ldflags perl5 pkgconfig shebangfix tar:xz iconv gnome gnome xorg xorg
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