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Port details on branch 2024Q4
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:

Expand this list of 5 deleted ports
  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/py-opencv-python-headless
  64. graphics/synfig
  65. graphics/synfigstudio
  66. graphics/timg
  67. graphics/unpaper
  68. graphics/wxsvg
  69. multimedia/arcan
  70. multimedia/audacious-plugins
  71. multimedia/av1an
  72. multimedia/ccextractor
  73. multimedia/dragon
  74. multimedia/droidcam
  75. multimedia/dvbcut
  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/libopenshot
  85. multimedia/libxine
  86. multimedia/lms
  87. multimedia/mencoder
  88. multimedia/mlt7
  89. multimedia/motion
  90. multimedia/mplayer
  91. multimedia/mpv
  92. multimedia/musikcube
  93. multimedia/nymphcast
  94. multimedia/obs-streamfx
  95. multimedia/obs-studio
  96. multimedia/olive
  97. multimedia/ossia-score
  98. multimedia/py-av
  99. multimedia/py-torchcodec
  100. multimedia/qmmp-plugin-pack-qt5
  101. multimedia/qmmp-plugin-pack-qt6
  102. multimedia/qmmp-qt5
  103. multimedia/qmmp-qt6
  104. multimedia/qt6-multimedia
  105. multimedia/simplescreenrecorder
  106. multimedia/subtitlecomposer
  107. multimedia/vapoursynth-l-smash-works
  108. multimedia/webcamoid
  109. multimedia/wf-recorder
  110. multimedia/winff
  111. multimedia/wl-screenrec
  112. multimedia/x264
  113. multimedia/zoneminder
  114. net/freerdp
  115. net/freerdp3
  116. net/gerbera
  117. net/guacamole-server
  118. net/minidlna
  119. net/neatvnc
  120. net/tigervnc-server
  121. net/tigervnc-viewer
  122. net/wlvncc
  123. net-im/qTox
  124. net-im/telegram-desktop
  125. net-im/tg_owt
  126. science/paraview
  127. textproc/goldendict
  128. www/angie-module-vod
  129. www/nginx-full
  130. www/qt5-webengine
  131. www/qt6-webengine
  132. x11/taiga
  133. x11/xpra
  134. x11-toolkits/pangolin
  135. 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/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/dvdstyler*
  57. multimedia/etoile-mediakit*
  58. multimedia/ffmpeg2theora*
  59. multimedia/imagination*
  60. multimedia/k9copy*
  61. multimedia/kdemultimedia-ffmpegthumbs-kde4*
  62. multimedia/kdemultimedia4-ffmpegthumbs*
  63. multimedia/kino*
  64. multimedia/kodi-devel*
  65. multimedia/libquicktime*
  66. multimedia/mediabrowser*
  67. multimedia/miro*
  68. multimedia/mlt*
  69. multimedia/mlt6*
  70. multimedia/moonlight*
  71. multimedia/mplayer2*
  72. multimedia/mpv034*
  73. multimedia/omxplayer*
  74. multimedia/openmovieeditor*
  75. multimedia/pHash*
  76. multimedia/py-ffmpeg*
  77. multimedia/qmmp*
  78. multimedia/qmmp-plugin-pack*
  79. multimedia/transcode*
  80. multimedia/vdr-plugin-markad*
  81. multimedia/vdr-plugin-osdpip*
  82. multimedia/vdr-plugin-softdevice*
  83. multimedia/vdr-plugin-xineliboutput*
  84. net/mediatomb*
  85. net/opal3*
  86. net-im/ring-daemon*
  87. science/siril*
  88. sysutils/k3b-kde4*
  89. sysutils/kfilemetadata*
  90. sysutils/kfilemetadata-kde4*
  91. sysutils/nepomuk-core*
  92. sysutils/nepomuk-core-kde4*
  93. sysutils/xvidcap*
  94. 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/songsee
Expand this list (91 items / 84 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/natron
  9. graphics/pencil2d
  10. graphics/py-imageio-ffmpeg
  11. graphics/vhs
  12. mail/thunderbird
  13. mail/thunderbird-esr
  14. misc/openclaw
  15. multimedia/ab-av1
  16. multimedia/cineencoder
  17. multimedia/dvbcut
  18. multimedia/dvd-slideshow
  19. multimedia/ffaudioconverter
  20. multimedia/filebot
  21. multimedia/get_iplayer
  22. multimedia/go2tv
  23. multimedia/jellyfin
  24. multimedia/kdenlive
  25. multimedia/lives
  26. multimedia/lms
  27. multimedia/opentoonz
  28. multimedia/p5-FFmpeg-Command
  29. multimedia/peek
  30. multimedia/py-mat2
  31. multimedia/py-moviepy
  32. multimedia/py-scenedetect
  33. multimedia/py-tartube
  34. multimedia/qwinff
  35. multimedia/rubygem-streamio-ffmpeg
  36. multimedia/shotcut
  37. multimedia/shotcut-qt6
  38. multimedia/streamlink
  39. multimedia/video-trimmer
  40. multimedia/vlc
  41. net/serviio
  42. net-im/gomuks
  43. net-im/mastodon
  44. net-p2p/bazarr
  45. science/afni
  46. science/lammps
  47. sysutils/devedeng
  48. www/filebrowser-quantum
  49. www/firefox
  50. www/firefox-esr
  51. www/librewolf
  52. www/lux
  53. www/lycheeorg
  54. www/owncast
  55. www/persepolis
  56. www/py-yt-dlp
  57. www/tor-browser
  58. www/waterfox
  59. www/you-get
  60. 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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