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Audacity 2.3.1 on Mac is now a 64-bit application. This means that if you are a user of previous Audacity versions on Mac and had installed the optional FFmpeg library then you must now install the 64-bit versions of the FFmpeg library, otherwise your imports and exports that depend upon FFmpeg will no longer work. An open source office suite that provides a good alternative to commercial office tools on Linux, Windows and Mac OS X platforms Google Chrome 85.0.4183.121 / 86.0.4240.68 Beta / 87.0.4278.0 Dev The powerful, lightweight and easy-to-use web browser developed by the well known Google company. This is a macOS GUI front end for youtube-dl the cross-platform video downloader. It runs on any Apple Mac with OS X 10.10 or later. It has been developed in AppleScript. The code is not protected and can be opened in Script Editor. It is code signed and should pass Gatekeeper. Features. Download individual videos and playlists.
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FFmpeg only provides source code. Below are some links that provide it already compiled and ready to go.
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Get the Sources
You can retrieve the source code through Git by using the command:
FFmpeg has always been a very experimental and developer-driven project. It is a key component in many multimedia projects and has new features added constantly. Development branch snapshots work really well 99% of the time so people are not afraid to use them.
Git Repositories
Since FFmpeg is developed with Git, multiple repositories from developers and groups of developers are available.
| Clone URL | Description |
|---|---|
| Main FFmpeg Git repository | |
| https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-web | Main ffmpeg.org website repository |
| https://git.ffmpeg.org/fateserver | fate.ffmpeg.org server software repository |
| Mirrors | |
| Mirror of the main repository | |
| Mirror of the website repository | |
| Mirror of the FATE server repository | |
Releases
Approximately every 6 months the FFmpeg project makes a new major release. Between major releases point releases will appear that add important bug fixes but no new features. Note that these releases are intended for distributors and system integrators. Users that wish to compile from source themselves are strongly encouraged to consider using the development branch (see above), this is the only version on which FFmpeg developers actively work. The release branches only cherry pick selected changes from the development branch, which therefore receives much more and much faster bug fixes such as additional features and security patches.
FFmpeg 4.3.1 '4:3'
4.3.1 was released on 2020-07-11. It is the latest stable FFmpeg release from the 4.3 release branch, which was cut from master on 2020-06-08.
It includes the following library versions:
FFmpeg 4.2.4 'Ada'
4.2.4 was released on 2020-07-09. It is the latest stable FFmpeg release from the 4.2 release branch, which was cut from master on 2019-07-21.
It includes the following library versions:
Ffmpeg Gui For Mac
FFmpeg 4.1.6 'al-Khwarizmi'
4.1.6 was released on 2020-07-05. It is the latest stable FFmpeg release from the 4.1 release branch, which was cut from master on 2018-11-02.
It includes the following library versions:
FFmpeg 4.0.6 'Wu'
4.0.6 was released on 2020-07-03. It is the latest stable FFmpeg release from the 4.0 release branch, which was cut from master on 2018-04-16.
It includes the following library versions:
FFmpeg 3.4.8 'Cantor'
3.4.8 was released on 2020-07-04. It is the latest stable FFmpeg release from the 3.4 release branch, which was cut from master on 2017-10-11.
It includes the following library versions:
FFmpeg 3.2.15 'Hypatia'
3.2.15 was released on 2020-07-02. It is the latest stable FFmpeg release from the 3.2 release branch, which was cut from master on 2016-10-26.
It includes the following library versions:
Ffmpeg Gui Osx
FFmpeg 2.8.17 'Feynman'
Ffmpeg Gui Macos
2.8.17 was released on 2020-07-07. It is the latest stable FFmpeg release from the 2.8 release branch, which was cut from master on 2015-09-05. Amongst lots of other changes, it includes all changes from ffmpeg-mt, libav master of 2015-08-28, libav 11 as of 2015-08-28.
It includes the following library versions:
Old Releases
Older versions are available at the Old Releases page.
I currently use Mediacoder to transcode h264 video from the BBC to xvid to watch on XBMC on my XBOX. I've never been able to get it perfectly right, I always seem to get 'wobbles' on fast moving scenes.
I would like to use mencoder or ffmpeg for transcoding as command line tools offer easy automation and a higher degree of control compared to gui tools. Portability is also an issue as I use Linux at work and Windows/Cygwin and OSX at home.
Does anyone have any mencoder or ffmpeg 'recipies' for transcoding smooth xvid for xbmc? I don't even mind h264 if you can get good results.
Regards,
Richard