FFmpeg

ClipBucket uses FFmpeg for video conversion and thumbnail generation. It is widely used software, and we are grateful to the FFmpeg team for their work.

FFmpeg is a complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video. It includes libavcodec—the leading audio/video codec library. See the documentation for a complete feature list and the changelog for recent changes.

FFmpeg is free software licensed under the LGPL or GPL depending on your choice of configuration options. If you use FFmpeg or its constituent libraries, you must adhere to the terms of the license in question. You can find basic compliance information and get licensing help on FFmpeg’s license and legal considerations page.

Looking for help with ClipBucket? Contact us. For upstream FFmpeg bugs, read the bug reporting guidelines on ffmpeg.org first.

Want to participate in the active development of FFmpeg? Keep up with the latest developments by subscribing to the ffmpeg-devel and ffmpeg-cvslog lists.

Project components

• ffmpeg — command-line tool to convert multimedia files between formats.
• ffserver — multimedia streaming server for live broadcasts.
• ffplay — simple media player based on SDL and the FFmpeg libraries.
• ffprobe — simple multimedia stream analyzer.
• libavutil — library with helpers for programming (RNGs, data structures, math, core multimedia utilities, and more).
• libavcodec — library containing decoders and encoders for audio/video codecs.
• libavformat — library containing demuxers and muxers for multimedia container formats.
• libavdevice — library for input/output devices (e.g. Video4Linux, VfW, ALSA).
• libavfilter — library containing media filters.
• libswscale — optimized image scaling and color-space / pixel-format conversion.

For server-side requirements (FFmpeg version, encoders, paths), see Installation requirements.