The build script extracts build information and (when possible) the license file from the downloaded package or the distribution server.

macOS 圆4 (Intel) & ARM64 (Apple Silicon) builds.

The build script downloads binaries from these locations: Users/j/playground/node_modules/ffmpeg- static/ffmpegĬheck the example script for a more thorough example. var pathToFfmpeg = require( 'ffmpeg-static') Returns the path of a statically linked ffmpeg binary on the local filesystem. export FFMPEG_BINARIES_URL=Įlectron & other cross-platform packaging toolsīecause ffmpeg-static will download a binary specific to the OS/platform, you need to purge node_modules before (re-)packaging your app for a different OS/platform ( read more in #35).

when using a mirror, set the FFMPEG_BINARIES_URL environment variable. Custom binaries urlīy default, the ffmpeg binary will get downloaded from. Use and distribution of the binary releases of FFmpeg are covered by their respective license.

Note: During installation, it will download the appropriate ffmpeg binary from the b5.0.1 GitHub release. This module is installed via npm: $ npm install ffmpeg-static To prevent an ffmpeg-static upgrade downloading backwards-incompatible ffmpeg versions, use a strict version range for it or use a lockfile.Īlso check out node-ffmpeg-installer! Installation

When releasing new versions, we do not consider breaking changes in ffmpeg itself, but only the JS interface (see below). Note: The version of ffmpeg-static follows SemVer. The ffmpeg version currently used is 5.0.1. Supports macOS (64-bit and arm64), Linux (32 and 64-bit, armhf, arm64), Windows (32 and 64-bit). Ffmpeg static binaries for Mac OSX, Linux, Windows.

Ffmpeg for windows binaries