FFmpeg on Window

FFmpeg on Windows

How we can run ffmpeg on Windows?

Here is the steps to take so that we can run it on Windows.

Step 1. Download a static version of ffmpeg

Download a static version for our system:
http://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/.

In my case, its 64bit version: ffmpeg-20131002-git-64327aa-win64-static.7z

Step 2. Extract the 7z file

We extract the file, and copy the contents to a folder if you want.

In my case, it's C:/FFmpeg.

Step 3. Set Path Environment Variable

We need to update the Environment variable, PATH:

In my case, it's C:/FFmpeg/bin.

Here are the executables in the bin directory:

Step 4. Checking the installation

We want to check if the installation is successful.

Type in ffmpeg -version, and if it works, the output should look like this:

C:\>ffmpeg -version
ffmpeg version N-56827-g64327aa
built on Oct  2 2013 18:07:56 with gcc 4.8.1 (GCC)
configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --disable-w32threads --enable-avis
ynth --enable-bzlib --enable-fontconfig --enable-frei0r --enable-gnutls --enable
-iconv --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libcaca --enable-libfreetype
--enable-libgsm --enable-libilbc --enable-libmodplug --enable-libmp3lame --enabl
e-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-lib
opus --enable-librtmp --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspee
x --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvo-aace
nc --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpac
k --enable-libx264 --enable-libxavs --enable-libxvid --enable-zlib
libavutil      52. 46.100 / 52. 46.100
libavcodec     55. 33.101 / 55. 33.101
libavformat    55. 19.100 / 55. 19.100
libavdevice    55.  3.100 / 55.  3.100
libavfilter     3. 88.100 /  3. 88.100
libswscale      2.  5.100 /  2.  5.100
libswresample   0. 17.103 /  0. 17.103
libpostproc    52.  3.100 / 52.  3.100
C:\>

Step 5. Playing - ffplay

We can also check if it plays this:

Original video: planet_small.mp4

ffplay planet_small.mp4

Step 6. Converting to MOV - ffmpeg

We can convert mp4 to mov.

ffmpeg -i planet_small.mp4 planet_small.mov

Here, i indicates an input.

We can convert virtually any video files to another media format that we want.

Qt FFmpeg dialog

FFmpeg converter

The picture is converting mp4 to webm using ffmpeg.

HTML5 Qt Video Player

The video recording below is the player built using HTML5 video tag with QWebView as its canvas. Internally, we have two containers: mp4 and ogv, and both are converted from recorded avi. The very converter of this tutorial was used for the conversion.

Tutorial for the code: