Name: FFMpegCore
Author: Malte Rosenbjerg, Vlad Jerca, Max Bagryantsev

FFMpegCore v5.3.0 — nugetz

var mediaInfo = await FFProbe.AnalyseAsync(inputPath);

var mediaInfo = FFProbe.Analyse(inputPath);

FFMpegArguments
    .FromFileInput(inputPath)
    .OutputToFile(outputPath, false, options => options
        .WithVideoCodec(VideoCodec.LibX264)
        .WithConstantRateFactor(21)
        .WithAudioCodec(AudioCodec.Aac)
        .WithVariableBitrate(4)
        .WithVideoFilters(filterOptions => filterOptions
            .Scale(VideoSize.Hd))
        .WithFastStart())
    .ProcessSynchronously();

await FFMpegArguments
    .FromPipeInput(new StreamPipeSource(inputStream))
    .OutputToPipe(new StreamPipeSink(outputStream), options => options
        .WithVideoCodec("vp9")
        .ForceFormat("webm"))
    .ProcessAsynchronously();

// process the snapshot in-memory and use the Bitmap directly
var bitmap = FFMpeg.Snapshot(inputPath, new Size(200, 400), TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1));

// or persists the image on the drive
FFMpeg.Snapshot(inputPath, outputPath, new Size(200, 400), TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1));

FFMpeg.GifSnapshot(inputPath, outputPath, new Size(200, 400), TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));

// or async
await FFMpeg.GifSnapshotAsync(inputPath, outputPath, new Size(200, 400), TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));

// you can also supply -1 to either one of Width/Height Size properties if you'd like FFMPEG to resize while maintaining the aspect ratio
await FFMpeg.GifSnapshotAsync(inputPath, outputPath, new Size(480, -1), TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));

FFMpeg.Join(@"..\joined_video.mp4",
    @"..\part1.mp4",
    @"..\part2.mp4",
    @"..\part3.mp4"
);

FFMpeg.SubVideo(inputPath, 
    outputPath,
    TimeSpan.FromSeconds(0),
    TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30)
);

FFMpeg.JoinImageSequence(@"..\joined_video.mp4", frameRate: 1,
    ImageInfo.FromPath(@"..\1.png"),
    ImageInfo.FromPath(@"..\2.png"),
    ImageInfo.FromPath(@"..\3.png")
);

FFMpeg.Mute(inputPath, outputPath);

FFMpeg.ExtractAudio(inputPath, outputPath);

FFMpeg.ReplaceAudio(inputPath, inputAudioPath, outputPath);

FFMpeg.PosterWithAudio(inputPath, inputAudioPath, outputPath);
// or
var image = Image.FromFile(inputImagePath);
image.AddAudio(inputAudioPath, outputPath);

IEnumerable<IVideoFrame> CreateFrames(int count)
{
    for(int i = 0; i < count; i++)
    {
        yield return GetNextFrame(); //method that generates of receives the next frame
    }
}

var videoFramesSource = new RawVideoPipeSource(CreateFrames(64))
{
    FrameRate = 30 //set source frame rate
};
await FFMpegArguments
    .FromPipeInput(videoFramesSource)
    .OutputToFile(outputPath, false, options => options
        .WithVideoCodec(VideoCodec.LibVpx))
    .ProcessAsynchronously();

// setting global options
GlobalFFOptions.Configure(new FFOptions { BinaryFolder = "./bin", TemporaryFilesFolder = "/tmp" });

// or
GlobalFFOptions.Configure(options => options.BinaryFolder = "./bin");

// on some systems the absolute path may be required, in which case 
GlobalFFOptions.Configure(new FFOptions { BinaryFolder = Server.MapPath("./bin"), TemporaryFilesFolder = Server.MapPath("/tmp") });

// or individual, per-run options
await FFMpegArguments
    .FromFileInput(inputPath)
    .OutputToFile(outputPath)
    .ProcessAsynchronously(true, new FFOptions { BinaryFolder = "./bin", TemporaryFilesFolder = "/tmp" });

// or combined, setting global defaults and adapting per-run options
GlobalFFOptions.Configure(new FFOptions { BinaryFolder = "./bin", TemporaryFilesFolder = "./globalTmp", WorkingDirectory = "./" });

await FFMpegArguments
    .FromFileInput(inputPath)
    .OutputToFile(outputPath)
    .Configure(options => options.WorkingDirectory = "./CurrentRunWorkingDir")
    .Configure(options => options.TemporaryFilesFolder = "./CurrentRunTmpFolder")
    .ProcessAsynchronously();

{
  "BinaryFolder": "./bin",
  "TemporaryFilesFolder": "/tmp"
}

rosenbjergsoftworks/FFMpegCorev5.3.0

Get Started

Readme

FFMpegCore

API

FFProbe

FFMpeg

Helper methods

Easily capture snapshots from a video file:

You can also capture GIF snapshots from a video file:

Join video parts into one single file:

Create a sub video

Join images into a video:

Mute the audio of a video file:

Extract the audio track from a video file:

Add or replace the audio track of a video file:

Combine an image with audio file, for youtube or similar platforms

Input piping

Working with raw video frames

Binaries

Runtime Auto Installation

Manual Installation

Windows (using choco)

Mac OSX

Ubuntu

Path Configuration

Option 1

Option 2

Supporting both 32 and 64 bit processes

Compatibility

Code contributors

Other contributors

License