btbn/ffmpeg-builds

This repository provides ready-to-use, pre-compiled versions of FFmpeg for Windows and Linux. FFmpeg is a widely used command-line tool for converting, recording, and processing video and audio files. Compiling it yourself from source code is a complex process involving many dependencies, so this project does that work automatically and publishes the results as downloadable zip files. Builds are produced automatically every day at 12:00 UTC and released immediately if successful. A special "latest" download link always points to the most recent build, so scripts and tools that depend on FFmpeg can stay up to date without tracking version numbers. Older builds are kept for up to 14 days, and the last build of each month is archived for two years. Several variations of FFmpeg are offered depending on what you need. The GPL variant includes the most complete set of codecs and is the most common choice. The LGPL variant omits a few libraries that carry stricter licensing conditions. A nonfree variant adds fdk-aac, an audio codec with its own license terms. Each of these is also available in a shared-library form for developers who need to build other software on top of FFmpeg rather than just use the standalone executable. Builds are available for 64-bit Windows, 32-bit Windows, 64-bit Linux, and ARM-based 64-bit Linux. If you need a build with specific customizations, the repository also includes scripts that let you produce your own using bash and Docker. You choose the target platform, the variant, and optional add-ons like debug symbols, and the script outputs a zip file in an artifacts folder.