ffmpeg-kit/README.md

# FFmpegKit ![GitHub release](https://img.shields.io/badge/release-v4.4-blue.svg) ![Maven Central](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/com.arthenica/ffmpeg-kit-min) ![CocoaPods](https://img.shields.io/cocoapods/v/ffmpeg-kit-min) [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/tanersener/ffmpeg-kit.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/tanersener/ffmpeg-kit)

FFmpeg Kit for applications.

<img src="https://github.com/tanersener/ffmpeg-kit/blob/development/docs/assets/ffmpeg-kit-icon-v9.png" width="240">

### 1. Features
- Scripts to build FFmpeg libraries
- `FFmpegKit` wrapper library to run `FFmpeg`/`FFprobe` commands in applications
- Supports
    - Android, iOS, macOS and tvOS
    - FFmpeg `v4.4-dev`
        - 29 external libraries

            `chromaprint`, `dav1d`, `fontconfig`, `freetype`, `fribidi`, `gmp`, `gnutls`, `kvazaar`, `lame`, `libaom`, `libass`, `libiconv`, `libilbc`, `libtheora`, `libvorbis`, `libvpx`, `libwebp`, `libxml2`, `opencore-amr`, `openh264`, `opus`, `sdl`, `shine`, `snappy`, `soxr`, `speex`, `tesseract`, `twolame`, `vo-amrwbenc`
        
        - 5 external libraries with GPL license

            `rubberband`, `vid.stab`, `x264`, `x265`, `xvidcore`

    - Parallel command execution

- 8 prebuilt binary packages available at [Github](https://github.com/tanersener/ffmpeg-kit/releases), [Maven Central](https://search.maven.org) and [CocoaPods](https://cocoapods.org).

- Licensed under `LGPL 3.0`, or `GPL v3.0` if GPL licensed libraries are enabled

### 2. Build Scripts
Use `android.sh`, `ios.sh`, `macos.sh` and `tvos.sh` to build `FFmpegKit` for each platform.

All four scripts support additional options to enable external libraries or disable platform architectures.

Refer to `Android` page for `Android` devices and `Apple` page for `iOS`, `macOS`, `tvOS` devices to see the 
prerequisites for each platform.

### 3. FFmpegKit Library

`FFmpegKit` is a wrapper library that allows you to easily run `FFmpeg`/`FFprobe` commands in applications. It 
provides additional features on top of `FFmpeg` to enable platform specific resources, control how commands are executed and how the results are handled.

`Android` library has a `Java` API and `Apple` libraries (`iOS`, `macOS`, `tvOS`) have an `Objective-C` API, 
which are identical.

### 4. Binary Packages

There are eight different `ffmpeg-kit` packages distributed on 
[Github](https://github.com/tanersener/ffmpeg-kit/releases), 
[Maven Central](https://search.maven.org) and [CocoaPods](https://cocoapods.org). 
Below you can see which system libraries and external libraries are enabled in each of package. 

Please remember that some parts of `FFmpeg` are licensed under the `GPL` and only `GPL` licensed `ffmpeg-kit` packages 
include them.

<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th align="center"></th>
<th align="center"><sup>min</sup></th>
<th align="center"><sup>min-gpl</sup></th>
<th align="center"><sup>https</sup></th>
<th align="center"><sup>https-gpl</sup></th>
<th align="center"><sup>audio</sup></th>
<th align="center"><sup>video</sup></th>
<th align="center"><sup>full</sup></th>
<th align="center"><sup>full-gpl</sup></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center"><sup>external libraries</sup></td>
<td align="center">-</td>
<td align="center"><sup>vid.stab</sup><br><sup>x264</sup><br><sup>x265</sup><br><sup>xvidcore</sup></td>
<td align="center"><sup>gmp</sup><br><sup>gnutls</sup></td>
<td align="center"><sup>gmp</sup><br><sup>gnutls</sup><br><sup>vid.stab</sup><br><sup>x264</sup><br><sup>x265</sup><br><sup>xvidcore</sup></td>
<td align="center"><sup>lame</sup><br><sup>libilbc</sup><br><sup>libvorbis</sup><br><sup>opencore-amr</sup><br><sup>opus</sup><br><sup>shine</sup><br><sup>soxr</sup><br><sup>speex</sup><br><sup>twolame</sup><br><sup>vo-amrwbenc</sup></td>
<td align="center"><sup>dav1d</sup><br><sup>fontconfig</sup><br><sup>freetype</sup><br><sup>fribidi</sup><br><sup>kvazaar</sup><br><sup>libass</sup><br><sup>libiconv</sup><br><sup>libtheora</sup><br><sup>libvpx</sup><br><sup>libwebp</sup><br><sup>snappy</sup></td>
<td align="center"><sup>dav1d</sup><br><sup>fontconfig</sup><br><sup>freetype</sup><br><sup>fribidi</sup><br><sup>gmp</sup><br><sup>gnutls</sup><br><sup>kvazaar</sup><br><sup>lame</sup><br><sup>libass</sup><br><sup>libiconv</sup><br><sup>libilbc</sup><br><sup>libtheora</sup><br><sup>libvorbis</sup><br><sup>libvpx</sup><br><sup>libwebp</sup><br><sup>libxml2</sup><br><sup>opencore-amr</sup><br><sup>opus</sup><br><sup>shine</sup><br><sup>snappy</sup><br><sup>soxr</sup><br><sup>speex</sup><br><sup>twolame</sup><br><sup>vo-amrwbenc</sup></td>
<td align="center"><sup>dav1d</sup><br><sup>fontconfig</sup><br><sup>freetype</sup><br><sup>fribidi</sup><br><sup>gmp</sup><br><sup>gnutls</sup><br><sup>kvazaar</sup><br><sup>lame</sup><br><sup>libass</sup><br><sup>libiconv</sup><br><sup>libilbc</sup><br><sup>libtheora</sup><br><sup>libvorbis</sup><br><sup>libvpx</sup><br><sup>libwebp</sup><br><sup>libxml2</sup><br><sup>opencore-amr</sup><br><sup>opus</sup><br><sup>shine</sup><br><sup>snappy</sup><br><sup>soxr</sup><br><sup>speex</sup><br><sup>twolame</sup><br><sup>vid.stab</sup><br><sup>vo-amrwbenc</sup><br><sup>x264</sup><br><sup>x265</sup><br><sup>xvidcore</sup></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center"><sup>android system libraries</sup></td>
<td align="center" colspan=8><sup>zlib</sup><br><sup>MediaCodec</sup></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center"><sup>ios system libraries</sup></td>
<td align="center" colspan=8><sup>bzip2</sup><br><sup>AudioToolbox</sup><br><sup>AVFoundation</sup><br><sup>iconv</sup><br><sup>VideoToolbox</sup><br><sup>zlib</sup></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td align="center"><sup>macos system libraries</sup></td>
<td align="center" colspan=8><sup>bzip2</sup><br><sup>AudioToolbox</sup><br><sup>AVFoundation</sup><br><sup>Core Image</sup><br><sup>iconv</sup><br><sup>OpenCL</sup><br><sup>OpenGL</sup><br><sup>VideoToolbox</sup><br><sup>zlib</sup></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center"><sup>tvos system libraries</sup></td>
<td align="center" colspan=8><sup>bzip2</sup><br><sup>AudioToolbox</sup><br><sup>iconv</sup><br><sup>VideoToolbox</sup><br><sup>zlib</sup></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

 - `AVFoundation` is not available on `tvOS`, `VideoToolbox` is not available on `tvOS` LTS releases

### 5. Versions

`FFmpegKit` binaries generated use the same major and minor version numbers as the upstream `FFmpeg` project. The exact
version number is obtained using `git describe --tags`. `dev` part in `FFmpeg` version number indicates that `FFmpeg` 
source is cloned from the `FFmpeg` `master` branch. 

|  FFmpegKit Version | FFmpeg Version | Release Date |
| :----: | :----: |:----: |
| [4.4](https://github.com/tanersener/ffmpeg-kit/releases/tag/v4.4) | 4.4-dev-3015 | Mar 03, 2021 |
| [4.4.LTS](https://github.com/tanersener/ffmpeg-kit/releases/tag/v4.4.LTS) | 4.4-dev-3015 | Mar 03, 2021 |

### 6. LTS Releases

`FFmpegKit` binaries are published in two release variants: `Main Release` and `LTS Release`. 

- Main releases include complete functionality of the library and support the latest SDK/API features.

- LTS releases are customized to support a wider range of devices. They are built using older API/SDK versions, so some features are not available on them.

This table shows the differences between two variants.

|        | Main Release | LTS Release |
| :----: | :----: | :----: |
| Android API Level | 24 | 16 | 
| Android Camera Access | Yes | - |
| Android Architectures | arm-v7a-neon<br/>arm64-v8a<br/>x86<br/>x86-64 | arm-v7a<br/>arm-v7a-neon<br/>arm64-v8a<br/>x86<br/>x86-64 |
| Xcode Compatibility | 11.0 or later | 7.3.1 or later |
| iOS SDK | 12.1 | 9.3 |
| iOS AVFoundation | Yes | - |
| iOS Architectures | arm64<br/>arm64-simulator<br/>arm64-mac-catalyst<br/>x86-64<br/>x86-64-mac-catalyst | armv7<br/>arm64<br/>i386<br/>x86-64 |
| macOS SDK | 10.15 | 10.11 |
| macOS AVFoundation | Yes | - |
| macOS Architectures | arm64<br/>x86-64 | x86-64 |
| tvOS SDK | 10.2 | 9.2 |
| tvOS Architectures | arm64<br/>x86-64<br/>arm64-simulator | arm64<br/>x86-64 |

### 7. License

`FFmpegKit` is licensed under the `LGPL v3.0`. However, if source code is built using the optional `--enable-gpl` flag
or prebuilt binaries with `-gpl` postfix are used, then `FFmpegKit` is subject to the `GPL v3.0` license.

### 8. Patents

It is not clearly explained in their documentation, but it is believed that `FFmpeg`, `kvazaar`, `x264` and `x265`
include algorithms which are subject to software patents. If you live in a country where software algorithms are
patentable then you'll probably need to pay royalty fees to patent holders. We are not lawyers though, so we recommend
that you seek legal advice first. See [FFmpeg Patent Mini-FAQ](https://ffmpeg.org/legal.html).

`openh264` clearly states that it uses patented algorithms. Therefore, if you build `ffmpeg-kit` with `openh264` and
distribute that library, then you are subject to pay MPEG LA licensing fees. Refer to
[OpenH264 FAQ](https://www.openh264.org/faq.html) page for the details.

### 9. Contributing

Feel free to submit issues or pull requests. 

Please note that `main` includes only the latest released source code. Changes planned for the next release are 
developed under the `development` branch. Therefore, if you want to create a pull request, please open it against
the `development`.

### 10. See Also

- [FFmpeg API Documentation](https://ffmpeg.org/doxygen/4.0/index.html)
- [FFmpeg Wiki](https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/WikiStart)
- [FFmpeg External Library Licenses](https://www.ffmpeg.org/doxygen/4.0/md_LICENSE.html)