# FFmpegKit for iOS, macOS and tvOS ### 1. Features #### 1.1 iOS - Supports `iOS SDK 12.1+` on Main releases and `iOS SDK 10+` on LTS releases - Includes `armv7`, `armv7s`, `arm64`, `arm64-simulator`, `arm64e`, `i386`, `x86_64`, `x86_64-mac-catalyst` and `arm64-mac-catalyst` architectures - Objective-C API - Camera access - `ARC` enabled library - Can be built with `-fembed-bitcode` flag - Creates shared `frameworks` and `xcframeworks` #### 1.2 macOS - Supports `macOS SDK 10.15+` on Main releases and `macOS SDK 10.12+` on LTS releases - Includes `arm64` and `x86_64` architectures - Objective-C API - Camera access - `ARC` enabled library - Creates shared `frameworks` and `xcframeworks` #### 1.3 tvOS - Supports `tvOS SDK 11.0+` on Main releases and `tvOS SDK 10.0+` on LTS releases - Includes `arm64`, `arm64-simulator` and `x86_64` architectures - Objective-C API - `ARC` enabled library - Can be built with `-fembed-bitcode` flag - Creates shared `frameworks` and `xcframeworks` ### 2. Building Run `ios.sh`/`macos.sh`/`tvos.sh` inside the project root to build `ffmpeg-kit` and `ffmpeg` shared libraries for a platform. Optionally, use `apple.sh` to combine bundles created by these three scripts in a single bundle. Please note that `FFmpegKit` project repository includes the source code of `FFmpegKit` only. `ios.sh`, `macos.sh` and `tvos.sh` need network connectivity and internet access to `github.com` in order to download the source code of `FFmpeg` and external libraries enabled. #### 2.1 Prerequisites `ios.sh`, `macos.sh` and `tvos.sh` require the following tools and packages. ##### 2.1.1 iOS - **Xcode 8.0** or later - **iOS SDK 10** or later - **Command Line Tools** ##### 2.1.2 macOS - **Xcode 8.0** or later - **macOS SDK 10.12** or later - **Command Line Tools** ##### 2.1.3 tvOS - **Xcode 8.0** or later - **tvOS SDK 10.0** or later - **Command Line Tools** ##### 2.1.4 Packages Use your package manager (brew, etc.) to install the following packages. ``` autoconf automake libtool pkg-config curl git doxygen nasm cmake gcc gperf texinfo yasm bison autogen wget gettext meson ninja ragel groff gtk-doc-tools libtasn1 ``` #### 2.2 Options Use `--enable-` flag to support additional external or system libraries and `--disable-` to disable architectures you don't want to build. ``` ./ios.sh --enable-fontconfig --disable-armv7 ./macos.sh --enable-freetype --enable-macos-avfoundation --disable-arm64 ./tv.sh --enable-dav1d --enable-libvpx --disable-arm64-simulator ``` Run `--help` to see all available build options. #### 2.3 LTS Binaries Use `--lts` option to build lts binaries for each architecture. #### 2.4 Build Output All libraries created can be found under the `prebuilt` directory. - `iOS` `xcframeworks` for `Main` builds are located under the `bundle-apple-xcframework-ios` folder. - `macOS` `xcframeworks` for `Main` builds are located under the `bundle-apple-xcframework-macos` folder. - `tvOS` `xcframeworks` for `Main` builds are located under the `bundle-apple-xcframework-tvos` folder. - `iOS` `frameworks` for `Main` builds are located under the `bundle-apple-framework-ios` folder. - `iOS` `frameworks` for `LTS` builds are located under the `bundle-apple-framework-ios-lts` folder. - `macOS` `frameworks` for `Main` builds are located under the `bundle-apple-framework-macos` folder. - `macOS` `frameworks` for `LTS` builds are located under the `bundle-apple-framework-macos-lts` folder. - `tvOS` `frameworks` for `Main` builds are located under the `bundle-apple-framework-tvos` folder. - `tvOS` `frameworks` for `LTS` builds are located under the `bundle-apple-framework-tvos-lts` folder. ### 3. Using #### 3.1 Objective API 1. Add `FFmpegKit` dependency to your `Podfile` in `ffmpeg-kit--` pattern. Use one of the `FFmpegKit` package names given in the project [README](https://github.com/arthenica/ffmpeg-kit). - iOS ```yaml pod 'ffmpeg-kit-ios-full', '~> 6.0' ``` - macOS ```yaml pod 'ffmpeg-kit-macos-full', '~> 6.0' ``` - tvOS ```yaml pod 'ffmpeg-kit-tvos-full', '~> 6.0' ``` 2. Execute synchronous `FFmpeg` commands. ```objectivec #include FFmpegSession *session = [FFmpegKit execute:@"-i file1.mp4 -c:v mpeg4 file2.mp4"]; ReturnCode *returnCode = [session getReturnCode]; if ([ReturnCode isSuccess:returnCode]) { // SUCCESS } else if ([ReturnCode isCancel:returnCode]) { // CANCEL } else { // FAILURE NSLog(@"Command failed with state %@ and rc %@.%@", [FFmpegKitConfig sessionStateToString:[session getState]], returnCode, [session getFailStackTrace]); } ``` 3. Each `execute` call (sync or async) creates a new session. Access every detail about your execution from the session created. ```objectivec FFmpegSession *session = [FFmpegKit execute:@"-i file1.mp4 -c:v mpeg4 file2.mp4"]; // Unique session id created for this execution long sessionId = [session getSessionId]; // Command arguments as a single string NSString *command = [session getCommand]; // Command arguments NSArray *arguments = [session getArguments]; // State of the execution. Shows whether it is still running or completed SessionState state = [session getState]; // Return code for completed sessions. Will be null if session is still running or ends with a failure ReturnCode *returnCode = [session getReturnCode]; NSDate *startTime =[session getStartTime]; NSDate *endTime =[session getEndTime]; long duration =[session getDuration]; // Console output generated for this execution NSString *output = [session getOutput]; // The stack trace if FFmpegKit fails to run a command NSString *failStackTrace = [session getFailStackTrace]; // The list of logs generated for this execution NSArray *logs = [session getLogs]; // The list of statistics generated for this execution NSArray *statistics = [session getStatistics]; ``` 4. Execute asynchronous `FFmpeg` commands by providing session specific `execute`/`log`/`session` callbacks. ```objectivec FFmpegSession* session = [FFmpegKit executeAsync:@"-i file1.mp4 -c:v mpeg4 file2.mp4" withCompleteCallback:^(FFmpegSession* session){ SessionState state = [session getState]; ReturnCode *returnCode = [session getReturnCode]; // CALLED WHEN SESSION IS EXECUTED NSLog(@"FFmpeg process exited with state %@ and rc %@.%@", [FFmpegKitConfig sessionStateToString:state], returnCode, [session getFailStackTrace]); } withLogCallback:^(Log *log) { // CALLED WHEN SESSION PRINTS LOGS } withStatisticsCallback:^(Statistics *statistics) { // CALLED WHEN SESSION GENERATES STATISTICS }]; ``` 5. Execute `FFprobe` commands. - Synchronous ```objectivec FFprobeSession *session = [FFprobeKit execute:ffprobeCommand]; if ([ReturnCode isSuccess:[session getReturnCode]]) { NSLog(@"Command failed. Please check output for the details."); } ``` - Asynchronous ```objectivec [FFprobeKit executeAsync:ffmpegCommand withCompleteCallback:^(FFprobeSession* session) { CALLED WHEN SESSION IS EXECUTED }]; ``` 6. Get media information for a file. ```objectivec MediaInformationSession *mediaInformation = [FFprobeKit getMediaInformation:""]; MediaInformation *mediaInformation =[mediaInformation getMediaInformation]; ``` 7. Stop ongoing `FFmpeg` operations. - Stop all executions ```objectivec [FFmpegKit cancel]; ``` - Stop a specific session ```objectivec [FFmpegKit cancel:sessionId]; ``` 8. Get previous `FFmpeg` and `FFprobe` sessions from session history. ```objectivec NSArray* sessions = [FFmpegKitConfig getSessions]; for (int i = 0; i < [sessions count]; i++) { id session = [sessions objectAtIndex:i]; NSLog(@"Session %d = id: %ld, startTime: %@, duration: %ld, state:%@, returnCode:%@.\n", i, [session getSessionId], [session getStartTime], [session getDuration], [FFmpegKitConfig sessionStateToString:[session getState]], [session getReturnCode]); } ``` 9. Enable global callbacks. - Session type specific Complete Callbacks, called when an async session has been completed ```objectivec [FFmpegKitConfig enableFFmpegSessionCompleteCallback:^(FFmpegSession* session) { ... }]; [FFmpegKitConfig enableFFprobeSessionCompleteCallback:^(FFprobeSession* session) { ... }]; [FFmpegKitConfig enableMediaInformationSessionCompleteCallback:^(MediaInformationSession* session) { ... }]; ``` - Log Callback, called when a session generates logs ```objectivec [FFmpegKitConfig enableLogCallback:^(Log *log) { ... }]; ``` - Statistics Callback, called when a session generates statistics ```objectivec [FFmpegKitConfig enableStatisticsCallback:^(Statistics *statistics) { ... }]; ``` 10. Ignore the handling of a signal. Required by `Mono` and frameworks that use `Mono`, e.g. `Unity` and `Xamarin`. ```objectivec [FFmpegKitConfig ignoreSignal:SIGXCPU]; ``` 11. Register system fonts and custom font directories. ```objectivec [FFmpegKitConfig setFontDirectoryList:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"/System/Library/Fonts", @"", nil] with:nil]; ``` ### 4. Test Application You can see how `FFmpegKit` is used inside an application by running `iOS`, `macOS` and `tvOS` test applications developed under the [FFmpegKit Test](https://github.com/arthenica/ffmpeg-kit-test) project.