ffmpeg-kit/android

FFmpegKit for Android

1. Features

• Supports API Level 24+ on Main releases and API Level 16+ on LTS releases
• Includes arm-v7a, arm-v7a-neon, arm64-v8a, x86 and x86_64 architectures
• Can handle Storage Access Framework (SAF) Uris
• Camera access on supported devices
• Builds shared native libraries (.so)
• Creates Android archive with .aar extension

2. Building

Run android.sh at project root directory to build ffmpeg-kit and ffmpeg shared libraries.

Please note that FFmpegKit project repository includes the source code of FFmpegKit only. android.sh needs network connectivity and internet access to github.com in order to download the source code of FFmpeg and external libraries enabled.

2.1 Prerequisites

android.sh requires the following tools and packages.

2.1.1 Android Tools

• Android SDK Build Tools
• Android NDK r21e or later with LLDB and CMake

2.1.2 Packages

Use your package manager (apt, yum, dnf, brew, etc.) to install the following packages.

autoconf automake libtool pkg-config curl cmake gcc gperf texinfo yasm nasm bison autogen git wget autopoint meson ninja

2.1.3 Environment Variables

Set ANDROID_SDK_ROOT and ANDROID_NDK_ROOT environment variables before running android.sh.

export ANDROID_SDK_ROOT=<Android SDK Path>
export ANDROID_NDK_ROOT=<Android NDK Path>

2.2 Options

Use --enable-<library name> flag to support additional external or system libraries and --disable-<architecture name> to disable architectures you don't want to build.

./android.sh --enable-fontconfig --disable-arm-v7a-neon

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 by android.sh can be found under the prebuilt directory.

• Android archive (.aar file) for Main builds is located under the bundle-android-aar folder.
• Android archive (.aar file) for LTS builds is located under the bundle-android-aar-lts folder.

3. Using

3.1 Android API

1. Declare mavenCentral repository and add FFmpegKit dependency to your build.gradle in ffmpeg-kit-<package name> pattern. Use one of the FFmpegKit package names given in the project README.

   repositories {
       mavenCentral()
   }
   
   dependencies {
       implementation 'com.arthenica:ffmpeg-kit-full:4.4.LTS'
   }
   

2. Execute synchronous FFmpeg commands.

   import com.arthenica.ffmpegkit.FFmpegKit;
   import com.arthenica.ffmpegkit.ReturnCode;
   
   FFmpegSession session = FFmpegKit.execute("-i file1.mp4 -c:v mpeg4 file2.mp4");
   if (ReturnCode.isSuccess(session.getReturnCode())) {
   
       // SUCCESS
   
   } else if (ReturnCode.isCancel(session.getReturnCode())) {
   
       // CANCEL
   
   } else {
   
       // FAILURE
       Log.d(TAG, String.format("Command failed with state %s and rc %s.%s", session.getState(), session.getReturnCode(), session.getFailStackTrace()));
   
   }
   

3. Each execute call (sync or async) creates a new session. Access every detail about your execution from the session created.

   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
   String command = session.getCommand();
   
   // Command arguments
   String[] 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();
   
   Date startTime = session.getStartTime();
   Date endTime = session.getEndTime();
   long duration = session.getDuration();
   
   // Console output generated for this execution
   String output = session.getOutput();
   
   // The stack trace if FFmpegKit fails to run a command
   String failStackTrace = session.getFailStackTrace();
   
   // The list of logs generated for this execution
   List<com.arthenica.ffmpegkit.Log> logs = session.getLogs();
   
   // The list of statistics generated for this execution
   List<Statistics> statistics = session.getStatistics();
   

4. Execute asynchronous FFmpeg commands by providing session specific execute/log/session callbacks.

   FFmpegKit.executeAsync("-i file1.mp4 -c:v mpeg4 file2.mp4", new ExecuteCallback() {
   
       @Override
       public void apply(Session session) {
           SessionState state = session.getState();
           ReturnCode returnCode = session.getReturnCode();
   
           // CALLED WHEN SESSION IS EXECUTED
   
           Log.d(TAG, String.format("FFmpeg process exited with state %s and rc %s.%s", state, returnCode, session.getFailStackTrace()));
       }
   }, new LogCallback() {
   
       @Override
       public void apply(com.arthenica.ffmpegkit.Log log) {
   
           // CALLED WHEN SESSION PRINTS LOGS
   
       }
   }, new StatisticsCallback() {
   
       @Override
       public void apply(Statistics statistics) {
   
           // CALLED WHEN SESSION GENERATES STATISTICS
   
       }
   });
   

5. Execute FFprobe commands.

   • Synchronous

   FFprobeSession session = FFprobeKit.execute(ffprobeCommand);
   
   if (!ReturnCode.isSuccess(session.getReturnCode())) {
       Log.d(TAG, "Command failed. Please check output for the details.");
   }
   

   • Asynchronous

   FFprobeKit.executeAsync(ffprobeCommand, new ExecuteCallback() {
   
       @Override
       public void apply(Session session) {
   
           CALLED WHEN SESSION IS EXECUTED
   
       }
   });
   

6. Get media information for a file.

   MediaInformationSession mediaInformation = FFprobeKit.getMediaInformation("<file path or uri>");
   mediaInformation.getMediaInformation();
   

7. Stop ongoing FFmpeg operations.

   • Stop all executions

     FFmpegKit.cancel();
     

   • Stop a specific session

     FFmpegKit.cancel(sessionId);
     

8. Convert Storage Access Framework (SAF) Uris into paths that can be read or written by FFmpegKit.

   • Reading a file:

     Uri safUri = intent.getData();
     String inputVideoPath = FFmpegKitConfig.getSafParameterForRead(requireContext(), safUri);
     FFmpegKit.execute("-i " + inputVideoPath + " -c:v mpeg4 file2.mp4");
     

   • Writing to a file:

     Uri safUri = intent.getData();
     String outputVideoPath = FFmpegKitConfig.getSafParameterForWrite(requireContext(), safUri);
     FFmpegKit.execute("-i file1.mp4 -c:v mpeg4 " + outputVideoPath);
     

9. Get previous FFmpeg and FFprobe sessions from session history.

   List<Session> sessions = FFmpegKitConfig.getSessions();
   for (int i = 0; i < sessions.size(); i++) {
       Session session = sessions.get(i);
       Log.d(TAG, String.format("Session %d = id:%d, startTime:%s, duration:%s, state:%s, returnCode:%s.",
             i,
             session.getSessionId(),
             session.getStartTime(),
             session.getDuration(),
             session.getState(),
             session.getReturnCode()));
   }
   

10. Enable global callbacks.

    • Execute Callback, called when an async execution is ended

      FFmpegKitConfig.enableExecuteCallback(new ExecuteCallback() {
      
          @Override
          public void apply(Session session) {
      
          }
      });
      

    • Log Callback, called when a session generates logs

      FFmpegKitConfig.enableLogCallback(new LogCallback() {
      
          @Override
          public void apply(final com.arthenica.ffmpegkit.Log log) {
              ...
          }
      });
      

    • Statistics Callback, called when a session generates statistics

      FFmpegKitConfig.enableStatisticsCallback(new StatisticsCallback() {
      
          @Override
          public void apply(final Statistics newStatistics) {
              ...
          }
      });
      

11. Ignore the handling of a signal. Required by Mono and frameworks that use Mono, e.g. Unity and Xamarin.

    FFmpegKitConfig.ignoreSignal(Signal.SIGXCPU);
    

12. Register system fonts and custom font directories.

    FFmpegKitConfig.setFontDirectoryList(context, Arrays.asList("/system/fonts", "<folder with fonts>"), Collections.EMPTY_MAP);
    

4. Test Application

You can see how FFmpegKit is used inside an application by running Android test applications developed under the FFmpegKit Test project.