# FFmpeg

Tool · [Standard tools and platforms](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tools)

Also called: FFMPEG, ff mpeg, ffmpeg

Free, [open-source](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/open-source) [command-line](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/terminal) software for converting, cutting and combining audio and video files. Many video apps use it behind the scenes.

**For example:** A [developer](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/software-engineer) uses FFmpeg to shrink every uploaded video to a size that loads quickly on phones.

Official site: <https://ffmpeg.org>

## Connects to (6)

- [Open source](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/open-source): Software whose code is published for anyone to read, use and build on, under a license that sets the rules for doing so.
- [Terminal](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/terminal): A text window where a person types commands to a computer and reads its replies.
- [OBS Studio](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/obs-studio): Free, open-source software for recording and live-streaming video, mixing camera, screen and audio sources.
- [Video.js](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/video-js): An open-source web video player.
- [Adobe Premiere Pro](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/adobe-premiere-pro): Adobe's professional video editing app, used to cut, color and finish videos for film, TV and the web.
- [Video editing](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/video-editing): Cutting, arranging and finishing recorded video, with titles, music and color, before it is published.

Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/ffmpeg