FFmpeg

FFmpeg is one of the most popular open codec collections on the Internet. This collection is a must-have for decoding, encoding, transcoding, muxing, demuxing, streaming, filtering, and playing all kinds of multimedia content, including the support you need for legacy and modern formats. FFmpeg contains the libavcodec, libavutil, libavformat, libavfilter, libavdevice, libswscale, and libswresample libraries. It also includes ffmpeg, ffplay, and ffprobe, which can be used by end users to decode and encode content you have saved to your computer. With ffmpeg, you can convert audio or video from one format to another, as well as capture images in real time. With ffserver, you can stream content through HTTP protocol. Finally, with ffplay, you can play content. The FFmpeg codecs are mostly developed from scratch to ensure the highest possible efficiency when working with multimedia content. Among the implemented video codecs, you'll find MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.261, H.263, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, x264, H.265/HEVC/x265, AV1, WMV, Cinepak, Sorenson, MJPEG, Huffyuv, Snow, Theora, VP3, VP5, VP6, and VP8/WebM. For audio, you'll find FLAC, MP2, MP3, ALAC, AAC, Cook, Shorten, QDM2, RealAudio, Vorbis, WavPack, DTS-HD, Dolby TrueHD, and WMA. Although initially designed for Linux, this version was compiled specifically for Windows, with constant updates to include all the latest developments. Therefore, if you want to enjoy one of the best open codec collections available online, don't waste any time in downloading FFmpeg.