FFmpeg C API documentation/tutorial [closed]

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I am trying to find documentation to use the FFmpeg C API. It seems that only command line documentation is available.

Is there any good documentation/tutorials/links available?

Answer 1

I've been keeping the Dranger ffmpeg tutorials up to date here: https://github.com/mpenkov/ffmpeg-tutorial

I've tried to keep the code changes minimal while fixing bugs and rewriting deprecated parts.

Answer 2

I created this wiki page so that it can try and keep updated:

Using libav*

Answer 3

If you're interested in writing your own ffmpeg format or codec, take a look here:

http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=Category:FFmpeg_Tutorials

Answer 4

http://dranger.com/ffmpeg/ is great, but the source code is little dated. For updated code of the tutorial, please take a look here: https://github.com/phamquy/FFmpeg-tutorial-samples

Answer 5

Here is the best one I have found so far. It deals with a lot of the quirks of the API and shows you how to build a working video player using SDL and libavformat/libavcodec.

http://dranger.com/ffmpeg/