ffmpeg-local 0.1.1

Automatically downloads and provides paths to ffmpeg and ffprobe binaries.

ffmpeg-local

A Python package that provides a simple way to get ffmpeg and ffprobe binaries for your platform. It automatically downloads the binaries from the official nodejs-ffmpeg release source.

Installation

pip install ffmpeg-local

The package is lightweight and does not include the large binaries in the initial download. Instead, the appropriate ffmpeg and ffprobe binaries will be automatically downloaded with a progress bar the first time you call get_ffmpeg_path() or get_ffprobe_path().

Usage

from ffmpeg_local import get_ffmpeg_path, get_ffprobe_path
import subprocess

# Get the path to the ffmpeg binary
ffmpeg_path = get_ffmpeg_path()
print(f"FFmpeg is at: {ffmpeg_path}")

# Use it in a subprocess
subprocess.run([ffmpeg_path, "-version"])

# Get the path to ffprobe
ffprobe_path = get_ffprobe_path()
print(f"FFprobe is at: {ffprobe_path}")

Supported Platforms

• Windows: x64, ia32, arm64
• Linux: x64, arm64
• macOS: x64, arm64
• Android: arm64 (Termux etc.)

CLI Utility

You can manually trigger the download using the CLI:

ffmpeg-local-download

Credits

This package is a Python port of nodejs-ffmpeg. Binaries are sourced from ytdlp-nodejs.