pyav 11.0.1

Pythonic bindings for FFmpeg's libraries.

PyAV

PyAV is a Pythonic binding for the FFmpeg libraries. We aim to provide all of the power and control of the underlying library, but manage the gritty details as much as possible.

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PyAV is for direct and precise access to your media via containers, streams, packets, codecs, and frames. It exposes a few transformations of that data, and helps you get your data to/from other packages (e.g. Numpy and Pillow).

This power does come with some responsibility as working with media is horrendously complicated and PyAV can't abstract it away or make all the best decisions for you. If the ffmpeg command does the job without you bending over backwards, PyAV is likely going to be more of a hindrance than a help.

But where you can't work without it, PyAV is a critical tool.

Installing

Due to the complexity of the dependencies, PyAV is not always the easiest Python package to install from source. Binary wheels are provided on PyPI for MacOS, Windows, and Linux linked against a modern FFmpeg. You can install these wheels by running:

pip install pyav

If you want to use your existing FFmpeg, the source version is available too:

pip install pyav --no-binary pyav

Alternative installation methods

Another way of installing PyAV is via conda-forge:

conda install av -c conda-forge

And if you want to build from the absolute source (for development or testing):

git clone https://github.com/WyattBlue/PyAV.git
cd PyAV
source scripts/activate.sh

pip install -U -r tests/requirements.txt
./scripts/build-deps

make
# optional: make test

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Have fun, and good luck!