FFmpeg (Essentials Build)

FFmpeg (Essentials Build) 9.0.1

A complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video.

  • By Gyan
  • Open Source
  • Updated Aug 12, 2026
Download for Windows

About FFmpeg (Essentials Build)

FFmpeg is the leading multimedia framework, able to decode, encode, transcode, mux, demux, stream, filter and play pretty much anything that humans and machines have created. It supports the most obscure ancient formats up to the cutting edge.

FFmpeg 64-bit static essentials build from www.gyan.dev. Contains commonly used libraries.

What's new in 9.0.1

Source: FFmpeg/FFmpeg@bf1b838f2a

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Technical details

PublisherGyan
AuthorGyan Doshi
Version9.0.1
Release date2026-08-12
LicenseGPL-3.0
Installer typezip
Architectureneutral
Package IDGyan.FFmpeg.Essentials

Links & install command

Install FFmpeg (Essentials Build) from the command line with Windows Package Manager (winget):

winget install --id=Gyan.FFmpeg.Essentials -e

audiocodecconvertdecodedemuxencodeffmpegfiltermediamultimediamuxrecordstreamstreamingtranscodevideo

Older versions

  • 8.1.1
  • 8.1
  • 8.0.1
  • 8.0
  • 7.1.1
  • 7.1
  • 7.0.2
  • 7.0.1
  • 7.0

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