A complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video.
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.
A shared FFmpeg build from BtbN based on the 8.1 release branch with all dependencies, even those that require full GPL instead of just LGPL.
| Publisher | BtbN |
|---|---|
| Version | 8.1-20260430 |
| Release date | 2026-04-30 |
| License | GPL-3.0 |
| Installer type | zip |
| Architecture | x64, arm64 |
| Package ID | BtbN.FFmpeg.GPL.Shared.8.1 |
winget install --id=BtbN.FFmpeg.GPL.Shared.8.1 -ewinget upgrade --id=BtbN.FFmpeg.GPL.Shared.8.1 -ewinget uninstall --id=BtbN.FFmpeg.GPL.Shared.8.1 -eFFmpeg (GPL shared variant, 8.1 release branch) adds these commands to the command line: ffmpeg, ffplay, ffprobe.
Yes. FFmpeg (GPL shared variant, 8.1 release branch) is free and open-source software released under the GPL-3.0 license.
The latest version is 8.1-20260430, released on Apr 30, 2026.
The download button links to the official installer published on github.com, the same file Windows Package Manager installs. You can verify the downloaded file by comparing its SHA-256 checksum with 6af4157906d9f2d1de90f025373f77c91e04a78366d174863f62a0ada8502914.
FFmpeg (GPL shared variant, 8.1 release branch) runs on Windows and is available for 64-bit (x64), ARM64 systems.
Open Settings › Apps › Installed apps, find FFmpeg (GPL shared variant, 8.1 release branch) and select Uninstall. From the command line, run winget uninstall --id=BtbN.FFmpeg.GPL.Shared.8.1 -e.
Yes. FFmpeg (GPL shared variant, 8.1 release branch) is available as a portable ZIP archive (ffmpeg-n8.1-11-g75d37c499d-win64-gpl-shared-8.1.zip, 64-bit (x64)) that runs without installation. Copy it to any folder or USB drive and run it from there.
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A complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video.
A complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video.
A complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video.
A complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video.