ff-util v1.0.9

FF Util

A set of useful utilities for running ffmpeg with node

Installation

First make sure you have the ffmpeg binary downloaded and globally accessible on your machine.

Next, install FF Util via NPM:

npm install ff-util

Usage

import { run } from 'ff-util';

const args = [
    '-i', './video.mov',
    './video.mp4'
]

run({args})
    .then(() => console.log('process complete!'))

With parsed progress:

import { run, parse } from 'ff-util';

const args = [
    '-i', './video.mov',
    './video.mp4'
]

const logger = (stdOut: string) => {
    const parsed = parse({ffProgressLine: stdOut})
    console.log({parsed})
}

run({args, logger})
    .then(() => console.log('process complete!'))

Planned features

(*) Useful for blazing-fast transcoding in a distributed infrastructure like Kubernetes, AWS Lambda, etc.