{"id":12762,"date":"2024-03-14T16:34:24","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T16:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-usage-of-ffmpeg-on-android\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T06:33:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T06:33:32","slug":"what-is-the-usage-of-ffmpeg-on-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-usage-of-ffmpeg-on-android\/","title":{"rendered":"FFmpeg Android Setup: Quick Integration Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

The main steps to use FFmpeg in Android are as follows:<\/p>\n

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  1. Add the FFmpeg library dependency to the build.gradle file of the project.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    allprojects {\r\n    repositories {\r\n        ...\r\n        maven { url 'https:\/\/jitpack.io'<\/span> }\r\n    }\r\n}\r\n\r\ndependencies {\r\n    implementation 'com.github.WritingMinds:FFmpegAndroid:0.3.2'<\/span>\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
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    1. Execute the FFmpeg command.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      import<\/span> com.github.hiteshsondhi88.libffmpeg.ExecuteBinaryResponseHandler;\r\nimport<\/span> com.github.hiteshsondhi88.libffmpeg.FFmpeg;\r\nimport<\/span> com.github.hiteshsondhi88.libffmpeg.exceptions.FFmpegCommandAlreadyRunningException;\r\n\r\nString[] command = {\"-i\"<\/span>, \"input.mp4\"<\/span>, \"-c:v\"<\/span>, \"libx264\"<\/span>, \"-c:a\"<\/span>, \"aac\"<\/span>, \"output.mp4\"<\/span>};\r\n\r\nFFmpeg<\/span> ffmpeg<\/span> =<\/span> FFmpeg.getInstance(context);\r\ntry<\/span> {\r\n    ffmpeg.execute(command, new<\/span> ExecuteBinaryResponseHandler<\/span>() {\r\n        @Override<\/span>\r\n        public<\/span> void<\/span> onSuccess<\/span>(String message)<\/span> {\r\n            \/\/ \u6210\u529f\u5904\u7406<\/span>\r\n        }\r\n\r\n        @Override<\/span>\r\n        public<\/span> void<\/span> onFailure<\/span>(String message)<\/span> {\r\n            \/\/ \u5931\u8d25\u5904\u7406<\/span>\r\n        }\r\n\r\n        @Override<\/span>\r\n        public<\/span> void<\/span> onProgress<\/span>(String message)<\/span> {\r\n            \/\/ \u8fdb\u5ea6\u5904\u7406<\/span>\r\n        }\r\n\r\n        @Override<\/span>\r\n        public<\/span> void<\/span> onStart<\/span>()<\/span> {\r\n            \/\/ \u5f00\u59cb\u6267\u884c<\/span>\r\n        }\r\n\r\n        @Override<\/span>\r\n        public<\/span> void<\/span> onFinish<\/span>()<\/span> {\r\n            \/\/ \u6267\u884c\u7ed3\u675f<\/span>\r\n        }\r\n    });\r\n} catch<\/span> (FFmpegCommandAlreadyRunningException e) {\r\n    \/\/ \u547d\u4ee4\u5df2\u7ecf\u5728\u6267\u884c\u4e2d<\/span>\r\n    e.printStackTrace();\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
      The example above demonstrates basic video transcoding operations using FFmpeg, with the option to modify command parameters according to specific needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
      The main steps to use FFmpeg in Android are as follows: Add the FFmpeg library dependency to the build.gradle file of the project. allprojects { repositories { … maven { url ‘https:\/\/jitpack.io’ } } } dependencies { implementation ‘com.github.WritingMinds:FFmpegAndroid:0.3.2’ } Execute the FFmpeg command. import com.github.hiteshsondhi88.libffmpeg.ExecuteBinaryResponseHandler; import com.github.hiteshsondhi88.libffmpeg.FFmpeg; import com.github.hiteshsondhi88.libffmpeg.exceptions.FFmpegCommandAlreadyRunningException; String[] command = {“-i”, “input.mp4”, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_import_markdown_pro_load_document_selector":0,"_import_markdown_pro_submit_text_textarea":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[16792,9946,16793,16794,269],"class_list":["post-12762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-android-video","tag-ffmpeg-android","tag-library-integration","tag-media-processing","tag-mobile-development"],"yoast_head":"\nFFmpeg Android Setup: Quick Integration Guide - Blog - Silicon Cloud<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn to integrate FFmpeg in Android apps. 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