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FFmpeg-studio

ffmpeg-studio is a modern FFmpeg Python wrapper for developers who want to build powerful video and audio workflows without writing long shell commands. It is a practical choice for Python users working on media conversion, transcoding, overlays, subtitles, and batch processing.

Key Features

  • Automatic escaping of command-line arguments
  • Easily get media info and stream metadata
  • Visualize filter graphs and FFmpeg commands
  • Support for large filter graphs with multiple inputs and outputs
  • Easy integration into larger video and audio processing workflows
  • Built-in support for progress callbacks
  • Typed every step of the way for better IDE support and code completion

How does it compare?

Existing tool chains for FFmpeg in Python are either unmaintained, slow, or limited in scope. ffmpeg-studio is designed to be a modern, fast, and flexible alternative.

  • ffmpeg-python works with filter objects with automatic escaping and full type hints, instead of chained .filter() calls and manual stream-label management on an unmaintained (2019 last commit).

  • MoviePy is a high-level video editing library that wraps FFmpeg, but it is very slow for complex workflows. Currently it is unmaintained and has no type hints.

Start here

New to ffmpeg-studio? Start with Installation, then Getting Started and Basics to learn the core concepts, or check the FAQ for common questions.

The Tutorials walk through input types, working with video input, trimming and subclipping, stream selection and iteration, reading media info, setting global flags, and configuring outputs.

The Cookbooks section has practical recipes such as adding a watermark and resizing a video, while Examples covers format conversion, merging video and audio, building a video mosaic, visualizing filter graphs, showing a progress bar, and fuzz-testing text rendering.

For full class and function documentation, see the API Reference, covering Inputs and Filters. ffprobe and ffplay wrappers are covered below.