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Asked: 2026-06-11T13:26:59+00:00

According to the first comment for this question , and i quote Libraries with

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According to the first comment for this question, and i quote

“Libraries with this name are provided from both the FFmpeg project
and the Libav project, but they are mutually incompatible”. So I think
the answer depends on which libavcodec do you want to use.

by user aland and wikipedia

What are the differences that exist between this 2 projects ?

I’m interested in video and audio encoding to H/X264, Mp3 and AAC with Mp4/Mkv containers; but more importantly i would like to start with a reliable and up to date library with a permissive license and widely supported on as many platforms as possible.

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  1. Editorial Team

    The most visible differences between ffmpeg and the fork for general users are the different binary names (ffmpeg, ffplay, ffprobe vs avconv, avprobe, avplay etc). FFmpeg merges most commits from libav, but it’s not as reciprocal, so libav does not have as many features. Therefore, ffmpeg can do most of what libav can, but libav can’t always do everything ffmpeg can.

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