ffprobe-static
Static ffprobe (from the ffmpeg project) binaries for macOS, Linux, Windows.
Supports macOS (64-bit and arm64), Linux (32 and 64-bit, armhf, arm64), Windows (32 and 64-bit). The ffmpeg version currently used is 6.1.1.
Note: The version of ffprobe-static follows SemVer. When releasing new versions, we do not consider breaking changes in ffprobe itself, but only the JS interface (see below). For example, [email protected] might download ffprobe 5.0. To prevent an ffprobe-static upgrade downloading backwards-incompatible ffprobe versions, use a strict version range for it or use a lockfile.
Installation
$ npm install @derhuerst/ffprobe-static
Note: During installation, it will download the appropriate ffprobe binary from the b6.1.1 GitHub release. Use and distribution of the binary releases of ffprobe are covered by their respective license.
Custom binaries url
By default, the ffprobe binary will get downloaded from https://github.com/eugeneware/ffprobe-static/releases/download. To customise this, e.g. when using a mirror, set the FFPROBE_BINARIES_URL environment variable.
export FFPROBE_BINARIES_URL=https://cdn.npmmirror.com/binaries/ffprobe-static
npm install @derhuerst/ffprobe-static
Electron & other cross-platform packaging tools
Because ffprobe-static will download a binary specific to the OS/platform, you need to purge node_modules before (re-)packaging your app for a different OS/platform (read more in #35).
Example Usage
Returns the path of a statically linked ffprobe binary on the local filesystem.
const pathToFfprobe = require('ffprobe-static');
console.log(pathToFfprobe)
// /Users/j/playground/node_modules/ffprobe-static/ffprobe
Check the example script for a more thorough example.
Sources of the binaries
The binaries downloaded by ffprobe-static are from these locations:
- Windows x64 builds
- Windows x86 builds
- Linux x64/x86/ARM/ARM64 builds
- macOS x64 (Intel) & ARM64 (Apple Silicon) builds
Show your support
This npm package includes statically linked binaries that are produced by the following individuals. Please consider supporting and donating to them who have been providing quality binary builds for many years:
- Linux builds: John Van Sickle
- macOS builds: Helmut K. C. Tessarek