The Internet started as a way to communicate with simple text and images, but, today, online media has transformed the Internet into a world of movies, video chats, security cameras, and virtual reality. FFmpeg is one of the workhorses of these rich media services. As open source software, FFmpeg supports the latest codecs and formats to power the most cutting-edge applications on Windows, Linux, and MacOS. FFmpeg isn’t just an encoding and decoding application; it also includes the C libraries (Libav) behind its functionality that can be linked into new applications.
This book will show you how to use FFmpeg to create rich media for download and streaming on the Internet, including a number of use cases.