A complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video. Converting videos and audios has never been so easy: $ ffmpeg -i input.mp4 output.avi Static builds provide one self-contained .exe file for each program (ffmpeg, ffprobe, ffplay). Shared builds provide each library as a separate .dll file (avcodec, avdevice, avfilter, etc.), and .exe files that depend on those libraries for each program Dev packages provide the headers and .lib/.dll.a files required to use the .dll files in other programs. If you are confused about what build type you need just download a static build.