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Installation

Warning

Please note that ffmpeg is not shipped with pffmpeg. You must install it on your system .

Python ≥ 3.10 is required.

PFFmpeg is available as pffmpeg on PyPI.

Pip

You can install pffmpeg easily with pip:

pip install pffmpegInstalled!

Tip

The use of a virtual environment is greatly recommended .

You can install from the repository:

pip install git+https://github.com/CGuichard/pffmpeg.git@mainInstalled from source!

Pipx

Pipx is a tool that let you install and run Python "applications" in isolated environments, and exposes the commands in your user environment.

You can install pffmpeg with pipx:

pipx install pffmpegInstalled in isolated environment!

Info

Learn more about Pipx .

UV

UV is an extremely fast Python package and project manager. One of its features is "Tools", that exposes commands from Python packages just like Pipx.

You can install pffmpeg with uv tool:

uv tool install pffmpegInstalled!

Info

Learn more about uv and uv tool .