This project prepares a minimalist Docker image with FFmpeg. It compiles FFmpeg from sources following instructions from the Compilation Guide.
You can install the latest build of this image by running docker pull jrottenberg/ffmpeg:${VERSION}-${VARIANT} or docker pull ghcr.io/jrottenberg/ffmpeg:${VERSION}-${VARIANT}.
This image can be used as a base for an encoding farm.
There are different builds available: Below is a table that provides examples for the nomenclature:
ffmpeg-<version>-<os variant and version>
| image name | OS ver | ffmpeg ver | variant | description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ffmpeg-7.1-ubuntu2404 | 24.04 | 6.x - 7.x | ubuntu | external libraries are installed from os packages, and ffmpeg is built from source. See Ubunu Compilation Guide for details on this. |
| ffmpeg-7.1-ubuntu2404-edge | 24.04 | 6.x - 7.x | ubuntu | libs and ffmpeg are built from source. See Ubunu Compilation Guide for details on this. |
| ffmpeg-7.1-vaapi2404 | 24.04 | 6.x - 7.x | ubuntu | like: ubuntu2404 but enables: Video Acceleration API (VAAPI) in ffmpeg |
| ffmpeg-7.1-nvidia2204-edge | 22.04 | 6.x - 7.x | ubuntu | Built w/ NVIDIA's hardware-accelerated encoding and decoding APIs enabled |
| ffmpeg-7.1-alpine320 | 3.20 | 6.x - 7.x | alpine | vendor libs, but ffmpeg is built from source |
| ffmpeg-7.1-scratch | 3.20 | 6.x - 7.x | alpine | vendor libs, and ffmpeg are built from source. Also we make the distro as small as possible by not installing any packages in base and striping symbols of installed libs |
ffmpeg <version> can be one of the following: 6.1, 7.0, 7.1 with the above table.
Note: The current versions of ffmpeg supported are anything newer than 3 years old and not exceeded the end-of-life
Here are some additional older builds
- alpine based images
ffmpeg:<version>-alpineorffmpeg:<version>-alpine313(old versions withffmpeg:<version>-alpine312,ffmpeg:<version>-alpine311)- alpine based scratch images
ffmpeg:<version>-scratchorffmpeg:<version>-scratch313(old versions withffmpeg:<version>-scratch312,ffmpeg:<version>-scratch311)
- alpine based scratch images
- ubuntu based images
ffmpeg:<version>-ubuntuorffmpeg:<version>-ubuntu2004(old versions withffmpeg:<version>-ubuntu1804,ffmpeg:<version>-ubuntu1604)- ubuntu based nvidia images
ffmpeg:<version>-nvidiaorffmpeg:<version>-nvidia2004(old versions withffmpeg:<version>-nvidia1804,ffmpeg:<version>-nvidia1604) - ubuntu based vaapi images
ffmpeg:<version>-vaapi1804orffmpeg:<version>-vaapi2004(old versions withffmpeg:<version>-vaapi1804,ffmpeg:<version>-nvidia1604)
- ubuntu based nvidia images
ubuntu2404 We chose Ubuntu 24.04 because it is the LTS ( Long Term Support ) build of Ubuntu. We used the ffmpeg support libraries from the Ubuntu distrobution where possible. Example: we use 'libx264-dev' as the package to install. We do not tie it to a version. This way when its time to update from 24.04 to 26.04 we can simply update the base Docker template for ubuntu. This will make updating the OS easier as time goes on.
ubuntu2404-edge
This image is just like the above ubuntu2404 container image, except we build all of the ffmpeg support libraries. This is in the spirit of the original intent of this project jrottenberg/ffmpeg alltogether. Building everything that ffmpeg needs, and ffmpeg itself from source. This gives us the most control over all of the details of release. The drawback of this is that its much harder to keep updated. The thought process of having both 'Ubuntu-2404' and 'Ubuntu-2404-edge' is that it makes updating the OS easier over time.
vaapi2404
This release is like also ubuntu2404 but enables: Video Acceleration API (VAAPI) when building ffmpeg
nvidia2204-edge
This release is like also ubuntu2404 but enables: NVIDIA's hardware-accelerated encoding and decoding APIs enabled
alpine320 alpine uses the os vendor libs, but ffmpeg is built from source.
scratch Scratch is also an alpine image. We build the vendor libs, and ffmpeg from source. Also we make the distro as small as possible by not installing any packages in base and striping symbols of installed libs.
You can use the following command to generate a list of current images:
$ python3 -mvenv .venv
$ source .venv/bin/activate
$ pip install requests
$ python3 ./generate-list-of-recent-images.py > list_of_recent_images.txt
$ deactivate
$ rm -rf .venv
$ less list_of_recent_images.txtIf you want to compare the one you have locally, use the following command:
$ docker images | grep ffmpeg | sort | awk '{print $1 ":" $2 "\t" $7 $8}'Please use Github issues to report any bug or missing feature.
ffmpeg version N-98740-ga72d529 Copyright (c) 2000-2020 the FFmpeg developers
built with gcc 7 (Ubuntu 7.5.0-3ubuntu1~18.04)
configuration: --disable-debug --disable-doc --disable-ffplay --enable-shared --enable-avresample --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-gpl --enable-libass --enable-fontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-libvidstab --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopus --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwebp --enable-libxcb --enable-libx265 --enable-libxvid --enable-libx264 --enable-nonfree --enable-openssl --enable-libfdk_aac --enable-postproc --enable-small --enable-version3 --enable-libbluray --enable-libzmq --extra-libs=-ldl --prefix=/opt/ffmpeg --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libkvazaar --enable-libaom --extra-libs=-lpthread --enable-libsrt --enable-libaribb24 --enable-vaapi --extra-cflags=-I/opt/ffmpeg/include --extra-ldflags=-L/opt/ffmpeg/lib
libavutil 56. 58.100 / 56. 58.100
libavcodec 58.100.100 / 58.100.100
libavformat 58. 51.100 / 58. 51.100
libavdevice 58. 11.101 / 58. 11.101
libavfilter 7. 87.100 / 7. 87.100
libavresample 4. 0. 0 / 4. 0. 0
libswscale 5. 8.100 / 5. 8.100
libswresample 3. 8.100 / 3. 8.100
libpostproc 55. 8.100 / 55. 8.100
configuration:
--disable-debug
--disable-doc
--disable-ffplay
--enable-shared
--enable-avresample
--enable-libopencore-amrnb
--enable-libopencore-amrwb
--enable-gpl
--enable-libass
--enable-fontconfig
--enable-libfreetype
--enable-libvidstab
--enable-libmp3lame
--enable-libopus
--enable-libtheora
--enable-libvorbis
--enable-libvpx
--enable-libwebp
--enable-libxcb
--enable-libx265
--enable-libxvid
--enable-libx264
--enable-nonfree
--enable-openssl
--enable-libfdk_aac
--enable-postproc
--enable-small
--enable-version3
--enable-libbluray
--enable-libzmq
--extra-libs=-ldl
--prefix=/opt/ffmpeg
--enable-libopenjpeg
--enable-libkvazaar
--enable-libaom
--extra-libs=-lpthread
--enable-libsrt
--enable-libaribb24
--enable-vaapi
--extra-cflags=-I/opt/ffmpeg/include
--extra-ldflags=-L/opt/ffmpeg/libCapture output from the container to the host running the command
docker run jrottenberg/ffmpeg:4.4-alpine \
-i http://url/to/media.mp4 \
-stats \
$ffmpeg_options - > out.mp4 docker run jrottenberg/ffmpeg:4.4-alpine -stats \
-i http://archive.org/download/thethreeagesbusterkeaton/Buster.Keaton.The.Three.Ages.ogv \
-loop 0 \
-final_delay 500 -c:v gif -f gif -ss 00:49:42 -t 5 - > trow_ball.gif docker run -v $(pwd):$(pwd) -w $(pwd) jrottenberg/ffmpeg:4.4-scratch \
-stats \
-i http://www.jell.yfish.us/media/jellyfish-20-mbps-hd-hevc-10bit.mkv \
-c:v libx265 -pix_fmt yuv420p10 \
-t 5 -f mp4 test.mp4The image has been compiled with X265 Multilib. Use the pixel format switch to change the number of bits per pixel by suffixing it with 10 for 10bits or 12 for 12bits.
Let's assume original.gif is located in the current directory :
docker run -v $(pwd):$(pwd) -w $(pwd)\
jrottenberg/ffmpeg:4.4-scratch -stats \
-i original.gif \
original-converted.mp4Let's start some process continuously writing some radio music, and listen it:
docker run --rm -d -v $(pwd):$(pwd) -w $(pwd) -p 11235:11235 \
--name radio-writer jrottenberg/ffmpeg:4.4-alpine \
-i http://radio.casse-tete.solutions/salut-radio-64.mp3 \
-filter_complex '[0:a]volume@vol=1,azmq=bind_address=tcp\\\://0.0.0.0\\\:11235[out]' \
-map '[out]' ./salut-radio.mp3
docker run -it -v $(pwd):$(pwd) -w $(pwd) --entrypoint=ffprobe jrottenberg/ffmpeg:4.4-alpine -v quiet -show_streams salut-radio.mp3Now, just toggle its volume on-fly, and hear how it changes:
docker run --rm --network=host --entrypoint sh jrottenberg/ffmpeg:4.4-ubuntu -c \
'echo "volume@vol volume 2" | zmqsend -b tcp://127.0.0.1:11235'Let's send video.mp4 to srt-listener on port 9000 over SRT protocol.
docker run -v $(pwd):$(pwd) jrottenberg/ffmpeg:4.4-centos \
-re -i $(pwd)/video.mp4 -acodec copy -vcodec copy -f mpegts srt://srt-listener:9000?pkt_size=1316Thanks to qmfrederik for the vaapi ubuntu based variant
jrottenberg/ffmpeg:vaapi or jrottenberg/ffmpeg:${VERSION}-vaapi
- Run the container with the device attached /dev/dri from your host into the container :
docker run --device /dev/dri:/dev/dri -v $(pwd):$(pwd) -w $(pwd) jrottenberg/ffmpeg:4.4-vaapi [...]
- Have the Intel drivers up and running on your host. You can run
vainfo(part of vainfo package on Ubuntu) to determine whether your graphics card has been recognized correctly. - Run ffmpeg with the correct parameters, this is the same as when running ffmpeg natively.
Thanks to ShaulMyplay for the nvidia based variant
Supports nvenc only on all ffmpeg versions, and hardware decoding and scaling on ffmpeg >= 4.0
- Install nvidia latest drivers on host machine.
- Install nvidia-docker on host machine.
- Run container using "--runtime=nvidia" flag and use supported ffmpeg hwaccel options
Hardware encoding only example:
docker run --runtime=nvidia jrottenberg/ffmpeg:4.4-nvidia -i INPUT -c:v nvenc_h264 -preset hq OUTPUT
Full hardware acceleration example:
docker run --runtime=nvidia jrottenberg/ffmpeg:4.4-nvidia -hwaccel cuvid -c:v h264_cuvid -i INPUT -vf scale_npp=-1:720 -c:v h264_nvenc -preset slow OUTPUT
docker run -it --entrypoint='bash' jrottenberg/ffmpeg:7.1-ubuntu2404
for i in ogg amr vorbis theora mp3lame opus vpx xvid fdk x264 x265;do echo $i; find /usr/local/ -name *$i*;doneLibs are in /lib in alpine.
docker run -it --entrypoint='sh' jrottenberg/ffmpeg:7.1-alpine320
for i in ogg amr vorbis theora mp3lame opus vpx xvid fdk x264 x265;do echo $i; find /lib/ -name *$i*;doneThe following libraries are used by FFMPEG. The version number and release date are provided along with the license information. These version numbers are for the lib source builds, which are 'ubuntu2404-edge' and 'foo'. These libs are included in the package images as well, but the version numbers might vary slightly.
| Libraries | Version | Release Date | License |
|---|---|---|---|
| ffmpeg | 7.1 | GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 2.1 | |
| libogg | 1.3.4 | 08-2019 | BSD-style license |
| libopencore-amr | 0.1.6 | 08-2022 | Apache License |
See generate-source-of-truth-ffmpeg-versions.py to update a version
The following libraries are used by FFMPEG. The version number and release date are provided along with the license information. These version numbers are for the lib source builds, which are 'ubuntu2404-edge' and 'foo'. These libs are included in the package images as well, but the version numbers might vary slightly.
Those docker images use code of FFmpeg licensed under the LGPLv2.1 and their source can be downloaded on github.com/jrottenberg/ffmpeg.