# Install ffmpeg@2.8 with Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, apt, dnf, MacPorts, pacman, scoop, winget, zypper Play, record, convert, and stream audio and video. Version 2.8.22 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-16. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:ffmpeg@2.8 ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install ffmpeg@2.8 ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install ffmpeg ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: multimedia/ffmpeg/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add ffmpeg ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ffmpeg from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install ffmpeg ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: ffmpeg from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install ffmpeg-free ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ffmpeg-free from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S ffmpeg ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: ffmpeg from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install ffmpeg-4 ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: ffmpeg-4 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Chocolatey (92%): ```sh choco install ffmpeg ``` Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: ffmpeg from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','fah' - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/ffmpeg ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/ffmpeg.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id Gyan.FFmpeg -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: Gyan.FFmpeg from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:ffmpeg@2.8 - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.8.22 - **Source summary:** Play, record, convert, and stream audio and video - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-05-16T16:39:39-04:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - ffserver (cli) - ffserver (alias) ## Dependencies - fontconfig - freetype - frei0r - lame - libass - libogg - libvo-aacenc - libvorbis - libvpx - opencore-amr - openssl@3 - opus - rtmpdump - sdl12-compat - snappy - speex - theora - x264 - x265 - xvid - xz ## Build dependencies - pkgconf - texi2html - yasm ## Uses from macOS - bzip2 ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 2.8.22 - Package-manager updated: 2026-05-16 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://ffmpeg.org/ - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage ffmpeg@2.8 is a pinned Homebrew formula for FFmpeg's 2.8 `Feynman` release branch, useful when older software needs the FFmpeg 2.x library/CLI behavior rather than unpinned FFmpeg. ### Project history FFmpeg 2.8 `Feynman` was presented by the upstream project about three months after FFmpeg 2.7. The official old download page identifies 2.8.22 as the final stable release from the 2.8 branch, cut from master on 2015-09-05 and released as 2.8.22 on 2023-10-29. The branch is significant because upstream notes it includes changes from ffmpeg-mt and Libav snapshots from August 2015. That places it in the long post-fork reconciliation period when distribution packages and application build scripts often cared about exact FFmpeg/Libav API and ABI behavior. ### Adoption history As a formula, ffmpeg@2.8 serves compatibility rather than new-feature adoption. Homebrew's formula API marks it deprecated but not disabled and builds from the official 2.8.22 tarball, showing it survives as an older release-line package for consumers that still need it. The official 2.8 changelog is dominated by maintenance and security-style fixes in later point releases, including bounds checks, overflow fixes, parser hardening, and demuxer/decoder corrections. That is typical of an old multimedia branch kept alive for downstream stability. ### How it is used Users install a versioned FFmpeg formula when an application, script, or build dependency expects 2.8-era command behavior or library versions. The package still provides the familiar FFmpeg tools such as `ffmpeg`, `ffprobe`, `ffplay`, and, in this line, `ffserver`. For direct media conversion, the command-line model is the same as FFmpeg generally: read inputs, choose streams and options, then write outputs. The difference is the release line and linked dependency set, not a separate interface. ### Why package nerds care Versioned FFmpeg formulas matter because multimedia stacks are sensitive to codec availability, library ABI versions, and behavior changes. `ffmpeg@2.8` is a compatibility anchor for the Feynman branch rather than the recommended path for new users. The branch tells package historians where old consumers froze: FFmpeg 2.x libraries, 2015 branch point, long-tail point releases, and a Homebrew package kept available even after deprecation. ### Timeline - 2015: FFmpeg 2.8 branch cut from master on 2015-09-05. - 2015: FFmpeg 2.8 `Feynman` announced about three months after 2.7. - 2023: FFmpeg 2.8.22 released on 2023-10-29 as the final stable 2.8 branch release listed by upstream. - 2026: Homebrew formula API lists ffmpeg@2.8 as deprecated but not disabled, sourced from ffmpeg-2.8.22.tar.xz. ### Related projects - FFmpeg is the upstream project. - ffmpeg-full and ffmpeg are related Homebrew FFmpeg packaging variants. - Libav and ffmpeg-mt are historically relevant because upstream 2.8 release notes mention imported changes from both. ### Sources - - - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for ffmpeg@2.8. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** ffmpeg@2.8 - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 8 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** yes - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** yes - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - ffmpeg - 7:7.1.3-0+deb13u1: versioned package alias match | Debian stable package indexes: ffmpeg from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Tools for transcoding, streaming and playing of multimedia files | https://ffmpeg.org/ - Debian apt - ffmpeg-doc - 7:7.1.3-0+deb13u1: versioned package alias match | Debian stable package indexes: ffmpeg-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Documentation of the FFmpeg multimedia framework | https://ffmpeg.org/ - Debian apt - libavcodec-dev - 7:7.1.3-0+deb13u1: versioned package alias match | Debian stable package indexes: libavcodec-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | FFmpeg library with de/encoders for audio/video codecs - development files | https://ffmpeg.org/ - Debian apt - libavcodec-extra - 7:7.1.3-0+deb13u1: versioned package alias match | Debian stable package indexes: libavcodec-extra from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | FFmpeg library with extra codecs (metapackage) | https://ffmpeg.org/ - Debian apt - libavcodec-extra61 - 7:7.1.3-0+deb13u1: versioned package alias match | Debian stable package indexes: libavcodec-extra61 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | FFmpeg library with additional de/encoders for audio/video codecs | https://ffmpeg.org/ - Debian apt - libavcodec61 - 7:7.1.3-0+deb13u1: versioned package alias match | Debian stable package indexes: libavcodec61 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | FFmpeg library with de/encoders for audio/video codecs - runtime files | https://ffmpeg.org/ - Debian apt - libavdevice-dev - 7:7.1.3-0+deb13u1: versioned package alias match | Debian stable package indexes: libavdevice-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | FFmpeg library for handling input and output devices - development files | https://ffmpeg.org/ - Debian apt - libavdevice61 - 7:7.1.3-0+deb13u1: versioned package alias match | Debian stable package indexes: libavdevice61 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | FFmpeg library for handling input and output devices - runtime files | https://ffmpeg.org/ - Debian apt - libavfilter-dev - 7:7.1.3-0+deb13u1: versioned package alias match | Debian stable package indexes: libavfilter-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | FFmpeg library containing media filters - development files | https://ffmpeg.org/ - Debian apt - libavfilter-extra - 7:7.1.3-0+deb13u1: versioned package alias match | Debian stable package indexes: libavfilter-extra from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | FFmpeg library with extra filters (metapackage) | https://ffmpeg.org/ - Debian apt - libavfilter-extra10 - 7:7.1.3-0+deb13u1: versioned package alias match | Debian stable package indexes: libavfilter-extra10 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | FFmpeg library with extra media filters - runtime files | https://ffmpeg.org/ - Debian apt - libavfilter10 - 7:7.1.3-0+deb13u1: versioned package alias match | Debian stable package indexes: libavfilter10 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | FFmpeg library containing media filters - runtime files | https://ffmpeg.org/ - Debian apt - libavformat-dev - 7:7.1.3-0+deb13u1: versioned package alias match | Debian stable package indexes: libavformat-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | FFmpeg library with (de)muxers for multimedia containers - development files | https://ffmpeg.org/ - Debian apt - libavformat-extra - 7:7.1.3-0+deb13u1: versioned package alias match | Debian stable package indexes: libavformat-extra from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | FFmpeg library with extra (de)muxers (metapackage) | https://ffmpeg.org/ - Debian apt - libavformat-extra61 - 7:7.1.3-0+deb13u1: versioned package alias match | Debian stable package indexes: libavformat-extra61 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | FFmpeg library with additional (de)muxers for multimedia containers | https://ffmpeg.org/ - Debian apt - libavformat61 - 7:7.1.3-0+deb13u1: versioned package alias match | Debian stable package indexes: libavformat61 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | FFmpeg library with (de)muxers for multimedia containers - runtime files | https://ffmpeg.org/ ## Related links - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Media and graphics packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/media-graphics-tools/) - Matched media, image, audio, video, or graphics metadata. - [fontconfig](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fontconfig/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [freetype](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/freetype/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [lame](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/lame/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [texi2html](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/texi2html/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [yasm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/yasm/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [ffmpeg](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ffmpeg/) - Package name indicates the same formula family. - [ffmpeg@4](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ffmpeg-4/) - Package name indicates the same formula family. - [ffmpeg-full](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ffmpeg-full/) - Shares the same upstream homepage. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/ffmpeg@2.8.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/ffmpeg@2.8.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph