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Libav/ffmpeg based source library and Avisynth plugin. Version 5.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-28.

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Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install ffms2

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install ffms2

MacPorts ports tree · multimedia/ffms2/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add ffms2

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · ffms2 · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install ffmsindex

Debian stable package indexes · ffmsindex · source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install ffms2

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · ffms2 · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S ffms2

Arch Linux sync databases · ffms2 · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install ffmsindex

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · ffmsindex · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

Libav/ffmpeg based source library and Avisynth plugin

Commands and aliases

  • ffmsindex

history

Project history and usage

FFMS2, also called FFmpegSource, is a cross-platform wrapper library around FFmpeg plus Avisynth and VapourSynth source plugins for frame- and sample-accurate media access.

Project history

The project originated as an Avisynth file-reader plugin named FFmpegSource; its README explains that version 1 was only an Avisynth plugin and that FFMS2 grew into the reusable library form. Internally it is C++, while the public API is pure C, making it linkable from C-compatible applications.

FFMS2 has historically tracked FFmpeg and Libav API churn closely. Its changelog records support for recent FFmpeg builds, VapourSynth support in the 2.18 era, API and index improvements across the 2.x releases, removal of old Libav support in 2.40, and a 5.x line that raised minimum FFmpeg requirements.

Adoption history

The package matters most in video scripting and fansubbing-adjacent workflows where Avisynth or VapourSynth scripts need reliable opening, indexing, seeking, VFR handling, Unicode path handling, and access to FFmpeg's broad demuxer and decoder support. Package managers expose the ffmsindex tool and the library/plugin pieces so scripts can build repeatable indexes before frame access.

How it is used

End users most visibly use FFMS2 through the Avisynth or VapourSynth source plugin, while developers can link the C API. The ffmsindex executable builds index files so later frame and audio access can be deterministic instead of relying on ad hoc seeking through containers.

Why package nerds care

FFMS2 is a dependency-sensitive media package: it wraps FFmpeg, but its value is hiding FFmpeg API complexity from script authors and applications. The changelog's repeated compatibility entries explain why packagers care about aligning FFMS2 releases with the FFmpeg versions in the same repository.

Timeline

  • 2013: FFMS2 2.18 added VapourSynth support.
  • 2020: FFMS2 2.40 removed old Libav support and refreshed FFmpeg API usage.
  • 2024: FFMS2 5.0 fixed FFmpeg 6.1 compatibility and made FFmpeg 6.1 the minimum.
  • 5.1: FFMS2 raised its minimum requirement to FFmpeg 7.1.

Related projects

  • FFmpeg is the decoding and demuxing foundation. Avisynth and VapourSynth are the scripting environments where FFMS2's source plugins are most visible.

security posture

Risk level: green

library-like package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • library-like package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:library-like

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 5 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
ffmsindexcliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version5.0
manager updated2026-06-28
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detected5.0

https://github.com/FFMS/ffms2

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:ffms2
Version5.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ffms2
Homepagehttps://github.com/FFMS/ffms2
Repositoryhttps://github.com/FFMS/ffms2
Upstream docshttps://github.com/FFMS/ffms2#readme
LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later
Source archivehttps://github.com/FFMS/ffms2/archive/refs/tags/5.0.tar.gz
Last updated2026-06-28T01:04:18-04:00
Pulseupdated
Dependenciesffmpeg
Build dependenciesautoconf, automake, libtool, pkgconf, python@3.14
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Nameffms2
Version Scheme0
Revision4
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

ffmsindex 5.0-1+b1

Command line tool to create ffms2 index files

https://github.com/FFMS/ffms2

sudo apt install ffmsindex
  • Section: video
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: ffms2
  • 5 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ffms2
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: ffmsindex from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libffms2-5 5.0-1+b1

Cross platform ffmpeg wrapper library

https://github.com/FFMS/ffms2

sudo apt install libffms2-5
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: ffms2
  • 9 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ffms2
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libffms2-5 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libffms2-dev 5.0-1+b1

Development files for libffms2

https://github.com/FFMS/ffms2

sudo apt install libffms2-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: ffms2
  • 7 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ffms2
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libffms2-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Ubuntu apt95%

ffmsindex 5.0~rc2-1build1

Command line tool to create ffms2 index files

https://github.com/FFMS/ffms2

sudo apt install ffmsindex
  • Section: universe/libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: ffms2
  • 5 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ffms2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: ffmsindex from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libffms2-5 5.0~rc2-1build1

Cross platform ffmpeg wrapper library

https://github.com/FFMS/ffms2

sudo apt install libffms2-5
  • Section: universe/libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: ffms2
  • 9 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ffms2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libffms2-5 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libffms2-dev 5.0~rc2-1build1

Development files for libffms2

https://github.com/FFMS/ffms2

sudo apt install libffms2-dev
  • Section: universe/libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: ffms2
  • 7 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ffms2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libffms2-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

ffms2 5.0-r2

Cross-platform wrapper library around FFmpeg

https://github.com/FFMS/ffms2

sudo apk add ffms2
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: ffms2
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ffms2
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ffms2 from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

ffms2-dev 5.0-r2

Cross-platform wrapper library around FFmpeg (development files)

https://github.com/FFMS/ffms2

sudo apk add ffms2-dev
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: ffms2
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ffms2
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ffms2-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

ffms2-doc 5.0-r2

Cross-platform wrapper library around FFmpeg (documentation)

https://github.com/FFMS/ffms2

sudo apk add ffms2-doc
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: ffms2
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ffms2
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ffms2-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
dnf95%

ffms2 5.0-8.fc44

Video source library for easy frame accurate access

https://github.com/FFMS/ffms2

sudo dnf install ffms2
  • License: MIT AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: ffms2
  • 12 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ffms2
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ffms2 from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

ffms2-devel 5.0-8.fc44

Development package for ffms2

https://github.com/FFMS/ffms2

sudo dnf install ffms2-devel
  • License: MIT AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: i686
  • Source Package: ffms2
  • 4 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ffms2
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ffms2-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
pacman95%

ffms2 5.0-3

A libav/ffmpeg based source library and Avisynth plugin for easy frame accurate access

https://github.com/FFMS/ffms2

sudo pacman -S ffms2
  • License: GPL
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 1 dependencies
  • 3 provides
  • 2 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ffms2
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: ffms2 from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
zypper95%

ffmsindex 5.0+0-1.10

Wrapper library around libffmpeg

https://github.com/FFMS/ffms2

sudo zypper install ffmsindex
  • License: MIT
  • Category: Productivity/Multimedia/Other
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: ffms2
  • 5 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ffms2
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: ffmsindex from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

libffms2-5 5.0+0-1.10

Wrapper library around libffmpeg

https://github.com/FFMS/ffms2

sudo zypper install libffms2-5
  • License: MIT
  • Category: System/Libraries
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: ffms2
  • 12 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ffms2
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libffms2-5 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

libffms2-devel 5.0+0-1.10

Wrapper library around libffmpeg

https://github.com/FFMS/ffms2

sudo zypper install libffms2-devel
  • License: MIT
  • Category: Development/Libraries/C and C++
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: ffms2
  • 2 dependencies
  • 2 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ffms2
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libffms2-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts95%

ffms2

sudo port install ffms2
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ffms2
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: multimedia/ffms2/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

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