# Install mjpegtools with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper Record and playback videos and perform simple edits. Version 2.2.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-19. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:mjpegtools ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install mjpegtools ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install mjpegtools ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: multimedia/mjpegtools/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install liblavfile-2.1-0t64 ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: liblavfile-2.1-0t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install mjpegtools ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mjpegtools from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#mjpegtools ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mj/mjpegtools/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S mjpegtools ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: mjpegtools from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install liblavfile-2_2-0 ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: liblavfile-2_2-0 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:mjpegtools - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.2.1 - **Source summary:** Record and playback videos and perform simple edits - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-19T12:32:39-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - anytovcd.sh (cli) - jpeg2yuv (cli) - lav2avi.sh (cli) - lav2mpeg (cli) - lav2wav (cli) - lav2yuv (cli) - lavaddwav (cli) - lavinfo (cli) - lavpipe (cli) - lavtc.sh (cli) - lavtrans (cli) - matteblend.flt (cli) - mjpeg_simd_helper (cli) - mp2enc (cli) - mpeg2enc (cli) - mpegtranscode (cli) - mplex (cli) - multiblend.flt (cli) - pgmtoy4m (cli) - pnmtoy4m (cli) - ppmtoy4m (cli) - transist.flt (cli) - y4mblack (cli) - y4mcolorbars (cli) - y4mdenoise (cli) - y4mhist (cli) - y4minterlace (cli) - y4mivtc (cli) - y4mscaler (cli) - y4mshift (cli) - y4mspatialfilter (cli) - y4mstabilizer (cli) - y4mtopnm (cli) - y4mtoppm (cli) - y4mtoyuv (cli) - y4munsharp (cli) - ypipe (cli) - yuv2lav (cli) - yuv4mpeg (cli) - yuvcorrect (cli) - yuvcorrect_tune (cli) - yuvdeinterlace (cli) - yuvdenoise (cli) - yuvfps (cli) - yuvinactive (cli) - yuvkineco (cli) - yuvmedianfilter (cli) - yuvscaler (cli) - yuvycsnoise (cli) - yuyvtoy4m (cli) - anytovcd.sh (alias) - jpeg2yuv (alias) - lav2avi.sh (alias) - lav2mpeg (alias) - lav2wav (alias) - lav2yuv (alias) - lavaddwav (alias) - lavinfo (alias) - lavpipe (alias) - lavtc.sh (alias) - lavtrans (alias) - matteblend.flt (alias) - mjpeg_simd_helper (alias) - mp2enc (alias) - mpeg2enc (alias) - mpegtranscode (alias) - mplex (alias) - multiblend.flt (alias) - pgmtoy4m (alias) - pnmtoy4m (alias) - ppmtoy4m (alias) - transist.flt (alias) - y4mblack (alias) - y4mcolorbars (alias) - y4mdenoise (alias) - y4mhist (alias) - y4minterlace (alias) - y4mivtc (alias) - y4mscaler (alias) - y4mshift (alias) - y4mspatialfilter (alias) - y4mstabilizer (alias) - y4mtopnm (alias) - y4mtoppm (alias) - y4mtoyuv (alias) - y4munsharp (alias) - ypipe (alias) - yuv2lav (alias) - yuv4mpeg (alias) - yuvcorrect (alias) - yuvcorrect_tune (alias) - yuvdeinterlace (alias) - yuvdenoise (alias) - yuvfps (alias) - yuvinactive (alias) - yuvkineco (alias) - yuvmedianfilter (alias) - yuvscaler (alias) - yuvycsnoise (alias) - yuyvtoy4m (alias) ## Dependencies - jpeg-turbo ## Build dependencies - pkgconf ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 2.2.1 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-19 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://mjpeg.sourceforge.io/ - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage MJPEG Tools is a suite of Linux audio and video utilities for Motion JPEG and MPEG workflows. The project site describes the tools as programs for video recording and playback, simple cut-and-paste editing, and MPEG compression of audio and video under Linux; SourceForge gives the same broad scope and notes support for MJPEG capture hardware and Video4Linux2 devices. ### How it is used The package reflects an older Unix-media-toolkit style: many focused commands, filters, and conversion utilities rather than one monolithic editor. Executables such as `jpeg2yuv`, `mpeg2enc`, `mp2enc`, `mplex`, `lav2mpeg`, `lavtrans`, and the `y4m*` tools support pipelines around MJPEG, YUV4MPEG, and MPEG encoding. In package managers it survives as a specialized media toolbox, packaged by Homebrew and several Linux distributions for workflows that need these legacy formats or command-line video processing pieces. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** mjpegtools - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 1 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - liblavfile-2.1-0t64 - 1:2.1.0+debian-8.1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: liblavfile-2.1-0t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | MJPEG capture/editing/replay and MPEG encoding toolset (library) | http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/ - Debian apt - liblavjpeg-2.1-0t64 - 1:2.1.0+debian-8.1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: liblavjpeg-2.1-0t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | MJPEG capture/editing/replay and MPEG encoding toolset (library) | http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/ - Debian apt - liblavplay-2.1-0t64 - 1:2.1.0+debian-8.1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: liblavplay-2.1-0t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | MJPEG capture/editing/replay and MPEG encoding toolset (library) | http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/ - Debian apt - libmjpegtools-dev - 1:2.1.0+debian-8.1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libmjpegtools-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | MJPEG capture/editing/replay and MPEG encoding toolset (development) | http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/ - Debian apt - libmjpegutils-2.1-0t64 - 1:2.1.0+debian-8.1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libmjpegutils-2.1-0t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | MJPEG capture/editing/replay and MPEG encoding toolset (library) | http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/ - Debian apt - libmpeg2encpp-2.1-0t64 - 1:2.1.0+debian-8.1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libmpeg2encpp-2.1-0t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | MJPEG capture/editing/replay and MPEG encoding toolset (library) | http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/ - Debian apt - libmplex2-2.1-0t64 - 1:2.1.0+debian-8.1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libmplex2-2.1-0t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | MJPEG capture/editing/replay and MPEG encoding toolset (library) | http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/ - Debian apt - mjpegtools - 1:2.1.0+debian-8.1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: mjpegtools from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | MJPEG capture/editing/replay and MPEG encoding toolset | http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/ - Nix - mjpegtools: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mj/mjpegtools/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - liblavfile-2.1-0t64 - 1:2.1.0+debian-8.1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: liblavfile-2.1-0t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | MJPEG capture/editing/replay and MPEG encoding toolset (library) | http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/ - Ubuntu apt - liblavjpeg-2.1-0t64 - 1:2.1.0+debian-8.1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: liblavjpeg-2.1-0t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | MJPEG capture/editing/replay and MPEG encoding toolset (library) | http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/ - Ubuntu apt - liblavplay-2.1-0t64 - 1:2.1.0+debian-8.1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: liblavplay-2.1-0t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | MJPEG capture/editing/replay and MPEG encoding toolset (library) | http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/ - Ubuntu apt - libmjpegtools-dev - 1:2.1.0+debian-8.1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libmjpegtools-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | MJPEG capture/editing/replay and MPEG encoding toolset (development) | http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/ - Ubuntu apt - libmjpegutils-2.1-0t64 - 1:2.1.0+debian-8.1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libmjpegutils-2.1-0t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | MJPEG capture/editing/replay and MPEG encoding toolset (library) | http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/ - Ubuntu apt - libmpeg2encpp-2.1-0t64 - 1:2.1.0+debian-8.1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libmpeg2encpp-2.1-0t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | MJPEG capture/editing/replay and MPEG encoding toolset (library) | http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/ - Ubuntu apt - libmplex2-2.1-0t64 - 1:2.1.0+debian-8.1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libmplex2-2.1-0t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | MJPEG capture/editing/replay and MPEG encoding toolset (library) | http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/ ## Related links - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [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. - [jpeg-turbo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/jpeg-turbo/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [handbrake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/handbrake/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, encoding, media, video. - [mpegdemux](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mpegdemux/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, mpeg, video. - [mpgtx](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mpgtx/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, mpeg, video. - [smpeg](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/smpeg/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, mpeg, video. - [smpeg2](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/smpeg2/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, mpeg, video. - [tivodecode](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/tivodecode/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, mpeg, video. - [vs-preview](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/vs-preview/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, encoding, media, video. - [bento4](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bento4/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, video. - [netpbm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/netpbm/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, jpeg, jpeg-turbo, media, turbo. - [ffmpegthumbnailer](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ffmpegthumbnailer/) - Both packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: cli, jpeg, jpeg-turbo, media, turbo. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/mjpegtools.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/mjpegtools.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph