Platform independent binary installer of FFprobe for node projects. Useful for tools that should "just work" in multiple environments.

Installs a standalone static binary of ffprobe for the current platform and provides a path and version. Supports Linux, Windows 7+, and MacOS 10.9+.

A combination of package.json fields optionalDependencies, cpu, and os lets the installer only download the binary for the current platform. See also Warnings during install.

Supports Node >= 14.21.2

npm install --save @ffprobe-installer/ffprobe

const ffprobe = require('@ffprobe-installer/ffprobe');
console.log(ffprobe.path, ffprobe.version);

const ffprobePath = require('@ffprobe-installer/ffprobe').path;
const spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
const ffprobe = spawn(ffprobePath, args);
ffprobe.on('exit', onExit);

const ffprobePath = require('@ffprobe-installer/ffprobe').path;
const ffmpeg = require('fluent-ffmpeg');
ffmpeg.setFfprobePath(ffprobePath);

To automatically choose the binary to install, optionalDependencies are used. This currently outputs warnings in the console, an issue for that is tracked by the npm team here.

If you get permissions issues, try adding a .npmrc file with the following:

unsafe-perm=true

See node-ffmpeg-installer/issues/21

It's a known issue that Asar breaks native paths. As a workaround, if you use Asar, you can do something like this:

const ffprobePath = require('@ffprobe-installer/ffprobe').path.replace(
	'app.asar',
	'app.asar.unpacked'
);

Downloaded from the sources listed at ffmpeg.org:

• Linux (armhf, arm64, ia32, x64) (20230721-c2b3861): https://www.johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/
• macOS (x64) (20230213-f8d6d0f): https://evermeet.cx/ffmpeg/
• macOS (arm64) (5.1.2-7268323): contributed by wongyiuhang
• Windows 32-bit (20230213-f8d6d0f): https://github.com/sudo-nautilus/FFmpeg-Builds-Win32/
• Windows 64-bit (20230213-2296078): https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds/

For version updates, submit issue or pull request.

In every updated platforms/* directory:

npm run upload

• node-ffmpeg-installer - This project is a fork of ffmpeg-installer

Thanks goes to these wonderful people (emoji key):

Jonas Dautel 💻

Kiko Beats 💻

Kaan Ozdokmeci 📖

Sergio Maria Matone 💻

Sebastian 💻

Wong Yiu Hang 💻

This project follows the all-contributors specification. Contributions of any kind are welcome!