Books and other External Resources

This page lists books and other external resources of note such as guides, tutorials. Lists in each section are in alphabetical order.

Books

An Introduction to FFmpeg... by Michael Koch

​http://www.astro-electronic.de/FFmpeg_Book.pdf (free)
Last update: 2021

FFMPEG - From Zero to Hero by Nick Ferrando

​https://www.amazon.com/FFMPEG-Zero-Hero-Nick-Ferrando-ebook/dp/B08Y64XG9T/
Last update: 2021

FFmpeg Basics by Frantisek Korbel

​http://ffmpeg.tv/
Describes various FFmpeg features and common tasks.
Last update: 2012

FFmpeg Beginner's handbook (Chinese Version) by Steven Liu

​http://book.chinaffmpeg.com/
Describes FFmpeg common use method in Chinese, from command line to API usage.
Last update: 2018.

FFmpeg For Beginners by John Riselvato

​https://www.amazon.com/FFmpeg-Beginners-Audio-Youtube-Social-ebook/dp/B087GYV15Y/
Last update: 2020

FFMPEG Quick Hacks by V. Subhash

​https://www.amazon.com/FFMPEG-Quick-Hacks-collection-quick-reference/dp/B0892DHN53/
​http://www.vsubhash.in/ffmpeg-quick-hacks-book.html (free)
Has a full tutorial, hack collection and quick reference.
Last update: 2020

Introduction to FFmpeg by Chris Weed

​https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-FFmpeg-Encode-Mobile-Devices-ebook/dp/B07PBYS324/
Last update: 2019

Learn to Produce Videos with FFmpeg by Jan Ozer

​https://www.amazon.com/Learn-Produce-Videos-FFmpeg-Minutes/dp/0998453013/
Last update: 2018

Other Resources

An ffmpeg and SDL Tutorial by Stephen Dranger

​http://dranger.com/ffmpeg/
A tutorial on how to write a video player based on FFmpeg
Last update: 2015

MultimediaWiki by Multimedia Mike

​https://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php/Main_Page
Technical details about video and audio
Last update: 2021