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

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