@w6s/ffprobe-static

Static binaries for ffprobe, including a native Apple Silicon build.

This package is a compatibility fork of https://github.com/derhuerst/ffprobe-static. It keeps the original { path } API and binary directory layout.

Installation

Use the scoped package directly:

npm install @w6s/ffprobe-static

var ffprobe = require('@w6s/ffprobe-static');
console.log(ffprobe.path);

To keep existing require('ffprobe-static') calls unchanged, install it with an npm alias:

{
  "dependencies": {
    "ffprobe-static": "npm:@w6s/ffprobe-static@^3.1.1"
  }
}

Version notes

Supported platforms and architectures:

• macOS x64
• macOS arm64 (Apple Silicon)
• Linux x64 and ia32
• Windows x64 and ia32

The macOS arm64 binary is a native FFmpeg 4.4.8 build and requires macOS 11 or later. Its build configuration and checksums are recorded in bin/darwin/arm64/BUILD_INFO.md.

The other binaries are retained unchanged from the upstream 3.1.0 package. Before publishing this fork, review the provenance warning for those retained binaries in THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md.

Licensing

The JavaScript wrapper is MIT licensed. Bundled FFmpeg executables have their own licenses based on their build configuration. See THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md before redistribution.

Acknowledgements

Special thanks to eugeneware for https://github.com/eugeneware/ffmpeg-static, which this is based upon.