ffmpegd

FFmpeg websocket server and API for FFmpeg Commander.

*Currently a work-in-progress! Bugs and breaking changes are expected.

How It Works

ffmpegd connects FFmpeg Commander to ffmpeg by providing a websocket server to send encode tasks and receive realtime progress updates back to the browser. This allows using ffmpeg-commander as a GUI for ffmpeg.

The goal is to provide a simple interface for sending FFmpeg tasks from the browser (and other supported clients in the future) to your local machine.

See Usage for more details.

          process              websocket
[ffmpeg] <-------> [ffmpegd] <-----------> [ffmpeg-commander]

Install

Go

$ go install github.com/alfg/ffmpegd@latest

Download

Release binaries for your platform at: https://github.com/alfg/ffmpegd/releases

Docker

A Docker image is available with alfg/ffmpeg build installed:

$ docker run -it -p 8080:8080 -v /tmp/:/home alfg/ffmpegd

Or via GitHub Container Registry:

$ docker run -it -p 8080:8080 -v /tmp/:/home ghcr.io/alfg/ffmpegd

Or using the docker-compose example:

$ docker-compose up ffmpegd

Homebrew

TBD

Usage

• ffmpeg must be installed and available on your $PATH.
• Run ffmpegd:

$ ffmpegd

This wil start the websocket server in your current working directory and wait for a connection.

• Go to https://alfg.github.io/ffmpeg-commander/ in the browser
• Enable ffmpegd in Options.
• Once connected, you can start sending encode jobs to ffmpegd!

Example

ffmpegd with a job in progress from ffmpeg-commander

$ ffmpegd

███████╗███████╗███╗   ███╗██████╗ ███████╗ ██████╗ ██████╗
██╔════╝██╔════╝████╗ ████║██╔══██╗██╔════╝██╔════╝ ██╔══██╗
█████╗  █████╗  ██╔████╔██║██████╔╝█████╗  ██║  ███╗██║  ██║
██╔══╝  ██╔══╝  ██║╚██╔╝██║██╔═══╝ ██╔══╝  ██║   ██║██║  ██║
██║     ██║     ██║ ╚═╝ ██║██║     ███████╗╚██████╔╝██████╔╝
╚═╝     ╚═╝     ╚═╝     ╚═╝╚═╝     ╚══════╝ ╚═════╝ ╚═════╝
                                                      v0.0.8

[ffmpegd] - websocket server for ffmpeg-commander.

  Checking FFmpeg version....4.3.1
  Checking FFprobe version...4.3.1

  Server started on port :8080.
  - Go to https://alfg.github.io/ffmpeg-commander to connect!
  - ffmpegd must be enabled in ffmpeg-commander options!

Encoding... 6111 / 17620 (34.68%) 3.37x @ 80.77

WebSocket Demo

See demo for a websocket client example.

Develop

go build -v
./ffmpegd

Tests

go test ./...

TODO

• Logging levels and output

License

MIT