FFmpegLite.NET

A lightweight & extentable wrapper of FFmpeg.

I used FFmpeg.NET as my media lib, but it is not that good as I thought. So I made FFmpegLite.NET, major parts token from FFmpeg.NET, but has more features

• clear arguments with task (groupped by convert/get thumbnail/get metadata)
• easy to extend by adding extra command
• merge PR in-time 😄

Important: It is still in pre-release stage, recommend to use from v1.0.

Features

• Use fluent syntax
• Easy to extend

Packages

Package	NuGet
FFmpegLite.NET

Get started!

Install FFmpegLite.NET from nuget.org Package Source using the Package Manager Console with the following command

PM> Install-Package FFmpegLite.NET

Samples

// set default enviroment for Windows OS
FFmpegEnviroment.SetPath(@"C:\ffmpeg\bin\ffmpeg.exe"); // linux/ubuntu with ffmpeg installed just skip this step

// convert video
var convertResult = await new FFmpegConvertTask()
    .FromFile(@"C:\Path\To_Video.flv") // set input file
    .Resize(null, 720) // set output frame size
    .AppendExtraCommand(" -movflags +faststart ") // can add extra arguments 
    .ConvertAsync("NewVideo.mp4"); // start task

// get thumbnail
var thumbailFile = await new FFmpegThumbnailTask()
    .FromFile("video.mp4")
    .GetThumbnailAsync("thumbnail.jpg");

// get meta data
var metadata = await new FFmpegMetadataTask()
    .FromFile("video.mp4")
    .GetMetadataAsync();

Extend

It is very easy to extend this lib.

FFmpegTask.AppendExtraCommand()

var convertResult = await new FFmpegConvertTask(ffmpeg)
    .FromFile(@"C:\Path\To_Video.flv")
    .AppendExtraCommand(" -movflags +faststart ") // can add extra arguments 
    .ConvertAsync("NewVideo.mp4");

Add Extension Method

public static class MyFFmpegLiteExtension
{
    public static FFmpegConvertTask UseFaststartFlags(this FFmpegConvertTask convertTask)
    {
        return convertTask.AppendExtraCommand(" -movflags +faststart ");
    }
}

var rst = await new FFmpegConvertTask()
    .FromFile(@"C:\Path\To_Video.flv")
    .UseFaststartFlags()
    .ConvertAsync("NewVideo.mp4");

Contribution

You are encouraged to contribute this project by

• Report issues
• Submit requests
• PR