PSA: ffmpeg
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2026 10:48 pm
So, MacOS includes a copy of ffmpeg. But it's compiled for Intel. 
If you find and install an ARM version, it'll run about 2-3x faster. 
If you care enough to bother. 
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So, MacOS includes a copy of ffmpeg. But it's compiled for Intel.
If you find and install an ARM version, it'll run about 2-3x faster.
If you care enough to bother.
I've always been a bit confused about ffmpeg. It seems like it kind of exists as a stand-alone app, but also needs to be installed in order for other programs to function properly?
I'm guessing the thing I experience as a stand-alone app might really be one of many ffmpeg front ends a person could use? I don't know. Computers are complicated.
Bren wrote: Sat Apr 18, 2026 4:55 pmI've always been a bit confused about ffmpeg. It seems like it kind of exists as a stand-alone app, but also needs to be installed in order for other programs to function properly?
I'm guessing the thing I experience as a stand-alone app might really be one of many ffmpeg front ends a person could use? I don't know. Computers are complicated.
I think it can be run alone as a command line tool, but mostly its used as a linked library for other software.