konowebcodecs/apps/website/docs/getting-started/usage.md

Usage

Learn the basics of using ffmpeg.wasm.

:::note It is recommended to read Overview first. :::

Transcode webm to mp4 video

:::caution If you are a vite user, use esm in baseURL instead of umd:

https://unpkg.com/@ffmpeg/core@0.12.2/dist/umd => https://unpkg.com/@ffmpeg/core@0.12.2/dist/esm :::

// import { FFmpeg } from '@ffmpeg/ffmpeg';
// import { fetchFile } from '@ffmpeg/util';
function() {
    const [loaded, setLoaded] = useState(false);
    const ffmpegRef = useRef(new FFmpeg());
    const videoRef = useRef(null);
    const messageRef = useRef(null);

    const load = async () => {
        const baseURL = 'https://unpkg.com/@ffmpeg/core@0.12.2/dist/umd'
        const ffmpeg = ffmpegRef.current;
        ffmpeg.on('log', ({ message }) => {
            messageRef.current.innerHTML = message;
            console.log(message);
        });
        // toBlobURL is used to bypass CORS issue, urls with the same
        // domain can be used directly.
        await ffmpeg.load({
            coreURL: await toBlobURL(`${baseURL}/ffmpeg-core.js`, 'text/javascript'),
            wasmURL: await toBlobURL(`${baseURL}/ffmpeg-core.wasm`, 'application/wasm'),
        });
        setLoaded(true);
    }

    const transcode = async () => {
        const ffmpeg = ffmpegRef.current;
        await ffmpeg.writeFile('input.webm', await fetchFile('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ffmpegwasm/testdata/master/Big_Buck_Bunny_180_10s.webm'));
        await ffmpeg.exec(['-i', 'input.webm', 'output.mp4']);
        const data = await ffmpeg.readFile('output.mp4');
        videoRef.current.src =
            URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([data.buffer], {type: 'video/mp4'}));
    }

    return (loaded
        ? (
            <>
                <video ref={videoRef} controls></video><br/>
                <button onClick={transcode}>Transcode webm to mp4</button>
                <p ref={messageRef}></p>
                <p>Open Developer Tools (Ctrl+Shift+I) to View Logs</p>
            </>
        )
        : (
            <button onClick={load}>Load ffmpeg-core (~31 MB)</button>
        )
    );
}

Transcode webm to mp4 video (multi-thread)

:::caution As SharedArrayBuffer is required for multithread version, make sure you have have fulfilled Security Requirements. :::

// import { FFmpeg } from '@ffmpeg/ffmpeg';
// import { fetchFile, toBlobURL } from '@ffmpeg/util';
function() {
    const [loaded, setLoaded] = useState(false);
    const ffmpegRef = useRef(new FFmpeg());
    const videoRef = useRef(null);
    const messageRef = useRef(null);

    const load = async () => {
        const baseURL = 'https://unpkg.com/@ffmpeg/core-mt@0.12.2/dist/umd'
        const ffmpeg = ffmpegRef.current;
        ffmpeg.on('log', ({ message }) => {
            messageRef.current.innerHTML = message;
            console.log(message);
        });
        // toBlobURL is used to bypass CORS issue, urls with the same
        // domain can be used directly.
        await ffmpeg.load({
            coreURL: await toBlobURL(`${baseURL}/ffmpeg-core.js`, 'text/javascript'),
            wasmURL: await toBlobURL(`${baseURL}/ffmpeg-core.wasm`, 'application/wasm'),
            workerURL: await toBlobURL(`${baseURL}/ffmpeg-core.worker.js`, 'text/javascript'),
        });
        setLoaded(true);
    }

    const transcode = async () => {
        const ffmpeg = ffmpegRef.current;
        await ffmpeg.writeFile('input.webm', await fetchFile('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ffmpegwasm/testdata/master/Big_Buck_Bunny_180_10s.webm'));
        await ffmpeg.exec(['-i', 'input.webm', 'output.mp4']);
        const data = await ffmpeg.readFile('output.mp4');
        videoRef.current.src =
            URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([data.buffer], {type: 'video/mp4'}));
    }

    return (loaded
        ? (
            <>
                <video ref={videoRef} controls></video><br/>
                <button onClick={transcode}>Transcode webm to mp4</button>
                <p ref={messageRef}></p>
                <p>Open Developer Tools (Ctrl+Shift+I) to View Logs</p>
            </>
        )
        : (
            <button onClick={load}>Load ffmpeg-core (~31 MB)</button>
        )
    );
}

Transcode video with timeout

// import { FFmpeg } from '@ffmpeg/ffmpeg';
// import { fetchFile } from '@ffmpeg/util';
function() {
    const [loaded, setLoaded] = useState(false);
    const ffmpegRef = useRef(new FFmpeg());
    const videoRef = useRef(null);
    const messageRef = useRef(null);

    const load = async () => {
        const baseURL = 'https://unpkg.com/@ffmpeg/core@0.12.2/dist/umd'
        const ffmpeg = ffmpegRef.current;
        ffmpeg.on('log', ({ message }) => {
            messageRef.current.innerHTML = message;
            console.log(message);
        });
        // toBlobURL is used to bypass CORS issue, urls with the same
        // domain can be used directly.
        await ffmpeg.load({
            coreURL: await toBlobURL(`${baseURL}/ffmpeg-core.js`, 'text/javascript'),
            wasmURL: await toBlobURL(`${baseURL}/ffmpeg-core.wasm`, 'application/wasm'),
        });
        setLoaded(true);
    }

    const transcode = async () => {
        const ffmpeg = ffmpegRef.current;
        await ffmpeg.writeFile('input.webm', await fetchFile('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ffmpegwasm/testdata/master/Big_Buck_Bunny_180_10s.webm'));
        // The exec should stop after 1 second.
        await ffmpeg.exec(['-i', 'input.webm', 'output.mp4'], 1000);
        const data = await ffmpeg.readFile('output.mp4');
        videoRef.current.src =
            URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([data.buffer], {type: 'video/mp4'}));
    }

    return (loaded
        ? (
            <>
                <video ref={videoRef} controls></video><br/>
                <button onClick={transcode}>Transcode webm to mp4</button>
                <p ref={messageRef}></p>
                <p>Open Developer Tools (Ctrl+Shift+I) to View Logs</p>
            </>
        )
        : (
            <button onClick={load}>Load ffmpeg-core (~31 MB)</button>
        )
    );
}

Transcode video with progress (experimental)

:::danger progress is an experimental feature and might not work for many cases (ex. concat video files, convert image files, ...). Please use with caution. :::

// import { FFmpeg } from '@ffmpeg/ffmpeg';
// import { fetchFile } from '@ffmpeg/util';
function() {
    const [loaded, setLoaded] = useState(false);
    const ffmpegRef = useRef(new FFmpeg());
    const videoRef = useRef(null);
    const messageRef = useRef(null);

    const load = async () => {
        const baseURL = 'https://unpkg.com/@ffmpeg/core@0.12.2/dist/umd'
        const ffmpeg = ffmpegRef.current;
        // Listen to progress event instead of log.
        ffmpeg.on('progress', ({ progress, time }) => {
            messageRef.current.innerHTML = `${progress * 100} % (transcoded time: ${time / 1000000} s)`;
        });
        // toBlobURL is used to bypass CORS issue, urls with the same
        // domain can be used directly.
        await ffmpeg.load({
            coreURL: await toBlobURL(`${baseURL}/ffmpeg-core.js`, 'text/javascript'),
            wasmURL: await toBlobURL(`${baseURL}/ffmpeg-core.wasm`, 'application/wasm'),
        });
        setLoaded(true);
    }

    const transcode = async () => {
        const ffmpeg = ffmpegRef.current;
        await ffmpeg.writeFile('input.webm', await fetchFile('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ffmpegwasm/testdata/master/Big_Buck_Bunny_180_10s.webm'));
        await ffmpeg.exec(['-i', 'input.webm', 'output.mp4']);
        const data = await ffmpeg.readFile('output.mp4');
        videoRef.current.src =
            URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([data.buffer], {type: 'video/mp4'}));
    }

    return (loaded
        ? (
            <>
                <video ref={videoRef} controls></video><br/>
                <button onClick={transcode}>Transcode webm to mp4</button>
                <p ref={messageRef}></p>
            </>
        )
        : (
            <button onClick={load}>Load ffmpeg-core (~31 MB)</button>
        )
    );
}

Split video into segments of equal duration

// import { FFmpeg } from '@ffmpeg/ffmpeg';
// import { fetchFile } from '@ffmpeg/util';
function() {
    const [loaded, setLoaded] = useState(false);
    const ffmpegRef = useRef(new FFmpeg());
    const videoRef = useRef(null);
    const messageRef = useRef(null);

    const load = async () => {
        const baseURL = 'https://unpkg.com/@ffmpeg/core@0.12.2/dist/umd'
        const ffmpeg = ffmpegRef.current;
        ffmpeg.on('log', ({ message }) => {
            messageRef.current.innerHTML = message;
            console.log(message);
        });
        // toBlobURL is used to bypass CORS issue, urls with the same
        // domain can be used directly.
        await ffmpeg.load({
            coreURL: await toBlobURL(`${baseURL}/ffmpeg-core.js`, 'text/javascript'),
            wasmURL: await toBlobURL(`${baseURL}/ffmpeg-core.wasm`, 'application/wasm'),
        });
        setLoaded(true);
    }

    const transcode = async () => {
        const ffmpeg = ffmpegRef.current;
        await ffmpeg.writeFile('input.webm', await fetchFile('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ffmpegwasm/testdata/master/Big_Buck_Bunny_180_10s.webm'));
        await ffmpeg.exec([
            '-i',
            'input.webm',
            '-f',
            'segment',
            '-segment_time',
            '3',
            '-g',
            '9',
            '-sc_threshold',
            '0',
            '-force_key_frames',
            'expr:gte(t,n_forced*9)',
            '-reset_timestamps',
            '1',
            '-map',
            '0',
            'output_%d.mp4'
        ]);
        const data = await ffmpeg.readFile('output_1.mp4');
        videoRef.current.src =
            URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([data.buffer], {type: 'video/mp4'}));
    }

    return (loaded
        ? (
            <>
                <video ref={videoRef} controls></video><br/>
                <button onClick={transcode}>Split video to segments of 3 sec. and plays 2nd segment</button>
                <p ref={messageRef}></p>
                <p>Open Developer Tools (Ctrl+Shift+I) to View Logs</p>
            </>
        )
        : (
            <button onClick={load}>Load ffmpeg-core (~31 MB)</button>
        )
    );
}

Display Text on the video

// import { FFmpeg } from '@ffmpeg/ffmpeg';
// import { fetchFile } from '@ffmpeg/util';
function() {
    const [loaded, setLoaded] = useState(false);
    const ffmpegRef = useRef(new FFmpeg());
    const videoRef = useRef(null);
    const messageRef = useRef(null);

    const load = async () => {
        const baseURL = 'https://unpkg.com/@ffmpeg/core@0.12.2/dist/umd'
        const ffmpeg = ffmpegRef.current;
        ffmpeg.on('log', ({ message }) => {
            messageRef.current.innerHTML = message;
            console.log(message);
        });
        // toBlobURL is used to bypass CORS issue, urls with the same
        // domain can be used directly.
        await ffmpeg.load({
            coreURL: await toBlobURL(`${baseURL}/ffmpeg-core.js`, 'text/javascript'),
            wasmURL: await toBlobURL(`${baseURL}/ffmpeg-core.wasm`, 'application/wasm'),
        });
        setLoaded(true);
    }

    const transcode = async () => {
        const ffmpeg = ffmpegRef.current;
        await ffmpeg.writeFile('input.webm', await fetchFile('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ffmpegwasm/testdata/master/Big_Buck_Bunny_180_10s.webm'));
        await ffmpeg.writeFile('arial.ttf', await fetchFile('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ffmpegwasm/testdata/master/arial.ttf'));
        await ffmpeg.exec([
            '-i',
            'input.webm',
            '-vf',
            'drawtext=fontfile=/arial.ttf:text=\'ffmpeg.wasm\':x=10:y=10:fontsize=24:fontcolor=white',
            'output.mp4',
        ]);
        const data = await ffmpeg.readFile('output.mp4');
        videoRef.current.src =
            URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([data.buffer], {type: 'video/mp4'}));
    }

    return (loaded
        ? (
            <>
                <video ref={videoRef} controls></video><br/>
                <button onClick={transcode}>Transcode webm to mp4 with text</button>
                <p ref={messageRef}></p>
                <p>Open Developer Tools (Ctrl+Shift+I) to View Logs</p>
            </>
        )
        : (
            <button onClick={load}>Load ffmpeg-core (~31 MB)</button>
        )
    );
}

Interlaced 2 Videos

// import { FFmpeg } from '@ffmpeg/ffmpeg';
// import { fetchFile } from '@ffmpeg/util';
function() {
    const [loaded, setLoaded] = useState(false);
    const ffmpegRef = useRef(new FFmpeg());
    const videoRef = useRef(null);
    const messageRef = useRef(null);

    const load = async () => {
        const baseURL = 'https://unpkg.com/@ffmpeg/core@0.12.2/dist/umd'
        const ffmpeg = ffmpegRef.current;
        ffmpeg.on('log', ({ message }) => {
            messageRef.current.innerHTML = message;
            console.log(message);
        });
        // toBlobURL is used to bypass CORS issue, urls with the same
        // domain can be used directly.
        await ffmpeg.load({
            coreURL: await toBlobURL(`${baseURL}/ffmpeg-core.js`, 'text/javascript'),
            wasmURL: await toBlobURL(`${baseURL}/ffmpeg-core.wasm`, 'application/wasm'),
        });
        setLoaded(true);
    }

    const transcode = async () => {
        const ffmpeg = ffmpegRef.current;
        await ffmpeg.writeFile('input.webm', await fetchFile('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ffmpegwasm/testdata/master/Big_Buck_Bunny_180_10s.webm'));
        await ffmpeg.writeFile('reversed.webm', await fetchFile('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ffmpegwasm/testdata/master/Big_Buck_Bunny_180_10s_reversed.webm'));
        await ffmpeg.exec([
            '-i',
            'input.webm',
            '-i',
            'reversed.webm',
            '-filter_complex',
            '[0:v][1:v]blend=all_expr=\'A*(if(eq(0,N/2),1,T))+B*(if(eq(0,N/2),T,1))\'',
            'output.mp4',
        ]);
        const data = await ffmpeg.readFile('output.mp4');
        videoRef.current.src =
            URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([data.buffer], {type: 'video/mp4'}));
    }

    return (loaded
        ? (
            <>
                <video ref={videoRef} controls></video><br/>
                <button onClick={transcode}>Interlace two webm video to mp4</button>
                <p ref={messageRef}></p>
                <p>Open Developer Tools (Ctrl+Shift+I) to View Logs</p>
            </>
        )
        : (
            <button onClick={load}>Load ffmpeg-core (~31 MB)</button>
        )
    );
}