FFmpeg offers a comprehensive, cross-platform solution for recording, converting, and streaming both audio and video. As a premier multimedia framework, it excels at decoding, encoding, transcoding, muxing, demuxing, streaming, filtering, and playback of virtually any format created by humans or machines. It accommodates even the most obscure legacy formats alongside the latest innovations, regardless of whether they originate from standards organizations, community efforts, or corporate entities. Its portability is remarkable, as FFmpeg successfully compiles and operates on various platforms, including Linux, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, and the BSDs, among others, while also passing extensive testing through our FATE infrastructure across diverse build environments and machine architectures. The FFmpeg project is dedicated to delivering the best possible technical solutions for both developers and end users. To accomplish this, we leverage the finest free software resources available, while giving preference to our own codebase, which helps minimize reliance on external libraries and enhances code sharing throughout the different components of FFmpeg. This strategic approach not only optimizes performance but also fosters a robust development environment conducive to innovation.