FFmpeg for Android makes the FFmpeg and FFprobe command-line tools available on a rooted device for local media conversion, inspection, filtering, and scripted workflows.
Media Tools in the Android Shell
Run familiar multimedia commands directly from a terminal or another root-aware automation script.
Convert Media
Use FFmpeg for container remuxing, transcoding, resizing, audio extraction, trimming, and filter-based processing.
Inspect Files
Use FFprobe to read streams, codecs, duration, frame rates, tags, and other media metadata in scripts.
Automate Locally
Expose the binaries to the Android shell so repeatable processing can run without uploading personal media to a cloud service.
Basic Verification
After rebooting, open a root-capable terminal and verify the installed commands:
su
ffmpeg -version
ffprobe -versionFFmpeg's available encoders, decoders, filters, and hardware acceleration depend on how this particular binary was compiled; do not assume that every upstream FFmpeg feature is included.
Installation
- Download the module ZIP from the release controls on this page.
- Install the ZIP from the root manager's Modules screen.
- Reboot to expose the binaries in the shell environment.
- Run the version checks above before adding the commands to production scripts.