Video Converter for .NET FFMpeg C# wrapper

features C# video library

• FFMpeg .NET wrapper: convert (encode,decode) almost all known video and audio formats (mp4,mp3,h264,wmv,wav,avi,flv,mov,mkv,webm,ogg and many others)
• no memory leaks: ffmpeg is executed in a separate process (via System.Diagnostics.Process) and your .NET remains fully isolated.
• all ffmpeg command-line options are supported
• can resize/crop/cut/split/merge video files, combine video and audio from different files, transcode live video stream from C# Stream input (Webcam, RTSP URL, file) to C# Stream output (streaming server URL, file)
• easy to use video conversion .NET library: all you need is one assembly (FFMpeg is embedded into DLL and extracted on first use)
• Usage examples (C# / NET6):
  • Concat: merge several videos into one resulting file (with complex filter and 'concat' demuxer)
  • CutCropResize: code snippets to cut/crop/resize videos
  • VideoWatermark: apply watermark to the video (PNG image or just a text)
  • DemoWebForms: Convert any video file to MP4/FLV, extract video thumbnail, apply video watermark image (online demo code)
  • ConvertProgressWinForms: convert video with progress bar in a separate thread (WinForm app)
  • LiveStreamMvc: on-the-fly live stream transcoding for HTML5 video (ASP.NET MVC app)
  • LiveStreamRecognition: decode h264 stream and get frames as Bitmaps for further processing (for video recognition or extracting sequence of video thumbnails for every minute) as C# Bitmap objects (console app)
  • LiveStreamFromImages: encode live video stream from images (Bitmap objects, without temp files). Can be used for creating animated GIFs.
  • Rotate: detect video clip orientation and perform necessary rotation
  • ScreenCapture: record desktop (with mouse moves) and save as mp4 video + softly stop encoding process by sending Ctrl+C signal

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how to use

1. Add a reference to NReco.VideoConverter nuget package
2. Convert video to MP4 by executing FFMpeg process with one line of C# code:

   var ffMpeg = new NReco.VideoConverter.FFMpegConverter();
   ffMpeg.ConvertMedia(pathToVideoFile, "video.mp4", Format.mp4);

3. Get video thumbnail (C#):

   ffMpeg.GetVideoThumbnail(pathToVideoFile, "video_thumbnail.jpg");

4. Feel free to contact us
   in case of any questions.
   What's next:
   • FFMpeg Documentation
   • VideoConverter API Reference

online video converter demo

frequently asked questions

var ffmpeg = new NReco.VideoConverter.FFMpegConverter();
ffmpeg.ConvertMedia(
  new [] {
    new FFMpegInput("video.mp4"),
	new FFMpegInput("audio.mp3")
  }, "result.mp4", null, 
  new ConvertSettings() {
    AudioCodec = "copy", // or audio codec for re-encoding 
	VideoCodec = "copy", // or video codec for re-encoding
	CustomOutputArgs = " -map 0:v:0 -map 1:a:0 "
});

var ffmpeg = new FFMpegConverter();
ffmpeg.ConvertMedia("your_clip.mp4", null, "result.gif", null, new ConvertSettings() );

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