--- title: [Open Source Plugin] FFmpeg-Kit-Extended: Run FFmpeg,... description: FFmpeg-Kit-Extended is an open source React Native plugin (also available for Flutter) that enables running FFmpeg, FFprobe, and FFplay commands natively... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/open-source-plugin-ffmpeg-kit-extended-run-ffmpeg-ffprobe-and-ffplay-commands-without-needing-to-u3g76e3yv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: [Open Source Plugin] FFmpeg-Kit-Extended: Run FFmpeg, FFprobe and FFplay commands without needing to deploy those executables - iOS, macOS, tvOS, Android, Windows | daily.dev og:description: FFmpeg-Kit-Extended is an open source React Native plugin (also available for Flutter) that enables running FFmpeg, FFprobe, and FFplay commands natively... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/open-source-plugin-ffmpeg-kit-extended-run-ffmpeg-ffprobe-and-ffplay-commands-without-needing-to-u3g76e3yv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/U3G76E3Yv.png og:image:alt: [Open Source Plugin] FFmpeg-Kit-Extended: Run FFmpeg, FFprobe and FFplay commands without needing to deploy those executables - iOS, macOS, tvOS, Android, Windows og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # [Open Source Plugin] FFmpeg-Kit-Extended: Run FFmpeg, FFprobe and FFplay commands without needing to deploy those executables - iOS, macOS, tvOS, Android, Windows **[The React Community](https://daily.dev/sources/the_react_community)** · [@akashskypatel](https://daily.dev/akashskypatel) · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary FFmpeg-Kit-Extended is an open source React Native plugin (also available for Flutter) that enables running FFmpeg, FFprobe, and FFplay commands natively across Android, iOS, macOS, tvOS, and Windows without deploying separate executables. It supports FFmpeg 8.1.2 API, 100+ external libraries, 24 pre-bundled binary distributions, cross-platform video playback with native surface rendering, real-time streaming, asynchronous and parallel execution, session management, and custom build deployment. Prebuilt distributions include debug, base, full, audio, video, and video_hw variants with both GPL and LGPL license support. ## Content Full featured react-native plugin that lets you execute FFmpeg, FFprobe and FFplay commands without needing to deploy those executables. Get the full power of FFmpeg at native performance level. Includes support for 100+ external libraries with pre-bundled preset distributions for 24 different binaries distributed per platform with various included features plus the ability to deploy custom builds. [https://github.com/akashskypatel/ffmpeg-kit-extended](https://github.com/akashskypatel/ffmpeg-kit-extended) [https://www.npmjs.com/package/ffmpeg-kit-extended](https://www.npmjs.com/package/ffmpeg-kit-extended) ## Core features: - **Cross-Platform Support**: Works on `Android`, `iOS`, `macOS`, `tvOS`, and `Windows`. - **Android**: Full video playback support with native surface rendering. - **x86**: `x86` architecture is not supported due to its legacy status. - **iOS & macOS**: High-performance video playback with `CVPixelBuffer` and Metal integration. - **iOS**: Supports both physical `devices` and `simulators`. `x86_64` architecture is not supported due to its legacy status. - `FFmpeg`**, **`FFprobe`** & **`FFplay`: [Latest ](https://www.ffmpeg.org/download.html#release_8.1)`8.1.2 API` support for media manipulation, information retrieval, and audio/video playback. - **Video Playback**: Complete cross-platform video playback with unified surface API. - **Real-time Streaming**: Position and video dimension streams for live playback monitoring. - **Asynchronous Execution**: Run long-running tasks without blocking the UI thread. - **Parallel Execution**: Run multiple tasks in parallel. - **Callback Support**: detailed hooks for logs, statistics, and session completion. - **Session Management**: Full control over execution lifecycle (start, cancel, list). - **Extensible**: Designed to allow custom native library loading and configuration. - **Full package Introspection API**: Get detailed information about the package, including version, build date, and available muxers, demuxers, encoders, decoders, filters, etc. - **Deploy Custom Builds**: You can deploy custom builds of ffmpeg-kit-extended. See: [https://github.com/akashskypatel/ffmpeg-kit-builders](https://github.com/akashskypatel/ffmpeg-kit-builders) - **Prebuilt Distributions:** Supported pre-built bundle types are `debug`, `base`, `full`, `audio`, `video`, and `video_hw`. - **Supported Licenses**: supports both GPL and LGPL licenses P.S. this plugin is also available as a Flutter plugin at [https://pub.dev/packages/ffmpeg_kit_extended_flutter](https://pub.dev/packages/ffmpeg_kit_extended_flutter). ## Demo 🎬  ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [FFmpeg 101](https://daily.dev/posts/ffmpeg-101-upuv5ofd2) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [alec-c4/ffmpeg\_core: Modern Ruby wrapper for FFmpeg with clean API and proper error handling.](https://daily.dev/posts/alec-c4-ffmpeg-core-modern-ruby-wrapper-for-ffmpeg-with-clean-api-and-proper-error-handling--uh6a6otd3) · Ruby Flow · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [FFmpeg 8.1 Preparing For Release With Vulkan Improvements, JPEG-XS & More](https://daily.dev/posts/ffmpeg-8-1-preparing-for-release-with-vulkan-improvements-jpeg-xs-more-p5lfavvob) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#backend](https://daily.dev/tags/backend), [#flutter](https://daily.dev/tags/flutter), [#react-native](https://daily.dev/tags/react-native) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/open-source-plugin-ffmpeg-kit-extended-run-ffmpeg-ffprobe-and-ffplay-commands-without-needing-to-u3g76e3yv) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/open-source-plugin-ffmpeg-kit-extended-run-ffmpeg-ffprobe-and-ffplay-commands-without-needing-to-u3g76e3yv","headline":"[Open Source Plugin] FFmpeg-Kit-Extended: Run FFmpeg, FFprobe and FFplay commands without needing to deploy those executables - iOS, macOS, tvOS, Android, Windows","text":"FFmpeg-Kit-Extended is an open source React Native plugin (also available for Flutter) that enables running FFmpeg, FFprobe, and FFplay commands natively across Android, iOS, macOS, tvOS, and Windows without deploying separate executables. 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