Books and other External Resources
This page lists books and other external resources of note such as guides, tutorials. Lists in each section are in alphabetical order.
Books
An Introduction to FFmpeg... by Michael Koch
http://www.astro-electronic.de/FFmpeg_Book.pdf (free)
Last update: 2021
FFMPEG - From Zero to Hero by Nick Ferrando
https://www.amazon.com/FFMPEG-Zero-Hero-Nick-Ferrando-ebook/dp/B08Y64XG9T/
Last update: 2021
FFmpeg Basics by Frantisek Korbel
http://ffmpeg.tv/
Describes various FFmpeg features and common tasks.
Last update: 2012
FFmpeg Beginner's handbook (Chinese Version) by Steven Liu
http://book.chinaffmpeg.com/
Describes FFmpeg common use method in Chinese, from command line to API usage.
Last update: 2018.
FFmpeg For Beginners by John Riselvato
https://www.amazon.com/FFmpeg-Beginners-Audio-Youtube-Social-ebook/dp/B087GYV15Y/
Last update: 2020
FFMPEG Quick Hacks by V. Subhash
https://www.amazon.com/FFMPEG-Quick-Hacks-collection-quick-reference/dp/B0892DHN53/
http://www.vsubhash.in/ffmpeg-quick-hacks-book.html (free)
Has a full tutorial, hack collection and quick reference.
Last update: 2020
Introduction to FFmpeg by Chris Weed
https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-FFmpeg-Encode-Mobile-Devices-ebook/dp/B07PBYS324/
Last update: 2019
Learn to Produce Videos with FFmpeg by Jan Ozer
https://www.amazon.com/Learn-Produce-Videos-FFmpeg-Minutes/dp/0998453013/
Last update: 2018
Other Resources
An ffmpeg and SDL Tutorial by Stephen Dranger
http://dranger.com/ffmpeg/
A tutorial on how to write a video player based on FFmpeg
Last update: 2015
MultimediaWiki by Multimedia Mike
https://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php/Main_Page
Technical details about video and audio
Last update: 2021
