Installation

Prerequisites

Before installing pyffmpeg, ensure you have:

1. Python 3.10 or higher bash python --version

2. FFmpeg available in your PATH

Installing pyffmpeg

Using uv (Recommended)

uv add wut-ffmpeg

Using pip

pip install wut-ffmpeg

From Source

For development or the latest features:

git clone https://github.com/mkan1ewski/pyffmpeg.git
cd pyffmpeg
uv sync

Verifying Installation

Test that everything is working:

import pyffmpeg as ffmpeg

# Create a simple test
stream = ffmpeg.input('test.mp4')
args = stream.output('out.mp4').get_args()
print(args)