# cropsly/ffmpeg-android-java

Android java library for FFmpeg binary compiled using https://github.com/writingminds/ffmpeg-android

Repository: https://github.com/cropsly/ffmpeg-android-java
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ffmpeg-android-java
Homepage: http://writingminds.github.io/ffmpeg-android-java
Language: Java
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: ffmpeg-android-java, android, ffmpeg, java, ffmpeg-wrapper, ffmpeg-android, android-ffmpeg
Last push: 2021-07-31T10:27:20+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4374, "days_push": 1859, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3343, forks 820 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:56.970996+00:00)

## What it is
A Java library that wraps a precompiled FFmpeg binary for use in Android apps, letting developers load the binary and execute FFmpeg commands programmatically. It supports armv7, armv7-neon, and x86 architectures.

## Use cases
- run ffmpeg commands in an android app
- convert video files on android
- extract audio from video on mobile
- compress videos in an android application
- trim or merge media files on android

## When to choose
- you need FFmpeg functionality inside an Android app with a simple Java API
- your app targets armv7 or x86 devices and needs media transcoding

## When to avoid
- you need iOS or desktop support
- you require up-to-date FFmpeg features or newer ABIs like arm64
- your project cannot comply with GPL-3.0 licensing

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: video-processing, audio-processing, cli
- domain: mobile-development, media
- platform: jvm
- tags: ffmpeg-wrapper, android-library, media-transcoding, gpl-3.0, video, audio, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- cropsly/ffmpeg-android-java (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:56.970996+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:41:02.763411+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cropsly/ffmpeg-android-java (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:56.970996+00:00, sha d75d6f109bd7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.