# cropsly/ffmpeg-android

FFmpeg for Android compiled with x264, libass, fontconfig, freetype, fribidi and lame (Supports Android 4.1+)

Repository: https://github.com/cropsly/ffmpeg-android
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ffmpeg-android
Homepage: http://writingminds.github.io/ffmpeg-android/
Language: Shell
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: ffmpeg-android, fontconfig, shell, android-ndk, libass, android, freetype, fribidi, h264
Last push: 2021-11-12T09:25:42+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": 4475, "days_push": 1755, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1649, forks 414 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:16.670849+00:00)

## What it is
Shell scripts and prebuilt binaries for compiling FFmpeg for Android with x264, libass, fontconfig, freetype, fribidi, and lame. It targets armv7, armv7-neon, and x86 architectures and pairs with the ffmpeg-android-java library.

## Use cases
- run ffmpeg commands on android devices
- convert video files on android
- burn subtitles into video on android
- encode h264 video on android
- extract audio from video on android
- build ffmpeg for android ndk

## When to choose
- you need a full ffmpeg binary on Android with x264 and subtitle/font support
- you want prebuilt binaries instead of cross-compiling yourself
- you need to support older Android versions (4.1+)

## When to avoid
- you need arm64 or modern Android toolchain support
- you want an actively maintained project
- you only need a Java/Kotlin media API without shelling out to a binary

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: video-processing, audio-processing, embedded
- domain: media, mobile-development, android-tools
- platform: cli
- tags: ffmpeg, android-ndk, x264, libass, prebuilt-binaries, cross-compilation, video, audio, android

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

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:16.670849+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 2026-08-30T03:45:08.282234+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cropsly/ffmpeg-android (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:16.670849+00:00, sha 61d3ad4a1373)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.