# wseemann/FFmpegMediaMetadataRetriever

FFmpegMediaMetadataRetriever provides a unified interface for retrieving frame and meta data from an input media file.

Repository: https://github.com/wseemann/FFmpegMediaMetadataRetriever
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ffmpegmediametadataretriever
Language: C
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-06-28T00:31:27+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 87/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 89, release rhythm 78, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4898, "days_push": 67, "days_rel": 67, "gap_med": 37, "n_releases_24m": 4}
- 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 1783, forks 395 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:35.789695+00:00)

## What it is
A reimplementation of Android's MediaMetadataRetriever class backed by FFmpeg, providing a unified interface for retrieving frames and metadata from media files. It supports multiple architectures, URL-based sources, and a wide range of audio and video formats.

## Use cases
- extract a thumbnail frame from a video file on Android
- read metadata like duration and artist from an mp3 or mp4
- get a frame from a remote video over http or https
- retrieve SHOUTcast ICY metadata from a stream
- replace Android MediaMetadataRetriever to support URLs and more formats

## When to choose
- you need broader format support than Android's built-in MediaMetadataRetriever
- you need to retrieve frames or metadata from remote URLs
- you are building an Android app that processes audio or video files

## When to avoid
- you are not targeting Android
- you need a pure Java or Kotlin solution without native libraries
- APK size is critical and you only need a few common codecs without tuning FFmpeg

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: video-processing, audio-processing, image-processing, sdk
- domain: media, android-tools, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: ffmpeg, metadata-retrieval, frame-extraction, media-metadata, android-library, jni, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- wseemann/FFmpegMediaMetadataRetriever (main) score 87

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:35.789695+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 2026-08-30T03:24:19.765895+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/wseemann/FFmpegMediaMetadataRetriever (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:35.789695+00:00, sha 41d7d7f788f7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.