# a-schild/jave2

The JAVE (Java Audio Video Encoder) library is Java wrapper on the ffmpeg project

Repository: https://github.com/a-schild/jave2
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/jave2
Language: Java
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: java, ffmpeg-wrapper, ffmpeg, converter, encoder, decoder
Last push: 2026-08-20T12:51:44+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 98, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4930, "days_push": 13, "days_rel": 13, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 4}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1374, forks 260 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:33.038701+00:00)

## What it is
JAVE2 is a Java library that wraps the ffmpeg command-line tool to convert and transcode audio and video files from Java code. It bundles platform-specific ffmpeg binaries via Maven packages for Windows, Linux, and macOS.

## Use cases
- convert video files to different formats from Java
- extract audio tracks from video files
- transcode media in a Java web application
- resize or re-encode videos programmatically
- bundle ffmpeg with a Java app without external installation

## When to choose
- you need media conversion inside a JVM application
- you want ffmpeg binaries shipped automatically per platform
- you prefer a pure Java API over shelling out to ffmpeg yourself

## When to avoid
- you need real-time or GPU-accelerated streaming pipelines
- your project cannot accept GPL-3.0 licensing
- you need fine-grained ffmpeg filter graphs beyond the wrapper's API

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: video-processing, audio-processing
- domain: media, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform, windows, jvm
- tags: ffmpeg-wrapper, java, audio-video-encoding, transcoding, gpl-3.0, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- a-schild/jave2 (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:33.038701+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 2026-08-30T04:40:36.458815+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/a-schild/jave2 (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:33.038701+00:00, sha 07881be79cfb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.