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streamio/streamio-ffmpeg

Simple yet powerful ruby ffmpeg wrapper for reading metadata and transcoding movies observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/streamio/streamio-ffmpeg · Ruby · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

32/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 5993
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 847
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1687 stars · 419 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Ruby gem that wraps the ffmpeg command-line tool, providing a simple API for reading movie metadata and transcoding video/audio files. It supports custom encoding options, progress tracking, and multiple audio streams.

Use cases

  • read metadata from video files in ruby
  • transcode movies to mp4 with ffmpeg from ruby
  • get video duration resolution and codec info
  • convert video formats programmatically
  • track transcoding progress in a rails app
  • extract audio stream details from media files

When to choose

  • you are building a Ruby or Rails application that needs video metadata or transcoding
  • you want a simple Ruby API over ffmpeg instead of shelling out manually
  • you need human-readable encoding options with progress callbacks

When to avoid

  • your project is not in Ruby
  • you need fine-grained frame-level control or ffmpeg filter graphs beyond custom CLI args
  • you need a library actively tracking the newest ffmpeg versions or running on JRuby

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

video-processing audio-processing media developer-tools ruby cross-platform cli ffmpeg transcoding metadata ruby-gem wrapper video

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Member repositories

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