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ffmpeg static build for macOS

Download ffmpeg 6.1.1 (Apple Silicon)


SHA256 checksum of FFmpeg file : 9f865039102a1139c7057d7f21ddaacd106d602fa3af1f99b70f43d520439b8c
Source used to compile : here

Older versions:
ffmpeg 6.0 (Apple Silicon)
SHA256 checksum:
a90e3db6a3fd35f6074b013f948b1aa45b31c6375489d39e572bea3f18336584

Download ffmpeg 6.1 (Intel)


SHA256 checksum of FFmpeg file: b893e45db7253d587568909feaceab9d21c6b681e7de4500adce4409228bc78d


Older versions:
ffmpeg 6.0 (Intel)
SHA256 checksum:
605ea5922f8c76f6dd5c369ea44c6e9ad82ae7717dcc230a5433e0ac7318d0fe

ffprobe static build for macOS

Download ffprobe 6.1.1 (Apple Silicon)


SHA256 checksum of ffprobe file : 05a26b32c32115785d48b01601e104712bbc6c2b1d363b9cf44c42232684e25e
Source used to compile : here


Download ffprobe 6.1 (Intel)


SHA256 checksum of ffprobe file: 975e84c3e163e6df76b3ae1d4ccf0b584ee022075bfc76d0dc31ed5f2b012731

ffplay static build for macOS

Download ffplay 6.1.1 (Apple Silicon)


SHA256 checksum of ffplay file : c41452652559995c057daa5274e56c3a7babd1b4f3c0730f5b8dc0f3a2e177a2
Source used to compile : here


codesign -s - <pathtotheffmpegfile> 

Notes:
The files for Apple Silicon includes the x265 NEON patch. This makes the encoding speed of x265 much faster. 
The provided FFmpeg files are for educational purposes only.


Download ffplay 6.1 (Intel)


SHA256 checksum of ffplay file:
f72d490a938fbd22462f529a90feb4b727445c3c0243ab0e2fa06adb3c14eee9

How to compile a real static FFmpeg file for macOS

There are several ways to compile FFmpeg. Homebrew is an easy way to compile FFmpeg files but sadly they are not static.
Static means you can copy the FFmpeg file anywere you want. It has no dependencies compared to a dynamically build like Homebrew does.

The below script will build a real static FFmpeg file. It does not cover all possible external libraries but it will give you a headstart. You can of course add more libs like Theora, Vorbis, VPX, .. yourself.
First download all source files:

- x264           git clone https://code.videolan.org/videolan/x264.git
- x265           https://bitbucket.org/multicoreware/x265/downloads/
- cmake   
- enca.          https://dl.cihar.com/enca/enca-1.19.tar.gz
- expat          https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/releases/download/R_2_2_10/expat-2.2.10.tar.gz
- lame           git clone https://github.com/rbrito/lame.git
- fribidi          https://github.com/fribidi/fribidi/releases/download/
- freetype      https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/
- fontconfig    https://www.freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/release/
- libiconv.      https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/libiconv/libiconv-1.16.tar.gz
- libass          https://github.com/libass/libass/releases/download/
- nasm.         https://www.nasm.us/pub/nasm/releasebuilds/2.15.05/nasm-2.15.05.tar.gz
- yasm          http://www.tortall.net/projects/yasm/releases/
- pkg-config  https://pkg-config.freedesktop.org/releases/

And of course FFmpeg :-)    git clone git://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git

You also need to install Apple Xcode.