Awesome FFmpeg 
FFmpeg is a cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video.
FFmpeg
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Awesome FFmpeg
Docs
FFmpeg.org
Where it all starts.
Filters
Docs for FFmpeg's powerful filter chains (scaling, cropping, concatenating, merging, etc.). This is one of my most visited links when working with FFmpeg.
Man page
Official FFmpeg man page.
Wiki & Bug Tracker
Lots of great info on here.
CLI flags
A comprehensive list of all FFmpeg commandline flags. Really useful for searching random flags that you come across in the wild.
FFmpeg's official docs are notoriously difficult for beginners to understand due to the scope and complexity of FFmpeg's capabilities. With that being said, they're still very useful as a reference.
JavaScript
fluent-ffmpeg
A fluent API to [FFmpeg](http://www.ffmpeg.org). If you only use one tool from this list, it should be this one.
ffmpeg-probe
Wrapper around ffprobe for getting info about media files.
ffmpeg-concat
Concats a list of videos together using FFmpeg with sexy OpenGL transitions.
editly
Declarative video editing tool and library with slick animations and transitions.
ffmpeg-generate-video-preview
Generates an attractive image strip or GIF preview from a video.
ffmpeg-extract-frame
Extracts a single frame from a video.
ffmpeg-extract-frames
Extracts screenshots from a video using FFmpeg.
gif-extract-frames
Extracts frames from GIFs including inter-frame coalescing.
ffmpeg-extract-audio
Extracts an audio stream from a media file.
ffmpeg-on-progress
Utility for robustly reporting progress with fluent-ffmpeg.
ffmpeg.js
Port of FFmpeg to JavaScript via Emscripten. Allows for limited FFmpeg use on the client-side.
ffmpeg-static
Provides static FFmpeg binaries for macOS, Linux, and Windows. Very useful for CI testing.
tangerine
Webcam streaming service using Node.js, FFmpeg, WebSockets, and Lad.
ffparser
Parse input stream by frames directly into your code as a buffer.
Native
ffmpeg-gl-transition
FFmpeg filter for applying GLSL transitions between video streams ([gl-transitions](https://gl-transitions.com/)).
Mobile
simplest ffmpeg mobile
FFmpeg examples for Android and iOS.
ijkplayer
Android / iOS video player based on FFmpeg.
Tutorials
Applying OpenGL Shaders with FFmpeg
And [follow-up](https://nervous.io/ffmpeg/opengl/2017/05/15/ffmpeg-pbo-yuv).