FFmpeg VS obs-studio

Compare FFmpeg vs obs-studio and see what are their differences.

obs-studio

OBS Studio - Free and open source software for live streaming and screen recording (by obsproject)
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FFmpeg obs-studio
483 2360
41,601 54,874
2.1% 2.0%
10.0 9.8
7 days ago 6 days ago
C C
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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FFmpeg

Posts with mentions or reviews of FFmpeg. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-26.
  • Writing x86 SIMD using x86inc.asm (2017)
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 26 Mar 2024
    This turns out to be a lot of assembly macros to help write one x86 assembly. https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/master/libavutil/x86/x...

    The sibling comment recommending compiler intrinsics is probably the best way to go for writing SIMD code. A mixture of `` style types and intrinsics to specify instructions is a solid 90% solution compared to assembly.

    If you want that last 10%, I think macros are putting the emphasis in the wrong place. They're a somewhat easy way to build up a language abstraction which will work if held carefully, but I'm confident the dev experience using this abstraction when you write invalid code will be deeply confusing.

    I would suggest to write a parser instead of the macros. That'll tell you clearly when the syntax is invalid (though possibly not with much precision) and it'll give you a place to put semantic analysis for where valid syntax encodes nonsense. Do the equivalent of the macro expansions on the parsed tree instead of on the text. Emit asm as the "back end".

  • Video Generation with Python
    4 projects | dev.to | 11 Mar 2024
    You might have heard of FFMPEG or ImageMagick for image and video edition in a programmatic way. MoviePy is a Python module for video editing (Python wrapper for FFMPEG and ImageMagick). It provides functions for cutting, concatenations, title insertions, video compositing, video processing, and the creation of custom effects. It can read and write common video and audio formats and be run on any platform with Python 2.7 or 3+.
  • I want some logically difficult c programs
    5 projects | /r/C_Programming | 9 Dec 2023
  • 11 Ways to Optimize Your Website
    12 projects | dev.to | 12 Nov 2023
    There are many cloud-based tools and websites that can convert your images, but the problem with these tools is that you usually have to upload the files for them to be processed, and some of their services are not free. In this article, I'd like to introduce a piece of software called FFmpeg, which allows you convert the images locally with one simple command.
  • AI-assisted removal of filler words from video recordings
    4 projects | dev.to | 1 Nov 2023
    To run the demo locally, be sure to have Python 3.11 and FFmpeg installed.
  • OpenAI Whisper: Transcribe in the Terminal for free
    5 projects | dev.to | 10 Oct 2023
    To get started, we’ll need to install FFmpeg, the all-in-one tool for working with audio and video. We’ll use it to record audio and Whisper AI will use it to create a transcription.
  • AI Coding Companions: My Experiences in 2023
    2 projects | dev.to | 26 Sep 2023
    Recently I needed to build something with Python and FFmpeg. And while FFmpeg is amazingly powerful, it can also be incredibly complicated.
  • New AnimateDiff on ComfyUI supports Unlimited Context Length - Vid2Vid will never be the same!!! [Full Guide/Workflow in Comments]
    4 projects | /r/StableDiffusion | 24 Sep 2023
    8/Once done it will have frames and a gif (if you are getting a ffmpeg error it will just not make the GIF - you will need to install https://ffmpeg.org/ and look on youtube for how to add it to PATH). Please note the GIF is signficantly worse quality than the original frames so have a look at them.
  • software to convert files like mkv to mp4 and others
    2 projects | /r/software | 20 Sep 2023
    https://ffmpeg.org/ - FOSS, Command line. Will convert anything you have to anything you want.
  • The 10 tools I install on every new Mac I get
    7 projects | dev.to | 14 Sep 2023
    FFMPEG - converts anything to anything on the command line (free)

obs-studio

Posts with mentions or reviews of obs-studio. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-28.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing FFmpeg and obs-studio you can also consider the following projects:

mpv - 🎥 Command line video player

ffmpeg-python - Python bindings for FFmpeg - with complex filtering support

OpenH264 - Open Source H.264 Codec

Exoplayer - An extensible media player for Android

obsninja - VDO.Ninja is a powerful tool that lets you bring remote video feeds into OBS or other studio software via WebRTC.

hlsdl - C program to download VoD HLS (.m3u8) files

obs-StreamFX - StreamFX is a plugin for OBS® Studio which adds many new effects, filters, sources, transitions and encoders! Be it 3D Transform, Blur, complex Masking, or even custom shaders, you'll find it all here.

ShareX - ShareX is a free and open source program that lets you capture or record any area of your screen and share it with a single press of a key. It also allows uploading images, text or other types of files to many supported destinations you can choose from.

GStreamer - GStreamer open-source multimedia framework

jcodec - JCodec main repo

libde265 - Open h.265 video codec implementation.

obs-ndi - NewTek NDI integration for OBS Studio