GStreamer VS FFmpeg

Compare GStreamer vs FFmpeg and see what are their differences.

GStreamer

GStreamer open-source multimedia framework (by GStreamer)
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GStreamer FFmpeg
1 485
2,093 42,374
3.7% 2.8%
9.9 10.0
5 days ago 4 days ago
C C
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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GStreamer

Posts with mentions or reviews of GStreamer. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-04-25.

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 2024-04-10.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing GStreamer and FFmpeg you can also consider the following projects:

mpv - 🎥 Command line video player

libVLC

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

SDL - DEPRECATED: Official development moved to GitHub

OpenH264 - Open Source H.264 Codec

SFML - Simple and Fast Multimedia Library

Exoplayer - An extensible media player for Android

QtAv - A cross-platform multimedia framework based on Qt and FFmpeg. 基于Qt和FFmpeg的跨平台高性能音视频播放框架. Recommand to use new sdk https://github.com/wang-bin/mdk-sdk

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

MediaInfoLib - Convenient unified display of the most relevant technical and tag data for video and audio files.

libde265 - Open h.265 video codec implementation.