Setup FFmpeg on GitHub Actions to use ffmpeg and ffprobe.

This action installs FFmpeg for use in actions by installing it on tool cache using AnimMouse/tool-cache.

Ubuntu and Windows builds are provided by BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds.
macOS builds are provided by evermeet.cx.

This action is implemented as a composite action.

To use ffmpeg, run this action before ffmpeg.

steps:
  - name: Setup FFmpeg
    uses: AnimMouse/setup-ffmpeg@v1
    
  - run: ffmpeg -i in.mkv out.mkv

To use ffprobe, run this action before ffprobe.

steps:
  - name: Setup FFmpeg
    uses: AnimMouse/setup-ffmpeg@v1
    
  - run: ffprobe in.mkv

You can specify the version you want. By default, this action downloads the latest release version if version is not specified.

steps:
  - name: Setup FFmpeg
    uses: AnimMouse/setup-ffmpeg@v1
    with:
      version: master

For Ubuntu and Windows, specify the major and minor version only. Visit BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds for the list of release tags.

steps:
  - name: Setup FFmpeg
    uses: AnimMouse/setup-ffmpeg@v1
    with:
      version: 5.1

For macOS, specify the major, minor, and patch version. Visit evermeet.cx for the list of release tags.

steps:
  - name: Setup FFmpeg
    uses: AnimMouse/setup-ffmpeg@v1
    with:
      version: 5.1.2

This action automatically uses a GitHub token in order to authenticate with GitHub API and avoid rate limiting. You can also specify your own read-only fine-grained personal access token.

steps:
  - name: Setup FFmpeg
    uses: AnimMouse/setup-ffmpeg@v1
    with:
      token: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT }}

1. FedericoCarboni/setup-ffmpeg