FFmpeg

Linux Project: FFmpeg

License: LGPL or GPL (depending on configuration)

Dates Active: 2000–present

Maintainers/Developers: FFmpeg team (originally Fabrice Bellard)

Compatible Distro(s): All major Linux distributions

History:

FFmpeg is a leading multimedia framework able to decode, encode, transcode, mux, demux, stream, filter, and play nearly anything. It was started by Fabrice Bellard and has grown into a vast open-source collaboration.