FFmpeg Docker image

This project prepares a minimalist Docker image with FFmpeg. It compiles FFmpeg from sources following instructions from the Compilation Guide.

You can install the latest build of this image by running docker pull jrottenberg/ffmpeg.

This image can be used as a base for an encoding farm.

Ubuntu builds

You can use jrottenberg/ffmpeg or jrottenberg/ffmpeg:3.3 to get the latest build based on ubuntu.

Note : I've made ubuntu the default after 3.1

You'll find centos based image using ffmpeg:X.Y-centos or ffmpeg:centos to get the latest. alpine images ffmpeg:X.Y-alpine to get the latest. scratch images ffmpeg:X.Y-scratch to get the latest. (Scratch is an experimental image containing only FFmpeg and libraries)

Recent images:

vaapi               86mb    2018-08-16
snapshot-centos     95mb    2018-08-16
snapshot-alpine     27mb    2018-08-16
4.0-vaapi           86mb    2018-08-15
4.0-ubuntu          94mb    2018-08-16
4.0-scratch         20mb    2018-08-16
4.0-centos          95mb    2018-08-16
3.4-vaapi           84mb    2018-08-15
3.4-scratch         18mb    2018-08-16
3.4-alpine          24mb    2018-08-16
3.4                 92mb    2018-08-16
3.3-scratch         17mb    2018-08-04
3.2-scratch         17mb    2018-08-16
3.2-alpine          24mb    2018-08-16
3.0-scratch         17mb    2018-08-16
3.0-centos          94mb    2018-08-16
2.8-scratch         16mb    2018-08-16
2.8                 90mb    2018-08-16

(How the 'recent images' was generated)

Please use Github issues to report any bug or missing feature.

Test

ffmpeg version 3.3.4 Copyright (c) 2000-2017 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 5.4.0 (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.4) 20160609
  configuration: --disable-debug --disable-doc --disable-ffplay --enable-shared --enable-avresample --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-gpl --enable-libass --enable-libfreetype --enable-libvidstab --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libx265 --enable-libxvid --enable-libx264 --enable-nonfree --enable-openssl --enable-libfdk_aac --enable-postproc --enable-small --enable-version3 --extra-cflags=-I/opt/ffmpeg/include --extra-ldflags=-L/opt/ffmpeg/lib --extra-libs=-ldl --prefix=/opt/ffmpeg
  libavutil      55. 58.100 / 55. 58.100
  libavcodec     57. 89.100 / 57. 89.100
  libavformat    57. 71.100 / 57. 71.100
  libavdevice    57.  6.100 / 57.  6.100
  libavfilter     6. 82.100 /  6. 82.100
  libavresample   3.  5.  0 /  3.  5.  0
  libswscale      4.  6.100 /  4.  6.100
  libswresample   2.  7.100 /  2.  7.100
  libpostproc    54.  5.100 / 54.  5.100

  configuration:
    --disable-debug
    --disable-doc
    --disable-ffplay
    --enable-shared
    --enable-avresample
    --enable-libopencore-amrnb
    --enable-libopencore-amrwb
    --enable-gpl
    --enable-libass
    --enable-libfreetype
    --enable-libvidstab
    --enable-libmp3lame
    --enable-libopenjpeg
    --enable-libopus
    --enable-libtheora
    --enable-libvorbis
    --enable-libvpx
    --enable-libx265
    --enable-libxvid
    --enable-libx264
    --enable-nonfree
    --enable-openssl
    --enable-libfdk_aac
    --enable-postproc
    --enable-small
    --enable-version3
    --extra-cflags=-I/opt/ffmpeg/include
    --extra-ldflags=-L/opt/ffmpeg/lib
    --extra-libs=-ldl
    --prefix=/opt/ffmpeg

Capture output from the container to the host running the command

 docker run jrottenberg/ffmpeg \
            -i http://url/to/media.mp4 \
            -stats \
            $ffmpeg_options  - > out.mp4

Examples

Extract 5s @00:49:42 into a GIF

 docker run jrottenberg/ffmpeg -stats  \
        -i http://archive.org/download/thethreeagesbusterkeaton/Buster.Keaton.The.Three.Ages.ogv \
        -loop 0  \
        -final_delay 500 -c:v gif -f gif -ss 00:49:42 -t 5 - > trow_ball.gif

Convert 10bits MKV into a 10Bits MP4

 docker run -v $PWD:/tmp jrottenberg/ffmpeg:3.4-scratch \
        -stats \
        -i http://www.jell.yfish.us/media/jellyfish-20-mbps-hd-hevc-10bit.mkv \
        -c:v libx265 -pix_fmt yuv420p10 \
        -t 5 -f mp4 /tmp/test.mp4

The image has been compiled with X265 Multilib. Use the pixel format switch to change the number of bits per pixel by suffixing it with 10 for 10bits or 12 for 12bits.

Convert a local GIF into a mp4

Let's assume original.gif is located in the current directory :

 docker run -v $PWD:/temp/ \
        jrottenberg/ffmpeg:3.2-scratch -stats \
        -i /temp/original.gif \
        /temp/original-converted.mp4

Use hardware acceleration enabled build

Thanks to qmfrederik for the vaapi ubuntu based variant

jrottenberg/ffmpeg:vaapi or jrottenberg/ffmpeg:vaapi-${VERSION}

Run the container with the device attached /dev/dri from your host into the container :

docker run --device /dev/dri:/dev/dri -v $(pwd):/mnt jrottenberg/ffmpeg:vaapi [...]

Have the Intel drivers up and running on your host. You can run vainfo (part of vainfo package on Ubuntu) to determine whether your graphics card has been recognized correctly.
Run ffmpeg with the correct parameters, this is the same as when running ffmpeg natively.

See what's inside the beast

docker run -it --entrypoint='bash' jrottenberg/ffmpeg

for i in ogg amr vorbis theora mp3lame opus vpx xvid fdk x264 x265;do echo $i; find /usr/local/ -name *$i*;done

Keep up to date

See Dockerfile-env to update a version

Contribute

# Add / fix stuff
${EDITOR} templates/

# Generates the Dockerfile for all variants
./update.py

# Test a specific variant
docker build -t my-build docker-images/VERSION/

# Make sure all variants pass before Travis does
find ffmpeg/ -name Dockerfile | xargs dirname | parallel --no-notice -j 4 --results logs docker build -t {} {}

Commit the templates files THEN all the generated Dockerfile for a merge request. So it's easier to review the template change.

arputcu/ffmpeg