ffmpeg binaries updater for Windows OS

Updates ffmpeg binaries (ffmpeg.exe, ffplay.exe and ffprobe.exe) from Codex FFmpeg builds (https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds) with their latest versions.

Version

Current: 0.4.3

Requirements

Python 3.12+

TODO

• Replace youtube-dl with yt-dlp since youtube-dl is gone.

Installation

git clone https://github.com/tropicoo/youtube-dl-ffmpeg-updater-win.git
pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Usage

> python main.py --force --platform win64 --verbose 3

2025-02-23 02:02:07 cli         app.cli                   main                    INFO     


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2025-02-23 02:02:07 cli         app.cli                   main                    INFO     Starting main app
2025-02-23 02:02:07 updater     Updater                   __init__                INFO     Initializing "Updater" version 0.4.2
2025-02-23 02:02:07 managers    TaskManager               __init__                DEBUG    Initializing "TaskManager"
2025-02-23 02:02:07 updater     Updater                   run                     INFO     Starting force update
2025-02-23 02:02:07 abstract    CodexFFGithubApiClient    __init__                DEBUG    Initializing "CodexFFGithubApiClient"
2025-02-23 02:02:07 abstract    CodexFfmpegUpdaterTask    __init__                DEBUG    Initializing "CodexFfmpegUpdaterTask"
2025-02-23 02:02:07 extractor   ZipStreamExtractor        __init__                DEBUG    Initializing "ZipStreamExtractor"
2025-02-23 02:02:07 abstract    CodexFfmpegUpdaterTask    _update                 INFO     Updating FFmpeg binaries from codex
2025-02-23 02:02:07 codexffmpeg CodexFFGithubApiClient    _get_latest_tag         DEBUG    GET https://github.com/GyanD/codexffmpeg/releases/latest
2025-02-23 02:02:07 codexffmpeg CodexFFGithubApiClient    download_latest_version INFO     Latest version: "7.1"
2025-02-23 02:02:07 codexffmpeg CodexFFGithubApiClient    zipped_chunks_generator DEBUG    GET https://github.com/GyanD/codexffmpeg/releases/download/7.1/ffmpeg-7.1-essentials_build.zip
2025-02-23 02:02:07 codexffmpeg CodexFFGithubApiClient    zipped_chunks_generator DEBUG    Start download ffmpeg-7.1-essentials_build.zip
2025-02-23 02:02:08 extractor   ZipStreamExtractor        process_zip_stream      DEBUG    Skip ffmpeg-7.1-essentials_build/
2025-02-23 02:02:08 extractor   ZipStreamExtractor        process_zip_stream      DEBUG    Skip ffmpeg-7.1-essentials_build/bin/
2025-02-23 02:02:08 extractor   ZipStreamExtractor        _write_file             DEBUG    Write file C:\youtube-dl\ffmpeg.exe
2025-02-23 02:02:09 extractor   ZipStreamExtractor        _write_file             DEBUG    Write file C:\youtube-dl\ffplay.exe
2025-02-23 02:02:13 utils       FFmpegBinValidationTask   get_stdout              DEBUG    Command "('C:/youtube-dl/ffmpeg.exe', '-version')" exited with returncode 0
2025-02-23 02:02:13 validation  FFmpegBinValidationTask   validate                INFO     C:\youtube-dl\ffmpeg.exe successfully validated
2025-02-23 02:02:14 extractor   ZipStreamExtractor        _write_file             DEBUG    Write file C:\youtube-dl\ffprobe.exe
2025-02-23 02:02:15 utils       FFmpegBinValidationTask   get_stdout              DEBUG    Command "('C:/youtube-dl/ffplay.exe', '-version')" exited with returncode 0
2025-02-23 02:02:15 validation  FFmpegBinValidationTask   validate                INFO     C:\youtube-dl\ffplay.exe successfully validated
2025-02-23 02:02:19 utils       FFmpegBinValidationTask   get_stdout              DEBUG    Command "('C:/youtube-dl/ffprobe.exe', '-version')" exited with returncode 0
2025-02-23 02:02:19 validation  FFmpegBinValidationTask   validate                INFO     C:\youtube-dl\ffprobe.exe successfully validated
2025-02-23 02:02:19 extractor   ZipStreamExtractor        process_zip_stream      INFO     All ffbinaries updated, zip stream process done
2025-02-23 02:02:19 abstract    CodexFFGithubApiClient    close_session           DEBUG    Close client session
2025-02-23 02:02:19 updater     Updater                   run                     INFO     Force update finished
2025-02-23 02:02:19 cli         app.cli                   main                    INFO     Exiting main app

Help

> python main.py --help

 Usage: main.py [OPTIONS]

╭─ Options ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ --component      -c         [ffmpeg]                 updater components to update; currently, only "ffmpeg" is supported [default: ffmpeg]    │
│ --destination    -d         PATH                     ffmpeg destination directory path [default: C:\youtube-dl]                               │
│ --platform       -p         [win32|win64]            ffmpeg binaries os platform [default: win64]                                             │
│ --force          -f                                  perform force update                                                                     │
│ --ffmpeg-source  -fsrc      [codex|ffbinaries]       ffmpeg binaries source; currently, only "codex" is supported [default: codex]            │
│ --codex--source  -csrc      [github|codex]           codex binaries download source [default: github]                                         │
│ --verbose        -v         INTEGER RANGE [0<=x<=3]  log level 0-3 [default: 2]                                                               │
│ --help                                               Show this message and exit.                                                              │
╰───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

Misc

Easily run as batch file ffmpeg-updater.bat on Windows.

:: Content of the file "`ffmpeg-updater.bat"

@echo off

python3 <absolute_path_to_main.py> --platform win64 --verbose 3

pause