react-native-ffmpeg | FFmpeg for react-native - FFmpeg for React Native

On React Native < 0.60, manually link the module by running the following command. On React Native >= 0.60,. On React Native < 0.60,. ffmpeg includes built-in encoders for some popular formats. However, there are certain external libraries that needs to be enabled in order to encode specific formats/codecs. For example, to encode an mp3 file you need lame or shine library enabled. You have to install a react-native-ffmpeg package that has at least one of them inside. To encode an h264 video, you need to install a package with x264 inside. To encode vp8 or vp9 videos, you need a react-native-ffmpeg package with libvpx inside. react-native-ffmpeg provides eight packages that include different sets of external libraries. These packages are named according to the external libraries included in them. Below you can see which libraries are enabled in each package. Installation of react-native-ffmpeg using instructions in 2.1 and 2.2 enables the default package, which is based on https package. It is possible to enable other installed packages using the following steps. The following table shows all package names defined for react-native-ffmpeg. react-native-ffmpeg is published in two different variants: Main Release and LTS Release. Both releases share the same source code but is built with different settings. Below you can see the differences between the two. In order to install the LTS variant, install the https-lts package using instructions in 2.3 or append -lts to the package name you are using.
Add use_native_modules! to your Podfile and run pod install
Add react-native-ffmpeg pod to your Podfile and run pod install pod 'react-native-ffmpeg', :podspec => '../node_modules/react-native-ffmpeg/react-native-ffmpeg.podspec'
DO NOT USE react-native link on iOS. react-native link breaks Cocoapods dependencies.
Edit android/build.gradle file and define package name in ext.reactNativeFFmpegPackage variable. ext { reactNativeFFmpegPackage = "<package name>" }
Edit ios/Podfile file and add package name as subspec. After that run pod install again. pod 'react-native-ffmpeg/<package name>', :podspec => '../node_modules/react-native-ffmpeg/react-native-ffmpeg.podspec'
Note that if you have use_native_modules! in your Podfile, specifying a subspec may cause the following error. You can fix it by defining react-native-ffmpeg dependency before use_native_modules! in your Podfile. [!] There are multiple dependencies with different sources for `react-native-ffmpeg` in `Podfile`: - react-native-ffmpeg (from `../node_modules/react-native-ffmpeg`) - react-native-ffmpeg/<package name> (from `../node_modules/react-native-ffmpeg/react-native-ffmpeg.podspec`)