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ffmpegwasm
ffmpeg.wasm
C2020–2026
ffmpegwasm / ffmpeg.wasm

ffmpeg.wasm

FFmpeg for browser, powered by WebAssembly

34Distinct people
37Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
18KGitHub stars
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What it is

FFmpeg for browser, powered by WebAssembly

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Where it is used

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What people are saying

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 2:17:07 AM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year37 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2020-09-21 00:01:46 UTC to 2026-06-05 00:01:05 UTC.

0369122020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 7 mentions; 1 submissions, 6 comments20202021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 0 submissions, 5 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 11 mentions; 3 submissions, 8 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments20232024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 0 submissions, 4 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 6 mentions; 0 submissions, 6 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments. Incomplete calendar period.2026*

* An incomplete calendar period is marked with an outlined bar. Its count is not directly comparable with a full period.

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC716
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC505
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC1138
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC404
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC606
2026 (partial)2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202

What Hacker News says

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You can use this in Safari https://github.com/ai/audio-recorder-polyfill https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/webm-wasm Safari doesn't play webm files two options for that 1). you can convert webm to MP4 with or without re-encoding(will be faster) using ffmpeg or ffmpeg-wasm (within browser) https://github.com/ffmpegwasm/ffmpeg.wasm 2). Another option is play webm directly using wasm https://github.com/brion/ogv.js
In Show HN: I built a SaaS to allow customers to send quick screen recordings
This is pretty cool. I've also been playing around in this area lately and noticed there's still a drastic performance hit. But seems to work great for smaller files. Question: Are you compiling FFmpeg to WASM, or FFMpeg's libav and interfacing with that directly? Also for anyone curious, the author of ffmpeg.wasm[1] has an excellent guide on compiling FFmpeg to WASM: https://itnext.io/build-ffmpeg-webassembly-version-ffmpeg-js... [1] https://github.com/ffmpegwasm/ffmpeg.wasm
In Show HN: Video Transcoder on the browser using WASM

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