---
name: "ffmpeg-config"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libavcodec-dev"
version: "0.cvs20060823-8+etch1"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ffmpeg-config"
---

# ffmpeg-config(1)

script to get information about the installed version of ffmpeg

## NAME

ffmpeg-config - script to get information about the installed version of ffmpeg

## SYNOPSIS

**ffmpeg-config** \[ --prefix= *DIR*\] \[ --version \] \[ --libs \[\<extensions\>\]\] \[ --plugin-libs \[\<extensions\>\]\] \[ --cflags \]

## DESCRIPTION

**ffmpeg-config** is a tool that is used to configure and determine the compiler and linker flags that should be used to compile and link progams, libraries, and plugins that use ffmpeg.

## OPTIONS

- **--cflags**

  Print the C compiler flags that are necessary to compile a program or library that uses ffmpeg.

- **--libs { avcodec \| avformat \| postproc }**

  Print the linker flags that are necessary to link a program that uses libavcodec, libavformat or libpostproc.

- **--plugin-libs { avcodec \| avformat \| postproc }**

  Print the linker flags that are necessary to link a shared object (such as a plugin for a program) that uses libavcodec, libavformat or libpostproc.

- **--prefix=***DIR*

  If specified, use PREFIX instead of the installation prefix that ffmpeg was built with when computing the output for the --cflags, --libs and --plugin-libs options. This option must be specified before any of the --cflags, --libs and --plugin-libs options.

- **--version**

  Prints the currently installed version of ffmpeg on standard output.

## EXAMPLES

- gcc -c main.c $(ffmpeg-config --cflags) -o main.o

  is how you might use **ffmpeg-config** to compile a C source file for an executable program.

- gcc main.o util.o $(ffmpeg-config --libs avcodec) -o my\_app

  is how you might use **ffmpeg-config** to link compiled objects into an executable program that uses libavcodec. Always make sure to mention libraries in the command line after objects referring to them.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written for sdl-config by Branden Robinson, originally for Progeny Linux Systems, Inc., and the Debian Project. It was adapted to ffmpeg by Sam Hocevar.