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Compatibility

LucQuebec edited this page Jul 12, 2026 · 4 revisions

Compatibility

State of the main branch source (and of any .aar/Maven artifact produced by CI going forward). This mirrors README, Compatibility section — that is the source of truth if the two ever drift.

6.0 / 7.1 LTS 8.1 LTS
NDK r26c (26.2.11394342) r27c (27.2.12479018)
minSdk 24 (Android 7.0) 24 (Android 7.0)
compileSdk / targetSdk 35 (Android 15) 35 (Android 15)
ABI arm64-v8a only — CI builds and publishes this ABI exclusively; other ABIs are buildable from source via android.sh but not published arm64-v8a only
16 KB page size alignment Enforced — native libraries are linked with -Wl,-z,max-page-size=16384, and the CI build fails if any .so is not 16 KB aligned Enforced

The free artifact matrix — same 8 names as upstream

Every original FFmpegKit artifact name (full, https, min, audio, video, and their -gpl variants) is rebuilt and maintained here, free on Maven Central, across all three LTS lines. Pick the smallest one that covers the codecs your app needs — a smaller build means a smaller APK. MediaCodec hardware acceleration and zlib are included in every variant (Android system libraries).

Artifact Adds on top of base FFmpeg License
ffmpeg-kit-min nothing (bare FFmpeg + system libs) LGPL-3.0
ffmpeg-kit-https gmp, gnutls (TLS / https URLs) LGPL-3.0
ffmpeg-kit-audio lame, opus, libvorbis, speex, opencore-amr, shine, soxr, twolame, vo-amrwbenc, libilbc LGPL-3.0
ffmpeg-kit-video dav1d, libvpx, kvazaar, libass, libtheora, libwebp, zimg, freetype, fontconfig, fribidi, snappy LGPL-3.0
ffmpeg-kit-full audio + video + https (recommended default) LGPL-3.0
ffmpeg-kit-min-gpl min + x264, x265, xvid, vidstab GPL-3.0 ⚠️
ffmpeg-kit-https-gpl https + x264, x265, xvid, vidstab GPL-3.0 ⚠️
ffmpeg-kit-full-gpl full + x264, x265, xvid, vidstab GPL-3.0 ⚠️

H.264/H.265 decode is always available — it's native to FFmpeg, not tied to any encoder library. What differs between artifacts is encode capability: full gives LGPL encoders (kvazaar for H.265), the -gpl variants add x264/x265. See Licensing for what the -gpl artifacts' license means for your app, and GPL Filters for the filter-level detail.

Pro — beyond the free matrix

Pro (jokobee.com/ffmpegkit) is distributed separately (.aar download, not Maven Central) and adds capability none of the free artifacts have:

  • WhisperKit — on-device speech recognition, subtitles, translation (8.1 line only)
  • OCR (tesseract/leptonica) and audio fingerprinting (chromaprint)
  • Priority support and a security-response window

See README, Pro section, for pricing and per-line availability.

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