FFmpeg

About this profile

Detail	Value
Type	libretro
Classification	Pure libretro
Source	https://github.com/libretro/FFmpeg
Upstream	https://www.ffmpeg.org/
Version	2.7.git, stated in RELEASE
Revision	libretro/FFmpeg@4920879d2f09
Profiled	2026-03-23
Profile	YAML, JSON
Cores	ffmpeg

Technical notes

Media player core using libavcodec, libavformat, and libswscale. Plays video and audio files within RetroArch with an audio visualizer. No external files required. Codecs are linked at build time.

No BIOS or firmware files required.

Next steps

• Get your files, for the setup you play on
• Every system, and the files each one needs
• When a game does not start

Data as of 4 November 2026.