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Install mp4ff with Homebrew, MacPorts

Tools for parsing and manipulating MP4/ISOBMFF files. Version 0.55.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-29. Also installable with macports: sudo port install mp4ff.

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Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install mp4ff

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install mp4ff

MacPorts ports tree · multimedia/mp4ff/Portfile · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Tools for parsing and manipulating MP4/ISOBMFF files

Commands and aliases

  • mp4ff-crop
  • mp4ff-decrypt
  • mp4ff-encrypt
  • mp4ff-info
  • mp4ff-mvhevc
  • mp4ff-nallister
  • mp4ff-pslister
  • mp4ff-subslister

history

Project history and usage

mp4ff is Eyevinn's Go library and tool set for MP4 and ISO Base Media File Format work, authored around video-engineering needs by Torbjorn Einarson and collaborators. The project emphasizes fragmented MP4, the style used by MPEG-DASH, HLS fMP4, MSS, CMAF-style tracks, and other streaming workflows, while also handling progressive MP4 files.

Project history

The library parses and writes MP4 box structures and includes codec-specific support for AVC/H.264, HEVC/H.265, AV1, VVC, AAC, AC-3, Opus, WebVTT, TTML, and related sample-entry metadata. Its command-line tools expose common inspection and transformation tasks: mp4ff-info prints the MP4 box tree, mp4ff-pslister and mp4ff-nallister inspect codec parameter sets and NAL units, mp4ff-subslister inspects subtitle samples, mp4ff-crop trims progressive files, and mp4ff-encrypt/mp4ff-decrypt handle Common Encryption variants.

How it is used

The project grew from the absence of a performant Go library that covered fragmented files deeply enough for backend services and command-line tooling. In practice, it is used by developers building packaging, inspection, encryption, resegmentation, and regression-test tooling around MP4 assets, rather than by end users editing media metadata by hand.

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for mp4ff. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

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executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
mp4ff-cropcliglobal executable
mp4ff-decryptcliglobal executable
mp4ff-encryptcliglobal executable
mp4ff-infocliglobal executable
mp4ff-mvhevccliglobal executable
mp4ff-nallistercliglobal executable
mp4ff-pslistercliglobal executable
mp4ff-subslistercliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-04
manager version0.55.0
manager updated2026-07-29
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.55.0

https://github.com/Eyevinn/mp4ff

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:mp4ff
Version0.55.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mp4ff
Homepagehttps://github.com/Eyevinn/mp4ff
Repositoryhttps://github.com/Eyevinn/mp4ff
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/Eyevinn/mp4ff/archive/refs/tags/v0.55.0.tar.gz
Last updated2026-07-29T17:05:01+02:00
Pulseupdated
Build dependenciesgo
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namemp4ff
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

source database matches

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MacPorts95%

mp4ff

sudo port install mp4ff
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Mp4ff
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: multimedia/mp4ff/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • goBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

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source trail

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