# ffmpegthumbnailer mit Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, scoop installieren Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für ffmpegthumbnailer in AI-Agent-Workflows. ## Installation ```sh sudo av install brew:ffmpegthumbnailer ``` Weitere Installationsbefehle: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install ffmpegthumbnailer ``` Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install ffmpegthumbnailer ``` Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: multimedia/ffmpegthumbnailer/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add ffmpegthumbnailer ``` Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ffmpegthumbnailer from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install ffmpegthumbnailer ``` Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: ffmpegthumbnailer from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install ffmpegthumbnailer ``` Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ffmpegthumbnailer from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#ffmpegthumbnailer ``` Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ff/ffmpegthumbnailer/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S ffmpegthumbnailer ``` Evidenz: Arch Linux sync databases: ffmpegthumbnailer from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install ffmpegthumbnailer ``` Evidenz: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: ffmpegthumbnailer from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/ffmpegthumbnailer ``` Evidenz: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/ffmpegthumbnailer.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Paketfakten - **Paketschlüssel:** brew:ffmpegthumbnailer - **Paketmanager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 2.3.0 - **Quellzusammenfassung:** Create thumbnails for your video files - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-06-22T14:03:20-07:00 - **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - ffmpegthumbnailer (Alias) ## Installationsverhalten - Bottle: nicht verfügbar ## Version und Aktualität - Seite generiert: 2026-08-03 - Manager-Version: 2.3.0 ## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung ffmpegthumbnailer is a small FFmpeg-based thumbnail generator for video files, designed for file managers and other desktop software that need quick previews. ### Projektgeschichte The project describes itself as a lightweight video thumbnailer that uses FFmpeg to decode frames, with supported formats depending on how FFmpeg was built. Its early changelog starts at version 1.0 as the initial FFmpegThumbnailer release, and version 1.2.0 added libffmpegthumbnailer so applications could use it as a library instead of only a command-line tool. The 2.x line modernized the project around a C++ library namespace, C API changes, CMake, and GitHub hosting. Later releases focused on practical desktop-thumbnailer concerns: rotation metadata, embedded image metadata, raw RGB output, command-line argument checks, compatibility with newer FFmpeg, and an optional audio thumbnailer. ### Adoptionsgeschichte ffmpegthumbnailer was adopted in package managers because it fills a narrow but recurring desktop need: produce thumbnails for arbitrary video formats using the same codec coverage FFmpeg already provides. Homebrew packages the single ffmpegthumbnailer executable, and the project also exposes a library for applications that want thumbnail generation directly. ### Wie es verwendet wird Typical use is either direct CLI thumbnail generation or integration by a file manager/desktop thumbnail service. Because it delegates decoding to FFmpeg, its practical media coverage follows the FFmpeg build options available on the system. ### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren This is the kind of package maintainers like to keep boring: a tiny binary, a library, FFmpeg plus libpng dependencies, and a clear job. Its recurring build fixes against newer FFmpeg releases are the main maintenance story. ### Zeitleiste - 1.0: Initial FFmpegThumbnailer release. - 1.2.0: Added libffmpegthumbnailer library access. - 2.0.10: Migrated to GitHub and CMake. - 2016: Version 2.2.0 added embedded image metadata preference. - 2024: Version 2.2.3 fixed builds against newer FFmpeg and compilers. - 2025: Version 2.3.0 added an optional audio thumbnailer. ### Related projects - FFmpeg supplies the decoding layer. File managers and desktop thumbnail services are the main integration targets. ### Quellen - - - - ## Sicherheitshinweise broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger-Risiko:** blue / mittel - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge - Debian apt - ffmpegthumbnailer - 2.2.3-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: ffmpegthumbnailer from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | fast and lightweight video thumbnailer | https://github.com/dirkvdb/ffmpegthumbnailer - Debian apt - libffmpegthumbnailer-dev - 2.2.3-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libffmpegthumbnailer-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | development files for ffmpegthumbnailer | https://github.com/dirkvdb/ffmpegthumbnailer - Debian apt - libffmpegthumbnailer4v5 - 2.2.3-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libffmpegthumbnailer4v5 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | shared library for ffmpegthumbnailer | https://github.com/dirkvdb/ffmpegthumbnailer - Nix - ffmpegthumbnailer: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ff/ffmpegthumbnailer/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - ffmpegthumbnailer - 2.2.2+git20240104+dfsg-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: ffmpegthumbnailer from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | fast and lightweight video thumbnailer | https://github.com/dirkvdb/ffmpegthumbnailer - Ubuntu apt - libffmpegthumbnailer-dev - 2.2.2+git20240104+dfsg-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libffmpegthumbnailer-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | development files for ffmpegthumbnailer | https://github.com/dirkvdb/ffmpegthumbnailer - Ubuntu apt - libffmpegthumbnailer4v5 - 2.2.2+git20240104+dfsg-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libffmpegthumbnailer4v5 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | shared library for ffmpegthumbnailer | https://github.com/dirkvdb/ffmpegthumbnailer - apk - ffmpegthumbnailer - 2.2.4-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ffmpegthumbnailer from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Lightweight video thumbnailer that can be used by file managers | https://github.com/dirkvdb/ffmpegthumbnailer - apk - ffmpegthumbnailer-dev - 2.2.4-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ffmpegthumbnailer-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Lightweight video thumbnailer that can be used by file managers (development files) | https://github.com/dirkvdb/ffmpegthumbnailer - apk - ffmpegthumbnailer-doc - 2.2.4-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ffmpegthumbnailer-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Lightweight video thumbnailer that can be used by file managers (documentation) | https://github.com/dirkvdb/ffmpegthumbnailer - dnf - ffmpegthumbnailer - 2.3.0-3.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ffmpegthumbnailer from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Lightweight video thumbnailer that can be used by file managers | https://github.com/dirkvdb/ffmpegthumbnailer - dnf - ffmpegthumbnailer-devel - 2.3.0-3.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ffmpegthumbnailer-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Development files for ffmpegthumbnailer | https://github.com/dirkvdb/ffmpegthumbnailer - dnf - ffmpegthumbnailer-libs - 2.3.0-3.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ffmpegthumbnailer-libs from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Library for ffmpegthumbnailer | https://github.com/dirkvdb/ffmpegthumbnailer - pacman - ffmpegthumbnailer - 2.3.0-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: ffmpegthumbnailer from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Lightweight video thumbnailer that can be used by file managers | https://github.com/dirkvdb/ffmpegthumbnailer - zypper - ffmpegthumbnailer - 2.2.3-1.8: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: ffmpegthumbnailer from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Video thumbnailer that can be used by file managers | https://github.com/dirkvdb/ffmpegthumbnailer - zypper - libffmpegthumbnailer-devel - 2.2.3-1.8: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libffmpegthumbnailer-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Development files for ffmpegthumbnailer | https://github.com/dirkvdb/ffmpegthumbnailer ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. 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