# Install mjpegtools with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper Record and playback videos and perform simple edits. Version 2.2.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-19. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install liblavfile-2.1-0t64. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:mjpegtools ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install mjpegtools ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install mjpegtools ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: multimedia/mjpegtools/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install mjpegtools ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: mjpegtools from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install mjpegtools ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: mjpegtools 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#mjpegtools ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mj/mjpegtools/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S mjpegtools ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: mjpegtools from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install mjpegtools ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: mjpegtools from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:mjpegtools - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 2.2.1 - **Source summary:** Record and playback videos and perform simple edits - **Homepage:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-19T12:32:39-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - anytovcd.sh (alias) - jpeg2yuv (alias) - lav2avi.sh (alias) - lav2mpeg (alias) - lav2wav (alias) - lav2yuv (alias) - lavaddwav (alias) - lavinfo (alias) - lavpipe (alias) - lavtc.sh (alias) - lavtrans (alias) - matteblend.flt (alias) - mjpeg_simd_helper (alias) - mp2enc (alias) - mpeg2enc (alias) - mpegtranscode (alias) - mplex (alias) - multiblend.flt (alias) - pgmtoy4m (alias) - pnmtoy4m (alias) - ppmtoy4m (alias) - transist.flt (alias) - y4mblack (alias) - y4mcolorbars (alias) - y4mdenoise (alias) - y4mhist (alias) - y4minterlace (alias) - y4mivtc (alias) - y4mscaler (alias) - y4mshift (alias) - y4mspatialfilter (alias) - y4mstabilizer (alias) - y4mtopnm (alias) - y4mtoppm (alias) - y4mtoyuv (alias) - y4munsharp (alias) - ypipe (alias) - yuv2lav (alias) - yuv4mpeg (alias) - yuvcorrect (alias) - yuvcorrect_tune (alias) - yuvdeinterlace (alias) - yuvdenoise (alias) - yuvfps (alias) - yuvinactive (alias) - yuvkineco (alias) - yuvmedianfilter (alias) - yuvscaler (alias) - yuvycsnoise (alias) - yuyvtoy4m (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 2.2.1 ## Project history and usage MJPEG Tools is a suite of Linux audio and video utilities for Motion JPEG and MPEG workflows. The project site describes the tools as programs for video recording and playback, simple cut-and-paste editing, and MPEG compression of audio and video under Linux; SourceForge gives the same broad scope and notes support for MJPEG capture hardware and Video4Linux2 devices. ### How it is used The package reflects an older Unix-media-toolkit style: many focused commands, filters, and conversion utilities rather than one monolithic editor. Executables such as `jpeg2yuv`, `mpeg2enc`, `mp2enc`, `mplex`, `lav2mpeg`, `lavtrans`, and the `y4m*` tools support pipelines around MJPEG, YUV4MPEG, and MPEG encoding. In package managers it survives as a specialized media toolbox, packaged by Homebrew and several Linux distributions for workflows that need these legacy formats or command-line video processing pieces. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - liblavfile-2.1-0t64 - 1:2.1.0+debian-8.1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: liblavfile-2.1-0t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | MJPEG capture/editing/replay and MPEG encoding toolset (library) | http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/ - Debian apt - liblavjpeg-2.1-0t64 - 1:2.1.0+debian-8.1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: liblavjpeg-2.1-0t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | MJPEG capture/editing/replay and MPEG encoding toolset (library) | http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/ - Debian apt - liblavplay-2.1-0t64 - 1:2.1.0+debian-8.1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: liblavplay-2.1-0t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | MJPEG capture/editing/replay and MPEG encoding toolset (library) | http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/ - Debian apt - libmjpegtools-dev - 1:2.1.0+debian-8.1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libmjpegtools-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | MJPEG capture/editing/replay and MPEG encoding toolset (development) | http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/ - Debian apt - libmjpegutils-2.1-0t64 - 1:2.1.0+debian-8.1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libmjpegutils-2.1-0t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | MJPEG capture/editing/replay and MPEG encoding toolset (library) | http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/ - Debian apt - libmpeg2encpp-2.1-0t64 - 1:2.1.0+debian-8.1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libmpeg2encpp-2.1-0t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | MJPEG capture/editing/replay and MPEG encoding toolset (library) | http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/ - Debian apt - libmplex2-2.1-0t64 - 1:2.1.0+debian-8.1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libmplex2-2.1-0t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | MJPEG capture/editing/replay and MPEG encoding toolset (library) | http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/ - Debian apt - mjpegtools - 1:2.1.0+debian-8.1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: mjpegtools from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | MJPEG capture/editing/replay and MPEG encoding toolset | http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/ - Nix - mjpegtools: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mj/mjpegtools/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - liblavfile-2.1-0t64 - 1:2.1.0+debian-8.1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: liblavfile-2.1-0t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | MJPEG capture/editing/replay and MPEG encoding toolset (library) | http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/ - Ubuntu apt - liblavjpeg-2.1-0t64 - 1:2.1.0+debian-8.1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: liblavjpeg-2.1-0t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | MJPEG capture/editing/replay and MPEG encoding toolset (library) | http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/ - Ubuntu apt - liblavplay-2.1-0t64 - 1:2.1.0+debian-8.1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: liblavplay-2.1-0t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | MJPEG capture/editing/replay and MPEG encoding toolset (library) | http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/ - Ubuntu apt - libmjpegtools-dev - 1:2.1.0+debian-8.1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libmjpegtools-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | MJPEG capture/editing/replay and MPEG encoding toolset (development) | http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/ - Ubuntu apt - libmjpegutils-2.1-0t64 - 1:2.1.0+debian-8.1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libmjpegutils-2.1-0t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | MJPEG capture/editing/replay and MPEG encoding toolset (library) | http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/ - Ubuntu apt - libmpeg2encpp-2.1-0t64 - 1:2.1.0+debian-8.1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libmpeg2encpp-2.1-0t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | MJPEG capture/editing/replay and MPEG encoding toolset (library) | http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/ - Ubuntu apt - libmplex2-2.1-0t64 - 1:2.1.0+debian-8.1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libmplex2-2.1-0t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | MJPEG capture/editing/replay and MPEG encoding toolset (library) | http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/ ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/mjpegtools.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/mjpegtools.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph