This is a fork of the abandoned [ffmpeg-next](https://crates.io/crates/ffmpeg-next) crate which is a fork of the abandoned [ffmpeg](https://crates.io/crates/ffmpeg) crate.
Versions that are considered [old and unmaintained](https://ffmpeg.org/olddownload.html) by FFmpeg like 5.0 or 6.0 usually work, but are not actively tested during development.
Build instructions can be found on the [wiki](https://github.com/zmwangx/rust-ffmpeg/wiki/Notes-on-building). API documentation for this crate can be found on [docs.rs](https://docs.rs/ffmpeg-the-third/).
If you have significant, demonstrable experience in Rust and multimedia-related programming, please let me know, I'll be more than happy to invite you as a collaborator.
Both `ffmpeg-the-third` and `ffmpeg-sys-the-third` currently require a Rust version of 1.65.0 or higher. Increases in MSRV will result in a semver MINOR version increase.
If you are having issues compiling this crate on your version of Rust, there are two tools you can use to help find MSRV-compatible dependency versions:
- Install a nightly Rust toolchain and run `cargo +nightly update -Zmsrv-policy`. This will automatically resolve dependencies to versions that are compatible with the `rust-version` in `Cargo.toml`.
- Check the `Cargo.lock.MSRV` in this repository. It contains dependency versions that are known to compile on the MSRV. In the simplest case, you can just `cp Cargo.lock.MSRV Cargo.lock`. For more complex dependency graphs, you might need to manually select compatible versions from the `Cargo.lock.MSRV`.
