@douglassllc/mp4box-static

mp4box-static

MP4Box static binaries for Mac, Linux, and Windows.

Supports macOS (64-bit), Linux (32 and 64-bit) and Windows (32 and 64-bit). The current MP4Box version is 0.7.2.

Note: The version of mp4box-static follows SemVer. When releasing new versions, we do not consider breaking changes in MP4Box itself, but only the JS interface (see below). To stop mp4box-static from breaking your code by getting updated, lock the version down or use a lockfile.

What get's installed

The minimal required EXE and DLLs are installed. Currently only -force-cat feature of MP4Box has been tested. Other DLLs might be required to support other MP4Box features.

Installation

This module is installed via npm:

$ npm install @douglassllc/mp4box-static

Example Usage

Returns the path of a statically linked MP4Box binary on the local filesystem.

var mp4box = require('@douglassllc/mp4box-static');
console.log(mp4box.path);
// /Users/demo/mp4box-static/bin/darwin/x64/MP4Box

Sources of the binaries

The build script downloads binaries from this location:

• GPAC Multimedia Open Source Project

Building the project

The unzip, tar, 7z, and xz CLI executables need to be installed. On macOS, use brew install p7zip gnu-tar xz.