EasyFFmpeg

A native macOS video compression app built with SwiftUI and FFmpeg.

Features

• Single file and batch compression
• 11 presets across 6 categories (Universal, Archive, Lectures, Web, Extreme, Compatibility)
• Codecs: H.264, H.265, H.265 Apple Silicon (hardware), VP9, AV1
• Audio: Copy, AAC, Opus, MP3, FLAC
• Real-time encoding progress with speed, ETA, and compression estimate
• Post-encoding summary: time elapsed, size saved, compression ratio
• FFmpeg management — detects Homebrew install, checks for updates
• English / Russian UI localization
• macOS 13+ (Ventura and later)

Requirements

• macOS 14.0 or later
• Xcode 15+
• FFmpeg installed via Homebrew:

brew install ffmpeg

Installation

1. Clone the repository
2. Open EasyFFmpeg.xcodeproj in Xcode
3. Select your signing team in Signing & Capabilities
4. Build and run (⌘R)

FFmpeg is detected automatically from /opt/homebrew/bin/ffmpeg or /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg.

Download

👉 Download the latest version from Releases

Install from DMG

1. Download the .dmg from Releases
2. Open the .dmg
3. Drag EasyFFmpeg.app into Applications
4. Launch the app

If macOS blocks the app, run in Terminal:

xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine /Applications/EasyFFmpeg.app

Project Structure

EasyFFmpeg/
├── EasyFFmpegApp.swift         # App entry point (@main)
├── Models/
│   ├── Preset.swift            # Preset, VideoCodec, AudioCodec, Resolution
│   ├── CompressionSettings.swift   # FFmpeg argument builder
│   ├── CompletionStats.swift   # Post-encoding result stats
│   ├── VideoMetadata.swift     # File metadata
│   └── BatchJob.swift          # Batch processing job model
├── Presets.swift               # All 11 preset definitions
├── Services/
│   ├── FFmpegRunner.swift      # Process launch, progress, cancellation
│   ├── FFmpegManager.swift     # FFmpeg detection, Homebrew management
│   ├── FFprobeAnalyzer.swift   # Video file analysis
│   ├── ProgressParser.swift    # FFmpeg -progress output parser
│   └── SizeEstimator.swift     # Output size/time estimation
├── ViewModels/
│   ├── MainViewModel.swift     # Single file screen state
│   └── BatchViewModel.swift    # Batch processing state
├── Views/                      # All SwiftUI views
└── Localization/
    ├── L10n.swift              # All strings (RU + EN)
    ├── LanguageManager.swift   # Language persistence
    └── LanguagePickerView.swift

FFmpeg Notes

• Progress written to a temp file (not pipe) to avoid stderr buffer deadlock
• -vsync 1 for ffmpeg 7.x compatibility
• format=yuv420p inside -vf chain for pixel format compatibility
• -tag:v hvc1 added for both libx265 and hevc_videotoolbox — required for QuickTime / Apple ecosystem playback
• IOPMAssertionCreateWithName prevents sleep during encoding

License

MIT License — see LICENSE for details.

This app uses FFmpeg, licensed under LGPL 2.1+ / GPL 2+.
See ffmpeg.org/legal.html for codec licensing details.