General Tools

About this collection

General Tools brings together 514 curated resources from across the video technology landscape. Notable topics include API Libraries & SDKs, Build Scripts & Automation, Case Studies & Best Practices in DRM, and Command-line Utilities & Wrappers.

Resources (showing 313–336 of 514)

• Cloudflare Stream — Securing your stream (signed tokens)Docs on signed-token protection of HLS/DASH manifests and segments on Cloudflare Stream, including Worker-based local token signing and all…
• DASH Industry Forum CPIX SpecOfficial CPIX (Content Protection Information Exchange) specification source and issue tracker from DASH-IF.
• DRM-EncoderFull-stack web app converting video to DRM-encrypted output (Widevine/PlayReady/Raw Key) using Go + Shaka Packager backend and Next.js fron…
• Encryption & DRM with Multiple Keys — Unified StreamingDRM with multiple keys for Unified Packager.
• GPAC cecryptGPAC's CENC encryptor supporting CENC/ISMA/Adobe encryption schemes via DRM config file.
• Secure HLS streaming using DRM encryptionProtect live and on-demand HLS streaming using DRM encryption in Wowza Streaming Engine.
• Shaka Packager Encryption Options — cenc/cbc1/cens/cbcs ReferenceExact reference for MPEG Common Encryption protection schemes in Shaka Packager, including --protection_scheme, --crypt_byte_block and --sk…
• Ultra HD Forum Watermark Pre-Processor (WMP) API for Encoder Integration v1.0.1Normative encoder-side interface for generating A/B forensic watermark variants per representation, referenced by DASH-IF and ETSI A/B wate…
• encrypted-hls-with-laravel-ffmpeg-demoLaravel+FFmpeg reference implementation for AES-128 HLS encryption including key rotation pattern.
• hls4encdecPure C tool encrypting/decrypting HLS segments via OpenSSL AES-128-CBC, batch processes chunks from m3u8 playlists.
• node-ffmpeg-hls-encryptionFFmpeg-based reference implementation transcoding to multi-resolution HLS with AES-128 encryption baked in.
• CodenameGoghNode-based (nodal) graphical interface to the FFmpeg transcoder for visually building conversion pipelines.
• FFMpegGUISimple, lightweight FFmpeg GUI wrapper.
• FFmpeg 8.0 Released — Whisper Filter, Vulkan Video ImprovementsFeature breakdown of FFmpeg 8.0: OpenAI Whisper audio filter, Vulkan AV1 encode and VP9 hwaccel, VVC VAAPI decode, APV and ProRes RAW suppo…
• FFmpeg ExplorerBrowser-based node editor (xyflow/svelte) for visually chaining ffmpeg inputs and filters, auto-inserting filter nodes.
• HBBatchBeastHandBrake + FFmpeg/FFprobe batch automation GUI with recursive folder scans, folder watching, and multi-instance encoding across Windows/ma…
• VideomassCross-platform FFmpeg GUI in Python3/wxPython with multitasking transcoding, running on Linux/macOS/Windows/FreeBSD.
• ffmpeg-gui (Haoming02)Lightweight Tauri FFmpeg GUI for batch-processing folders with CRF/bitrate control, progress bar, and interrupt support.
• ffmpeg-gui (puzzithinker)Tauri 2 + Rust + React FFmpeg GUI with visual trim timeline, subtitle burn, and real-time progress; uses the system FFmpeg.
• ffmpeg-gui (vegnuli)Another lightweight GUI wrapper for FFmpeg conversion tasks.
• ffmpeg-webWeb + Electron UI built on ffmpeg.wasm for converting video (H264/H265/VP9/VP8/Theora/WMV), audio, and images, with merging and album-art v…
• ffmpeg.audio.wasmAudio-focused FFmpeg WebAssembly build: transcode to wav/mp3/opus, extract audio, pitch-shift and time-stretch via a single-file JS wrapper.
• ffnodeVisual node editor powered by the ffmpeg filtergraph; create/edit graphs, tweak params, live preview, import/export ffplay format.
• ffui — FFmpeg desktop GUITauri/Rust + Vue3 desktop FFmpeg GUI with batch video/audio/image queue workflow, preset management, quality comparison, and auto-download…