Air on mobile with FFmpeg

Question

Hi,  I've searched a lot here and all over the net and couldn't find answer to this so decided to ask it here.  Is it possible to use FFmpeg in a mobile air app. I need to play many video formats so FFmpeg can be used to first convert and then to display them in the app.  I've done similar thing in a desktop air app but there I was calling an executable of FFmpeg and my app was listening when it finishes converting and then continued with its tasks. For the mobile I was thinking for a way to embed the FFmpeg inside the app but I really couldn't understand if that is possible at all.  Thanks

Innovatology · Answer

You'd need to1) port libffmpeg to the mobile device in question (or find a ported version)2) wrap it up in a Native Extension so you can call it from AirIt's not rocket science, but you'd need a good understanding of the library and C development (and Java, for Android).The device would take quite a performance and battery hit with all that number crunching going on. I don't think libffmpeg takes advantage of the GPU. Don't expect anything close to the desktop experience.

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