FFmpeg API Use Cases
See how teams use Very Good FFmpeg in real product workflows.
Run FFmpeg at scale for your video SaaS product. User uploads land, [transcodes fan out to multiple resolutions](/content/best/best-video-transcoding-api), and you never manage a worker fleet. Per-GB pricing, 6-hour runtimes.
Run FFmpeg for UGC platforms and creator tools. Spiky weekend traffic, quiet weekdays - your bill follows the curve. [Resize for TikTok](/content/guides/resize-video), add watermarks, batch process 10,000 videos.
FFmpeg API for AI video startups generating content programmatically. [Frame extraction](/content/guides/create-thumbnails), format wrangling, GPU encoding for AI-generated video output. Pay per GB, no server management.
Run FFmpeg for client video projects. Pay per project, not per month. [Any codec, any format, any size](/content/guides/convert-video-format). 6-hour runtimes for long-form edits. GPU encoding for fast turnaround.
Run FFmpeg for audio workloads. Process multi-hour podcast episodes, normalise loudness, [extract audio from video](/content/guides/extract-audio), convert between formats. No Lambda timeout, no server management.