Importing macOS Frameworks

The recommended method to install ffmpeg-kit in a macOS project is to use Cocoapods. Adding ffmpeg-kit dependency to the project's Podfile and running pod install is enough to complete the installation. Cocoapods will download necessary libraries and update the project files for you.

If Cocoapods is not available, or you don't want to use Cocoapods in your project, you can install macOS frameworks using instructions below.

1. Download a macOS framework package from Releases page.

• Note that Main releases publish xcframework packages and LTS releases publish framework packages

• macOS framework releases are files that include -macos- in their name, e.g., ffmpeg-kit-min-4.4-macos-xcframework.zip

2. Extract the zip package to a temporary location and copy all frameworks (directories with .xcframework or .framework extension) into your project folder.

3. Open your project in Xcode and drag & drop all frameworks from Finder's project folder into your project window inside Xcode.

• Make sure that Framework Search Path for PROJECT_DIR is set to recursive in Xcode
• Validate that ffmpeg-kit frameworks listed under General -> Frameworks, Libraries and Embedded Content are not marked as Embed & Sign. The correct setting for them is Do Not Embed

4. Add libbz2, libc++, libiconv, libz, AudioToolbox, AVKit, CoreAudio, CoreImage, CoreMedia¹, OpenCL, VideoToolbox and Accelerate² system libraries/frameworks to Build Phases -> Link Binary With Libraries section.

¹ - Required by full and full-gpl packages

² - Required when rubberband is enabled