title: Using ffmpeg in asp.net
body: <p>I needed a audio conversion library. After already pulling my hair..I have given up on the fact that there is no such audio library out there..every library out there has some or the other problem.</p>
  
  <p>The only option left is ffmpeg which is the best but unfortunately you cannot use it in asp.net (not directly I mean). Every user on the website that will convert a file; will launch an exe?; I think I will hit the server memory max soon. </p>
  
  <p>Bottom Line: I will try using ffmpeg.exe and see how many users it can support simultaneously.</p>
  
  <p>I went to the ffmpeg website and in the windows download section I found 3 different version; static, shared and dev. </p>
  
  <p>Does any one know which would be the best? All packed in one exe (static) or dll's separely and exe small, wrt using it in asp.net?</p>
  
  <p>PS: any one has a good library out there..would be great if you can share.</p>
  
  <p>Static builds provide one self-contained .exe file for each program (ffmpeg, ffprobe, ffplay).</p>
  
  <p>Shared builds provide each library as a separate .dll file (avcodec, avdevice, avfilter, etc.), and .exe files that depend on those libraries for each program</p>
  
  <p>Dev packages provide the headers and .lib/.dll.a files required to use the .dll files in other programs.</p>