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I have the latest version of Homebrew and FFmpeg on OSX 10.9.5.

I need to install an older version of FFmpeg using Homebrew, rather than just running:

brew install ffmpeg

Could someone please explain how to do this? I know older versions of FFmpeg are readily available online: just need to figure out how to get Homebrew to find them, either online or on my system after downloading.

MF.

Sir Bad News
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  • Why do you want an older version? It is highly recommended that you use the latest available. – llogan Mar 19 '15 at 16:40
  • [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3987683/homebrew-install-specific-version-of-formula](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3987683/homebrew-install-specific-version-of-formula) – aergistal Mar 19 '15 at 16:42
  • I'm running Reaper audio DAW, which requires FFmpeg libraries to render videos and decode videos properly. I recently installed the latest FFmpeg, and this has caused a range of problems. Since I'm in the middle of a sound design project, I'm hoping that reinstalling the old FFmpeg will resolve the issue, but something tells me it might be more complicated than that... – Sir Bad News Mar 19 '15 at 21:14
  • I'm also facing problem with latest ffmpeg version: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29611998/strange-libavformat-dependency-with-jackmp?noredirect=1#comment47387128_29611998 – Martin Delille Apr 14 '15 at 08:24
  • I also want to use an older version. FFMPEG is the worst maintained software in the world and it is impossible to port old code to work with a newer API without spending weeks or months figuring it out by trial and error (no porting guide, examples that only use the most basic parts of the API). I have code that I know works on an older version and don't want to reimplement 1000s of lines of code. Maintaining code to use the latest verison of FFMPEG at all times is a luxury most people don't have. – pups May 31 '22 at 10:34

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You can install 4.4.2 with:

brew install ffmpeg@4

However, this seems to be the only older version available via brew (you will have to build from source if you need an older or more specific version than 4.4.2).

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