Pricing

Rating

Developer

Actor stats

Categories

Share

Universal Video Converter API

Apify Actor for reliable FFmpeg-based video/audio conversion.

The actor accepts an uploaded file or direct URL from the Actor input UI, converts the file using a constrained preset, validates input and output with ffprobe, saves the converted file back to the default key-value store, and pushes a dataset item with metadata and a download URL.

Example input

{
"sourceUrl":"https://example.com/input.mov",
"targetFormat":"mp4",
"quality":"balanced",
"maxResolution":1080,
"fps":30,
"stripMetadata":true
}

Console upload

In Apify Console, use the Upload video or source URL field. It renders as a file upload control, so non-technical users can upload a video directly instead of writing JSON or creating a key-value store manually.

Upload workflow

For API clients, first upload the binary video to an Apify key-value store record, then run the Actor with a signed or token-authenticated record URL as sourceUrl.

curl-X PUT \
"https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/YOUR_STORE_ID/records/input.mov?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN"\
-H"Content-Type: video/quicktime"\
 --data-binary "@input.mov"

{
"sourceUrl":"https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/YOUR_STORE_ID/records/input.mov?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN",
"targetFormat":"mp4",
"quality":"balanced"
}

Use sourceUrl when the file is already hosted somewhere or uploaded to Apify storage. sourceKey is still supported for records available in the run's default key-value store. sourceStoreId is available for privileged runs, but public/signed sourceUrl is the most reliable upload workflow because Apify runs may execute with limited storage permissions.

Supported formats

• Video: mp4, webm, mov, mkv, avi, m4v, gif.
• Audio: mp3, m4a, aac, wav, ogg, flac.

The actor does not accept raw FFmpeg command strings. This keeps the API stable and prevents command injection.