Back in May 2019, as part of a series of articles offering advice for users of macOS Catalina on resolving issues with 32-bit applications, like MPEG Streamclip, no longer working with mac10.15, we showcased and produced a tutorial on how to use ffWorks to replace MPEG Streamclip. We have just learnt that they have released ffWorks 2 with a raft of improvements and fixes including the ability to create Droplets, support Multiple Watch folders, New Video & Audio Filters and much more.

What’s New In ffWorks 2 Highlights

• Full rewritten WatchFolder feature. It is now possible to have unlimited watch folders.

• New Droplets feature.

• New Search feature (to search and locate FFmpeg options).

• New batch information panes.

• New menu Tools

• Rewritten commandline compiler.

• Advanced and filters are now split into separated windows.

• Added Find, Info, Subtitle wizard and monitor buttons to each batch file for fast/easy access.

• Added support for 2 and 3-pass encoding for HEVC, VP8 and VP9 with CRF (constant ratio factor).

• Added AAC (hardware accelerated) mode option (Auto, Constant bitrate, Long-term average bitrate, Constrained variable bitrate and Variable bitrate)

Download FFmpeg

As we pointed out in our ffWorks tutorial, you need to download and install a compiled version of FFmpeg for ffWorks to work as they deliberately do not include the open-source FFmpeg code in ffWorks as FFmpeg is constantly being updated.