The ffmpeg.exe process is also known as ConvertHelper and it is owned by Vuze or DownloadHelper. The process is a project of free software which produces programs and libraries in order to handle multimedia data. Notable among these are libavcodec (an audio/video codec library), which is used by a lot of other projects, libavformat (an audio/video container mux and demux library) and the ffmpeg, which is a program of command line that is used for transcoding multimedia files. The process is published under the GNU Lesser (General Public License). The process does not have immense file description and the program has no visible window; it is not a Windows core file and has a technical security rating of 53% dangerous, making it of mixed review among users. The security rating may not be totally accurate due to the fact that information regarding this process is very minimal. This file is an executable file and may have essential use for the user’s computer system.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. ffmpeg.exe. is used by ConvertHelper, If you shut down ffmpeg.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop ffmpeg.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is ConvertHelper, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed ffmpeg.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as ConvertHelper, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if ffmpeg.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that ffmpeg.exe, belongs to, in this case ConvertHelper