Originally published at ffmpeg-micro.com

fluent-ffmpeg is the go-to FFmpeg wrapper for Node.js developers. It works perfectly on your laptop. Then you deploy to AWS Lambda, Vercel, or Google Cloud Functions and everything falls apart.

FFmpeg Micro is a cloud API that runs FFmpeg commands on dedicated infrastructure, so Node.js developers can transcode video without installing binaries or managing memory limits.

Why fluent-ffmpeg Breaks in Serverless

1. No native FFmpeg in serverless runtimes