Installing Older FFmpeg Version Using Homebrew

Question

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.

Answer 1

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).