How to Deploy GPAC for FFmpeg Packaging and ABR Distribution

As much as we love FFmpeg for transcoding op?erations, it can get frustrating when packag?ing your content for ABR delivery. By packag?ing, I mean formatting and segmenting your media files, creating manifest files for HLS and DASH, for?matting for CMAF, and managing multiple audio and subtitle streams. Fortunately, there are easier-to-use solutions that are equally open source and equal?ly free. In this article, I'll focus on GPAC, which is a great packaging alternative.