FFmpeg for the file conversion using URL

Question

i need to be converted from MP4 to AVI. MP4 video are uploaded in window azure blob storage and storage is accessible publicly. my question when we write the ffmpeg command line. can i give the url of the video which is on blob storage

ffmpeg -i https://abcd.blob.core.windows.net/container/1.mp4 D:\Shared\1.avi

Answer 1

Your ffmpeg command is correct.

But FFmpeg works only with http urls out of the box. To make it work with https urls, you will need to compile it yourself with openssl.