---
name: "OGV File Format"
type: topic
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/OGV_File_Format
revid: 373411
updated: 2025-05-08T11:27:11Z
---

# OGV File Format

The **OGV** format is a video format that is playable in Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead and Arma 3 (through e.g [BIS_fnc_playVideo](../functions/BIS_fnc_playVideo.md)).

> [!WARNING]
> The ffmpeg tool provides a conversion output that works in Arma 3 up until ffmpeg's **4.0.2** version
> (4.1 and above versions have a documented bug regarding this feature: [bug report](https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/8471)).

### How To

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### Download

See https://ffmpeg.org/ to [download](https://ffmpeg.org/download.html) ffmpeg;\
See https://ffmpeg.org/releases/ to obtain older ffmpeg release sources.

**binaries** downloads (from https://www.videohelp.com/software/ffmpeg/old-versions):

- [ffmpeg-4.0.2-win64-static.zip (62.7 MB)](https://www.videohelp.com/download/ffmpeg-4.0.2-win64-static.zip)
- [ffmpeg-4.0.2-win32-static.zip (52.4 MB)](https://www.videohelp.com/download/ffmpeg-4.0.2-win32-static.zip)
- [ffmpeg-4.0.1-win64-static.zip (60.4 MB)](https://www.videohelp.com/download/ffmpeg-4.0.1-win64-static.zip)
- [ffmpeg-4.0.1-win32-static.zip (52.3 MB)](https://www.videohelp.com/download/ffmpeg-4.0.1-win32-static.zip)

### Example

```
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -c:v libtheora -q:v 7 -c:a libvorbis -q:a 4 intro.ogv
```

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — OGV File Format](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/OGV_File_Format) (revision 373411).</sub>