diff --git a/FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader/Enums/FFMpegBinaries.cs b/FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader/Enums/FFMpegBinaries.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d92116a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader/Enums/FFMpegBinaries.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+namespace FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader.Enums;
+
+[Flags]
+public enum FFMpegBinaries : ushort
+{
+    FFMpeg,
+    FFProbe,
+    FFPlay
+}
diff --git a/FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader/Enums/FFMpegVersions.cs b/FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader/Enums/FFMpegVersions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a2e5f097
--- /dev/null
+++ b/FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader/Enums/FFMpegVersions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+using System.ComponentModel;
+
+namespace FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader.Enums;
+
+public enum FFMpegVersions : ushort
+{
+    [Description("https://ffbinaries.com/api/v1/version/latest")]
+    Latest,
+
+    [Description("https://ffbinaries.com/api/v1/version/6.1")]
+    V6_1,
+
+    [Description("https://ffbinaries.com/api/v1/version/5.1")]
+    V5_1,
+
+    [Description("https://ffbinaries.com/api/v1/version/4.4.1")]
+    V4_4_1,
+
+    [Description("https://ffbinaries.com/api/v1/version/4.2.1")]
+    V4_2_1,
+
+    [Description("https://ffbinaries.com/api/v1/version/4.2")]
+    V4_2,
+
+    [Description("https://ffbinaries.com/api/v1/version/4.1")]
+    V4_1,
+
+    [Description("https://ffbinaries.com/api/v1/version/4.0")]
+    V4_0,
+
+    [Description("https://ffbinaries.com/api/v1/version/3.4")]
+    V3_4,
+
+    [Description("https://ffbinaries.com/api/v1/version/3.3")]
+    V3_3,
+
+    [Description("https://ffbinaries.com/api/v1/version/3.2")]
+    V3_2
+}
diff --git a/FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader/Enums/SupportedPlatforms.cs b/FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader/Enums/SupportedPlatforms.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0378f3e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader/Enums/SupportedPlatforms.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+namespace FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader.Enums;
+
+public enum SupportedPlatforms : ushort
+{
+    Windows64,
+    Windows32,
+    Linux64,
+    Linux32,
+    LinuxArmhf,
+    LinuxArmel,
+    LinuxArm64,
+    Osx64
+}
diff --git a/FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader/Exceptions/FFMpegDownloaderException.cs b/FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader/Exceptions/FFMpegDownloaderException.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c7d2ead9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader/Exceptions/FFMpegDownloaderException.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+namespace FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader.Exceptions;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Custom exception for FFMpegDownloader
+/// </summary>
+public class FFMpegDownloaderException : Exception
+{
+    public string Detail { get; set; } = "";
+
+    public FFMpegDownloaderException(string message) : base(message)
+    {
+    }
+
+    public FFMpegDownloaderException(string message, string detail) : base(message)
+    {
+        Detail = detail;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader/Extensions/EnumExtensions.cs b/FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader/Extensions/EnumExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7930c130
--- /dev/null
+++ b/FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader/Extensions/EnumExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+using System.ComponentModel;
+
+namespace FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader.Extensions;
+
+internal static class EnumExtensions
+{
+    public static string GetDescription(this Enum enumValue)
+    {
+        var field = enumValue.GetType().GetField(enumValue.ToString());
+        if (field == null)
+        {
+            return enumValue.ToString();
+        }
+
+        if (Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(field, typeof(DescriptionAttribute)) is DescriptionAttribute attribute)
+        {
+            return attribute.Description;
+        }
+
+        return enumValue.ToString();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader/FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader.csproj b/FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader/FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader.csproj
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0c6f791e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader/FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <TargetFramework>netstandard2.1</TargetFramework>
+    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <IsPackable>true</IsPackable>
+    <Description>FFMpeg downloader extension for FFMpegCore</Description>
+    <PackageVersion>5.0.0</PackageVersion>
+    <PackageOutputPath>../nupkg</PackageOutputPath>
+    <PackageReleaseNotes>
+    </PackageReleaseNotes>
+    <PackageTags>ffmpeg ffprobe convert video audio mediafile resize analyze download</PackageTags>
+    <Authors>Malte Rosenbjerg, Vlad Jerca, Max Bagryantsev, Kerry Cao</Authors>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\FFMpegCore\FFMpegCore.csproj"/>
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>
diff --git a/FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader/FFMpegDownloader.cs b/FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader/FFMpegDownloader.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0def62ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader/FFMpegDownloader.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+using FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader.Enums;
+using FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader.Exceptions;
+using FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader.Services;
+
+namespace FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader;
+
+public class FFMpegDownloader
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Download the latest FFMpeg suite binaries for current platform
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="version">used to explicitly state the version of binary you want to download</param>
+    /// <param name="binaries">used to explicitly state the binaries you want to download (ffmpeg, ffprobe, ffplay)</param>
+    /// <param name="platformOverride">used to explicitly state the os and architecture you want to download</param>
+    /// <returns>a list of the binaries that have been successfully downloaded</returns>
+    public static async Task<List<string>> DownloadFFMpegSuite(
+        FFMpegVersions version = FFMpegVersions.Latest,
+        FFMpegBinaries binaries = FFMpegBinaries.FFMpeg | FFMpegBinaries.FFProbe,
+        SupportedPlatforms? platformOverride = null)
+    {
+        // get all available versions
+        var versionInfo = await FFbinariesService.GetVersionInfo(version);
+
+        // get the download info for the current platform
+        var downloadInfo = versionInfo.BinaryInfo?.GetCompatibleDownloadInfo(platformOverride) ??
+                           throw new FFMpegDownloaderException("Failed to get compatible download info");
+
+        var successList = new List<string>();
+
+        // download ffmpeg if selected
+        if (binaries.HasFlag(FFMpegBinaries.FFMpeg) && downloadInfo.FFMpeg is not null)
+        {
+            await using var zipStream = await FFbinariesService.DownloadFileAsSteam(new Uri(downloadInfo.FFMpeg));
+            successList.AddRange(FFbinariesService.ExtractZipAndSave(zipStream));
+        }
+
+        // download ffprobe if selected
+        if (binaries.HasFlag(FFMpegBinaries.FFProbe) && downloadInfo.FFProbe is not null)
+        {
+            await using var zipStream = await FFbinariesService.DownloadFileAsSteam(new Uri(downloadInfo.FFProbe));
+            successList.AddRange(FFbinariesService.ExtractZipAndSave(zipStream));
+        }
+
+        // download ffplay if selected
+        if (binaries.HasFlag(FFMpegBinaries.FFPlay) && downloadInfo.FFPlay is not null)
+        {
+            await using var zipStream = await FFbinariesService.DownloadFileAsSteam(new Uri(downloadInfo.FFPlay));
+            successList.AddRange(FFbinariesService.ExtractZipAndSave(zipStream));
+        }
+
+        return successList;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader/Models/BinaryInfo.cs b/FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader/Models/BinaryInfo.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e91fcee2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader/Models/BinaryInfo.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+using FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader.Enums;
+
+namespace FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader.Models;
+
+internal record BinaryInfo
+{
+    [JsonPropertyName("windows-64")] public DownloadInfo? Windows64 { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonPropertyName("windows-32")] public DownloadInfo? Windows32 { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonPropertyName("linux-32")] public DownloadInfo? Linux32 { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonPropertyName("linux-64")] public DownloadInfo? Linux64 { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonPropertyName("linux-armhf")] public DownloadInfo? LinuxArmhf { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonPropertyName("linux-armel")] public DownloadInfo? LinuxArmel { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonPropertyName("linux-arm64")] public DownloadInfo? LinuxArm64 { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonPropertyName("osx-64")] public DownloadInfo? Osx64 { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Automatically get the compatible download info for current os and architecture
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="platformOverride"></param>
+    /// <returns></returns>
+    /// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException"></exception>
+    /// <exception cref="PlatformNotSupportedException"></exception>
+    public DownloadInfo? GetCompatibleDownloadInfo(SupportedPlatforms? platformOverride = null)
+    {
+        if (platformOverride is not null)
+        {
+            return platformOverride switch
+            {
+                SupportedPlatforms.Windows64 => Windows64,
+                SupportedPlatforms.Windows32 => Windows32,
+                SupportedPlatforms.Linux64 => Linux64,
+                SupportedPlatforms.Linux32 => Linux32,
+                SupportedPlatforms.LinuxArmhf => LinuxArmhf,
+                SupportedPlatforms.LinuxArmel => LinuxArmel,
+                SupportedPlatforms.LinuxArm64 => LinuxArm64,
+                SupportedPlatforms.Osx64 => Osx64,
+                _ => throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(platformOverride), platformOverride, null)
+            };
+        }
+
+        if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows))
+        {
+            return RuntimeInformation.OSArchitecture == Architecture.X64 ? Windows64 : Windows32;
+        }
+
+        if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Linux))
+        {
+            return RuntimeInformation.OSArchitecture switch
+            {
+                Architecture.X86 => Linux32,
+                Architecture.X64 => Linux64,
+                Architecture.Arm => LinuxArmhf,
+                Architecture.Arm64 => LinuxArm64,
+                _ => LinuxArmel
+            };
+        }
+
+        if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.OSX))
+        {
+            return Osx64;
+        }
+
+        throw new PlatformNotSupportedException("Unsupported OS or Architecture");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader/Models/DownloadInfo.cs b/FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader/Models/DownloadInfo.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5b7c0fdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader/Models/DownloadInfo.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+
+namespace FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader.Models;
+
+internal record DownloadInfo
+{
+    [JsonPropertyName("ffmpeg")] public string? FFMpeg { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonPropertyName("ffprobe")] public string? FFProbe { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonPropertyName("ffplay")] public string? FFPlay { get; set; }
+}
diff --git a/FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader/Models/VersionInfo.cs b/FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader/Models/VersionInfo.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ef24f629
--- /dev/null
+++ b/FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader/Models/VersionInfo.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+
+namespace FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader.Models;
+
+internal record VersionInfo
+{
+    [JsonPropertyName("version")] public string? Version { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonPropertyName("permalink")] public string? Permalink { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonPropertyName("bin")] public BinaryInfo? BinaryInfo { get; set; }
+}
diff --git a/FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader/Services/FFbinariesService.cs b/FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader/Services/FFbinariesService.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1b7edc27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader/Services/FFbinariesService.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+using System.IO.Compression;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader.Enums;
+using FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader.Exceptions;
+using FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader.Extensions;
+using FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader.Models;
+
+namespace FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader.Services;
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Service to interact with ffbinaries.com API
+/// </summary>
+internal class FFbinariesService
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Get version info from ffbinaries.com
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="version">use to explicitly state the version of ffmpeg you want</param>
+    /// <returns></returns>
+    /// <exception cref="FFMpegDownloaderException"></exception>
+    internal static async Task<VersionInfo> GetVersionInfo(FFMpegVersions version)
+    {
+        var versionUri = version.GetDescription();
+
+        HttpClient client = new();
+        var response = await client.GetAsync(versionUri);
+
+        if (!response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
+        {
+            throw new FFMpegDownloaderException($"Failed to get version info from {versionUri}", "network error");
+        }
+
+        var jsonString = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
+        var versionInfo = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<VersionInfo>(jsonString);
+
+        return versionInfo ??
+               throw new FFMpegDownloaderException($"Failed to deserialize version info from {versionUri}", jsonString);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Download file from uri
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="address">uri of the file</param>
+    /// <returns></returns>
+    internal static async Task<Stream> DownloadFileAsSteam(Uri address)
+    {
+        var client = new HttpClient();
+        return await client.GetStreamAsync(address);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Extracts the binaries from the zip stream and saves them to the current binary folder
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="zipStream">steam of the zip file</param>
+    /// <returns></returns>
+    internal static IEnumerable<string> ExtractZipAndSave(Stream zipStream)
+    {
+        using var archive = new ZipArchive(zipStream, ZipArchiveMode.Read);
+        List<string> files = new();
+        foreach (var entry in archive.Entries)
+        {
+            if (entry.Name is "ffmpeg" or "ffmpeg.exe" or "ffprobe.exe" or "ffprobe" or "ffplay.exe" or "ffplay")
+            {
+                entry.ExtractToFile(Path.Combine(GlobalFFOptions.Current.BinaryFolder, entry.Name), true);
+                files.Add(Path.Combine(GlobalFFOptions.Current.BinaryFolder, entry.Name));
+            }
+        }
+
+        return files;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/FFMpegCore.Test/DownloaderTests.cs b/FFMpegCore.Test/DownloaderTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f2eb5633
--- /dev/null
+++ b/FFMpegCore.Test/DownloaderTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+using FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader;
+using FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader.Enums;
+using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
+
+namespace FFMpegCore.Test;
+
+[TestClass]
+public class DownloaderTests
+{
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void GetSpecificVersionTest()
+    {
+        var binaries = FFMpegDownloader.DownloadFFMpegSuite(FFMpegVersions.V6_1).Result;
+        Assert.IsTrue(binaries.Count == 2);
+    }
+
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void GetAllLatestSuiteTest()
+    {
+        var binaries = FFMpegDownloader.DownloadFFMpegSuite().Result;
+        Assert.IsTrue(binaries.Count == 2); // many platforms have only ffmpeg and ffprobe
+    }
+}
diff --git a/FFMpegCore.Test/FFMpegCore.Test.csproj b/FFMpegCore.Test/FFMpegCore.Test.csproj
index 77914234..9fd30b24 100644
--- a/FFMpegCore.Test/FFMpegCore.Test.csproj
+++ b/FFMpegCore.Test/FFMpegCore.Test.csproj
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader\FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\FFMpegCore.Extensions.SkiaSharp\FFMpegCore.Extensions.SkiaSharp.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\FFMpegCore.Extensions.System.Drawing.Common\FFMpegCore.Extensions.System.Drawing.Common.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\FFMpegCore\FFMpegCore.csproj" />
diff --git a/FFMpegCore.sln b/FFMpegCore.sln
index 7ab09297..b99a44ea 100644
--- a/FFMpegCore.sln
+++ b/FFMpegCore.sln
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00
-# Visual Studio Version 16
-VisualStudioVersion = 16.0.31005.135
+# Visual Studio Version 17
+VisualStudioVersion = 17.7.34003.232
 MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1
 Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "FFMpegCore", "FFMpegCore\FFMpegCore.csproj", "{19DE2EC2-9955-4712-8096-C22EF6713E4F}"
 EndProject
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "FFMpegCore.Extensions.Syste
 EndProject
 Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "FFMpegCore.Extensions.SkiaSharp", "FFMpegCore.Extensions.SkiaSharp\FFMpegCore.Extensions.SkiaSharp.csproj", "{5A76F9B7-3681-4551-A9B6-8D3AC5DA1090}"
 EndProject
+Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader", "FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader\FFMpegCore.Extensions.Downloader.csproj", "{5FA30158-CAB0-44FD-AD98-C31F5E3D5A56}"
+EndProject
 Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
 		Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
@@ -39,6 +41,10 @@ Global
 		{5A76F9B7-3681-4551-A9B6-8D3AC5DA1090}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
 		{5A76F9B7-3681-4551-A9B6-8D3AC5DA1090}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
 		{5A76F9B7-3681-4551-A9B6-8D3AC5DA1090}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{5FA30158-CAB0-44FD-AD98-C31F5E3D5A56}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{5FA30158-CAB0-44FD-AD98-C31F5E3D5A56}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{5FA30158-CAB0-44FD-AD98-C31F5E3D5A56}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{5FA30158-CAB0-44FD-AD98-C31F5E3D5A56}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
 		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 33f7ddfb..716d85fa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -162,7 +162,12 @@ If you want to use `System.Drawing.Bitmap`s as `IVideoFrame`s, a `BitmapVideoFra
 
 # Binaries
 
-## Installation
+## Runtime Auto Installation
+You can install a version of ffmpeg suite at runtime using `FFMpegDownloader.DownloadFFMpegSuite();`
+
+This feature uses the api from  [ffbinaries](https://ffbinaries.com/api).
+
+## Manual Installation
 If you prefer to manually download them, visit [ffbinaries](https://ffbinaries.com/downloads) or [zeranoe Windows builds](https://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/).
 
 ### Windows (using choco)