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01_ffmpeg

Davood Dorostkar edited this page Apr 11, 2022 · 29 revisions

Example code

remove audio from file:

ffmpeg -i 1.mp4 -c copy  -an out.mp4

speed up/down:

ffmpeg -i 1.mp4 -filter:v "setpts=PTS/10" output.mp4

concat file from file list:

ffmpeg -f concat -safe 0 -i list.txt -c copy output.mp4

content of list .txt:

file '/home/davood/Desktop/video/out.mp4'
file '/home/davood/Desktop/video/out2.mp4'

remove extra text:

ffmpeg -hide_banner ...

use cuda:

ffmpeg -hwaccel cuda ...

just copy audio:

ffmpeg -c:a copy ...

just copy video:

ffmpeg -c:v copy ...

set audio container to AAC and bitrate to 128k:

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -c:v copy -c:a libfdk_aac -b:a 128k output.mp4

set video container to H.264 and bitrate to 1MB/s:

ffmpeg -i input -c:v libx264 -c:a copy output.mp4

two pass encoding:

Windows users should use NUL instead of /dev/null and ^ (in command prompt) or ` (in PowerShell) instead of .

ffmpeg -y -i input -c:v libx264 -b:v 2600k -pass 1 -an -f null /dev/null && \
ffmpeg -i input -c:v libx264 -b:v 2600k -pass 2 -c:a aac -b:a 128k output.mp4

change dimension:

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -s 1920x1080 output.mp4

change frame rate:

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -r 25 output.mp4

rotation:

ffmpeg -i in.mov -vf "transpose=1" out.mov
0 = 90CounterCLockwise and Vertical Flip (default)
1 = 90Clockwise
2 = 90CounterClockwise
3 = 90Clockwise and Vertical Flip

cut a part of file:

//// with start and stop time:
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -ss 00:01:00 -to 00:02:05 output.mp4
//// with start and duration(in seconds):
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -ss 00:01:00 -t 100 output.mp4

set encoding preset:

... -preset ultrafast ...
... -preset veryslow ...

set lossless H.264:

... -qp 0 ...

reference

reference on presets and encoding

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