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@@ -1,16 +1,46 @@ # ffmpeg tricks +## Convert + +Works for audio, too. + + ffmpeg -i in.EXT1 out.EXT2 + ## Cut ffmpeg -i in.mp4 -codec:v copy -codec:a copy -ss START_TIME -t DURATION out.mp4 ffmpeg -ss START_TIME -t DURATION -i in.mp4 -codec:v copy -codec:a copy out.mp4 -## Resize +## Quality + +### Resize ffmpeg -i in.mp4 -s 720x480 out.mp4 # -1 means to automatically preserve aspect ratio ffmpeg -i in.mp4 -filter:v scale=720:-1 out.mp4 +### Bitrate + +* `-b:a 192k`: specify audio bitrate to 192 kbps +* `-b:v 2M`: specify video bitrate to 2 mbps + +### Encoding + +H.265 is one of the top recommended formats, for size:quality ratio. + + ffmpeg -i in.mp4 -vcodec libx265 -crf <value> out.mp4 + +Reasonable `crf` values could be 24 to 30. + +## Audio/video delay + + ffmpeg -i "$input" -itsoffset <offset in seconds> -i "$input" -map 1:v -map 0:a -c:a copy -c:v libx264 "$output" + +For reverse offset, swap 1 and 0. + +Basically, take the input once with an offset, once without. Take the audio from +one of them, video from the other. + ## Rotate # 90 degrees clockwise @@ -39,7 +69,21 @@ For the transpose parameter you can pass: ## Concatanate audio - ffmpet -i in1.mp3 -i in2.mp3 -i in3.mp3 -filter_complex '[0:0][1:0][2:0]concat=n=3:v=0:a=1' output.mp3 + ffmpeg -i in1.mp3 -i in2.mp3 -i in3.mp3 -filter_complex '[0:0][1:0][2:0]concat=n=3:v=0:a=1' output.mp3 + +## Concatanate videos + +Works well especially for large number. + +Create file `list.txt` + + file 'video1.mp4' + file 'video2.mp4' + ... + +Then + + ffmpeg -f concat -i list.txt -c copy combined.mp4 ## Fitlering @@ -52,3 +96,11 @@ For the transpose parameter you can pass: [in1] ... [ink] filter_name=option1=val1:...:optionn=valn [out1] ... [outm] * Use `-filter_complex` if more than one input or output stream. + +## Video file info + +Just running + + ffmpeg -i video.mp4 + +will fail, but give a bunch of info about the file (including resolution, fps, etc) |