FFmpeg 5.0 "Lorentz" , a new major release, is now available! For this long-overdue release, a major effort underwent to remove the old encode/decode APIs…

Options may be set by specifying - option value in the FFmpeg tools, with a few API-only exceptions noted below. For programmatic use, they can be set exp…

ffmpeg is a very fast video and audio converter that can also grab from a live audio/video source. It can also convert between arbitrary sample rates and …

The libavformat library provides some generic global options, which can be set on all the protocols. In addition each protocol may support so-called priva…

Cannot access Git or wish to speed up the cloning and reduce the bandwidth usage? FFmpeg has always been a very experimental and developer-driven projec…

libavcodec provides some generic global options, which can be set on all the encoders and decoders. In addition each codec may support so-called private …

This filtergraph splits the input stream in two streams, then sends one stream through the crop filter and the vflip filter, before merging it back with …

FFmpeg is part of the workflow of many other software projects, and its libraries are a core part of software media players such as VLC , and has been inc…

The copyright and license notices on this page only apply to the text on this page. Any software or copyright-licenses or other similar notices described…

If you need to extract only a specific part of your input, you'll need to use the seeking option to get to that specific part in the input first. ​ The pa…

(Due to a quirk, the last image has to be specified twice - the 2nd time without any duration directive) Then run the ffmpeg command: ffmpeg -f concat -i …

This guide focuses on the encoder libx265 which can offer around 25–50% bitrate savings compared to H.264 video encoded with libx264, while retaining the …

the only other thing i could think of is that the "next gen" version of this filter would remember which macroblocks are moving/changing colors at too fas…

FFmpeg is a command-line audio and video converter available for Linux, macOS, and Windows. This open-source tool helps users manipulate multimedia conte…

The native encoder has the advantage of not requiring an external library. Both encoders should provide a similar output, but for lower bitrates/quality (…

When using ffmpeg to compress a video, I recommend using the libx264 codec, from experience it has given me excellent quality for small video sizes. I hav…

A tag already exists with the provided branch name. Many Git commands accept both tag and branch names, so creating this branch may cause unexpected behav…

There are numerous avenues to extract maximum performance out of FFmpeg when it is built from source. The following list describes some of them: If using …

FFmpeg is a free and open-source software library for processing and manipulating audio and video files. It is widely used by professionals and enthusiast…

Recent static builds are also available for lazy people or those who are unable to compile. The static builds do not support non-free libraries. Note: FFm…

FFmpeg is the universal multimedia toolkit: a complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert, filter and stream audio and video. It is used by a num…

FFmpeg is the universal multimedia toolkit: a complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert, filter, and stream audio and video. It is used by a nu…

If you only want the left channel use FL instead of FR . See ffmpeg -layouts for a list of channel names. If you are working with a video file, you can us…

FFmpeg is the universal multimedia toolkit: a complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert, filter and stream audio and video. It is used by a num…

Each accepted project is developed in its own sandbox, separate from the main FFmpeg / Libav codebase. Naturally, the end goal of each of the accepted pro…

Limiting the output bit rate to a certain range makes sense if you are live streaming or need to be constrained to a certain specification (such as Blu-ra…

I’ve been in the streaming media industry since 2008 and have seen a lot of misinformation regarding both FFmpeg and libx264. In this post I hope to help …

* this resolves the todo items in the CMakeLists.txt * a version requirement check for ffmpeg is added to catch issues early * for future-proof reasons, n…

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I am currently using ffmpeg to convert videos in various formats to flv files. One request has also come up and that is to get closed caption info out o …

All encoders set pts and dts properly now (and have been doing that for a while), so there is no good reason to do any timestamp guessing in the muxer. Th…

So, I received an email from an acquaintance that read, “I was curious if there is actually any benefit to a “threads=” type custom command in x264. Spec…

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FFmpeg 5.0 "Lorentz" , a new major release, is now available! For this long-overdue release, a major effort underwent to remove the old encode/decode APIs…

Options may be set by specifying - option value in the FFmpeg tools, with a few API-only exceptions noted below. For programmatic use, they can be set exp…

ffmpeg is a very fast video and audio converter that can also grab from a live audio/video source. It can also convert between arbitrary sample rates and …

The libavformat library provides some generic global options, which can be set on all the protocols. In addition each protocol may support so-called priva…

Cannot access Git or wish to speed up the cloning and reduce the bandwidth usage? FFmpeg has always been a very experimental and developer-driven projec…

libavcodec provides some generic global options, which can be set on all the encoders and decoders. In addition each codec may support so-called private …

This filtergraph splits the input stream in two streams, then sends one stream through the crop filter and the vflip filter, before merging it back with …

FFmpeg is part of the workflow of many other software projects, and its libraries are a core part of software media players such as VLC , and has been inc…

The copyright and license notices on this page only apply to the text on this page. Any software or copyright-licenses or other similar notices described…

If you need to extract only a specific part of your input, you'll need to use the seeking option to get to that specific part in the input first. ​ The pa…

(Due to a quirk, the last image has to be specified twice - the 2nd time without any duration directive) Then run the ffmpeg command: ffmpeg -f concat -i …

This guide focuses on the encoder libx265 which can offer around 25–50% bitrate savings compared to H.264 video encoded with libx264, while retaining the …

the only other thing i could think of is that the "next gen" version of this filter would remember which macroblocks are moving/changing colors at too fas…

FFmpeg is a command-line audio and video converter available for Linux, macOS, and Windows. This open-source tool helps users manipulate multimedia conte…

The native encoder has the advantage of not requiring an external library. Both encoders should provide a similar output, but for lower bitrates/quality (…

When using ffmpeg to compress a video, I recommend using the libx264 codec, from experience it has given me excellent quality for small video sizes. I hav…

A tag already exists with the provided branch name. Many Git commands accept both tag and branch names, so creating this branch may cause unexpected behav…

There are numerous avenues to extract maximum performance out of FFmpeg when it is built from source. The following list describes some of them: If using …

FFmpeg is a free and open-source software library for processing and manipulating audio and video files. It is widely used by professionals and enthusiast…

Recent static builds are also available for lazy people or those who are unable to compile. The static builds do not support non-free libraries. Note: FFm…

FFmpeg is the universal multimedia toolkit: a complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert, filter and stream audio and video. It is used by a num…

FFmpeg is the universal multimedia toolkit: a complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert, filter, and stream audio and video. It is used by a nu…

If you only want the left channel use FL instead of FR . See ffmpeg -layouts for a list of channel names. If you are working with a video file, you can us…

FFmpeg is the universal multimedia toolkit: a complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert, filter and stream audio and video. It is used by a num…

Each accepted project is developed in its own sandbox, separate from the main FFmpeg / Libav codebase. Naturally, the end goal of each of the accepted pro…

Limiting the output bit rate to a certain range makes sense if you are live streaming or need to be constrained to a certain specification (such as Blu-ra…

I’ve been in the streaming media industry since 2008 and have seen a lot of misinformation regarding both FFmpeg and libx264. In this post I hope to help …

* this resolves the todo items in the CMakeLists.txt * a version requirement check for ffmpeg is added to catch issues early * for future-proof reasons, n…

We’ve detected that JavaScript is disabled in this browser. Please enable JavaScript or switch to a supported browser to continue using twitter.com. You c…

I am currently using ffmpeg to convert videos in various formats to flv files. One request has also come up and that is to get closed caption info out o …

All encoders set pts and dts properly now (and have been doing that for a while), so there is no good reason to do any timestamp guessing in the muxer. Th…

So, I received an email from an acquaintance that read, “I was curious if there is actually any benefit to a “threads=” type custom command in x264. Spec…