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Save a video as GIF, scaling the height to 1000px and setting framerate to 15
ffmpeg -i {{path/to/video.mp4}} {{[-vf|-filter:v]}} 'scale=-1:1000' -r 15 {{path/to/output.gif}}-cbooleanTrim a video from a given start time mm:ss to an end time mm2:ss2 (omit the -to flag to trim till the end)
ffmpeg -i {{path/to/input_video.mp4}} -ss {{mm:ss}} -to {{mm2:ss2}} {{[-c|-codec]}} copy {{path/to/output_video.mp4}}Examples (8)
Extract the sound from a video and save it as MP3
ffmpeg -i path/to/video.mp4 -vn path/to/sound.mp3Transcode a FLAC file to Red Book CD format (44100kHz, 16bit)
ffmpeg -i path/to/input_audio.flac -ar 44100 -sample_fmt s16 path/to/output_audio.wavSave a video as GIF, scaling the height to 1000px and setting framerate to 15
ffmpeg -i path/to/video.mp4 [-vf|-filter:v] 'scale=-1:1000' -r 15 path/to/output.gifCombine numbered images (`frame_1.jpg`, `frame_2.jpg`, etc) into a video or GIF
ffmpeg -i path/to/frame_%d.jpg -f image2 video.mpg|video.gifTrim a video from a given start time mm:ss to an end time mm2:ss2 (omit the -to flag to trim till the end)
ffmpeg -i path/to/input_video.mp4 -ss mm:ss -to mm2:ss2 [-c|-codec] copy path/to/output_video.mp4Convert AVI video to MP4. AAC Audio @ 128kbit, h264 Video @ CRF 23
ffmpeg -i path/to/input_video.avi [-c|-codec]:a aac -b:a 128k [-c|-codec]:v libx264 -crf 23 path/to/output_video.mp4Remux MKV video to MP4 without re-encoding audio or video streams
ffmpeg -i path/to/input_video.mkv [-c|-codec] copy path/to/output_video.mp4Convert MP4 video to VP9 codec. For the best quality, use a CRF value (recommended range 15-35) and -b:v MUST be 0
ffmpeg -i path/to/input_video.mp4 [-c|-codec]:v libvpx-vp9 -crf 30 -b:v 0 [-c|-codec]:a libopus -vbr on -threads number_of_threads path/to/output_video.webm