FFmpeg Cookbook: frequently used ffmpeg commands and parameters Last Update: Dec 5, 2024
Here is a summary of some frequently used FFmpeg commands, and parameters, for quick reference.
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ffmpeg -i input.avi -s 720x480 -c:a copy output.mp4
ffmpeg -i input.avi -filter:v scale=720:-1 -c:a copy output.mp4
-c:a copy apply the same codec for audio stream. a can be v (video stream) or s (subtitle streams)
-filter:v apply filter to the video stream, this is identical to -vf
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ffmpeg -i "input.mov" -c:a copy -c:v copy -vf "pad=width=1920:height=1080:x=-1:y=-1:color=black" output.mp4
Crop Video auto — arduino bash c cpp csharp css diff go graphql ini java javascript json kotlin less lua makefile markdown objectivec perl php php-template plaintext python python-repl r ruby rust scss shell sql swift typescript vbnet wasm xml yaml 1c abnf accesslog actionscript ada angelscript apache applescript arcade armasm asciidoc aspectj autohotkey autoit avrasm awk axapta basic bnf brainfuck cal capnproto ceylon clean clojure clojure-repl cmake coffeescript coq cos crmsh crystal csp d dart delphi django dns dockerfile dos dsconfig dts dust ebnf elixir elm erb erlang erlang-repl excel fix flix fortran fsharp gams gauss gcode gherkin glsl gml golo gradle groovy haml handlebars haskell haxe hsp http hy inform7 irpf90 isbl jboss-cli julia julia-repl lasso latex ldif leaf lisp livecodeserver livescript llvm lsl mathematica matlab maxima mel mercury mipsasm mizar mojolicious monkey moonscript n1ql nestedtext nginx nim nix node-repl nsis ocaml openscad oxygene parser3 pf pgsql pony powershell processing profile prolog properties protobuf puppet purebasic q qml reasonml rib roboconf routeros rsl ruleslanguage sas scala scheme scilab smali smalltalk sml sqf stan stata step21 stylus subunit taggerscript tap tcl thrift tp twig vala vbscript vbscript-html verilog vhdl vim wren x86asm xl xquery zephir ffmpeg -i in.mp4 -vf "crop=tx:ty:width:height" out.mp4
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ffmpeg -i input.wmv -c copy -ss 30 -t 10 output.mp4
ffmpeg -i input.wmv -c copy -ss 00:00:30.0 -t 00:00:10.0 output.mp4
Change Codec auto — arduino bash c cpp csharp css diff go graphql ini java javascript json kotlin less lua makefile markdown objectivec perl php php-template plaintext python python-repl r ruby rust scss shell sql swift typescript vbnet wasm xml yaml 1c abnf accesslog actionscript ada angelscript apache applescript arcade armasm asciidoc aspectj autohotkey autoit avrasm awk axapta basic bnf brainfuck cal capnproto ceylon clean clojure clojure-repl cmake coffeescript coq cos crmsh crystal csp d dart delphi django dns dockerfile dos dsconfig dts dust ebnf elixir elm erb erlang erlang-repl excel fix flix fortran fsharp gams gauss gcode gherkin glsl gml golo gradle groovy haml handlebars haskell haxe hsp http hy inform7 irpf90 isbl jboss-cli julia julia-repl lasso latex ldif leaf lisp livecodeserver livescript llvm lsl mathematica matlab maxima mel mercury mipsasm mizar mojolicious monkey moonscript n1ql nestedtext nginx nim nix node-repl nsis ocaml openscad oxygene parser3 pf pgsql pony powershell processing profile prolog properties protobuf puppet purebasic q qml reasonml rib roboconf routeros rsl ruleslanguage sas scala scheme scilab smali smalltalk sml sqf stan stata step21 stylus subunit taggerscript tap tcl thrift tp twig vala vbscript vbscript-html verilog vhdl vim wren x86asm xl xquery zephir
ffmpeg -i input.mov -c:v libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:a aac output.mp4
-c:v libx264 sets the H.264 codec for video compression
-pix_fmt yuv420p changes the pixel format to one compatible with H.264
-c:a aac compresses the audio stream using the AAC codec
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ffmpeg -i input.mov -b:v 5000k output.mp4
Extract Audio auto — arduino bash c cpp csharp css diff go graphql ini java javascript json kotlin less lua makefile markdown objectivec perl php php-template plaintext python python-repl r ruby rust scss shell sql swift typescript vbnet wasm xml yaml 1c abnf accesslog actionscript ada angelscript apache applescript arcade armasm asciidoc aspectj autohotkey autoit avrasm awk axapta basic bnf brainfuck cal capnproto ceylon clean clojure clojure-repl cmake coffeescript coq cos crmsh crystal csp d dart delphi django dns dockerfile dos dsconfig dts dust ebnf elixir elm erb erlang erlang-repl excel fix flix fortran fsharp gams gauss gcode gherkin glsl gml golo gradle groovy haml handlebars haskell haxe hsp http hy inform7 irpf90 isbl jboss-cli julia julia-repl lasso latex ldif leaf lisp livecodeserver livescript llvm lsl mathematica matlab maxima mel mercury mipsasm mizar mojolicious monkey moonscript n1ql nestedtext nginx nim nix node-repl nsis ocaml openscad oxygene parser3 pf pgsql pony powershell processing profile prolog properties protobuf puppet purebasic q qml reasonml rib roboconf routeros rsl ruleslanguage sas scala scheme scilab smali smalltalk sml sqf stan stata step21 stylus subunit taggerscript tap tcl thrift tp twig vala vbscript vbscript-html verilog vhdl vim wren x86asm xl xquery zephir
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -map 0:a -c copy output.mp3
Simple Format Convert auto — arduino bash c cpp csharp css diff go graphql ini java javascript json kotlin less lua makefile markdown objectivec perl php php-template plaintext python python-repl r ruby rust scss shell sql swift typescript vbnet wasm xml yaml 1c abnf accesslog actionscript ada angelscript apache applescript arcade armasm asciidoc aspectj autohotkey autoit avrasm awk axapta basic bnf brainfuck cal capnproto ceylon clean clojure clojure-repl cmake coffeescript coq cos crmsh crystal csp d dart delphi django dns dockerfile dos dsconfig dts dust ebnf elixir elm erb erlang erlang-repl excel fix flix fortran fsharp gams gauss gcode gherkin glsl gml golo gradle groovy haml handlebars haskell haxe hsp http hy inform7 irpf90 isbl jboss-cli julia julia-repl lasso latex ldif leaf lisp livecodeserver livescript llvm lsl mathematica matlab maxima mel mercury mipsasm mizar mojolicious monkey moonscript n1ql nestedtext nginx nim nix node-repl nsis ocaml openscad oxygene parser3 pf pgsql pony powershell processing profile prolog properties protobuf puppet purebasic q qml reasonml rib roboconf routeros rsl ruleslanguage sas scala scheme scilab smali smalltalk sml sqf stan stata step21 stylus subunit taggerscript tap tcl thrift tp twig vala vbscript vbscript-html verilog vhdl vim wren x86asm xl xquery zephir
ffmpeg -i input.mov output.mp3
See also ffmpeg's official docs: https://www.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.html
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