Memento FFmpeg

FFmpeg is a free and open-source software project consisting of a suite of libraries and programs for handling video, audio, and other multimedia files and streams. It can be downloaded here. Please refer to the official documentation if you need any help to install FFmpeg.

Get file Information from a media file

    ffprobe video.avi

Get file Information to JSON file

    ffprobe -v quiet -print_format json -show_format -show_streams output.mp4 > output.json

Convert a video to X images

    ffmpeg -i video.mpg image-%d.jpg

Extract a sound from a video and convert it as MP3

    ffmpeg -i video.avi -vn -ar 44100 -ac 2 -ab 192 -f mp3 output.mp3

Convert AVI to MPEG

    ffmpeg -i video.avi output.mpg

Convert AVI to animated GIF

    ffmpeg -i video.avi output.gif

Convert AVI to FLV

    ffmpeg -i video.avi -ab 56 -ar 44100 -b 200 -r 15 -s 320x240 -f flv output.flv

Extract 23 seconds of audio from the 8th second

    ffmpeg -i audio.mp3 -ss 08 -t 23 output.mp3

Remove the 2nd audio track

    ffmpeg -i video.avi -i -map 0:0 -map 0:1 -map 0:3 -codec copy output.avi

Replace an audio track

    ffmpeg -i video.avi -i audio.mp3 -codec copy output.avi

Add an audio track

    ffmpeg -i video.avi -i audio.mp3 -map 0 -map 1 -codec copy output.avi

Add multiple audio tracks

    ffmpeg -i video.avi -i track1.mp3 -i track2.mp3 -i track3.mp3 -map 0 -map 1 -map 2 -map 3 -codec copy output.avi

Specify the language of the 3rd audio track as German

    ffmpeg -i video.mov -metadata:s:a:2 language=ger -map 0 -codec copy output.mov

Add an audio track between the 1st and te 2nd

    ffmpeg -i video.avi -i audio.mp3 -map 0:1 -map 1 -map 0:2 -codec copy output.avi

Convert a multitrack video to MPEG

    ffmpeg -i video.avi -map 0 output.mpeg

Convert a multitrack video and keep the 1st and the 3rd audio tracks

    ffmpeg -i video.avi -map 0:0 -map 0:2 output.mpeg

Merge a subtitle ASS file to a video

    ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -vf ass=subtitles.ass output.mp4

Append an audio track to another one

    ffmpeg -i "concat:son1.mp3|son2.mp3" output.mp3

Extract thumbnails every 5 minutes (300 seconds)

    ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -vf fps=fps=1/300 %d.png

Multiply by 2 audio track and the video duration

    ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -filter:a 'atempo=0.5' -filter:v 'setpts=2.0*PTS' output.mp4

Overlay an audio track to another one

    ffmpeg -i track1.mp3 -i track2.mp3 -filter_complex "amerge,pan=stereo:c0<c0+c2:c1<c1+c3" -c:a libmp3lame -q:a 4 output.mp3

Lower the audio volume to 10%

    ffmpeg -i track1.mp3 -af "volume=0.1" output.mp3

Convert a video to M3U8

    ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -map 0 -bsf h264_mp4toannexb -c copy -f segment -segment_list output.m3u8 output-%03d.ts