FFmpeg Get File Information From a Video
ffmpeg -i videoIn.mp4

 

FFmpeg Convert Video to Another Format
ffmpeg -i videoIn.mp4 -c videoOut.ts
ffmpeg -i videoIn.mp4 -c copy videoOut.ts

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FFmpeg mkv to mp4

ffmpeg -i videoIn.mkv -c videoOut.mp4

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FFmpeg Crop Video
ffmpeg -i videoIn.mp4 -vf crop=w:h:x:y videoOut.mp4
ffmpeg -i videoIn.mp4 -vf crop=800:600:560:240 videoOut.mp4

 

FFmpeg Scale Video
ffmpeg -i videoIn.mp4 -vf scale=320:240 videoOut.mp4
ffmpeg -i videoIn.mp4 -vf scale=-1:240 videoOut.mp4
ffmpeg -i imageIn.jpg -vf scale=320:240 imageOut.png

 

FFmpeg Change CODECs for better Compression
ffmpeg -i myVideo.mov -c:v h264 -c:a aac videoOut.mp4

 

FFmpeg Change Bitrate
ffmpeg -i videoIn.mov -c:a copy -c:v h264 -b:v 5M videoOut.mp4

 

FFmpeg Change Frame Rate
ffmpeg -i myVideo.mov -r 12 videoOut.mov

 

FFmpeg Transpose Video
ffmpeg -i videoIn.mp4 -vf transpose=1 videoOut.mp4

 

FFmpeg Trim Video Without Re-Encoding
ffmpeg -ss 00:00:03 -i videoIn.mp4 -to 00:00:07 -c copy videoOut.mp4

 

FFmpeg Add Subtitles
ffmpeg -i videoIn.mp4 -i subtitle.srt -sub_charenc CP1252 -c:v copy -c:a copy -c:s mov_text videoOut.mp4

ffmpeg -i videoIn.mp4 -i subtitle_eng.srt -i subtitle_fre.srt -map 0:v -map 0:a -map 1 -map 2 -c:v copy -c:a copy -c:s mov_text -metadata:s:s:0 language=eng -metadata:s:s:1 language=fre videoOut.mp4

 

FFmpeg Add Image Overlay or Watermark
ffmpeg -i videoIn.mp4 -i myOverlay.png -filter_complex "[0:v][1:v]overlay=0:25:enable='between(t,2,7)'" -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:a copy videoOut.mp4

 

FFmpeg Concatenate Videos
ffmpeg -i 1.mp4 -c copy 1.ts
ffmpeg -i 2.mp4 -c copy 2.ts
ffmpeg -i "concat:1.ts|2.ts" -c copy videoOut.mp4

ffmpeg -i 1.mp4 -c copy -bsf:v h264_mp4toannexb -f mpegts 1.ts
ffmpeg -i 2.mp4 -c copy -bsf:v h264_mp4toannexb -f mpegts 2.ts
ffmpeg -i "concat:1.ts|2.ts" -c copy -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc videoOut.mp4

 

FFmpeg Add Border
ffmpeg -i videoIn.mp4 -filter_complex "[0]pad = w=0+iw: h=1556+ih : x=0 : y=778 : color=#FF0000" videoOut.mp4

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FFmpeg Convert Portrait to Landscape
ffmpeg -i videoIn.mov -vf "split[original][copy];[copy]scale=ih*16/9:-1,crop=h=iw*9/16,gblur=sigma=20[blurred];[blurred][original]overlay=(main_w-overlay_w)/2:(main_h-overlay_h)/2" -c:a copy videoOut.mp4

 

FFmpeg Batch Processing
Get-ChildItem -Filter *.mp4 | ForEach -Process {ffmpeg -i $_ -c copy ($_.BaseName + '.ts')}

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Get-ChildItem -Filter *.mp4 | ForEach -Process 
{ ffmpeg -i $_ -vf crop=800:800:400:0 ($_.BaseName + '_NEW.mp4') }

Get-ChildItem -Filter *.ts | ForEach -Process {ffmpeg -i "concat:D:\videos\Intro.ts|$_|D:\videos\Outro.ts" -c copy ($_.BaseName + '_NEW.ts')}

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FFmpeg Hints

ffmpeg -codecs
ffmpeg -h muxer=matroska
ffmpeg -h muxer=mp4