Official site: https://ffmpeg.org
Documentation: https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.html
Filter documentation: https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html
Install homebrew
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"Use brew to install ffmpeg
brew install ffmpeg --with-ffplayDownload ffmpeg and unzip it.
Then, in the terminal type:
mv ~/Downloads/ffmpeg /usr/local/bin/
Download from here: https://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/
Converting from one format to another:
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 output.avi
Turning a video into a gif:
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 output.gif
Turning a video into choppier but smaller gif:
(-r 3 will make it 3 frames per second)
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -r 3 output.gif
Extracting the audio:
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 audio.mp3
Extracting frames from a video:
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 frame%d.jpg
Turning a series of images into a video:
ffmpeg -f image2 -i image%d.jpg video.mp4
Increasing the speed of a video:
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "setpts=0.5*PTS" fastvideo.mp4
Slowing it down:
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "setpts=2.0*PTS" slowvid.mp4
Resize a video:
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -c:v libx264 -s:v 100x100 -c:a copy output.mp4
Extracting a portion of a video: (this will get five seconds, starting at 1 minute and 30 seconds)
ffmpeg -ss 00:01:30 -i input.mp4 -c:v copy -c:a copy -t 5 output.mp4
Making a mirror effect:
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "crop=iw/2:ih:0:0,split[left][tmp];[tmp]hflip[right];[left][right] hstack" output.mp4
Edge detection:
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "edgedetect=low=0.1:high=0.4" output.mp4
Fading in:
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "fade=in:0:30" output.mp4