How to use FFMPEG

The unsung hero of video encoding - FFMPEG! You've probably used it (hidden behind some user interface), but today, we'll learn how to get to the root of it, and operate FFMPEG itself from the command line!


== CONTENTS ==
0:00 Introduction
1:43 Installation Notes
3:30 Basic Use
3:57 Example 1: Basic Video Conversion
5:11 Quality Controls
7:10 Bitrates & Specifying Streams (Audio or Video)
7:54 Command Summary
8:07 FFMPEG Filters / Common Use Cases
8:40 Filter 1: Volume Control
9:10 Filter 2: Audio Channel Remapping
9:47 Filter 3: Cropping
10:31 Filter 4: Video Scaling
11:02 Filter 5: Rotation
11:28 Conclusion



Download FFMPEG: https://www.ffmpeg.org/download.html
Download PeaZip: http://www.peazip.org/
Full FFMPEG Documentation: https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.html
FFMPEG Filter Documentation: https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html
All FFMPEG features: https://ffmpeg.org/documentation.html

This video consists of three main parts - Installing FFMPEG, some fundamental notes about how it is used, as well as some filters and effects it supports.

Its use can be extremely simple - By just supplying input and output file names and changing up their extensions, you can effortlessly convert from one format to another.

Conversely, if you are looking to do more complex operations such as chroma keying (green screening) and filtering operations, FFMPEG can do it to! To do this, you will need to use Filtergraphs, a feature covered in another episode:    • FFMPEG Advanced Techniques Pt2 - Filtergra...  


Additional Tip (Credit to Kitsune Ultima for sharing): To open a command line in any folder, simply type "cmd" in the address bar of your explorer window while viewing that folder, and the command prompt will load in the correct folder!


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