

extract 1 frame from 00:10 (10th second) position $ ffmpeg -i video_in.mp4 -ss 00:00:10 -vframes 1 thumbnail.png $ ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -c:v libaom-av1 -movflags +faststart -c:a libfdk_aac video_out.mp4 Using modern video codecs like VP9 and AV1 also possible: $ ffmpeg -i video_in.mp4 -c:v libvpx-vp9 -c:a libopus video_out.webm c:v is the shortcut for codec:video, same about c:a for audio. The second command use "high" preset for better video quality. The video_out.mp4 file should be played in any modern browser without issues. $ ffmpeg -i video_in.mkv -c:v libx264 -profile:v high -c:a libfdk_aac video_out.mp4 $ ffmpeg -i video_in.mkv -c:v libx264 -c:a libfdk_aac video_out.mp4

Let's highlight the reasons why you need FFmpeg: Of course, a lot of applications available to work with multimedia, from free to super costly giants made by Abobe & Sony. Big, solid and popular project without real competitors, also used in many applications. well, there's no sense in a classical introduction.


Is there a way to simplify it into a single command?įfmpeg -i MVI_0289.mov -ss 00:00:10.50 -t 3 -vf "crop=720:720:600:80" -movflags +faststart -an OUTPUT.mp4įfmpeg -i OUTPUT.mp4 -filter_complex "reverse,fifo concat=n=2:v=1 " -map "" OUTPUT2.mp4 The way I'm doing it now requires me to run two commands. I am using ffmpeg to first trim and crop the video, then take the output and concatenate a reverse of that onto the video.
