FFmpeg

FFmpeg is a free and open-source project consisting of a vast software suite of libraries and programs for handling video, audio, and other multimedia files and streams. At its core is the FFmpeg command-line program, which can be used for transcoding multimedia files, streaming, and other multimedia tasks.

Installation

Download the latest release from FFmpeg and extract it to a folder. Add the folder to your PATH.

Usage

Documentation can be found here

FFmpeg Cheat Sheet

Task	Command
Get file info	ffmpeg -i input.mp4
Detailed metadata	ffprobe -i input.mp4
Convert video format	ffmpeg -i input.mov output.mp4
Convert audio format	ffmpeg -i input.wav output.mp3
Convert to H.264	ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -c:v libx264 -preset fast -crf 23 -c:a aac output.mp4
Convert to H.265 (HEVC)	ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -c:v libx265 -preset fast -crf 28 -c:a aac output.mp4
Convert audio to AAC	ffmpeg -i input.mp3 -c:a aac output.m4a
Resize to 1080p	ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "scale=1920:1080" output.mp4
Resize while keeping aspect ratio	ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "scale=1280:-1" output.mp4
Extract audio from video	ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vn -acodec copy output.aac
Replace audio in video	ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -i new-audio.mp3 -c:v copy -c:a aac -map 0:v:0 -map 1:a:0 output.mp4
Trim video (from 30s to 60s)	ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -ss 00:00:30 -to 00:01:00 -c copy output.mp4
Trim without re-encoding	ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -ss 30 -t 10 -c copy output.mp4
Merge videos (same format)	ffmpeg -f concat -safe 0 -i filelist.txt -c copy output.mp4
Change FPS to 30	ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -r 30 output.mp4
Speed up video 2x	ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -filter:v "setpts=0.5*PTS" output.mp4
Slow down video 2x	ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -filter:v "setpts=2.0*PTS" output.mp4
Extract frames as images	ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "fps=1" frame_%04d.png
Convert video to GIF	ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "fps=10,scale=500:-1:flags=lanczos" output.gif
Burn subtitles into video	ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "subtitles=subs.srt" output.mp4