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FFMPEG(1) FFMPEG(1) |
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NAME |
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ffmpeg - ffmpeg media converter |
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SYNOPSIS |
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ffmpeg [global_options] {[input_file_options] -i input_url} ... |
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{[output_file_options] output_url} ... |
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DESCRIPTION |
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ffmpeg is a universal media converter. It can read a wide variety of |
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inputs - including live grabbing/recording devices - filter, and |
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transcode them into a plethora of output formats. |
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ffmpeg reads from an arbitrary number of input "files" (which can be |
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regular files, pipes, network streams, grabbing devices, etc.), |
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specified by the "-i" option, and writes to an arbitrary number of |
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output "files", which are specified by a plain output url. Anything |
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found on the command line which cannot be interpreted as an option is |
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considered to be an output url. |
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Each input or output url can, in principle, contain any number of |
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streams of different types (video/audio/subtitle/attachment/data). The |
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allowed number and/or types of streams may be limited by the container |
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format. Selecting which streams from which inputs will go into which |
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output is either done automatically or with the "-map" option (see the |
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Stream selection chapter). |
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To refer to input files in options, you must use their indices |
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(0-based). E.g. the first input file is 0, the second is 1, etc. |
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Similarly, streams within a file are referred to by their indices. E.g. |
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"2:3" refers to the fourth stream in the third input file. Also see the |
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Stream specifiers chapter. |
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As a general rule, options are applied to the next specified file. |
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Therefore, order is important, and you can have the same option on the |
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command line multiple times. Each occurrence is then applied to the |
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next input or output file. Exceptions from this rule are the global |
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options (e.g. verbosity level), which should be specified first. |
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Do not mix input and output files -- first specify all input files, |
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then all output files. Also do not mix options which belong to |
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different files. All options apply ONLY to the next input or output |
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file and are reset between files. |
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Some simple examples follow. |
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o Convert an input media file to a different format, by re-encoding |
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media streams: |
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ffmpeg -i input.avi output.mp4 |
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o Set the video bitrate of the output file to 64 kbit/s: |
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ffmpeg -i input.avi -b:v 64k -bufsize 64k output.mp4 |
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o Force the frame rate of the output file to 24 fps: |
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ffmpeg -i input.avi -r 24 output.mp4 |
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o Force the frame rate of the input file (valid for raw formats only) |
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to 1 fps and the frame rate of the output file to 24 fps: |
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ffmpeg -r 1 -i input.m2v -r 24 output.mp4 |
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The format option may be needed for raw input files. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION |
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The transcoding process in ffmpeg for each output can be described by |
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the following diagram: |
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_______ ______________ |
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| input | demuxer | encoded data | decoder |
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| file | ---------> | packets | -----+ |
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|_______| |______________| | |
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v |
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_________ |
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| decoded | |
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| frames | |
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| output | <-------- | encoded data | <----+ |
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| file | muxer | packets | encoder |
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|________| |______________| |
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ffmpeg calls the libavformat library (containing demuxers) to read |
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input files and get packets containing encoded data from them. When |
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there are multiple input files, ffmpeg tries to keep them synchronized |
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by tracking lowest timestamp on any active input stream. |
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Encoded packets are then passed to the decoder (unless streamcopy is |
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selected for the stream, see further for a description). The decoder |
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produces uncompressed frames (raw video/PCM audio/...) which can be |
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processed further by filtering (see next section). After filtering, the |
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frames are passed to the encoder, which encodes them and outputs |
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encoded packets. Finally those are passed to the muxer, which writes |
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the encoded packets to the output file. |
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Filtering |
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Before encoding, ffmpeg can process raw audio and video frames using |
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filters from the libavfilter library. Several chained filters form a |
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filter graph. ffmpeg distinguishes between two types of filtergraphs: |
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simple and complex. |
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Simple filtergraphs |
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Simple filtergraphs are those that have exactly one input and output, |
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both of the same type. In the above diagram they can be represented by |
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simply inserting an additional step between decoding and encoding: |
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_________ ______________ |
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| decoded | | encoded data | |
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| frames |\ _ | packets | |
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\ __________ / |
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simple _\|| | / encoder |
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filtergraph | filtered |/ |
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| frames | |
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Simple filtergraphs are configured with the per-stream -filter option |
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(with -vf and -af aliases for video and audio respectively). A simple |
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filtergraph for video can look for example like this: |
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| input | ---> | deinterlace | ---> | scale | ---> | output | |
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|_______| |_____________| |_______| |________| |
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Note that some filters change frame properties but not frame contents. |
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E.g. the "fps" filter in the example above changes number of frames, |
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but does not touch the frame contents. Another example is the "setpts" |
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filter, which only sets timestamps and otherwise passes the frames |
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unchanged. |
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Complex filtergraphs |
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Complex filtergraphs are those which cannot be described as simply a |
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linear processing chain applied to one stream. This is the case, for |
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example, when the graph has more than one input and/or output, or when |
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output stream type is different from input. They can be represented |
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with the following diagram: |
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| input 0 |\ __________ |
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\ _________ /| output 0 | |
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_________ \| complex | / |
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| input 1 |---->| filter |\ |
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|_________| | | \ __________ |
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/| graph | \ | | |
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_________ / |_________| |__________| |
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Complex filtergraphs are configured with the -filter_complex option. |
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Note that this option is global, since a complex filtergraph, by its |
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nature, cannot be unambiguously associated with a single stream or |
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file. |
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The -lavfi option is equivalent to -filter_complex. |
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A trivial example of a complex filtergraph is the "overlay" filter, |
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which has two video inputs and one video output, containing one video |
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overlaid on top of the other. Its audio counterpart is the "amix" |
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filter. |
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Stream copy |
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Stream copy is a mode selected by supplying the "copy" parameter to the |
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-codec option. It makes ffmpeg omit the decoding and encoding step for |
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the specified stream, so it does only demuxing and muxing. It is useful |
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for changing the container format or modifying container-level |
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metadata. The diagram above will, in this case, simplify to this: |
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| input | demuxer | encoded data | muxer | output | |
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| file | ---------> | packets | -------> | file | |
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|_______| |______________| |________| |
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Since there is no decoding or encoding, it is very fast and there is no |
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quality loss. However, it might not work in some cases because of many |
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factors. Applying filters is obviously also impossible, since filters |
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work on uncompressed data. |
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STREAM SELECTION |
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ffmpeg provides the "-map" option for manual control of stream |
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selection in each output file. Users can skip "-map" and let ffmpeg |
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perform automatic stream selection as described below. The "-vn / -an / |
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-sn / -dn" options can be used to skip inclusion of video, audio, |
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subtitle and data streams respectively, whether manually mapped or |
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automatically selected, except for those streams which are outputs of |
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complex filtergraphs. |
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Description |
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The sub-sections that follow describe the various rules that are |
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involved in stream selection. The examples that follow next show how |
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these rules are applied in practice. |
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While every effort is made to accurately reflect the behavior of the |
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program, FFmpeg is under continuous development and the code may have |
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changed since the time of this writing. |
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Automatic stream selection |
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In the absence of any map options for a particular output file, ffmpeg |
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inspects the output format to check which type of streams can be |
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included in it, viz. video, audio and/or subtitles. For each acceptable |
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stream type, ffmpeg will pick one stream, when available, from among |
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all the inputs. |
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It will select that stream based upon the following criteria: |
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o for video, it is the stream with the highest resolution, |
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o for audio, it is the stream with the most channels, |
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o for subtitles, it is the first subtitle stream found but there's a |
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caveat. The output format's default subtitle encoder can be either |
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text-based or image-based, and only a subtitle stream of the same |
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type will be chosen. |
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In the case where several streams of the same type rate equally, the |
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stream with the lowest index is chosen. |
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Data or attachment streams are not automatically selected and can only |
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be included using "-map". |
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Manual stream selection |
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When "-map" is used, only user-mapped streams are included in that |
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output file, with one possible exception for filtergraph outputs |
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described below. |
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Complex filtergraphs |
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If there are any complex filtergraph output streams with unlabeled |
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pads, they will be added to the first output file. This will lead to a |
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fatal error if the stream type is not supported by the output format. |
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In the absence of the map option, the inclusion of these streams leads |
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to the automatic stream selection of their types being skipped. If map |
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options are present, these filtergraph streams are included in addition |
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to the mapped streams. |
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Complex filtergraph output streams with labeled pads must be mapped |
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once and exactly once. |
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Stream handling |
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Stream handling is independent of stream selection, with an exception |
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for subtitles described below. Stream handling is set via the "-codec" |
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option addressed to streams within a specific output file. In |
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particular, codec options are applied by ffmpeg after the stream |
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selection process and thus do not influence the latter. If no "-codec" |
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option is specified for a stream type, ffmpeg will select the default |
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encoder registered by the output file muxer. |
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An exception exists for subtitles. If a subtitle encoder is specified |
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for an output file, the first subtitle stream found of any type, text |
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or image, will be included. ffmpeg does not validate if the specified |
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encoder can convert the selected stream or if the converted stream is |
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acceptable within the output format. This applies generally as well: |
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when the user sets an encoder manually, the stream selection process |
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cannot check if the encoded stream can be muxed into the output file. |
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If it cannot, ffmpeg will abort and all output files will fail to be |
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processed. |
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Examples |
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The following examples illustrate the behavior, quirks and limitations |
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of ffmpeg's stream selection methods. |
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They assume the following three input files. |
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input file 'A.avi' |
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stream 0: video 640x360 |
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stream 1: audio 2 channels |
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input file 'B.mp4' |
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stream 0: video 1920x1080 |
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stream 1: audio 2 channels |
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stream 2: subtitles (text) |
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stream 3: audio 5.1 channels |
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stream 4: subtitles (text) |
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input file 'C.mkv' |
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stream 0: video 1280x720 |
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stream 1: audio 2 channels |
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stream 2: subtitles (image) |
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Example: automatic stream selection |
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ffmpeg -i A.avi -i B.mp4 out1.mkv out2.wav -map 1:a -c:a copy out3.mov |
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There are three output files specified, and for the first two, no |
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"-map" options are set, so ffmpeg will select streams for these two |
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files automatically. |
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out1.mkv is a Matroska container file and accepts video, audio and |
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subtitle streams, so ffmpeg will try to select one of each type.For |
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video, it will select "stream 0" from B.mp4, which has the highest |
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resolution among all the input video streams.For audio, it will select |
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"stream 3" from B.mp4, since it has the greatest number of channels.For |
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subtitles, it will select "stream 2" from B.mp4, which is the first |
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subtitle stream from among A.avi and B.mp4. |
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out2.wav accepts only audio streams, so only "stream 3" from B.mp4 is |
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selected. |
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For out3.mov, since a "-map" option is set, no automatic stream |
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selection will occur. The "-map 1:a" option will select all audio |
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streams from the second input B.mp4. No other streams will be included |
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in this output file. |
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For the first two outputs, all included streams will be transcoded. The |
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encoders chosen will be the default ones registered by each output |
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format, which may not match the codec of the selected input streams. |
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For the third output, codec option for audio streams has been set to |
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"copy", so no decoding-filtering-encoding operations will occur, or can |
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occur. Packets of selected streams shall be conveyed from the input |
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file and muxed within the output file. |
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Example: automatic subtitles selection |
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ffmpeg -i C.mkv out1.mkv -c:s dvdsub -an out2.mkv |
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Although out1.mkv is a Matroska container file which accepts subtitle |
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streams, only a video and audio stream shall be selected. The subtitle |
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stream of C.mkv is image-based and the default subtitle encoder of the |
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Matroska muxer is text-based, so a transcode operation for the |
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subtitles is expected to fail and hence the stream isn't selected. |
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However, in out2.mkv, a subtitle encoder is specified in the command |
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and so, the subtitle stream is selected, in addition to the video |
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stream. The presence of "-an" disables audio stream selection for |
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out2.mkv. |
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Example: unlabeled filtergraph outputs |
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ffmpeg -i A.avi -i C.mkv -i B.mp4 -filter_complex "overlay" out1.mp4 out2.srt |
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A filtergraph is setup here using the "-filter_complex" option and |
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consists of a single video filter. The "overlay" filter requires |
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exactly two video inputs, but none are specified, so the first two |
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available video streams are used, those of A.avi and C.mkv. The output |
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pad of the filter has no label and so is sent to the first output file |
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out1.mp4. Due to this, automatic selection of the video stream is |
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skipped, which would have selected the stream in B.mp4. The audio |
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stream with most channels viz. "stream 3" in B.mp4, is chosen |
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automatically. No subtitle stream is chosen however, since the MP4 |
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format has no default subtitle encoder registered, and the user hasn't |
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specified a subtitle encoder. |
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The 2nd output file, out2.srt, only accepts text-based subtitle |
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streams. So, even though the first subtitle stream available belongs to |
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C.mkv, it is image-based and hence skipped. The selected stream, |
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"stream 2" in B.mp4, is the first text-based subtitle stream. |
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Example: labeled filtergraph outputs |
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ffmpeg -i A.avi -i B.mp4 -i C.mkv -filter_complex "[1:v]hue=s=0[outv];overlay;aresample" \ |
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-map '[outv]' -an out1.mp4 \ |
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-map '[outv]' -map 1:a:0 out3.mkv |
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The above command will fail, as the output pad labelled "[outv]" has |
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been mapped twice. None of the output files shall be processed. |
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ffmpeg -i A.avi -i B.mp4 -i C.mkv -filter_complex "[1:v]hue=s=0[outv];overlay;aresample" \ |
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-an out1.mp4 \ |
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out2.mkv \ |
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-map 1:a:0 out3.mkv |
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This command above will also fail as the hue filter output has a label, |
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"[outv]", and hasn't been mapped anywhere. |
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The command should be modified as follows, |
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ffmpeg -i A.avi -i B.mp4 -i C.mkv -filter_complex "[1:v]hue=s=0,split=2[outv1][outv2];overlay;aresample" \ |
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-map '[outv1]' -an out1.mp4 \ |
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out2.mkv \ |
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-map '[outv2]' -map 1:a:0 out3.mkv |
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The video stream from B.mp4 is sent to the hue filter, whose output is |
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cloned once using the split filter, and both outputs labelled. Then a |
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copy each is mapped to the first and third output files. |
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The overlay filter, requiring two video inputs, uses the first two |
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unused video streams. Those are the streams from A.avi and C.mkv. The |
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overlay output isn't labelled, so it is sent to the first output file |
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out1.mp4, regardless of the presence of the "-map" option. |
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The aresample filter is sent the first unused audio stream, that of |
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A.avi. Since this filter output is also unlabelled, it too is mapped to |
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the first output file. The presence of "-an" only suppresses automatic |
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or manual stream selection of audio streams, not outputs sent from |
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filtergraphs. Both these mapped streams shall be ordered before the |
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mapped stream in out1.mp4. |
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The video, audio and subtitle streams mapped to "out2.mkv" are entirely |
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determined by automatic stream selection. |
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out3.mkv consists of the cloned video output from the hue filter and |
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the first audio stream from B.mp4. |
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OPTIONS |
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All the numerical options, if not specified otherwise, accept a string |
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representing a number as input, which may be followed by one of the SI |
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unit prefixes, for example: 'K', 'M', or 'G'. |
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If 'i' is appended to the SI unit prefix, the complete prefix will be |
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interpreted as a unit prefix for binary multiples, which are based on |
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powers of 1024 instead of powers of 1000. Appending 'B' to the SI unit |
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prefix multiplies the value by 8. This allows using, for example: 'KB', |
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'MiB', 'G' and 'B' as number suffixes. |
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Options which do not take arguments are boolean options, and set the |
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corresponding value to true. They can be set to false by prefixing the |
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option name with "no". For example using "-nofoo" will set the boolean |
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option with name "foo" to false. |
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Stream specifiers |
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Some options are applied per-stream, e.g. bitrate or codec. Stream |
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specifiers are used to precisely specify which stream(s) a given option |
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belongs to. |
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A stream specifier is a string generally appended to the option name |
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and separated from it by a colon. E.g. "-codec:a:1 ac3" contains the |
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"a:1" stream specifier, which matches the second audio stream. |
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Therefore, it would select the ac3 codec for the second audio stream. |
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A stream specifier can match several streams, so that the option is |
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applied to all of them. E.g. the stream specifier in "-b:a 128k" |
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matches all audio streams. |
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An empty stream specifier matches all streams. For example, "-codec |
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copy" or "-codec: copy" would copy all the streams without reencoding. |
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Possible forms of stream specifiers are: |
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stream_index |
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Matches the stream with this index. E.g. "-threads:1 4" would set |
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the thread count for the second stream to 4. If stream_index is |
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used as an additional stream specifier (see below), then it selects |
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stream number stream_index from the matching streams. Stream |
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numbering is based on the order of the streams as detected by |
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libavformat except when a program ID is also specified. In this |
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case it is based on the ordering of the streams in the program. |
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stream_type[:additional_stream_specifier] |
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stream_type is one of following: 'v' or 'V' for video, 'a' for |
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audio, 's' for subtitle, 'd' for data, and 't' for attachments. 'v' |
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matches all video streams, 'V' only matches video streams which are |
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not attached pictures, video thumbnails or cover arts. If |
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additional_stream_specifier is used, then it matches streams which |
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both have this type and match the additional_stream_specifier. |
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Otherwise, it matches all streams of the specified type. |
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p:program_id[:additional_stream_specifier] |
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Matches streams which are in the program with the id program_id. If |
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additional_stream_specifier is used, then it matches streams which |
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both are part of the program and match the |
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additional_stream_specifier. |
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#stream_id or i:stream_id |
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Match the stream by stream id (e.g. PID in MPEG-TS container). |
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m:key[:value] |
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Matches streams with the metadata tag key having the specified |
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value. If value is not given, matches streams that contain the |
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given tag with any value. |
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u Matches streams with usable configuration, the codec must be |
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defined and the essential information such as video dimension or |
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audio sample rate must be present. |
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Note that in ffmpeg, matching by metadata will only work properly |
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for input files. |
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Generic options |
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These options are shared amongst the ff* tools. |
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-L Show license. |
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-h, -?, -help, --help [arg] |
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Show help. An optional parameter may be specified to print help |
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about a specific item. If no argument is specified, only basic (non |
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advanced) tool options are shown. |
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Possible values of arg are: |
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long |
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Print advanced tool options in addition to the basic tool |
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options. |
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full |
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Print complete list of options, including shared and private |
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options for encoders, decoders, demuxers, muxers, filters, etc. |
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decoder=decoder_name |
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Print detailed information about the decoder named |
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decoder_name. Use the -decoders option to get a list of all |
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decoders. |
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encoder=encoder_name |
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Print detailed information about the encoder named |
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encoder_name. Use the -encoders option to get a list of all |
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encoders. |
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demuxer=demuxer_name |
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Print detailed information about the demuxer named |
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demuxer_name. Use the -formats option to get a list of all |
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demuxers and muxers. |
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muxer=muxer_name |
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Print detailed information about the muxer named muxer_name. |
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Use the -formats option to get a list of all muxers and |
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demuxers. |
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filter=filter_name |
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Print detailed information about the filter named filter_name. |
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Use the -filters option to get a list of all filters. |
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bsf=bitstream_filter_name |
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Print detailed information about the bitstream filter named |
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bitstream_filter_name. Use the -bsfs option to get a list of |
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all bitstream filters. |
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|
|
protocol=protocol_name |
|
Print detailed information about the protocol named |
|
protocol_name. Use the -protocols option to get a list of all |
|
protocols. |
|
|
|
-version |
|
Show version. |
|
|
|
-buildconf |
|
Show the build configuration, one option per line. |
|
|
|
-formats |
|
Show available formats (including devices). |
|
|
|
-demuxers |
|
Show available demuxers. |
|
|
|
-muxers |
|
Show available muxers. |
|
|
|
-devices |
|
Show available devices. |
|
|
|
-codecs |
|
Show all codecs known to libavcodec. |
|
|
|
Note that the term 'codec' is used throughout this documentation as |
|
a shortcut for what is more correctly called a media bitstream |
|
format. |
|
|
|
-decoders |
|
Show available decoders. |
|
|
|
-encoders |
|
Show all available encoders. |
|
|
|
-bsfs |
|
Show available bitstream filters. |
|
|
|
-protocols |
|
Show available protocols. |
|
|
|
-filters |
|
Show available libavfilter filters. |
|
|
|
-pix_fmts |
|
Show available pixel formats. |
|
|
|
-sample_fmts |
|
Show available sample formats. |
|
|
|
-layouts |
|
Show channel names and standard channel layouts. |
|
|
|
-dispositions |
|
Show stream dispositions. |
|
|
|
-colors |
|
Show recognized color names. |
|
|
|
-sources device[,opt1=val1[,opt2=val2]...] |
|
Show autodetected sources of the input device. Some devices may |
|
provide system-dependent source names that cannot be autodetected. |
|
The returned list cannot be assumed to be always complete. |
|
|
|
ffmpeg -sources pulse,server=192.168.0.4 |
|
|
|
-sinks device[,opt1=val1[,opt2=val2]...] |
|
Show autodetected sinks of the output device. Some devices may |
|
provide system-dependent sink names that cannot be autodetected. |
|
The returned list cannot be assumed to be always complete. |
|
|
|
ffmpeg -sinks pulse,server=192.168.0.4 |
|
|
|
-loglevel [flags+]loglevel | -v [flags+]loglevel |
|
Set logging level and flags used by the library. |
|
|
|
The optional flags prefix can consist of the following values: |
|
|
|
repeat |
|
Indicates that repeated log output should not be compressed to |
|
the first line and the "Last message repeated n times" line |
|
will be omitted. |
|
|
|
level |
|
Indicates that log output should add a "[level]" prefix to each |
|
message line. This can be used as an alternative to log |
|
coloring, e.g. when dumping the log to file. |
|
|
|
Flags can also be used alone by adding a '+'/'-' prefix to |
|
set/reset a single flag without affecting other flags or changing |
|
loglevel. When setting both flags and loglevel, a '+' separator is |
|
expected between the last flags value and before loglevel. |
|
|
|
loglevel is a string or a number containing one of the following |
|
values: |
|
|
|
quiet, -8 |
|
Show nothing at all; be silent. |
|
|
|
panic, 0 |
|
Only show fatal errors which could lead the process to crash, |
|
such as an assertion failure. This is not currently used for |
|
anything. |
|
|
|
fatal, 8 |
|
Only show fatal errors. These are errors after which the |
|
process absolutely cannot continue. |
|
|
|
error, 16 |
|
Show all errors, including ones which can be recovered from. |
|
|
|
warning, 24 |
|
Show all warnings and errors. Any message related to possibly |
|
incorrect or unexpected events will be shown. |
|
|
|
info, 32 |
|
Show informative messages during processing. This is in |
|
addition to warnings and errors. This is the default value. |
|
|
|
verbose, 40 |
|
Same as "info", except more verbose. |
|
|
|
debug, 48 |
|
Show everything, including debugging information. |
|
|
|
trace, 56 |
|
|
|
For example to enable repeated log output, add the "level" prefix, |
|
and set loglevel to "verbose": |
|
|
|
ffmpeg -loglevel repeat+level+verbose -i input output |
|
|
|
Another example that enables repeated log output without affecting |
|
current state of "level" prefix flag or loglevel: |
|
|
|
ffmpeg [...] -loglevel +repeat |
|
|
|
By default the program logs to stderr. If coloring is supported by |
|
the terminal, colors are used to mark errors and warnings. Log |
|
coloring can be disabled setting the environment variable |
|
AV_LOG_FORCE_NOCOLOR, or can be forced setting the environment |
|
variable AV_LOG_FORCE_COLOR. |
|
|
|
-report |
|
Dump full command line and log output to a file named |
|
"program-YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS.log" in the current directory. This file |
|
can be useful for bug reports. It also implies "-loglevel debug". |
|
|
|
Setting the environment variable FFREPORT to any value has the same |
|
effect. If the value is a ':'-separated key=value sequence, these |
|
options will affect the report; option values must be escaped if |
|
they contain special characters or the options delimiter ':' (see |
|
the ``Quoting and escaping'' section in the ffmpeg-utils manual). |
|
|
|
The following options are recognized: |
|
|
|
file |
|
set the file name to use for the report; %p is expanded to the |
|
name of the program, %t is expanded to a timestamp, "%%" is |
|
expanded to a plain "%" |
|
|
|
level |
|
set the log verbosity level using a numerical value (see |
|
"-loglevel"). |
|
|
|
For example, to output a report to a file named ffreport.log using |
|
a log level of 32 (alias for log level "info"): |
|
|
|
FFREPORT=file=ffreport.log:level=32 ffmpeg -i input output |
|
|
|
Errors in parsing the environment variable are not fatal, and will |
|
not appear in the report. |
|
|
|
-hide_banner |
|
Suppress printing banner. |
|
|
|
All FFmpeg tools will normally show a copyright notice, build |
|
options and library versions. This option can be used to suppress |
|
printing this information. |
|
|
|
-cpuflags flags (global) |
|
Allows setting and clearing cpu flags. This option is intended for |
|
testing. Do not use it unless you know what you're doing. |
|
|
|
ffmpeg -cpuflags -sse+mmx ... |
|
ffmpeg -cpuflags mmx ... |
|
ffmpeg -cpuflags 0 ... |
|
|
|
Possible flags for this option are: |
|
|
|
x86 |
|
mmx |
|
mmxext |
|
sse |
|
sse2 |
|
sse2slow |
|
sse3 |
|
sse3slow |
|
ssse3 |
|
atom |
|
sse4.1 |
|
sse4.2 |
|
avx |
|
avx2 |
|
xop |
|
fma3 |
|
fma4 |
|
3dnow |
|
3dnowext |
|
bmi1 |
|
bmi2 |
|
cmov |
|
ARM |
|
armv5te |
|
armv6 |
|
armv6t2 |
|
vfp |
|
vfpv3 |
|
neon |
|
setend |
|
AArch64 |
|
armv8 |
|
vfp |
|
neon |
|
PowerPC |
|
altivec |
|
Specific Processors |
|
pentium2 |
|
pentium3 |
|
pentium4 |
|
k6 |
|
k62 |
|
athlon |
|
athlonxp |
|
k8 |
|
-cpucount count (global) |
|
Override detection of CPU count. This option is intended for |
|
testing. Do not use it unless you know what you're doing. |
|
|
|
ffmpeg -cpucount 2 |
|
|
|
-max_alloc bytes |
|
Set the maximum size limit for allocating a block on the heap by |
|
ffmpeg's family of malloc functions. Exercise extreme caution when |
|
using this option. Don't use if you do not understand the full |
|
consequence of doing so. Default is INT_MAX. |
|
|
|
AVOptions |
|
These options are provided directly by the libavformat, libavdevice and |
|
libavcodec libraries. To see the list of available AVOptions, use the |
|
-help option. They are separated into two categories: |
|
|
|
generic |
|
These options can be set for any container, codec or device. |
|
Generic options are listed under AVFormatContext options for |
|
containers/devices and under AVCodecContext options for codecs. |
|
|
|
private |
|
These options are specific to the given container, device or codec. |
|
Private options are listed under their corresponding |
|
containers/devices/codecs. |
|
|
|
For example to write an ID3v2.3 header instead of a default ID3v2.4 to |
|
an MP3 file, use the id3v2_version private option of the MP3 muxer: |
|
|
|
ffmpeg -i input.flac -id3v2_version 3 out.mp3 |
|
|
|
All codec AVOptions are per-stream, and thus a stream specifier should |
|
be attached to them: |
|
|
|
ffmpeg -i multichannel.mxf -map 0:v:0 -map 0:a:0 -map 0:a:0 -c:a:0 ac3 -b:a:0 640k -ac:a:1 2 -c:a:1 aac -b:2 128k out.mp4 |
|
|
|
In the above example, a multichannel audio stream is mapped twice for |
|
output. The first instance is encoded with codec ac3 and bitrate 640k. |
|
The second instance is downmixed to 2 channels and encoded with codec |
|
aac. A bitrate of 128k is specified for it using absolute index of the |
|
output stream. |
|
|
|
Note: the -nooption syntax cannot be used for boolean AVOptions, use |
|
-option 0/-option 1. |
|
|
|
Note: the old undocumented way of specifying per-stream AVOptions by |
|
prepending v/a/s to the options name is now obsolete and will be |
|
removed soon. |
|
|
|
Main options |
|
-f fmt (input/output) |
|
Force input or output file format. The format is normally auto |
|
detected for input files and guessed from the file extension for |
|
output files, so this option is not needed in most cases. |
|
|
|
-i url (input) |
|
input file url |
|
|
|
-y (global) |
|
Overwrite output files without asking. |
|
|
|
-n (global) |
|
Do not overwrite output files, and exit immediately if a specified |
|
output file already exists. |
|
|
|
-stream_loop number (input) |
|
Set number of times input stream shall be looped. Loop 0 means no |
|
loop, loop -1 means infinite loop. |
|
|
|
-recast_media (global) |
|
Allow forcing a decoder of a different media type than the one |
|
detected or designated by the demuxer. Useful for decoding media |
|
data muxed as data streams. |
|
|
|
-c[:stream_specifier] codec (input/output,per-stream) |
|
-codec[:stream_specifier] codec (input/output,per-stream) |
|
Select an encoder (when used before an output file) or a decoder |
|
(when used before an input file) for one or more streams. codec is |
|
the name of a decoder/encoder or a special value "copy" (output |
|
only) to indicate that the stream is not to be re-encoded. |
|
|
|
For example |
|
|
|
ffmpeg -i INPUT -map 0 -c:v libx264 -c:a copy OUTPUT |
|
|
|
encodes all video streams with libx264 and copies all audio |
|
streams. |
|
|
|
For each stream, the last matching "c" option is applied, so |
|
|
|
ffmpeg -i INPUT -map 0 -c copy -c:v:1 libx264 -c:a:137 libvorbis OUTPUT |
|
|
|
will copy all the streams except the second video, which will be |
|
encoded with libx264, and the 138th audio, which will be encoded |
|
with libvorbis. |
|
|
|
-t duration (input/output) |
|
When used as an input option (before "-i"), limit the duration of |
|
data read from the input file. |
|
|
|
When used as an output option (before an output url), stop writing |
|
the output after its duration reaches duration. |
|
|
|
duration must be a time duration specification, see the Time |
|
duration section in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual. |
|
|
|
-to and -t are mutually exclusive and -t has priority. |
|
|
|
-to position (input/output) |
|
Stop writing the output or reading the input at position. position |
|
must be a time duration specification, see the Time duration |
|
section in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual. |
|
|
|
-to and -t are mutually exclusive and -t has priority. |
|
|
|
-fs limit_size (output) |
|
Set the file size limit, expressed in bytes. No further chunk of |
|
bytes is written after the limit is exceeded. The size of the |
|
output file is slightly more than the requested file size. |
|
|
|
-ss position (input/output) |
|
When used as an input option (before "-i"), seeks in this input |
|
file to position. Note that in most formats it is not possible to |
|
seek exactly, so ffmpeg will seek to the closest seek point before |
|
position. When transcoding and -accurate_seek is enabled (the |
|
default), this extra segment between the seek point and position |
|
will be decoded and discarded. When doing stream copy or when |
|
-noaccurate_seek is used, it will be preserved. |
|
|
|
When used as an output option (before an output url), decodes but |
|
discards input until the timestamps reach position. |
|
|
|
position must be a time duration specification, see the Time |
|
duration section in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual. |
|
|
|
-sseof position (input) |
|
Like the "-ss" option but relative to the "end of file". That is |
|
negative values are earlier in the file, 0 is at EOF. |
|
|
|
-isync input_index (input) |
|
Assign an input as a sync source. |
|
|
|
This will take the difference between the start times of the target |
|
and reference inputs and offset the timestamps of the target file |
|
by that difference. The source timestamps of the two inputs should |
|
derive from the same clock source for expected results. If "copyts" |
|
is set then "start_at_zero" must also be set. If either of the |
|
inputs has no starting timestamp then no sync adjustment is made. |
|
|
|
Acceptable values are those that refer to a valid ffmpeg input |
|
index. If the sync reference is the target index itself or -1, then |
|
no adjustment is made to target timestamps. A sync reference may |
|
not itself be synced to any other input. |
|
|
|
Default value is -1. |
|
|
|
-itsoffset offset (input) |
|
Set the input time offset. |
|
|
|
offset must be a time duration specification, see the Time duration |
|
section in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual. |
|
|
|
The offset is added to the timestamps of the input files. |
|
Specifying a positive offset means that the corresponding streams |
|
are delayed by the time duration specified in offset. |
|
|
|
-itsscale scale (input,per-stream) |
|
Rescale input timestamps. scale should be a floating point number. |
|
|
|
-timestamp date (output) |
|
Set the recording timestamp in the container. |
|
|
|
date must be a date specification, see the Date section in the |
|
ffmpeg-utils(1) manual. |
|
|
|
-metadata[:metadata_specifier] key=value (output,per-metadata) |
|
Set a metadata key/value pair. |
|
|
|
An optional metadata_specifier may be given to set metadata on |
|
streams, chapters or programs. See "-map_metadata" documentation |
|
for details. |
|
|
|
This option overrides metadata set with "-map_metadata". It is also |
|
possible to delete metadata by using an empty value. |
|
|
|
For example, for setting the title in the output file: |
|
|
|
ffmpeg -i in.avi -metadata title="my title" out.flv |
|
|
|
To set the language of the first audio stream: |
|
|
|
ffmpeg -i INPUT -metadata:s:a:0 language=eng OUTPUT |
|
|
|
-disposition[:stream_specifier] value (output,per-stream) |
|
Sets the disposition for a stream. |
|
|
|
By default, the disposition is copied from the input stream, unless |
|
the output stream this option applies to is fed by a complex |
|
filtergraph - in that case the disposition is unset by default. |
|
|
|
value is a sequence of items separated by '+' or '-'. The first |
|
item may also be prefixed with '+' or '-', in which case this |
|
option modifies the default value. Otherwise (the first item is not |
|
prefixed) this options overrides the default value. A '+' prefix |
|
adds the given disposition, '-' removes it. It is also possible to |
|
clear the disposition by setting it to 0. |
|
|
|
If no "-disposition" options were specified for an output file, |
|
ffmpeg will automatically set the 'default' disposition on the |
|
first stream of each type, when there are multiple streams of this |
|
type in the output file and no stream of that type is already |
|
marked as default. |
|
|
|
The "-dispositions" option lists the known dispositions. |
|
|
|
For example, to make the second audio stream the default stream: |
|
|
|
ffmpeg -i in.mkv -c copy -disposition:a:1 default out.mkv |
|
|
|
To make the second subtitle stream the default stream and remove |
|
the default disposition from the first subtitle stream: |
|
|
|
ffmpeg -i in.mkv -c copy -disposition:s:0 0 -disposition:s:1 default out.mkv |
|
|
|
To add an embedded cover/thumbnail: |
|
|
|
ffmpeg -i in.mp4 -i IMAGE -map 0 -map 1 -c copy -c:v:1 png -disposition:v:1 attached_pic out.mp4 |
|
|
|
Not all muxers support embedded thumbnails, and those who do, only |
|
support a few formats, like JPEG or PNG. |
|
|
|
-program |
|
[title=title:][program_num=program_num:]st=stream[:st=stream...] |
|
(output) |
|
Creates a program with the specified title, program_num and adds |
|
the specified stream(s) to it. |
|
|
|
-target type (output) |
|
Specify target file type ("vcd", "svcd", "dvd", "dv", "dv50"). type |
|
may be prefixed with "pal-", "ntsc-" or "film-" to use the |
|
corresponding standard. All the format options (bitrate, codecs, |
|
buffer sizes) are then set automatically. You can just type: |
|
|
|
ffmpeg -i myfile.avi -target vcd /tmp/vcd.mpg |
|
|
|
Nevertheless you can specify additional options as long as you know |
|
they do not conflict with the standard, as in: |
|
|
|
ffmpeg -i myfile.avi -target vcd -bf 2 /tmp/vcd.mpg |
|
|
|
The parameters set for each target are as follows. |
|
|
|
VCD |
|
|
|
<pal>: |
|
-f vcd -muxrate 1411200 -muxpreload 0.44 -packetsize 2324 |
|
-s 352x288 -r 25 |
|
-codec:v mpeg1video -g 15 -b:v 1150k -maxrate:v 1150k -minrate:v 1150k -bufsize:v 327680 |
|
-ar 44100 -ac 2 |
|
-codec:a mp2 -b:a 224k |
|
|
|
<ntsc>: |
|
-f vcd -muxrate 1411200 -muxpreload 0.44 -packetsize 2324 |
|
-s 352x240 -r 30000/1001 |
|
-codec:v mpeg1video -g 18 -b:v 1150k -maxrate:v 1150k -minrate:v 1150k -bufsize:v 327680 |
|
-ar 44100 -ac 2 |
|
-codec:a mp2 -b:a 224k |
|
|
|
<film>: |
|
-f vcd -muxrate 1411200 -muxpreload 0.44 -packetsize 2324 |
|
-s 352x240 -r 24000/1001 |
|
-codec:v mpeg1video -g 18 -b:v 1150k -maxrate:v 1150k -minrate:v 1150k -bufsize:v 327680 |
|
-ar 44100 -ac 2 |
|
-codec:a mp2 -b:a 224k |
|
|
|
SVCD |
|
|
|
<pal>: |
|
-f svcd -packetsize 2324 |
|
-s 480x576 -pix_fmt yuv420p -r 25 |
|
-codec:v mpeg2video -g 15 -b:v 2040k -maxrate:v 2516k -minrate:v 0 -bufsize:v 1835008 -scan_offset 1 |
|
-ar 44100 |
|
-codec:a mp2 -b:a 224k |
|
|
|
<ntsc>: |
|
-f svcd -packetsize 2324 |
|
-s 480x480 -pix_fmt yuv420p -r 30000/1001 |
|
-codec:v mpeg2video -g 18 -b:v 2040k -maxrate:v 2516k -minrate:v 0 -bufsize:v 1835008 -scan_offset 1 |
|
-ar 44100 |
|
-codec:a mp2 -b:a 224k |
|
|
|
<film>: |
|
-f svcd -packetsize 2324 |
|
-s 480x480 -pix_fmt yuv420p -r 24000/1001 |
|
-codec:v mpeg2video -g 18 -b:v 2040k -maxrate:v 2516k -minrate:v 0 -bufsize:v 1835008 -scan_offset 1 |
|
-ar 44100 |
|
-codec:a mp2 -b:a 224k |
|
|
|
DVD |
|
|
|
<pal>: |
|
-f dvd -muxrate 10080k -packetsize 2048 |
|
-s 720x576 -pix_fmt yuv420p -r 25 |
|
-codec:v mpeg2video -g 15 -b:v 6000k -maxrate:v 9000k -minrate:v 0 -bufsize:v 1835008 |
|
-ar 48000 |
|
-codec:a ac3 -b:a 448k |
|
|
|
<ntsc>: |
|
-f dvd -muxrate 10080k -packetsize 2048 |
|
-s 720x480 -pix_fmt yuv420p -r 30000/1001 |
|
-codec:v mpeg2video -g 18 -b:v 6000k -maxrate:v 9000k -minrate:v 0 -bufsize:v 1835008 |
|
-ar 48000 |
|
-codec:a ac3 -b:a 448k |
|
|
|
<film>: |
|
-f dvd -muxrate 10080k -packetsize 2048 |
|
-s 720x480 -pix_fmt yuv420p -r 24000/1001 |
|
-codec:v mpeg2video -g 18 -b:v 6000k -maxrate:v 9000k -minrate:v 0 -bufsize:v 1835008 |
|
-ar 48000 |
|
-codec:a ac3 -b:a 448k |
|
|
|
DV |
|
|
|
<pal>: |
|
-f dv |
|
-s 720x576 -pix_fmt yuv420p -r 25 |
|
-ar 48000 -ac 2 |
|
|
|
<ntsc>: |
|
-f dv |
|
-s 720x480 -pix_fmt yuv411p -r 30000/1001 |
|
-ar 48000 -ac 2 |
|
|
|
<film>: |
|
-f dv |
|
-s 720x480 -pix_fmt yuv411p -r 24000/1001 |
|
-ar 48000 -ac 2 |
|
|
|
The "dv50" target is identical to the "dv" target except that the |
|
pixel format set is "yuv422p" for all three standards. |
|
|
|
Any user-set value for a parameter above will override the target |
|
preset value. In that case, the output may not comply with the |
|
target standard. |
|
|
|
-dn (input/output) |
|
As an input option, blocks all data streams of a file from being |
|
filtered or being automatically selected or mapped for any output. |
|
See "-discard" option to disable streams individually. |
|
|
|
As an output option, disables data recording i.e. automatic |
|
selection or mapping of any data stream. For full manual control |
|
see the "-map" option. |
|
|
|
-dframes number (output) |
|
Set the number of data frames to output. This is an obsolete alias |
|
for "-frames:d", which you should use instead. |
|
|
|
-frames[:stream_specifier] framecount (output,per-stream) |
|
Stop writing to the stream after framecount frames. |
|
|
|
-q[:stream_specifier] q (output,per-stream) |
|
-qscale[:stream_specifier] q (output,per-stream) |
|
Use fixed quality scale (VBR). The meaning of q/qscale is codec- |
|
dependent. If qscale is used without a stream_specifier then it |
|
applies only to the video stream, this is to maintain compatibility |
|
with previous behavior and as specifying the same codec specific |
|
value to 2 different codecs that is audio and video generally is |
|
not what is intended when no stream_specifier is used. |
|
|
|
-filter[:stream_specifier] filtergraph (output,per-stream) |
|
Create the filtergraph specified by filtergraph and use it to |
|
filter the stream. |
|
|
|
filtergraph is a description of the filtergraph to apply to the |
|
stream, and must have a single input and a single output of the |
|
same type of the stream. In the filtergraph, the input is |
|
associated to the label "in", and the output to the label "out". |
|
See the ffmpeg-filters manual for more information about the |
|
filtergraph syntax. |
|
|
|
See the -filter_complex option if you want to create filtergraphs |
|
with multiple inputs and/or outputs. |
|
|
|
-filter_script[:stream_specifier] filename (output,per-stream) |
|
This option is similar to -filter, the only difference is that its |
|
argument is the name of the file from which a filtergraph |
|
description is to be read. |
|
|
|
-reinit_filter[:stream_specifier] integer (input,per-stream) |
|
This boolean option determines if the filtergraph(s) to which this |
|
stream is fed gets reinitialized when input frame parameters change |
|
mid-stream. This option is enabled by default as most video and all |
|
audio filters cannot handle deviation in input frame properties. |
|
Upon reinitialization, existing filter state is lost, like e.g. the |
|
frame count "n" reference available in some filters. Any frames |
|
buffered at time of reinitialization are lost. The properties |
|
where a change triggers reinitialization are, for video, frame |
|
resolution or pixel format; for audio, sample format, sample rate, |
|
channel count or channel layout. |
|
|
|
-filter_threads nb_threads (global) |
|
Defines how many threads are used to process a filter pipeline. |
|
Each pipeline will produce a thread pool with this many threads |
|
available for parallel processing. The default is the number of |
|
available CPUs. |
|
|
|
-pre[:stream_specifier] preset_name (output,per-stream) |
|
Specify the preset for matching stream(s). |
|
|
|
-stats (global) |
|
Print encoding progress/statistics. It is on by default, to |
|
explicitly disable it you need to specify "-nostats". |
|
|
|
-stats_period time (global) |
|
Set period at which encoding progress/statistics are updated. |
|
Default is 0.5 seconds. |
|
|
|
-progress url (global) |
|
Send program-friendly progress information to url. |
|
|
|
Progress information is written periodically and at the end of the |
|
encoding process. It is made of "key=value" lines. key consists of |
|
only alphanumeric characters. The last key of a sequence of |
|
progress information is always "progress". |
|
|
|
The update period is set using "-stats_period". |
|
|
|
-stdin |
|
Enable interaction on standard input. On by default unless standard |
|
input is used as an input. To explicitly disable interaction you |
|
need to specify "-nostdin". |
|
|
|
Disabling interaction on standard input is useful, for example, if |
|
ffmpeg is in the background process group. Roughly the same result |
|
can be achieved with "ffmpeg ... < /dev/null" but it requires a |
|
shell. |
|
|
|
-debug_ts (global) |
|
Print timestamp information. It is off by default. This option is |
|
mostly useful for testing and debugging purposes, and the output |
|
format may change from one version to another, so it should not be |
|
employed by portable scripts. |
|
|
|
See also the option "-fdebug ts". |
|
|
|
-attach filename (output) |
|
Add an attachment to the output file. This is supported by a few |
|
formats like Matroska for e.g. fonts used in rendering subtitles. |
|
Attachments are implemented as a specific type of stream, so this |
|
option will add a new stream to the file. It is then possible to |
|
use per-stream options on this stream in the usual way. Attachment |
|
streams created with this option will be created after all the |
|
other streams (i.e. those created with "-map" or automatic |
|
mappings). |
|
|
|
Note that for Matroska you also have to set the mimetype metadata |
|
tag: |
|
|
|
ffmpeg -i INPUT -attach DejaVuSans.ttf -metadata:s:2 mimetype=application/x-truetype-font out.mkv |
|
|
|
(assuming that the attachment stream will be third in the output |
|
file). |
|
|
|
-dump_attachment[:stream_specifier] filename (input,per-stream) |
|
Extract the matching attachment stream into a file named filename. |
|
If filename is empty, then the value of the "filename" metadata tag |
|
will be used. |
|
|
|
E.g. to extract the first attachment to a file named 'out.ttf': |
|
|
|
ffmpeg -dump_attachment:t:0 out.ttf -i INPUT |
|
|
|
To extract all attachments to files determined by the "filename" |
|
tag: |
|
|
|
ffmpeg -dump_attachment:t "" -i INPUT |
|
|
|
Technical note -- attachments are implemented as codec extradata, |
|
so this option can actually be used to extract extradata from any |
|
stream, not just attachments. |
|
|
|
Video Options |
|
-vframes number (output) |
|
Set the number of video frames to output. This is an obsolete alias |
|
for "-frames:v", which you should use instead. |
|
|
|
-r[:stream_specifier] fps (input/output,per-stream) |
|
Set frame rate (Hz value, fraction or abbreviation). |
|
|
|
As an input option, ignore any timestamps stored in the file and |
|
instead generate timestamps assuming constant frame rate fps. This |
|
is not the same as the -framerate option used for some input |
|
formats like image2 or v4l2 (it used to be the same in older |
|
versions of FFmpeg). If in doubt use -framerate instead of the |
|
input option -r. |
|
|
|
As an output option: |
|
|
|
video encoding |
|
Duplicate or drop frames right before encoding them to achieve |
|
constant output frame rate fps. |
|
|
|
video streamcopy |
|
Indicate to the muxer that fps is the stream frame rate. No |
|
data is dropped or duplicated in this case. This may produce |
|
invalid files if fps does not match the actual stream frame |
|
rate as determined by packet timestamps. See also the "setts" |
|
bitstream filter. |
|
|
|
-fpsmax[:stream_specifier] fps (output,per-stream) |
|
Set maximum frame rate (Hz value, fraction or abbreviation). |
|
|
|
Clamps output frame rate when output framerate is auto-set and is |
|
higher than this value. Useful in batch processing or when input |
|
framerate is wrongly detected as very high. It cannot be set |
|
together with "-r". It is ignored during streamcopy. |
|
|
|
-s[:stream_specifier] size (input/output,per-stream) |
|
Set frame size. |
|
|
|
As an input option, this is a shortcut for the video_size private |
|
option, recognized by some demuxers for which the frame size is |
|
either not stored in the file or is configurable -- e.g. raw video |
|
or video grabbers. |
|
|
|
As an output option, this inserts the "scale" video filter to the |
|
end of the corresponding filtergraph. Please use the "scale" filter |
|
directly to insert it at the beginning or some other place. |
|
|
|
The format is wxh (default - same as source). |
|
|
|
-aspect[:stream_specifier] aspect (output,per-stream) |
|
Set the video display aspect ratio specified by aspect. |
|
|
|
aspect can be a floating point number string, or a string of the |
|
form num:den, where num and den are the numerator and denominator |
|
of the aspect ratio. For example "4:3", "16:9", "1.3333", and |
|
"1.7777" are valid argument values. |
|
|
|
If used together with -vcodec copy, it will affect the aspect ratio |
|
stored at container level, but not the aspect ratio stored in |
|
encoded frames, if it exists. |
|
|
|
-display_rotation[:stream_specifier] rotation (input,per-stream) |
|
Set video rotation metadata. |
|
|
|
rotation is a decimal number specifying the amount in degree by |
|
which the video should be rotated counter-clockwise before being |
|
displayed. |
|
|
|
This option overrides the rotation/display transform metadata |
|
stored in the file, if any. When the video is being transcoded |
|
(rather than copied) and "-autorotate" is enabled, the video will |
|
be rotated at the filtering stage. Otherwise, the metadata will be |
|
written into the output file if the muxer supports it. |
|
|
|
If the "-display_hflip" and/or "-display_vflip" options are given, |
|
they are applied after the rotation specified by this option. |
|
|
|
-display_hflip[:stream_specifier] (input,per-stream) |
|
Set whether on display the image should be horizontally flipped. |
|
|
|
See the "-display_rotation" option for more details. |
|
|
|
-display_vflip[:stream_specifier] (input,per-stream) |
|
Set whether on display the image should be vertically flipped. |
|
|
|
See the "-display_rotation" option for more details. |
|
|
|
-vn (input/output) |
|
As an input option, blocks all video streams of a file from being |
|
filtered or being automatically selected or mapped for any output. |
|
See "-discard" option to disable streams individually. |
|
|
|
As an output option, disables video recording i.e. automatic |
|
selection or mapping of any video stream. For full manual control |
|
see the "-map" option. |
|
|
|
-vcodec codec (output) |
|
Set the video codec. This is an alias for "-codec:v". |
|
|
|
-pass[:stream_specifier] n (output,per-stream) |
|
Select the pass number (1 or 2). It is used to do two-pass video |
|
encoding. The statistics of the video are recorded in the first |
|
pass into a log file (see also the option -passlogfile), and in the |
|
second pass that log file is used to generate the video at the |
|
exact requested bitrate. On pass 1, you may just deactivate audio |
|
and set output to null, examples for Windows and Unix: |
|
|
|
ffmpeg -i foo.mov -c:v libxvid -pass 1 -an -f rawvideo -y NUL |
|
ffmpeg -i foo.mov -c:v libxvid -pass 1 -an -f rawvideo -y /dev/null |
|
|
|
-passlogfile[:stream_specifier] prefix (output,per-stream) |
|
Set two-pass log file name prefix to prefix, the default file name |
|
prefix is ``ffmpeg2pass''. The complete file name will be |
|
PREFIX-N.log, where N is a number specific to the output stream |
|
|
|
-vf filtergraph (output) |
|
Create the filtergraph specified by filtergraph and use it to |
|
filter the stream. |
|
|
|
This is an alias for "-filter:v", see the -filter option. |
|
|
|
-autorotate |
|
Automatically rotate the video according to file metadata. Enabled |
|
by default, use -noautorotate to disable it. |
|
|
|
-autoscale |
|
Automatically scale the video according to the resolution of first |
|
frame. Enabled by default, use -noautoscale to disable it. When |
|
autoscale is disabled, all output frames of filter graph might not |
|
be in the same resolution and may be inadequate for some |
|
encoder/muxer. Therefore, it is not recommended to disable it |
|
unless you really know what you are doing. Disable autoscale at |
|
your own risk. |
|
|
|
Advanced Video options |
|
-pix_fmt[:stream_specifier] format (input/output,per-stream) |
|
Set pixel format. Use "-pix_fmts" to show all the supported pixel |
|
formats. If the selected pixel format can not be selected, ffmpeg |
|
will print a warning and select the best pixel format supported by |
|
the encoder. If pix_fmt is prefixed by a "+", ffmpeg will exit |
|
with an error if the requested pixel format can not be selected, |
|
and automatic conversions inside filtergraphs are disabled. If |
|
pix_fmt is a single "+", ffmpeg selects the same pixel format as |
|
the input (or graph output) and automatic conversions are disabled. |
|
|
|
-sws_flags flags (input/output) |
|
Set default flags for the libswscale library. These flags are used |
|
by automatically inserted "scale" filters and those within simple |
|
filtergraphs, if not overridden within the filtergraph definition. |
|
|
|
See the ffmpeg-scaler manual for a list of scaler options. |
|
|
|
-rc_override[:stream_specifier] override (output,per-stream) |
|
Rate control override for specific intervals, formatted as |
|
"int,int,int" list separated with slashes. Two first values are the |
|
beginning and end frame numbers, last one is quantizer to use if |
|
positive, or quality factor if negative. |
|
|
|
-psnr |
|
Calculate PSNR of compressed frames. This option is deprecated, |
|
pass the PSNR flag to the encoder instead, using "-flags +psnr". |
|
|
|
-vstats |
|
Dump video coding statistics to vstats_HHMMSS.log. See the vstats |
|
file format section for the format description. |
|
|
|
-vstats_file file |
|
Dump video coding statistics to file. See the vstats file format |
|
section for the format description. |
|
|
|
-vstats_version file |
|
Specify which version of the vstats format to use. Default is 2. |
|
See the vstats file format section for the format description. |
|
|
|
-vtag fourcc/tag (output) |
|
Force video tag/fourcc. This is an alias for "-tag:v". |
|
|
|
-vbsf bitstream_filter |
|
Deprecated see -bsf |
|
|
|
-force_key_frames[:stream_specifier] time[,time...] (output,per-stream) |
|
-force_key_frames[:stream_specifier] expr:expr (output,per-stream) |
|
-force_key_frames[:stream_specifier] source (output,per-stream) |
|
force_key_frames can take arguments of the following form: |
|
|
|
time[,time...] |
|
If the argument consists of timestamps, ffmpeg will round the |
|
specified times to the nearest output timestamp as per the |
|
encoder time base and force a keyframe at the first frame |
|
having timestamp equal or greater than the computed timestamp. |
|
Note that if the encoder time base is too coarse, then the |
|
keyframes may be forced on frames with timestamps lower than |
|
the specified time. The default encoder time base is the |
|
inverse of the output framerate but may be set otherwise via |
|
"-enc_time_base". |
|
|
|
If one of the times is ""chapters"[delta]", it is expanded into |
|
the time of the beginning of all chapters in the file, shifted |
|
by delta, expressed as a time in seconds. This option can be |
|
useful to ensure that a seek point is present at a chapter mark |
|
or any other designated place in the output file. |
|
|
|
For example, to insert a key frame at 5 minutes, plus key |
|
frames 0.1 second before the beginning of every chapter: |
|
|
|
-force_key_frames 0:05:00,chapters-0.1 |
|
|
|
expr:expr |
|
If the argument is prefixed with "expr:", the string expr is |
|
interpreted like an expression and is evaluated for each frame. |
|
A key frame is forced in case the evaluation is non-zero. |
|
|
|
The expression in expr can contain the following constants: |
|
|
|
n the number of current processed frame, starting from 0 |
|
|
|
n_forced |
|
the number of forced frames |
|
|
|
prev_forced_n |
|
the number of the previous forced frame, it is "NAN" when |
|
no keyframe was forced yet |
|
|
|
prev_forced_t |
|
the time of the previous forced frame, it is "NAN" when no |
|
keyframe was forced yet |
|
|
|
t the time of the current processed frame |
|
|
|
For example to force a key frame every 5 seconds, you can |
|
specify: |
|
|
|
-force_key_frames expr:gte(t,n_forced*5) |
|
|
|
To force a key frame 5 seconds after the time of the last |
|
forced one, starting from second 13: |
|
|
|
-force_key_frames expr:if(isnan(prev_forced_t),gte(t,13),gte(t,prev_forced_t+5)) |
|
|
|
source |
|
If the argument is "source", ffmpeg will force a key frame if |
|
the current frame being encoded is marked as a key frame in its |
|
source. In cases where this particular source frame has to be |
|
dropped, enforce the next available frame to become a key frame |
|
instead. |
|
|
|
Note that forcing too many keyframes is very harmful for the |
|
lookahead algorithms of certain encoders: using fixed-GOP options |
|
or similar would be more efficient. |
|
|
|
-copyinkf[:stream_specifier] (output,per-stream) |
|
When doing stream copy, copy also non-key frames found at the |
|
beginning. |
|
|
|
-init_hw_device type[=name][:device[,key=value...]] |
|
Initialise a new hardware device of type type called name, using |
|
the given device parameters. If no name is specified it will |
|
receive a default name of the form "type%d". |
|
|
|
The meaning of device and the following arguments depends on the |
|
device type: |
|
|
|
cuda |
|
device is the number of the CUDA device. |
|
|
|
The following options are recognized: |
|
|
|
primary_ctx |
|
If set to 1, uses the primary device context instead of |
|
creating a new one. |
|
|
|
Examples: |
|
|
|
-init_hw_device cuda:1 |
|
Choose the second device on the system. |
|
|
|
-init_hw_device cuda:0,primary_ctx=1 |
|
Choose the first device and use the primary device context. |
|
|
|
dxva2 |
|
device is the number of the Direct3D 9 display adapter. |
|
|
|
d3d11va |
|
device is the number of the Direct3D 11 display adapter. |
|
|
|
vaapi |
|
device is either an X11 display name, a DRM render node or a |
|
DirectX adapter index. If not specified, it will attempt to |
|
open the default X11 display ($DISPLAY) and then the first DRM |
|
render node (/dev/dri/renderD128), or the default DirectX |
|
adapter on Windows. |
|
|
|
vdpau |
|
device is an X11 display name. If not specified, it will |
|
attempt to open the default X11 display ($DISPLAY). |
|
|
|
qsv device selects a value in MFX_IMPL_*. Allowed values are: |
|
|
|
auto |
|
sw |
|
hw |
|
auto_any |
|
hw_any |
|
hw2 |
|
hw3 |
|
hw4 |
|
|
|
If not specified, auto_any is used. (Note that it may be |
|
easier to achieve the desired result for QSV by creating the |
|
platform-appropriate subdevice (dxva2 or d3d11va or vaapi) and |
|
then deriving a QSV device from that.) |
|
|
|
Alternatively, child_device_type helps to choose platform- |
|
appropriate subdevice type. On Windows d3d11va is used as |
|
default subdevice type. |
|
|
|
Examples: |
|
|
|
-init_hw_device qsv:hw,child_device_type=d3d11va |
|
Choose the GPU subdevice with type d3d11va and create QSV |
|
device with MFX_IMPL_HARDWARE. |
|
|
|
-init_hw_device qsv:hw,child_device_type=dxva2 |
|
Choose the GPU subdevice with type dxva2 and create QSV |
|
device with MFX_IMPL_HARDWARE. |
|
|
|
opencl |
|
device selects the platform and device as |
|
platform_index.device_index. |
|
|
|
The set of devices can also be filtered using the key-value |
|
pairs to find only devices matching particular platform or |
|
device strings. |
|
|
|
The strings usable as filters are: |
|
|
|
platform_profile |
|
platform_version |
|
platform_name |
|
platform_vendor |
|
platform_extensions |
|
device_name |
|
device_vendor |
|
driver_version |
|
device_version |
|
device_profile |
|
device_extensions |
|
device_type |
|
|
|
The indices and filters must together uniquely select a device. |
|
|
|
Examples: |
|
|
|
-init_hw_device opencl:0.1 |
|
Choose the second device on the first platform. |
|
|
|
-init_hw_device opencl:,device_name=Foo9000 |
|
Choose the device with a name containing the string |
|
Foo9000. |
|
|
|
-init_hw_device |
|
opencl:1,device_type=gpu,device_extensions=cl_khr_fp16 |
|
Choose the GPU device on the second platform supporting the |
|
cl_khr_fp16 extension. |
|
|
|
vulkan |
|
If device is an integer, it selects the device by its index in |
|
a system-dependent list of devices. If device is any other |
|
string, it selects the first device with a name containing that |
|
string as a substring. |
|
|
|
The following options are recognized: |
|
|
|
debug |
|
If set to 1, enables the validation layer, if installed. |
|
|
|
linear_images |
|
If set to 1, images allocated by the hwcontext will be |
|
linear and locally mappable. |
|
|
|
instance_extensions |
|
A plus separated list of additional instance extensions to |
|
enable. |
|
|
|
device_extensions |
|
A plus separated list of additional device extensions to |
|
enable. |
|
|
|
Examples: |
|
|
|
-init_hw_device vulkan:1 |
|
Choose the second device on the system. |
|
|
|
-init_hw_device vulkan:RADV |
|
Choose the first device with a name containing the string |
|
RADV. |
|
|
|
-init_hw_device |
|
vulkan:0,instance_extensions=VK_KHR_wayland_surface+VK_KHR_xcb_surface |
|
Choose the first device and enable the Wayland and XCB |
|
instance extensions. |
|
|
|
-init_hw_device type[=name]@source |
|
Initialise a new hardware device of type type called name, deriving |
|
it from the existing device with the name source. |
|
|
|
-init_hw_device list |
|
List all hardware device types supported in this build of ffmpeg. |
|
|
|
-filter_hw_device name |
|
Pass the hardware device called name to all filters in any filter |
|
graph. This can be used to set the device to upload to with the |
|
"hwupload" filter, or the device to map to with the "hwmap" filter. |
|
Other filters may also make use of this parameter when they require |
|
a hardware device. Note that this is typically only required when |
|
the input is not already in hardware frames - when it is, filters |
|
will derive the device they require from the context of the frames |
|
they receive as input. |
|
|
|
This is a global setting, so all filters will receive the same |
|
device. |
|
|
|
-hwaccel[:stream_specifier] hwaccel (input,per-stream) |
|
Use hardware acceleration to decode the matching stream(s). The |
|
allowed values of hwaccel are: |
|
|
|
none |
|
Do not use any hardware acceleration (the default). |
|
|
|
auto |
|
Automatically select the hardware acceleration method. |
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vdpau |
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Use VDPAU (Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix) hardware |
|
acceleration. |
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dxva2 |
|
Use DXVA2 (DirectX Video Acceleration) hardware acceleration. |
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d3d11va |
|
Use D3D11VA (DirectX Video Acceleration) hardware acceleration. |
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vaapi |
|
Use VAAPI (Video Acceleration API) hardware acceleration. |
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|
qsv Use the Intel QuickSync Video acceleration for video |
|
transcoding. |
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|
Unlike most other values, this option does not enable |
|
accelerated decoding (that is used automatically whenever a qsv |
|
decoder is selected), but accelerated transcoding, without |
|
copying the frames into the system memory. |
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|
For it to work, both the decoder and the encoder must support |
|
QSV acceleration and no filters must be used. |
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|
This option has no effect if the selected hwaccel is not available |
|
or not supported by the chosen decoder. |
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|
|
Note that most acceleration methods are intended for playback and |
|
will not be faster than software decoding on modern CPUs. |
|
Additionally, ffmpeg will usually need to copy the decoded frames |
|
from the GPU memory into the system memory, resulting in further |
|
performance loss. This option is thus mainly useful for testing. |
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|
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-hwaccel_device[:stream_specifier] hwaccel_device (input,per-stream) |
|
Select a device to use for hardware acceleration. |
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|
|
This option only makes sense when the -hwaccel option is also |
|
specified. It can either refer to an existing device created with |
|
-init_hw_device by name, or it can create a new device as if |
|
-init_hw_device type:hwaccel_device were called immediately before. |
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|
-hwaccels |
|
List all hardware acceleration components enabled in this build of |
|
ffmpeg. Actual runtime availability depends on the hardware and |
|
its suitable driver being installed. |
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|
|
-fix_sub_duration_heartbeat[:stream_specifier] |
|
Set a specific output video stream as the heartbeat stream |
|
according to which to split and push through currently in-progress |
|
subtitle upon receipt of a random access packet. |
|
|
|
This lowers the latency of subtitles for which the end packet or |
|
the following subtitle has not yet been received. As a drawback, |
|
this will most likely lead to duplication of subtitle events in |
|
order to cover the full duration, so when dealing with use cases |
|
where latency of when the subtitle event is passed on to output is |
|
not relevant this option should not be utilized. |
|
|
|
Requires -fix_sub_duration to be set for the relevant input |
|
subtitle stream for this to have any effect, as well as for the |
|
input subtitle stream having to be directly mapped to the same |
|
output in which the heartbeat stream resides. |
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|
Audio Options |
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-aframes number (output) |
|
Set the number of audio frames to output. This is an obsolete alias |
|
for "-frames:a", which you should use instead. |
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|
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-ar[:stream_specifier] freq (input/output,per-stream) |
|
Set the audio sampling frequency. For output streams it is set by |
|
default to the frequency of the corresponding input stream. For |
|
input streams this option only makes sense for audio grabbing |
|
devices and raw demuxers and is mapped to the corresponding demuxer |
|
options. |
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-aq q (output) |
|
Set the audio quality (codec-specific, VBR). This is an alias for |
|
-q:a. |
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|
-ac[:stream_specifier] channels (input/output,per-stream) |
|
Set the number of audio channels. For output streams it is set by |
|
default to the number of input audio channels. For input streams |
|
this option only makes sense for audio grabbing devices and raw |
|
demuxers and is mapped to the corresponding demuxer options. |
|
|
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-an (input/output) |
|
As an input option, blocks all audio streams of a file from being |
|
filtered or being automatically selected or mapped for any output. |
|
See "-discard" option to disable streams individually. |
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|
|
As an output option, disables audio recording i.e. automatic |
|
selection or mapping of any audio stream. For full manual control |
|
see the "-map" option. |
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-acodec codec (input/output) |
|
Set the audio codec. This is an alias for "-codec:a". |
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-sample_fmt[:stream_specifier] sample_fmt (output,per-stream) |
|
Set the audio sample format. Use "-sample_fmts" to get a list of |
|
supported sample formats. |
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|
|
-af filtergraph (output) |
|
Create the filtergraph specified by filtergraph and use it to |
|
filter the stream. |
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|
|
This is an alias for "-filter:a", see the -filter option. |
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|
|
Advanced Audio options |
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-atag fourcc/tag (output) |
|
Force audio tag/fourcc. This is an alias for "-tag:a". |
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|
-absf bitstream_filter |
|
Deprecated, see -bsf |
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|
|
-guess_layout_max channels (input,per-stream) |
|
If some input channel layout is not known, try to guess only if it |
|
corresponds to at most the specified number of channels. For |
|
example, 2 tells to ffmpeg to recognize 1 channel as mono and 2 |
|
channels as stereo but not 6 channels as 5.1. The default is to |
|
always try to guess. Use 0 to disable all guessing. |
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|
|
Subtitle options |
|
-scodec codec (input/output) |
|
Set the subtitle codec. This is an alias for "-codec:s". |
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|
|
-sn (input/output) |
|
As an input option, blocks all subtitle streams of a file from |
|
being filtered or being automatically selected or mapped for any |
|
output. See "-discard" option to disable streams individually. |
|
|
|
As an output option, disables subtitle recording i.e. automatic |
|
selection or mapping of any subtitle stream. For full manual |
|
control see the "-map" option. |
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|
|
-sbsf bitstream_filter |
|
Deprecated, see -bsf |
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|
|
Advanced Subtitle options |
|
-fix_sub_duration |
|
Fix subtitles durations. For each subtitle, wait for the next |
|
packet in the same stream and adjust the duration of the first to |
|
avoid overlap. This is necessary with some subtitles codecs, |
|
especially DVB subtitles, because the duration in the original |
|
packet is only a rough estimate and the end is actually marked by |
|
an empty subtitle frame. Failing to use this option when necessary |
|
can result in exaggerated durations or muxing failures due to non- |
|
monotonic timestamps. |
|
|
|
Note that this option will delay the output of all data until the |
|
next subtitle packet is decoded: it may increase memory consumption |
|
and latency a lot. |
|
|
|
-canvas_size size |
|
Set the size of the canvas used to render subtitles. |
|
|
|
Advanced options |
|
-map [-]input_file_id[:stream_specifier][?] | [linklabel] (output) |
|
Create one or more streams in the output file. This option has two |
|
forms for specifying the data source(s): the first selects one or |
|
more streams from some input file (specified with "-i"), the second |
|
takes an output from some complex filtergraph (specified with |
|
"-filter_complex" or "-filter_complex_script"). |
|
|
|
In the first form, an output stream is created for every stream |
|
from the input file with the index input_file_id. If |
|
stream_specifier is given, only those streams that match the |
|
specifier are used (see the Stream specifiers section for the |
|
stream_specifier syntax). |
|
|
|
A "-" character before the stream identifier creates a "negative" |
|
mapping. It disables matching streams from already created |
|
mappings. |
|
|
|
A trailing "?" after the stream index will allow the map to be |
|
optional: if the map matches no streams the map will be ignored |
|
instead of failing. Note the map will still fail if an invalid |
|
input file index is used; such as if the map refers to a non- |
|
existent input. |
|
|
|
An alternative [linklabel] form will map outputs from complex |
|
filter graphs (see the -filter_complex option) to the output file. |
|
linklabel must correspond to a defined output link label in the |
|
graph. |
|
|
|
This option may be specified multiple times, each adding more |
|
streams to the output file. Any given input stream may also be |
|
mapped any number of times as a source for different output |
|
streams, e.g. in order to use different encoding options and/or |
|
filters. The streams are created in the output in the same order in |
|
which the "-map" options are given on the commandline. |
|
|
|
Using this option disables the default mappings for this output |
|
file. |
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|
Examples: |
|
|
|
map everything |
|
To map ALL streams from the first input file to output |
|
|
|
ffmpeg -i INPUT -map 0 output |
|
|
|
select specific stream |
|
If you have two audio streams in the first input file, these |
|
streams are identified by 0:0 and 0:1. You can use "-map" to |
|
select which streams to place in an output file. For example: |
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|
|
ffmpeg -i INPUT -map 0:1 out.wav |
|
|
|
will map the second input stream in INPUT to the (single) |
|
output stream in out.wav. |
|
|
|
create multiple streams |
|
To select the stream with index 2 from input file a.mov |
|
(specified by the identifier 0:2), and stream with index 6 from |
|
input b.mov (specified by the identifier 1:6), and copy them to |
|
the output file out.mov: |
|
|
|
ffmpeg -i a.mov -i b.mov -c copy -map 0:2 -map 1:6 out.mov |
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|
|
create multiple streams 2 |
|
To select all video and the third audio stream from an input |
|
file: |
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|
|
ffmpeg -i INPUT -map 0:v -map 0:a:2 OUTPUT |
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|
|
negative map |
|
To map all the streams except the second audio, use negative |
|
mappings |
|
|
|
ffmpeg -i INPUT -map 0 -map -0:a:1 OUTPUT |
|
|
|
optional map |
|
To map the video and audio streams from the first input, and |
|
using the trailing "?", ignore the audio mapping if no audio |
|
streams exist in the first input: |
|
|
|
ffmpeg -i INPUT -map 0:v -map 0:a? OUTPUT |
|
|
|
map by language |
|
To pick the English audio stream: |
|
|
|
ffmpeg -i INPUT -map 0:m:language:eng OUTPUT |
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|
|
-ignore_unknown |
|
Ignore input streams with unknown type instead of failing if |
|
copying such streams is attempted. |
|
|
|
-copy_unknown |
|
Allow input streams with unknown type to be copied instead of |
|
failing if copying such streams is attempted. |
|
|
|
-map_channel |
|
[input_file_id.stream_specifier.channel_id|-1][?][:output_file_id.stream_specifier] |
|
This option is deprecated and will be removed. It can be replaced |
|
by the pan filter. In some cases it may be easier to use some |
|
combination of the channelsplit, channelmap, or amerge filters. |
|
|
|
Map an audio channel from a given input to an output. If |
|
output_file_id.stream_specifier is not set, the audio channel will |
|
be mapped on all the audio streams. |
|
|
|
Using "-1" instead of input_file_id.stream_specifier.channel_id |
|
will map a muted channel. |
|
|
|
A trailing "?" will allow the map_channel to be optional: if the |
|
map_channel matches no channel the map_channel will be ignored |
|
instead of failing. |
|
|
|
For example, assuming INPUT is a stereo audio file, you can switch |
|
the two audio channels with the following command: |
|
|
|
ffmpeg -i INPUT -map_channel 0.0.1 -map_channel 0.0.0 OUTPUT |
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|
|
If you want to mute the first channel and keep the second: |
|
|
|
ffmpeg -i INPUT -map_channel -1 -map_channel 0.0.1 OUTPUT |
|
|
|
The order of the "-map_channel" option specifies the order of the |
|
channels in the output stream. The output channel layout is guessed |
|
from the number of channels mapped (mono if one "-map_channel", |
|
stereo if two, etc.). Using "-ac" in combination of "-map_channel" |
|
makes the channel gain levels to be updated if input and output |
|
channel layouts don't match (for instance two "-map_channel" |
|
options and "-ac 6"). |
|
|
|
You can also extract each channel of an input to specific outputs; |
|
the following command extracts two channels of the INPUT audio |
|
stream (file 0, stream 0) to the respective OUTPUT_CH0 and |
|
OUTPUT_CH1 outputs: |
|
|
|
ffmpeg -i INPUT -map_channel 0.0.0 OUTPUT_CH0 -map_channel 0.0.1 OUTPUT_CH1 |
|
|
|
The following example splits the channels of a stereo input into |
|
two separate streams, which are put into the same output file: |
|
|
|
ffmpeg -i stereo.wav -map 0:0 -map 0:0 -map_channel 0.0.0:0.0 -map_channel 0.0.1:0.1 -y out.ogg |
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|
|
Note that currently each output stream can only contain channels |
|
from a single input stream; you can't for example use |
|
"-map_channel" to pick multiple input audio channels contained in |
|
different streams (from the same or different files) and merge them |
|
into a single output stream. It is therefore not currently |
|
possible, for example, to turn two separate mono streams into a |
|
single stereo stream. However splitting a stereo stream into two |
|
single channel mono streams is possible. |
|
|
|
If you need this feature, a possible workaround is to use the |
|
amerge filter. For example, if you need to merge a media (here |
|
input.mkv) with 2 mono audio streams into one single stereo channel |
|
audio stream (and keep the video stream), you can use the following |
|
command: |
|
|
|
ffmpeg -i input.mkv -filter_complex "[0:1] [0:2] amerge" -c:a pcm_s16le -c:v copy output.mkv |
|
|
|
To map the first two audio channels from the first input, and using |
|
the trailing "?", ignore the audio channel mapping if the first |
|
input is mono instead of stereo: |
|
|
|
ffmpeg -i INPUT -map_channel 0.0.0 -map_channel 0.0.1? OUTPUT |
|
|
|
-map_metadata[:metadata_spec_out] infile[:metadata_spec_in] |
|
(output,per-metadata) |
|
Set metadata information of the next output file from infile. Note |
|
that those are file indices (zero-based), not filenames. Optional |
|
metadata_spec_in/out parameters specify, which metadata to copy. A |
|
metadata specifier can have the following forms: |
|
|
|
g global metadata, i.e. metadata that applies to the whole file |
|
|
|
s[:stream_spec] |
|
per-stream metadata. stream_spec is a stream specifier as |
|
described in the Stream specifiers chapter. In an input |
|
metadata specifier, the first matching stream is copied from. |
|
In an output metadata specifier, all matching streams are |
|
copied to. |
|
|
|
c:chapter_index |
|
per-chapter metadata. chapter_index is the zero-based chapter |
|
index. |
|
|
|
p:program_index |
|
per-program metadata. program_index is the zero-based program |
|
index. |
|
|
|
If metadata specifier is omitted, it defaults to global. |
|
|
|
By default, global metadata is copied from the first input file, |
|
per-stream and per-chapter metadata is copied along with |
|
streams/chapters. These default mappings are disabled by creating |
|
any mapping of the relevant type. A negative file index can be used |
|
to create a dummy mapping that just disables automatic copying. |
|
|
|
For example to copy metadata from the first stream of the input |
|
file to global metadata of the output file: |
|
|
|
ffmpeg -i in.ogg -map_metadata 0:s:0 out.mp3 |
|
|
|
To do the reverse, i.e. copy global metadata to all audio streams: |
|
|
|
ffmpeg -i in.mkv -map_metadata:s:a 0:g out.mkv |
|
|
|
Note that simple 0 would work as well in this example, since global |
|
metadata is assumed by default. |
|
|
|
-map_chapters input_file_index (output) |
|
Copy chapters from input file with index input_file_index to the |
|
next output file. If no chapter mapping is specified, then chapters |
|
are copied from the first input file with at least one chapter. Use |
|
a negative file index to disable any chapter copying. |
|
|
|
-benchmark (global) |
|
Show benchmarking information at the end of an encode. Shows real, |
|
system and user time used and maximum memory consumption. Maximum |
|
memory consumption is not supported on all systems, it will usually |
|
display as 0 if not supported. |
|
|
|
-benchmark_all (global) |
|
Show benchmarking information during the encode. Shows real, |
|
system and user time used in various steps (audio/video |
|
encode/decode). |
|
|
|
-timelimit duration (global) |
|
Exit after ffmpeg has been running for duration seconds in CPU user |
|
time. |
|
|
|
-dump (global) |
|
Dump each input packet to stderr. |
|
|
|
-hex (global) |
|
When dumping packets, also dump the payload. |
|
|
|
-readrate speed (input) |
|
Limit input read speed. |
|
|
|
Its value is a floating-point positive number which represents the |
|
maximum duration of media, in seconds, that should be ingested in |
|
one second of wallclock time. Default value is zero and represents |
|
no imposed limitation on speed of ingestion. Value 1 represents |
|
real-time speed and is equivalent to "-re". |
|
|
|
Mainly used to simulate a capture device or live input stream (e.g. |
|
when reading from a file). Should not be used with a low value |
|
when input is an actual capture device or live stream as it may |
|
cause packet loss. |
|
|
|
It is useful for when flow speed of output packets is important, |
|
such as live streaming. |
|
|
|
-re (input) |
|
Read input at native frame rate. This is equivalent to setting |
|
"-readrate 1". |
|
|
|
-readrate_initial_burst seconds |
|
Set an initial read burst time, in seconds, after which |
|
-re/-readrate will be enforced. |
|
|
|
-vsync parameter (global) |
|
-fps_mode[:stream_specifier] parameter (output,per-stream) |
|
Set video sync method / framerate mode. vsync is applied to all |
|
output video streams but can be overridden for a stream by setting |
|
fps_mode. vsync is deprecated and will be removed in the future. |
|
|
|
For compatibility reasons some of the values for vsync can be |
|
specified as numbers (shown in parentheses in the following table). |
|
|
|
passthrough (0) |
|
Each frame is passed with its timestamp from the demuxer to the |
|
muxer. |
|
|
|
cfr (1) |
|
Frames will be duplicated and dropped to achieve exactly the |
|
requested constant frame rate. |
|
|
|
vfr (2) |
|
Frames are passed through with their timestamp or dropped so as |
|
to prevent 2 frames from having the same timestamp. |
|
|
|
drop |
|
As passthrough but destroys all timestamps, making the muxer |
|
generate fresh timestamps based on frame-rate. |
|
|
|
auto (-1) |
|
Chooses between cfr and vfr depending on muxer capabilities. |
|
This is the default method. |
|
|
|
Note that the timestamps may be further modified by the muxer, |
|
after this. For example, in the case that the format option |
|
avoid_negative_ts is enabled. |
|
|
|
With -map you can select from which stream the timestamps should be |
|
taken. You can leave either video or audio unchanged and sync the |
|
remaining stream(s) to the unchanged one. |
|
|
|
-frame_drop_threshold parameter |
|
Frame drop threshold, which specifies how much behind video frames |
|
can be before they are dropped. In frame rate units, so 1.0 is one |
|
frame. The default is -1.1. One possible usecase is to avoid |
|
framedrops in case of noisy timestamps or to increase frame drop |
|
precision in case of exact timestamps. |
|
|
|
-apad parameters (output,per-stream) |
|
Pad the output audio stream(s). This is the same as applying "-af |
|
apad". Argument is a string of filter parameters composed the same |
|
as with the "apad" filter. "-shortest" must be set for this output |
|
for the option to take effect. |
|
|
|
-copyts |
|
Do not process input timestamps, but keep their values without |
|
trying to sanitize them. In particular, do not remove the initial |
|
start time offset value. |
|
|
|
Note that, depending on the vsync option or on specific muxer |
|
processing (e.g. in case the format option avoid_negative_ts is |
|
enabled) the output timestamps may mismatch with the input |
|
timestamps even when this option is selected. |
|
|
|
-start_at_zero |
|
When used with copyts, shift input timestamps so they start at |
|
zero. |
|
|
|
This means that using e.g. "-ss 50" will make output timestamps |
|
start at 50 seconds, regardless of what timestamp the input file |
|
started at. |
|
|
|
-copytb mode |
|
Specify how to set the encoder timebase when stream copying. mode |
|
is an integer numeric value, and can assume one of the following |
|
values: |
|
|
|
1 Use the demuxer timebase. |
|
|
|
The time base is copied to the output encoder from the |
|
corresponding input demuxer. This is sometimes required to |
|
avoid non monotonically increasing timestamps when copying |
|
video streams with variable frame rate. |
|
|
|
0 Use the decoder timebase. |
|
|
|
The time base is copied to the output encoder from the |
|
corresponding input decoder. |
|
|
|
-1 Try to make the choice automatically, in order to generate a |
|
sane output. |
|
|
|
Default value is -1. |
|
|
|
-enc_time_base[:stream_specifier] timebase (output,per-stream) |
|
Set the encoder timebase. timebase can assume one of the following |
|
values: |
|
|
|
0 Assign a default value according to the media type. |
|
|
|
For video - use 1/framerate, for audio - use 1/samplerate. |
|
|
|
demux |
|
Use the timebase from the demuxer. |
|
|
|
filter |
|
Use the timebase from the filtergraph. |
|
|
|
a positive number |
|
Use the provided number as the timebase. |
|
|
|
This field can be provided as a ratio of two integers (e.g. |
|
1:24, 1:48000) or as a decimal number (e.g. 0.04166, 2.0833e-5) |
|
|
|
Default value is 0. |
|
|
|
-bitexact (input/output) |
|
Enable bitexact mode for (de)muxer and (de/en)coder |
|
|
|
-shortest (output) |
|
Finish encoding when the shortest output stream ends. |
|
|
|
Note that this option may require buffering frames, which |
|
introduces extra latency. The maximum amount of this latency may be |
|
controlled with the "-shortest_buf_duration" option. |
|
|
|
-shortest_buf_duration duration (output) |
|
The "-shortest" option may require buffering potentially large |
|
amounts of data when at least one of the streams is "sparse" (i.e. |
|
has large gaps between frames X this is typically the case for |
|
subtitles). |
|
|
|
This option controls the maximum duration of buffered frames in |
|
seconds. Larger values may allow the "-shortest" option to produce |
|
more accurate results, but increase memory use and latency. |
|
|
|
The default value is 10 seconds. |
|
|
|
-dts_delta_threshold threshold |
|
Timestamp discontinuity delta threshold, expressed as a decimal |
|
number of seconds. |
|
|
|
The timestamp discontinuity correction enabled by this option is |
|
only applied to input formats accepting timestamp discontinuity |
|
(for which the "AV_FMT_DISCONT" flag is enabled), e.g. MPEG-TS and |
|
HLS, and is automatically disabled when employing the "-copy_ts" |
|
option (unless wrapping is detected). |
|
|
|
If a timestamp discontinuity is detected whose absolute value is |
|
greater than threshold, ffmpeg will remove the discontinuity by |
|
decreasing/increasing the current DTS and PTS by the corresponding |
|
delta value. |
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The default value is 10. |
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-dts_error_threshold threshold |
|
Timestamp error delta threshold, expressed as a decimal number of |
|
seconds. |
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|
The timestamp correction enabled by this option is only applied to |
|
input formats not accepting timestamp discontinuity (for which the |
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"AV_FMT_DISCONT" flag is not enabled). |
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|
If a timestamp discontinuity is detected whose absolute value is |
|
greater than threshold, ffmpeg will drop the PTS/DTS timestamp |
|
value. |
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The default value is "3600*30" (30 hours), which is arbitrarily |
|
picked and quite conservative. |
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-muxdelay seconds (output) |
|
Set the maximum demux-decode delay. |
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-muxpreload seconds (output) |
|
Set the initial demux-decode delay. |
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-streamid output-stream-index:new-value (output) |
|
Assign a new stream-id value to an output stream. This option |
|
should be specified prior to the output filename to which it |
|
applies. For the situation where multiple output files exist, a |
|
streamid may be reassigned to a different value. |
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For example, to set the stream 0 PID to 33 and the stream 1 PID to |
|
36 for an output mpegts file: |
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ffmpeg -i inurl -streamid 0:33 -streamid 1:36 out.ts |
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-bsf[:stream_specifier] bitstream_filters (output,per-stream) |
|
Set bitstream filters for matching streams. bitstream_filters is a |
|
comma-separated list of bitstream filters. Use the "-bsfs" option |
|
to get the list of bitstream filters. |
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ffmpeg -i h264.mp4 -c:v copy -bsf:v h264_mp4toannexb -an out.h264 |
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ffmpeg -i file.mov -an -vn -bsf:s mov2textsub -c:s copy -f rawvideo sub.txt |
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-tag[:stream_specifier] codec_tag (input/output,per-stream) |
|
Force a tag/fourcc for matching streams. |
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-timecode hh:mm:ssSEPff |
|
Specify Timecode for writing. SEP is ':' for non drop timecode and |
|
';' (or '.') for drop. |
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ffmpeg -i input.mpg -timecode 01:02:03.04 -r 30000/1001 -s ntsc output.mpg |
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|
-filter_complex filtergraph (global) |
|
Define a complex filtergraph, i.e. one with arbitrary number of |
|
inputs and/or outputs. For simple graphs -- those with one input |
|
and one output of the same type -- see the -filter options. |
|
filtergraph is a description of the filtergraph, as described in |
|
the ``Filtergraph syntax'' section of the ffmpeg-filters manual. |
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|
|
Input link labels must refer to input streams using the |
|
"[file_index:stream_specifier]" syntax (i.e. the same as -map |
|
uses). If stream_specifier matches multiple streams, the first one |
|
will be used. An unlabeled input will be connected to the first |
|
unused input stream of the matching type. |
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|
|
Output link labels are referred to with -map. Unlabeled outputs are |
|
added to the first output file. |
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Note that with this option it is possible to use only lavfi sources |
|
without normal input files. |
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For example, to overlay an image over video |
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ffmpeg -i video.mkv -i image.png -filter_complex '[0:v][1:v]overlay[out]' -map |
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'[out]' out.mkv |
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Here "[0:v]" refers to the first video stream in the first input |
|
file, which is linked to the first (main) input of the overlay |
|
filter. Similarly the first video stream in the second input is |
|
linked to the second (overlay) input of overlay. |
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|
|
Assuming there is only one video stream in each input file, we can |
|
omit input labels, so the above is equivalent to |
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ffmpeg -i video.mkv -i image.png -filter_complex 'overlay[out]' -map |
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'[out]' out.mkv |
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|
|
Furthermore we can omit the output label and the single output from |
|
the filter graph will be added to the output file automatically, so |
|
we can simply write |
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ffmpeg -i video.mkv -i image.png -filter_complex 'overlay' out.mkv |
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As a special exception, you can use a bitmap subtitle stream as |
|
input: it will be converted into a video with the same size as the |
|
largest video in the file, or 720x576 if no video is present. Note |
|
that this is an experimental and temporary solution. It will be |
|
removed once libavfilter has proper support for subtitles. |
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|
For example, to hardcode subtitles on top of a DVB-T recording |
|
stored in MPEG-TS format, delaying the subtitles by 1 second: |
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ffmpeg -i input.ts -filter_complex \ |
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'[#0x2ef] setpts=PTS+1/TB [sub] ; [#0x2d0] [sub] overlay' \ |
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-sn -map '#0x2dc' output.mkv |
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(0x2d0, 0x2dc and 0x2ef are the MPEG-TS PIDs of respectively the |
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video, audio and subtitles streams; 0:0, 0:3 and 0:7 would have |
|
worked too) |
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|
To generate 5 seconds of pure red video using lavfi "color" source: |
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ffmpeg -filter_complex 'color=c=red' -t 5 out.mkv |
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-filter_complex_threads nb_threads (global) |
|
Defines how many threads are used to process a filter_complex |
|
graph. Similar to filter_threads but used for "-filter_complex" |
|
graphs only. The default is the number of available CPUs. |
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|
|
-lavfi filtergraph (global) |
|
Define a complex filtergraph, i.e. one with arbitrary number of |
|
inputs and/or outputs. Equivalent to -filter_complex. |
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|
|
-filter_complex_script filename (global) |
|
This option is similar to -filter_complex, the only difference is |
|
that its argument is the name of the file from which a complex |
|
filtergraph description is to be read. |
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|
|
-accurate_seek (input) |
|
This option enables or disables accurate seeking in input files |
|
with the -ss option. It is enabled by default, so seeking is |
|
accurate when transcoding. Use -noaccurate_seek to disable it, |
|
which may be useful e.g. when copying some streams and transcoding |
|
the others. |
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|
|
-seek_timestamp (input) |
|
This option enables or disables seeking by timestamp in input files |
|
with the -ss option. It is disabled by default. If enabled, the |
|
argument to the -ss option is considered an actual timestamp, and |
|
is not offset by the start time of the file. This matters only for |
|
files which do not start from timestamp 0, such as transport |
|
streams. |
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|
|
-thread_queue_size size (input/output) |
|
For input, this option sets the maximum number of queued packets |
|
when reading from the file or device. With low latency / high rate |
|
live streams, packets may be discarded if they are not read in a |
|
timely manner; setting this value can force ffmpeg to use a |
|
separate input thread and read packets as soon as they arrive. By |
|
default ffmpeg only does this if multiple inputs are specified. |
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|
|
For output, this option specified the maximum number of packets |
|
that may be queued to each muxing thread. |
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|
|
-sdp_file file (global) |
|
Print sdp information for an output stream to file. This allows |
|
dumping sdp information when at least one output isn't an rtp |
|
stream. (Requires at least one of the output formats to be rtp). |
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|
-discard (input) |
|
Allows discarding specific streams or frames from streams. Any |
|
input stream can be fully discarded, using value "all" whereas |
|
selective discarding of frames from a stream occurs at the demuxer |
|
and is not supported by all demuxers. |
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none |
|
Discard no frame. |
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|
default |
|
Default, which discards no frames. |
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noref |
|
Discard all non-reference frames. |
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bidir |
|
Discard all bidirectional frames. |
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nokey |
|
Discard all frames excepts keyframes. |
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|
all Discard all frames. |
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|
|
-abort_on flags (global) |
|
Stop and abort on various conditions. The following flags are |
|
available: |
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empty_output |
|
No packets were passed to the muxer, the output is empty. |
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|
|
empty_output_stream |
|
No packets were passed to the muxer in some of the output |
|
streams. |
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|
|
-max_error_rate (global) |
|
Set fraction of decoding frame failures across all inputs which |
|
when crossed ffmpeg will return exit code 69. Crossing this |
|
threshold does not terminate processing. Range is a floating-point |
|
number between 0 to 1. Default is 2/3. |
|
|
|
-xerror (global) |
|
Stop and exit on error |
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|
|
-max_muxing_queue_size packets (output,per-stream) |
|
When transcoding audio and/or video streams, ffmpeg will not begin |
|
writing into the output until it has one packet for each such |
|
stream. While waiting for that to happen, packets for other streams |
|
are buffered. This option sets the size of this buffer, in packets, |
|
for the matching output stream. |
|
|
|
The default value of this option should be high enough for most |
|
uses, so only touch this option if you are sure that you need it. |
|
|
|
-muxing_queue_data_threshold bytes (output,per-stream) |
|
This is a minimum threshold until which the muxing queue size is |
|
not taken into account. Defaults to 50 megabytes per stream, and is |
|
based on the overall size of packets passed to the muxer. |
|
|
|
-auto_conversion_filters (global) |
|
Enable automatically inserting format conversion filters in all |
|
filter graphs, including those defined by -vf, -af, -filter_complex |
|
and -lavfi. If filter format negotiation requires a conversion, the |
|
initialization of the filters will fail. Conversions can still be |
|
performed by inserting the relevant conversion filter (scale, |
|
aresample) in the graph. On by default, to explicitly disable it |
|
you need to specify "-noauto_conversion_filters". |
|
|
|
-bits_per_raw_sample[:stream_specifier] value (output,per-stream) |
|
Declare the number of bits per raw sample in the given output |
|
stream to be value. Note that this option sets the information |
|
provided to the encoder/muxer, it does not change the stream to |
|
conform to this value. Setting values that do not match the stream |
|
properties may result in encoding failures or invalid output files. |
|
|
|
-stats_enc_pre[:stream_specifier] path (output,per-stream) |
|
-stats_enc_post[:stream_specifier] path (output,per-stream) |
|
-stats_mux_pre[:stream_specifier] path (output,per-stream) |
|
Write per-frame encoding information about the matching streams |
|
into the file given by path. |
|
|
|
-stats_enc_pre writes information about raw video or audio frames |
|
right before they are sent for encoding, while -stats_enc_post |
|
writes information about encoded packets as they are received from |
|
the encoder. -stats_mux_pre writes information about packets just |
|
as they are about to be sent to the muxer. Every frame or packet |
|
produces one line in the specified file. The format of this line is |
|
controlled by -stats_enc_pre_fmt / -stats_enc_post_fmt / |
|
-stats_mux_pre_fmt. |
|
|
|
When stats for multiple streams are written into a single file, the |
|
lines corresponding to different streams will be interleaved. The |
|
precise order of this interleaving is not specified and not |
|
guaranteed to remain stable between different invocations of the |
|
program, even with the same options. |
|
|
|
-stats_enc_pre_fmt[:stream_specifier] format_spec (output,per-stream) |
|
-stats_enc_post_fmt[:stream_specifier] format_spec (output,per-stream) |
|
-stats_mux_pre_fmt[:stream_specifier] format_spec (output,per-stream) |
|
Specify the format for the lines written with -stats_enc_pre / |
|
-stats_enc_post / -stats_mux_pre. |
|
|
|
format_spec is a string that may contain directives of the form |
|
{fmt}. format_spec is backslash-escaped --- use \{, \}, and \\ to |
|
write a literal {, }, or \, respectively, into the output. |
|
|
|
The directives given with fmt may be one of the following: |
|
|
|
fidx |
|
Index of the output file. |
|
|
|
sidx |
|
Index of the output stream in the file. |
|
|
|
n Frame number. Pre-encoding: number of frames sent to the |
|
encoder so far. Post-encoding: number of packets received from |
|
the encoder so far. Muxing: number of packets submitted to the |
|
muxer for this stream so far. |
|
|
|
ni Input frame number. Index of the input frame (i.e. output by a |
|
decoder) that corresponds to this output frame or packet. -1 if |
|
unavailable. |
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|
|
tb Timebase in which this frame/packet's timestamps are expressed, |
|
as a rational number num/den. Note that encoder and muxer may |
|
use different timebases. |
|
|
|
tbi Timebase for ptsi, as a rational number num/den. Available when |
|
ptsi is available, 0/1 otherwise. |
|
|
|
pts Presentation timestamp of the frame or packet, as an integer. |
|
Should be multiplied by the timebase to compute presentation |
|
time. |
|
|
|
ptsi |
|
Presentation timestamp of the input frame (see ni), as an |
|
integer. Should be multiplied by tbi to compute presentation |
|
time. Printed as (2^63 - 1 = 9223372036854775807) when not |
|
available. |
|
|
|
t Presentation time of the frame or packet, as a decimal number. |
|
Equal to pts multiplied by tb. |
|
|
|
ti Presentation time of the input frame (see ni), as a decimal |
|
number. Equal to ptsi multiplied by tbi. Printed as inf when |
|
not available. |
|
|
|
dts (packet) |
|
Decoding timestamp of the packet, as an integer. Should be |
|
multiplied by the timebase to compute presentation time. |
|
|
|
dt (packet) |
|
Decoding time of the frame or packet, as a decimal number. |
|
Equal to dts multiplied by tb. |
|
|
|
sn (frame,audio) |
|
Number of audio samples sent to the encoder so far. |
|
|
|
samp (frame,audio) |
|
Number of audio samples in the frame. |
|
|
|
size (packet) |
|
Size of the encoded packet in bytes. |
|
|
|
br (packet) |
|
Current bitrate in bits per second. Post-encoding only. |
|
|
|
abr (packet) |
|
Average bitrate for the whole stream so far, in bits per |
|
second, -1 if it cannot be determined at this point. Post- |
|
encoding only. |
|
|
|
Directives tagged with packet may only be used with |
|
-stats_enc_post_fmt and -stats_mux_pre_fmt. |
|
|
|
Directives tagged with frame may only be used with |
|
-stats_enc_pre_fmt. |
|
|
|
Directives tagged with audio may only be used with audio streams. |
|
|
|
The default format strings are: |
|
|
|
pre-encoding |
|
{fidx} {sidx} {n} {t} |
|
|
|
post-encoding |
|
{fidx} {sidx} {n} {t} |
|
|
|
In the future, new items may be added to the end of the default |
|
formatting strings. Users who depend on the format staying exactly |
|
the same, should prescribe it manually. |
|
|
|
Note that stats for different streams written into the same file |
|
may have different formats. |
|
|
|
Preset files |
|
A preset file contains a sequence of option=value pairs, one for each |
|
line, specifying a sequence of options which would be awkward to |
|
specify on the command line. Lines starting with the hash ('#') |
|
character are ignored and are used to provide comments. Check the |
|
presets directory in the FFmpeg source tree for examples. |
|
|
|
There are two types of preset files: ffpreset and avpreset files. |
|
|
|
ffpreset files |
|
|
|
ffpreset files are specified with the "vpre", "apre", "spre", and |
|
"fpre" options. The "fpre" option takes the filename of the preset |
|
instead of a preset name as input and can be used for any kind of |
|
codec. For the "vpre", "apre", and "spre" options, the options |
|
specified in a preset file are applied to the currently selected codec |
|
of the same type as the preset option. |
|
|
|
The argument passed to the "vpre", "apre", and "spre" preset options |
|
identifies the preset file to use according to the following rules: |
|
|
|
First ffmpeg searches for a file named arg.ffpreset in the directories |
|
$FFMPEG_DATADIR (if set), and $HOME/.ffmpeg, and in the datadir defined |
|
at configuration time (usually PREFIX/share/ffmpeg) or in a ffpresets |
|
folder along the executable on win32, in that order. For example, if |
|
the argument is "libvpx-1080p", it will search for the file |
|
libvpx-1080p.ffpreset. |
|
|
|
If no such file is found, then ffmpeg will search for a file named |
|
codec_name-arg.ffpreset in the above-mentioned directories, where |
|
codec_name is the name of the codec to which the preset file options |
|
will be applied. For example, if you select the video codec with |
|
"-vcodec libvpx" and use "-vpre 1080p", then it will search for the |
|
file libvpx-1080p.ffpreset. |
|
|
|
avpreset files |
|
|
|
avpreset files are specified with the "pre" option. They work similar |
|
to ffpreset files, but they only allow encoder- specific options. |
|
Therefore, an option=value pair specifying an encoder cannot be used. |
|
|
|
When the "pre" option is specified, ffmpeg will look for files with the |
|
suffix .avpreset in the directories $AVCONV_DATADIR (if set), and |
|
$HOME/.avconv, and in the datadir defined at configuration time |
|
(usually PREFIX/share/ffmpeg), in that order. |
|
|
|
First ffmpeg searches for a file named codec_name-arg.avpreset in the |
|
above-mentioned directories, where codec_name is the name of the codec |
|
to which the preset file options will be applied. For example, if you |
|
select the video codec with "-vcodec libvpx" and use "-pre 1080p", then |
|
it will search for the file libvpx-1080p.avpreset. |
|
|
|
If no such file is found, then ffmpeg will search for a file named |
|
arg.avpreset in the same directories. |
|
|
|
vstats file format |
|
The "-vstats" and "-vstats_file" options enable generation of a file |
|
containing statistics about the generated video outputs. |
|
|
|
The "-vstats_version" option controls the format version of the |
|
generated file. |
|
|
|
With version 1 the format is: |
|
|
|
frame= <FRAME> q= <FRAME_QUALITY> PSNR= <PSNR> f_size= <FRAME_SIZE> s_size= <STREAM_SIZE>kB time= <TIMESTAMP> br= <BITRATE>kbits/s avg_br= <AVERAGE_BITRATE>kbits/s |
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|
|
With version 2 the format is: |
|
|
|
out= <OUT_FILE_INDEX> st= <OUT_FILE_STREAM_INDEX> frame= <FRAME_NUMBER> q= <FRAME_QUALITY>f PSNR= <PSNR> f_size= <FRAME_SIZE> s_size= <STREAM_SIZE>kB time= <TIMESTAMP> br= <BITRATE>kbits/s avg_br= <AVERAGE_BITRATE>kbits/s |
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|
|
The value corresponding to each key is described below: |
|
|
|
avg_br |
|
average bitrate expressed in Kbits/s |
|
|
|
br bitrate expressed in Kbits/s |
|
|
|
frame |
|
number of encoded frame |
|
|
|
out out file index |
|
|
|
PSNR |
|
Peak Signal to Noise Ratio |
|
|
|
q quality of the frame |
|
|
|
f_size |
|
encoded packet size expressed as number of bytes |
|
|
|
s_size |
|
stream size expressed in KiB |
|
|
|
st out file stream index |
|
|
|
time |
|
time of the packet |
|
|
|
type |
|
picture type |
|
|
|
See also the -stats_enc options for an alternative way to show encoding |
|
statistics. |
|
|
|
EXAMPLES |
|
Video and Audio grabbing |
|
If you specify the input format and device then ffmpeg can grab video |
|
and audio directly. |
|
|
|
ffmpeg -f oss -i /dev/dsp -f video4linux2 -i /dev/video0 /tmp/out.mpg |
|
|
|
Or with an ALSA audio source (mono input, card id 1) instead of OSS: |
|
|
|
ffmpeg -f alsa -ac 1 -i hw:1 -f video4linux2 -i /dev/video0 /tmp/out.mpg |
|
|
|
Note that you must activate the right video source and channel before |
|
launching ffmpeg with any TV viewer such as |
|
<http://linux.bytesex.org/xawtv/> by Gerd Knorr. You also have to set |
|
the audio recording levels correctly with a standard mixer. |
|
|
|
X11 grabbing |
|
Grab the X11 display with ffmpeg via |
|
|
|
ffmpeg -f x11grab -video_size cif -framerate 25 -i :0.0 /tmp/out.mpg |
|
|
|
0.0 is display.screen number of your X11 server, same as the DISPLAY |
|
environment variable. |
|
|
|
ffmpeg -f x11grab -video_size cif -framerate 25 -i :0.0+10,20 /tmp/out.mpg |
|
|
|
0.0 is display.screen number of your X11 server, same as the DISPLAY |
|
environment variable. 10 is the x-offset and 20 the y-offset for the |
|
grabbing. |
|
|
|
Video and Audio file format conversion |
|
Any supported file format and protocol can serve as input to ffmpeg: |
|
|
|
Examples: |
|
|
|
o You can use YUV files as input: |
|
|
|
ffmpeg -i /tmp/test%d.Y /tmp/out.mpg |
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|
|
It will use the files: |
|
|
|
/tmp/test0.Y, /tmp/test0.U, /tmp/test0.V, |
|
/tmp/test1.Y, /tmp/test1.U, /tmp/test1.V, etc... |
|
|
|
The Y files use twice the resolution of the U and V files. They are |
|
raw files, without header. They can be generated by all decent |
|
video decoders. You must specify the size of the image with the -s |
|
option if ffmpeg cannot guess it. |
|
|
|
o You can input from a raw YUV420P file: |
|
|
|
ffmpeg -i /tmp/test.yuv /tmp/out.avi |
|
|
|
test.yuv is a file containing raw YUV planar data. Each frame is |
|
composed of the Y plane followed by the U and V planes at half |
|
vertical and horizontal resolution. |
|
|
|
o You can output to a raw YUV420P file: |
|
|
|
ffmpeg -i mydivx.avi hugefile.yuv |
|
|
|
o You can set several input files and output files: |
|
|
|
ffmpeg -i /tmp/a.wav -s 640x480 -i /tmp/a.yuv /tmp/a.mpg |
|
|
|
Converts the audio file a.wav and the raw YUV video file a.yuv to |
|
MPEG file a.mpg. |
|
|
|
o You can also do audio and video conversions at the same time: |
|
|
|
ffmpeg -i /tmp/a.wav -ar 22050 /tmp/a.mp2 |
|
|
|
Converts a.wav to MPEG audio at 22050 Hz sample rate. |
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o You can encode to several formats at the same time and define a |
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mapping from input stream to output streams: |
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ffmpeg -i /tmp/a.wav -map 0:a -b:a 64k /tmp/a.mp2 -map 0:a -b:a 128k /tmp/b.mp2 |
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Converts a.wav to a.mp2 at 64 kbits and to b.mp2 at 128 kbits. |
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'-map file:index' specifies which input stream is used for each |
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output stream, in the order of the definition of output streams. |
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o You can transcode decrypted VOBs: |
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ffmpeg -i snatch_1.vob -f avi -c:v mpeg4 -b:v 800k -g 300 -bf 2 -c:a libmp3lame -b:a 128k snatch.avi |
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This is a typical DVD ripping example; the input is a VOB file, the |
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output an AVI file with MPEG-4 video and MP3 audio. Note that in |
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this command we use B-frames so the MPEG-4 stream is DivX5 |
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compatible, and GOP size is 300 which means one intra frame every |
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10 seconds for 29.97fps input video. Furthermore, the audio stream |
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is MP3-encoded so you need to enable LAME support by passing |
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"--enable-libmp3lame" to configure. The mapping is particularly |
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useful for DVD transcoding to get the desired audio language. |
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NOTE: To see the supported input formats, use "ffmpeg -demuxers". |
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o You can extract images from a video, or create a video from many |
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images: |
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For extracting images from a video: |
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ffmpeg -i foo.avi -r 1 -s WxH -f image2 foo-%03d.jpeg |
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This will extract one video frame per second from the video and |
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will output them in files named foo-001.jpeg, foo-002.jpeg, etc. |
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Images will be rescaled to fit the new WxH values. |
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If you want to extract just a limited number of frames, you can use |
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the above command in combination with the "-frames:v" or "-t" |
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option, or in combination with -ss to start extracting from a |
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certain point in time. |
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For creating a video from many images: |
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ffmpeg -f image2 -framerate 12 -i foo-%03d.jpeg -s WxH foo.avi |
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The syntax "foo-%03d.jpeg" specifies to use a decimal number |
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composed of three digits padded with zeroes to express the sequence |
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number. It is the same syntax supported by the C printf function, |
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but only formats accepting a normal integer are suitable. |
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When importing an image sequence, -i also supports expanding shell- |
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like wildcard patterns (globbing) internally, by selecting the |
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image2-specific "-pattern_type glob" option. |
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For example, for creating a video from filenames matching the glob |
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pattern "foo-*.jpeg": |
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ffmpeg -f image2 -pattern_type glob -framerate 12 -i 'foo-*.jpeg' -s WxH foo.avi |
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o You can put many streams of the same type in the output: |
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ffmpeg -i test1.avi -i test2.avi -map 1:1 -map 1:0 -map 0:1 -map 0:0 -c copy -y test12.nut |
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The resulting output file test12.nut will contain the first four |
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streams from the input files in reverse order. |
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o To force CBR video output: |
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ffmpeg -i myfile.avi -b 4000k -minrate 4000k -maxrate 4000k -bufsize 1835k out.m2v |
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o The four options lmin, lmax, mblmin and mblmax use 'lambda' units, |
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but you may use the QP2LAMBDA constant to easily convert from 'q' |
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units: |
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ffmpeg -i src.ext -lmax 21*QP2LAMBDA dst.ext |
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SEE ALSO |
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ffmpeg-all(1), ffplay(1), ffprobe(1), ffmpeg-utils(1), |
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ffmpeg-scaler(1), ffmpeg-resampler(1), ffmpeg-codecs(1), |
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ffmpeg-bitstream-filters(1), ffmpeg-formats(1), ffmpeg-devices(1), |
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ffmpeg-protocols(1), ffmpeg-filters(1) |
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AUTHORS |
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The FFmpeg developers. |
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For details about the authorship, see the Git history of the project |
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(https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg), e.g. by typing the command git log in |
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the FFmpeg source directory, or browsing the online repository at |
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<https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg>. |
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Maintainers for the specific components are listed in the file |
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MAINTAINERS in the source code tree. |
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FFMPEG(1) |
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