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FFmpeg Cheat Sheet

Let's start with some basics: -i is follwed by the path to the source video -c:v sets the video codec you want to use.
Options include libx264 for H.264, libx265 for H.265/HEVC, libvpx-vp9 for VP9, and copy if you want to preserve the codec of the source video -b:v -c:a -b:a

Get video info

ffmpeg -i input.mp4

Tanscode video to H.264/AVC

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -c:v libx264 -b:v 15M -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:a aac -b:a 192k output.mp4

Resize video to UHD

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf scale=3840x2160,setdar=16:9 -vcodec copy -acodec copy out.mp4

Getting video info | ffmpeg -i video.mp4 Concat Replace audio | remove audio -an | extract audio Cut piece out of a video Encode to VP9 Encode to H265 Encode to H264 Encode sequence Stereo to mono Change fps, change resolution

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