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ffmpeg-cli
FFmpeg CLI reference for video and audio processing, format conversion, filtering, and media automation. Use when converting video formats, resizing or cropping video, trimming by time, replacing or extracting audio, mixing audio tracks, overlaying text or images, burning subtitl
Overview
FFmpeg CLI reference for video and audio processing, format conversion, filtering, and media automation. Use when converting video formats, resizing or cropping video, trimming by time, replacing or extracting audio, mixing audio tracks, overlaying text or images, burning subtitles, creating GIFs, generating thumbnails, building slideshows, changing playback speed, encoding with H264/H265/VP9, setting CRF/bitrate, using GPU acceleration, creating storyboards, or running ffprobe. Covers filter_complex, stream selectors, -map, -c copy, seeking, scale, pad, crop, concat, drawtext, zoompan, xfade. Do NOT use for image-only processing (use ImageMagick), live-streaming server setup (use OBS/nginx-rtmp), or NLE-style timeline editing (use a video editor).
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FFmpeg CLI Reference
Contents
- Dependencies
- Glossary of flags and filters
- Converting formats
- Resizing and padding
- Trim by time
- Verification and inspection
- Reference files
Dependencies
Verify ffmpeg is installed:
ffmpeg -version
Install if missing:
# macOS
brew install ffmpeg
# Ubuntu/Debian
sudo apt install ffmpeg
# Windows (scoop)
scoop install ffmpeg
Glossary of flags and filters
| Flag/Filter | Purpose |
|---|---|
-vf (also -filter:v) | Video filter |
-af (also -filter:a) | Audio filter |
-filter_complex | Complex filter graph for multi-stream filtering |
[0] | All streams from first input (0-based) |
[0:v] | Video stream from first input |
[1:a] | Audio stream from second input |
0:v:0 | First input, first video stream |
0:a:1 | First input, second audio stream |
[name] | Named stream, used with -filter_complex |
-map [name] | Select stream for output |
-y | Auto-overwrite output files without confirmation |
Expression evaluations: if, lte, gte and more.
Converting formats
Remux MP4 to MKV (no re-encoding):
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -c copy output.mkv
MKV and MP4 are both containers for H264/H265 video and AAC/MP3 audio. Video quality is determined by the codec, not the container. MKV supports multiple video streams; MP4 has wider device support.
Remux MP4 to MOV:
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -c copy output.mov
Encode MP4 to AVI (re-encodes):
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 output.avi
Resizing and padding
Upscale to 1080x1920, preserve aspect ratio, black padding:
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "scale=w=1080:h=1920:force_original_aspect_ratio=decrease,pad=1080:1920:(ow-iw)/2:(oh-ih)/2:color=black,setsar=1:1" output.mp4
scale options:
force_original_aspect_ratio=decrease- auto-decrease output dimensions to fit aspect ratioforce_original_aspect_ratio=increase- auto-increase dimensionsscale=w=1080:h=-1- let ffmpeg pick correct height for aspect ratioscale=w=1080:h=-2- force dimensions divisible by 2
pad options:
pad=width:height:x:y:color- x:y is top-left corner position(ow-iw)/2:(oh-ih)/2centres the video; negative values also centre- pad reference
setsar=1:1 ensures 1:1 pixel aspect ratio. Prevents ffmpeg from compensating for ratio changes. setsar reference
Two scaled outputs from one input (horizontal + vertical with logo overlay):
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -i logo.png \
-filter_complex "[0:v]split=2[s0][s1]; \
[s0]scale=w=1920:h=1080:force_original_aspect_ratio=decrease,pad=1920:1080:(ow-iw)/2:(oh-ih)/2:color=black,setsar=1:1[out1]; \
[s1]scale=w=720:h=1280:force_original_aspect_ratio=decrease,pad=720:1280:(ow-iw)/2:(oh-ih)/2:color=black,setsar=1:1[s2]; \
[s2][1]overlay=(main_w-overlay_w)/2:(main_w-overlay_w)/5[out2]" \
-map [out1] -map 0:a output_youtube.mp4 \
-map [out2] -map 0:a output_shorts.mp4
Trim by time
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -ss 00:00:10 -to 00:00:25 output.mp4
For faster but less accurate trimming, see the Input/output seeking section in references/encoding-and-settings.md. For the -c copy trade-offs when trimming, see references/core-concepts.md.
Verification and inspection
List supported formats:
ffmpeg -formats
List supported codecs:
ffmpeg -codecs
ffprobe
ffprobe provides structured metadata about media files.
Show detailed stream information:
ffprobe -show_streams -i input.mp4
Verify moov atom position (faststart):
ffprobe -v trace -i input.mp4
Look for type:'moov' near the beginning of output to confirm faststart is applied.
Reference files
Load these on demand with the Read tool when the task requires deeper coverage.
| File | Topics |
|---|---|
references/core-concepts.md | -c copy (remux vs transcode), input/output seeking, encoding quick ref (H264/H265/VP9 CRF ranges), GPU acceleration overview, format=yuv420p, -movflags +faststart |
references/audio-processing.md | Replace audio, extract audio, mix audio, combine MP3 tracks, crossfade, change audio format, merge and normalise |
references/advanced-editing.md | Playback speed, FPS change, jump cuts, video cropping for social, drawtext overlay, subtitles (burn/embed/extract), combine media (overlay, logo, background, concat intro/main/outro, vstack) |
references/asset-generation.md | Image to video, slideshow with fade, Ken Burns (zoompan), GIFs, video compilation with fades, thumbnails (single/multiple/scene), image thumbnails, storyboards (scene tile/keyframe/Nth frame) |
references/encoding-and-settings.md | Optimised daily command, H264 (libx264) deep-dive, H265 (libx265) Apple compat, VP9 (libvpx-vp9) constant quality, 1-pass vs 2-pass, -c copy detailed, seeking detailed, GPU detailed (Nvidia/Intel/AMD) |
File metadata
name: ffmpeg-cli description: FFmpeg CLI reference for video and audio processing, format conversion, filtering, and media automation. Use when converting video formats, resizing or cropping video, trimming by time, replacing or extracting audio, mixing audio tracks, overlaying text or images, burning subtitles, creating GIFs, generating thumbnails, building slideshows, changing playback speed, encoding with H264/H265/VP9, setting CRF/bitrate, using GPU acceleration, creating storyboards, or running ffprobe. Covers filter_complex, stream selectors, -map, -c copy, seeking, scale, pad, crop, concat, drawtext, zoompan, xfade. Do NOT use for image-only processing (use ImageMagick), live-streaming server setup (use OBS/nginx-rtmp), or NLE-style timeline editing (use a video editor). allowed-tools: Bash, Read, Glob, Grep, Write, Edit
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---
name: ffmpeg-cli
description: FFmpeg CLI reference for video and audio processing, format conversion, filtering, and media automation. Use when converting video formats, resizing or cropping video, trimming by time, replacing or extracting audio, mixing audio tracks, overlaying text or images, burning subtitles, creating GIFs, generating thumbnails, building slideshows, changing playback speed, encoding with H264/H265/VP9, setting CRF/bitrate, using GPU acceleration, creating storyboards, or running ffprobe. Covers filter_complex, stream selectors, -map, -c copy, seeking, scale, pad, crop, concat, drawtext, zoompan, xfade. Do NOT use for image-only processing (use ImageMagick), live-streaming server setup (use OBS/nginx-rtmp), or NLE-style timeline editing (use a video editor).
allowed-tools: Bash, Read, Glob, Grep, Write, Edit
---
# FFmpeg CLI Reference
## Contents
- [Dependencies](#dependencies)
- [Glossary of flags and filters](#glossary-of-flags-and-filters)
- [Converting formats](#converting-formats)
- [Resizing and padding](#resizing-and-padding)
- [Trim by time](#trim-by-time)
- [Verification and inspection](#verification-and-inspection)
- [Reference files](#reference-files)
## Dependencies
Verify ffmpeg is installed:
```sh
ffmpeg -version
```
Install if missing:
```sh
# macOS
brew install ffmpeg
# Ubuntu/Debian
sudo apt install ffmpeg
# Windows (scoop)
scoop install ffmpeg
```
## Glossary of flags and filters
[Filtering reference](https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html#Filtering-Introduction)
| Flag/Filter | Purpose |
|---|---|
| `-vf` (also `-filter:v`) | Video filter |
| `-af` (also `-filter:a`) | Audio filter |
| `-filter_complex` | Complex filter graph for multi-stream filtering |
| `[0]` | All streams from first input (0-based) |
| `[0:v]` | Video stream from first input |
| `[1:a]` | Audio stream from second input |
| `0:v:0` | First input, first video stream |
| `0:a:1` | First input, second audio stream |
| `[name]` | Named stream, used with `-filter_complex` |
| `-map [name]` | [Select stream for output](https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Map) |
| `-y` | Auto-overwrite output files without confirmation |
[Expression evaluations](https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-all.html#Expression-Evaluation): `if`, `lte`, `gte` and more.
## Converting formats
Remux MP4 to MKV (no re-encoding):
```sh
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -c copy output.mkv
```
MKV and MP4 are both containers for H264/H265 video and AAC/MP3 audio. Video quality is determined by the codec, not the container. MKV supports multiple video streams; MP4 has wider device support.
Remux MP4 to MOV:
```sh
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -c copy output.mov
```
Encode MP4 to AVI (re-encodes):
```sh
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 output.avi
```
## Resizing and padding
Upscale to 1080x1920, preserve aspect ratio, black padding:
```sh
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "scale=w=1080:h=1920:force_original_aspect_ratio=decrease,pad=1080:1920:(ow-iw)/2:(oh-ih)/2:color=black,setsar=1:1" output.mp4
```
**scale** options:
- `force_original_aspect_ratio=decrease` - auto-decrease output dimensions to fit aspect ratio
- `force_original_aspect_ratio=increase` - auto-increase dimensions
- `scale=w=1080:h=-1` - let ffmpeg pick correct height for aspect ratio
- `scale=w=1080:h=-2` - force dimensions divisible by 2
[scale reference](https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Scaling)
**pad** options:
- `pad=width:height:x:y:color` - x:y is top-left corner position
- `(ow-iw)/2:(oh-ih)/2` centres the video; negative values also centre
- [pad reference](https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html#pad)
**setsar=1:1** ensures 1:1 pixel aspect ratio. Prevents ffmpeg from compensating for ratio changes. [setsar reference](https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html#setdar_002c-setsar)
Two scaled outputs from one input (horizontal + vertical with logo overlay):
```sh
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -i logo.png \
-filter_complex "[0:v]split=2[s0][s1]; \
[s0]scale=w=1920:h=1080:force_original_aspect_ratio=decrease,pad=1920:1080:(ow-iw)/2:(oh-ih)/2:color=black,setsar=1:1[out1]; \
[s1]scale=w=720:h=1280:force_original_aspect_ratio=decrease,pad=720:1280:(ow-iw)/2:(oh-ih)/2:color=black,setsar=1:1[s2]; \
[s2][1]overlay=(main_w-overlay_w)/2:(main_w-overlay_w)/5[out2]" \
-map [out1] -map 0:a output_youtube.mp4 \
-map [out2] -map 0:a output_shorts.mp4
```
## Trim by time
```sh
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -ss 00:00:10 -to 00:00:25 output.mp4
```
For faster but less accurate trimming, see the **Input/output seeking** section in `references/encoding-and-settings.md`. For the `-c copy` trade-offs when trimming, see `references/core-concepts.md`.
## Verification and inspection
List supported formats:
```sh
ffmpeg -formats
```
List supported codecs:
```sh
ffmpeg -codecs
```
### ffprobe
[ffprobe](https://ffmpeg.org/ffprobe.html) provides structured metadata about media files.
Show detailed stream information:
```sh
ffprobe -show_streams -i input.mp4
```
Verify moov atom position (faststart):
```sh
ffprobe -v trace -i input.mp4
```
Look for `type:'moov'` near the beginning of output to confirm faststart is applied.
## Reference files
Load these on demand with the Read tool when the task requires deeper coverage.
| File | Topics |
|---|---|
| `references/core-concepts.md` | `-c copy` (remux vs transcode), input/output seeking, encoding quick ref (H264/H265/VP9 CRF ranges), GPU acceleration overview, `format=yuv420p`, `-movflags +faststart` |
| `references/audio-processing.md` | Replace audio, extract audio, mix audio, combine MP3 tracks, crossfade, change audio format, merge and normalise |
| `references/advanced-editing.md` | Playback speed, FPS change, jump cuts, video cropping for social, drawtext overlay, subtitles (burn/embed/extract), combine media (overlay, logo, background, concat intro/main/outro, vstack) |
| `references/asset-generation.md` | Image to video, slideshow with fade, Ken Burns (zoompan), GIFs, video compilation with fades, thumbnails (single/multiple/scene), image thumbnails, storyboards (scene tile/keyframe/Nth frame) |
| `references/encoding-and-settings.md` | Optimised daily command, H264 (libx264) deep-dive, H265 (libx265) Apple compat, VP9 (libvpx-vp9) constant quality, 1-pass vs 2-pass, `-c copy` detailed, seeking detailed, GPU detailed (Nvidia/Intel/AMD) |
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