ffmpeg
FFmpeg is a command-line program available for Linux, windows, and mac. It is used to convert videos from one format to another. Many professional video encoders depend on FFmpeg to do the encoding in the background.
Install ffmpeg
- Install FFmpeg on CentOS using yum
- Install ffmpeg on AlmaLinux 8
- Install ffmpeg on Ubuntu
- How to Install ffmpeg static build
How to use ffmpeg
- Cut a Video using ffmpeg
- Scale a video using ffmpeg
- Create thumbnail from video using ffmpeg
- Convert Video info MP4 using ffmpeg
- Extract Audio from Video using ffmpeg
- check if ffmpeg support H264
- Show all formats supported by ffmpeg
- Watermark video using ffmpeg
- How to take screenshot with ffmpeg
Streaming
Steaming to Anti Media Server using ffmpeg
Convert mp4 to hls stream
ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -codec: copy -start_number 0 -hls_time 10 -hls_list_size 0 -f hls video.m3u8
Saving a steam with ffmpeg
ffmpeg -i "stream_url" -c copy -f mpegts test.ts
Example
The following command will save the steam as 1.mp4
ffmpeg -i "rtmp://cp.livecastnet.com:1935/85nortetv/live" 1.mp4
To convert video into HLS steam
ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -codec: copy -start_number 0 -hls_time 10 -hls_list_size 0 -f hls 1.m3u8
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