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 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

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

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