FFmpeg binary static build available for download from https://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/ To install ffmpeg static build, run cd /usr/local/src wget https://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/releases/ffmpeg-release-amd64-static.tar.xz tar xvf ffmpeg-release-amd64-static.tar.xz cd ffmpeg-*-amd64-static/ cp ffmpeg ffprobe qt-faststart /usr/bin/ cp -r model /usr/local/share/ See ffmpeg
ffmpeg provides x11grab driver that can be used to take screenshots. You can use the following command to take screenshots, you can run it manually on the terminal or using cronjob export DISPLAY=:1 ffmpeg -f x11grab -video_size 1920×1080 -i $DISPLAY -vframes 1 image.png If you want to make a thumbnail from a video, you can … Read more
To team a video io Anti Media Server using ffmpeg command line, use ffmpeg -re -i VIDEO_FILE.mp4 -codec copy -f flv ANT_MEDIA_SERVER_RTMP_URL Example ffmpeg -re -i video.mp4 -codec copy -f flv rtmp://stream.serverok.in/LiveApp/225873992721868053400782 Cammand with more steam option ffmpeg -re -i ‘video.mp4’ -c:v libx264 -b:v 1600k -preset ultrafast -b 900k -c:a aac -b:a 128k -s 1920×1080 … Read more
To get list of video format supported by ffmpeg, run ffmpeg -formats Example See ffmpeg
To check if ffmpeg installed on your computer support h264, run ffmpeg -formats | grep h264 See ffmpeg
To extract Audio from Video using ffmpeg, run ffmpeg -i VIDEO_FILE.mp4 audio.mp3
Convert Video For Streaming if you want to scale the video to a specific size, use -vf scale option, for example Inject metadata Convert Video to MP4 This is verified method, and works good, i converted many videos, no quality lose If you get error related to libfaac, try changing it with aac. To cut … Read more
Create thumbnail with ffmpeg To create thumbnail from video using ffmpeg, use ffmpeg -y -ss HH:MM:SS -i VIDEO.AVI -f image2 -vframes 1 1.jpg Here HH:MM:SS = replace with time where you want to take screen shot. 1.jpg = is the tumbnail image generated. Create thumbnail with mplayer METHOD 1 mkdir out mplayer VIDEO.AVI -ss 0:8:0 … Read more
To Scape a Video using ffmpeg, run ffmpeg -i FILE_NAME.avi -vf scale=1280:720 FILE_NAME_OUT.avi See ffmpeg
To cut a video using ffmpeg, use ffmpeg -ss 00:17:00 -i IN_FILE.avi -t DURATION_IN_SECONDS -acodec copy -vcodec copy -async 1 OUT_FILE.avi To cut a video and encoding it ffmpeg -ss 00:17:00 -i IN_FILE.avi -t DURATION_IN_SECONDS -crf 25.0 -c:v libx264 -c:a aac -ar 48000 -b:a 160k -coder 1 -threads 0 OUT_FILE.mp4 DURATION_IN_SECONDS specify duration of new … Read more
To install ffmpeg 4 on Ubuntu, you can use PPA https://launchpad.net/~jonathonf/+archive/ubuntu/ffmpeg-4 apt install software-properties-common -y add-apt-repository ppa:jonathonf/ffmpeg-4 -y Now install ffmpeg with apt update && apt install ffmpeg -y See ffmpeg
When installing ffmpeg, i get error CC libavcodec/libvorbisenc.o CC libavcodec/libx264.o libavcodec/libx264.c: In function ‘X264_frame’: libavcodec/libx264.c:282:9: error: ‘x264_bit_depth’ undeclared (first use in this function) if (x264_bit_depth > 8) ^ libavcodec/libx264.c:282:9: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in libavcodec/libx264.c: In function ‘X264_init_static’: libavcodec/libx264.c:892:9: error: ‘x264_bit_depth’ undeclared (first use in this … Read more