Trim/Cut/Splitt Video
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -c copy -ss 00:05:00 -to 00:10:00 output.mp4
– -c copy Copy all streams
– -ss Start time offset
– -to Transcode stop time
(re)encode Video with h.254 and AAC
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vcodec h264 -acodec aac output.mp4
– -vcodec h264 Encodes video to h264
– -acodec aac Encodes audio to aac
Resize Video to 1280×720 with high quality settings
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf scale=1280:720 -preset slow -crf 18 output.mp4
– -vf scale=1280:720 Set video filter to resize to 1280×720
– -crf 18 Constant Rate Factor. A lower value means higher quality
Convert only Audio. EAC3 to AC3 for Example
ffmpeg -i "input.mkv" -map 0 -c:s copy -c:v copy -c:a ac3 output.mkv
– -map 0 Selects all streams. Otherwise only one stream per stream type will be selected.
– -c:s copy Copy all subtitles.
– -c:v copy Copy all video.
– -c:a ac3 Encodes all audio to AC-3.