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<li><a id="toc-Synopsis" href="#Synopsis">1 Synopsis</a></li>
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<li><a id="toc-Description" href="#Description">2 Description</a></li>
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<li><a id="toc-Detailed-description" href="#Detailed-description">3 Detailed description</a>
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<li><a id="toc-Filtering" href="#Filtering">3.1 Filtering</a>
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<li><a id="toc-Simple-filtergraphs" href="#Simple-filtergraphs">3.1.1 Simple filtergraphs</a></li>
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<li><a id="toc-Complex-filtergraphs" href="#Complex-filtergraphs">3.1.2 Complex filtergraphs</a></li>
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<li><a id="toc-Stream-copy" href="#Stream-copy">3.2 Stream copy</a></li>
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<li><a id="toc-Stream-selection" href="#Stream-selection">4 Stream selection</a>
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<li><a id="toc-Description-1" href="#Description-1">4.1 Description</a>
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<li><a id="toc-Automatic-stream-selection" href="#Automatic-stream-selection">4.1.1 Automatic stream selection</a></li>
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<li><a id="toc-Manual-stream-selection" href="#Manual-stream-selection">4.1.2 Manual stream selection</a></li>
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<li><a id="toc-Complex-filtergraphs-1" href="#Complex-filtergraphs-1">4.1.3 Complex filtergraphs</a></li>
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<li><a id="toc-Stream-handling" href="#Stream-handling">4.1.4 Stream handling</a></li>
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<li><a id="toc-Examples" href="#Examples">4.2 Examples</a></li>
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<li><a id="toc-Options" href="#Options">5 Options</a>
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<li><a id="toc-Stream-specifiers-1" href="#Stream-specifiers-1">5.1 Stream specifiers</a></li>
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<li><a id="toc-Generic-options" href="#Generic-options">5.2 Generic options</a></li>
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<li><a id="toc-AVOptions" href="#AVOptions">5.3 AVOptions</a></li>
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<li><a id="toc-Main-options" href="#Main-options">5.4 Main options</a></li>
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<li><a id="toc-Video-Options" href="#Video-Options">5.5 Video Options</a></li>
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<li><a id="toc-Advanced-Video-options" href="#Advanced-Video-options">5.6 Advanced Video options</a></li>
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<li><a id="toc-Audio-Options" href="#Audio-Options">5.7 Audio Options</a></li>
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<li><a id="toc-Advanced-Audio-options" href="#Advanced-Audio-options">5.8 Advanced Audio options</a></li>
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<li><a id="toc-Subtitle-options" href="#Subtitle-options">5.9 Subtitle options</a></li>
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<li><a id="toc-Advanced-Subtitle-options" href="#Advanced-Subtitle-options">5.10 Advanced Subtitle options</a></li>
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<li><a id="toc-Advanced-options" href="#Advanced-options">5.11 Advanced options</a></li>
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<li><a id="toc-Preset-files" href="#Preset-files">5.12 Preset files</a>
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<li><a id="toc-ffpreset-files" href="#ffpreset-files">5.12.1 ffpreset files</a></li>
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<li><a id="toc-avpreset-files" href="#avpreset-files">5.12.2 avpreset files</a></li>
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<li><a id="toc-vstats-file-format" href="#vstats-file-format">5.13 vstats file format</a></li>
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<li><a id="toc-Examples-1" href="#Examples-1">6 Examples</a>
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<li><a id="toc-Video-and-Audio-grabbing" href="#Video-and-Audio-grabbing">6.1 Video and Audio grabbing</a></li>
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<li><a id="toc-X11-grabbing" href="#X11-grabbing">6.2 X11 grabbing</a></li>
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<li><a id="toc-Video-and-Audio-file-format-conversion" href="#Video-and-Audio-file-format-conversion">6.3 Video and Audio file format conversion</a></li>
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<li><a id="toc-See-Also" href="#See-Also">7 See Also</a></li>
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<li><a id="toc-Authors" href="#Authors">8 Authors</a></li>
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<a name="Synopsis"></a>
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<h2 class="chapter">1 Synopsis<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Synopsis" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Synopsis" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h2>
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<p>ffmpeg [<var>global_options</var>] {[<var>input_file_options</var>] -i <samp>input_url</samp>} ... {[<var>output_file_options</var>] <samp>output_url</samp>} ...
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<a name="Description"></a>
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<h2 class="chapter">2 Description<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Description" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Description" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h2>
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<p><code>ffmpeg</code> is a universal media converter. It can read a wide variety of
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inputs - including live grabbing/recording devices - filter, and transcode them
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into a plethora of output formats.
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</p>
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<p><code>ffmpeg</code> reads from an arbitrary number of input "files" (which can be regular
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files, pipes, network streams, grabbing devices, etc.), specified by the
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<code>-i</code> option, and writes to an arbitrary number of output "files", which are
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specified by a plain output url. Anything found on the command line which
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cannot be interpreted as an option is considered to be an output url.
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</p>
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<p>Each input or output url can, in principle, contain any number of streams of
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different types (video/audio/subtitle/attachment/data). The allowed number and/or
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types of streams may be limited by the container format. Selecting which
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streams from which inputs will go into which output is either done automatically
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or with the <code>-map</code> option (see the Stream selection chapter).
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</p>
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<p>To refer to input files in options, you must use their indices (0-based). E.g.
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the first input file is <code>0</code>, the second is <code>1</code>, etc. Similarly, streams
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within a file are referred to by their indices. E.g. <code>2:3</code> refers to the
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fourth stream in the third input file. Also see the Stream specifiers chapter.
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</p>
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<p>As a general rule, options are applied to the next specified
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file. Therefore, order is important, and you can have the same
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option on the command line multiple times. Each occurrence is
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then applied to the next input or output file.
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Exceptions from this rule are the global options (e.g. verbosity level),
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which should be specified first.
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</p>
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<p>Do not mix input and output files – first specify all input files, then all
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output files. Also do not mix options which belong to different files. All
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options apply ONLY to the next input or output file and are reset between files.
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</p>
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<p>Some simple examples follow.
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<ul>
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<li> Convert an input media file to a different format, by re-encoding media streams:
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<div class="example">
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<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i input.avi output.mp4
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</pre></div>
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</li><li> Set the video bitrate of the output file to 64 kbit/s:
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<div class="example">
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<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i input.avi -b:v 64k -bufsize 64k output.mp4
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</pre></div>
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</li><li> Force the frame rate of the output file to 24 fps:
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<div class="example">
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<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i input.avi -r 24 output.mp4
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</pre></div>
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</li><li> Force the frame rate of the input file (valid for raw formats only) to 1 fps and
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the frame rate of the output file to 24 fps:
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<div class="example">
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<pre class="example">ffmpeg -r 1 -i input.m2v -r 24 output.mp4
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</pre></div>
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</li></ul>
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<p>The format option may be needed for raw input files.
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</p>
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<a name="Detailed-description"></a>
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<h2 class="chapter">3 Detailed description<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Detailed-description" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Detailed-description" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h2>
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<p>The transcoding process in <code>ffmpeg</code> for each output can be described by
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the following diagram:
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</p>
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<pre class="verbatim"> _______ ______________
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| input | demuxer | encoded data | decoder
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| file | ---------> | packets | -----+
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|_______| |______________| |
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v
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_________
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| decoded |
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| frames |
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|_________|
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________ ______________ |
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| output | <-------- | encoded data | <----+
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| file | muxer | packets | encoder
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|________| |______________|
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</pre>
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<p><code>ffmpeg</code> calls the libavformat library (containing demuxers) to read
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input files and get packets containing encoded data from them. When there are
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multiple input files, <code>ffmpeg</code> tries to keep them synchronized by
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tracking lowest timestamp on any active input stream.
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</p>
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<p>Encoded packets are then passed to the decoder (unless streamcopy is selected
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for the stream, see further for a description). The decoder produces
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uncompressed frames (raw video/PCM audio/...) which can be processed further by
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filtering (see next section). After filtering, the frames are passed to the
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encoder, which encodes them and outputs encoded packets. Finally those are
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passed to the muxer, which writes the encoded packets to the output file.
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<a name="Filtering"></a>
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<h3 class="section">3.1 Filtering<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Filtering" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Filtering" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h3>
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<p>Before encoding, <code>ffmpeg</code> can process raw audio and video frames using
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filters from the libavfilter library. Several chained filters form a filter
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graph. <code>ffmpeg</code> distinguishes between two types of filtergraphs:
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simple and complex.
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</p>
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<a name="Simple-filtergraphs"></a>
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<h4 class="subsection">3.1.1 Simple filtergraphs<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Simple-filtergraphs" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Simple-filtergraphs" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h4>
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<p>Simple filtergraphs are those that have exactly one input and output, both of
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the same type. In the above diagram they can be represented by simply inserting
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an additional step between decoding and encoding:
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<pre class="verbatim"> _________ ______________
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| decoded | | encoded data |
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\ __________ /
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simple _\|| | / encoder
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filtergraph | filtered |/
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| frames |
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|__________|
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</pre>
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<p>Simple filtergraphs are configured with the per-stream <samp>-filter</samp> option
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(with <samp>-vf</samp> and <samp>-af</samp> aliases for video and audio respectively).
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A simple filtergraph for video can look for example like this:
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</p>
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<pre class="verbatim"> _______ _____________ _______ ________
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| input | ---> | deinterlace | ---> | scale | ---> | output |
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|_______| |_____________| |_______| |________|
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</pre>
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<p>Note that some filters change frame properties but not frame contents. E.g. the
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<code>fps</code> filter in the example above changes number of frames, but does not
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touch the frame contents. Another example is the <code>setpts</code> filter, which
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only sets timestamps and otherwise passes the frames unchanged.
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</p>
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<a name="Complex-filtergraphs"></a>
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<h4 class="subsection">3.1.2 Complex filtergraphs<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Complex-filtergraphs" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Complex-filtergraphs" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h4>
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<p>Complex filtergraphs are those which cannot be described as simply a linear
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processing chain applied to one stream. This is the case, for example, when the graph has
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more than one input and/or output, or when output stream type is different from
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input. They can be represented with the following diagram:
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</p>
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<pre class="verbatim"> _________
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/| graph | \ | |
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/ | | \| output 1 |
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|_________|
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</pre>
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<p>Complex filtergraphs are configured with the <samp>-filter_complex</samp> option.
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Note that this option is global, since a complex filtergraph, by its nature,
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cannot be unambiguously associated with a single stream or file.
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</p>
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<p>The <samp>-lavfi</samp> option is equivalent to <samp>-filter_complex</samp>.
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</p>
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<p>A trivial example of a complex filtergraph is the <code>overlay</code> filter, which
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has two video inputs and one video output, containing one video overlaid on top
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of the other. Its audio counterpart is the <code>amix</code> filter.
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</p>
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<a name="Stream-copy"></a>
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<h3 class="section">3.2 Stream copy<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Stream-copy" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Stream-copy" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h3>
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<p>Stream copy is a mode selected by supplying the <code>copy</code> parameter to the
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<samp>-codec</samp> option. It makes <code>ffmpeg</code> omit the decoding and encoding
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step for the specified stream, so it does only demuxing and muxing. It is useful
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for changing the container format or modifying container-level metadata. The
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diagram above will, in this case, simplify to this:
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</p>
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<pre class="verbatim"> _______ ______________ ________
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| input | demuxer | encoded data | muxer | output |
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</pre>
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<p>Since there is no decoding or encoding, it is very fast and there is no quality
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loss. However, it might not work in some cases because of many factors. Applying
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filters is obviously also impossible, since filters work on uncompressed data.
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</p>
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<a name="Stream-selection"></a>
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<h2 class="chapter">4 Stream selection<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Stream-selection" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Stream-selection" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h2>
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<p><code>ffmpeg</code> provides the <code>-map</code> option for manual control of stream selection in each
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output file. Users can skip <code>-map</code> and let ffmpeg perform automatic stream selection as
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described below. The <code>-vn / -an / -sn / -dn</code> options can be used to skip inclusion of
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video, audio, subtitle and data streams respectively, whether manually mapped or automatically
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selected, except for those streams which are outputs of complex filtergraphs.
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</p>
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<a name="Description-1"></a>
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<h3 class="section">4.1 Description<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Description-1" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Description-1" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h3>
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<p>The sub-sections that follow describe the various rules that are involved in stream selection.
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The examples that follow next show how these rules are applied in practice.
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</p>
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<p>While every effort is made to accurately reflect the behavior of the program, FFmpeg is under
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continuous development and the code may have changed since the time of this writing.
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</p>
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<a name="Automatic-stream-selection"></a>
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<h4 class="subsection">4.1.1 Automatic stream selection<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Automatic-stream-selection" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Automatic-stream-selection" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h4>
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<p>In the absence of any map options for a particular output file, ffmpeg inspects the output
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format to check which type of streams can be included in it, viz. video, audio and/or
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subtitles. For each acceptable stream type, ffmpeg will pick one stream, when available,
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from among all the inputs.
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</p>
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<p>It will select that stream based upon the following criteria:
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</p><ul>
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<li> for video, it is the stream with the highest resolution,
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</li><li> for audio, it is the stream with the most channels,
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</li><li> for subtitles, it is the first subtitle stream found but there’s a caveat.
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The output format’s default subtitle encoder can be either text-based or image-based,
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and only a subtitle stream of the same type will be chosen.
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</li></ul>
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<p>In the case where several streams of the same type rate equally, the stream with the lowest
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index is chosen.
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</p>
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<p>Data or attachment streams are not automatically selected and can only be included
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using <code>-map</code>.
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</p><a name="Manual-stream-selection"></a>
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<h4 class="subsection">4.1.2 Manual stream selection<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Manual-stream-selection" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Manual-stream-selection" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h4>
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<p>When <code>-map</code> is used, only user-mapped streams are included in that output file,
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with one possible exception for filtergraph outputs described below.
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</p>
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<a name="Complex-filtergraphs-1"></a>
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<h4 class="subsection">4.1.3 Complex filtergraphs<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Complex-filtergraphs-1" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Complex-filtergraphs-1" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h4>
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<p>If there are any complex filtergraph output streams with unlabeled pads, they will be added
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to the first output file. This will lead to a fatal error if the stream type is not supported
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by the output format. In the absence of the map option, the inclusion of these streams leads
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to the automatic stream selection of their types being skipped. If map options are present,
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these filtergraph streams are included in addition to the mapped streams.
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</p>
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<p>Complex filtergraph output streams with labeled pads must be mapped once and exactly once.
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</p>
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<a name="Stream-handling"></a>
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<h4 class="subsection">4.1.4 Stream handling<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Stream-handling" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Stream-handling" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h4>
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<p>Stream handling is independent of stream selection, with an exception for subtitles described
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below. Stream handling is set via the <code>-codec</code> option addressed to streams within a
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specific <em>output</em> file. In particular, codec options are applied by ffmpeg after the
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stream selection process and thus do not influence the latter. If no <code>-codec</code> option is
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specified for a stream type, ffmpeg will select the default encoder registered by the output
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file muxer.
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</p>
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<p>An exception exists for subtitles. If a subtitle encoder is specified for an output file, the
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first subtitle stream found of any type, text or image, will be included. ffmpeg does not validate
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if the specified encoder can convert the selected stream or if the converted stream is acceptable
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within the output format. This applies generally as well: when the user sets an encoder manually,
|
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the stream selection process cannot check if the encoded stream can be muxed into the output file.
|
||
If it cannot, ffmpeg will abort and <em>all</em> output files will fail to be processed.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<a name="Examples"></a>
|
||
<h3 class="section">4.2 Examples<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Examples" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Examples" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h3>
|
||
|
||
<p>The following examples illustrate the behavior, quirks and limitations of ffmpeg’s stream
|
||
selection methods.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>They assume the following three input files.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<pre class="verbatim">
|
||
input file 'A.avi'
|
||
stream 0: video 640x360
|
||
stream 1: audio 2 channels
|
||
|
||
input file 'B.mp4'
|
||
stream 0: video 1920x1080
|
||
stream 1: audio 2 channels
|
||
stream 2: subtitles (text)
|
||
stream 3: audio 5.1 channels
|
||
stream 4: subtitles (text)
|
||
|
||
input file 'C.mkv'
|
||
stream 0: video 1280x720
|
||
stream 1: audio 2 channels
|
||
stream 2: subtitles (image)
|
||
</pre>
|
||
<a name="Example_003a-automatic-stream-selection"></a>
|
||
<div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i A.avi -i B.mp4 out1.mkv out2.wav -map 1:a -c:a copy out3.mov
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
<p>There are three output files specified, and for the first two, no <code>-map</code> options
|
||
are set, so ffmpeg will select streams for these two files automatically.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p><samp>out1.mkv</samp> is a Matroska container file and accepts video, audio and subtitle streams,
|
||
so ffmpeg will try to select one of each type.<br>
|
||
For video, it will select <code>stream 0</code> from <samp>B.mp4</samp>, which has the highest
|
||
resolution among all the input video streams.<br>
|
||
For audio, it will select <code>stream 3</code> from <samp>B.mp4</samp>, since it has the greatest
|
||
number of channels.<br>
|
||
For subtitles, it will select <code>stream 2</code> from <samp>B.mp4</samp>, which is the first subtitle
|
||
stream from among <samp>A.avi</samp> and <samp>B.mp4</samp>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p><samp>out2.wav</samp> accepts only audio streams, so only <code>stream 3</code> from <samp>B.mp4</samp> is
|
||
selected.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>For <samp>out3.mov</samp>, since a <code>-map</code> option is set, no automatic stream selection will
|
||
occur. The <code>-map 1:a</code> option will select all audio streams from the second input
|
||
<samp>B.mp4</samp>. No other streams will be included in this output file.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>For the first two outputs, all included streams will be transcoded. The encoders chosen will
|
||
be the default ones registered by each output format, which may not match the codec of the
|
||
selected input streams.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>For the third output, codec option for audio streams has been set
|
||
to <code>copy</code>, so no decoding-filtering-encoding operations will occur, or <em>can</em> occur.
|
||
Packets of selected streams shall be conveyed from the input file and muxed within the output
|
||
file.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<a name="Example_003a-automatic-subtitles-selection"></a>
|
||
<div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i C.mkv out1.mkv -c:s dvdsub -an out2.mkv
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
<p>Although <samp>out1.mkv</samp> is a Matroska container file which accepts subtitle streams, only a
|
||
video and audio stream shall be selected. The subtitle stream of <samp>C.mkv</samp> is image-based
|
||
and the default subtitle encoder of the Matroska muxer is text-based, so a transcode operation
|
||
for the subtitles is expected to fail and hence the stream isn’t selected. However, in
|
||
<samp>out2.mkv</samp>, a subtitle encoder is specified in the command and so, the subtitle stream is
|
||
selected, in addition to the video stream. The presence of <code>-an</code> disables audio stream
|
||
selection for <samp>out2.mkv</samp>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<a name="Example_003a-unlabeled-filtergraph-outputs"></a>
|
||
<div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i A.avi -i C.mkv -i B.mp4 -filter_complex "overlay" out1.mp4 out2.srt
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
<p>A filtergraph is setup here using the <code>-filter_complex</code> option and consists of a single
|
||
video filter. The <code>overlay</code> filter requires exactly two video inputs, but none are
|
||
specified, so the first two available video streams are used, those of <samp>A.avi</samp> and
|
||
<samp>C.mkv</samp>. The output pad of the filter has no label and so is sent to the first output file
|
||
<samp>out1.mp4</samp>. Due to this, automatic selection of the video stream is skipped, which would
|
||
have selected the stream in <samp>B.mp4</samp>. The audio stream with most channels viz. <code>stream 3</code>
|
||
in <samp>B.mp4</samp>, is chosen automatically. No subtitle stream is chosen however, since the MP4
|
||
format has no default subtitle encoder registered, and the user hasn’t specified a subtitle encoder.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>The 2nd output file, <samp>out2.srt</samp>, only accepts text-based subtitle streams. So, even though
|
||
the first subtitle stream available belongs to <samp>C.mkv</samp>, it is image-based and hence skipped.
|
||
The selected stream, <code>stream 2</code> in <samp>B.mp4</samp>, is the first text-based subtitle stream.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<a name="Example_003a-labeled-filtergraph-outputs"></a>
|
||
<div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i A.avi -i B.mp4 -i C.mkv -filter_complex "[1:v]hue=s=0[outv];overlay;aresample" \
|
||
-map '[outv]' -an out1.mp4 \
|
||
out2.mkv \
|
||
-map '[outv]' -map 1:a:0 out3.mkv
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
<p>The above command will fail, as the output pad labelled <code>[outv]</code> has been mapped twice.
|
||
None of the output files shall be processed.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i A.avi -i B.mp4 -i C.mkv -filter_complex "[1:v]hue=s=0[outv];overlay;aresample" \
|
||
-an out1.mp4 \
|
||
out2.mkv \
|
||
-map 1:a:0 out3.mkv
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
<p>This command above will also fail as the hue filter output has a label, <code>[outv]</code>,
|
||
and hasn’t been mapped anywhere.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>The command should be modified as follows,
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i A.avi -i B.mp4 -i C.mkv -filter_complex "[1:v]hue=s=0,split=2[outv1][outv2];overlay;aresample" \
|
||
-map '[outv1]' -an out1.mp4 \
|
||
out2.mkv \
|
||
-map '[outv2]' -map 1:a:0 out3.mkv
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
<p>The video stream from <samp>B.mp4</samp> is sent to the hue filter, whose output is cloned once using
|
||
the split filter, and both outputs labelled. Then a copy each is mapped to the first and third
|
||
output files.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>The overlay filter, requiring two video inputs, uses the first two unused video streams. Those
|
||
are the streams from <samp>A.avi</samp> and <samp>C.mkv</samp>. The overlay output isn’t labelled, so it is
|
||
sent to the first output file <samp>out1.mp4</samp>, regardless of the presence of the <code>-map</code> option.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>The aresample filter is sent the first unused audio stream, that of <samp>A.avi</samp>. Since this filter
|
||
output is also unlabelled, it too is mapped to the first output file. The presence of <code>-an</code>
|
||
only suppresses automatic or manual stream selection of audio streams, not outputs sent from
|
||
filtergraphs. Both these mapped streams shall be ordered before the mapped stream in <samp>out1.mp4</samp>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>The video, audio and subtitle streams mapped to <code>out2.mkv</code> are entirely determined by
|
||
automatic stream selection.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p><samp>out3.mkv</samp> consists of the cloned video output from the hue filter and the first audio
|
||
stream from <samp>B.mp4</samp>.
|
||
<br>
|
||
</p>
|
||
|
||
<a name="Options"></a>
|
||
<h2 class="chapter">5 Options<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Options" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Options" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h2>
|
||
|
||
<p>All the numerical options, if not specified otherwise, accept a string
|
||
representing a number as input, which may be followed by one of the SI
|
||
unit prefixes, for example: ’K’, ’M’, or ’G’.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>If ’i’ is appended to the SI unit prefix, the complete prefix will be
|
||
interpreted as a unit prefix for binary multiples, which are based on
|
||
powers of 1024 instead of powers of 1000. Appending ’B’ to the SI unit
|
||
prefix multiplies the value by 8. This allows using, for example:
|
||
’KB’, ’MiB’, ’G’ and ’B’ as number suffixes.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>Options which do not take arguments are boolean options, and set the
|
||
corresponding value to true. They can be set to false by prefixing
|
||
the option name with "no". For example using "-nofoo"
|
||
will set the boolean option with name "foo" to false.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<span id="Stream-specifiers"></span><a name="Stream-specifiers-1"></a>
|
||
<h3 class="section">5.1 Stream specifiers<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Stream-specifiers-1" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Stream-specifiers-1" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h3>
|
||
<p>Some options are applied per-stream, e.g. bitrate or codec. Stream specifiers
|
||
are used to precisely specify which stream(s) a given option belongs to.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>A stream specifier is a string generally appended to the option name and
|
||
separated from it by a colon. E.g. <code>-codec:a:1 ac3</code> contains the
|
||
<code>a:1</code> stream specifier, which matches the second audio stream. Therefore, it
|
||
would select the ac3 codec for the second audio stream.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>A stream specifier can match several streams, so that the option is applied to all
|
||
of them. E.g. the stream specifier in <code>-b:a 128k</code> matches all audio
|
||
streams.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>An empty stream specifier matches all streams. For example, <code>-codec copy</code>
|
||
or <code>-codec: copy</code> would copy all the streams without reencoding.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>Possible forms of stream specifiers are:
|
||
</p><dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span><samp><var>stream_index</var></samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Matches the stream with this index. E.g. <code>-threads:1 4</code> would set the
|
||
thread count for the second stream to 4. If <var>stream_index</var> is used as an
|
||
additional stream specifier (see below), then it selects stream number
|
||
<var>stream_index</var> from the matching streams. Stream numbering is based on the
|
||
order of the streams as detected by libavformat except when a program ID is
|
||
also specified. In this case it is based on the ordering of the streams in the
|
||
program.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp><var>stream_type</var>[:<var>additional_stream_specifier</var>]</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p><var>stream_type</var> is one of following: ’v’ or ’V’ for video, ’a’ for audio, ’s’
|
||
for subtitle, ’d’ for data, and ’t’ for attachments. ’v’ matches all video
|
||
streams, ’V’ only matches video streams which are not attached pictures, video
|
||
thumbnails or cover arts. If <var>additional_stream_specifier</var> is used, then
|
||
it matches streams which both have this type and match the
|
||
<var>additional_stream_specifier</var>. Otherwise, it matches all streams of the
|
||
specified type.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>p:<var>program_id</var>[:<var>additional_stream_specifier</var>]</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Matches streams which are in the program with the id <var>program_id</var>. If
|
||
<var>additional_stream_specifier</var> is used, then it matches streams which both
|
||
are part of the program and match the <var>additional_stream_specifier</var>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>#<var>stream_id</var> or i:<var>stream_id</var></samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Match the stream by stream id (e.g. PID in MPEG-TS container).
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>m:<var>key</var>[:<var>value</var>]</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Matches streams with the metadata tag <var>key</var> having the specified value. If
|
||
<var>value</var> is not given, matches streams that contain the given tag with any
|
||
value.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>u</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Matches streams with usable configuration, the codec must be defined and the
|
||
essential information such as video dimension or audio sample rate must be present.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>Note that in <code>ffmpeg</code>, matching by metadata will only work properly for
|
||
input files.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
|
||
<a name="Generic-options"></a>
|
||
<h3 class="section">5.2 Generic options<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Generic-options" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Generic-options" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h3>
|
||
|
||
<p>These options are shared amongst the ff* tools.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-L</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Show license.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-h, -?, -help, --help [<var>arg</var>]</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Show help. An optional parameter may be specified to print help about a specific
|
||
item. If no argument is specified, only basic (non advanced) tool
|
||
options are shown.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>Possible values of <var>arg</var> are:
|
||
</p><dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span><samp>long</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Print advanced tool options in addition to the basic tool options.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>full</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Print complete list of options, including shared and private options
|
||
for encoders, decoders, demuxers, muxers, filters, etc.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>decoder=<var>decoder_name</var></samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Print detailed information about the decoder named <var>decoder_name</var>. Use the
|
||
<samp>-decoders</samp> option to get a list of all decoders.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>encoder=<var>encoder_name</var></samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Print detailed information about the encoder named <var>encoder_name</var>. Use the
|
||
<samp>-encoders</samp> option to get a list of all encoders.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>demuxer=<var>demuxer_name</var></samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Print detailed information about the demuxer named <var>demuxer_name</var>. Use the
|
||
<samp>-formats</samp> option to get a list of all demuxers and muxers.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>muxer=<var>muxer_name</var></samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Print detailed information about the muxer named <var>muxer_name</var>. Use the
|
||
<samp>-formats</samp> option to get a list of all muxers and demuxers.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>filter=<var>filter_name</var></samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Print detailed information about the filter named <var>filter_name</var>. Use the
|
||
<samp>-filters</samp> option to get a list of all filters.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>bsf=<var>bitstream_filter_name</var></samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Print detailed information about the bitstream filter named <var>bitstream_filter_name</var>.
|
||
Use the <samp>-bsfs</samp> option to get a list of all bitstream filters.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>protocol=<var>protocol_name</var></samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Print detailed information about the protocol named <var>protocol_name</var>.
|
||
Use the <samp>-protocols</samp> option to get a list of all protocols.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-version</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Show version.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-buildconf</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Show the build configuration, one option per line.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-formats</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Show available formats (including devices).
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-demuxers</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Show available demuxers.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-muxers</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Show available muxers.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-devices</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Show available devices.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-codecs</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Show all codecs known to libavcodec.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>Note that the term ’codec’ is used throughout this documentation as a shortcut
|
||
for what is more correctly called a media bitstream format.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-decoders</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Show available decoders.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-encoders</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Show all available encoders.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-bsfs</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Show available bitstream filters.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-protocols</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Show available protocols.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-filters</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Show available libavfilter filters.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-pix_fmts</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Show available pixel formats.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-sample_fmts</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Show available sample formats.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-layouts</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Show channel names and standard channel layouts.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-dispositions</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Show stream dispositions.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-colors</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Show recognized color names.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-sources <var>device</var>[,<var>opt1</var>=<var>val1</var>[,<var>opt2</var>=<var>val2</var>]...]</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Show autodetected sources of the input device.
|
||
Some devices may provide system-dependent source names that cannot be autodetected.
|
||
The returned list cannot be assumed to be always complete.
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -sources pulse,server=192.168.0.4
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-sinks <var>device</var>[,<var>opt1</var>=<var>val1</var>[,<var>opt2</var>=<var>val2</var>]...]</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Show autodetected sinks of the output device.
|
||
Some devices may provide system-dependent sink names that cannot be autodetected.
|
||
The returned list cannot be assumed to be always complete.
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -sinks pulse,server=192.168.0.4
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-loglevel [<var>flags</var>+]<var>loglevel</var> | -v [<var>flags</var>+]<var>loglevel</var></samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Set logging level and flags used by the library.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>The optional <var>flags</var> prefix can consist of the following values:
|
||
</p><dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>repeat</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Indicates that repeated log output should not be compressed to the first line
|
||
and the "Last message repeated n times" line will be omitted.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>level</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Indicates that log output should add a <code>[level]</code> prefix to each message
|
||
line. This can be used as an alternative to log coloring, e.g. when dumping the
|
||
log to file.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
<p>Flags can also be used alone by adding a ’+’/’-’ prefix to set/reset a single
|
||
flag without affecting other <var>flags</var> or changing <var>loglevel</var>. When
|
||
setting both <var>flags</var> and <var>loglevel</var>, a ’+’ separator is expected
|
||
between the last <var>flags</var> value and before <var>loglevel</var>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p><var>loglevel</var> is a string or a number containing one of the following values:
|
||
</p><dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>quiet, -8</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Show nothing at all; be silent.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>panic, 0</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Only show fatal errors which could lead the process to crash, such as
|
||
an assertion failure. This is not currently used for anything.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>fatal, 8</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Only show fatal errors. These are errors after which the process absolutely
|
||
cannot continue.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>error, 16</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Show all errors, including ones which can be recovered from.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>warning, 24</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Show all warnings and errors. Any message related to possibly
|
||
incorrect or unexpected events will be shown.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>info, 32</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Show informative messages during processing. This is in addition to
|
||
warnings and errors. This is the default value.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>verbose, 40</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Same as <code>info</code>, except more verbose.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>debug, 48</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Show everything, including debugging information.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>trace, 56</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
|
||
<p>For example to enable repeated log output, add the <code>level</code> prefix, and set
|
||
<var>loglevel</var> to <code>verbose</code>:
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -loglevel repeat+level+verbose -i input output
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
<p>Another example that enables repeated log output without affecting current
|
||
state of <code>level</code> prefix flag or <var>loglevel</var>:
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg [...] -loglevel +repeat
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
<p>By default the program logs to stderr. If coloring is supported by the
|
||
terminal, colors are used to mark errors and warnings. Log coloring
|
||
can be disabled setting the environment variable
|
||
<code>AV_LOG_FORCE_NOCOLOR</code>, or can be forced setting
|
||
the environment variable <code>AV_LOG_FORCE_COLOR</code>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-report</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Dump full command line and log output to a file named
|
||
<code><var>program</var>-<var>YYYYMMDD</var>-<var>HHMMSS</var>.log</code> in the current
|
||
directory.
|
||
This file can be useful for bug reports.
|
||
It also implies <code>-loglevel debug</code>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>Setting the environment variable <code>FFREPORT</code> to any value has the
|
||
same effect. If the value is a ’:’-separated key=value sequence, these
|
||
options will affect the report; option values must be escaped if they
|
||
contain special characters or the options delimiter ’:’ (see the
|
||
“Quoting and escaping” section in the ffmpeg-utils manual).
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>The following options are recognized:
|
||
</p><dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span><samp>file</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>set the file name to use for the report; <code>%p</code> is expanded to the name
|
||
of the program, <code>%t</code> is expanded to a timestamp, <code>%%</code> is expanded
|
||
to a plain <code>%</code>
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>level</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>set the log verbosity level using a numerical value (see <code>-loglevel</code>).
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
|
||
<p>For example, to output a report to a file named <samp>ffreport.log</samp>
|
||
using a log level of <code>32</code> (alias for log level <code>info</code>):
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">FFREPORT=file=ffreport.log:level=32 ffmpeg -i input output
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
<p>Errors in parsing the environment variable are not fatal, and will not
|
||
appear in the report.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-hide_banner</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Suppress printing banner.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>All FFmpeg tools will normally show a copyright notice, build options
|
||
and library versions. This option can be used to suppress printing
|
||
this information.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-cpuflags flags (<em>global</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Allows setting and clearing cpu flags. This option is intended
|
||
for testing. Do not use it unless you know what you’re doing.
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -cpuflags -sse+mmx ...
|
||
ffmpeg -cpuflags mmx ...
|
||
ffmpeg -cpuflags 0 ...
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
<p>Possible flags for this option are:
|
||
</p><dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>x86</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dd><dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>mmx</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>mmxext</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>sse</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>sse2</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>sse2slow</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>sse3</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>sse3slow</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>ssse3</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>atom</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>sse4.1</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>sse4.2</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>avx</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>avx2</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>xop</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>fma3</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>fma4</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>3dnow</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>3dnowext</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>bmi1</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>bmi2</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>cmov</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>ARM</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dd><dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>armv5te</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>armv6</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>armv6t2</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>vfp</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>vfpv3</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>neon</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>setend</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>AArch64</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dd><dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>armv8</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>vfp</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>neon</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>PowerPC</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dd><dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>altivec</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>Specific Processors</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dd><dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>pentium2</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>pentium3</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>pentium4</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>k6</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>k62</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>athlon</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>athlonxp</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span>‘<samp>k8</samp>’</span></dt>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-cpucount <var>count</var> (<em>global</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Override detection of CPU count. This option is intended
|
||
for testing. Do not use it unless you know what you’re doing.
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -cpucount 2
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-max_alloc <var>bytes</var></samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Set the maximum size limit for allocating a block on the heap by ffmpeg’s
|
||
family of malloc functions. Exercise <strong>extreme caution</strong> when using
|
||
this option. Don’t use if you do not understand the full consequence of doing so.
|
||
Default is INT_MAX.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
|
||
<a name="AVOptions"></a>
|
||
<h3 class="section">5.3 AVOptions<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#AVOptions" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-AVOptions" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h3>
|
||
|
||
<p>These options are provided directly by the libavformat, libavdevice and
|
||
libavcodec libraries. To see the list of available AVOptions, use the
|
||
<samp>-help</samp> option. They are separated into two categories:
|
||
</p><dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span><samp>generic</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>These options can be set for any container, codec or device. Generic options
|
||
are listed under AVFormatContext options for containers/devices and under
|
||
AVCodecContext options for codecs.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>private</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>These options are specific to the given container, device or codec. Private
|
||
options are listed under their corresponding containers/devices/codecs.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
|
||
<p>For example to write an ID3v2.3 header instead of a default ID3v2.4 to
|
||
an MP3 file, use the <samp>id3v2_version</samp> private option of the MP3
|
||
muxer:
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i input.flac -id3v2_version 3 out.mp3
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
<p>All codec AVOptions are per-stream, and thus a stream specifier
|
||
should be attached to them:
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i multichannel.mxf -map 0:v:0 -map 0:a:0 -map 0:a:0 -c:a:0 ac3 -b:a:0 640k -ac:a:1 2 -c:a:1 aac -b:2 128k out.mp4
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
<p>In the above example, a multichannel audio stream is mapped twice for output.
|
||
The first instance is encoded with codec ac3 and bitrate 640k.
|
||
The second instance is downmixed to 2 channels and encoded with codec aac. A bitrate of 128k is specified for it using
|
||
absolute index of the output stream.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>Note: the <samp>-nooption</samp> syntax cannot be used for boolean
|
||
AVOptions, use <samp>-option 0</samp>/<samp>-option 1</samp>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>Note: the old undocumented way of specifying per-stream AVOptions by
|
||
prepending v/a/s to the options name is now obsolete and will be
|
||
removed soon.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<a name="Main-options"></a>
|
||
<h3 class="section">5.4 Main options<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Main-options" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Main-options" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h3>
|
||
|
||
<dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-f <var>fmt</var> (<em>input/output</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Force input or output file format. The format is normally auto detected for input
|
||
files and guessed from the file extension for output files, so this option is not
|
||
needed in most cases.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-i <var>url</var> (<em>input</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>input file url
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-y (<em>global</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Overwrite output files without asking.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-n (<em>global</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Do not overwrite output files, and exit immediately if a specified
|
||
output file already exists.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-stream_loop <var>number</var> (<em>input</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Set number of times input stream shall be looped. Loop 0 means no loop,
|
||
loop -1 means infinite loop.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-recast_media (<em>global</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Allow forcing a decoder of a different media type than the one
|
||
detected or designated by the demuxer. Useful for decoding media
|
||
data muxed as data streams.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-c[:<var>stream_specifier</var>] <var>codec</var> (<em>input/output,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-codec[:<var>stream_specifier</var>] <var>codec</var> (<em>input/output,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Select an encoder (when used before an output file) or a decoder (when used
|
||
before an input file) for one or more streams. <var>codec</var> is the name of a
|
||
decoder/encoder or a special value <code>copy</code> (output only) to indicate that
|
||
the stream is not to be re-encoded.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>For example
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i INPUT -map 0 -c:v libx264 -c:a copy OUTPUT
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
<p>encodes all video streams with libx264 and copies all audio streams.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>For each stream, the last matching <code>c</code> option is applied, so
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i INPUT -map 0 -c copy -c:v:1 libx264 -c:a:137 libvorbis OUTPUT
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
<p>will copy all the streams except the second video, which will be encoded with
|
||
libx264, and the 138th audio, which will be encoded with libvorbis.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-t <var>duration</var> (<em>input/output</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>When used as an input option (before <code>-i</code>), limit the <var>duration</var> of
|
||
data read from the input file.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>When used as an output option (before an output url), stop writing the
|
||
output after its duration reaches <var>duration</var>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p><var>duration</var> must be a time duration specification,
|
||
see <a data-manual="ffmpeg-utils" href="ffmpeg-utils.html#time-duration-syntax">(ffmpeg-utils)the Time duration section in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual</a>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>-to and -t are mutually exclusive and -t has priority.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-to <var>position</var> (<em>input/output</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Stop writing the output or reading the input at <var>position</var>.
|
||
<var>position</var> must be a time duration specification,
|
||
see <a data-manual="ffmpeg-utils" href="ffmpeg-utils.html#time-duration-syntax">(ffmpeg-utils)the Time duration section in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual</a>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>-to and -t are mutually exclusive and -t has priority.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-fs <var>limit_size</var> (<em>output</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Set the file size limit, expressed in bytes. No further chunk of bytes is written
|
||
after the limit is exceeded. The size of the output file is slightly more than the
|
||
requested file size.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-ss <var>position</var> (<em>input/output</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>When used as an input option (before <code>-i</code>), seeks in this input file to
|
||
<var>position</var>. Note that in most formats it is not possible to seek exactly,
|
||
so <code>ffmpeg</code> will seek to the closest seek point before <var>position</var>.
|
||
When transcoding and <samp>-accurate_seek</samp> is enabled (the default), this
|
||
extra segment between the seek point and <var>position</var> will be decoded and
|
||
discarded. When doing stream copy or when <samp>-noaccurate_seek</samp> is used, it
|
||
will be preserved.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>When used as an output option (before an output url), decodes but discards
|
||
input until the timestamps reach <var>position</var>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p><var>position</var> must be a time duration specification,
|
||
see <a data-manual="ffmpeg-utils" href="ffmpeg-utils.html#time-duration-syntax">(ffmpeg-utils)the Time duration section in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual</a>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-sseof <var>position</var> (<em>input</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd>
|
||
<p>Like the <code>-ss</code> option but relative to the "end of file". That is negative
|
||
values are earlier in the file, 0 is at EOF.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-isync <var>input_index</var> (<em>input</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Assign an input as a sync source.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>This will take the difference between the start times of the target and reference inputs and
|
||
offset the timestamps of the target file by that difference. The source timestamps of the two
|
||
inputs should derive from the same clock source for expected results. If <code>copyts</code> is set
|
||
then <code>start_at_zero</code> must also be set. If either of the inputs has no starting timestamp
|
||
then no sync adjustment is made.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>Acceptable values are those that refer to a valid ffmpeg input index. If the sync reference is
|
||
the target index itself or <var>-1</var>, then no adjustment is made to target timestamps. A sync
|
||
reference may not itself be synced to any other input.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>Default value is <var>-1</var>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-itsoffset <var>offset</var> (<em>input</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Set the input time offset.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p><var>offset</var> must be a time duration specification,
|
||
see <a data-manual="ffmpeg-utils" href="ffmpeg-utils.html#time-duration-syntax">(ffmpeg-utils)the Time duration section in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual</a>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>The offset is added to the timestamps of the input files. Specifying
|
||
a positive offset means that the corresponding streams are delayed by
|
||
the time duration specified in <var>offset</var>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-itsscale <var>scale</var> (<em>input,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Rescale input timestamps. <var>scale</var> should be a floating point number.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-timestamp <var>date</var> (<em>output</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Set the recording timestamp in the container.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p><var>date</var> must be a date specification,
|
||
see <a data-manual="ffmpeg-utils" href="ffmpeg-utils.html#date-syntax">(ffmpeg-utils)the Date section in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual</a>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-metadata[:metadata_specifier] <var>key</var>=<var>value</var> (<em>output,per-metadata</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Set a metadata key/value pair.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>An optional <var>metadata_specifier</var> may be given to set metadata
|
||
on streams, chapters or programs. See <code>-map_metadata</code>
|
||
documentation for details.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>This option overrides metadata set with <code>-map_metadata</code>. It is
|
||
also possible to delete metadata by using an empty value.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>For example, for setting the title in the output file:
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i in.avi -metadata title="my title" out.flv
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
<p>To set the language of the first audio stream:
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i INPUT -metadata:s:a:0 language=eng OUTPUT
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-disposition[:stream_specifier] <var>value</var> (<em>output,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Sets the disposition for a stream.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>By default, the disposition is copied from the input stream, unless the output
|
||
stream this option applies to is fed by a complex filtergraph - in that case the
|
||
disposition is unset by default.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p><var>value</var> is a sequence of items separated by ’+’ or ’-’. The first item may
|
||
also be prefixed with ’+’ or ’-’, in which case this option modifies the default
|
||
value. Otherwise (the first item is not prefixed) this options overrides the
|
||
default value. A ’+’ prefix adds the given disposition, ’-’ removes it. It is
|
||
also possible to clear the disposition by setting it to 0.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>If no <code>-disposition</code> options were specified for an output file, ffmpeg will
|
||
automatically set the ’default’ disposition on the first stream of each type,
|
||
when there are multiple streams of this type in the output file and no stream of
|
||
that type is already marked as default.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>The <code>-dispositions</code> option lists the known dispositions.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>For example, to make the second audio stream the default stream:
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i in.mkv -c copy -disposition:a:1 default out.mkv
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
<p>To make the second subtitle stream the default stream and remove the default
|
||
disposition from the first subtitle stream:
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i in.mkv -c copy -disposition:s:0 0 -disposition:s:1 default out.mkv
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
<p>To add an embedded cover/thumbnail:
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i in.mp4 -i IMAGE -map 0 -map 1 -c copy -c:v:1 png -disposition:v:1 attached_pic out.mp4
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
<p>Not all muxers support embedded thumbnails, and those who do, only support a few formats, like JPEG or PNG.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-program [title=<var>title</var>:][program_num=<var>program_num</var>:]st=<var>stream</var>[:st=<var>stream</var>...] (<em>output</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd>
|
||
<p>Creates a program with the specified <var>title</var>, <var>program_num</var> and adds the specified
|
||
<var>stream</var>(s) to it.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-target <var>type</var> (<em>output</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Specify target file type (<code>vcd</code>, <code>svcd</code>, <code>dvd</code>, <code>dv</code>,
|
||
<code>dv50</code>). <var>type</var> may be prefixed with <code>pal-</code>, <code>ntsc-</code> or
|
||
<code>film-</code> to use the corresponding standard. All the format options
|
||
(bitrate, codecs, buffer sizes) are then set automatically. You can just type:
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i myfile.avi -target vcd /tmp/vcd.mpg
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
<p>Nevertheless you can specify additional options as long as you know
|
||
they do not conflict with the standard, as in:
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i myfile.avi -target vcd -bf 2 /tmp/vcd.mpg
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
<p>The parameters set for each target are as follows.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p><strong>VCD</strong>
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example"><var>pal</var>:
|
||
-f vcd -muxrate 1411200 -muxpreload 0.44 -packetsize 2324
|
||
-s 352x288 -r 25
|
||
-codec:v mpeg1video -g 15 -b:v 1150k -maxrate:v 1150k -minrate:v 1150k -bufsize:v 327680
|
||
-ar 44100 -ac 2
|
||
-codec:a mp2 -b:a 224k
|
||
|
||
<var>ntsc</var>:
|
||
-f vcd -muxrate 1411200 -muxpreload 0.44 -packetsize 2324
|
||
-s 352x240 -r 30000/1001
|
||
-codec:v mpeg1video -g 18 -b:v 1150k -maxrate:v 1150k -minrate:v 1150k -bufsize:v 327680
|
||
-ar 44100 -ac 2
|
||
-codec:a mp2 -b:a 224k
|
||
|
||
<var>film</var>:
|
||
-f vcd -muxrate 1411200 -muxpreload 0.44 -packetsize 2324
|
||
-s 352x240 -r 24000/1001
|
||
-codec:v mpeg1video -g 18 -b:v 1150k -maxrate:v 1150k -minrate:v 1150k -bufsize:v 327680
|
||
-ar 44100 -ac 2
|
||
-codec:a mp2 -b:a 224k
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
<p><strong>SVCD</strong>
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example"><var>pal</var>:
|
||
-f svcd -packetsize 2324
|
||
-s 480x576 -pix_fmt yuv420p -r 25
|
||
-codec:v mpeg2video -g 15 -b:v 2040k -maxrate:v 2516k -minrate:v 0 -bufsize:v 1835008 -scan_offset 1
|
||
-ar 44100
|
||
-codec:a mp2 -b:a 224k
|
||
|
||
<var>ntsc</var>:
|
||
-f svcd -packetsize 2324
|
||
-s 480x480 -pix_fmt yuv420p -r 30000/1001
|
||
-codec:v mpeg2video -g 18 -b:v 2040k -maxrate:v 2516k -minrate:v 0 -bufsize:v 1835008 -scan_offset 1
|
||
-ar 44100
|
||
-codec:a mp2 -b:a 224k
|
||
|
||
<var>film</var>:
|
||
-f svcd -packetsize 2324
|
||
-s 480x480 -pix_fmt yuv420p -r 24000/1001
|
||
-codec:v mpeg2video -g 18 -b:v 2040k -maxrate:v 2516k -minrate:v 0 -bufsize:v 1835008 -scan_offset 1
|
||
-ar 44100
|
||
-codec:a mp2 -b:a 224k
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
<p><strong>DVD</strong>
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example"><var>pal</var>:
|
||
-f dvd -muxrate 10080k -packetsize 2048
|
||
-s 720x576 -pix_fmt yuv420p -r 25
|
||
-codec:v mpeg2video -g 15 -b:v 6000k -maxrate:v 9000k -minrate:v 0 -bufsize:v 1835008
|
||
-ar 48000
|
||
-codec:a ac3 -b:a 448k
|
||
|
||
<var>ntsc</var>:
|
||
-f dvd -muxrate 10080k -packetsize 2048
|
||
-s 720x480 -pix_fmt yuv420p -r 30000/1001
|
||
-codec:v mpeg2video -g 18 -b:v 6000k -maxrate:v 9000k -minrate:v 0 -bufsize:v 1835008
|
||
-ar 48000
|
||
-codec:a ac3 -b:a 448k
|
||
|
||
<var>film</var>:
|
||
-f dvd -muxrate 10080k -packetsize 2048
|
||
-s 720x480 -pix_fmt yuv420p -r 24000/1001
|
||
-codec:v mpeg2video -g 18 -b:v 6000k -maxrate:v 9000k -minrate:v 0 -bufsize:v 1835008
|
||
-ar 48000
|
||
-codec:a ac3 -b:a 448k
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
<p><strong>DV</strong>
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example"><var>pal</var>:
|
||
-f dv
|
||
-s 720x576 -pix_fmt yuv420p -r 25
|
||
-ar 48000 -ac 2
|
||
|
||
<var>ntsc</var>:
|
||
-f dv
|
||
-s 720x480 -pix_fmt yuv411p -r 30000/1001
|
||
-ar 48000 -ac 2
|
||
|
||
<var>film</var>:
|
||
-f dv
|
||
-s 720x480 -pix_fmt yuv411p -r 24000/1001
|
||
-ar 48000 -ac 2
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
<p>The <code>dv50</code> target is identical to the <code>dv</code> target except that the pixel format set is <code>yuv422p</code> for all three standards.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>Any user-set value for a parameter above will override the target preset value. In that case, the output may
|
||
not comply with the target standard.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-dn (<em>input/output</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>As an input option, blocks all data streams of a file from being filtered or
|
||
being automatically selected or mapped for any output. See <code>-discard</code>
|
||
option to disable streams individually.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>As an output option, disables data recording i.e. automatic selection or
|
||
mapping of any data stream. For full manual control see the <code>-map</code>
|
||
option.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-dframes <var>number</var> (<em>output</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Set the number of data frames to output. This is an obsolete alias for
|
||
<code>-frames:d</code>, which you should use instead.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-frames[:<var>stream_specifier</var>] <var>framecount</var> (<em>output,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Stop writing to the stream after <var>framecount</var> frames.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-q[:<var>stream_specifier</var>] <var>q</var> (<em>output,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-qscale[:<var>stream_specifier</var>] <var>q</var> (<em>output,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Use fixed quality scale (VBR). The meaning of <var>q</var>/<var>qscale</var> is
|
||
codec-dependent.
|
||
If <var>qscale</var> is used without a <var>stream_specifier</var> then it applies only
|
||
to the video stream, this is to maintain compatibility with previous behavior
|
||
and as specifying the same codec specific value to 2 different codecs that is
|
||
audio and video generally is not what is intended when no stream_specifier is
|
||
used.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<span id="filter_005foption"></span></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-filter[:<var>stream_specifier</var>] <var>filtergraph</var> (<em>output,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Create the filtergraph specified by <var>filtergraph</var> and use it to
|
||
filter the stream.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p><var>filtergraph</var> is a description of the filtergraph to apply to
|
||
the stream, and must have a single input and a single output of the
|
||
same type of the stream. In the filtergraph, the input is associated
|
||
to the label <code>in</code>, and the output to the label <code>out</code>. See
|
||
the ffmpeg-filters manual for more information about the filtergraph
|
||
syntax.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>See the <a href="#filter_005fcomplex_005foption">-filter_complex option</a> if you
|
||
want to create filtergraphs with multiple inputs and/or outputs.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<span id="filter_005fscript-option"></span></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-filter_script[:<var>stream_specifier</var>] <var>filename</var> (<em>output,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>This option is similar to <samp>-filter</samp>, the only difference is that its
|
||
argument is the name of the file from which a filtergraph description is to be
|
||
read.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-reinit_filter[:<var>stream_specifier</var>] <var>integer</var> (<em>input,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>This boolean option determines if the filtergraph(s) to which this stream is fed gets
|
||
reinitialized when input frame parameters change mid-stream. This option is enabled by
|
||
default as most video and all audio filters cannot handle deviation in input frame properties.
|
||
Upon reinitialization, existing filter state is lost, like e.g. the frame count <code>n</code>
|
||
reference available in some filters. Any frames buffered at time of reinitialization are lost.
|
||
The properties where a change triggers reinitialization are,
|
||
for video, frame resolution or pixel format;
|
||
for audio, sample format, sample rate, channel count or channel layout.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-filter_threads <var>nb_threads</var> (<em>global</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Defines how many threads are used to process a filter pipeline. Each pipeline
|
||
will produce a thread pool with this many threads available for parallel processing.
|
||
The default is the number of available CPUs.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-pre[:<var>stream_specifier</var>] <var>preset_name</var> (<em>output,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Specify the preset for matching stream(s).
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-stats (<em>global</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Print encoding progress/statistics. It is on by default, to explicitly
|
||
disable it you need to specify <code>-nostats</code>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-stats_period <var>time</var> (<em>global</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Set period at which encoding progress/statistics are updated. Default is 0.5 seconds.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-progress <var>url</var> (<em>global</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Send program-friendly progress information to <var>url</var>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>Progress information is written periodically and at the end of
|
||
the encoding process. It is made of "<var>key</var>=<var>value</var>" lines. <var>key</var>
|
||
consists of only alphanumeric characters. The last key of a sequence of
|
||
progress information is always "progress".
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>The update period is set using <code>-stats_period</code>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<span id="stdin-option"></span></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-stdin</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Enable interaction on standard input. On by default unless standard input is
|
||
used as an input. To explicitly disable interaction you need to specify
|
||
<code>-nostdin</code>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>Disabling interaction on standard input is useful, for example, if
|
||
ffmpeg is in the background process group. Roughly the same result can
|
||
be achieved with <code>ffmpeg ... < /dev/null</code> but it requires a
|
||
shell.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-debug_ts (<em>global</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Print timestamp information. It is off by default. This option is
|
||
mostly useful for testing and debugging purposes, and the output
|
||
format may change from one version to another, so it should not be
|
||
employed by portable scripts.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>See also the option <code>-fdebug ts</code>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-attach <var>filename</var> (<em>output</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Add an attachment to the output file. This is supported by a few formats
|
||
like Matroska for e.g. fonts used in rendering subtitles. Attachments
|
||
are implemented as a specific type of stream, so this option will add
|
||
a new stream to the file. It is then possible to use per-stream options
|
||
on this stream in the usual way. Attachment streams created with this
|
||
option will be created after all the other streams (i.e. those created
|
||
with <code>-map</code> or automatic mappings).
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>Note that for Matroska you also have to set the mimetype metadata tag:
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i INPUT -attach DejaVuSans.ttf -metadata:s:2 mimetype=application/x-truetype-font out.mkv
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
<p>(assuming that the attachment stream will be third in the output file).
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-dump_attachment[:<var>stream_specifier</var>] <var>filename</var> (<em>input,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Extract the matching attachment stream into a file named <var>filename</var>. If
|
||
<var>filename</var> is empty, then the value of the <code>filename</code> metadata tag
|
||
will be used.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>E.g. to extract the first attachment to a file named ’out.ttf’:
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -dump_attachment:t:0 out.ttf -i INPUT
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
<p>To extract all attachments to files determined by the <code>filename</code> tag:
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -dump_attachment:t "" -i INPUT
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
<p>Technical note – attachments are implemented as codec extradata, so this
|
||
option can actually be used to extract extradata from any stream, not just
|
||
attachments.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
|
||
<a name="Video-Options"></a>
|
||
<h3 class="section">5.5 Video Options<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Video-Options" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Video-Options" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h3>
|
||
|
||
<dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-vframes <var>number</var> (<em>output</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Set the number of video frames to output. This is an obsolete alias for
|
||
<code>-frames:v</code>, which you should use instead.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-r[:<var>stream_specifier</var>] <var>fps</var> (<em>input/output,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Set frame rate (Hz value, fraction or abbreviation).
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>As an input option, ignore any timestamps stored in the file and instead
|
||
generate timestamps assuming constant frame rate <var>fps</var>.
|
||
This is not the same as the <samp>-framerate</samp> option used for some input formats
|
||
like image2 or v4l2 (it used to be the same in older versions of FFmpeg).
|
||
If in doubt use <samp>-framerate</samp> instead of the input option <samp>-r</samp>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>As an output option:
|
||
</p><dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span><samp>video encoding</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Duplicate or drop frames right before encoding them to achieve constant output
|
||
frame rate <var>fps</var>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>video streamcopy</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Indicate to the muxer that <var>fps</var> is the stream frame rate. No data is
|
||
dropped or duplicated in this case. This may produce invalid files if <var>fps</var>
|
||
does not match the actual stream frame rate as determined by packet timestamps.
|
||
See also the <code>setts</code> bitstream filter.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-fpsmax[:<var>stream_specifier</var>] <var>fps</var> (<em>output,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Set maximum frame rate (Hz value, fraction or abbreviation).
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>Clamps output frame rate when output framerate is auto-set and is higher than this value.
|
||
Useful in batch processing or when input framerate is wrongly detected as very high.
|
||
It cannot be set together with <code>-r</code>. It is ignored during streamcopy.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-s[:<var>stream_specifier</var>] <var>size</var> (<em>input/output,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Set frame size.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>As an input option, this is a shortcut for the <samp>video_size</samp> private
|
||
option, recognized by some demuxers for which the frame size is either not
|
||
stored in the file or is configurable – e.g. raw video or video grabbers.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>As an output option, this inserts the <code>scale</code> video filter to the
|
||
<em>end</em> of the corresponding filtergraph. Please use the <code>scale</code> filter
|
||
directly to insert it at the beginning or some other place.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>The format is ‘<samp>wxh</samp>’ (default - same as source).
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-aspect[:<var>stream_specifier</var>] <var>aspect</var> (<em>output,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Set the video display aspect ratio specified by <var>aspect</var>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p><var>aspect</var> can be a floating point number string, or a string of the
|
||
form <var>num</var>:<var>den</var>, where <var>num</var> and <var>den</var> are the
|
||
numerator and denominator of the aspect ratio. For example "4:3",
|
||
"16:9", "1.3333", and "1.7777" are valid argument values.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>If used together with <samp>-vcodec copy</samp>, it will affect the aspect ratio
|
||
stored at container level, but not the aspect ratio stored in encoded
|
||
frames, if it exists.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-display_rotation[:<var>stream_specifier</var>] <var>rotation</var> (<em>input,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Set video rotation metadata.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p><var>rotation</var> is a decimal number specifying the amount in degree by
|
||
which the video should be rotated counter-clockwise before being
|
||
displayed.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>This option overrides the rotation/display transform metadata stored in
|
||
the file, if any. When the video is being transcoded (rather than
|
||
copied) and <code>-autorotate</code> is enabled, the video will be rotated at
|
||
the filtering stage. Otherwise, the metadata will be written into the
|
||
output file if the muxer supports it.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>If the <code>-display_hflip</code> and/or <code>-display_vflip</code> options are
|
||
given, they are applied after the rotation specified by this option.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-display_hflip[:<var>stream_specifier</var>] (<em>input,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Set whether on display the image should be horizontally flipped.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>See the <code>-display_rotation</code> option for more details.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-display_vflip[:<var>stream_specifier</var>] (<em>input,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Set whether on display the image should be vertically flipped.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>See the <code>-display_rotation</code> option for more details.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-vn (<em>input/output</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>As an input option, blocks all video streams of a file from being filtered or
|
||
being automatically selected or mapped for any output. See <code>-discard</code>
|
||
option to disable streams individually.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>As an output option, disables video recording i.e. automatic selection or
|
||
mapping of any video stream. For full manual control see the <code>-map</code>
|
||
option.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-vcodec <var>codec</var> (<em>output</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Set the video codec. This is an alias for <code>-codec:v</code>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-pass[:<var>stream_specifier</var>] <var>n</var> (<em>output,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Select the pass number (1 or 2). It is used to do two-pass
|
||
video encoding. The statistics of the video are recorded in the first
|
||
pass into a log file (see also the option -passlogfile),
|
||
and in the second pass that log file is used to generate the video
|
||
at the exact requested bitrate.
|
||
On pass 1, you may just deactivate audio and set output to null,
|
||
examples for Windows and Unix:
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i foo.mov -c:v libxvid -pass 1 -an -f rawvideo -y NUL
|
||
ffmpeg -i foo.mov -c:v libxvid -pass 1 -an -f rawvideo -y /dev/null
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-passlogfile[:<var>stream_specifier</var>] <var>prefix</var> (<em>output,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Set two-pass log file name prefix to <var>prefix</var>, the default file name
|
||
prefix is “ffmpeg2pass”. The complete file name will be
|
||
<samp>PREFIX-N.log</samp>, where N is a number specific to the output
|
||
stream
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-vf <var>filtergraph</var> (<em>output</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Create the filtergraph specified by <var>filtergraph</var> and use it to
|
||
filter the stream.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>This is an alias for <code>-filter:v</code>, see the <a href="#filter_005foption">-filter option</a>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-autorotate</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Automatically rotate the video according to file metadata. Enabled by
|
||
default, use <samp>-noautorotate</samp> to disable it.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-autoscale</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Automatically scale the video according to the resolution of first frame.
|
||
Enabled by default, use <samp>-noautoscale</samp> to disable it. When autoscale is
|
||
disabled, all output frames of filter graph might not be in the same resolution
|
||
and may be inadequate for some encoder/muxer. Therefore, it is not recommended
|
||
to disable it unless you really know what you are doing.
|
||
Disable autoscale at your own risk.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
|
||
<a name="Advanced-Video-options"></a>
|
||
<h3 class="section">5.6 Advanced Video options<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Advanced-Video-options" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Advanced-Video-options" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h3>
|
||
|
||
<dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-pix_fmt[:<var>stream_specifier</var>] <var>format</var> (<em>input/output,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Set pixel format. Use <code>-pix_fmts</code> to show all the supported
|
||
pixel formats.
|
||
If the selected pixel format can not be selected, ffmpeg will print a
|
||
warning and select the best pixel format supported by the encoder.
|
||
If <var>pix_fmt</var> is prefixed by a <code>+</code>, ffmpeg will exit with an error
|
||
if the requested pixel format can not be selected, and automatic conversions
|
||
inside filtergraphs are disabled.
|
||
If <var>pix_fmt</var> is a single <code>+</code>, ffmpeg selects the same pixel format
|
||
as the input (or graph output) and automatic conversions are disabled.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-sws_flags <var>flags</var> (<em>input/output</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Set default flags for the libswscale library. These flags are used by
|
||
automatically inserted <code>scale</code> filters and those within simple
|
||
filtergraphs, if not overridden within the filtergraph definition.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>See the <a data-manual="ffmpeg-scaler" href="ffmpeg-scaler.html#scaler_005foptions">(ffmpeg-scaler)ffmpeg-scaler manual</a> for a list
|
||
of scaler options.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-rc_override[:<var>stream_specifier</var>] <var>override</var> (<em>output,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Rate control override for specific intervals, formatted as "int,int,int"
|
||
list separated with slashes. Two first values are the beginning and
|
||
end frame numbers, last one is quantizer to use if positive, or quality
|
||
factor if negative.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-psnr</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Calculate PSNR of compressed frames. This option is deprecated, pass the
|
||
PSNR flag to the encoder instead, using <code>-flags +psnr</code>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-vstats</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Dump video coding statistics to <samp>vstats_HHMMSS.log</samp>. See the
|
||
<a href="#vstats_005ffile_005fformat">vstats file format</a> section for the format description.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-vstats_file <var>file</var></samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Dump video coding statistics to <var>file</var>. See the
|
||
<a href="#vstats_005ffile_005fformat">vstats file format</a> section for the format description.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-vstats_version <var>file</var></samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Specify which version of the vstats format to use. Default is <code>2</code>. See the
|
||
<a href="#vstats_005ffile_005fformat">vstats file format</a> section for the format description.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-top[:<var>stream_specifier</var>] <var>n</var> (<em>output,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>top=1/bottom=0/auto=-1 field first
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-vtag <var>fourcc/tag</var> (<em>output</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Force video tag/fourcc. This is an alias for <code>-tag:v</code>.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-vbsf <var>bitstream_filter</var></samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Deprecated see -bsf
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-force_key_frames[:<var>stream_specifier</var>] <var>time</var>[,<var>time</var>...] (<em>output,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-force_key_frames[:<var>stream_specifier</var>] expr:<var>expr</var> (<em>output,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-force_key_frames[:<var>stream_specifier</var>] source (<em>output,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-force_key_frames[:<var>stream_specifier</var>] source_no_drop (<em>output,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd>
|
||
<p><var>force_key_frames</var> can take arguments of the following form:
|
||
</p>
|
||
<dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span><samp><var>time</var>[,<var>time</var>...]</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>If the argument consists of timestamps, ffmpeg will round the specified times to the nearest
|
||
output timestamp as per the encoder time base and force a keyframe at the first frame having
|
||
timestamp equal or greater than the computed timestamp. Note that if the encoder time base is too
|
||
coarse, then the keyframes may be forced on frames with timestamps lower than the specified time.
|
||
The default encoder time base is the inverse of the output framerate but may be set otherwise
|
||
via <code>-enc_time_base</code>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>If one of the times is "<code>chapters</code>[<var>delta</var>]", it is expanded into
|
||
the time of the beginning of all chapters in the file, shifted by
|
||
<var>delta</var>, expressed as a time in seconds.
|
||
This option can be useful to ensure that a seek point is present at a
|
||
chapter mark or any other designated place in the output file.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>For example, to insert a key frame at 5 minutes, plus key frames 0.1 second
|
||
before the beginning of every chapter:
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">-force_key_frames 0:05:00,chapters-0.1
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>expr:<var>expr</var></samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>If the argument is prefixed with <code>expr:</code>, the string <var>expr</var>
|
||
is interpreted like an expression and is evaluated for each frame. A
|
||
key frame is forced in case the evaluation is non-zero.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>The expression in <var>expr</var> can contain the following constants:
|
||
</p><dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span><samp>n</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>the number of current processed frame, starting from 0
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>n_forced</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>the number of forced frames
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>prev_forced_n</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>the number of the previous forced frame, it is <code>NAN</code> when no
|
||
keyframe was forced yet
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>prev_forced_t</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>the time of the previous forced frame, it is <code>NAN</code> when no
|
||
keyframe was forced yet
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>t</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>the time of the current processed frame
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
|
||
<p>For example to force a key frame every 5 seconds, you can specify:
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">-force_key_frames expr:gte(t,n_forced*5)
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
<p>To force a key frame 5 seconds after the time of the last forced one,
|
||
starting from second 13:
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">-force_key_frames expr:if(isnan(prev_forced_t),gte(t,13),gte(t,prev_forced_t+5))
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>source</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>If the argument is <code>source</code>, ffmpeg will force a key frame if
|
||
the current frame being encoded is marked as a key frame in its source.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>source_no_drop</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>If the argument is <code>source_no_drop</code>, ffmpeg will force a key frame if
|
||
the current frame being encoded is marked as a key frame in its source.
|
||
In cases where this particular source frame has to be dropped,
|
||
enforce the next available frame to become a key frame instead.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
|
||
<p>Note that forcing too many keyframes is very harmful for the lookahead
|
||
algorithms of certain encoders: using fixed-GOP options or similar
|
||
would be more efficient.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-copyinkf[:<var>stream_specifier</var>] (<em>output,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>When doing stream copy, copy also non-key frames found at the
|
||
beginning.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-init_hw_device <var>type</var>[=<var>name</var>][:<var>device</var>[,<var>key=value</var>...]]</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Initialise a new hardware device of type <var>type</var> called <var>name</var>, using the
|
||
given device parameters.
|
||
If no name is specified it will receive a default name of the form "<var>type</var>%d".
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>The meaning of <var>device</var> and the following arguments depends on the
|
||
device type:
|
||
</p><dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span><samp>cuda</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p><var>device</var> is the number of the CUDA device.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>The following options are recognized:
|
||
</p><dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span><samp>primary_ctx</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>If set to 1, uses the primary device context instead of creating a new one.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
|
||
<p>Examples:
|
||
</p><dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span><em>-init_hw_device cuda:1</em></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Choose the second device on the system.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><em>-init_hw_device cuda:0,primary_ctx=1</em></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Choose the first device and use the primary device context.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>dxva2</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p><var>device</var> is the number of the Direct3D 9 display adapter.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>d3d11va</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p><var>device</var> is the number of the Direct3D 11 display adapter.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>vaapi</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p><var>device</var> is either an X11 display name, a DRM render node or a DirectX adapter index.
|
||
If not specified, it will attempt to open the default X11 display (<em>$DISPLAY</em>)
|
||
and then the first DRM render node (<em>/dev/dri/renderD128</em>), or the default
|
||
DirectX adapter on Windows.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>vdpau</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p><var>device</var> is an X11 display name.
|
||
If not specified, it will attempt to open the default X11 display (<em>$DISPLAY</em>).
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>qsv</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p><var>device</var> selects a value in ‘<samp>MFX_IMPL_*</samp>’. Allowed values are:
|
||
</p><dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span><samp>auto</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>sw</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>hw</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>auto_any</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>hw_any</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>hw2</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>hw3</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>hw4</samp></span></dt>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
<p>If not specified, ‘<samp>auto_any</samp>’ is used.
|
||
(Note that it may be easier to achieve the desired result for QSV by creating the
|
||
platform-appropriate subdevice (‘<samp>dxva2</samp>’ or ‘<samp>d3d11va</samp>’ or ‘<samp>vaapi</samp>’) and then deriving a
|
||
QSV device from that.)
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>Alternatively, ‘<samp>child_device_type</samp>’ helps to choose platform-appropriate subdevice type.
|
||
On Windows ‘<samp>d3d11va</samp>’ is used as default subdevice type.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>Examples:
|
||
</p><dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span><em>-init_hw_device qsv:hw,child_device_type=d3d11va</em></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Choose the GPU subdevice with type ‘<samp>d3d11va</samp>’ and create QSV device with ‘<samp>MFX_IMPL_HARDWARE</samp>’.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><em>-init_hw_device qsv:hw,child_device_type=dxva2</em></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Choose the GPU subdevice with type ‘<samp>dxva2</samp>’ and create QSV device with ‘<samp>MFX_IMPL_HARDWARE</samp>’.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>opencl</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p><var>device</var> selects the platform and device as <em>platform_index.device_index</em>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>The set of devices can also be filtered using the key-value pairs to find only
|
||
devices matching particular platform or device strings.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>The strings usable as filters are:
|
||
</p><dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span><samp>platform_profile</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>platform_version</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>platform_name</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>platform_vendor</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>platform_extensions</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>device_name</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>device_vendor</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>driver_version</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>device_version</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>device_profile</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>device_extensions</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>device_type</samp></span></dt>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
|
||
<p>The indices and filters must together uniquely select a device.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>Examples:
|
||
</p><dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span><em>-init_hw_device opencl:0.1</em></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Choose the second device on the first platform.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><em>-init_hw_device opencl:,device_name=Foo9000</em></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Choose the device with a name containing the string <em>Foo9000</em>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><em>-init_hw_device opencl:1,device_type=gpu,device_extensions=cl_khr_fp16</em></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Choose the GPU device on the second platform supporting the <em>cl_khr_fp16</em>
|
||
extension.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>vulkan</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>If <var>device</var> is an integer, it selects the device by its index in a
|
||
system-dependent list of devices. If <var>device</var> is any other string, it
|
||
selects the first device with a name containing that string as a substring.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>The following options are recognized:
|
||
</p><dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span><samp>debug</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>If set to 1, enables the validation layer, if installed.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>linear_images</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>If set to 1, images allocated by the hwcontext will be linear and locally mappable.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>instance_extensions</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>A plus separated list of additional instance extensions to enable.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>device_extensions</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>A plus separated list of additional device extensions to enable.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
|
||
<p>Examples:
|
||
</p><dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span><em>-init_hw_device vulkan:1</em></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Choose the second device on the system.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><em>-init_hw_device vulkan:RADV</em></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Choose the first device with a name containing the string <em>RADV</em>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><em>-init_hw_device vulkan:0,instance_extensions=VK_KHR_wayland_surface+VK_KHR_xcb_surface</em></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Choose the first device and enable the Wayland and XCB instance extensions.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-init_hw_device <var>type</var>[=<var>name</var>]@<var>source</var></samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Initialise a new hardware device of type <var>type</var> called <var>name</var>,
|
||
deriving it from the existing device with the name <var>source</var>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-init_hw_device list</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>List all hardware device types supported in this build of ffmpeg.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-filter_hw_device <var>name</var></samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Pass the hardware device called <var>name</var> to all filters in any filter graph.
|
||
This can be used to set the device to upload to with the <code>hwupload</code> filter,
|
||
or the device to map to with the <code>hwmap</code> filter. Other filters may also
|
||
make use of this parameter when they require a hardware device. Note that this
|
||
is typically only required when the input is not already in hardware frames -
|
||
when it is, filters will derive the device they require from the context of the
|
||
frames they receive as input.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>This is a global setting, so all filters will receive the same device.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-hwaccel[:<var>stream_specifier</var>] <var>hwaccel</var> (<em>input,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Use hardware acceleration to decode the matching stream(s). The allowed values
|
||
of <var>hwaccel</var> are:
|
||
</p><dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span><samp>none</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Do not use any hardware acceleration (the default).
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>auto</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Automatically select the hardware acceleration method.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>vdpau</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Use VDPAU (Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix) hardware acceleration.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>dxva2</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Use DXVA2 (DirectX Video Acceleration) hardware acceleration.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>d3d11va</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Use D3D11VA (DirectX Video Acceleration) hardware acceleration.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>vaapi</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Use VAAPI (Video Acceleration API) hardware acceleration.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>qsv</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Use the Intel QuickSync Video acceleration for video transcoding.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>Unlike most other values, this option does not enable accelerated decoding (that
|
||
is used automatically whenever a qsv decoder is selected), but accelerated
|
||
transcoding, without copying the frames into the system memory.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>For it to work, both the decoder and the encoder must support QSV acceleration
|
||
and no filters must be used.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
|
||
<p>This option has no effect if the selected hwaccel is not available or not
|
||
supported by the chosen decoder.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>Note that most acceleration methods are intended for playback and will not be
|
||
faster than software decoding on modern CPUs. Additionally, <code>ffmpeg</code>
|
||
will usually need to copy the decoded frames from the GPU memory into the system
|
||
memory, resulting in further performance loss. This option is thus mainly
|
||
useful for testing.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-hwaccel_device[:<var>stream_specifier</var>] <var>hwaccel_device</var> (<em>input,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Select a device to use for hardware acceleration.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>This option only makes sense when the <samp>-hwaccel</samp> option is also specified.
|
||
It can either refer to an existing device created with <samp>-init_hw_device</samp>
|
||
by name, or it can create a new device as if
|
||
‘<samp>-init_hw_device</samp>’ <var>type</var>:<var>hwaccel_device</var>
|
||
were called immediately before.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-hwaccels</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>List all hardware acceleration components enabled in this build of ffmpeg.
|
||
Actual runtime availability depends on the hardware and its suitable driver
|
||
being installed.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-fix_sub_duration_heartbeat[:<var>stream_specifier</var>]</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Set a specific output video stream as the heartbeat stream according to which
|
||
to split and push through currently in-progress subtitle upon receipt of a
|
||
random access packet.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>This lowers the latency of subtitles for which the end packet or the following
|
||
subtitle has not yet been received. As a drawback, this will most likely lead
|
||
to duplication of subtitle events in order to cover the full duration, so
|
||
when dealing with use cases where latency of when the subtitle event is passed
|
||
on to output is not relevant this option should not be utilized.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>Requires <samp>-fix_sub_duration</samp> to be set for the relevant input subtitle
|
||
stream for this to have any effect, as well as for the input subtitle stream
|
||
having to be directly mapped to the same output in which the heartbeat stream
|
||
resides.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
|
||
<a name="Audio-Options"></a>
|
||
<h3 class="section">5.7 Audio Options<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Audio-Options" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Audio-Options" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h3>
|
||
|
||
<dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-aframes <var>number</var> (<em>output</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Set the number of audio frames to output. This is an obsolete alias for
|
||
<code>-frames:a</code>, which you should use instead.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-ar[:<var>stream_specifier</var>] <var>freq</var> (<em>input/output,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Set the audio sampling frequency. For output streams it is set by
|
||
default to the frequency of the corresponding input stream. For input
|
||
streams this option only makes sense for audio grabbing devices and raw
|
||
demuxers and is mapped to the corresponding demuxer options.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-aq <var>q</var> (<em>output</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Set the audio quality (codec-specific, VBR). This is an alias for -q:a.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-ac[:<var>stream_specifier</var>] <var>channels</var> (<em>input/output,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Set the number of audio channels. For output streams it is set by
|
||
default to the number of input audio channels. For input streams
|
||
this option only makes sense for audio grabbing devices and raw demuxers
|
||
and is mapped to the corresponding demuxer options.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-an (<em>input/output</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>As an input option, blocks all audio streams of a file from being filtered or
|
||
being automatically selected or mapped for any output. See <code>-discard</code>
|
||
option to disable streams individually.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>As an output option, disables audio recording i.e. automatic selection or
|
||
mapping of any audio stream. For full manual control see the <code>-map</code>
|
||
option.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-acodec <var>codec</var> (<em>input/output</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Set the audio codec. This is an alias for <code>-codec:a</code>.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-sample_fmt[:<var>stream_specifier</var>] <var>sample_fmt</var> (<em>output,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Set the audio sample format. Use <code>-sample_fmts</code> to get a list
|
||
of supported sample formats.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-af <var>filtergraph</var> (<em>output</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Create the filtergraph specified by <var>filtergraph</var> and use it to
|
||
filter the stream.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>This is an alias for <code>-filter:a</code>, see the <a href="#filter_005foption">-filter option</a>.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
|
||
<a name="Advanced-Audio-options"></a>
|
||
<h3 class="section">5.8 Advanced Audio options<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Advanced-Audio-options" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Advanced-Audio-options" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h3>
|
||
|
||
<dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-atag <var>fourcc/tag</var> (<em>output</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Force audio tag/fourcc. This is an alias for <code>-tag:a</code>.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-absf <var>bitstream_filter</var></samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Deprecated, see -bsf
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-guess_layout_max <var>channels</var> (<em>input,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>If some input channel layout is not known, try to guess only if it
|
||
corresponds to at most the specified number of channels. For example, 2
|
||
tells to <code>ffmpeg</code> to recognize 1 channel as mono and 2 channels as
|
||
stereo but not 6 channels as 5.1. The default is to always try to guess. Use
|
||
0 to disable all guessing.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
|
||
<a name="Subtitle-options"></a>
|
||
<h3 class="section">5.9 Subtitle options<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Subtitle-options" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Subtitle-options" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h3>
|
||
|
||
<dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-scodec <var>codec</var> (<em>input/output</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Set the subtitle codec. This is an alias for <code>-codec:s</code>.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-sn (<em>input/output</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>As an input option, blocks all subtitle streams of a file from being filtered or
|
||
being automatically selected or mapped for any output. See <code>-discard</code>
|
||
option to disable streams individually.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>As an output option, disables subtitle recording i.e. automatic selection or
|
||
mapping of any subtitle stream. For full manual control see the <code>-map</code>
|
||
option.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-sbsf <var>bitstream_filter</var></samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Deprecated, see -bsf
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
|
||
<a name="Advanced-Subtitle-options"></a>
|
||
<h3 class="section">5.10 Advanced Subtitle options<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Advanced-Subtitle-options" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Advanced-Subtitle-options" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h3>
|
||
|
||
<dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-fix_sub_duration</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Fix subtitles durations. For each subtitle, wait for the next packet in the
|
||
same stream and adjust the duration of the first to avoid overlap. This is
|
||
necessary with some subtitles codecs, especially DVB subtitles, because the
|
||
duration in the original packet is only a rough estimate and the end is
|
||
actually marked by an empty subtitle frame. Failing to use this option when
|
||
necessary can result in exaggerated durations or muxing failures due to
|
||
non-monotonic timestamps.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>Note that this option will delay the output of all data until the next
|
||
subtitle packet is decoded: it may increase memory consumption and latency a
|
||
lot.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-canvas_size <var>size</var></samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Set the size of the canvas used to render subtitles.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
|
||
<a name="Advanced-options"></a>
|
||
<h3 class="section">5.11 Advanced options<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Advanced-options" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Advanced-options" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h3>
|
||
|
||
<dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-map [-]<var>input_file_id</var>[:<var>stream_specifier</var>][?] | <var>[linklabel]</var> (<em>output</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd>
|
||
<p>Create one or more streams in the output file. This option has two forms for
|
||
specifying the data source(s): the first selects one or more streams from some
|
||
input file (specified with <code>-i</code>), the second takes an output from some
|
||
complex filtergraph (specified with <code>-filter_complex</code> or
|
||
<code>-filter_complex_script</code>).
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>In the first form, an output stream is created for every stream from the input
|
||
file with the index <var>input_file_id</var>. If <var>stream_specifier</var> is given,
|
||
only those streams that match the specifier are used (see the
|
||
<a href="#Stream-specifiers">Stream specifiers</a> section for the <var>stream_specifier</var> syntax).
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>A <code>-</code> character before the stream identifier creates a "negative" mapping.
|
||
It disables matching streams from already created mappings.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>A trailing <code>?</code> after the stream index will allow the map to be
|
||
optional: if the map matches no streams the map will be ignored instead
|
||
of failing. Note the map will still fail if an invalid input file index
|
||
is used; such as if the map refers to a non-existent input.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>An alternative <var>[linklabel]</var> form will map outputs from complex filter
|
||
graphs (see the <samp>-filter_complex</samp> option) to the output file.
|
||
<var>linklabel</var> must correspond to a defined output link label in the graph.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>This option may be specified multiple times, each adding more streams to the
|
||
output file. Any given input stream may also be mapped any number of times as a
|
||
source for different output streams, e.g. in order to use different encoding
|
||
options and/or filters. The streams are created in the output in the same order
|
||
in which the <code>-map</code> options are given on the commandline.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>Using this option disables the default mappings for this output file.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>Examples:
|
||
</p>
|
||
<dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span><em>map everything</em></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>To map ALL streams from the first input file to output
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i INPUT -map 0 output
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><em>select specific stream</em></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>If you have two audio streams in the first input file, these streams are
|
||
identified by <var>0:0</var> and <var>0:1</var>. You can use <code>-map</code> to select which
|
||
streams to place in an output file. For example:
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i INPUT -map 0:1 out.wav
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
<p>will map the second input stream in <samp>INPUT</samp> to the (single) output stream
|
||
in <samp>out.wav</samp>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><em>create multiple streams</em></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>To select the stream with index 2 from input file <samp>a.mov</samp> (specified by the
|
||
identifier <var>0:2</var>), and stream with index 6 from input <samp>b.mov</samp>
|
||
(specified by the identifier <var>1:6</var>), and copy them to the output file
|
||
<samp>out.mov</samp>:
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i a.mov -i b.mov -c copy -map 0:2 -map 1:6 out.mov
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><em>create multiple streams 2</em></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>To select all video and the third audio stream from an input file:
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i INPUT -map 0:v -map 0:a:2 OUTPUT
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><em>negative map</em></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>To map all the streams except the second audio, use negative mappings
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i INPUT -map 0 -map -0:a:1 OUTPUT
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><em>optional map</em></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>To map the video and audio streams from the first input, and using the
|
||
trailing <code>?</code>, ignore the audio mapping if no audio streams exist in
|
||
the first input:
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i INPUT -map 0:v -map 0:a? OUTPUT
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><em>map by language</em></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>To pick the English audio stream:
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i INPUT -map 0:m:language:eng OUTPUT
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-ignore_unknown</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Ignore input streams with unknown type instead of failing if copying
|
||
such streams is attempted.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-copy_unknown</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Allow input streams with unknown type to be copied instead of failing if copying
|
||
such streams is attempted.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-map_channel [<var>input_file_id</var>.<var>stream_specifier</var>.<var>channel_id</var>|-1][?][:<var>output_file_id</var>.<var>stream_specifier</var>]</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>This option is deprecated and will be removed. It can be replaced by the
|
||
<var>pan</var> filter. In some cases it may be easier to use some combination of the
|
||
<var>channelsplit</var>, <var>channelmap</var>, or <var>amerge</var> filters.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>Map an audio channel from a given input to an output. If
|
||
<var>output_file_id</var>.<var>stream_specifier</var> is not set, the audio channel will
|
||
be mapped on all the audio streams.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>Using "-1" instead of
|
||
<var>input_file_id</var>.<var>stream_specifier</var>.<var>channel_id</var> will map a muted
|
||
channel.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>A trailing <code>?</code> will allow the map_channel to be
|
||
optional: if the map_channel matches no channel the map_channel will be ignored instead
|
||
of failing.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>For example, assuming <var>INPUT</var> is a stereo audio file, you can switch the
|
||
two audio channels with the following command:
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i INPUT -map_channel 0.0.1 -map_channel 0.0.0 OUTPUT
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
<p>If you want to mute the first channel and keep the second:
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i INPUT -map_channel -1 -map_channel 0.0.1 OUTPUT
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
<p>The order of the "-map_channel" option specifies the order of the channels in
|
||
the output stream. The output channel layout is guessed from the number of
|
||
channels mapped (mono if one "-map_channel", stereo if two, etc.). Using "-ac"
|
||
in combination of "-map_channel" makes the channel gain levels to be updated if
|
||
input and output channel layouts don’t match (for instance two "-map_channel"
|
||
options and "-ac 6").
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>You can also extract each channel of an input to specific outputs; the following
|
||
command extracts two channels of the <var>INPUT</var> audio stream (file 0, stream 0)
|
||
to the respective <var>OUTPUT_CH0</var> and <var>OUTPUT_CH1</var> outputs:
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i INPUT -map_channel 0.0.0 OUTPUT_CH0 -map_channel 0.0.1 OUTPUT_CH1
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
<p>The following example splits the channels of a stereo input into two separate
|
||
streams, which are put into the same output file:
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i stereo.wav -map 0:0 -map 0:0 -map_channel 0.0.0:0.0 -map_channel 0.0.1:0.1 -y out.ogg
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
<p>Note that currently each output stream can only contain channels from a single
|
||
input stream; you can’t for example use "-map_channel" to pick multiple input
|
||
audio channels contained in different streams (from the same or different files)
|
||
and merge them into a single output stream. It is therefore not currently
|
||
possible, for example, to turn two separate mono streams into a single stereo
|
||
stream. However splitting a stereo stream into two single channel mono streams
|
||
is possible.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>If you need this feature, a possible workaround is to use the <em>amerge</em>
|
||
filter. For example, if you need to merge a media (here <samp>input.mkv</samp>) with 2
|
||
mono audio streams into one single stereo channel audio stream (and keep the
|
||
video stream), you can use the following command:
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i input.mkv -filter_complex "[0:1] [0:2] amerge" -c:a pcm_s16le -c:v copy output.mkv
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
<p>To map the first two audio channels from the first input, and using the
|
||
trailing <code>?</code>, ignore the audio channel mapping if the first input is
|
||
mono instead of stereo:
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i INPUT -map_channel 0.0.0 -map_channel 0.0.1? OUTPUT
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-map_metadata[:<var>metadata_spec_out</var>] <var>infile</var>[:<var>metadata_spec_in</var>] (<em>output,per-metadata</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Set metadata information of the next output file from <var>infile</var>. Note that
|
||
those are file indices (zero-based), not filenames.
|
||
Optional <var>metadata_spec_in/out</var> parameters specify, which metadata to copy.
|
||
A metadata specifier can have the following forms:
|
||
</p><dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span><samp><var>g</var></samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>global metadata, i.e. metadata that applies to the whole file
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp><var>s</var>[:<var>stream_spec</var>]</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>per-stream metadata. <var>stream_spec</var> is a stream specifier as described
|
||
in the <a href="#Stream-specifiers">Stream specifiers</a> chapter. In an input metadata specifier, the first
|
||
matching stream is copied from. In an output metadata specifier, all matching
|
||
streams are copied to.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp><var>c</var>:<var>chapter_index</var></samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>per-chapter metadata. <var>chapter_index</var> is the zero-based chapter index.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp><var>p</var>:<var>program_index</var></samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>per-program metadata. <var>program_index</var> is the zero-based program index.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
<p>If metadata specifier is omitted, it defaults to global.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>By default, global metadata is copied from the first input file,
|
||
per-stream and per-chapter metadata is copied along with streams/chapters. These
|
||
default mappings are disabled by creating any mapping of the relevant type. A negative
|
||
file index can be used to create a dummy mapping that just disables automatic copying.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>For example to copy metadata from the first stream of the input file to global metadata
|
||
of the output file:
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i in.ogg -map_metadata 0:s:0 out.mp3
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
<p>To do the reverse, i.e. copy global metadata to all audio streams:
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i in.mkv -map_metadata:s:a 0:g out.mkv
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
<p>Note that simple <code>0</code> would work as well in this example, since global
|
||
metadata is assumed by default.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-map_chapters <var>input_file_index</var> (<em>output</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Copy chapters from input file with index <var>input_file_index</var> to the next
|
||
output file. If no chapter mapping is specified, then chapters are copied from
|
||
the first input file with at least one chapter. Use a negative file index to
|
||
disable any chapter copying.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-benchmark (<em>global</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Show benchmarking information at the end of an encode.
|
||
Shows real, system and user time used and maximum memory consumption.
|
||
Maximum memory consumption is not supported on all systems,
|
||
it will usually display as 0 if not supported.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-benchmark_all (<em>global</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Show benchmarking information during the encode.
|
||
Shows real, system and user time used in various steps (audio/video encode/decode).
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-timelimit <var>duration</var> (<em>global</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Exit after ffmpeg has been running for <var>duration</var> seconds in CPU user time.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-dump (<em>global</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Dump each input packet to stderr.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-hex (<em>global</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>When dumping packets, also dump the payload.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-readrate <var>speed</var> (<em>input</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Limit input read speed.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>Its value is a floating-point positive number which represents the maximum duration of
|
||
media, in seconds, that should be ingested in one second of wallclock time.
|
||
Default value is zero and represents no imposed limitation on speed of ingestion.
|
||
Value <code>1</code> represents real-time speed and is equivalent to <code>-re</code>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>Mainly used to simulate a capture device or live input stream (e.g. when reading from a file).
|
||
Should not be used with a low value when input is an actual capture device or live stream as
|
||
it may cause packet loss.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>It is useful for when flow speed of output packets is important, such as live streaming.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-re (<em>input</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Read input at native frame rate. This is equivalent to setting <code>-readrate 1</code>.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-readrate_initial_burst <var>seconds</var></samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Set an initial read burst time, in seconds, after which <samp>-re/-readrate</samp>
|
||
will be enforced.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-vsync <var>parameter</var> (<em>global</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-fps_mode[:<var>stream_specifier</var>] <var>parameter</var> (<em>output,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Set video sync method / framerate mode. vsync is applied to all output video streams
|
||
but can be overridden for a stream by setting fps_mode. vsync is deprecated and will be
|
||
removed in the future.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>For compatibility reasons some of the values for vsync can be specified as numbers (shown
|
||
in parentheses in the following table).
|
||
</p>
|
||
<dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span><samp>passthrough (0)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Each frame is passed with its timestamp from the demuxer to the muxer.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>cfr (1)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Frames will be duplicated and dropped to achieve exactly the requested
|
||
constant frame rate.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>vfr (2)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Frames are passed through with their timestamp or dropped so as to
|
||
prevent 2 frames from having the same timestamp.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>drop</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>As passthrough but destroys all timestamps, making the muxer generate
|
||
fresh timestamps based on frame-rate.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>auto (-1)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Chooses between cfr and vfr depending on muxer capabilities. This is the
|
||
default method.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
|
||
<p>Note that the timestamps may be further modified by the muxer, after this.
|
||
For example, in the case that the format option <samp>avoid_negative_ts</samp>
|
||
is enabled.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>With -map you can select from which stream the timestamps should be
|
||
taken. You can leave either video or audio unchanged and sync the
|
||
remaining stream(s) to the unchanged one.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-frame_drop_threshold <var>parameter</var></samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Frame drop threshold, which specifies how much behind video frames can
|
||
be before they are dropped. In frame rate units, so 1.0 is one frame.
|
||
The default is -1.1. One possible usecase is to avoid framedrops in case
|
||
of noisy timestamps or to increase frame drop precision in case of exact
|
||
timestamps.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-apad <var>parameters</var> (<em>output,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Pad the output audio stream(s). This is the same as applying <code>-af apad</code>.
|
||
Argument is a string of filter parameters composed the same as with the <code>apad</code> filter.
|
||
<code>-shortest</code> must be set for this output for the option to take effect.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-copyts</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Do not process input timestamps, but keep their values without trying
|
||
to sanitize them. In particular, do not remove the initial start time
|
||
offset value.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>Note that, depending on the <samp>vsync</samp> option or on specific muxer
|
||
processing (e.g. in case the format option <samp>avoid_negative_ts</samp>
|
||
is enabled) the output timestamps may mismatch with the input
|
||
timestamps even when this option is selected.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-start_at_zero</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>When used with <samp>copyts</samp>, shift input timestamps so they start at zero.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>This means that using e.g. <code>-ss 50</code> will make output timestamps start at
|
||
50 seconds, regardless of what timestamp the input file started at.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-copytb <var>mode</var></samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Specify how to set the encoder timebase when stream copying. <var>mode</var> is an
|
||
integer numeric value, and can assume one of the following values:
|
||
</p>
|
||
<dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span><samp>1</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Use the demuxer timebase.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>The time base is copied to the output encoder from the corresponding input
|
||
demuxer. This is sometimes required to avoid non monotonically increasing
|
||
timestamps when copying video streams with variable frame rate.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>0</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Use the decoder timebase.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>The time base is copied to the output encoder from the corresponding input
|
||
decoder.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-1</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Try to make the choice automatically, in order to generate a sane output.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
|
||
<p>Default value is -1.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-enc_time_base[:<var>stream_specifier</var>] <var>timebase</var> (<em>output,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Set the encoder timebase. <var>timebase</var> can assume one of the following values:
|
||
</p>
|
||
<dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span><samp>0</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Assign a default value according to the media type.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>For video - use 1/framerate, for audio - use 1/samplerate.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>demux</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Use the timebase from the demuxer.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>filter</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Use the timebase from the filtergraph.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>a positive number</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Use the provided number as the timebase.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>This field can be provided as a ratio of two integers (e.g. 1:24, 1:48000)
|
||
or as a decimal number (e.g. 0.04166, 2.0833e-5)
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
|
||
<p>Default value is 0.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-bitexact (<em>input/output</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Enable bitexact mode for (de)muxer and (de/en)coder
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-shortest (<em>output</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Finish encoding when the shortest output stream ends.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>Note that this option may require buffering frames, which introduces extra
|
||
latency. The maximum amount of this latency may be controlled with the
|
||
<code>-shortest_buf_duration</code> option.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-shortest_buf_duration <var>duration</var> (<em>output</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>The <code>-shortest</code> option may require buffering potentially large amounts
|
||
of data when at least one of the streams is "sparse" (i.e. has large gaps
|
||
between frames – this is typically the case for subtitles).
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>This option controls the maximum duration of buffered frames in seconds.
|
||
Larger values may allow the <code>-shortest</code> option to produce more accurate
|
||
results, but increase memory use and latency.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>The default value is 10 seconds.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-dts_delta_threshold <var>threshold</var></samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Timestamp discontinuity delta threshold, expressed as a decimal number
|
||
of seconds.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>The timestamp discontinuity correction enabled by this option is only
|
||
applied to input formats accepting timestamp discontinuity (for which
|
||
the <code>AV_FMT_DISCONT</code> flag is enabled), e.g. MPEG-TS and HLS, and
|
||
is automatically disabled when employing the <code>-copy_ts</code> option
|
||
(unless wrapping is detected).
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>If a timestamp discontinuity is detected whose absolute value is
|
||
greater than <var>threshold</var>, ffmpeg will remove the discontinuity by
|
||
decreasing/increasing the current DTS and PTS by the corresponding
|
||
delta value.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>The default value is 10.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-dts_error_threshold <var>threshold</var></samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Timestamp error delta threshold, expressed as a decimal number of
|
||
seconds.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>The timestamp correction enabled by this option is only applied to
|
||
input formats not accepting timestamp discontinuity (for which the
|
||
<code>AV_FMT_DISCONT</code> flag is not enabled).
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>If a timestamp discontinuity is detected whose absolute value is
|
||
greater than <var>threshold</var>, ffmpeg will drop the PTS/DTS timestamp
|
||
value.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>The default value is <code>3600*30</code> (30 hours), which is arbitrarily
|
||
picked and quite conservative.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-muxdelay <var>seconds</var> (<em>output</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Set the maximum demux-decode delay.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-muxpreload <var>seconds</var> (<em>output</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Set the initial demux-decode delay.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-streamid <var>output-stream-index</var>:<var>new-value</var> (<em>output</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Assign a new stream-id value to an output stream. This option should be
|
||
specified prior to the output filename to which it applies.
|
||
For the situation where multiple output files exist, a streamid
|
||
may be reassigned to a different value.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>For example, to set the stream 0 PID to 33 and the stream 1 PID to 36 for
|
||
an output mpegts file:
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i inurl -streamid 0:33 -streamid 1:36 out.ts
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-bsf[:<var>stream_specifier</var>] <var>bitstream_filters</var> (<em>output,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Set bitstream filters for matching streams. <var>bitstream_filters</var> is
|
||
a comma-separated list of bitstream filters. Use the <code>-bsfs</code> option
|
||
to get the list of bitstream filters.
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i h264.mp4 -c:v copy -bsf:v h264_mp4toannexb -an out.h264
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
<div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i file.mov -an -vn -bsf:s mov2textsub -c:s copy -f rawvideo sub.txt
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-tag[:<var>stream_specifier</var>] <var>codec_tag</var> (<em>input/output,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Force a tag/fourcc for matching streams.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-timecode <var>hh</var>:<var>mm</var>:<var>ss</var>SEP<var>ff</var></samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Specify Timecode for writing. <var>SEP</var> is ’:’ for non drop timecode and ’;’
|
||
(or ’.’) for drop.
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i input.mpg -timecode 01:02:03.04 -r 30000/1001 -s ntsc output.mpg
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
<span id="filter_005fcomplex_005foption"></span></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-filter_complex <var>filtergraph</var> (<em>global</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Define a complex filtergraph, i.e. one with arbitrary number of inputs and/or
|
||
outputs. For simple graphs – those with one input and one output of the same
|
||
type – see the <samp>-filter</samp> options. <var>filtergraph</var> is a description of
|
||
the filtergraph, as described in the “Filtergraph syntax” section of the
|
||
ffmpeg-filters manual.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>Input link labels must refer to input streams using the
|
||
<code>[file_index:stream_specifier]</code> syntax (i.e. the same as <samp>-map</samp>
|
||
uses). If <var>stream_specifier</var> matches multiple streams, the first one will be
|
||
used. An unlabeled input will be connected to the first unused input stream of
|
||
the matching type.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>Output link labels are referred to with <samp>-map</samp>. Unlabeled outputs are
|
||
added to the first output file.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>Note that with this option it is possible to use only lavfi sources without
|
||
normal input files.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>For example, to overlay an image over video
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i video.mkv -i image.png -filter_complex '[0:v][1:v]overlay[out]' -map
|
||
'[out]' out.mkv
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
<p>Here <code>[0:v]</code> refers to the first video stream in the first input file,
|
||
which is linked to the first (main) input of the overlay filter. Similarly the
|
||
first video stream in the second input is linked to the second (overlay) input
|
||
of overlay.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>Assuming there is only one video stream in each input file, we can omit input
|
||
labels, so the above is equivalent to
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i video.mkv -i image.png -filter_complex 'overlay[out]' -map
|
||
'[out]' out.mkv
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
<p>Furthermore we can omit the output label and the single output from the filter
|
||
graph will be added to the output file automatically, so we can simply write
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i video.mkv -i image.png -filter_complex 'overlay' out.mkv
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
<p>As a special exception, you can use a bitmap subtitle stream as input: it
|
||
will be converted into a video with the same size as the largest video in
|
||
the file, or 720x576 if no video is present. Note that this is an
|
||
experimental and temporary solution. It will be removed once libavfilter has
|
||
proper support for subtitles.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>For example, to hardcode subtitles on top of a DVB-T recording stored in
|
||
MPEG-TS format, delaying the subtitles by 1 second:
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i input.ts -filter_complex \
|
||
'[#0x2ef] setpts=PTS+1/TB [sub] ; [#0x2d0] [sub] overlay' \
|
||
-sn -map '#0x2dc' output.mkv
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
<p>(0x2d0, 0x2dc and 0x2ef are the MPEG-TS PIDs of respectively the video,
|
||
audio and subtitles streams; 0:0, 0:3 and 0:7 would have worked too)
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>To generate 5 seconds of pure red video using lavfi <code>color</code> source:
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -filter_complex 'color=c=red' -t 5 out.mkv
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-filter_complex_threads <var>nb_threads</var> (<em>global</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Defines how many threads are used to process a filter_complex graph.
|
||
Similar to filter_threads but used for <code>-filter_complex</code> graphs only.
|
||
The default is the number of available CPUs.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-lavfi <var>filtergraph</var> (<em>global</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Define a complex filtergraph, i.e. one with arbitrary number of inputs and/or
|
||
outputs. Equivalent to <samp>-filter_complex</samp>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<span id="filter_005fcomplex_005fscript-option"></span></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-filter_complex_script <var>filename</var> (<em>global</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>This option is similar to <samp>-filter_complex</samp>, the only difference is that
|
||
its argument is the name of the file from which a complex filtergraph
|
||
description is to be read.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-accurate_seek (<em>input</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>This option enables or disables accurate seeking in input files with the
|
||
<samp>-ss</samp> option. It is enabled by default, so seeking is accurate when
|
||
transcoding. Use <samp>-noaccurate_seek</samp> to disable it, which may be useful
|
||
e.g. when copying some streams and transcoding the others.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-seek_timestamp (<em>input</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>This option enables or disables seeking by timestamp in input files with the
|
||
<samp>-ss</samp> option. It is disabled by default. If enabled, the argument
|
||
to the <samp>-ss</samp> option is considered an actual timestamp, and is not
|
||
offset by the start time of the file. This matters only for files which do
|
||
not start from timestamp 0, such as transport streams.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-thread_queue_size <var>size</var> (<em>input/output</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>For input, this option sets the maximum number of queued packets when reading
|
||
from the file or device. With low latency / high rate live streams, packets may
|
||
be discarded if they are not read in a timely manner; setting this value can
|
||
force ffmpeg to use a separate input thread and read packets as soon as they
|
||
arrive. By default ffmpeg only does this if multiple inputs are specified.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>For output, this option specified the maximum number of packets that may be
|
||
queued to each muxing thread.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-sdp_file <var>file</var> (<em>global</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Print sdp information for an output stream to <var>file</var>.
|
||
This allows dumping sdp information when at least one output isn’t an
|
||
rtp stream. (Requires at least one of the output formats to be rtp).
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-discard (<em>input</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Allows discarding specific streams or frames from streams.
|
||
Any input stream can be fully discarded, using value <code>all</code> whereas
|
||
selective discarding of frames from a stream occurs at the demuxer
|
||
and is not supported by all demuxers.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span><samp>none</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Discard no frame.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>default</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Default, which discards no frames.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>noref</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Discard all non-reference frames.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>bidir</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Discard all bidirectional frames.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>nokey</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Discard all frames excepts keyframes.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>all</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Discard all frames.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-abort_on <var>flags</var> (<em>global</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Stop and abort on various conditions. The following flags are available:
|
||
</p>
|
||
<dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span><samp>empty_output</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>No packets were passed to the muxer, the output is empty.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>empty_output_stream</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>No packets were passed to the muxer in some of the output streams.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-max_error_rate (<em>global</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Set fraction of decoding frame failures across all inputs which when crossed
|
||
ffmpeg will return exit code 69. Crossing this threshold does not terminate
|
||
processing. Range is a floating-point number between 0 to 1. Default is 2/3.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-xerror (<em>global</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Stop and exit on error
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-max_muxing_queue_size <var>packets</var> (<em>output,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>When transcoding audio and/or video streams, ffmpeg will not begin writing into
|
||
the output until it has one packet for each such stream. While waiting for that
|
||
to happen, packets for other streams are buffered. This option sets the size of
|
||
this buffer, in packets, for the matching output stream.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>The default value of this option should be high enough for most uses, so only
|
||
touch this option if you are sure that you need it.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-muxing_queue_data_threshold <var>bytes</var> (<em>output,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>This is a minimum threshold until which the muxing queue size is not taken into
|
||
account. Defaults to 50 megabytes per stream, and is based on the overall size
|
||
of packets passed to the muxer.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-auto_conversion_filters (<em>global</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Enable automatically inserting format conversion filters in all filter
|
||
graphs, including those defined by <samp>-vf</samp>, <samp>-af</samp>,
|
||
<samp>-filter_complex</samp> and <samp>-lavfi</samp>. If filter format negotiation
|
||
requires a conversion, the initialization of the filters will fail.
|
||
Conversions can still be performed by inserting the relevant conversion
|
||
filter (scale, aresample) in the graph.
|
||
On by default, to explicitly disable it you need to specify
|
||
<code>-noauto_conversion_filters</code>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-bits_per_raw_sample[:<var>stream_specifier</var>] <var>value</var> (<em>output,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Declare the number of bits per raw sample in the given output stream to be
|
||
<var>value</var>. Note that this option sets the information provided to the
|
||
encoder/muxer, it does not change the stream to conform to this value. Setting
|
||
values that do not match the stream properties may result in encoding failures
|
||
or invalid output files.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<span id="stats_005fenc_005foptions"></span></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-stats_enc_pre[:<var>stream_specifier</var>] <var>path</var> (<em>output,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-stats_enc_post[:<var>stream_specifier</var>] <var>path</var> (<em>output,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-stats_mux_pre[:<var>stream_specifier</var>] <var>path</var> (<em>output,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Write per-frame encoding information about the matching streams into the file
|
||
given by <var>path</var>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p><samp>-stats_enc_pre</samp> writes information about raw video or audio frames right
|
||
before they are sent for encoding, while <samp>-stats_enc_post</samp> writes
|
||
information about encoded packets as they are received from the encoder.
|
||
<samp>-stats_mux_pre</samp> writes information about packets just as they are about to
|
||
be sent to the muxer. Every frame or packet produces one line in the specified
|
||
file. The format of this line is controlled by <samp>-stats_enc_pre_fmt</samp> /
|
||
<samp>-stats_enc_post_fmt</samp> / <samp>-stats_mux_pre_fmt</samp>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>When stats for multiple streams are written into a single file, the lines
|
||
corresponding to different streams will be interleaved. The precise order of
|
||
this interleaving is not specified and not guaranteed to remain stable between
|
||
different invocations of the program, even with the same options.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-stats_enc_pre_fmt[:<var>stream_specifier</var>] <var>format_spec</var> (<em>output,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-stats_enc_post_fmt[:<var>stream_specifier</var>] <var>format_spec</var> (<em>output,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>-stats_mux_pre_fmt[:<var>stream_specifier</var>] <var>format_spec</var> (<em>output,per-stream</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Specify the format for the lines written with <samp>-stats_enc_pre</samp> /
|
||
<samp>-stats_enc_post</samp> / <samp>-stats_mux_pre</samp>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p><var>format_spec</var> is a string that may contain directives of the form
|
||
<var>{fmt}</var>. <var>format_spec</var> is backslash-escaped — use \{, \}, and \\
|
||
to write a literal {, }, or \, respectively, into the output.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>The directives given with <var>fmt</var> may be one of the following:
|
||
</p><dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span><samp>fidx</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Index of the output file.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>sidx</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Index of the output stream in the file.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>n</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Frame number. Pre-encoding: number of frames sent to the encoder so far.
|
||
Post-encoding: number of packets received from the encoder so far.
|
||
Muxing: number of packets submitted to the muxer for this stream so far.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>ni</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Input frame number. Index of the input frame (i.e. output by a decoder) that
|
||
corresponds to this output frame or packet. -1 if unavailable.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>tb</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Timebase in which this frame/packet’s timestamps are expressed, as a rational
|
||
number <var>num/den</var>. Note that encoder and muxer may use different timebases.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>tbi</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Timebase for <var>ptsi</var>, as a rational number <var>num/den</var>. Available when
|
||
<var>ptsi</var> is available, <var>0/1</var> otherwise.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>pts</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Presentation timestamp of the frame or packet, as an integer. Should be
|
||
multiplied by the timebase to compute presentation time.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>ptsi</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Presentation timestamp of the input frame (see <var>ni</var>), as an integer. Should
|
||
be multiplied by <var>tbi</var> to compute presentation time. Printed as
|
||
(2^63 - 1 = 9223372036854775807) when not available.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>t</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Presentation time of the frame or packet, as a decimal number. Equal to
|
||
<var>pts</var> multiplied by <var>tb</var>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>ti</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Presentation time of the input frame (see <var>ni</var>), as a decimal number. Equal
|
||
to <var>ptsi</var> multiplied by <var>tbi</var>. Printed as inf when not available.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>dts (<em>packet</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Decoding timestamp of the packet, as an integer. Should be multiplied by the
|
||
timebase to compute presentation time.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>dt (<em>packet</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Decoding time of the frame or packet, as a decimal number. Equal to
|
||
<var>dts</var> multiplied by <var>tb</var>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>sn (<em>frame,audio</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Number of audio samples sent to the encoder so far.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>samp (<em>frame,audio</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Number of audio samples in the frame.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>size (<em>packet</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Size of the encoded packet in bytes.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>br (<em>packet</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Current bitrate in bits per second. Post-encoding only.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>abr (<em>packet</em>)</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Average bitrate for the whole stream so far, in bits per second, -1 if it cannot
|
||
be determined at this point. Post-encoding only.
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
|
||
<p>Directives tagged with <em>packet</em> may only be used with
|
||
<samp>-stats_enc_post_fmt</samp> and <samp>-stats_mux_pre_fmt</samp>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>Directives tagged with <em>frame</em> may only be used with
|
||
<samp>-stats_enc_pre_fmt</samp>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>Directives tagged with <em>audio</em> may only be used with audio streams.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>The default format strings are:
|
||
</p><dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span><samp>pre-encoding</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>{fidx} {sidx} {n} {t}
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>post-encoding</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>{fidx} {sidx} {n} {t}
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
<p>In the future, new items may be added to the end of the default formatting
|
||
strings. Users who depend on the format staying exactly the same, should
|
||
prescribe it manually.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>Note that stats for different streams written into the same file may have
|
||
different formats.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
|
||
<a name="Preset-files"></a>
|
||
<h3 class="section">5.12 Preset files<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Preset-files" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Preset-files" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h3>
|
||
<p>A preset file contains a sequence of <var>option</var>=<var>value</var> pairs,
|
||
one for each line, specifying a sequence of options which would be
|
||
awkward to specify on the command line. Lines starting with the hash
|
||
(’#’) character are ignored and are used to provide comments. Check
|
||
the <samp>presets</samp> directory in the FFmpeg source tree for examples.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>There are two types of preset files: ffpreset and avpreset files.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<a name="ffpreset-files"></a>
|
||
<h4 class="subsection">5.12.1 ffpreset files<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#ffpreset-files" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-ffpreset-files" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h4>
|
||
<p>ffpreset files are specified with the <code>vpre</code>, <code>apre</code>,
|
||
<code>spre</code>, and <code>fpre</code> options. The <code>fpre</code> option takes the
|
||
filename of the preset instead of a preset name as input and can be
|
||
used for any kind of codec. For the <code>vpre</code>, <code>apre</code>, and
|
||
<code>spre</code> options, the options specified in a preset file are
|
||
applied to the currently selected codec of the same type as the preset
|
||
option.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>The argument passed to the <code>vpre</code>, <code>apre</code>, and <code>spre</code>
|
||
preset options identifies the preset file to use according to the
|
||
following rules:
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>First ffmpeg searches for a file named <var>arg</var>.ffpreset in the
|
||
directories <samp>$FFMPEG_DATADIR</samp> (if set), and <samp>$HOME/.ffmpeg</samp>, and in
|
||
the datadir defined at configuration time (usually <samp>PREFIX/share/ffmpeg</samp>)
|
||
or in a <samp>ffpresets</samp> folder along the executable on win32,
|
||
in that order. For example, if the argument is <code>libvpx-1080p</code>, it will
|
||
search for the file <samp>libvpx-1080p.ffpreset</samp>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>If no such file is found, then ffmpeg will search for a file named
|
||
<var>codec_name</var>-<var>arg</var>.ffpreset in the above-mentioned
|
||
directories, where <var>codec_name</var> is the name of the codec to which
|
||
the preset file options will be applied. For example, if you select
|
||
the video codec with <code>-vcodec libvpx</code> and use <code>-vpre 1080p</code>,
|
||
then it will search for the file <samp>libvpx-1080p.ffpreset</samp>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<a name="avpreset-files"></a>
|
||
<h4 class="subsection">5.12.2 avpreset files<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#avpreset-files" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-avpreset-files" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h4>
|
||
<p>avpreset files are specified with the <code>pre</code> option. They work similar to
|
||
ffpreset files, but they only allow encoder- specific options. Therefore, an
|
||
<var>option</var>=<var>value</var> pair specifying an encoder cannot be used.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>When the <code>pre</code> option is specified, ffmpeg will look for files with the
|
||
suffix .avpreset in the directories <samp>$AVCONV_DATADIR</samp> (if set), and
|
||
<samp>$HOME/.avconv</samp>, and in the datadir defined at configuration time (usually
|
||
<samp>PREFIX/share/ffmpeg</samp>), in that order.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>First ffmpeg searches for a file named <var>codec_name</var>-<var>arg</var>.avpreset in
|
||
the above-mentioned directories, where <var>codec_name</var> is the name of the codec
|
||
to which the preset file options will be applied. For example, if you select the
|
||
video codec with <code>-vcodec libvpx</code> and use <code>-pre 1080p</code>, then it will
|
||
search for the file <samp>libvpx-1080p.avpreset</samp>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>If no such file is found, then ffmpeg will search for a file named
|
||
<var>arg</var>.avpreset in the same directories.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<span id="vstats_005ffile_005fformat"></span><a name="vstats-file-format"></a>
|
||
<h3 class="section">5.13 vstats file format<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#vstats-file-format" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-vstats-file-format" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h3>
|
||
<p>The <code>-vstats</code> and <code>-vstats_file</code> options enable generation of a file
|
||
containing statistics about the generated video outputs.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>The <code>-vstats_version</code> option controls the format version of the generated
|
||
file.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>With version <code>1</code> the format is:
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">frame= <var>FRAME</var> q= <var>FRAME_QUALITY</var> PSNR= <var>PSNR</var> f_size= <var>FRAME_SIZE</var> s_size= <var>STREAM_SIZE</var>kB time= <var>TIMESTAMP</var> br= <var>BITRATE</var>kbits/s avg_br= <var>AVERAGE_BITRATE</var>kbits/s
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
<p>With version <code>2</code> the format is:
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">out= <var>OUT_FILE_INDEX</var> st= <var>OUT_FILE_STREAM_INDEX</var> frame= <var>FRAME_NUMBER</var> q= <var>FRAME_QUALITY</var>f PSNR= <var>PSNR</var> f_size= <var>FRAME_SIZE</var> s_size= <var>STREAM_SIZE</var>kB time= <var>TIMESTAMP</var> br= <var>BITRATE</var>kbits/s avg_br= <var>AVERAGE_BITRATE</var>kbits/s
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
<p>The value corresponding to each key is described below:
|
||
</p><dl compact="compact">
|
||
<dt><span><samp>avg_br</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>average bitrate expressed in Kbits/s
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>br</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>bitrate expressed in Kbits/s
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>frame</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>number of encoded frame
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>out</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>out file index
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>PSNR</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>Peak Signal to Noise Ratio
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>q</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>quality of the frame
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>f_size</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>encoded packet size expressed as number of bytes
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>s_size</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>stream size expressed in KiB
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>st</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>out file stream index
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>time</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>time of the packet
|
||
</p>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
<dt><span><samp>type</samp></span></dt>
|
||
<dd><p>picture type
|
||
</p></dd>
|
||
</dl>
|
||
|
||
<p>See also the <a href="#stats_005fenc_005foptions">-stats_enc options</a> for an alternative way
|
||
to show encoding statistics.
|
||
</p>
|
||
|
||
<a name="Examples-1"></a>
|
||
<h2 class="chapter">6 Examples<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Examples-1" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Examples-1" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h2>
|
||
|
||
<a name="Video-and-Audio-grabbing"></a>
|
||
<h3 class="section">6.1 Video and Audio grabbing<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Video-and-Audio-grabbing" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Video-and-Audio-grabbing" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h3>
|
||
|
||
<p>If you specify the input format and device then ffmpeg can grab video
|
||
and audio directly.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -f oss -i /dev/dsp -f video4linux2 -i /dev/video0 /tmp/out.mpg
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
<p>Or with an ALSA audio source (mono input, card id 1) instead of OSS:
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -f alsa -ac 1 -i hw:1 -f video4linux2 -i /dev/video0 /tmp/out.mpg
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
<p>Note that you must activate the right video source and channel before
|
||
launching ffmpeg with any TV viewer such as
|
||
<a href="http://linux.bytesex.org/xawtv/">xawtv</a> by Gerd Knorr. You also
|
||
have to set the audio recording levels correctly with a
|
||
standard mixer.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<a name="X11-grabbing"></a>
|
||
<h3 class="section">6.2 X11 grabbing<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#X11-grabbing" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-X11-grabbing" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h3>
|
||
|
||
<p>Grab the X11 display with ffmpeg via
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -f x11grab -video_size cif -framerate 25 -i :0.0 /tmp/out.mpg
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
<p>0.0 is display.screen number of your X11 server, same as
|
||
the DISPLAY environment variable.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -f x11grab -video_size cif -framerate 25 -i :0.0+10,20 /tmp/out.mpg
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
<p>0.0 is display.screen number of your X11 server, same as the DISPLAY environment
|
||
variable. 10 is the x-offset and 20 the y-offset for the grabbing.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<a name="Video-and-Audio-file-format-conversion"></a>
|
||
<h3 class="section">6.3 Video and Audio file format conversion<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Video-and-Audio-file-format-conversion" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Video-and-Audio-file-format-conversion" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h3>
|
||
|
||
<p>Any supported file format and protocol can serve as input to ffmpeg:
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>Examples:
|
||
</p><ul>
|
||
<li> You can use YUV files as input:
|
||
|
||
<div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i /tmp/test%d.Y /tmp/out.mpg
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
<p>It will use the files:
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">/tmp/test0.Y, /tmp/test0.U, /tmp/test0.V,
|
||
/tmp/test1.Y, /tmp/test1.U, /tmp/test1.V, etc...
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
<p>The Y files use twice the resolution of the U and V files. They are
|
||
raw files, without header. They can be generated by all decent video
|
||
decoders. You must specify the size of the image with the <samp>-s</samp> option
|
||
if ffmpeg cannot guess it.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</li><li> You can input from a raw YUV420P file:
|
||
|
||
<div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i /tmp/test.yuv /tmp/out.avi
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
<p>test.yuv is a file containing raw YUV planar data. Each frame is composed
|
||
of the Y plane followed by the U and V planes at half vertical and
|
||
horizontal resolution.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</li><li> You can output to a raw YUV420P file:
|
||
|
||
<div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i mydivx.avi hugefile.yuv
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
</li><li> You can set several input files and output files:
|
||
|
||
<div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i /tmp/a.wav -s 640x480 -i /tmp/a.yuv /tmp/a.mpg
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
<p>Converts the audio file a.wav and the raw YUV video file a.yuv
|
||
to MPEG file a.mpg.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</li><li> You can also do audio and video conversions at the same time:
|
||
|
||
<div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i /tmp/a.wav -ar 22050 /tmp/a.mp2
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
<p>Converts a.wav to MPEG audio at 22050 Hz sample rate.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</li><li> You can encode to several formats at the same time and define a
|
||
mapping from input stream to output streams:
|
||
|
||
<div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i /tmp/a.wav -map 0:a -b:a 64k /tmp/a.mp2 -map 0:a -b:a 128k /tmp/b.mp2
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
<p>Converts a.wav to a.mp2 at 64 kbits and to b.mp2 at 128 kbits. ’-map
|
||
file:index’ specifies which input stream is used for each output
|
||
stream, in the order of the definition of output streams.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</li><li> You can transcode decrypted VOBs:
|
||
|
||
<div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i snatch_1.vob -f avi -c:v mpeg4 -b:v 800k -g 300 -bf 2 -c:a libmp3lame -b:a 128k snatch.avi
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
<p>This is a typical DVD ripping example; the input is a VOB file, the
|
||
output an AVI file with MPEG-4 video and MP3 audio. Note that in this
|
||
command we use B-frames so the MPEG-4 stream is DivX5 compatible, and
|
||
GOP size is 300 which means one intra frame every 10 seconds for 29.97fps
|
||
input video. Furthermore, the audio stream is MP3-encoded so you need
|
||
to enable LAME support by passing <code>--enable-libmp3lame</code> to configure.
|
||
The mapping is particularly useful for DVD transcoding
|
||
to get the desired audio language.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>NOTE: To see the supported input formats, use <code>ffmpeg -demuxers</code>.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</li><li> You can extract images from a video, or create a video from many images:
|
||
|
||
<p>For extracting images from a video:
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i foo.avi -r 1 -s WxH -f image2 foo-%03d.jpeg
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
<p>This will extract one video frame per second from the video and will
|
||
output them in files named <samp>foo-001.jpeg</samp>, <samp>foo-002.jpeg</samp>,
|
||
etc. Images will be rescaled to fit the new WxH values.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>If you want to extract just a limited number of frames, you can use the
|
||
above command in combination with the <code>-frames:v</code> or <code>-t</code> option,
|
||
or in combination with -ss to start extracting from a certain point in time.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>For creating a video from many images:
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -f image2 -framerate 12 -i foo-%03d.jpeg -s WxH foo.avi
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
<p>The syntax <code>foo-%03d.jpeg</code> specifies to use a decimal number
|
||
composed of three digits padded with zeroes to express the sequence
|
||
number. It is the same syntax supported by the C printf function, but
|
||
only formats accepting a normal integer are suitable.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>When importing an image sequence, -i also supports expanding
|
||
shell-like wildcard patterns (globbing) internally, by selecting the
|
||
image2-specific <code>-pattern_type glob</code> option.
|
||
</p>
|
||
<p>For example, for creating a video from filenames matching the glob pattern
|
||
<code>foo-*.jpeg</code>:
|
||
</p><div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -f image2 -pattern_type glob -framerate 12 -i 'foo-*.jpeg' -s WxH foo.avi
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
</li><li> You can put many streams of the same type in the output:
|
||
|
||
<div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i test1.avi -i test2.avi -map 1:1 -map 1:0 -map 0:1 -map 0:0 -c copy -y test12.nut
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
<p>The resulting output file <samp>test12.nut</samp> will contain the first four streams
|
||
from the input files in reverse order.
|
||
</p>
|
||
</li><li> To force CBR video output:
|
||
<div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i myfile.avi -b 4000k -minrate 4000k -maxrate 4000k -bufsize 1835k out.m2v
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
</li><li> The four options lmin, lmax, mblmin and mblmax use ’lambda’ units,
|
||
but you may use the QP2LAMBDA constant to easily convert from ’q’ units:
|
||
<div class="example">
|
||
<pre class="example">ffmpeg -i src.ext -lmax 21*QP2LAMBDA dst.ext
|
||
</pre></div>
|
||
|
||
</li></ul>
|
||
|
||
|
||
<a name="See-Also"></a>
|
||
<h2 class="chapter">7 See Also<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#See-Also" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-See-Also" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h2>
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<p><a href="ffmpeg-all.html">ffmpeg-all</a>,
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<a href="ffplay.html">ffplay</a>, <a href="ffprobe.html">ffprobe</a>,
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<a href="ffmpeg-utils.html">ffmpeg-utils</a>,
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<a href="ffmpeg-scaler.html">ffmpeg-scaler</a>,
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<a href="ffmpeg-resampler.html">ffmpeg-resampler</a>,
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<a href="ffmpeg-codecs.html">ffmpeg-codecs</a>,
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<a href="ffmpeg-bitstream-filters.html">ffmpeg-bitstream-filters</a>,
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<a href="ffmpeg-formats.html">ffmpeg-formats</a>,
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<a href="ffmpeg-devices.html">ffmpeg-devices</a>,
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<a href="ffmpeg-protocols.html">ffmpeg-protocols</a>,
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<a href="ffmpeg-filters.html">ffmpeg-filters</a>
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<a name="Authors"></a>
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<h2 class="chapter">8 Authors<span class="pull-right"><a class="anchor hidden-xs" href="#Authors" aria-hidden="true">#</a> <a class="anchor hidden-xs"href="#toc-Authors" aria-hidden="true">TOC</a></span></h2>
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<p>The FFmpeg developers.
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<p>For details about the authorship, see the Git history of the project
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(https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg), e.g. by typing the command
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<code>git log</code> in the FFmpeg source directory, or browsing the
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online repository at <a href="https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg">https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg</a>.
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<p>Maintainers for the specific components are listed in the file
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<samp>MAINTAINERS</samp> in the source code tree.
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