ffmpeg Cheat Sheet

Links to sites explaining ffmpeg features/settings by catagory.

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Documentation and Guides

• Official ffmpeg Documentation
  • Home Page
  • Documentation
  • Filters Documentation
  • Wiki
  • ffplay Documentation
  
  

  Video Features

• Deinterlace
  • Using the 'yadf' filter. (Filter Docs)
  • Deinterlace .mts files. (Tahvok's blog)
  Fast / Slow Motion
  • Using the 'setpts, asetpts filters. (Filter Docs)
  • How to speed up / slow down a video. (Wiki)
  Resize / Scale Filter
  • How to use the 'scale' filter (Filter Docs)
  • Official ffmpeg Wiki
  
  Transition from one video to another. (blend filter)
  • Using the 'blend'filter. (Filter Docs)
  • Official ffmpeg Wiki

  Audio Features:

• Mix Second Audio Track
  • Using the 'amerge' filter. (Filter Docs)
  • Combining Audio Tracks in a Video (Blog)
  Pad End of Audio Stream with Silence
  • Using the 'apad' filter. (Filter Docs)
  Create speach from a text file (--enable-libflite)
  • Using the 'flite' filter. (Filter Docs)
  
  

  Subtitle Features:

• Add 'srt' or 'ass' subtitles
  • Using the 'title' filter.(Filter Docs)
  • Using the 'ass' filter. (Filter Docs)
  • How to Burn Subtitles into Video. (Wiki)

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Created by Kevin Taddeucci
Last Update: 11/30/2018