Quick Start Guide to FFmpeg: Learn to Use the Open Source Multimedia-Processing Tool like a Pro
- Length: 363 pages
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
- Publisher: Apress
- Publication Date: 2023-03-12
- ISBN-10: 1484287002
- ISBN-13: 9781484287002
- Sales Rank: #2653905 (See Top 100 Books)
Create, edit, modify and convert multimedia files using FFmpeg, the most versatile open source audio and video processing tool available for Linux, Mac and Windows users. After reading this book, you will be able to work with video and audio files, images, text, animations, fonts, subtitles and metadata like a pro.
It begins with a simple introduction to FFmpeg executables ― ffmpeg, ffprobe and ffplay, and explains how you can use them to process multimedia containers, streams, audio channels, maps and metadata. It then describes how you can easily edit, enhance and convert audio, video, image and text files. There are dedicated chapters for filters, audio, subtitles and metadata, as well as FFmpeg tips and tricks. Sample lists of FFmpeg filters, encoders, decoders, formats and codecs are also available as appendices.
Quick Start Guide to FFmpeg is for anyone who needs to edit or process multimedia files including studio professionals, broadcast personnel, content creators, podcasters, librarians, archivists and webmasters. It will be indispensable for those wanting to process a variety of multimedia files from the command line and inside shell scripts or custom-built software.
You Will Learn To:
- Convert from one format to another e.g. video-to-video, video-to-audio, video-to-image, image-to-video, video-to-animation, animation-to-video, text-to-audio, text-to-video
- Edit video files by cutting them with and without re-encoding, appending, resizing, changing frame rate and aspect ratio, mixing in audio
- Use filters to rotate, flip, crop, overlay (side-by-side or inset), remove logos, blur, smooth and sharpen, apply transitions as well as speed up or down playback
- Edit audio files by changing, normalizing or compressing volume, mixing and splitting channels and detecting silence. Also, learn to generate waveforms as video or images
- Add subtitles, place them anywhere on the screen, use custom fonts and colors, and use different languages
- Learn how to import, export and remove metadata, add MP3 tags (including album art), set global and stream-specific metadata, export and remove metadata
This Book For:
Content creators and bloggers from professional studio employees to Youtubers and hobbyists who need to process their own multimedia content; multimedia archivists and librarians; regular Linux desktop users
Table of Contents
About the Author
About the Technical Reviewer
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Installing FFmpeg
FFmpeg for Microsoft Windows Users
FFmpeg for Linux Users
FFmpeg for Apple Mac Users
Summary
Chapter 2: Starting with FFmpeg
ffprobe
ffplay
ffmpeg
Other FFmpeg End-User Programs
Summary
Chapter 3: Formats and Codecs
Containers
Codecs, Encoders, and Decoders
Demuxers and Muxers
Summary
Chapter 4: Media Containers and FFmpeg Numbering
Containers
Container Internals
Input and Output Files
Maps
Metadata
Metadata Maps
Channel Maps
Do Not Use the -map_channel Option
Summary
Chapter 5: Format Conversion
No-Brainer Conversions
Conversion Options
Obsolete/Incorrect Options
Codec Option
Sample Conversion with Custom Settings
Multi-pass Conversion
Conversion for Maximum Compression and Quality
Audio Conversion
Audio Extraction
Extract Stills from a Video (Video-to-Image Conversion)
Image-Conversion Settings
Create Video from Images (Image-to-Video Conversion)
Create a Slideshow from Several Images
Create a GIF from a Video
APNG
Create a Video Using an Image and an MP3
Convert Online Videos to Audio
Convert Text to Audio
Conversion Settings for Specific Storage Medium
Summary
Chapter 6: Editing Videos
Resize a Video
Editing Options
Cut a Portion of a Video
Cut Without Re-encoding
Append Videos (Concatenate)
Don’t Knock -codec copy
Summary
Chapter 7: Using FFmpeg Filters
Filter Construction
Filter Errors
Filter-Based Timeline Editing
Expressions in FFmpeg Filter Definitions
Inset Video (Picture-in-Picture Overlay)
Split Video (Side-by-Side Overlay)
Append Videos Using a Filter
Delete a Portion of a Video in the Middle
Rotate a Video
Flip a Video
Brighten a Video (Adjust Contrast)
Generate a Test Video
Remove Logo
Fade into Another Video (And in Audio Too)
Crop a Video
Blur or Sharpen a Video
Blur a Portion of a Video
Draw Text
Draw a Box
Speed Up a Video
Slow Down a Video
Summary
Chapter 8: All About Audio
Convert from One Audio Format to Another
Extract Audio from a Video
Convert a MIDI File to MP3 or Ogg
Change Volume
Change Volume in a Video File
Dynamic Range Compression/Normalization
Channels
Swap Left and Right Channels
Turn Off a Channel
Move Channel to a Separate Audio Track
Fix Out-of-Phase Audio Channels
Change Stereo to Mono
Convert Mono to Stereo
Make Audio Comfortable for Headphone Listening
Downmix 5.1 Audio to Stereo
Downmix Two Stereo Inputs to One Stereo Output
Render a Visual Waveform of the Audio
Detect Silence
Silence the Video
Convert Text to Speech
Apply a Low-Pass Filter
Summary
Chapter 9: All About Subtitles
Add Subtitles to a Video as an Extra Stream
Permanently Burn Subtitles to a Video
Add a Custom Font for Displaying Subtitles of a Video
About the Substation Alpha (SSA/ASS) Subtitle Format
Add Subtitle Files in Different Languages
Extract Subtitles from a Video
Extract Subtitles from a DVD
Summary
Chapter 10: All About Metadata
Add Album Art to MP3
Set MP3 Tags
Export Metadata
Import Metadata
Extract Album Art
Remove All Metadata
Set Language Metadata for Audio Streams
Summary
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