Tips on FFmpeg

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It is suggested that you use OpenCV for Python and moviepy (instead of FFmpeg) to manipulate multimedia.

1. extrac audio from video

2. convert between different formats of audios

Record Screen¶

The command below record screen into a MP4 video named out.mp4 in Linux.

:::bash
ffmpeg -f x11grab -r 25 -s cif -i :0.0 $(date +%m%d%H%M%S).mp4

The command below record screen into a MP4 video named out.mp4 in macOS.

:::bash
ffmpeg -f avfoundation -i "1" -pix_fmt yuv420p -r 25 $(date +%m%d%H%M%S).mp4

Convert Video Files¶

Convert a MOV video file to a MP4 video file.

ffmpeg -i my-video.mov -vcodec h264 -acodec mp2 my-video.mp4

References¶

• https://ffmpeg.org/

• Capturing your Desktop / Screen Recording

• How to record the desktop with FFmpeg on Linux

• Capture Windows screen with ffmpeg

• How to create a video from images with FFmpeg?

• Convert video to images with FFmpeg in Linux

• https://www.labnol.org/internet/useful-ffmpeg-commands/28490/

• https://catswhocode.com/ffmpeg-commands/

• https://opensource.com/article/17/6/ffmpeg-convert-media-file-formats

• https://www.ostechnix.com/20-ffmpeg-commands-beginners/

• https://averagelinuxuser.com/convert-video-to-images-with-ffmpeg-in-linux/