ffmpeg <command>

Play, record, convert, and stream audio and video

Arguments

Name	Description
`command`	Output file

Options

Name	Description
`-i <command>`	Required ✳
`-L`	Show license
`-h <command>`	Show help
`-? <command>`	Show help
`-help <command>`	Show help
`--help <command>`	Show help
`-version`	Show version
`-buildconf`	Show build configuration
`-formats`	Show available formats
`-muxers`	Show available muxers
`-demuxers`	Show available demuxers
`-devices`	Show available devices
`-codecs`	Show available codecs
`-decoders`	Show available decoders
`-encoders`	Show available encoders
`-bsfs`	Show available bit stream filters
`-protocols`	Show available protocols
`-filters`	Show available filters
`-pix_fmts`	Show available pixel formats
`-layouts`	Show standard channel layouts
`-sample_fmts`	Show available audio sample formats
`-colors`	Show available color names
`-sources <command>`	List sources of the input device
`-sinks <command>`	List sinks of the output device
`-hwaccels`	Show available HW acceleration methods
`-loglevel <command>`	Set logging level
`-v <command>`	Set logging level
`-report`	Generate a report
`-max_alloc <command>`	Set maximum size of a single allocated block
`-y`	Overwrite output files
`-n`	Never overwrite output files
`-ignore_unknown`	Ignore unknown stream types
`-filter_threads`	Number of non-complex filter threads
`-filter_complex_threads`	Number of threads for -filter_complex
`-stats`	Print progress report during encoding
`-max_error_rate <command>`	Ratio of errors (0.0: no errors, 1.0: 100% errors) above which ffmpeg returns an error instead of success
`-bits_per_raw_sample <command>`	Set the number of bits per raw sample
`-vol <command>`	Change audio volume (256=normal)
`-cpuflags <command>`	Force specific cpu flags
`-hide_banner <command>`	Do not show program banner
`-copy_unknown`	Copy unknown stream types
`-benchmark`	Add timings for benchmarking
`-benchmark_all`	Add timings for each task
`-progress <command>`	Write program-readable progress information
`-stdin`	Enable or disable interaction on standard input
`-timelimit <command>`	Set max runtime in seconds
`-dump`	Dump each input packet
`-hex`	When dumping packets, also dump the payload
`-vsync`	Video sync method
`-frame_drop_threshold`	Frame drop threshold
`-async`	Audio sync method
`-adrift_threshold <command>`	Audio drift threshold
`-copyts`	Copy timestamps
`-start_at_zero`	Shift input timestamps to start at 0 when using copyts
`-copytb <command>`	Copy input stream time base when stream copying
`-dts_delta_threshold <command>`	Timestamp discontinuity delta threshold
`-dts_error_threshold <command>`	Timestamp error delta threshold
`-xerror <command>`	Exit on error
`-abort_on <command>`	Abort on the specified condition flags
`-filter_complex <command>`	Create a complex filtergraph
`-lavfi <command>`	Create a complex filtergraph
`-filter_complex_script <command>`	Read complex filtergraph description from a file
`-debug_ts`	Print timestamp debugging info
`-intra`	Deprecated use -g 1
`-sameq`	Removed
`-same_quant`	Removed
`-deinterlace`	This option is deprecated, use the yadif filter instead
`-psnr`	Calculate PSNR of compressed frames
`-vstats`	Dump video coding statistics to file
`-vstats_file <command>`	Dump video coding statistics to file
`-vstats_version`	Version of the vstats format to use
`-qphist`	Show QP histogram
`-vc <command>`	Deprecated, use -channel
`-tvstd <command>`	Deprecated, use -standard
`-isync`	This option is deprecated and does nothing
`-sdp_file <command>`	Specify a file in which to print sdp information
`-vaapi_device <command>`	Set VAAPI hardware device (DRM path or X11 display name)
`-init_hw_device <command>`	Initialise hardware device
`-filter_hw_device <command>`	Set hardware device used when filtering
`-f <command>`	Force format
`-c <command>`	Codec name
`-codec <command>`	Codec name
`-pre <command>`	Preset name
`-map_metadata <command>`	Set metadata information of outfile from infile
`-t <command>`	Record or transcode "duration" seconds of audio/video
`-to <command>`	Record or transcode stop time
`-fs <command>`	Set the limit file size in bytes
`-ss <command>`	Set the start time offset
`-sseof <command>`	Set the start time offset relative to EOF
`-seek_timestamp`	Enable/disable seeking by timestamp with -ss
`-timestamp <command>`	Set the recording timestamp ('now' to set the current time)
`-metadata <command>`	Add metadata
`-program <command>`	Add program with specified streams
`-target <command>`	Specify target file type ("vcd", "svcd", "dvd", "dv" or "dv50" with optional prefixes "pal-", "ntsc-" or "film-")
`-apad`	Audio pad
`-frames <command>`	Set the number of frames to output
`-filter <command>`	Set stream filtergraph
`-filter_script <command>`	Read stream filtergraph description from a file
`-reinit_filter`	Reinit filtergraph on input parameter changes
`-discard`	Discard
`-disposition`	Disposition
`-map <command>`	Set input stream mapping
`-map_channel <command>`	Map an audio channel from one stream to another
`-map_chapters <command>`	Set chapters mapping
`-accurate_seek`	Enable/disable accurate seeking with -ss
`-itsoffset <command>`	Set the input ts offset
`-itsscale <command>`	Set the input ts scale
`-dframes <command>`	Set the number of data frames to output
`-re`	Read input at native frame rate
`-shortest`	Finish encoding within shortest input
`-bitexact`	Bitexact mode
`-copyinkf`	Copy initial non-keyframes
`-copypriorss`	Copy or discard frames before start time
`-tag <command>`	Force codec tag/fourcc
`-q <command>`	Use fixed quality scale (VBR)
`-qscale <command>`	Use fixed quality scale (VBR)
`-profile <command>`	Set profile
`-attach <command>`	Add an attachment to the output file
`-dump_attachment <command>`	Extract an attachment into a file
`-stream_loop <command>`	Set number of times input stream shall be looped
`-thread_queue_size`	Set the maximum number of queued packets from the demuxer
`-find_stream_info`	Read and decode the streams to fill missing information with heuristics
`-autorotate`	Automatically insert correct rotate filters
`-muxdelay <command>`	Set the maximum demux-decode delay
`-muxpreload <command>`	Set the initial demux-decode delay
`-time_base <command>`	Set the desired time base hint for output stream (1:24, 1:48000 or 0.04166, 2.0833e-5)
`-enc_time_base <command>`	Set the desired time base for the encoder (1:24, 1:48000 or 0.04166, 2.0833e-5). two special values are defined - 0 = use frame rate (video) or sample rate (audio),-1 = match source time base
`-bsf <command>`	A comma-separated list of bitstream filters
`-fpre <command>`	Set options from indicated preset file
`-max_muxing_queue_size <command>`	Maximum number of packets that can be buffered while waiting for all streams to initialize
`-dcodec <command>`	Force data codec ('copy' to copy stream)
`-vframes <command>`	Set the number of video frames to output
`-r <command>`	Set frame rate (Hz value, fraction or abbreviation)
`-s <command>`	Set frame size (WxH or abbreviation)
`-aspect <command>`	Set aspect ratio (4:3, 16:9 or 1.3333, 1.7777)
`-vn`	Disable video
`-vcodec <command>`	Force video codec ('copy' to copy stream)
`-timecode <command>`	Set initial TimeCode value
`-pass <command>`	Select the pass number (1 to 3)
`-vf <command>`	Set video filters
`-ab <command>`	Audio bitrate (please use -b:a)
`-b <command>`	Video bitrate (please use -b:v)
`-dn`	Disable data
`-pix_fmt <command>`	Set pixel format
`-rc_override <command>`	Rate control override for specific intervals
`-passlogfile <command>`	Select two pass log file name prefix
`-intra_matrix <command>`	Specify intra matrix coeffs
`-inter_matrix <command>`	Specify inter matrix coeffs
`-chroma_intra_matrix <command>`	Specify intra matrix coeffs
`-top`	Top=1/bottom=0/auto=-1 field first
`-vtag <command>`	Force video tag/fourcc
`-force_fps`	Force the selected framerate, disable the best supported framerate selection
`-streamid <command>`	Set the value of an outfile streamid
`-force_key_frames <command>`	Force key frames at specified timestamps
`-hwaccel <command>`	Use HW accelerated decoding
`-hwaccel_device <command>`	Select a device for HW acceleration
`-hwaccel_output_format <command>`	Select output format used with HW accelerated decoding
`-vbsf <command>`	Deprecated
`-vpre <command>`	Set the video options to the indicated preset
`-aframes <command>`	Set the number of audio frames to output
`-aq <command>`	Set audio quality (codec-specific)
`-ar <command>`	Set audio sampling rate (in Hz)
`-ac <command>`	Set number of audio channels
`-an`	Disable audio
`-acodec <command>`	Force audio codec ('copy' to copy stream)
`-af <command>`	Set audio filters
`-atag <command>`	Force audio tag/fourcc
`-sample_fmt <command>`	Set sample format
`-channel_layout <command>`	Set channel layout
`-guess_layout_max`	Set the maximum number of channels to try to guess the channel layout
`-absf <command>`	Deprecated
`-apre <command>`	Set the audio options to the indicated preset
`-sn`	Disable subtitle
`-scodec <command>`	Force subtitle codec ('copy' to copy stream)
`-stag <command>`	Force subtitle tag/fourcc
`-fix_sub_duration`	Fix subtitles duration
`-canvas_size <command>`	Set canvas size (WxH or abbreviation)
`-spre <command>`	Set the subtitle options to the indicated preset