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, as well as MP3 metadata tagging for album art as
well as set global and stream-specific metadata Automate your
FFmpeg tasks 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