Quick Start Guide to Ffmpeg: Learn to Use the Open Source Multimedia-Processing Tool Like a Pro

Looking for a quick introductory guide to get you up and running with FFmpeg fast? Look no further. This is your source for valuable hints and tricks and your go-to helper to troubleshoot and solve basic problems you may run into with this free and open source software program for Linux, Mac and Windows.

You'll learn to use the free command line video editor and a wide range of commands like cut and copy, tag, convert and crop, to more complex commands like combine, compose, blur, side-by-side split, PIP inset, fade in and out as well as adding additional filters, subtitles, sound, images, animations, and metadata. And all source code is available online.
When done reading Quick Start Guide to FFmpeg you be able to achieve all sorts of exciting tasks such as convert from one format to another, cut videos with and without re-encoding, use custom fonts and colors to work with subtitles anywhere on the screen, and add MP3 tags.

What You'll Learn

• Convert from one format to another: video-to-video, video-to-audio, etc.
• Cut videos with and without re-encoding, appending (concatenating)
• Rotate, flip, crop, blur, smoothen/sharpen, and apply transitions with filters
• Convert audio, change volume, mix channels, detect silence, and display waveforms
• Work with subtitles anywhere on the screen, using custom fonts and colors
• Add MP3 tags, including album art, and set global and stream-specific metadata

Who This Book Is 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