FFmpeg is a cross-platform solution for streaming audio and video as well as recording and conversion. It’s also useful to convert multimedia files between various formats. FFmpeg includes libavcodec audio/video codec library in it.
How to install FFmpeg on Ubuntu, Debian, and LinuxMint
Step 1 – Add FFmpeg PPA
FFmpeg is also available under default repositories but an older version. To install the updated version, first of all, You need to add PPA to your system.
Ubuntu 16.04:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonathonf/ffmpeg-3
Ubuntu 14.04:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonathonf/tesseract
Step 2 – Install FFmpeg
After enabling the PPA, Lets exec below commands to install FFmpeg on your Ubuntu system.
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install ffmpeg libav-tools x264 x265
Step 3 – Check FFmpeg Version
After successfully install FFmpeg, let’s check the version installed on the system.
$ ffmpeg -version ffmpeg version 3.3.4-2~16.04.york0 Copyright (c) 2000-2017 the FFmpeg developers [...]
Step 4 – FFmpeg Basic Commands
Here is the list of few ffmepg basic command options used with ffmpeg command line tool.
ffmpeg -version:show version
ffmpeg -formats:show available formats
ffmpeg -codecs:show available codecs
ffmpeg -decoders:show available decoders
ffmpeg -encoders:show available encoders
ffmpeg -bsfs:show available bit stream filters
ffmpeg -protocols:show available protocols
ffmpeg -filters:show available filters
ffmpeg -pix_fmts:show available pixel formats
ffmpeg -layouts:show standard channel layouts
ffmpeg -sample_fmts:show available audio sample formats
Click here to read more about FFmpeg on its official site.
Step 5 – Basic Examples
Below are some examples of uses of ffmpeg command line.
Reduce .mov File Size:
$ ffmpeg -i in.mov -c:v libx264 -c:a copy -crf 20 out.mov
Convert .move To .mp4
$ ffmpeg -i in.mov -vcodec copy -acodec aac -strict experimental -ab 128k out.mp4
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