You get the idea! In the rest of this blog post I’ll run over the most useful FFmpeg commands (especially for creatives).īefore you have a heart attack, writing FFmpeg commands is actually super easy, but to elucidate how these commands are composed we’ll have to have a look at the general FFmpeg command syntax: ffmpeg. Video file size too large? No problem we can reduce it’s size with ffmpeg. Video file too long? No problem we can trim it with FFmpeg. With FFmpeg we could easily convert this GIF file into an mp4 file, or a mov file, or an avi file, etc… How can WE use FFmpeg? Well, for example, you were just about to upload a GIF file to some website when it notifies you that this file format is not supported. Can’t blame them though, why reinvent the wheel when FFmpeg exists? It’s super fast and versatile.

Know those fancy apps on your phone, that help you format your videos for IG? A lot of them probably use FFmpeg in the background. It’s mainly designed to be a command-line interface (CLI) that you execute from your terminal (this is how we’ll be using it in this blog post), however it can also be integrated as a part of other software. It allows you to convert between different encoding formats, in addition to editing video and audio files in a number of ways. Simply put, FFmpeg is an open source video and audio processing tool. Converting multiple files in a directory.In this blog post I’ll gently introduce you to ffmpeg and how it can help you with converting and editing your files! Here’s a quick index of the topics we’ll tackle: Getting started with FFmpeg On top of that, platforms (such as Twitter) have very strict format rules for things you want to upload, this makes it crucial to have an easy way to manage and convert different files to different formats at will. “This file format is not supported!” If you’ve ever received a notification like this, and you create content on a regular basis, then this blog post is probably for you!īeing a creative of any sort in this digital age, requires you to juggle a variety of different file formats across different platforms.

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