ffmpeg

Video conversion tool.

• Extract the sound from a video and save it as MP3:

ffmpeg -i {{video_filename}} -vn -ar 44100 -ac 2 -ab 192 -f mp3 {{sound.mp3}}

• Convert frames from a video or GIF into individual numbered images:

ffmpeg -i {{video_or_gif_filename}} {{image%d.png}}

• Combine numbered images (image1.jpg, image2.jpg, etc) into a video or GIF:

ffmpeg -f image2 -i {{image%d.jpg}} {{video.mpg_or_video.gif}}

• Convert AVI video to MP4. AAC Audio @ 128kbit, Video @ 1250Kbit:

ffmpeg -i {{in.avi}} -acodec libfaac -ab 128k -vcodec mpeg4 -b 1250K {{out.mp4}}