ffmpeg version 0.4.8, Copyright (c) 2000-2003 Fabrice Bellard usage: ffmpeg [[options] -i input_file]... {[options] outfile}... Hyper fast Audio and Video encoder Main options: -L show license -h show help -formats show available formats, codecs, protocols, ... -f fmt force format -img img_fmt force image format -i filename input file name -y overwrite output files -t duration set the recording time -title string set the title -author string set the author -copyright string set the copyright -comment string set the comment -v verbose control amount of logging -hq activate high quality settings Video options: -b bitrate set video bitrate (in kbit/s) -r rate set frame rate (Hz value, fraction or abbreviation) -s size set frame size (WxH or abbreviation) -aspect aspect set aspect ratio (4:3, 16:9 or 1.3333, 1.7777) -croptop size set top crop band size (in pixels) -cropbottom size set bottom crop band size (in pixels) -cropleft size set left crop band size (in pixels) -cropright size set right crop band size (in pixels) -vn disable video -bt tolerance set video bitrate tolerance (in kbit/s) -maxrate bitrate set max video bitrate tolerance (in kbit/s) -minrate bitrate set min video bitrate tolerance (in kbit/s) -bufsize size set ratecontrol buffere size (in kbit) -vcodec codec force video codec ('copy' to copy stream) -sameq use same video quality as source (implies VBR) -pass n select the pass number (1 or 2) -passlogfile file select two pass log file name Advanced Video options: -pix_fmt format set pixel format -g gop_size set the group of picture size -intra use only intra frames -qscale q use fixed video quantiser scale (VBR) -qmin q min video quantiser scale (VBR) -qmax q max video quantiser scale (VBR) -mbqmin q min macroblock quantiser scale (VBR) -mbqmax q max macroblock quantiser scale (VBR) -qdiff q max difference between the quantiser scale (VBR) -qblur blur video quantiser scale blur (VBR) -qcomp compression video quantiser scale compression (VBR) -rc_init_cplx complexity initial complexity for 1-pass encoding -b_qfactor factor qp factor between p and b frames -i_qfactor factor qp factor between p and i frames -b_qoffset offset qp offset between p and b frames -i_qoffset offset qp offset between p and i frames -rc_eq equation set rate control equation -rc_override override rate control override for specific intervals -me method set motion estimation method -dct_algo algo set dct algo -idct_algo algo set idct algo -er n set error resilience -ec bit_mask set error concealment -bf frames use 'frames' B frames -mbd mode macroblock decision -4mv use four motion vector by macroblock (only MPEG-4) -part use data partitioning (only MPEG-4) -bug param workaround not auto detected encoder bugs -strict strictness how strictly to follow the standarts -deinterlace deinterlace pictures -psnr calculate PSNR of compressed frames -vstats dump video coding statistics to file -vhook module insert video processing module -aic enable Advanced intra coding (h263+) -umv enable Unlimited Motion Vector (h263+) Audio options: -ab bitrate set audio bitrate (in kbit/s) -ar rate set audio sampling rate (in Hz) -ac channels set number of audio channels -an disable audio -acodec codec force audio codec ('copy' to copy stream) Audio/Video grab options: -vd device set video grab device -vc channel set video grab channel (DV1394 only) -tvstd standard set television standard (NTSC, PAL (SECAM)) -dv1394 set DV1394 grab -ad device set audio device Advanced options: -map file:stream set input stream mapping -debug print specific debug info -benchmark add timings for benchmarking -hex dump each input packet -bitexact only use bit exact algorithms (for codec testing) -re read input at native frame rate -cm channels set number of audio channels to cut stream -loop loop (current only works with images) -ps size set packet size in bits