FFMPEG command line options
by leo
Main options:
- -L show license
- -h show help
- -version show version
- -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
- -fs limit_size set the limit file size
- -ss time_off set the start time offset
- -itsoffset time_off set the input ts offset
- -title string set the title
- -timestamp time set the timestamp
- -author string set the author
- -copyright string set the copyright
- -comment string set the comment
- -v verbose control amount of logging
- -target type specify target file type (“vcd”, “svcd”, “dvd”, “dv”, “pal-vcd”, “ntsc-svcd”, …)
- -dframes number set the number of data frames to record
- -hq activate high quality settings
- -scodec codec force subtitle codec (‘copy’ to copy stream)
- -newsubtitle add a new subtitle stream to the current output stream
- -slang code set the ISO 639 language code (3 letters) of the current subtitle stream
Video options:
- -b bitrate set video bitrate (in kbit/s)
- -vframes number set the number of video frames to record
- -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)
- -fixaspect fix aspect ratio
- -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)
- -padtop size set top pad band size (in pixels)
- -padbottom size set bottom pad band size (in pixels)
- -padleft size set left pad band size (in pixels)
- -padright size set right pad band size (in pixels)
- -padcolor color set color of pad bands (Hex 000000 thru FFFFFF)
- -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 buffer size (in kByte)
- -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
- -newvideo add a new video stream to the current output stream
Advanced Video options:
- -pix_fmt format set pixel format
- -g gop_size set the group of picture size
- -intra use only intra frames
- -vdt n discard threshold
- -qscale q use fixed video quantiser scale (VBR)
- -qmin q min video quantiser scale (VBR)
- -qmax q max video quantiser scale (VBR)
- -lmin lambda min video lagrange factor (VBR)
- -lmax lambda max video lagrange factor (VBR)
- -mblmin q min macroblock quantiser scale (VBR)
- -mblmax q max macroblock quantiser scale (VBR)
- -qdiff q max difference between the quantiser scale (VBR)
- -qblur blur video quantiser scale blur (VBR)
- -qsquish squish how to keep quantiser between qmin and qmax (0 = clip, 1 = use differentiable function)
- -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
- -ibias bias intra quant bias
- -pbias bias inter quant bias
- -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
- -me_threshold motion estimaton threshold
- -mb_threshold macroblock threshold
- -er n set error resilience
- -ec bit_mask set error concealment
- -bf frames use ‘frames’ B frames
- -mbd mode macroblock decision
- -mbcmp cmp function macroblock compare function
- -ildctcmp cmp function ildct compare function
- -subcmp cmp function subpel compare function
- -cmp cmp function fullpel compare function
- -precmp cmp function pre motion estimation compare function
- -preme pre motion estimation
- -lelim elim single coefficient elimination threshold for luminance (negative values also consider DC coefficient)
- -celim elim single coefficient elimination threshold for chrominance (negative values also consider DC coefficient)
- -lumi_mask luminance masking
- -dark_mask darkness masking
- -scplx_mask spatial complexity masking
- -tcplx_mask temporal complexity masking
- -p_mask inter masking
- -4mv use four motion vector by macroblock (MPEG4)
- -obmc use overlapped block motion compensation (h263+)
- -lf use loop filter (h263+)
- -part use data partitioning (MPEG4)
- -bug param workaround not auto detected encoder bugs
- -strict strictness how strictly to follow the standards
- -deinterlace deinterlace pictures
- -ildct force interlaced dct support in encoder (MPEG2/MPEG4)
- -ilme force interlaced me support in encoder (MPEG2/MPEG4)
- -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+)
- -aiv enable Alternative inter vlc (h263+)
- -umv enable Unlimited Motion Vector (h263+)
- -ssm enable Slice Structured mode (h263+)
- -alt enable alternate scantable (MPEG2/MPEG4)
- -qprd
- -cbp
- -trell enable trellis quantization
- -mv0 try to encode each MB with MV=<0,0> and choose the better one (has no effect if mbd=0)
- -naq normalize adaptive quantization
- -cgop closed gop
- -sgop strict gop
- -noout skip bitstream encoding
- -scan_offset enable SVCD Scan Offset placeholder
- -qpel enable 1/4-pel
- -intra_matrix matrix specify intra matrix coeffs
- -inter_matrix matrix specify inter matrix coeffs
- -top top=1/bottom=0/auto=-1 field first
- -nr noise reduction
- -qns quantization noise shaping
- -sc_threshold threshold scene change threshold
- -me_range range limit motion vectors range (1023 for DivX player)
- -dc precision intra_dc_precision
- -coder coder type
- -context context model
- -pred prediction method
- -vprofile profile
- -vlevel level
- -nssew weight
- -subq
- -mepc factor (1.0 = 256) motion estimation bitrate penalty compensation
- -lowres
- -vtag fourcc/tag force video tag/fourcc
- -skip_threshold threshold frame skip threshold
- -skip_factor factor frame skip factor
- -skip_exp exponent frame skip exponent
- -skip_cmp compare function frame skip compare function
- -gray encode/decode grayscale
Audio options:
- -aframes number set the number of audio frames to record
- -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)
- -vol volume change audio volume (256=normal)
- -newaudio add a new audio stream to the current output stream
- -alang code set the ISO 639 language code (3 letters) of the current audio stream
Advanced Audio options:
- -atag fourcc/tag force audio tag/fourcc
Subtitle options:
- -scodec codec force subtitle codec (‘copy’ to copy stream)
- -newsubtitle add a new subtitle stream to the current output stream
- -slang code set the ISO 639 language code (3 letters) of the current subtitle 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))
- -ad device set audio device
- -grab format request grabbing using
- -gd device set grab device
Advanced options:
- -map file:stream[:syncfile:syncstream] set input stream mapping
- -map_meta_data outfile:infile set meta data information of outfile from infile
- -debug print specific debug info
- -vismv visualize motion vectors
- -benchmark add timings for benchmarking
- -dump dump each input packet
- -hex when dumping packets, also dump the payload
- -bitexact only use bit exact algorithms (for codec testing)
- -re read input at native frame rate
- -loop loop (current only works with images)
- -loop_output number of times to loop output in formats that support looping (0 loops forever)
- -threads count thread count
- -vsync video sync method
- -async audio sync method
- -vglobal video global header storage type
- -copyts copy timestamps
- -shortest finish encoding within shortest input
- -b_strategy strategy dynamic b frame selection strategy
- -ps size set packet size in bits
- -error rate error rate
- -muxrate rate set mux rate
- -packetsize size set packet size
- -muxdelay seconds set the maximum demux-decode delay
- -muxpreload seconds set the initial demux-decode delay
- -muxab bitrate set the audio bitrate in mux tag (in kbit/s)
- -muxvb bitrate set the video bitrate in mux tag (in kbit/s)

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