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Command to get only one audio track in output specified by language code with ffmpeg
Ffmpeg Command to get video with only English audio or only one language audio
I tried running ffmpeg -i input_video.ext -map 0:v -map 0:a:language=eng -c:v copy -c:a copy -map_metadata -1 -sn output....
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How to with single ffmpeg command (= single seek through the input file) cut into segments and concatenate some of them into several output files?
Starting with a single input video (with no audio), suppose I'm interested in time segments [a,b], [b,c], [d, e], [f,g], [h,i], ... where the letters are some timestamps. I am looking for an ffmpeg ...
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How to cut video, add audio and burn subtitle while cropping video all in one command - ffmpeg
Currently I have the following command,
which cuts the video, adds audio and burns subtitle into the video.
-ss 00:00:30 -t -i video.mp4 -i audio.wav -vcodec copy -acodec copy -map 0:0 -map 1:0 -vf ...
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Which FFmpeg variable gives the total duration of a video?
I've spent hours searching the documentation and forums for a simple variable and it's driving me crazy. Can anyone tell me what the variable is that gives the total duration of a video, so that I can ...
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Create time corrected .srt subtitle file for .mkv which uses file/segment linking
I have two mkv files. One of them is the episode of a series and the other one the opening which is linked in the first one. Let's call them episode.mkv resp. opening.mkv.
I also have a subtitle.srt ...
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How to remove background from video without green screen on the command line?
I'm looking for an ffmpeg-like tool to blur/remove/change a static background from a "talking head" video, on the command line with on-device processing.
Essentially,
ffmpeg-like-tool [--...
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Convert TTML Subtitles to STL or SRT in Linux
I want to convert a file with TTML subtitles preferably to STL, or to SRT (less preferred). I thought that I would be able to do it with ffmpeg but apparently they do not support it, because the TTML ...
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How do you open multiple videos with multiple subtitles in VLC from command-line?
Usually, you can use this command to open a video with a subtitle in VLC, if it isn't detected automatically:
vlc.exe path_to_video.mp4 --sub-file path_to_sub.srt
But I want to open multiple videos, ...
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I used ffmpeg to concatenate to videos and it got stuck and produced a huge file. Where is the mistake?
I have this short videoclips that i recorded either with my webcam or with my phone. The ones that come from my webcam are in Matroska container, and the ones from the phone in mp4. Each piece is ...
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Find duration only with ffprobe in Windows
I want to find video file duration only with ffprobe but
ffprobe FILENAME.EXT 2| find "Duration:"
does not filter output to show just the line with "Duration:" Instead, I got:
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filter_script usage with ffmpeg and replacing inputs with a file
When using ffmpeg -i input1 -i input2 ... -filter_script filter_complex.txt output.mkv I can't seem to get the stream from the filter_complex.txt file to be recognized by ffmpeg. If I add -map [v], ...
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ffmpeg batch overlay Error: "Cannot find a matching stream for unlabeled input pad 1 on filter Parsed_overlay_0"
I am trying to create a batch file to run this script to add a watermark on each file in a folder
ffmpeg -i input.mov -i watermark.png -filter_complex "overlay=10:10" output.mov
The script above ...
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Can't apply "fade in" after "fade out" (FFMPEG command line)
I'm debugging the command
ffmpeg -i ./input-file.mp3 -af "afade=t=out:st=**5**:d=2" ./output-file
But if I try to run a new fadein, after the fadeout, it won't work. The sound doesn't come back.
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How to delete the very last frame of a video using ffmpeg / mencoder / transcode or any other?
I am trying to delete the very last frame of a video using ffmpeg / mencoder / transcode / or any other free linux application.
Here is what I have so far, and it's only extracting it, it's not ...
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FFMPEG - How can I add black bars to top and bottom of my video?
I have about 100 videos. I would like to add a 30 pixel horizontal black bar to the top and bottom of each video without ruining the dimenions(so even if they go over the video). How can I achieve ...
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"shift +" while rendering in ffmpeg, how to undo?
I was rendering a video in ffmpeg and accidentally pressed "shift" and "+", and the below started happening.
What is this doing and how do I stop it and is it creating something I need to delete or ...
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How to use MELT or FFMPEG for layering of a video (i.e. shifting an overlay of the same video by one frame to remove flicerking from LEDs)?
I am looking for a possibility to remove the flickering from LEDs on a video under Linux on the commandline. To do that one would have to
Put the video on one track
Put the same video on a second ...
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FFMPEG Command Works, then stops
When I use ffmpeg with this command:
$ ffmpeg -i ~/Desktop/The_Karate_Kid_2010.mkv -c:v libx264 -c:a libfdk_aac -c:s mov_text ~/Desktop/The_Karate_Kid_2010.mp4
It works, until this error appears:
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What are the benefits of a CLI encoder (e.g. FFmpeg) over GUI Software? [closed]
I have seen here a lot of questions regarding FFmpeg, but I didn't know it was a command line application until yesterday.
If we have GUI software like Final Cut Pro and Premiere Pro? Apart from the ...
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ffmpeg concat error
I am trying to concatenate two video files using ffmpeg, and am receiving and error.
Two eliminate compatibility issues between the two videos, I am been concatenating the same video with itself, and ...
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ffmpeg multiple filters not working
I am trying to specify multiple filters for ffmpeg and I am getting an error output.
I am trying to do an audio and video fade in and a resolution scale.
my command is as follows...
ffmpeg -i 00021....
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Is there command line software that syncs two audio tracks
I have a bunch of separately recorded audio and video tracks that I need to sync. By sync (synch?) I mean align the two tracks so that the audio matches as closely as possible. The two tracks are ...
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