Month October 2018
Slow down video with FFmpeg
Rotate videos with FFmpeg
This post is outdated. If you are using a newer version of FFmpeg you should use display_rotation instead. Read more here: There are actually two ways you can rotate videos with FFmpeg: If you can, you should always change…
Convert audio to visualization video
Merge video files together with FFmpeg
In FFmpeg merging files together is called concatenation. The video files have to have the same codec. Different file containers are allowed though. For the concatenation to work we need to make a list of every file we want to…
Merge audio and video files with FFmpeg
Cutting video with FFmpeg – The good, the bad, and the ugly
FFmpeg is able to cut, trim and extract videos without transcoding the media. This is a great way to maintain the original quality, thus avoiding generation loss. However, FFmpeg cannot cut at exact points in time unless it re-encodes the…
Recommended encoding settings for YouTube in FFMpeg
When you upload a video to YouTube, YouTube will convert that video to an appropriate video format for streaming. This can take some time, and you really have no control over how YouTube converts your video. If you have the…
Downscale video with FFMpeg
Straight to the point this time. Let’s say we want to resize an 8K video to 4K or perhaps a 4k video to HD. To downscale while keeping the aspect ratio use: To set the resolution regardless of aspect ratio…
Convert video to WebM in FFMpeg
What is WebM and why should you use it? To better understand what WebM is you can watch this short video explanation: What is WebM?. The good news is that as of 2018, most browsers support VP9. Read more here.…
Microsoft Teams ringtones and notification sounds
Microsoft Teams is on the rise these days. Hate it or love it, I really liked the sound scheme for the desktop app. I couldn’t seem to the audio files anywhere so I had to rip them manually. If you…