FFMPEG - From Zero to Hero

by Nick Ferrando

If you ever wondered how the developers of YouTube or Vimeo cope with billions of video uploads or how Netflix processes its catalogue at scale or, again, if you want to discover how to create and develop your own video platform, you may want to know more about FFMPEG.FFMPEG stands for “Fast-Forward-Moving-Picture-Expert Group”. This book contains a basic guide, a basic dictionary and many working formulas along with step-by-step syntax explanations of FFMPEG and a lot of other softwares for audio, video, image and subtitles processing.This book describes and explains also several tools that works along with FFMPEG, such as ImageMagick, Bento4, GhostScript, WebP Tools amongst others. The book contains also a dedicated step-by-step guide for FFMPEG's various installation options for MacOS X, Ubuntu and Windows platforms.Whether you are at the very beginning or an experienced developer, you will find several effective ways to execute many tasks for your audio/video/streaming needings. •Acknowledgments • What is FFMPEG • Basic Definitions • Basic FFMPEG Workflow • How to Install FFMPEG • Basic Syntax Concepts of FFMPEG • Basic Concepts • Metadata and FFPROBE • Extracting Metadata with FFMPEG • Extracting Specific Streams • Extracting Audio Only from a Video • Extracting Video Only without Audio • Cutting Videos with FFMPEG • Producing h264/AVC Videos • Different h264 encoding approaches • Producing h265/HEVC Videos • h266 - Versatile Video Codec (VVC) • Producing VP8 Videos • Producing VP9 Videos • The OPUS Audio Codec • The FLAC Audio Codec • Producing AV1 Video • Netflix/Intel AV1 SVT-AV1 • AV1AN - All-in-one Tool • Streaming on Social Media with RTMP • Pre-Process Files in Batch • Re-Stream to multiple destinations • Concatenate Video Playlists • Producing HLS with FFMPEG and Bento4 • Producing DASH Streaming • Batch Processing for DASH and HLS Delivery • Batch Processing for HLS Only • Streaming Mp4 Files - The Moov Atom • Producing Adaptive WebM DASH Streaming • Scaling with FFMPEG • Overlay Images on Video • Overlay Images on Pictures • ImageMagick • Batch Process - Overlay to Multiple Images with Same Size • Batch Process - Overlay to Multiple Images with Different Sizes • Batch Resize Images • Batch Resize, Lower Quality and Convert Pictures • Convert Images to WebP • Remove Black Bars/Borders from Images and Trim • Batch Convert Pictures from RAW to JPEG format • Ghostscript for PDF processing • Extract Images from PDF • Generate Waveforms from Audio • Generate Animated Video from Audio • Create Animated Slides from Still Pictures • Extract Images from Video • Extract Audio from Video • Replace Audio of a Video • Batch Convert Audio Files to a specific format • Batch Convert Audio Files in Multiple Formats • Audio Loudness Normalization for TV Broadcast • Audio Loudness Normalization for Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant (Audiobooks/Podcasts) • De-Interlacing Filter - 13 FFMPEG solutions • How to make a high-quality GIF from a video • How to add an Overlay Banner and burn subtitles ont

296 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 2, 2020

Reviews

[Dennis · Rating 2 out of 5]

It is true that it starts from zero, but after reading it, you will not be a 'hero'. You will know the basics of ffmpeg, a rough comparison of modern codecs and the basics of some auxilliary programs like the UNIX shell or ImageMagick.

May be a good read for total beginners, but that's it. If you expect to learn about complex filter graphs or detailed encoding settings, you will be disappointed.

[Kay Savetz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Informative, good explanations. I learned a lot. It needs to be proofread by a native English speaker though.