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.

Kindle Edition

Published March 4, 2021

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.