How to do a text watermark in FFmpeg
I wanted a way to avoid using an image to watermark videos with FFmpeg. Sometimes just simple text is great in watermarking media. Here is how to do it with…
Tag: FFmpeg
Waiting for H.265 to main stream
H.265, x265 and HVEC are names for a modern video encoding method, predecessor to the common H.264 (x264). x265 will give better quality for less file size, the downside being…
Scraping LivestreamFails part 2
Part 1 here In part 1 the focus was on scraping and storing the data. Now let’s get into using the stored data to download the videos. What I needed…
FFmpeg encoding speed testing and analysis
I decided to do some testing with FFmpeg in seeing the time, filesize and bitrate differences when choosing different presets and crf plus some upscaling. Test computer: Ryzen 7 1700…
Taking a screenshot with FFmpeg
To take a screenshot or save a frame as an image with FFmpeg here is the basic command: ffmpeg -ss 01:10:35 -i invideo.mp4 -vframes 1 -q:v 3 screenshot.jpg -ss is…
How to make video size smaller with FFmpeg
If you want to make your video file that bit smaller whilst retaining its quality here is how with FFmpeg. Be aware that compressing video uses a lot of CPU….
FFmpegr; A way to make FFmpeg commands easy
FFmpeg the media handler that runs from command line can be confusing to those new to the concept. FFmpeg is an excellent tool and when working can do a variety…
How to download videos of websites with FFmpeg
IF you don’t know or have FFmpeg installed here is the post for you, otherwise follow along to learn how to grab videos from news or sports websites. I like…
How to restream a m3u8 stream to YouTube with FFmpeg
Whilst it’s not common if you want to restream a m3u8 source and view through YouTube here is the way to do it with FFmpeg. You need to have the…
Cutting a part from a video with FFmpeg
FFmpeg allows you to choose a start time for a video and a finish time or duration and it will chop that part out and save it. There are two…