FFmpeg – The Complete Guide
Comprehensive introduction to FFmpeg, media transcoding and filter graphs, with practical examples and hands-on demos
What you’ll learn
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Have a crystal clear understanding of FFmpeg architecture and internal pipeline.
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Construct complex filter graphs to manipulate media.
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Understand what happens during transcoding.
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Get a good overview of FFmpeg and its applications.
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Set up FFmpeg on popular operating systems.
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Inspect any media with ffprobe to extract valuable information.
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Play audio/video with ffplay from the command line.
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Learn the basics of audio/video, codecs, and containers.
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Learn about different inputs, outputs, and stream selection.
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Understand factors for choosing a codec.
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Encode audio/video using various codecs with FFmpeg.
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Learn and apply rate control techniques and additional details for H.264 encoding.
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Learn about some very useful and practical applications where FFmpeg can be used.
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Perform common video manipulation tasks by constructing filter graphs with FFmpeg.
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Separate, mix, and manipulate audio with FFmpeg audio filters.
Requirements
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None.
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No prior knowledge of audio/video, transcoding or FFmpeg is needed.
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Concepts are explained gradually with easy-to-follow diagrams.
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We start with simple examples and build up more complex scenarios in a step-by-step fashion.
Who this course is for:
- Anyone interested to learn about, and work with audio and video
- Anyone interested in media transcoding and streaming
- Software developers
- System integrators
- Broadcast engineers
- System administrators
- Video enthusiasts
