Setting up
First make sure you have FFmpeg installed. Follow this guide if you haven't already:
https://docs.tdarr.io/blog/how-to-install-ffmpeg
Running the CLI
A typical FFmpeg command looks like the following:
ffmpeg -i "C:\Transcode\input.mkv" -map 0 -c copy -c:v libx265 "C:\Transcode\output.mkv"
So in this example, all the input streams will be maped over to the output file, and the video stream will be encoded into hevc (h265). The other streams will be left as is. Note how no flag is needed for the output file.
The following provides further encoders available to use, although this depends on what type of build of FFmpeg you're using (different builds come with different encoders):
V..... a64multi Multicolor charset for Commodore 64 (codec a64_multi)
V..... a64multi5 Multicolor charset for Commodore 64, extended with 5th color (colram) (codec a64_multi5)
V..... alias_pix Alias/Wavefront PIX image
V..... amv AMV Video
V..... apng APNG (Animated Portable Network Graphics) image
V..... asv1 ASUS V1
V..... asv2 ASUS V2
V..... libaom-av1 libaom AV1 (codec av1)
V....D librav1e librav1e AV1 (codec av1)
V..... libsvtav1 SVT-AV1(Scalable Video Technology for AV1) encoder (codec av1)
V..... avrp Avid 1:1 10-bit RGB Packer
V..X.. avui Avid Meridien Uncompressed
V..... ayuv Uncompressed packed MS 4:4:4:4
V..... bmp BMP (Windows and OS/2 bitmap)
VF.... cfhd GoPro CineForm HD
V..... cinepak Cinepak
V..... cljr Cirrus Logic AccuPak
V.S... vc2 SMPTE VC-2 (codec dirac)
VFS... dnxhd VC3/DNxHD
V..... dpx DPX (Digital Picture Exchange) image
VFS... dvvideo DV (Digital Video)
VF.... exr OpenEXR image
V.S... ffv1 FFmpeg video codec #1
VF.... ffvhuff Huffyuv FFmpeg variant
V..... fits Flexible Image Transport System
V..... flashsv Flash Screen Video
V..... flashsv2 Flash Screen Video Version 2
V..... flv FLV / Sorenson Spark / Sorenson H.263 (Flash Video) (codec flv1)
V..... gif GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
V..... h261 H.261
V..... h263 H.263 / H.263-1996
V.S... h263p H.263+ / H.263-1998 / H.263 version 2
V..... libx264 libx264 H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10 (codec h264)
V..... libx264rgb libx264 H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10 RGB (codec h264)
V....D h264_amf AMD AMF H.264 Encoder (codec h264)
V....D h264_nvenc NVIDIA NVENC H.264 encoder (codec h264)
V..... h264_qsv H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10 (Intel Quick Sync Video acceleration) (codec h264)
V..... nvenc NVIDIA NVENC H.264 encoder (codec h264)
V..... nvenc_h264 NVIDIA NVENC H.264 encoder (codec h264)
V..... hap Vidvox Hap
V..... libx265 libx265 H.265 / HEVC (codec hevc)
V..... nvenc_hevc NVIDIA NVENC hevc encoder (codec hevc)
V....D hevc_amf AMD AMF HEVC encoder (codec hevc)
V....D hevc_nvenc NVIDIA NVENC hevc encoder (codec hevc)
V..... hevc_qsv HEVC (Intel Quick Sync Video acceleration) (codec hevc)
VF.... huffyuv Huffyuv / HuffYUV
V..... jpeg2000 JPEG 2000
VF.... libopenjpeg OpenJPEG JPEG 2000 (codec jpeg2000)
VF.... jpegls JPEG-LS
VF.... ljpeg Lossless JPEG
VF.... magicyuv MagicYUV video
VFS... mjpeg MJPEG (Motion JPEG)
V..... mjpeg_qsv MJPEG (Intel Quick Sync Video acceleration) (codec mjpeg)
V.S... mpeg1video MPEG-1 video
V.S... mpeg2video MPEG-2 video
V..... mpeg2_qsv MPEG-2 video (Intel Quick Sync Video acceleration) (codec mpeg2video)
V.S... mpeg4 MPEG-4 part 2
V..... libxvid libxvidcore MPEG-4 part 2 (codec mpeg4)
V..... msmpeg4v2 MPEG-4 part 2 Microsoft variant version 2
V..... msmpeg4 MPEG-4 part 2 Microsoft variant version 3 (codec msmpeg4v3)
V..... msvideo1 Microsoft Video-1
V..... pam PAM (Portable AnyMap) image
V..... pbm PBM (Portable BitMap) image
V..... pcx PC Paintbrush PCX image
V..... pfm PFM (Portable FloatMap) image
V..... pgm PGM (Portable GrayMap) image
V..... pgmyuv PGMYUV (Portable GrayMap YUV) image
VF.... png PNG (Portable Network Graphics) image
V..... ppm PPM (Portable PixelMap) image
VF.... prores Apple ProRes
VF.... prores_aw Apple ProRes (codec prores)
VFS... prores_ks Apple ProRes (iCodec Pro) (codec prores)
V..... qtrle QuickTime Animation (RLE) video
V..... r10k AJA Kona 10-bit RGB Codec
V..... r210 Uncompressed RGB 10-bit
V..... rawvideo raw video
V..... roqvideo id RoQ video (codec roq)
V..... rpza QuickTime video (RPZA)
V..... rv10 RealVideo 1.0
V..... rv20 RealVideo 2.0
V..... sgi SGI image
V..... snow Snow
V..... speedhq NewTek SpeedHQ
V..... sunrast Sun Rasterfile image
V..... svq1 Sorenson Vector Quantizer 1 / Sorenson Video 1 / SVQ1
V..... targa Truevision Targa image
V..... libtheora libtheora Theora (codec theora)
VF.... tiff TIFF image
VF.... utvideo Ut Video
V..... v210 Uncompressed 4:2:2 10-bit
V..... v308 Uncompressed packed 4:4:4
V..... v408 Uncompressed packed QT 4:4:4:4
V..... v410 Uncompressed 4:4:4 10-bit
V..... libvpx libvpx VP8 (codec vp8)
V..... libvpx-vp9 libvpx VP9 (codec vp9)
V..... vp9_qsv VP9 video (Intel Quick Sync Video acceleration) (codec vp9)
V..... libwebp_anim libwebp WebP image (codec webp)
V..... libwebp libwebp WebP image (codec webp)
V..... wmv1 Windows Media Video 7
V..... wmv2 Windows Media Video 8
V..... wrapped_avframe AVFrame to AVPacket passthrough
V..... xbm XBM (X BitMap) image
V..... xface X-face image
V..... xwd XWD (X Window Dump) image
V..... y41p Uncompressed YUV 4:1:1 12-bit
V..... yuv4 Uncompressed packed 4:2:0
VF.... zlib LCL (LossLess Codec Library) ZLIB
V..... zmbv Zip Motion Blocks Video
A..... aac AAC (Advanced Audio Coding)
A..... ac3 ATSC A/52A (AC-3)
A..... ac3_fixed ATSC A/52A (AC-3) (codec ac3)
A..... adpcm_adx SEGA CRI ADX ADPCM
A..... adpcm_argo ADPCM Argonaut Games
A..... g722 G.722 ADPCM (codec adpcm_g722)
A..... g726 G.726 ADPCM (codec adpcm_g726)
A..... g726le G.726 little endian ADPCM ("right-justified") (codec adpcm_g726le)
A..... adpcm_ima_alp ADPCM IMA High Voltage Software ALP
A..... adpcm_ima_amv ADPCM IMA AMV
A..... adpcm_ima_apm ADPCM IMA Ubisoft APM
A..... adpcm_ima_qt ADPCM IMA QuickTime
A..... adpcm_ima_ssi ADPCM IMA Simon & Schuster Interactive
A..... adpcm_ima_wav ADPCM IMA WAV
A..... adpcm_ms ADPCM Microsoft
A..... adpcm_swf ADPCM Shockwave Flash
A..... adpcm_yamaha ADPCM Yamaha
A..... alac ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec)
A..... libopencore_amrnb OpenCORE AMR-NB (Adaptive Multi-Rate Narrow-Band) (codec amr_nb)
A..... libvo_amrwbenc Android VisualOn AMR-WB (Adaptive Multi-Rate Wide-Band) (codec amr_wb)
A..... aptx aptX (Audio Processing Technology for Bluetooth)
A..... aptx_hd aptX HD (Audio Processing Technology for Bluetooth)
A..... comfortnoise RFC 3389 comfort noise generator
A..X.. dca DCA (DTS Coherent Acoustics) (codec dts)
A..... eac3 ATSC A/52 E-AC-3
A..... flac FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec)
A..... g723_1 G.723.1
A..... libgsm libgsm GSM (codec gsm)
A..... libgsm_ms libgsm GSM Microsoft variant (codec gsm_ms)
A..... libilbc iLBC (Internet Low Bitrate Codec) (codec ilbc)
A..X.. mlp MLP (Meridian Lossless Packing)
A..... mp2 MP2 (MPEG audio layer 2)
A..... mp2fixed MP2 fixed point (MPEG audio layer 2) (codec mp2)
A..... libtwolame libtwolame MP2 (MPEG audio layer 2) (codec mp2)
A..... libmp3lame libmp3lame MP3 (MPEG audio layer 3) (codec mp3)
A..... libshine libshine MP3 (MPEG audio layer 3) (codec mp3)
A..... nellymoser Nellymoser Asao
A..X.. opus Opus
A..... libopus libopus Opus (codec opus)
A..... pcm_alaw PCM A-law / G.711 A-law
A..... pcm_dvd PCM signed 16|20|24-bit big-endian for DVD media
A..... pcm_f32be PCM 32-bit floating point big-endian
A..... pcm_f32le PCM 32-bit floating point little-endian
A..... pcm_f64be PCM 64-bit floating point big-endian
A..... pcm_f64le PCM 64-bit floating point little-endian
A..... pcm_mulaw PCM mu-law / G.711 mu-law
A..... pcm_s16be PCM signed 16-bit big-endian
A..... pcm_s16be_planar PCM signed 16-bit big-endian planar
A..... pcm_s16le PCM signed 16-bit little-endian
A..... pcm_s16le_planar PCM signed 16-bit little-endian planar
A..... pcm_s24be PCM signed 24-bit big-endian
A..... pcm_s24daud PCM D-Cinema audio signed 24-bit
A..... pcm_s24le PCM signed 24-bit little-endian
A..... pcm_s24le_planar PCM signed 24-bit little-endian planar
A..... pcm_s32be PCM signed 32-bit big-endian
A..... pcm_s32le PCM signed 32-bit little-endian
A..... pcm_s32le_planar PCM signed 32-bit little-endian planar
A..... pcm_s64be PCM signed 64-bit big-endian
A..... pcm_s64le PCM signed 64-bit little-endian
A..... pcm_s8 PCM signed 8-bit
A..... pcm_s8_planar PCM signed 8-bit planar
A..... pcm_u16be PCM unsigned 16-bit big-endian
A..... pcm_u16le PCM unsigned 16-bit little-endian
A..... pcm_u24be PCM unsigned 24-bit big-endian
A..... pcm_u24le PCM unsigned 24-bit little-endian
A..... pcm_u32be PCM unsigned 32-bit big-endian
A..... pcm_u32le PCM unsigned 32-bit little-endian
A..... pcm_u8 PCM unsigned 8-bit
A..... pcm_vidc PCM Archimedes VIDC
A..... real_144 RealAudio 1.0 (14.4K) (codec ra_144)
A..... roq_dpcm id RoQ DPCM
A..X.. s302m SMPTE 302M
A..... sbc SBC (low-complexity subband codec)
A..X.. sonic Sonic
A..X.. sonicls Sonic lossless
A..... libspeex libspeex Speex (codec speex)
A..X.. truehd TrueHD
A..... tta TTA (True Audio)
A..X.. vorbis Vorbis
A..... libvorbis libvorbis (codec vorbis)
A..... wavpack WavPack
A..... wmav1 Windows Media Audio 1
A..... wmav2 Windows Media Audio 2
S..... ssa ASS (Advanced SubStation Alpha) subtitle (codec ass)
S..... ass ASS (Advanced SubStation Alpha) subtitle
S..... dvbsub DVB subtitles (codec dvb_subtitle)
S..... dvdsub DVD subtitles (codec dvd_subtitle)
S..... mov_text 3GPP Timed Text subtitle
S..... srt SubRip subtitle (codec subrip)
S..... subrip SubRip subtitle
S..... text Raw text subtitle
S....D ttml TTML subtitle
S..... webvtt WebVTT subtitle
S..... xsub DivX subtitles (XSUB)
You can see a full list of encoders available in your build by using:
ffmpeg -encoders
Use ffmpeg -h for more CLI info.
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