ffmpeg version n6.1.6-2-g7d90b1b70a Copyright (c) 2000-2026 the FFmpeg developers
built with gcc 16 (Wolfi 16.2.0-r2)
configuration: --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-shared --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libaom --enable-libtheora --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-openssl --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-ffplay --enable-libdav1d --enable-libharfbuzz --enable-libopus --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsrt --enable-libssh --enable-libsvtav1 --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwebp --enable-libxml2 --enable-lzma --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libspeex --enable-libsoxr --enable-libzmq
libavutil 58. 29.100 / 58. 29.100
libavcodec 60. 31.102 / 60. 31.102
libavformat 60. 16.101 / 60. 16.101
libavdevice 60. 3.100 / 60. 3.100
libavfilter 9. 12.100 / 9. 12.100
libswscale 7. 5.100 / 7. 5.100
libswresample 4. 12.100 / 4. 12.100
libpostproc 57. 3.100 / 57. 3.100
Hyper fast Audio and Video encoder
usage: ffmpeg [options] [[infile options] -i infile]... {[outfile options] outfile}...
Getting help:
-h -- print basic options
-h long -- print more options
-h full -- print all options (including all format and codec specific options, very long)
-h type=name -- print all options for the named decoder/encoder/demuxer/muxer/filter/bsf/protocol
See man ffmpeg for detailed description of the options.
Print help / information / capabilities:
-L show license
-h topic show help
-? topic show help
-help topic show help
--help topic show help
-version show version
-buildconf show build configuration
-formats show available formats
-muxers show available muxers
-demuxers show available demuxers
-devices show available devices
-codecs show available codecs
-decoders show available decoders
-encoders show available encoders
-bsfs show available bit stream filters
-protocols show available protocols
-filters show available filters
-pix_fmts show available pixel formats
-layouts show standard channel layouts
-sample_fmts show available audio sample formats
-dispositions show available stream dispositions
-colors show available color names
-sources device list sources of the input device
-sinks device list sinks of the output device
-hwaccels show available HW acceleration methods
Global options (affect whole program instead of just one file):
-loglevel loglevel set logging level
-v loglevel set logging level
-report generate a report
-max_alloc bytes set maximum size of a single allocated block
-y overwrite output files
-n never overwrite output files
-ignore_unknown Ignore unknown stream types
-filter_threads number of non-complex filter threads
-filter_complex_threads number of threads for -filter_complex
-stats print progress report during encoding
-max_error_rate maximum error rate ratio of decoding errors (0.0: no errors, 1.0: 100% errors) above which ffmpeg returns an error instead of success.
Per-file main options:
-f fmt force format
-c codec codec name
-codec codec codec name
-pre preset preset name
-map_metadata outfile[,metadata]:infile[,metadata] set metadata information of outfile from infile
-t duration record or transcode "duration" seconds of audio/video
-to time_stop record or transcode stop time
-fs limit_size set the limit file size in bytes
-ss time_off set the start time offset
-sseof time_off set the start time offset relative to EOF
-seek_timestamp enable/disable seeking by timestamp with -ss
-timestamp time set the recording timestamp ('now' to set the current time)
-metadata string=string add metadata
-program title=string:st=number... add program with specified streams
-target type specify target file type ("vcd", "svcd", "dvd", "dv" or "dv50" with optional prefixes "pal-", "ntsc-" or "film-")
-apad audio pad
-frames number set the number of frames to output
-filter filter_graph set stream filtergraph
-filter_script filename read stream filtergraph description from a file
-reinit_filter reinit filtergraph on input parameter changes
-discard discard
-disposition disposition
Video options:
-vframes number set the number of video frames to output
-r rate set frame rate (Hz value, fraction or abbreviation)
-fpsmax rate set max frame rate (Hz value, fraction or abbreviation)
-s size set frame size (WxH or abbreviation)
-aspect aspect set aspect ratio (4:3, 16:9 or 1.3333, 1.7777)
-display_rotation angle set pure counter-clockwise rotation in degrees for stream(s)
-display_hflip set display horizontal flip for stream(s) (overrides any display rotation if it is not set)
-display_vflip set display vertical flip for stream(s) (overrides any display rotation if it is not set)
-vn disable video
-vcodec codec force video codec ('copy' to copy stream)
-timecode hh:mm:ss[:;.]ff set initial TimeCode value.
-pass n select the pass number (1 to 3)
-vf filter_graph set video filters
-b bitrate video bitrate (please use -b:v)
-dn disable data
Audio options:
-aframes number set the number of audio frames to output
-aq quality set audio quality (codec-specific)
-ar rate set audio sampling rate (in Hz)
-ac channels set number of audio channels
-an disable audio
-acodec codec force audio codec ('copy' to copy stream)
-ab bitrate audio bitrate (please use -b:a)
-af filter_graph set audio filters
Subtitle options:
-s size set frame size (WxH or abbreviation)
-sn disable subtitle
-scodec codec force subtitle codec ('copy' to copy stream)
-stag fourcc/tag force subtitle tag/fourcc
-fix_sub_duration fix subtitles duration
-canvas_size size set canvas size (WxH or abbreviation)
-spre preset set the subtitle options to the indicated preset
Options (87)
| Option | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|
-h | -- print basic options | help |
-L | show license | help |
-? topic | show help | help |
-help topic | show help | help |
--help topic | show help | help |
-version | show version | help |
-buildconf | show build configuration | help |
-formats | show available formats | help |
-muxers | show available muxers | help |
-demuxers | show available demuxers | help |
-devices | show available devices | help |
-codecs | show available codecs | help |
-decoders | show available decoders | help |
-encoders | show available encoders | help |
-bsfs | show available bit stream filters | help |
-protocols | show available protocols | help |
-filters | show available filters | help |
-pix_fmts | show available pixel formats | help |
-layouts | show standard channel layouts | help |
-sample_fmts | show available audio sample formats | help |
-dispositions | show available stream dispositions | help |
-colors | show available color names | help |
-sources device | list sources of the input device | help |
-sinks device | list sinks of the output device | help |
-hwaccels | show available HW acceleration methods | help |
-loglevel loglevel | set logging level | help |
-v loglevel | set logging level | help |
-report | generate a report | help |
-max_alloc bytes | set maximum size of a single allocated block | help |
-y | overwrite output files | help |
-n | never overwrite output files | help |
-ignore_unknown | Ignore unknown stream types | help |
-filter_threads | number of non-complex filter threads | help |
-filter_complex_threads | number of threads for -filter_complex | help |
-stats | print progress report during encoding | help |
-max_error_rate maximum | ratio of decoding errors (0.0: no errors, 1.0: 100% errors) above which ffmpeg returns an error instead of success. | help |
-f fmt | force format | help |
-c codec | codec name | help |
-codec codec | codec name | help |
-pre preset | preset name | help |
-map_metadata outfile | set metadata information of outfile from infile | help |
-t duration | record or transcode "duration" seconds of audio/video | help |
-to time_stop | record or transcode stop time | help |
-fs limit_size | set the limit file size in bytes | help |
-ss time_off | set the start time offset | help |
-sseof time_off | set the start time offset relative to EOF | help |
-seek_timestamp | enable/disable seeking by timestamp with -ss | help |
-timestamp time | set the recording timestamp ('now' to set the current time) | help |
-metadata string=string | add metadata | help |
-program title=string:st=number... | add program with specified streams | help |
-target type | specify target file type ("vcd", "svcd", "dvd", "dv" or "dv50" with optional prefixes "pal-", "ntsc-" or "film-") | help |
-apad | audio pad | help |
-frames number | set the number of frames to output | help |
-filter filter_graph | set stream filtergraph | help |
-filter_script filename | read stream filtergraph description from a file | help |
-reinit_filter | reinit filtergraph on input parameter changes | help |
-discard | discard | help |
-disposition | disposition | help |
-vframes number | set the number of video frames to output | help |
-r rate | set frame rate (Hz value, fraction or abbreviation) | help |
-fpsmax rate | set max frame rate (Hz value, fraction or abbreviation) | help |
-s size | set frame size (WxH or abbreviation) | help |
-aspect aspect | set aspect ratio (4:3, 16:9 or 1.3333, 1.7777) | help |
-display_rotation angle | set pure counter-clockwise rotation in degrees for stream(s) | help |
-display_hflip | set display horizontal flip for stream(s) (overrides any display rotation if it is not set) | help |
-display_vflip | set display vertical flip for stream(s) (overrides any display rotation if it is not set) | help |
-vn | disable video | help |
-vcodec codec | force video codec ('copy' to copy stream) | help |
-timecode hh:mm:ss[:;.]ff | set initial TimeCode value. | help |
-pass n | select the pass number (1 to 3) | help |
-vf filter_graph | set video filters | help |
-b bitrate | video bitrate (please use -b:v) | help |
-dn | disable data | help |
-aframes number | set the number of audio frames to output | help |
-aq quality | set audio quality (codec-specific) | help |
-ar rate | set audio sampling rate (in Hz) | help |
-ac channels | set number of audio channels | help |
-an | disable audio | help |
-acodec codec | force audio codec ('copy' to copy stream) | help |
-ab bitrate | audio bitrate (please use -b:a) | help |
-af filter_graph | set audio filters | help |
-sn | disable subtitle | help |
-scodec codec | force subtitle codec ('copy' to copy stream) | help |
-stag fourcc/tag | force subtitle tag/fourcc | help |
-fix_sub_duration | fix subtitles duration | help |
-canvas_size size | set canvas size (WxH or abbreviation) | help |
-spre preset | set the subtitle options to the indicated preset | help |