FFmpeg Encoding and Editing Course

Author: Werner Robitza

This course is a 1.5 hour introduction to FFmpeg and its tools, basic video coding technology, and some hands-on examples. It contains all the slides, scripts and demo material to get started.

Access the slides here: https://slhck.info/ffmpeg-encoding-course/

Course Contents

• Introduction to FFmpeg
• General Video Encoding Concepts
• Encoding with the ffmpeg Command Line Tool
• Getting media information with ffprobe
• Inspecting Video Codecs

Requirements

• This repository
• ffmpeg (≥ v3.3.2) with libx264, libx265, libvpx
• ffprobe
• ffplay
• Big Buck Bunny video (339 MB)

License

MIT License (c) 2017-2018, see LICENSE for more.

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Slides

The slides in slides/ are written in Markdown and can be converted to Reveal.js slides:

npm install -g reveal-md
cd slides/
reveal-md ffmpeg-encoding-course.md

This will open a browser and show your slides at http://localhost:1948/ffmpeg-encoding-course.md#/.

Converting to Static

To convert the slides to a static site:

reveal-md ffmpeg-encoding-course.md --static ../docs

This static site in docs will be shown via GitHub Pages.

Converting to PDF

To convert them to a PDF, run:

reveal-md ffmpeg-encoding-course.md --print ffmpeg-encoding-course.pdf