Convert an AVCHD / MTS file to MP4 using ffmpeg
Convert an .MTS file to a .MP4 file
We want to convert it to .MP4, for instance to show it on a mobile device Android, or to play it om xbmc, or to import into kdenlive.
For a whole directory, type:
IFS=$(echo -en "\n\b"); for i in *.MTS; do ffmpeg -i "$i" -vcodec mpeg4 -b:v 15M -acodec libmp3lame -b:a 192k "$i.mp4"; done
or offtopic:
find . -print0 | while read -d $'\0' file do echo -v "$file" done
Now, if you want to resize it for some reason (show on mobile phone):
#ffmpeg -i 00031.MTS -s 480x320 -b:v 4000k 00031.MP4
-i = input file
-s = size <=== PUT THE SIZE PARAMETER JUST AFTER THE INPUTFILENAME, OTHERWISE YOU GET AN ERROR
-b:v = videobitrate, 8000k gives a slightly better image, but doubles the filesize -b:a = audiobitrate
Using these parameters you shrink a 25MB movie to a 6 MB movie.
Convert an .DV file to a .MP4 file
ffmpeg -i tape.dv -vcodec mpeg4 -b:v 15M -acodec libmp3lame -ab 192k -threads 2 -ilme tape.mp4
-ilme = Force interlacing support in encoder (MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 only). Use this option if your input file is interlaced and you want to keep the interlaced format for minimum losses. The alternative is to deinterlace the input stream with -deinterlace, but deinterlacing introduces losses.
Convert an .MTS file to a .DV file for video editing
We want to convert it to .DV, because then our video editing program (kdenlive) will process the clips much much faster!!!
#ffmpeg -i 00005.MTS -f avi -b:v 16000k -ab 192k 00005.DV
-i = input file
-f = format, appeared neccessary
-b:v = videobitrate, this value of 16000k is exactly the same as the source file, because we don't want any loss!!
-b:a = audio bitrate, this value of 192k is exactly the same as the source file, because we don't want any loss!!
ALTERNATIVE
I also found this commandline, worked very well:
ffmpeg-kino -threads 2 -i 00120.MTS -s 720x576 -r pal -aspect 16:9 -ac 2 -ar 48000 -pix_fmt yuv420p -y 00120.MTS.dv
Another commandline:
ffmpeg -y -i 00141.MTS -vcodec mpeg4 -b:v 8000000 -ab 128000 -s 1280x720 new2.mp4 ffmpeg -y -i 00101.MTS -vcodec mpeg4 -b:v 14M -acodec ac3 -ab 192k new.mp4 <-- deze gebruikt om .MTS in kdenlive te importeren
dus:
for i in *; do ffmpeg -y -i "$i" -vcodec mpeg4 -b:v 14M -acodec ac3 -ab 192k "$i".mp4; done
Convert to WebM (VP8)
A valid WebM file can only contain VP8 video and Vorbis audio in a .webm container.
ffmpeg -i bla.mp4 -vcodec libvpx -b:v 15M -acodec libvorbis -b:a 192k out.webm
For web page (reduced size):
# ffmpeg -i 44.mp4 -s 568x320 -vcodec libvpx -b:v 300k -acodec libvorbis -b:a 64k 44.webm
Convert an .MTS file to Flash (FLV)
ffmpeg -i bla.mts -s 640x360 -ar 22050 -b:v 1M blaat.flv
of pas de bitrate aan voor hogere kwaliteit:
ffmpeg -i bla.mts -s 640x360 -ar 22050 -b:v 3M blaat.flv
Convert an old analogue letterbox recording to SD digital format
The input file was
Input #0, mpeg, from '1106_20091226203000.mpg': Duration: 04:24:55.20, start: 0.276144, bitrate: 6934 kb/s Stream #0.0[0x1e0]: Video: mpeg2video (Main), yuv420p, 720x576 [PAR 64:45 DAR 16:9], 8000 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 90k tbn, 50 tbc Stream #0.1[0x1c0]: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 384 kb/s
and the picture has big black borders on the top and bottom and looks squashed. It was supposed to be stretched to fill up the screen (Our old analogue TV did that automatically).
This must be done in 2 steps: first the cropping, then rescaling back to 16:9
The first command is
ffmpeg -i input.mpg -vf crop=720:430 -vcodec mpeg2video -b:v 8M -acodec mp2 -b:a 384k 25ycrop.mpg
Note that we try to keep the audio/video exactly the same as the sourcefile. The commandline options -sameq and -vcodec copy don't seem to work here.
Next we must scale the video back to full screen, again the same settings for vcodec and acodec:
ffmpeg -i 25ycrop.mpg -s 720x576 -aspect 16:9 -vcodec mpeg2video -b:v 8M -acodec mp2 -b:a 384k bla.mpg
Other examples
# ffmpeg -i 00039.MTS -f avi -vcodec mpeg4 -b:v 16000 bla.wmv # ffmpeg -i 00039.MTS -f avi -vcodec msmpeg4v2 -b:v 16000 bla.wmv # ffmpeg -y -i VIDEO0005.3gp -vcodec wmv2 -f avi -ar 44100 kerst2009.avi # ffmpeg -formats -> lists formats # ffmpeg -f avi -> force avi format # ffmpeg -codecs -> lists codecs # ffmpeg -vcodec mpeg4 -> use codec # ffmpeg -acodec libmp3lame -> use mp3 audio codec # ffmpeg -i <inputfile> -> show info about movie file # ffmpeg -y -> overwrite outputfiles # ffmpeg -vcodec copy -ss 00:01:00 -t 00:03:00 -i infile.mpg outfile.mpg -> this cut the file from 1 minute to 4 minutes (t=duration) or # ffmpeg -i inputfilename.mpg -sameq -ss 00:01:00 -t 00:03:00 outfile.mpg The above will extract 3 minutes of mpg file from the 1 minute mark using same quality as the source file. This is useful for Variable Bit Rate (VBR) encoded files. # ffmpeg -target dvd|vcd|svcd|dv|dv50 -> all options are set automagically, but you can overrule as long as they don't conflict w/ the standard -r --> set framerate, default = 25. also 'pal' is accepted -threads --> set thread count # ffmpeg -i 00090.MTS -f avi -b 6000k -ab 192k -vcodec mpeg2video 00090.mpg convert MTS to XBOX readable format
Sharpening
Using the -vf option.
# Strong luma sharpen effect parameters unsharp=7:7:2.5 PvdM: dit betekent [unsharp @ 0x64f7c0] effect:sharpen type:luma msize_x:7 msize_y:7 amount:2.50 # Strong blur of both luma and chroma parameters unsharp=7:7:-2:7:7:-2 # Use the default values with ffmpeg ./ffmpeg -i in.avi -vf "unsharp" out.mp4 PvdM: dit betekent [unsharp @ 0x64f7a0] effect:sharpen type:luma msize_x:5 msize_y:5 amount:1.00
Example:
ffmpeg -i part1.dv -vf "unsharp" -target dvd test2.mpg
Timestamps
To set the timestamp of the file to the video's internal creation date/time, you can use:
exiftool '-CreateDate>FileModifyDate' FILE
To force a date/time when converting:
ffmpeg -i 00041.MTS -vcodec mpeg4 -acodec copy -timestamp 2000012312:21:34 bla.mp4
Split video files
ffmpeg -i input.mpg -ss 00:00:10 -t 00:00:30 out1.mpg
-ss is the start point in hh:mm:ss from the beginning of your video file
-t is the length of time in hh:mm:ss of your new segment.
So, in the above example, you're starting 10 seconds in from the beginning of the original file and ending 30 seconds later.
If you want to create multiple parts in one pass then the following should work:
ffmpeg -i input.mpg -ss 00:00:10 -t 00:00:30 out1.mpg -ss 00:00:35 -t 00:00:30 out2.mpg
In this example, the first segment is the same as the first example, but you're also creating a second file starting at 35 seconds in and being 30 seconds long.
Remember to use the correct encoding:
ffmpeg -i input.mpg -ss 00:00:10 -vcodec copy -acodec copy output.mpg
Merge video files
To merge 2 or more files, use the 'cat' command and pipe it through ffmpeg, like this:
cat 1.mpg 2.mpg | ffmpeg (-f mpeg) -i – -vcodec copy -acodec copy outfile.mpg
Unfortunately, this does not work. Again, mencoder to the rescue:
mencoder -oac copy -ovc copy -o output.mp4 1.mp4 2.mp4
create timelapse movie
To create a timelapse movie from images in a directory, use:
mencoder "mf://*.jpg" -mf fps=5 -o test.avi -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=msmpeg4v2:vbitrate=1000
I know, this is mencoder, but it works.
FFmpeg uses the following format:
ffmpeg -f image2 -r 10 -b:v 1M -i %03d.jpg test2.mp4
but this doesn't work. Also it requires the imagefilenames to be of name 001.jpg - 999.jpg, which is not always the case.
DVD
Re-encode for DVD use
# mythreplex --demux --fix_sync -o /data/stream -v 224 -c 128 "/data/newfile2.mpg # tcrequant /data/stream.mv2 /data/video.small.m2v 1.17052143685
Pull Chapters from VOB
You can pull chapters from VOB files using mplayer. Here's a command line to pull chapter 3 from the DVD drive and dump it to a VOB.
mplayer dvd:// -chapter 3-3 -dumpstream -dumpfile 3.vob
Rip VOB to DV
The following command will rip a VOB file strait from an unencrypted DVD and convert it to a strait DV file.
ffmpeg -i /cdrom/VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_1.VOB -target dv /home/joel/Videos/game_vi.dv
Rip VOB to DVD
The following command will rip a VOB file to an MPEG2 video with AC3 audio for a DVD. It also uses the '-sameq' option which uses the same quality factor in the encoder as in the decoder, allowing almost lossless encoding.
ffmpeg -i myfile.vob -target dvd -sameq myfile.mpg
Rip VOB to VCD
The following command will rip a VOB file to a MPEG1 video with MP1 audio.
ffmpeg -i myfile.vob -target vcd myfile.mpg
Rip VOB to Flash (FLV)
The following command will rip a VOB file to 352×240 (the same size as VCD) and will save it as a flash file.
ffmpeg -i myfile.vob -s 352x240 myfile.flv
HTC Hero
For the HTC Hero (Android) the default movie properties are:
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '26112009004.mp4': Duration: 00:00:39.06, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 424 kb/s Stream #0.0(und): Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 320x240 [PAR 1:1 DAR 4:3], 372 kb/s, 15 tbr, 30k tbn, 30k tbc Stream #0.1(und): Audio: aac, 48000 Hz, mono, s16, 48 kb/s Metadata major_brand : mp42 minor_version : 0 compatible_brands: mp423gp4isom
HTC Desire
Screen size: 800x480 For the Desire, the default movie properties are:
- Convert .MTS files for Desire:
for i in * ; do ffmpeg -i $i -s 800x480 -b 8000k /media/disk/DCIM/oostenrijk\ videos/$i.MP4; done
Samsung Galaxy S Plus
Screen size: 800x480
Encode videos for Samsung Galaxy S Plus
ffmpeg -i "27.mp4" -s 800x480 -vcodec mpeg4 -b 768k -acodec libmp3lame -ab 128k -dmix_mode loro "27.mobile.mp4"
where
- 512k gives rather bad image
- 1M gives perfect image
- 768k hits the sweetspot
- -dmix_mode loro is used for downmixing surround sound
Codecs
most used video codecs that ffmpeg can encode
Codecs: D..... = Decoding supported .E.... = Encoding supported ..V... = Video codec ..A... = Audio codec ..S... = Subtitle codec ...S.. = Supports draw_horiz_band ....D. = Supports direct rendering method 1 .....T = Supports weird frame truncation ------ dvvideo DV (Digital Video) flashsv Flash Screen Video flc Flash Video (FLV) / Sorenson Spark / Sorenson H.263 libtheora libtheora Theora libx264 libx264 H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10 libxvid libxvidcore MPEG-4 part 2 mjpeg MJPEG (Motion JPEG) mpeg1video MPEG-1 video mpeg2video MPEG-2 video mpeg4 MPEG-4 part 2 msmpeg4 MPEG-4 part 2 Microsoft variant version 3 msmpeg4v1 MPEG-4 part 2 Microsoft variant version 1 msmpeg4v2 MPEG-4 part 2 Microsoft variant version 2 wmv1 Windows Media Video 7 wmv2 Windows Media Video 8
all video codecs that ffmpeg can encode
Codecs: D..... = Decoding supported .E.... = Encoding supported ..V... = Video codec ..A... = Audio codec ..S... = Subtitle codec ...S.. = Supports draw_horiz_band ....D. = Supports direct rendering method 1 .....T = Supports weird frame truncation ------ DEV D asv1 ASUS V1 DEV D asv2 ASUS V2 DEV D bmp BMP image DEV D dnxhd VC3/DNxHD DEV dpx DPX image DEV D dvvideo DV (Digital Video) DEV D ffv1 FFmpeg video codec #1 DEVSD ffvhuff Huffyuv FFmpeg variant DEV D flashsv Flash Screen Video DEVSD flv Flash Video (FLV) / Sorenson Spark / Sorenson H.263 DEV D gif GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) DEV D h261 H.261 DEVSDT h263 H.263 / H.263-1996 DEVSD huffyuv Huffyuv / HuffYUV DEV D jpegls JPEG-LS DEV libschroedinger libschroedinger Dirac 2.2 DEV libvpx libvpx VP8 DEV D mjpeg MJPEG (Motion JPEG) DEVSDT mpeg1video MPEG-1 video DEVSDT mpeg2video MPEG-2 video DEVSDT mpeg4 MPEG-4 part 2 DEVSD msmpeg4 MPEG-4 part 2 Microsoft variant version 3 DEVSD msmpeg4v2 MPEG-4 part 2 Microsoft variant version 2 DEV D msvideo1 Microsoft Video-1 DEV D pam PAM (Portable AnyMap) image DEV D pbm PBM (Portable BitMap) image DEV D pcx PC Paintbrush PCX image DEV D pgm PGM (Portable GrayMap) image DEV D pgmyuv PGMYUV (Portable GrayMap YUV) image DEV D png PNG image DEV D ppm PPM (Portable PixelMap) image DEV D qtrle QuickTime Animation (RLE) video DEV rawvideo raw video DEV D roqvideo id RoQ video DEV D rv10 RealVideo 1.0 DEV D rv20 RealVideo 2.0 DEV sgi SGI image DEV D snow Snow DEV D svq1 Sorenson Vector Quantizer 1 / Sorenson Video 1 / SVQ1 DEV D targa Truevision Targa image DEV D tiff TIFF image DEV D v210 Uncompressed 4:2:2 10-bit DEVSD wmv1 Windows Media Video 7 DEVSD wmv2 Windows Media Video 8 DEV D zlib LCL (LossLess Codec Library) ZLIB DEV D zmbv Zip Motion Blocks Video
all ffmpeg codecs that are supported
Codecs: D..... = Decoding supported .E.... = Encoding supported ..V... = Video codec ..A... = Audio codec ..S... = Subtitle codec ...S.. = Supports draw_horiz_band ....D. = Supports direct rendering method 1 .....T = Supports weird frame truncation ------ D V D 4xm 4X Movie D V D 8bps QuickTime 8BPS video D A 8svx_exp 8SVX exponential D A 8svx_fib 8SVX fibonacci D A 8svx_raw 8SVX rawaudio EV a64multi Multicolor charset for Commodore 64 EV a64multi5 Multicolor charset for Commodore 64, extended with 5th color (colram) DEA aac Advanced Audio Coding D A aac_latm AAC LATM (Advanced Audio Codec LATM syntax) D V D aasc Autodesk RLE DEA ac3 ATSC A/52A (AC-3) EA ac3_fixed ATSC A/52A (AC-3) D A adpcm_4xm ADPCM 4X Movie DEA adpcm_adx SEGA CRI ADX ADPCM D A adpcm_ct ADPCM Creative Technology D A adpcm_ea ADPCM Electronic Arts D A adpcm_ea_maxis_xa ADPCM Electronic Arts Maxis CDROM XA D A adpcm_ea_r1 ADPCM Electronic Arts R1 D A adpcm_ea_r2 ADPCM Electronic Arts R2 D A adpcm_ea_r3 ADPCM Electronic Arts R3 D A adpcm_ea_xas ADPCM Electronic Arts XAS D A adpcm_ima_amv ADPCM IMA AMV D A adpcm_ima_dk3 ADPCM IMA Duck DK3 D A adpcm_ima_dk4 ADPCM IMA Duck DK4 D A adpcm_ima_ea_eacs ADPCM IMA Electronic Arts EACS D A adpcm_ima_ea_sead ADPCM IMA Electronic Arts SEAD D A adpcm_ima_iss ADPCM IMA Funcom ISS DEA adpcm_ima_qt ADPCM IMA QuickTime D A adpcm_ima_smjpeg ADPCM IMA Loki SDL MJPEG DEA adpcm_ima_wav ADPCM IMA WAV D A adpcm_ima_ws ADPCM IMA Westwood DEA adpcm_ms ADPCM Microsoft D A adpcm_sbpro_2 ADPCM Sound Blaster Pro 2-bit D A adpcm_sbpro_3 ADPCM Sound Blaster Pro 2.6-bit D A adpcm_sbpro_4 ADPCM Sound Blaster Pro 4-bit DEA adpcm_swf ADPCM Shockwave Flash D A adpcm_thp ADPCM Nintendo Gamecube THP D A adpcm_xa ADPCM CDROM XA DEA adpcm_yamaha ADPCM Yamaha DEA alac ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec) D A als MPEG-4 Audio Lossless Coding (ALS) D A amrnb Adaptive Multi-Rate NarrowBand D A amrwb Adaptive Multi-Rate WideBand D V amv AMV Video D V D anm Deluxe Paint Animation D V D ansi ASCII/ANSI art D A ape Monkey's Audio DES ass Advanced SubStation Alpha subtitle DEV D asv1 ASUS V1 DEV D asv2 ASUS V2 D A atrac1 Atrac 1 (Adaptive TRansform Acoustic Coding) D A atrac3 Atrac 3 (Adaptive TRansform Acoustic Coding 3) D V D aura Auravision AURA D V D aura2 Auravision Aura 2 D V D avs AVS (Audio Video Standard) video D V D bethsoftvid Bethesda VID video D V D bfi Brute Force & Ignorance D A binkaudio_dct Bink Audio (DCT) D A binkaudio_rdft Bink Audio (RDFT) D V binkvideo Bink video DEV D bmp BMP image D V D c93 Interplay C93 D V D camstudio CamStudio D V D camtasia TechSmith Screen Capture Codec D V D cavs Chinese AVS video (AVS1-P2, JiZhun profile) D V D cdgraphics CD Graphics video D V D cinepak Cinepak D V D cljr Cirrus Logic AccuPak D A cook COOK D V D cyuv Creative YUV (CYUV) DEA dca D V D dfa Chronomaster DFA DEV D dnxhd VC3/DNxHD DEV dpx DPX image D A dsicinaudio Delphine Software International CIN audio D V D dsicinvideo Delphine Software International CIN video DES dvbsub DVB subtitles DES dvdsub DVD subtitles DEV D dvvideo DV (Digital Video) D V D dxa Feeble Files/ScummVM DXA DEA eac3 ATSC A/52 E-AC-3 D V D eacmv Electronic Arts CMV video D V D eamad Electronic Arts Madcow Video D V D eatgq Electronic Arts TGQ video D V eatgv Electronic Arts TGV video D V D eatqi Electronic Arts TQI Video D V D escape124 Escape 124 DEV D ffv1 FFmpeg video codec #1 DEVSD ffvhuff Huffyuv FFmpeg variant DEA flac FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) DEV D flashsv Flash Screen Video EV flashsv2 Flash Screen Video Version 2 D V D flic Autodesk Animator Flic video DEVSD flv Flash Video (FLV) / Sorenson Spark / Sorenson H.263 D V D fraps Fraps D V D frwu Forward Uncompressed DEA g722 G.722 ADPCM DEA g726 G.726 ADPCM DEV D gif GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) D A gsm GSM D A gsm_ms GSM Microsoft variant DEV D h261 H.261 DEVSDT h263 H.263 / H.263-1996 D VSD h263i Intel H.263 EV h263p H.263+ / H.263-1998 / H.263 version 2 D V D h264 H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10 D V D h264_vdpau H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10 (VDPAU acceleration) DEVSD huffyuv Huffyuv / HuffYUV D V D idcinvideo id Quake II CIN video D V D iff_byterun1 IFF ByteRun1 D V D iff_ilbm IFF ILBM D A imc IMC (Intel Music Coder) D V D indeo2 Intel Indeo 2 D V D indeo3 Intel Indeo 3 D V indeo5 Intel Indeo Video Interactive 5 D A interplay_dpcm DPCM Interplay D V D interplayvideo Interplay MVE video D V j2k DEV D jpegls JPEG-LS D V D jv Bitmap Brothers JV video D V kgv1 Kega Game Video D V D kmvc Karl Morton's video codec D V D lagarith Lagarith lossless EV libdirac libdirac Dirac 2.2 DEA libgsm libgsm GSM DEA libgsm_ms libgsm GSM Microsoft variant EA libmp3lame libmp3lame MP3 (MPEG audio layer 3) DEA libopencore_amrnb OpenCORE Adaptive Multi-Rate (AMR) Narrow-Band D A libopencore_amrwb OpenCORE Adaptive Multi-Rate (AMR) Wide-Band DEV libschroedinger libschroedinger Dirac 2.2 DEA libspeex libspeex Speex Encoder EV libtheora libtheora Theora EA libvorbis libvorbis Vorbis DEV libvpx libvpx VP8 EV libx264 libx264 H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10 EV libxvid libxvidcore MPEG-4 part 2 EV ljpeg Lossless JPEG D V D loco LOCO D A mace3 MACE (Macintosh Audio Compression/Expansion) 3:1 D A mace6 MACE (Macintosh Audio Compression/Expansion) 6:1 D V D mdec Sony PlayStation MDEC (Motion DECoder) D V D mimic Mimic DEV D mjpeg MJPEG (Motion JPEG) D V D mjpegb Apple MJPEG-B D A mlp MLP (Meridian Lossless Packing) D V D mmvideo American Laser Games MM Video D V D motionpixels Motion Pixels video D A mp1 MP1 (MPEG audio layer 1) D A mp1float MP1 (MPEG audio layer 1) DEA mp2 MP2 (MPEG audio layer 2) D A mp2float MP2 (MPEG audio layer 2) D A mp3 MP3 (MPEG audio layer 3) D A mp3adu ADU (Application Data Unit) MP3 (MPEG audio layer 3) D A mp3adufloat ADU (Application Data Unit) MP3 (MPEG audio layer 3) D A mp3float MP3 (MPEG audio layer 3) D A mp3on4 MP3onMP4 D A mp3on4float MP3onMP4 D A mpc7 Musepack SV7 D A mpc8 Musepack SV8 DEVSDT mpeg1video MPEG-1 video D V DT mpeg1video_vdpau MPEG-1 video (VDPAU acceleration) DEVSDT mpeg2video MPEG-2 video DEVSDT mpeg4 MPEG-4 part 2 D V DT mpeg4_vdpau MPEG-4 part 2 (VDPAU) D VSDT mpegvideo MPEG-1 video D V DT mpegvideo_vdpau MPEG-1/2 video (VDPAU acceleration) D VSDT mpegvideo_xvmc MPEG-1/2 video XvMC (X-Video Motion Compensation) DEVSD msmpeg4 MPEG-4 part 2 Microsoft variant version 3 D VSD msmpeg4v1 MPEG-4 part 2 Microsoft variant version 1 DEVSD msmpeg4v2 MPEG-4 part 2 Microsoft variant version 2 D V D msrle Microsoft RLE DEV D msvideo1 Microsoft Video-1 D V D mszh LCL (LossLess Codec Library) MSZH D V D mxpeg Mobotix MxPEG video DEA nellymoser Nellymoser Asao D V D nuv NuppelVideo/RTJPEG DEV D pam PAM (Portable AnyMap) image DEV D pbm PBM (Portable BitMap) image DEA pcm_alaw PCM A-law D A pcm_bluray PCM signed 16|20|24-bit big-endian for Blu-ray media D A pcm_dvd PCM signed 20|24-bit big-endian DEA pcm_f32be PCM 32-bit floating point big-endian DEA pcm_f32le PCM 32-bit floating point little-endian DEA pcm_f64be PCM 64-bit floating point big-endian DEA pcm_f64le PCM 64-bit floating point little-endian D A pcm_lxf PCM signed 20-bit little-endian planar DEA pcm_mulaw PCM mu-law DEA pcm_s16be PCM signed 16-bit big-endian DEA pcm_s16le PCM signed 16-bit little-endian D A pcm_s16le_planar PCM 16-bit little-endian planar DEA pcm_s24be PCM signed 24-bit big-endian DEA pcm_s24daud PCM D-Cinema audio signed 24-bit DEA pcm_s24le PCM signed 24-bit little-endian DEA pcm_s32be PCM signed 32-bit big-endian DEA pcm_s32le PCM signed 32-bit little-endian DEA pcm_s8 PCM signed 8-bit DEA pcm_u16be PCM unsigned 16-bit big-endian DEA pcm_u16le PCM unsigned 16-bit little-endian DEA pcm_u24be PCM unsigned 24-bit big-endian DEA pcm_u24le PCM unsigned 24-bit little-endian DEA pcm_u32be PCM unsigned 32-bit big-endian DEA pcm_u32le PCM unsigned 32-bit little-endian DEA pcm_u8 PCM unsigned 8-bit DEA pcm_zork PCM Zork DEV D pcx PC Paintbrush PCX image DEV D pgm PGM (Portable GrayMap) image DEV D pgmyuv PGMYUV (Portable GrayMap YUV) image D S pgssub HDMV Presentation Graphic Stream subtitles D V D pictor Pictor/PC Paint DEV D png PNG image DEV D ppm PPM (Portable PixelMap) image D V D ptx V.Flash PTX image D A qcelp QCELP / PureVoice D A qdm2 QDesign Music Codec 2 D V D qdraw Apple QuickDraw D V D qpeg Q-team QPEG DEV D qtrle QuickTime Animation (RLE) video D V D r10k AJA Kona 10-bit RGB Codec D V D r210 Uncompressed RGB 10-bit DEV rawvideo raw video DEA real_144 RealAudio 1.0 (14.4K) encoder D A real_288 RealAudio 2.0 (28.8K) D V D rl2 RL2 video DEA roq_dpcm id RoQ DPCM DEV D roqvideo id RoQ video D V D rpza QuickTime video (RPZA) DEV D rv10 RealVideo 1.0 DEV D rv20 RealVideo 2.0 D V D rv30 RealVideo 3.0 D V D rv40 RealVideo 4.0 D A s302m SMPTE 302M DEV sgi SGI image D A shorten Shorten D A sipr RealAudio SIPR / ACELP.NET D A smackaud Smacker audio D V D smackvid Smacker video D V D smc QuickTime Graphics (SMC) DEV D snow Snow D A sol_dpcm DPCM Sol DEA sonic Sonic EA sonicls Sonic lossless D V D sp5x Sunplus JPEG (SP5X) DES srt SubRip subtitle D V D sunrast Sun Rasterfile image DEV D svq1 Sorenson Vector Quantizer 1 / Sorenson Video 1 / SVQ1 D VSD svq3 Sorenson Vector Quantizer 3 / Sorenson Video 3 / SVQ3 DEV D targa Truevision Targa image D VSD theora Theora D V D thp Nintendo Gamecube THP video D V D tiertexseqvideo Tiertex Limited SEQ video DEV D tiff TIFF image D V D tmv 8088flex TMV D A truehd TrueHD D V D truemotion1 Duck TrueMotion 1.0 D V D truemotion2 Duck TrueMotion 2.0 D A truespeech DSP Group TrueSpeech D A tta True Audio (TTA) D A twinvq VQF TwinVQ D V D txd Renderware TXD (TeXture Dictionary) image D V D ultimotion IBM UltiMotion DEV D v210 Uncompressed 4:2:2 10-bit D V D v210x Uncompressed 4:2:2 10-bit D V vb Beam Software VB D V D vc1 SMPTE VC-1 D V D vc1_vdpau SMPTE VC-1 VDPAU D V D vcr1 ATI VCR1 D A vmdaudio Sierra VMD audio D V D vmdvideo Sierra VMD video D V D vmnc VMware Screen Codec / VMware Video DEA vorbis Vorbis D VSD vp3 On2 VP3 D V D vp5 On2 VP5 D V D vp6 On2 VP6 D V D vp6a On2 VP6 (Flash version, with alpha channel) D V D vp6f On2 VP6 (Flash version) D V D vp8 On2 VP8 D V D vqavideo Westwood Studios VQA (Vector Quantized Animation) video D A wavpack WavPack D A wmapro Windows Media Audio 9 Professional DEA wmav1 Windows Media Audio 1 DEA wmav2 Windows Media Audio 2 D A wmavoice Windows Media Audio Voice DEVSD wmv1 Windows Media Video 7 DEVSD wmv2 Windows Media Video 8 D V D wmv3 Windows Media Video 9 D V D wmv3_vdpau Windows Media Video 9 VDPAU D V D wnv1 Winnov WNV1 D A ws_snd1 Westwood Audio (SND1) D A xan_dpcm DPCM Xan D V D xan_wc3 Wing Commander III / Xan D V D xan_wc4 Wing Commander IV / Xxan D V D xl Miro VideoXL DES xsub DivX subtitles (XSUB) D V yop Psygnosis YOP Video DEV D zlib LCL (LossLess Codec Library) ZLIB DEV D zmbv Zip Motion Blocks Video Note, the names of encoders and decoders do not always match, so there are several cases where the above table shows encoder only or decoder only entries even though both encoding and decoding are supported. For example, the h263 decoder corresponds to the h263 and h263p encoders, for file formats it is even worse.
Ffmpeg file (container) formats that are supported
File formats: D. = Demuxing supported .E = Muxing supported -- E 3g2 3GP2 format E 3gp 3GP format D 4xm 4X Technologies format D IFF IFF format D ISS Funcom ISS format D MTV MTV format DE RoQ raw id RoQ format E a64 a64 - video for Commodore 64 D aac raw ADTS AAC DE ac3 raw AC-3 E adts ADTS AAC D aea MD STUDIO audio DE aiff Audio IFF DE alaw PCM A-law format DE alsa ALSA audio output DE amr 3GPP AMR file format D anm Deluxe Paint Animation D apc CRYO APC format D ape Monkey's Audio D applehttp Apple HTTP Live Streaming format DE asf ASF format E asf_stream ASF format DE ass Advanced SubStation Alpha subtitle format DE au SUN AU format DE avi AVI format E avm2 Flash 9 (AVM2) format D avs AVS format D bethsoftvid Bethesda Softworks VID format D bfi Brute Force & Ignorance D bink Bink D c93 Interplay C93 DE caf Apple Core Audio Format DE cavsvideo raw Chinese AVS video D cdg CD Graphics Format E crc CRC testing format DE daud D-Cinema audio format D dfa Chronomaster DFA DE dirac raw Dirac DE dnxhd raw DNxHD (SMPTE VC-3) D dsicin Delphine Software International CIN format DE dts raw DTS DE dv DV video format D dv1394 DV1394 A/V grab E dvd MPEG-2 PS format (DVD VOB) D dxa DXA D ea Electronic Arts Multimedia Format D ea_cdata Electronic Arts cdata DE eac3 raw E-AC-3 DE f32be PCM 32 bit floating-point big-endian format DE f32le PCM 32 bit floating-point little-endian format DE f64be PCM 64 bit floating-point big-endian format DE f64le PCM 64 bit floating-point little-endian format D fbdev Linux framebuffer DE ffm FFM (FFserver live feed) format DE ffmetadata FFmpeg metadata in text format D film_cpk Sega FILM/CPK format DE filmstrip Adobe Filmstrip DE flac raw FLAC D flic FLI/FLC/FLX animation format DE flv FLV format E framecrc framecrc testing format E framemd5 Per-frame MD5 testing format DE g722 raw G.722 E gif GIF Animation D gsm raw GSM DE gxf GXF format DE h261 raw H.261 DE h263 raw H.263 DE h264 raw H.264 video format D idcin id Cinematic format DE image2 image2 sequence DE image2pipe piped image2 sequence D ingenient raw Ingenient MJPEG D ipmovie Interplay MVE format E ipod iPod H.264 MP4 format D iv8 A format generated by IndigoVision 8000 video server DE ivf On2 IVF D jack JACK Audio Connection Kit D jv Bitmap Brothers JV D libdc1394 dc1394 A/V grab D lmlm4 lmlm4 raw format D lxf VR native stream format (LXF) DE m4v raw MPEG-4 video format E matroska Matroska file format D matroska,webm Matroska/WebM file format E md5 MD5 testing format DE microdvd MicroDVD subtitle format DE mjpeg raw MJPEG video DE mlp raw MLP D mm American Laser Games MM format DE mmf Yamaha SMAF E mov MOV format D mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 QuickTime/MPEG-4/Motion JPEG 2000 format E mp2 MPEG audio layer 2 DE mp3 MPEG audio layer 3 E mp4 MP4 format D mpc Musepack D mpc8 Musepack SV8 DE mpeg MPEG-1 System format E mpeg1video raw MPEG-1 video E mpeg2video raw MPEG-2 video DE mpegts MPEG-2 transport stream format D mpegtsraw MPEG-2 raw transport stream format D mpegvideo raw MPEG video E mpjpeg MIME multipart JPEG format D msnwctcp MSN TCP Webcam stream DE mulaw PCM mu-law format D mvi Motion Pixels MVI format DE mxf Material eXchange Format E mxf_d10 Material eXchange Format, D-10 Mapping D mxg MxPEG clip file format D nc NC camera feed format D nsv Nullsoft Streaming Video E null raw null video format DE nut NUT format D nuv NuppelVideo format DE ogg Ogg D oma Sony OpenMG audio DE oss Open Sound System playback D pmp Playstation Portable PMP format E psp PSP MP4 format D psxstr Sony Playstation STR format D pva TechnoTrend PVA file and stream format D qcp QCP format D r3d REDCODE R3D format DE rawvideo raw video format E rcv VC-1 test bitstream D rl2 RL2 format DE rm RealMedia format D rpl RPL/ARMovie format DE rso Lego Mindstorms RSO format DE rtp RTP output format DE rtsp RTSP output format DE s16be PCM signed 16 bit big-endian format DE s16le PCM signed 16 bit little-endian format DE s24be PCM signed 24 bit big-endian format DE s24le PCM signed 24 bit little-endian format DE s32be PCM signed 32 bit big-endian format DE s32le PCM signed 32 bit little-endian format DE s8 PCM signed 8 bit format DE sap SAP output format E sdl SDL output device D sdp SDP D shn raw Shorten D siff Beam Software SIFF D smk Smacker video D sol Sierra SOL format DE sox SoX native format DE spdif IEC 61937 (used on S/PDIF - IEC958) DE srt SubRip subtitle format E svcd MPEG-2 PS format (VOB) DE swf Flash format D thp THP D tiertexseq Tiertex Limited SEQ format D tmv 8088flex TMV DE truehd raw TrueHD D tta True Audio D tty Tele-typewriter D txd Renderware TeXture Dictionary DE u16be PCM unsigned 16 bit big-endian format DE u16le PCM unsigned 16 bit little-endian format DE u24be PCM unsigned 24 bit big-endian format DE u24le PCM unsigned 24 bit little-endian format DE u32be PCM unsigned 32 bit big-endian format DE u32le PCM unsigned 32 bit little-endian format DE u8 PCM unsigned 8 bit format D vc1 raw VC-1 D vc1test VC-1 test bitstream format E vcd MPEG-1 System format (VCD) D video4linux2 Video4Linux2 device grab D vmd Sierra VMD format E vob MPEG-2 PS format (VOB) DE voc Creative Voice file format D vqf Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) TwinVQ D w64 Sony Wave64 format DE wav WAV format D wc3movie Wing Commander III movie format E webm WebM file format D wsaud Westwood Studios audio format D wsvqa Westwood Studios VQA format D wtv Windows Television (WTV) D wv WavPack D x11grab X11grab D xa Maxis XA File Format D xwma Microsoft xWMA D yop Psygnosis YOP Format DE yuv4mpegpipe YUV4MPEG pipe format