The use of a green screen is the most common way to add a subject to a scene in video production. By setting the scene at the purest green (not commonly found in nature) objects can interact on the green screen while computer generation can replace a new image in the background. With FFmpeg, this […]
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Blending has an interesting effect when two inputs are used. The blend filter has the potential to create outstanding artistic results, so let’s try it out. Tip: In order to blend two files, they must contain the same resolution. blending two videos In this example, using the difference filter applied to both video inputs gives […]
Using concat with a txt file has one catch, all the MP4s must have the exact codec, framerate, resolution, etc. An example text file is shown below (file.txt): Then run the following command to load the txt file to create a single file from the list: But how can you join multiple MP4 files that […]
Looping a section of a video can be useful for presentations or advanced video editing. In this example the input.mp4 is a 5 minute long video with the requirement that after the 1 minute mark, the video will loop 10 times. In the requirements for this example, it was stated after the 1 minute mark […]
I saw this question on Reddit and started messing with the effects recommended and totally liked the effect seen in the video below: Here’s the full script using the tmix filter: What you’ll notice here is the more frames you set the more motion effect is applied. The weights must equal the same number of […]
Splicing a video (or dividing a video into multiple segments) is a common way to break large files into smaller parts. This is commonly found in streaming but can also be used to break up a video into smaller clips. Here is a basic example where the input is a 20 second clip with the […]
The last two questions covered trimming the start of a video and trimming the end of a video, but what does the command look like combined? In this example, the input file is 5 minutes long with the requirement of 15 seconds to be removed from the start and 1 minute to be removed from […]
Trimming a couple of seconds, minutes or hours off the end of a video is easy but again requires a different understanding of time in FFmpeg. Trimming from the end of an MP4 uses the argument -t or duration with no seeking. Tip: The duration must be set before the input else FFmpeg applies the […]
Trimming a few seconds, minutes or hours from a video is simple but requires an understanding of the seeking and duration options. In this example, the input file is 5 minutes long with a 15 second introduction that needs to be removed. It’s important to identify these two numbers because trimming requires tricky subtraction. Let’s […]