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Instead of providing a fixed frame rate to FFMPEG/libx264 (-r/-framerate), I would like to specify a variable frame rate with a MAXIMUM value, and allow libx264 to down the frame rate as it sees fit. The idea here is to get extra compression when there is something like an extended still frame (which happens A […]

I’m trying to create a basic 5 second zoompan to the center of an image (from the example on the ffmpeg.org website). The command below works, but jitters more than my hands after 5 cups of coffee: ffmpeg -framerate 25 -loop 1 -i island.jpg -filter_complex “[0:v]scale=-2:480,zoompan=z=’min(zoom+0.0015,1.5)’:x=’iw/2-(iw/zoom/2)’:y=’ih/2-(ih/zoom/2)’:d=125,trim=duration=5[v]” -map “[v]” -y out.mp4 Input jpg.  Output mp4. I’m

To convert an MKV to AVI, I do two things. The first thing I do is this: ffmpeg -i filename.mkv -vcodec copy -acodec copy output.avi or this: ffmpeg -i filename.mkv -sameq -acodec copy output.avi Either of these will convert the MKV to an AVI, but the problem is that the video does not play smoothly

I am watching a Flash stream. I can watch the same stream in two different players (set up by someone else), but I don’t like any of them. Is there a way I can find/get/extract the direct link to the flash stream that those two players are playing? So that I can watch it using

I have an avi and corresponding .srt file for subtitles.  I hate having two files for this movie, so what I want to do is convert this file to mkv as I heard it can hold subtitles.  I have handbrake to convert the file, but will that allow me to include the subtitles?  If not,

I have two halves of a single show in two .MP4 files, encoded in H264. I would like to join them without re-encoding. Is this possible? I managed to create a joined video as a Quicktime file (.mov) using Quicktime Pro, but then Quicktime Pro will not convert it back to .MP4 without re-encoding. This

What tool can I use to to rip DVD movies? I have used “Dr. DivX” long back. Is there any better tool to rip DVDs? Solution: Handbrake   HandBrake is an open-source,  GPL-licensed, multiplatform,  multithreaded video transcoder,  available for MacOS X, Linux and  Windows. Input: Any DVD-like source: VIDEO_TS folder, DVD image or real DVD

I want to encode a video file to H.265. The last version of ffmpeg should be support H.265 (Source). However, I could not find any information about the exact command. I do not know, which library I should indicate after -vcodec. I use the lastest Zeranoe FFmpeg Build (git-c78a416 (2013-10-26)). Solution: Background FFmpeg supports encoding

New with Windows 10 seems to be the Notification Area. Now, I’ve seen a few notifications (in the Action Center). The problem is that I haven’t understood any of them (actively using computers for 30 years now), and once I click them they are gone. Is there any way to view these past user notifications

How can I navigate to a file or folder in NERDTree and change the working directory to that folder (or the folder containining the file I’m on). I know it’s possible to keep NERDTree in sync with the NERDTree root (nerdtree and current directory), but I’m looking for a macro or something that would change