Provided by: mythtv-common_33.0+fixes.20230210.026e506-0ubuntu0_amd64 
NAME
mythffmpeg - MythTV FFMpeg helper
DESCRIPTION
ffmpeg version 5.1 Copyright (c) 2000-2022 the FFmpeg developers
built with gcc 12 (Ubuntu 12.2.0-14ubuntu1) configuration: --arch=x86
--sysinclude=/usr/include --cc='ccache gcc' --cxx='ccache g++' --ld=gcc
--cpu=generic --target_os=linux --pkg_config=pkg-config --prefix=/usr
--libdir=/usr/lib --as=gcc --objcc=gcc --dep_cc=gcc --host_cc=gcc --host_ld=gcc
--ar=ar --nm='nm -g' --ranlib='ranlib -D' --disable-cross-compile
--enable-libmp3lame --enable-libx264 --disable-libx265 --enable-libvpx
--disable-libxvid --enable-vdpau --enable-libxml2 --enable-libass --disable-dxva2
--enable-libbluray --disable-libfontconfig --disable-libfreetype
--disable-libiec61883 --disable-crystalhd --disable-sdl2 --disable-ffplay
--enable-vaapi --enable-libdrm --enable-libaom --enable-libdav1d --enable-gnutls
--extra-cflags=' -w' --extra-ldflags= --extra-libs= --enable-stripping
--strip='echo skipping strip' --disable-manpages --disable-podpages --disable-doc
--disable-nvenc --enable-shared --disable-static --enable-gpl --enable-pic
--disable-demuxer=mpegtsraw --disable-indev=dshow libavutil 57. 28.100 / 57.
28.100 libavcodec 59. 37.100 / 59. 37.100 libavformat 59. 27.100 / 59.
27.100 libavdevice 59. 7.100 / 59. 7.100 libavfilter 8. 44.100 / 8.
44.100 libswscale 6. 7.100 / 6. 7.100 libswresample 4. 7.100 / 4.
7.100 libpostproc 56. 6.100 / 56. 6.100
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. -vol volume change audio volume (256=normal)
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) -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 -ab bitrate audio bitrate (please
use -b:a) -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) -vol volume change audio
volume (256=normal) -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
mythffmpeg 33.0+fixes.20230210.026e506-0ubFebruary 2023 MYTHFFMPEG(1)