NAME

       Avidemux — a free video editor

SYNOPSIS

       avidemux [options]

       avidemux_gtk [options]

       avidemux_cli [options] [files ...]

DESCRIPTION

       Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks.
       It supports many file types, including AVI, MPG (VCD, SVCD), DVD compatible MPEG, MP4  and
       ASF,  using  a  variety  of  codecs.  Tasks can be automated using projects, job queue and
       powerful scripting capabilities.

       Homepage: http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/

OPTIONS

       --nogui
              run in silent mode

       --listfilters
              list all filters by name

       --run script
              load and run a script

       --audio-normalize mode
              activate normalization with mode

       --audio-resample num
              resample to num Hz

       --filters filter
              load a filter preset

       --codec-conf config
              load a codec configuration

       --vcd-res
              set to VCD resolution

       --svcd-res
              set to SVCD resolution

       --dvd-res
              set to DVD resolution

       --halfd1-res
              set to 1/2 DVD resolution

       --save-jpg filename
              save to a jpeg file

       --begin frame
              set start frame

       --end frame
              set end frame

       --save-unpacked-vop filename
              save as avi file, unpacking vop

       --save-packed-vop filename
              save as avi file, packing vop

       --save-ogm filename
              save as ogm file

       --save-raw-audio filename
              save audio as-is

       --save-raw-video filename
              save as raw video stream (mpeg/... )

       --save-uncompressed-audio filename
              save as uncompressed audio

       --load filename
              load video or workbench

       --load-workbench filename
              load workbench file

       --append filename
              append a video

       --save filename
              save as avi file

       --save-workbench filename
              save as workbench file

       --force-b-frame
              Force detection of bframe in next loaded file

       --force-alt-h264
              Force use of alternate read mode for h264

       --force-unpack
              Force detection of packed vop in next loaded file

       --force-smart
              Engage smart copy mode with CQ=3 at next save

       --external-mp3 filename
              load external mpeg audio as audio track

       --external-ac3 filename
              load external ac3 audio as audio track

       --external-wav filename
              load external wav audio as audio track

       --no-audio
              load external wav audio as audio track

       --audio-delay +msec|-msec
              set audio time shift in ms (+ or -)

       --audio-map
              build audio map (MP3 VBR)

       --audio-bitrate bitrate
              set audio encoding bitrate

       --fps fps
              set frames per second

       --audio-codec codec
              set audio codec (MP2/MP3/AC3/NONE (WAV PCM)/TWOLAME/COPY)

       --video-codec codec
              set video codec (Divx/Xvid/FFmpeg4/VCD/SVCD/DVD/XVCD/XSVCD/COPY)

       --video-conf config
              set video codec conf (cq=q|cbr=br|2pass=size)[,mbr=br][,matrix=(0|1|2|3)]

       --reuse-2pass-log
              reuse 2pass logfile if it exists

       --set-pp value strength
              set  post  processing  default  value,  value  (1=hdeblok|2=vdeblock|4=dering)  and
              strength (0-5)

       --vobsub vobfile vosubfile ifofile
              Create vobsub file (vobfile vosubfile ifofile)

       --autosplit num
              split every num MBytes

       --info show information about loaded video and audio streams

       --autoindex
              try to generate required index files

       --output-format format
              set  output  format  (AVI|OGM|ES|PS|AVI_DUAL|AVI_UNP|...), often named as container
              format

       --rebuild-index
              rebuild index with correct frame type

       --var name=value
              set a variable i.e. '--var myvar=3'

       --help print a quick help

       --quit exit the program quickly

       --probePat probe
              Probe for PAT//PMT..

CUSTOM SCRIPTS

       Custom encoding settings can be created with the scripting engine. Do the following steps:

       1. Start avidemux and open any video file.

       2. Configure you own encoding settings.

       3. Save the settings as project (File -> Save project as...) with suffix ".js".

       4. Quit avidemux.

       5. Open the project file in a simple editor and delete useless lines.
            * You need the first line "//AD" and the line "app = new Avidemux()"
            * and the encoding settings beginning with "app.video.codec(...)".

       6. Save this script file with suffix ".js" in the user directory "~/.avidemux/custom".

       7. This custom script is now available in avidemux under the menu item "Custom".

NOTES

       For more information see Avidemux Wiki at http://www.avidemux.org/admWiki/  and  Forum  at
       http://www.avidemux.org/admForum/.

       Avidemux   sources   and   executables   are  available  from  the  project  web  site  at
       http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/.

AUTHOR

       Avidemux was written by Mean <fixounet@free.fr>. Permission is granted to copy, distribute
       and/or  modify  this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2
       any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

       This manual page was original written by Joo Martin <debian@joomart.de>,  for  the  Debian
       system (but may be used by others).