279 articles about ffmpeg.
Convert video to animated WebP with FFmpeg: the libwebp flags that matter, quality and frame rate trade-offs, transparent alpha, looping, and GIF fallbacks.
FFmpeg's codec not currently supported in container error is a subtitle mux failure. Fix it with -c:s mov_text, burn in bitmap subtitles, or switch to MKV.
How to remove background noise from video with FFmpeg: afftdn tuning, anlmdn, and the arnndn .rnnn model file that breaks in Docker, plus filter order.
"Filtering and streamcopy cannot be used together" means your filtergraph forces a decode. Keep -c copy where it counts by splitting codecs per stream.
The extract subtitles FFmpeg one-liner is easy. Finding the right track with ffprobe, handling PGS bitmaps, and fixing mov_text in MP4 is where jobs break.
ffmpeg cropdetect finds black bars on one file fine, then breaks in a batch. Sample past the intro, take the last crop line, round to even, crop per file.
Instagram error 2207052 means Meta's transcoder rejected your video's format, not your API code. Map every cause to an ffprobe check and one FFmpeg fix.
The Whisper 25MB limit is a byte cap, not a time cap. Re-encode first, split only when you must, and re-offset every timestamp so your SRT still lines up.
FFmpeg has no auto reframe video vertical mode. Four crop strategies that ship, from a fixed offset to detection-driven tracking with smoothing and deadbands.
Convert SRT to VTT without losing cue positioning: what FFmpeg's ASS intermediate silently drops, how to go back to SRT, and how to shift cues after a trim.