212 articles about ffmpeg.
FFmpeg scene detection with select='gt(scene,0.4)',showinfo finds cut points automatically, then split a long video into clips by scene, no hand-marked timestamps.
Turn long form video into shorts automatically by splitting moment-picking from clip-making, then calling a video API to cut, crop to 9:16, and caption.
FFmpeg cloud vs self hosted cost, compared with real numbers: EC2, engineer time, egress, and hidden DevOps overhead vs a usage-based video API.
You can run FFmpeg on Railway, but ephemeral disk, exit-137 OOM kills, and the 15-minute request cap break it at scale. What fails, and the no-infra fix.
Compress video for the web with the right bitrate, codec, and CRF preset. See the exact FFmpeg command plus a one-call video compression API you can try free.
Concatenate clips programmatically with a composition API: why FFmpeg's concat demuxer breaks on mixed inputs, the real CLI commands, and the one-call fix.
Convert vertical video to horizontal or back for TikTok, Reels, and YouTube with FFmpeg crop, pad, or blur-fill, or one simple API call.
Add a blurred 9:16 background behind landscape footage with one FFmpeg filter_complex, then batch it across your whole clip library.
Firebase Cloud Functions break when running FFmpeg due to timeout, memory, and binary size limits. Fix it by calling the FFmpeg Micro API instead.
Learn how the FFmpeg -map flag works for stream selection, multi-track audio extraction, and output mapping with practical CLI and API examples.