FFmpeg Cookbook for Archivists

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Installation
• Filter image
• Filter sound
• Filter image and sound
• Transcode image
• Transcode sound
• Transform container
• Using the media player
• Using the media prober
• Advanced image filtering
• Advanced sound filtering
• Digital preservation

Preface

• Introduction
• Conventions
• Acknowledgments
• Copyright, License and Disclaimer

Installation

• Installation for Linux users
• Installation for Macintosh users
• Installation for Windows users

Filter image

• Pad 4:3 into 16:9
• Pad 16:9 into 4:3
• Pad any aspect ratio
• Extract image
• Remove image
• Flip the image
• SD into HD
• HD into SD
• Modify image speed

Filter sound

• Extract sound
• Remove sound
• Modify sound speed
• Reverse audio
• Split stereo sound into two channels
• Switch channels of stereo sound
• Loudness normalisation according to EBU R 128
• Sound noise reduction

Filter image and sound

• Modify image and sound speed

Transcode image

• Image sequence into H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC
• Image sequence into H.265 / HEVC
• Image sequence into H.266 / VVC
• Image sequence into FFV1
• Image sequence into ProRes
• Image sequence into DNxHD and DNxHR
• Image sequence into uncompressed 10-bit video
• Image sequence into uncompressed 8-bit video
• Video into H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC
• Video into H.265 / HEVC
• Video into H.266 / VVC
• Video into FFV1
• Video into ProRes
• Video into DNxHD and DNxHR

Transcode sound

• Sound into FLAC (using ffmpeg)
• Sound into FLAC (using the flac tool)
• Sound into PCM

Transform container

• From Matroska to MP4

Using the media player

• Play an image sequence
• Play HD SMPTE bars
• Play VGA SMPTE bars
• Play reverse audio

Using the media prober

• Probe and generate JSON report

Advanced image filtering

• Delta file (difference file)
• Split screen

Advanced sound filtering

• Modify sound pitch

Digital preservation

• Check FFV1 fixity

2024-09-06