Welcome to Darwin! Imac:~ Dave$ ffmpeg FFmpeg version CVS, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard Mac OSX universal build for ffmpegX configuration: --enable-mp3lame --enable-gpl --disable-vhook --disable-ffplay --disable-ffserver --enable-a52 --enable-xvid --enable-faac --enable-faad --enable-amr_nb --enable-pthreads --enable-x264 libavutil version: 49.0.0 libavcodec version: 51.9.0 libavformat version: 50.4.0 built on Apr 15 2006 08:41:02, gcc: 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1666) usage: ffmpeg [[infile options] -i infile]... {[outfile options] outfile}... Hyper fast Audio and Video encoder Main options: -L show license -h show help -version show version -formats show available formats, codecs, protocols, ... -f fmt force format -img img_fmt force image format -i filename input file name -y overwrite output files -t duration set the recording time -fs limit_size set the limit file size -ss time_off set the start time offset -itsoffset time_off set the input ts offset -title string set the title -timestamp time set the timestamp -author string set the author -copyright string set the copyright -comment string set the comment -v verbose control amount of logging -target type specify target file type ("vcd", "svcd", "dvd", "dv", "dv50", "pal-vcd", "ntsc-svcd", ...) -dframes number set the number of data frames to record -scodec codec force subtitle codec ('copy' to copy stream) -newsubtitle add a new subtitle stream to the current output stream -slang code set the ISO 639 language code (3 letters) of the current subtitle stream Video options: -b bitrate set video bitrate (in kbit/s) -vframes number set the number of video frames to record -r rate set 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) -croptop size set top crop band size (in pixels) -cropbottom size set bottom crop band size (in pixels) -cropleft size set left crop band size (in pixels) -cropright size set right crop band size (in pixels) -padtop size set top pad band size (in pixels) -padbottom size set bottom pad band size (in pixels) -padleft size set left pad band size (in pixels) -padright size set right pad band size (in pixels) -padcolor color set color of pad bands (Hex 000000 thru FFFFFF) -vn disable video -bt tolerance set video bitrate tolerance (in kbit/s) -maxrate bitrate set max video bitrate tolerance (in kbit/s) -minrate bitrate set min video bitrate tolerance (in kbit/s) -bufsize size set ratecontrol buffer size (in kByte) -vcodec codec force video codec ('copy' to copy stream) -sameq use same video quality as source (implies VBR) -pass n select the pass number (1 or 2) -passlogfile file select two pass log file name -newvideo add a new video stream to the current output stream Advanced Video options: -pix_fmt format set pixel format -g gop_size set the group of picture size -intra use only intra frames -vdt n discard threshold -qscale q use fixed video quantiser scale (VBR) -qmin q min video quantiser scale (VBR) -qmax q max video quantiser scale (VBR) -lmin lambda min video lagrange factor (VBR) -lmax lambda max video lagrange factor (VBR) -mblmin q min macroblock quantiser scale (VBR) -mblmax q max macroblock quantiser scale (VBR) -qdiff q max difference between the quantiser scale (VBR) -qblur blur video quantiser scale blur (VBR) -qsquish squish how to keep quantiser between qmin and qmax (0 = clip, 1 = use differentiable function) -qcomp compression video quantiser scale compression (VBR) -rc_init_cplx complexity initial complexity for 1-pass encoding -b_qfactor factor qp factor between p and b frames -i_qfactor factor qp factor between p and i frames -b_qoffset offset qp offset between p and b frames -i_qoffset offset qp offset between p and i frames -ibias bias intra quant bias -pbias bias inter quant bias -rc_eq equation set rate control equation -rc_override override rate control override for specific intervals -me method set motion estimation method -me_threshold motion estimaton threshold -mb_threshold macroblock threshold -bf frames use 'frames' B frames -preme pre motion estimation -bug param workaround not auto detected encoder bugs -strict strictness how strictly to follow the standards -deinterlace deinterlace pictures -psnr calculate PSNR of compressed frames -vstats dump video coding statistics to file -vhook module insert video processing module -intra_matrix matrix specify intra matrix coeffs -inter_matrix matrix specify inter matrix coeffs -top top=1/bottom=0/auto=-1 field first -sc_threshold threshold scene change threshold -me_range range limit motion vectors range (1023 for DivX player) -dc precision intra_dc_precision -mepc factor (1.0 = 256) motion estimation bitrate penalty compensation -vtag fourcc/tag force video tag/fourcc -skip_threshold threshold frame skip threshold -skip_factor factor frame skip factor -skip_exp exponent frame skip exponent -genpts generate pts -qphist show QP histogram Audio options: -aframes number set the number of audio frames to record -ab bitrate set audio bitrate (in kbit/s) -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) -newaudio add a new audio stream to the current output stream -alang code set the ISO 639 language code (3 letters) of the current audio stream Advanced Audio options: -atag fourcc/tag force audio tag/fourcc Subtitle options: -scodec codec force subtitle codec ('copy' to copy stream) -newsubtitle add a new subtitle stream to the current output stream -slang code set the ISO 639 language code (3 letters) of the current subtitle stream Audio/Video grab options: -vd device set video grab device -vc channel set video grab channel (DV1394 only) -tvstd standard set television standard (NTSC, PAL (SECAM)) -ad device set audio device -grab format request grabbing using -gd device set grab device Advanced options: -map file:stream[:syncfile:syncstream] set input stream mapping -map_meta_data outfile:infile set meta data information of outfile from infile -benchmark add timings for benchmarking -dump dump each input packet -hex when dumping packets, also dump the payload -re read input at native frame rate -loop_input loop (current only works with images) -loop_output number of times to loop output in formats that support looping (0 loops forever) -threads count thread count -vsync video sync method -async audio sync method -vglobal video global header storage type -copyts copy timestamps -shortest finish encoding within shortest input -dts_delta_threshold timestamp discontinuity delta threshold -ps size set packet size in bits -error rate error rate -muxrate rate set mux rate -packetsize size set packet size -muxdelay seconds set the maximum demux-decode delay -muxpreload seconds set the initial demux-decode delay AVCodecContext AVOptions: -bit_rate E.VA. -bit_rate_tolerance E.V.. -flags EDVA. -mv4 E.V.. use four motion vector by macroblock (mpeg4) -obmc E.V.. use overlapped block motion compensation (h263+) -qpel E.V.. use 1/4 pel motion compensation -loop E.V.. use loop filter -gmc E.V.. use gmc -mv0 E.V.. always try a mb with mv=<0,0> -part E.V.. use data partitioning -gray EDV.. only decode/encode grayscale -psnr E.V.. error[?] variables will be set during encoding -naq E.V.. normalize adaptive quantization -ildct E.V.. use interlaced dct -low_delay .DV.. force low delay -alt E.V.. enable alternate scantable (mpeg2/mpeg4) -trell E.V.. use trellis quantization -bitexact EDVAS use only bitexact stuff (except (i)dct) -aic E.V.. h263 advanced intra coding / mpeg4 ac prediction -umv E.V.. use unlimited motion vectors -cbp E.V.. use rate distortion optimization for cbp -qprd E.V.. use rate distortion optimization for qp selection -aiv E.V.. h263 alternative inter vlc -slice E.V.. -ilme E.V.. interlaced motion estimation -scan_offset E.V.. will reserve space for svcd scan offset user data -cgop E.V.. closed gop -fast E.V.. allow non spec compliant speedup tricks -sgop E.V.. strictly enforce gop size -noout E.V.. skip bitstream encoding -local_header E.V.. place global headers at every keyframe instead of in extradata -me_method E.V.. -gop_size E.V.. -cutoff E..A. set cutoff bandwidth -qcompress E.V.. -qblur E.V.. -qmin E.V.. -qmax E.V.. -max_qdiff E.V.. -max_b_frames E.V.. -b_quant_factor E.V.. -rc_strategy E.V.. -b_strategy E.V.. -hurry_up .DV.. -bugs .DV.. -autodetect .DV.. -old_msmpeg4 .DV.. -xvid_ilace .DV.. -ump4 .DV.. -no_padding .DV.. -amv .DV.. -ac_vlc .DV.. -qpel_chroma .DV.. -std_qpel .DV.. -qpel_chroma2 .DV.. -direct_blocksize .DV.. -edge .DV.. -hpel_chroma .DV.. -dc_clip .DV.. -ms .DV.. -lelim E.V.. single coefficient elimination threshold for luminance (negative values also consider dc coefficient) -celim E.V.. single coefficient elimination threshold for chrominance (negative values also consider dc coefficient) -strict E.V.. -very E.V.. -strict E.V.. -normal E.V.. -inofficial E.V.. -experimental E.V.. -b_quant_offset E.V.. -er .DV.. -careful .DV.. -compliant .DV.. -aggressive .DV.. -very_aggressive .DV.. -mpeg_quant E.V.. -rc_qsquish E.V.. -rc_qmod_amp E.V.. -rc_qmod_freq E.V.. -rc_eq E.V.. -rc_max_rate E.V.. -rc_min_rate E.V.. -rc_buffer_size E.V.. -rc_buf_aggressivity E.V.. -i_quant_factor E.V.. -i_quant_offset E.V.. -rc_initial_cplx E.V.. -dct E.V.. -auto E.V.. -fastint E.V.. -int E.V.. -mmx E.V.. -mlib E.V.. -altivec E.V.. -faan E.V.. -lumi_mask E.V.. lumimasking -tcplx_mask E.V.. temporal complexity masking -scplx_mask E.V.. spatial complexity masking -p_mask E.V.. inter masking -dark_mask E.V.. darkness masking -idct EDV.. -auto EDV.. -int EDV.. -simple EDV.. -simplemmx EDV.. -libmpeg2mmx EDV.. -ps2 EDV.. -mlib EDV.. -arm EDV.. -altivec EDV.. -sh4 EDV.. -simplearm EDV.. -h264 EDV.. -vp3 EDV.. -ipp EDV.. -xvidmmx EDV.. -ec .DV.. -guess_mvs .DV.. -deblock .DV.. -pred E.V.. prediction method -left E.V.. -plane E.V.. -median E.V.. -aspect E.V.. -debug EDVAS print specific debug info -pict .DV.. -rc E.V.. -bitstream .DV.. -mb_type .DV.. -qp .DV.. -mv .DV.. -dct_coeff .DV.. -skip .DV.. -startcode .DV.. -pts .DV.. -er .DV.. -mmco .DV.. -bugs .DV.. -vis_qp .DV.. -vis_mb_type .DV.. -vismv .DV.. visualize motion vectors -pf .DV.. -bf .DV.. -bb .DV.. -mb_qmin E.V.. -mb_qmax E.V.. -cmp E.V.. full pel me compare function -subcmp E.V.. sub pel me compare function -mbcmp E.V.. macroblock compare function -ildctcmp E.V.. interlaced dct compare function -dia_size E.V.. -last_pred E.V.. -preme E.V.. -precmp E.V.. pre motion estimation compare function -sad E.V.. -sse E.V.. -satd E.V.. -dct E.V.. -psnr E.V.. -bit E.V.. -rd E.V.. -zero E.V.. -vsad E.V.. -vsse E.V.. -nsse E.V.. -w53 E.V.. -w97 E.V.. -dctmax E.V.. -chroma E.V.. -pre_dia_size E.V.. -subq E.V.. sub pel motion estimation quality -me_range E.V.. -ibias E.V.. -pbias E.V.. -coder E.V.. -vlc E.V.. variable length coder / huffman coder -ac E.V.. arithmetic coder -context E.V.. context model -mbd E.V.. -simple E.V.. -bits E.V.. -rd E.V.. -sc_threshold E.V.. -lmin E.V.. min lagrange factor -lmax E.V.. max lagrange factor -nr E.V.. noise reduction -rc_init_occupancy E.V.. -inter_threshold E.V.. -flags2 EDVA. -antialias .DV.. -auto .DV.. -fastint .DV.. -int .DV.. -float .DV.. -qns E.V.. quantizer noise shaping -thread_count EDV.. -dc E.V.. -nssew E.V.. nsse weight -skip_top .DV.. -skip_bottom .DV.. -profile E.VA. -unknown E.VA. -level E.VA. -unknown E.VA. -lowres .DV.. -frame_skip_threshold E.V.. -frame_skip_factor E.V.. -frame_skip_exp E.V.. -skipcmp E.V.. frame skip compare function -border_mask E.V.. -mb_lmin E.V.. -mb_lmax E.V.. -me_penalty_compensation E.V.. -bidir_refine E.V.. -brd_scale E.V.. -crf E.V.. -cqp E.V.. -keyint_min E.V.. -refs E.V.. -chromaoffset E.V.. -bframebias E.V.. -trellis E.V.. -directpred E.V.. -bpyramid E.V.. -wpred E.V.. -mixed_refs E.V.. -8x8dct E.V.. -fastpskip E.V.. -aud E.V.. -brdo E.V.. -complexityblur E.V.. -deblockalpha E.V.. -deblockbeta E.V.. -partitions E.V.. -parti4x4 E.V.. -parti8x8 E.V.. -partp4x4 E.V.. -partp8x8 E.V.. -partb8x8 E.V.. -sc_factor E.V.. 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