Additional examples if you find any helpful

[ventz]

Add background music to a silent video

ffmpeg -filter_complex 'color=color=blue:duration=5s,format=yuv420p' -f lavfi -i 'sine=frequency=440:duration=5' -shortest -map 0:v:0 -map 1:a:0 with-audio.mp4

Extract audio from a video

ffmpeg -i with-audio.mp4 -q:a 0 -map a extracted.mp3

Overlay one video on another (picture-in-picture)

ffmpeg -filter_complex "color=blue:duration=5:size=640x480 [base]; color=red:duration=5:size=160x120 [overlay]; [base][overlay] overlay=W-w-10:H-h-10" pip.mp4

Apply a fade-in effect to audio

ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "sine=frequency=440:duration=10" -af "afade=t=in:st=0:d=3" fadein.wav

Reverse a video clip

ffmpeg -filter_complex "color=yellow:duration=5,drawtext=text=reverse:fontsize=24:x=10:y=H-th-10,reverse" reversed.mp4

Add a watermark image to video

ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=white:duration=5:size=640x480" -i logo.png -filter_complex "[0][1]overlay=W-w-10:H-h-10" watermarked.mp4

Speed up a video 2x

ffmpeg -filter_complex "color=gray:duration=5,drawtext=text=fast:fontsize=24:x=10:y=10,setpts=0.5*PTS" fast.mp4

Change audio pitch (chipmunk effect)

ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "sine=frequency=440:duration=5" -af "asetrate=88200,atempo=0.5" chipmunk.wav

Loop an image into a 10-second video

ffmpeg -loop 1 -i static.png -t 10 -vf "format=yuv420p" looped.mp4

Extract every frame from a video as images

ffmpeg -i with-audio.mp4 frame_%03d.png

Apply a fade-out effect to audio

ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "sine=frequency=440:duration=10" -af "afade=t=out:st=7:d=3" fadeout.wav

Create a bouncing ball animation using drawbox

ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=black:duration=5:size=320x240" -vf "drawbox=x=mod(t*60\,w-20):y=100:w=20:h=20:color=red@0.8:t=fill" bouncing.mp4

Generate a spectrogram of an audio file

ffmpeg -i fadein.wav -lavfi showspectrumpic=s=1024x512 spectrogram.png

Blur a video (box blur)

ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=purple:duration=5:size=640x480" -vf "boxblur=10:1" blur.mp4

Rotate a video 90 degrees clockwise

ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=orange:duration=5:size=640x480" -vf "transpose=1" rotated.mp4

Overlay timestamp on video

ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=black:duration=10:size=640x480" -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='%{pts\:hms}':fontsize=24:fontcolor=white:x=10:y=10" timestamp.mp4

Note: Replace /path/to/font.ttf with the path to a valid font file on your system.

Create scrolling text video

ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=white:duration=10:size=640x100" -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='This is scrolling text':fontsize=24:x='w-mod(t*100\,w+text_w)':y=30:fontcolor=black" scrolling.mp4

Convert a video to grayscale

ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "testsrc=duration=5:size=640x480:rate=30" -vf "hue=s=0" grayscale.mp4

Create a side-by-side video from two inputs

ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=red:duration=5:size=320x240" -f lavfi -i "color=blue:duration=5:size=320x240" -filter_complex "[0:v][1:v]hstack=inputs=2" sidebyside.mp4

Zoom into the center of a video over time

ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "testsrc=duration=5:size=640x480:rate=30" -vf "zoompan=z='min(zoom+0.0015,1.5)':d=125" zoom.mp4

Convert a video segment to GIF

ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "testsrc=duration=3:size=320x240:rate=10" output.gif

Convert a real video to an optimized GIF (2-pass)

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "fps=15,scale=320:-1:flags=lanczos" -t 3 -y temp.gif
ffmpeg -i temp.gif -filter_complex "[0:v]palettegen" palette.png
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -i palette.png -filter_complex "fps=15,scale=320:-1:flags=lanczos[x];[x][1:v]paletteuse" output.gif

Apply echo to audio

ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "sine=frequency=440:duration=5" -af "aecho=0.8:0.88:60:0.4" echo.wav

Apply reverb to audio

ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "sine=frequency=440:duration=5" -af "aecho=0.6:0.4:1000:0.5" reverb.wav

Combine video with silent audio

ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=gray:duration=5:size=640x480" -f lavfi -i "anullsrc=channel_layout=mono:sample_rate=44100" -shortest -c:v libx264 -c:a aac silent-video.mp4

Crossfade between two audio files

ffmpeg -i sine1.wav -i sine2.wav -filter_complex "[0][1]acrossfade=d=2:c1=tri:c2=tri" crossfade.wav

Note: Requires sine1.wav and sine2.wav to exist and be the same sample rate/channels.

Stack videos vertically

ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=red:duration=5:size=320x240" -f lavfi -i "color=blue:duration=5:size=320x240" -filter_complex "[0:v][1:v]vstack=inputs=2" stacked.mp4

Overlay a transparent PNG on a video

ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "testsrc=duration=5:size=640x480" -i overlay.png -filter_complex "[0:v][1:v]overlay=10:10" with-overlay.mp4

Add background noise to an audio signal

ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "sine=frequency=440:duration=5" -f lavfi -i "anoisesrc=color=pink:duration=5" -filter_complex "[0][1]amix=inputs=2:duration=first:dropout_transition=2" noisy.wav

Apply a waveform visualization of an audio file to video

ffmpeg -i fadein.wav -filter_complex "showwaves=s=640x240:mode=cline" waveform.mp4

Apply audio ducking (reduce music volume when voice is active)

ffmpeg -i music.wav -i voice.wav -filter_complex "[0:a][1:a]sidechaincompress=threshold=0.05" ducked.wav

Note: music.wav is background music, voice.wav is voiceover.

Replace green screen with background

ffmpeg -i greenscreen.mp4 -i background.jpg -filter_complex "[0:v]colorkey=0x00FF00:0.3:0.1[fg];[1:v][fg]overlay" chroma-key.mp4

Note: Requires greenscreen.mp4 with green background and background.jpg.

Slide transition between two videos

ffmpeg -i red.mp4 -i blue.mp4 -filter_complex "[0:v][1:v]xfade=transition=slideleft:duration=1:offset=4" slidetrans.mp4

Note: Ensure both input videos have same size/codec/duration (~5s).

Create a kaleidoscope effect

ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "testsrc=duration=5:size=640x480:rate=30" -vf "geq='lum(X,Y)':128:128,rotate=PI/3,split [a][b]; [a]hflip[a1]; [b]vflip[b1]; [a1][b1]overlay" kaleidoscope.mp4

Capture from webcam (macOS example, AVFoundation)

ffmpeg -f avfoundation -framerate 30 -i "0" -t 5 webcam.mov

Capture from webcam and microphone simultaneously (macOS)

ffmpeg -f avfoundation -video_size 640x480 -framerate 30 -i "0:0" -t 5 capture.mov

Add white noise to a silent video

ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=black:duration=5:size=640x480" -f lavfi -i "anoisesrc=color=white:duration=5" -shortest -map 0:v:0 -map 1:a:0 noise-video.mp4

Create looping waveform video of a short audio clip

ffmpeg -i fadein.wav -filter_complex "[0:a]showwaves=s=640x360:mode=line:colors=white,format=yuv420p" -t 5 waveform-loop.mp4

Simulate VHS-style distortion

ffmpeg -f lavfi -i testsrc=duration=5:size=640x480 -vf "hue=s=0,noise=alls=20:allf=t+u" vhs.mp4

Create pulsing zoom effect

ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "testsrc=duration=5:size=640x480" -vf "zoompan=z='1+0.5*sin(2*PI*t/1)':d=1:x='iw/2-(iw/zoom/2)':y='ih/2-(ih/zoom/2)'" pulsing-zoom.mp4

Apply basic color grading (increase contrast and saturation)

ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "testsrc=duration=5:size=640x480" -vf "eq=contrast=1.5:saturation=1.8" graded.mp4

Apply a sepia filter

ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "testsrc=duration=5:size=640x480" -vf "colorchannelmixer=.393:.769:.189:0:.349:.686:.168:0:.272:.534:.131" sepia.mp4

Burn hardcoded subtitles into video

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "subtitles=subs.srt" subtitled.mp4

Note: subs.srt is a UTF-8 encoded subtitle file.

Create subtitles from text manually (no .srt needed)

ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=black:duration=5:size=640x480" -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='Hello World':fontsize=32:fontcolor=white:x=(w-text_w)/2:y=h-50" simple-sub.mp4

Live timestamp overlay on webcam (macOS example)

ffmpeg -f avfoundation -i "0" -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='%{localtime}':fontsize=24:fontcolor=white:x=10:y=10" -t 10 timestamped.mov

Animated typewriter text effect

ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=black:duration=5:size=640x120" -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='Typewriter effect':fontsize=32:fontcolor=white:x=10:y=50:enable='lt(t,0.5)+lt(t,1.0)+lt(t,1.5)+lt(t,2.0)'" typewriter.mp4

(For full animation, use separate drawtext lines per character or script generation.)

Add soft vignette effect

ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "testsrc=duration=5:size=640x480" -vf "vignette" vignette.mp4

Add subtitles with background box

ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=black:duration=5:size=640x360" -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='With Background':fontsize=28:fontcolor=white:box=1:boxcolor=black@0.5:x=(w-text_w)/2:y=h-60" boxed-subtitle.mp4

Add scrolling subtitles (ticker style)

ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=black:duration=10:size=640x100" -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='This is a scrolling subtitle across the bottom of the screen':fontsize=24:fontcolor=white:x='w-mod(t*100\,w+text_w)':y=h-40" scrolling-sub.mp4

Overlay live input onto a background video (picture-in-picture from webcam)

ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=blue:duration=10:size=640x480" -f avfoundation -framerate 30 -video_size 160x120 -i "0" -filter_complex "[0][1]overlay=10:10" live-overlay.mp4

Note: Adjust device index and source name depending on OS — avfoundation is macOS-specific.

Create a meme-style image with top and bottom text

ffmpeg -i input.jpg -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='TOP TEXT':fontsize=48:fontcolor=white:x=(w-text_w)/2:y=20:box=1:boxcolor=black@0.6, drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='BOTTOM TEXT':fontsize=48:fontcolor=white:x=(w-text_w)/2:y=h-text_h-20:box=1:boxcolor=black@0.6" meme.jpg

Meme-style video with top text

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='When FFmpeg just works':fontsize=48:fontcolor=white:x=(w-text_w)/2:y=20:box=1:boxcolor=black@0.6" meme-top.mp4

Add thick black stroke (outline) around meme text

ffmpeg -i input.jpg -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='OUTLINED TEXT':fontsize=48:fontcolor=white:borderw=3:bordercolor=black:x=(w-text_w)/2:y=(h-text_h)/2" outlined.jpg

Add emoji or special characters as text

ffmpeg -i input.jpg -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='That’s hot ':fontsize=48:fontcolor=white:x=(w-text_w)/2:y=20" emoji.jpg

Note: Use a font that supports emojis, like Apple Color Emoji or Noto Color Emoji.

Dynamically update text based on timestamp

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='Seconds: %{eif\:t\:d}':fontsize=36:fontcolor=white:x=20:y=20:box=1:boxcolor=black@0.5" dynamic-time.mp4

Meme with uppercase impact-style font

ffmpeg -i input.jpg -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/Impact.ttf:text='TOO MANY FILTERS':fontsize=64:fontcolor=white:borderw=4:bordercolor=black:x=(w-text_w)/2:y=30" impact.jpg

Overlay a meme caption image (e.g. rage face)

ffmpeg -i input.jpg -i face.png -filter_complex "[0][1]overlay=W-w-20:H-h-20" rageface.jpg

Create video meme with top and bottom captions and aspect padding

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "pad=w=iw:h=ih+160:y=80:color=black, drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='TOP TEXT':fontsize=48:fontcolor=white:x=(w-text_w)/2:y=20, drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='BOTTOM TEXT':fontsize=48:fontcolor=white:x=(w-text_w)/2:y=h-text_h-20" meme-video.mp4

Animated meme: flashing text effect

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='FLASH!':fontsize=64:fontcolor_expr='if(mod(t,0.5)<0.25,white,red)':x=(w-text_w)/2:y=50" flashing.mp4

Meme with vertical split text: two-part reaction

ffmpeg -i input.jpg -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='Before FFmpeg':fontsize=36:fontcolor=white:x=(w-text_w)/2:y=h/4:borderw=2:bordercolor=black, drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='After FFmpeg':fontsize=36:fontcolor=white:x=(w-text_w)/2:y=3*h/4:borderw=2:bordercolor=black" before-after.jpg

[talwrii]

Ooh thank you. I'm going to have to think of how to structure this into the guide so that it acts as a good beginners guide. But pretty valuable. The rules I'm trying to follow are: I. Every example can be run without your own video samples II. Try to build up Iii. Try to link to earlier recipes. Iv. Try to link to documentation I'm aware I'm not necessarily doing this consistently in the examples. I'll have a go at going through these and including them in the documentation in the order that seems most sane and adding some examples... and add you as a contributor. If you wanna make this happen faster you could guess how I would want to add them... but it would just be guessing. I'm also sort of aware that "completeness" and good for beginners pull in different directions. I'll probably do this buy having "a bit of everything" to start with... kinda aligned with how filters work in general and then become more "referencey" towards the end... but still link back to earlier recipes

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On Thu, 27 Mar 2025, 03:01 Ventz Petkov, ***@***.***> wrote: Add background music to a silent video ffmpeg -filter_complex 'color=color=blue:duration=5s,format=yuv420p' -f lavfi -i 'sine=frequency=440:duration=5' -shortest -map 0:v:0 -map 1:a:0 with-audio.mp4 Extract audio from a video ffmpeg -i with-audio.mp4 -q:a 0 -map a extracted.mp3 Overlay one video on another (picture-in-picture) ffmpeg -filter_complex "color=blue:duration=5:size=640x480 [base]; color=red:duration=5:size=160x120 [overlay]; [base][overlay] overlay=W-w-10:H-h-10" pip.mp4 Apply a fade-in effect to audio ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "sine=frequency=440:duration=10" -af "afade=t=in:st=0:d=3" fadein.wav Reverse a video clip ffmpeg -filter_complex "color=yellow:duration=5,drawtext=text=reverse:fontsize=24:x=10:y=H-th-10,reverse" reversed.mp4 Add a watermark image to video ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=white:duration=5:size=640x480" -i logo.png -filter_complex "[0][1]overlay=W-w-10:H-h-10" watermarked.mp4 Speed up a video 2x ffmpeg -filter_complex "color=gray:duration=5,drawtext=text=fast:fontsize=24:x=10:y=10,setpts=0.5*PTS" fast.mp4 Change audio pitch (chipmunk effect) ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "sine=frequency=440:duration=5" -af "asetrate=88200,atempo=0.5" chipmunk.wav Loop an image into a 10-second video ffmpeg -loop 1 -i static.png -t 10 -vf "format=yuv420p" looped.mp4 Extract every frame from a video as images ffmpeg -i with-audio.mp4 frame_%03d.png Apply a fade-out effect to audio ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "sine=frequency=440:duration=10" -af "afade=t=out:st=7:d=3" fadeout.wav Create a bouncing ball animation using drawbox ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=black:duration=5:size=320x240" -vf ***@***.***:t=fill" bouncing.mp4 Generate a spectrogram of an audio file ffmpeg -i fadein.wav -lavfi showspectrumpic=s=1024x512 spectrogram.png Blur a video (box blur) ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=purple:duration=5:size=640x480" -vf "boxblur=10:1" blur.mp4 Rotate a video 90 degrees clockwise ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=orange:duration=5:size=640x480" -vf "transpose=1" rotated.mp4 Overlay timestamp on video ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=black:duration=10:size=640x480" -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='%{pts\:hms}':fontsize=24:fontcolor=white:x=10:y=10" timestamp.mp4 *Note: Replace /path/to/font.ttf with the path to a valid font file on your system.* Create scrolling text video ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=white:duration=10:size=640x100" -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='This is scrolling text':fontsize=24:x='w-mod(t*100\,w+text_w)':y=30:fontcolor=black" scrolling.mp4 Convert a video to grayscale ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "testsrc=duration=5:size=640x480:rate=30" -vf "hue=s=0" grayscale.mp4 Create a side-by-side video from two inputs ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=red:duration=5:size=320x240" -f lavfi -i "color=blue:duration=5:size=320x240" -filter_complex "[0:v][1:v]hstack=inputs=2" sidebyside.mp4 Zoom into the center of a video over time ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "testsrc=duration=5:size=640x480:rate=30" -vf "zoompan=z='min(zoom+0.0015,1.5)':d=125" zoom.mp4 Convert a video segment to GIF ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "testsrc=duration=3:size=320x240:rate=10" output.gif Convert a real video to an optimized GIF (2-pass) ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "fps=15,scale=320:-1:flags=lanczos" -t 3 -y temp.gif ffmpeg -i temp.gif -filter_complex "[0:v]palettegen" palette.png ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -i palette.png -filter_complex "fps=15,scale=320:-1:flags=lanczos[x];[x][1:v]paletteuse" output.gif Apply echo to audio ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "sine=frequency=440:duration=5" -af "aecho=0.8:0.88:60:0.4" echo.wav Apply reverb to audio ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "sine=frequency=440:duration=5" -af "aecho=0.6:0.4:1000:0.5" reverb.wav Combine video with silent audio ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=gray:duration=5:size=640x480" -f lavfi -i "anullsrc=channel_layout=mono:sample_rate=44100" -shortest -c:v libx264 -c:a aac silent-video.mp4 Crossfade between two audio files ffmpeg -i sine1.wav -i sine2.wav -filter_complex "[0][1]acrossfade=d=2:c1=tri:c2=tri" crossfade.wav *Note: Requires sine1.wav and sine2.wav to exist and be the same sample rate/channels.* Stack videos vertically ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=red:duration=5:size=320x240" -f lavfi -i "color=blue:duration=5:size=320x240" -filter_complex "[0:v][1:v]vstack=inputs=2" stacked.mp4 Overlay a transparent PNG on a video ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "testsrc=duration=5:size=640x480" -i overlay.png -filter_complex "[0:v][1:v]overlay=10:10" with-overlay.mp4 Add background noise to an audio signal ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "sine=frequency=440:duration=5" -f lavfi -i "anoisesrc=color=pink:duration=5" -filter_complex "[0][1]amix=inputs=2:duration=first:dropout_transition=2" noisy.wav Apply a waveform visualization of an audio file to video ffmpeg -i fadein.wav -filter_complex "showwaves=s=640x240:mode=cline" waveform.mp4 Apply audio ducking (reduce music volume when voice is active) ffmpeg -i music.wav -i voice.wav -filter_complex "[0:a][1:a]sidechaincompress=threshold=0.05" ducked.wav *Note: music.wav is background music, voice.wav is voiceover.* Replace green screen with background ffmpeg -i greenscreen.mp4 -i background.jpg -filter_complex "[0:v]colorkey=0x00FF00:0.3:0.1[fg];[1:v][fg]overlay" chroma-key.mp4 *Note: Requires greenscreen.mp4 with green background and background.jpg.* Slide transition between two videos ffmpeg -i red.mp4 -i blue.mp4 -filter_complex "[0:v][1:v]xfade=transition=slideleft:duration=1:offset=4" slidetrans.mp4 *Note: Ensure both input videos have same size/codec/duration (~5s).* Create a kaleidoscope effect ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "testsrc=duration=5:size=640x480:rate=30" -vf "geq='lum(X,Y)':128:128,rotate=PI/3,split [a][b]; [a]hflip[a1]; [b]vflip[b1]; [a1][b1]overlay" kaleidoscope.mp4 Capture from webcam (macOS example, AVFoundation) ffmpeg -f avfoundation -framerate 30 -i "0" -t 5 webcam.mov Capture from webcam and microphone simultaneously (macOS) ffmpeg -f avfoundation -video_size 640x480 -framerate 30 -i "0:0" -t 5 capture.mov Add white noise to a silent video ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=black:duration=5:size=640x480" -f lavfi -i "anoisesrc=color=white:duration=5" -shortest -map 0:v:0 -map 1:a:0 noise-video.mp4 Create looping waveform video of a short audio clip ffmpeg -i fadein.wav -filter_complex "[0:a]showwaves=s=640x360:mode=line:colors=white,format=yuv420p" -t 5 waveform-loop.mp4 Simulate VHS-style distortion ffmpeg -f lavfi -i testsrc=duration=5:size=640x480 -vf "hue=s=0,noise=alls=20:allf=t+u" vhs.mp4 Create pulsing zoom effect ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "testsrc=duration=5:size=640x480" -vf "zoompan=z='1+0.5*sin(2*PI*t/1)':d=1:x='iw/2-(iw/zoom/2)':y='ih/2-(ih/zoom/2)'" pulsing-zoom.mp4 Apply basic color grading (increase contrast and saturation) ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "testsrc=duration=5:size=640x480" -vf "eq=contrast=1.5:saturation=1.8" graded.mp4 Apply a sepia filter ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "testsrc=duration=5:size=640x480" -vf "colorchannelmixer=.393:.769:.189:0:.349:.686:.168:0:.272:.534:.131" sepia.mp4 Burn hardcoded subtitles into video ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "subtitles=subs.srt" subtitled.mp4 *Note: subs.srt is a UTF-8 encoded subtitle file.* Create subtitles from text manually (no .srt needed) ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=black:duration=5:size=640x480" -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='Hello World':fontsize=32:fontcolor=white:x=(w-text_w)/2:y=h-50" simple-sub.mp4 Live timestamp overlay on webcam (macOS example) ffmpeg -f avfoundation -i "0" -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='%{localtime}':fontsize=24:fontcolor=white:x=10:y=10" -t 10 timestamped.mov Animated typewriter text effect ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=black:duration=5:size=640x120" -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='Typewriter effect':fontsize=32:fontcolor=white:x=10:y=50:enable='lt(t,0.5)+lt(t,1.0)+lt(t,1.5)+lt(t,2.0)'" typewriter.mp4 *(For full animation, use separate drawtext lines per character or script generation.)* Add soft vignette effect ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "testsrc=duration=5:size=640x480" -vf "vignette" vignette.mp4 Add subtitles with background box ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=black:duration=5:size=640x360" -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='With ***@***.***:x=(w-text_w)/2:y=h-60" boxed-subtitle.mp4 Add scrolling subtitles (ticker style) ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=black:duration=10:size=640x100" -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='This is a scrolling subtitle across the bottom of the screen':fontsize=24:fontcolor=white:x='w-mod(t*100\,w+text_w)':y=h-40" scrolling-sub.mp4 Overlay live input onto a background video (picture-in-picture from webcam) ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=blue:duration=10:size=640x480" -f avfoundation -framerate 30 -video_size 160x120 -i "0" -filter_complex "[0][1]overlay=10:10" live-overlay.mp4 *Note: Adjust device index and source name depending on OS — avfoundation is macOS-specific.* Create a meme-style image with top and bottom text ffmpeg -i input.jpg -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='TOP ***@***.***, drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='BOTTOM ***@***.***" meme.jpg Meme-style video with top text ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='When FFmpeg just ***@***.***" meme-top.mp4 Add thick black stroke (outline) around meme text ffmpeg -i input.jpg -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='OUTLINED TEXT':fontsize=48:fontcolor=white:borderw=3:bordercolor=black:x=(w-text_w)/2:y=(h-text_h)/2" outlined.jpg Add emoji or special characters as text ffmpeg -i input.jpg -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='That’s hot ':fontsize=48:fontcolor=white:x=(w-text_w)/2:y=20" emoji.jpg *Note: Use a font that supports emojis, like Apple Color Emoji or Noto Color Emoji.* Dynamically update text based on timestamp ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='Seconds: ***@***.***" dynamic-time.mp4 Meme with uppercase impact-style font ffmpeg -i input.jpg -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/Impact.ttf:text='TOO MANY FILTERS':fontsize=64:fontcolor=white:borderw=4:bordercolor=black:x=(w-text_w)/2:y=30" impact.jpg Overlay a meme caption image (e.g. rage face) ffmpeg -i input.jpg -i face.png -filter_complex "[0][1]overlay=W-w-20:H-h-20" rageface.jpg Create video meme with top and bottom captions and aspect padding ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "pad=w=iw:h=ih+160:y=80:color=black, drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='TOP TEXT':fontsize=48:fontcolor=white:x=(w-text_w)/2:y=20, drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='BOTTOM TEXT':fontsize=48:fontcolor=white:x=(w-text_w)/2:y=h-text_h-20" meme-video.mp4 Animated meme: flashing text effect ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='FLASH!':fontsize=64:fontcolor_expr='if(mod(t,0.5)<0.25,white,red)':x=(w-text_w)/2:y=50" flashing.mp4 Meme with vertical split text: two-part reaction ffmpeg -i input.jpg -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='Before FFmpeg':fontsize=36:fontcolor=white:x=(w-text_w)/2:y=h/4:borderw=2:bordercolor=black, drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='After FFmpeg':fontsize=36:fontcolor=white:x=(w-text_w)/2:y=3*h/4:borderw=2:bordercolor=black" before-after.jpg — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#1>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAWRRPUNYM4XT3QCLGRBBBT2WNSWLAVCNFSM6AAAAABZ33BIHOVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43ASLTON2WKOZSHE2TCMZTG44DSMA> . You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.Message ID: ***@***.***> [image: ventz]*ventz* created an issue (talwrii/ffmpeg-cookbook#1) <#1> Add background music to a silent video ffmpeg -filter_complex 'color=color=blue:duration=5s,format=yuv420p' -f lavfi -i 'sine=frequency=440:duration=5' -shortest -map 0:v:0 -map 1:a:0 with-audio.mp4 Extract audio from a video ffmpeg -i with-audio.mp4 -q:a 0 -map a extracted.mp3 Overlay one video on another (picture-in-picture) ffmpeg -filter_complex "color=blue:duration=5:size=640x480 [base]; color=red:duration=5:size=160x120 [overlay]; [base][overlay] overlay=W-w-10:H-h-10" pip.mp4 Apply a fade-in effect to audio ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "sine=frequency=440:duration=10" -af "afade=t=in:st=0:d=3" fadein.wav Reverse a video clip ffmpeg -filter_complex "color=yellow:duration=5,drawtext=text=reverse:fontsize=24:x=10:y=H-th-10,reverse" reversed.mp4 Add a watermark image to video ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=white:duration=5:size=640x480" -i logo.png -filter_complex "[0][1]overlay=W-w-10:H-h-10" watermarked.mp4 Speed up a video 2x ffmpeg -filter_complex "color=gray:duration=5,drawtext=text=fast:fontsize=24:x=10:y=10,setpts=0.5*PTS" fast.mp4 Change audio pitch (chipmunk effect) ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "sine=frequency=440:duration=5" -af "asetrate=88200,atempo=0.5" chipmunk.wav Loop an image into a 10-second video ffmpeg -loop 1 -i static.png -t 10 -vf "format=yuv420p" looped.mp4 Extract every frame from a video as images ffmpeg -i with-audio.mp4 frame_%03d.png Apply a fade-out effect to audio ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "sine=frequency=440:duration=10" -af "afade=t=out:st=7:d=3" fadeout.wav Create a bouncing ball animation using drawbox ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=black:duration=5:size=320x240" -vf ***@***.***:t=fill" bouncing.mp4 Generate a spectrogram of an audio file ffmpeg -i fadein.wav -lavfi showspectrumpic=s=1024x512 spectrogram.png Blur a video (box blur) ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=purple:duration=5:size=640x480" -vf "boxblur=10:1" blur.mp4 Rotate a video 90 degrees clockwise ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=orange:duration=5:size=640x480" -vf "transpose=1" rotated.mp4 Overlay timestamp on video ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=black:duration=10:size=640x480" -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='%{pts\:hms}':fontsize=24:fontcolor=white:x=10:y=10" timestamp.mp4 *Note: Replace /path/to/font.ttf with the path to a valid font file on your system.* Create scrolling text video ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=white:duration=10:size=640x100" -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='This is scrolling text':fontsize=24:x='w-mod(t*100\,w+text_w)':y=30:fontcolor=black" scrolling.mp4 Convert a video to grayscale ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "testsrc=duration=5:size=640x480:rate=30" -vf "hue=s=0" grayscale.mp4 Create a side-by-side video from two inputs ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=red:duration=5:size=320x240" -f lavfi -i "color=blue:duration=5:size=320x240" -filter_complex "[0:v][1:v]hstack=inputs=2" sidebyside.mp4 Zoom into the center of a video over time ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "testsrc=duration=5:size=640x480:rate=30" -vf "zoompan=z='min(zoom+0.0015,1.5)':d=125" zoom.mp4 Convert a video segment to GIF ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "testsrc=duration=3:size=320x240:rate=10" output.gif Convert a real video to an optimized GIF (2-pass) ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "fps=15,scale=320:-1:flags=lanczos" -t 3 -y temp.gif ffmpeg -i temp.gif -filter_complex "[0:v]palettegen" palette.png ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -i palette.png -filter_complex "fps=15,scale=320:-1:flags=lanczos[x];[x][1:v]paletteuse" output.gif Apply echo to audio ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "sine=frequency=440:duration=5" -af "aecho=0.8:0.88:60:0.4" echo.wav Apply reverb to audio ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "sine=frequency=440:duration=5" -af "aecho=0.6:0.4:1000:0.5" reverb.wav Combine video with silent audio ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=gray:duration=5:size=640x480" -f lavfi -i "anullsrc=channel_layout=mono:sample_rate=44100" -shortest -c:v libx264 -c:a aac silent-video.mp4 Crossfade between two audio files ffmpeg -i sine1.wav -i sine2.wav -filter_complex "[0][1]acrossfade=d=2:c1=tri:c2=tri" crossfade.wav *Note: Requires sine1.wav and sine2.wav to exist and be the same sample rate/channels.* Stack videos vertically ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=red:duration=5:size=320x240" -f lavfi -i "color=blue:duration=5:size=320x240" -filter_complex "[0:v][1:v]vstack=inputs=2" stacked.mp4 Overlay a transparent PNG on a video ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "testsrc=duration=5:size=640x480" -i overlay.png -filter_complex "[0:v][1:v]overlay=10:10" with-overlay.mp4 Add background noise to an audio signal ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "sine=frequency=440:duration=5" -f lavfi -i "anoisesrc=color=pink:duration=5" -filter_complex "[0][1]amix=inputs=2:duration=first:dropout_transition=2" noisy.wav Apply a waveform visualization of an audio file to video ffmpeg -i fadein.wav -filter_complex "showwaves=s=640x240:mode=cline" waveform.mp4 Apply audio ducking (reduce music volume when voice is active) ffmpeg -i music.wav -i voice.wav -filter_complex "[0:a][1:a]sidechaincompress=threshold=0.05" ducked.wav *Note: music.wav is background music, voice.wav is voiceover.* Replace green screen with background ffmpeg -i greenscreen.mp4 -i background.jpg -filter_complex "[0:v]colorkey=0x00FF00:0.3:0.1[fg];[1:v][fg]overlay" chroma-key.mp4 *Note: Requires greenscreen.mp4 with green background and background.jpg.* Slide transition between two videos ffmpeg -i red.mp4 -i blue.mp4 -filter_complex "[0:v][1:v]xfade=transition=slideleft:duration=1:offset=4" slidetrans.mp4 *Note: Ensure both input videos have same size/codec/duration (~5s).* Create a kaleidoscope effect ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "testsrc=duration=5:size=640x480:rate=30" -vf "geq='lum(X,Y)':128:128,rotate=PI/3,split [a][b]; [a]hflip[a1]; [b]vflip[b1]; [a1][b1]overlay" kaleidoscope.mp4 Capture from webcam (macOS example, AVFoundation) ffmpeg -f avfoundation -framerate 30 -i "0" -t 5 webcam.mov Capture from webcam and microphone simultaneously (macOS) ffmpeg -f avfoundation -video_size 640x480 -framerate 30 -i "0:0" -t 5 capture.mov Add white noise to a silent video ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=black:duration=5:size=640x480" -f lavfi -i "anoisesrc=color=white:duration=5" -shortest -map 0:v:0 -map 1:a:0 noise-video.mp4 Create looping waveform video of a short audio clip ffmpeg -i fadein.wav -filter_complex "[0:a]showwaves=s=640x360:mode=line:colors=white,format=yuv420p" -t 5 waveform-loop.mp4 Simulate VHS-style distortion ffmpeg -f lavfi -i testsrc=duration=5:size=640x480 -vf "hue=s=0,noise=alls=20:allf=t+u" vhs.mp4 Create pulsing zoom effect ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "testsrc=duration=5:size=640x480" -vf "zoompan=z='1+0.5*sin(2*PI*t/1)':d=1:x='iw/2-(iw/zoom/2)':y='ih/2-(ih/zoom/2)'" pulsing-zoom.mp4 Apply basic color grading (increase contrast and saturation) ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "testsrc=duration=5:size=640x480" -vf "eq=contrast=1.5:saturation=1.8" graded.mp4 Apply a sepia filter ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "testsrc=duration=5:size=640x480" -vf "colorchannelmixer=.393:.769:.189:0:.349:.686:.168:0:.272:.534:.131" sepia.mp4 Burn hardcoded subtitles into video ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "subtitles=subs.srt" subtitled.mp4 *Note: subs.srt is a UTF-8 encoded subtitle file.* Create subtitles from text manually (no .srt needed) ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=black:duration=5:size=640x480" -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='Hello World':fontsize=32:fontcolor=white:x=(w-text_w)/2:y=h-50" simple-sub.mp4 Live timestamp overlay on webcam (macOS example) ffmpeg -f avfoundation -i "0" -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='%{localtime}':fontsize=24:fontcolor=white:x=10:y=10" -t 10 timestamped.mov Animated typewriter text effect ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=black:duration=5:size=640x120" -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='Typewriter effect':fontsize=32:fontcolor=white:x=10:y=50:enable='lt(t,0.5)+lt(t,1.0)+lt(t,1.5)+lt(t,2.0)'" typewriter.mp4 *(For full animation, use separate drawtext lines per character or script generation.)* Add soft vignette effect ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "testsrc=duration=5:size=640x480" -vf "vignette" vignette.mp4 Add subtitles with background box ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=black:duration=5:size=640x360" -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='With ***@***.***:x=(w-text_w)/2:y=h-60" boxed-subtitle.mp4 Add scrolling subtitles (ticker style) ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=black:duration=10:size=640x100" -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='This is a scrolling subtitle across the bottom of the screen':fontsize=24:fontcolor=white:x='w-mod(t*100\,w+text_w)':y=h-40" scrolling-sub.mp4 Overlay live input onto a background video (picture-in-picture from webcam) ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "color=blue:duration=10:size=640x480" -f avfoundation -framerate 30 -video_size 160x120 -i "0" -filter_complex "[0][1]overlay=10:10" live-overlay.mp4 *Note: Adjust device index and source name depending on OS — avfoundation is macOS-specific.* Create a meme-style image with top and bottom text ffmpeg -i input.jpg -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='TOP ***@***.***, drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='BOTTOM ***@***.***" meme.jpg Meme-style video with top text ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='When FFmpeg just ***@***.***" meme-top.mp4 Add thick black stroke (outline) around meme text ffmpeg -i input.jpg -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='OUTLINED TEXT':fontsize=48:fontcolor=white:borderw=3:bordercolor=black:x=(w-text_w)/2:y=(h-text_h)/2" outlined.jpg Add emoji or special characters as text ffmpeg -i input.jpg -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='That’s hot ':fontsize=48:fontcolor=white:x=(w-text_w)/2:y=20" emoji.jpg *Note: Use a font that supports emojis, like Apple Color Emoji or Noto Color Emoji.* Dynamically update text based on timestamp ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='Seconds: ***@***.***" dynamic-time.mp4 Meme with uppercase impact-style font ffmpeg -i input.jpg -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/Impact.ttf:text='TOO MANY FILTERS':fontsize=64:fontcolor=white:borderw=4:bordercolor=black:x=(w-text_w)/2:y=30" impact.jpg Overlay a meme caption image (e.g. rage face) ffmpeg -i input.jpg -i face.png -filter_complex "[0][1]overlay=W-w-20:H-h-20" rageface.jpg Create video meme with top and bottom captions and aspect padding ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "pad=w=iw:h=ih+160:y=80:color=black, drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='TOP TEXT':fontsize=48:fontcolor=white:x=(w-text_w)/2:y=20, drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='BOTTOM TEXT':fontsize=48:fontcolor=white:x=(w-text_w)/2:y=h-text_h-20" meme-video.mp4 Animated meme: flashing text effect ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='FLASH!':fontsize=64:fontcolor_expr='if(mod(t,0.5)<0.25,white,red)':x=(w-text_w)/2:y=50" flashing.mp4 Meme with vertical split text: two-part reaction ffmpeg -i input.jpg -vf "drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='Before FFmpeg':fontsize=36:fontcolor=white:x=(w-text_w)/2:y=h/4:borderw=2:bordercolor=black, drawtext=fontfile=/path/to/font.ttf:text='After FFmpeg':fontsize=36:fontcolor=white:x=(w-text_w)/2:y=3*h/4:borderw=2:bordercolor=black" before-after.jpg — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#1>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAWRRPUNYM4XT3QCLGRBBBT2WNSWLAVCNFSM6AAAAABZ33BIHOVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43ASLTON2WKOZSHE2TCMZTG44DSMA> . 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