Category Archives: FFmpeg

Creating a Desktop Shortcut on Mac to Watch TV using an HDHomeRun and FFmpeg

Installing FFmpeg on a Mac (without Macports): https://youtu.be/AUxxpK24f8cInstalling MacPorts on macOS Sierra (plus installing ffmpeg): https://youtu.be/N22Ic6ZRPXI FFmpeg playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLErU2HjQZ_ZOPDZ71Khzt5PX4X4j6flkg FFplay Command to Watch TV FFplay Command to Watch TV (with transcode) FFplay Arguments -i input-ac number of audio channels-vf “yadif” deinterlace-fs fullscreen Move to Desktop Create Script File Open Script in TextEdit Script Contents Make …

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Creating Scrolling Credits with a Transparent Background using FFmpeg

Create Scrolling Text Note: On Window systems, access the fonts like this: “/Windows/Fonts/arial.ttf”. You can’t use the traditional “C:\Windows\Fonts\arial.ttf” because the colon is a reserved character in the FFmpeg syntax. FFmpeg Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLErU2HjQZ_ZOPDZ71Khzt5PX4X4j6flkg FFmpeg notes: https://www.rickmakes.com/ffmpeg-notes/

Creating an Elapsed Timer with Transparent Background using FFmpeg

Create Timer with Transparent Background (Apple ProRes codec, prores_ks) Create Timer with Transparent Background (Apple Animation Codec, qtrle) Note: On Window systems, access the fonts like this: “/Windows/Fonts/arial.ttf”. You can’t use the traditional “C:\Windows\Fonts\arial.ttf” because the colon is a reserved character in the FFmpeg syntax. Overlay Time on Picture/Video FFmpeg Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLErU2HjQZ_ZOPDZ71Khzt5PX4X4j6flkg FFmpeg notes: https://www.rickmakes.com/ffmpeg-notes/

Creating an Elapsed Timer using FFmpeg

View Timer Save as File Note: On Window systems, access the fonts like this: “/Windows/Fonts/arial.ttf”. You can’t use the traditional “C:\Windows\Fonts\arial.ttf” because the colon is a reserved character in the FFmpeg syntax. FFmpeg Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLErU2HjQZ_ZOPDZ71Khzt5PX4X4j6flkg FFmpeg notes: https://www.rickmakes.com/ffmpeg-notes/

FFmpeg Hardware Encoding on a Windows 10

Installing FFmpeg: https://www.rickmakes.com/ffmpeg-notes/ Identifying your Processor: https://youtu.be/2T47fLcnp60 FFmpeg doc on Hardware Acceleration: https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/HWAccelIntro Intel QuickSync Support Chart: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Quick_Sync_Video Hardware Encoding with Default Bitrate (low quality) Create a 5 Second Test Clip with Software Encoder View Test Clip Specs to Determine Bitrate (ex. 6658 kb/s) Encode with Hardware Encoder (fastest) Encode with Software Encoder (slowest)