
  ffplay Documentation


    Table of Contents

  *
    1 Synopsis

    <#Synopsis>
  *
    2 Description

    <#Description>
  *
    3 Options

    <#Options>
      o
        3.1 Stream specifiers

        <#Stream-specifiers-1>
      o
        3.2 Generic options

        <#Generic-options>
      o
        3.3 AVOptions

        <#AVOptions>
      o
        3.4 Main options

        <#Main-options>
      o
        3.5 Advanced options

        <#Advanced-options>
      o
        3.6 While playing

        <#While-playing>
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    4 Syntax

    <#Syntax>
      o
        4.1 Quoting and escaping

        <#Quoting-and-escaping>
          +
            4.1.1 Examples

            <#Examples>
      o
        4.2 Date

        <#Date>
      o
        4.3 Time duration

        <#Time-duration>
          +
            4.3.1 Examples

            <#Examples-1>
      o
        4.4 Video size

        <#Video-size>
      o
        4.5 Video rate

        <#Video-rate>
      o
        4.6 Ratio

        <#Ratio>
      o
        4.7 Color

        <#Color>
      o
        4.8 Channel Layout

        <#Channel-Layout>
  *
    5 Expression Evaluation

    <#Expression-Evaluation>
  *
    6 Codec Options

    <#Codec-Options>
  *
    7 Decoders

    <#Decoders>
  *
    8 Video Decoders

    <#Video-Decoders>
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        8.1 av1

        <#av1>
          +
            8.1.1 Options

            <#Options-1>
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        8.2 rawvideo

        <#rawvideo>
          +
            8.2.1 Options

            <#Options-2>
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        8.3 libdav1d

        <#libdav1d>
          +
            8.3.1 Options

            <#Options-3>
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        8.4 libdavs2

        <#libdavs2>
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        8.5 libuavs3d

        <#libuavs3d>
          +
            8.5.1 Options

            <#Options-4>
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        8.6 QSV Decoders

        <#QSV-Decoders>
          +
            8.6.1 Common Options

            <#Common-Options>
          +
            8.6.2 HEVC Options

            <#HEVC-Options>
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        8.7 v210

        <#v210>
          +
            8.7.1 Options

            <#Options-5>
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    9 Audio Decoders

    <#Audio-Decoders>
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        9.1 ac3

        <#ac3>
          +
            9.1.1 AC-3 Decoder Options

            <#AC_002d3-Decoder-Options>
      o
        9.2 flac

        <#flac>
          +
            9.2.1 FLAC Decoder options

            <#FLAC-Decoder-options>
      o
        9.3 ffwavesynth

        <#ffwavesynth>
      o
        9.4 libcelt

        <#libcelt>
      o
        9.5 libgsm

        <#libgsm>
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        9.6 libilbc

        <#libilbc>
          +
            9.6.1 Options

            <#Options-6>
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        9.7 libopencore-amrnb

        <#libopencore_002damrnb>
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        9.8 libopencore-amrwb

        <#libopencore_002damrwb>
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        9.9 libopus

        <#libopus>
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    10 Subtitles Decoders

    <#Subtitles-Decoders>
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        10.1 libaribb24

        <#libaribb24>
          +
            10.1.1 libaribb24 Decoder Options

            <#libaribb24-Decoder-Options>
      o
        10.2 libaribcaption

        <#libaribcaption>
          +
            10.2.1 libaribcaption Decoder Options

            <#libaribcaption-Decoder-Options>
          +
            10.2.2 libaribcaption decoder usage examples

            <#libaribcaption-decoder-usage-examples>
      o
        10.3 dvbsub

        <#dvbsub>
          +
            10.3.1 Options

            <#Options-7>
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        10.4 dvdsub

        <#dvdsub>
          +
            10.4.1 Options

            <#Options-8>
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        10.5 libzvbi-teletext

        <#libzvbi_002dteletext>
          +
            10.5.1 Options

            <#Options-9>
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    11 Bitstream Filters

    <#Bitstream-Filters>
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        11.1 aac_adtstoasc

        <#aac_005fadtstoasc>
      o
        11.2 av1_metadata

        <#av1_005fmetadata>
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        11.3 chomp

        <#chomp>
      o
        11.4 dca_core

        <#dca_005fcore>
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        11.5 dump_extra

        <#dump_005fextra>
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        11.6 dv_error_marker

        <#dv_005ferror_005fmarker>
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        11.7 eac3_core

        <#eac3_005fcore>
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        11.8 extract_extradata

        <#extract_005fextradata>
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        11.9 filter_units

        <#filter_005funits>
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        11.10 hapqa_extract

        <#hapqa_005fextract>
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        11.11 h264_metadata

        <#h264_005fmetadata>
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        11.12 h264_mp4toannexb

        <#h264_005fmp4toannexb>
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        11.13 h264_redundant_pps

        <#h264_005fredundant_005fpps>
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        11.14 hevc_metadata

        <#hevc_005fmetadata>
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        11.15 hevc_mp4toannexb

        <#hevc_005fmp4toannexb>
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        11.16 imxdump

        <#imxdump>
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        11.17 mjpeg2jpeg

        <#mjpeg2jpeg>
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        11.18 mjpegadump

        <#mjpegadump>
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        11.19 mov2textsub

        <#mov2textsub-1>
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        11.20 mp3decomp

        <#mp3decomp>
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        11.21 mpeg2_metadata

        <#mpeg2_005fmetadata>
      o
        11.22 mpeg4_unpack_bframes

        <#mpeg4_005funpack_005fbframes>
      o
        11.23 noise

        <#noise>
          +
            11.23.1 Examples

            <#Examples-2>
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        11.24 null

        <#null>
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        11.25 pcm_rechunk

        <#pcm_005frechunk>
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        11.26 pgs_frame_merge

        <#pgs_005fframe_005fmerge>
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        11.27 prores_metadata

        <#prores_005fmetadata>
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        11.28 remove_extra

        <#remove_005fextra>
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        11.29 setts

        <#setts>
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        11.30 text2movsub

        <#text2movsub-1>
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        11.31 trace_headers

        <#trace_005fheaders>
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        11.32 truehd_core

        <#truehd_005fcore>
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        11.33 vp9_metadata

        <#vp9_005fmetadata>
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        11.34 vp9_superframe

        <#vp9_005fsuperframe>
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        11.35 vp9_superframe_split

        <#vp9_005fsuperframe_005fsplit>
      o
        11.36 vp9_raw_reorder

        <#vp9_005fraw_005freorder>
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    12 Format Options

    <#Format-Options>
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        12.1 Format stream specifiers

        <#Format-stream-specifiers-1>
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    13 Demuxers

    <#Demuxers>
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        13.1 aa

        <#aa>
      o
        13.2 aac

        <#aac>
      o
        13.3 apng

        <#apng>
      o
        13.4 asf

        <#asf>
      o
        13.5 concat

        <#concat-1>
          +
            13.5.1 Syntax

            <#Syntax-1>
          +
            13.5.2 Options

            <#Options-10>
          +
            13.5.3 Examples

            <#Examples-3>
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        13.6 dash

        <#dash>
          +
            13.6.1 Options

            <#Options-11>
      o
        13.7 ea

        <#ea>
          +
            13.7.1 Options

            <#Options-12>
      o
        13.8 imf

        <#imf>
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        13.9 flv, live_flv, kux

        <#flv_002c-live_005fflv_002c-kux>
      o
        13.10 gif

        <#gif>
      o
        13.11 hls

        <#hls>
      o
        13.12 image2

        <#image2>
          +
            13.12.1 Examples

            <#Examples-4>
      o
        13.13 libgme

        <#libgme>
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        13.14 libmodplug

        <#libmodplug>
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        13.15 libopenmpt

        <#libopenmpt>
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        13.16 mov/mp4/3gp

        <#mov_002fmp4_002f3gp>
          +
            13.16.1 Options

            <#Options-13>
          +
            13.16.2 Audible AAX

            <#Audible-AAX>
      o
        13.17 mpegts

        <#mpegts>
      o
        13.18 mpjpeg

        <#mpjpeg>
      o
        13.19 rawvideo

        <#rawvideo-1>
      o
        13.20 sbg

        <#sbg>
      o
        13.21 tedcaptions

        <#tedcaptions>
      o
        13.22 vapoursynth

        <#vapoursynth>
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    14 Metadata

    <#Metadata>
  *
    15 Protocol Options

    <#Protocol-Options>
  *
    16 Protocols

    <#Protocols>
      o
        16.1 amqp

        <#amqp>
      o
        16.2 async

        <#async>
      o
        16.3 bluray

        <#bluray>
      o
        16.4 cache

        <#cache>
      o
        16.5 concat

        <#concat-2>
      o
        16.6 concatf

        <#concatf>
      o
        16.7 crypto

        <#crypto>
      o
        16.8 data

        <#data>
      o
        16.9 fd

        <#fd>
      o
        16.10 file

        <#file>
      o
        16.11 ftp

        <#ftp>
      o
        16.12 gopher

        <#gopher>
      o
        16.13 gophers

        <#gophers>
      o
        16.14 hls

        <#hls-1>
      o
        16.15 http

        <#http>
          +
            16.15.1 HTTP Cookies

            <#HTTP-Cookies>
      o
        16.16 Icecast

        <#Icecast>
      o
        16.17 ipfs

        <#ipfs>
      o
        16.18 mmst

        <#mmst>
      o
        16.19 mmsh

        <#mmsh>
      o
        16.20 md5

        <#md5>
      o
        16.21 pipe

        <#pipe>
      o
        16.22 prompeg

        <#prompeg>
      o
        16.23 rist

        <#rist>
      o
        16.24 rtmp

        <#rtmp>
      o
        16.25 rtmpe

        <#rtmpe>
      o
        16.26 rtmps

        <#rtmps>
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        16.27 rtmpt

        <#rtmpt>
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        16.28 rtmpte

        <#rtmpte>
      o
        16.29 rtmpts

        <#rtmpts>
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        16.30 libsmbclient

        <#libsmbclient>
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        16.31 libssh

        <#libssh>
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        16.32 librtmp rtmp, rtmpe, rtmps, rtmpt, rtmpte

        <#librtmp-rtmp_002c-rtmpe_002c-rtmps_002c-rtmpt_002c-rtmpte>
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        16.33 rtp

        <#rtp>
      o
        16.34 rtsp

        <#rtsp>
          +
            16.34.1 Muxer

            <#Muxer>
          +
            16.34.2 Demuxer

            <#Demuxer>
          +
            16.34.3 Examples

            <#Examples-5>
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        16.35 sap

        <#sap>
          +
            16.35.1 Muxer

            <#Muxer-1>
          +
            16.35.2 Demuxer

            <#Demuxer-1>
      o
        16.36 sctp

        <#sctp>
      o
        16.37 srt

        <#srt>
      o
        16.38 srtp

        <#srtp>
      o
        16.39 subfile

        <#subfile>
      o
        16.40 tee

        <#tee>
      o
        16.41 tcp

        <#tcp>
      o
        16.42 tls

        <#tls>
      o
        16.43 udp

        <#udp>
          +
            16.43.1 Examples

            <#Examples-6>
      o
        16.44 unix

        <#unix>
      o
        16.45 zmq

        <#zmq>
  *
    17 Device Options

    <#Device-Options>
  *
    18 Input Devices

    <#Input-Devices>
      o
        18.1 alsa

        <#alsa>
          +
            18.1.1 Options

            <#Options-14>
      o
        18.2 android_camera

        <#android_005fcamera>
          +
            18.2.1 Options

            <#Options-15>
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        18.3 avfoundation

        <#avfoundation>
          +
            18.3.1 Options

            <#Options-16>
          +
            18.3.2 Examples

            <#Examples-7>
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        18.4 bktr

        <#bktr>
          +
            18.4.1 Options

            <#Options-17>
      o
        18.5 decklink

        <#decklink>
          +
            18.5.1 Options

            <#Options-18>
          +
            18.5.2 Examples

            <#Examples-8>
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        18.6 dshow

        <#dshow>
          +
            18.6.1 Options

            <#Options-19>
          +
            18.6.2 Examples

            <#Examples-9>
      o
        18.7 fbdev

        <#fbdev>
          +
            18.7.1 Options

            <#Options-20>
      o
        18.8 gdigrab

        <#gdigrab>
          +
            18.8.1 Options

            <#Options-21>
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        18.9 iec61883

        <#iec61883>
          +
            18.9.1 Options

            <#Options-22>
          +
            18.9.2 Examples

            <#Examples-10>
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        18.10 jack

        <#jack>
          +
            18.10.1 Options

            <#Options-23>
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        18.11 kmsgrab

        <#kmsgrab>
          +
            18.11.1 Options

            <#Options-24>
          +
            18.11.2 Examples

            <#Examples-11>
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        18.12 lavfi

        <#lavfi>
          +
            18.12.1 Options

            <#Options-25>
          +
            18.12.2 Examples

            <#Examples-12>
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        18.13 libcdio

        <#libcdio>
          +
            18.13.1 Options

            <#Options-26>
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        18.14 libdc1394

        <#libdc1394>
          +
            18.14.1 Options

            <#Options-27>
      o
        18.15 openal

        <#openal>
          +
            18.15.1 Options

            <#Options-28>
          +
            18.15.2 Examples

            <#Examples-13>
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        18.16 oss

        <#oss>
          +
            18.16.1 Options

            <#Options-29>
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        18.17 pulse

        <#pulse>
          +
            18.17.1 Options

            <#Options-30>
          +
            18.17.2 Examples

            <#Examples-14>
      o
        18.18 sndio

        <#sndio>
          +
            18.18.1 Options

            <#Options-31>
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        18.19 video4linux2, v4l2

        <#video4linux2_002c-v4l2>
          +
            18.19.1 Options

            <#Options-32>
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        18.20 vfwcap

        <#vfwcap>
          +
            18.20.1 Options

            <#Options-33>
      o
        18.21 x11grab

        <#x11grab>
          +
            18.21.1 Options

            <#Options-34>
  *
    19 Resampler Options

    <#Resampler-Options>
  *
    20 Scaler Options

    <#Scaler-Options>
  *
    21 Filtering Introduction

    <#Filtering-Introduction>
  *
    22 graph2dot

    <#graph2dot>
  *
    23 Filtergraph description

    <#Filtergraph-description>
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        23.1 Filtergraph syntax

        <#Filtergraph-syntax-1>
      o
        23.2 Notes on filtergraph escaping

        <#Notes-on-filtergraph-escaping>
  *
    24 Timeline editing

    <#Timeline-editing>
  *
    25 Changing options at runtime with a command

    <#Changing-options-at-runtime-with-a-command>
  *
    26 Options for filters with several inputs (framesync)

    <#Options-for-filters-with-several-inputs-_0028framesync_0029>
  *
    27 Audio Filters

    <#Audio-Filters>
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        27.1 acompressor

        <#acompressor>
          +
            27.1.1 Commands

            <#Commands>
      o
        27.2 acontrast

        <#acontrast>
      o
        27.3 acopy

        <#acopy>
      o
        27.4 acrossfade

        <#acrossfade>
          +
            27.4.1 Examples

            <#Examples-15>
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        27.5 acrossover

        <#acrossover>
          +
            27.5.1 Examples

            <#Examples-16>
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        27.6 acrusher

        <#acrusher>
          +
            27.6.1 Commands

            <#Commands-1>
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        27.7 acue

        <#acue>
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        27.8 adeclick

        <#adeclick>
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        27.9 adeclip

        <#adeclip>
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        27.10 adecorrelate

        <#adecorrelate>
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        27.11 adelay

        <#adelay>
          +
            27.11.1 Examples

            <#Examples-17>
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        27.12 adenorm

        <#adenorm>
          +
            27.12.1 Commands

            <#Commands-2>
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        27.13 aderivative, aintegral

        <#aderivative_002c-aintegral>
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        27.14 adrc

        <#adrc>
          +
            27.14.1 Commands

            <#Commands-3>
          +
            27.14.2 Examples

            <#Examples-18>
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        27.15 adynamicequalizer

        <#adynamicequalizer>
          +
            27.15.1 Commands

            <#Commands-4>
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        27.16 adynamicsmooth

        <#adynamicsmooth>
          +
            27.16.1 Commands

            <#Commands-5>
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        27.17 aecho

        <#aecho>
          +
            27.17.1 Examples

            <#Examples-19>
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        27.18 aemphasis

        <#aemphasis>
          +
            27.18.1 Commands

            <#Commands-6>
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        27.19 aeval

        <#aeval>
          +
            27.19.1 Examples

            <#Examples-20>
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        27.20 aexciter

        <#aexciter>
          +
            27.20.1 Commands

            <#Commands-7>
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        27.21 afade

        <#afade-1>
          +
            27.21.1 Commands

            <#Commands-8>
          +
            27.21.2 Examples

            <#Examples-21>
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        27.22 afftdn

        <#afftdn>
          +
            27.22.1 Commands

            <#Commands-9>
          +
            27.22.2 Examples

            <#Examples-22>
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        27.23 afftfilt

        <#afftfilt>
          +
            27.23.1 Examples

            <#Examples-23>
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        27.24 afir

        <#afir-1>
          +
            27.24.1 Examples

            <#Examples-24>
      o
        27.25 aformat

        <#aformat-1>
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        27.26 afreqshift

        <#afreqshift>
          +
            27.26.1 Commands

            <#Commands-10>
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        27.27 afwtdn

        <#afwtdn>
          +
            27.27.1 Commands

            <#Commands-11>
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        27.28 agate

        <#agate>
          +
            27.28.1 Commands

            <#Commands-12>
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        27.29 aiir

        <#aiir>
          +
            27.29.1 Examples

            <#Examples-25>
      o
        27.30 alimiter

        <#alimiter>
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        27.31 allpass

        <#allpass>
          +
            27.31.1 Commands

            <#Commands-13>
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        27.32 aloop

        <#aloop>
      o
        27.33 amerge

        <#amerge-1>
          +
            27.33.1 Examples

            <#Examples-26>
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        27.34 amix

        <#amix>
          +
            27.34.1 Examples

            <#Examples-27>
          +
            27.34.2 Commands

            <#Commands-14>
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        27.35 amultiply

        <#amultiply>
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        27.36 anequalizer

        <#anequalizer>
          +
            27.36.1 Examples

            <#Examples-28>
          +
            27.36.2 Commands

            <#Commands-15>
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        27.37 anlmdn

        <#anlmdn>
          +
            27.37.1 Commands

            <#Commands-16>
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        27.38 anlmf, anlms

        <#anlmf_002c-anlms>
          +
            27.38.1 Examples

            <#Examples-29>
          +
            27.38.2 Commands

            <#Commands-17>
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        27.39 anull

        <#anull>
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        27.40 apad

        <#apad>
          +
            27.40.1 Examples

            <#Examples-30>
      o
        27.41 aphaser

        <#aphaser>
      o
        27.42 aphaseshift

        <#aphaseshift>
          +
            27.42.1 Commands

            <#Commands-18>
      o
        27.43 apsnr

        <#apsnr>
      o
        27.44 apsyclip

        <#apsyclip>
          +
            27.44.1 Commands

            <#Commands-19>
      o
        27.45 apulsator

        <#apulsator>
      o
        27.46 aresample

        <#aresample-1>
          +
            27.46.1 Examples

            <#Examples-31>
      o
        27.47 areverse

        <#areverse>
          +
            27.47.1 Examples

            <#Examples-32>
      o
        27.48 arls

        <#arls>
      o
        27.49 arnndn

        <#arnndn>
          +
            27.49.1 Commands

            <#Commands-20>
      o
        27.50 asdr

        <#asdr>
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        27.51 asetnsamples

        <#asetnsamples>
      o
        27.52 asetrate

        <#asetrate>
      o
        27.53 ashowinfo

        <#ashowinfo>
      o
        27.54 asisdr

        <#asisdr>
      o
        27.55 asoftclip

        <#asoftclip>
          +
            27.55.1 Commands

            <#Commands-21>
      o
        27.56 aspectralstats

        <#aspectralstats>
      o
        27.57 asr

        <#asr>
      o
        27.58 astats

        <#astats-1>
      o
        27.59 asubboost

        <#asubboost>
          +
            27.59.1 Commands

            <#Commands-22>
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        27.60 asubcut

        <#asubcut>
          +
            27.60.1 Commands

            <#Commands-23>
      o
        27.61 asupercut

        <#asupercut>
          +
            27.61.1 Commands

            <#Commands-24>
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        27.62 asuperpass

        <#asuperpass>
          +
            27.62.1 Commands

            <#Commands-25>
      o
        27.63 asuperstop

        <#asuperstop>
          +
            27.63.1 Commands

            <#Commands-26>
      o
        27.64 atempo

        <#atempo>
          +
            27.64.1 Examples

            <#Examples-33>
          +
            27.64.2 Commands

            <#Commands-27>
      o
        27.65 atilt

        <#atilt>
          +
            27.65.1 Commands

            <#Commands-28>
      o
        27.66 atrim

        <#atrim>
      o
        27.67 axcorrelate

        <#axcorrelate>
          +
            27.67.1 Examples

            <#Examples-34>
      o
        27.68 bandpass

        <#bandpass>
          +
            27.68.1 Commands

            <#Commands-29>
      o
        27.69 bandreject

        <#bandreject>
          +
            27.69.1 Commands

            <#Commands-30>
      o
        27.70 bass, lowshelf

        <#bass_002c-lowshelf>
          +
            27.70.1 Commands

            <#Commands-31>
      o
        27.71 biquad

        <#biquad>
          +
            27.71.1 Commands

            <#Commands-32>
      o
        27.72 bs2b

        <#bs2b>
      o
        27.73 channelmap

        <#channelmap>
          +
            27.73.1 Examples

            <#Examples-35>
      o
        27.74 channelsplit

        <#channelsplit>
          +
            27.74.1 Examples

            <#Examples-36>
      o
        27.75 chorus

        <#chorus>
          +
            27.75.1 Examples

            <#Examples-37>
      o
        27.76 compand

        <#compand>
          +
            27.76.1 Examples

            <#Examples-38>
      o
        27.77 compensationdelay

        <#compensationdelay>
          +
            27.77.1 Commands

            <#Commands-33>
      o
        27.78 crossfeed

        <#crossfeed>
          +
            27.78.1 Commands

            <#Commands-34>
      o
        27.79 crystalizer

        <#crystalizer>
          +
            27.79.1 Commands

            <#Commands-35>
      o
        27.80 dcshift

        <#dcshift>
      o
        27.81 deesser

        <#deesser>
      o
        27.82 dialoguenhance

        <#dialoguenhance>
          +
            27.82.1 Commands

            <#Commands-36>
      o
        27.83 drmeter

        <#drmeter>
      o
        27.84 dynaudnorm

        <#dynaudnorm>
          +
            27.84.1 Commands

            <#Commands-37>
      o
        27.85 earwax

        <#earwax>
      o
        27.86 equalizer

        <#equalizer>
          +
            27.86.1 Examples

            <#Examples-39>
          +
            27.86.2 Commands

            <#Commands-38>
      o
        27.87 extrastereo

        <#extrastereo>
          +
            27.87.1 Commands

            <#Commands-39>
      o
        27.88 firequalizer

        <#firequalizer>
          +
            27.88.1 Examples

            <#Examples-40>
      o
        27.89 flanger

        <#flanger>
      o
        27.90 haas

        <#haas>
      o
        27.91 hdcd

        <#hdcd>
      o
        27.92 headphone

        <#headphone>
          +
            27.92.1 Examples

            <#Examples-41>
      o
        27.93 highpass

        <#highpass>
          +
            27.93.1 Commands

            <#Commands-40>
      o
        27.94 join

        <#join>
      o
        27.95 ladspa

        <#ladspa>
          +
            27.95.1 Examples

            <#Examples-42>
          +
            27.95.2 Commands

            <#Commands-41>
      o
        27.96 loudnorm

        <#loudnorm>
      o
        27.97 lowpass

        <#lowpass>
          +
            27.97.1 Examples

            <#Examples-43>
          +
            27.97.2 Commands

            <#Commands-42>
      o
        27.98 lv2

        <#lv2>
          +
            27.98.1 Examples

            <#Examples-44>
          +
            27.98.2 Commands

            <#Commands-43>
      o
        27.99 mcompand

        <#mcompand>
      o
        27.100 pan

        <#pan-1>
          +
            27.100.1 Mixing examples

            <#Mixing-examples>
          +
            27.100.2 Remapping examples

            <#Remapping-examples>
      o
        27.101 replaygain

        <#replaygain>
      o
        27.102 resample

        <#resample>
      o
        27.103 rubberband

        <#rubberband>
          +
            27.103.1 Commands

            <#Commands-44>
      o
        27.104 sidechaincompress

        <#sidechaincompress>
          +
            27.104.1 Commands

            <#Commands-45>
          +
            27.104.2 Examples

            <#Examples-45>
      o
        27.105 sidechaingate

        <#sidechaingate>
          +
            27.105.1 Commands

            <#Commands-46>
      o
        27.106 silencedetect

        <#silencedetect>
          +
            27.106.1 Examples

            <#Examples-46>
      o
        27.107 silenceremove

        <#silenceremove>
          +
            27.107.1 Examples

            <#Examples-47>
          +
            27.107.2 Commands

            <#Commands-47>
      o
        27.108 sofalizer

        <#sofalizer>
          +
            27.108.1 Examples

            <#Examples-48>
      o
        27.109 speechnorm

        <#speechnorm>
          +
            27.109.1 Commands

            <#Commands-48>
          +
            27.109.2 Examples

            <#Examples-49>
      o
        27.110 stereotools

        <#stereotools>
          +
            27.110.1 Commands

            <#Commands-49>
          +
            27.110.2 Examples

            <#Examples-50>
      o
        27.111 stereowiden

        <#stereowiden>
          +
            27.111.1 Commands

            <#Commands-50>
      o
        27.112 superequalizer

        <#superequalizer>
      o
        27.113 surround

        <#surround>
      o
        27.114 tiltshelf

        <#tiltshelf>
          +
            27.114.1 Commands

            <#Commands-51>
      o
        27.115 treble, highshelf

        <#treble_002c-highshelf>
          +
            27.115.1 Commands

            <#Commands-52>
      o
        27.116 tremolo

        <#tremolo>
      o
        27.117 vibrato

        <#vibrato>
      o
        27.118 virtualbass

        <#virtualbass>
      o
        27.119 volume

        <#volume>
          +
            27.119.1 Commands

            <#Commands-53>
          +
            27.119.2 Examples

            <#Examples-51>
      o
        27.120 volumedetect

        <#volumedetect>
          +
            27.120.1 Examples

            <#Examples-52>
  *
    28 Audio Sources

    <#Audio-Sources>
      o
        28.1 abuffer

        <#abuffer>
          +
            28.1.1 Examples

            <#Examples-53>
      o
        28.2 aevalsrc

        <#aevalsrc>
          +
            28.2.1 Examples

            <#Examples-54>
      o
        28.3 afdelaysrc

        <#afdelaysrc>
      o
        28.4 afireqsrc

        <#afireqsrc>
      o
        28.5 afirsrc

        <#afirsrc>
      o
        28.6 anullsrc

        <#anullsrc>
          +
            28.6.1 Examples

            <#Examples-55>
      o
        28.7 flite

        <#flite>
          +
            28.7.1 Examples

            <#Examples-56>
      o
        28.8 anoisesrc

        <#anoisesrc>
          +
            28.8.1 Examples

            <#Examples-57>
      o
        28.9 hilbert

        <#hilbert>
      o
        28.10 sinc

        <#sinc>
      o
        28.11 sine

        <#sine>
          +
            28.11.1 Examples

            <#Examples-58>
  *
    29 Audio Sinks

    <#Audio-Sinks>
      o
        29.1 abuffersink

        <#abuffersink>
      o
        29.2 anullsink

        <#anullsink>
  *
    30 Video Filters

    <#Video-Filters>
      o
        30.1 addroi

        <#addroi>
          +
            30.1.1 Examples

            <#Examples-59>
      o
        30.2 alphaextract

        <#alphaextract>
      o
        30.3 alphamerge

        <#alphamerge>
      o
        30.4 amplify

        <#amplify>
          +
            30.4.1 Commands

            <#Commands-54>
      o
        30.5 ass

        <#ass>
      o
        30.6 atadenoise

        <#atadenoise>
          +
            30.6.1 Commands

            <#Commands-55>
      o
        30.7 avgblur

        <#avgblur>
          +
            30.7.1 Commands

            <#Commands-56>
      o
        30.8 backgroundkey

        <#backgroundkey>
          +
            30.8.1 Commands

            <#Commands-57>
      o
        30.9 bbox

        <#bbox>
          +
            30.9.1 Commands

            <#Commands-58>
      o
        30.10 bilateral

        <#bilateral>
          +
            30.10.1 Commands

            <#Commands-59>
      o
        30.11 bilateral_cuda

        <#bilateral_005fcuda>
          +
            30.11.1 Examples

            <#Examples-60>
      o
        30.12 bitplanenoise

        <#bitplanenoise>
      o
        30.13 blackdetect

        <#blackdetect>
      o
        30.14 blackframe

        <#blackframe>
      o
        30.15 blend

        <#blend-1>
          +
            30.15.1 Examples

            <#Examples-61>
          +
            30.15.2 Commands

            <#Commands-60>
      o
        30.16 blockdetect

        <#blockdetect-1>
          +
            30.16.1 Examples

            <#Examples-62>
      o
        30.17 blurdetect

        <#blurdetect-1>
          +
            30.17.1 Examples

            <#Examples-63>
      o
        30.18 bm3d

        <#bm3d>
          +
            30.18.1 Examples

            <#Examples-64>
      o
        30.19 boxblur

        <#boxblur>
          +
            30.19.1 Examples

            <#Examples-65>
      o
        30.20 bwdif

        <#bwdif-1>
      o
        30.21 bwdif_cuda

        <#bwdif_005fcuda>
      o
        30.22 ccrepack

        <#ccrepack>
      o
        30.23 cas

        <#cas>
          +
            30.23.1 Commands

            <#Commands-61>
      o
        30.24 chromahold

        <#chromahold>
          +
            30.24.1 Commands

            <#Commands-62>
      o
        30.25 chromakey

        <#chromakey-1>
          +
            30.25.1 Commands

            <#Commands-63>
          +
            30.25.2 Examples

            <#Examples-66>
      o
        30.26 chromakey_cuda

        <#chromakey_005fcuda>
          +
            30.26.1 Examples

            <#Examples-67>
      o
        30.27 chromanr

        <#chromanr>
          +
            30.27.1 Commands

            <#Commands-64>
      o
        30.28 chromashift

        <#chromashift>
          +
            30.28.1 Commands

            <#Commands-65>
      o
        30.29 ciescope

        <#ciescope>
      o
        30.30 codecview

        <#codecview>
          +
            30.30.1 Examples

            <#Examples-68>
      o
        30.31 colorbalance

        <#colorbalance>
          +
            30.31.1 Examples

            <#Examples-69>
          +
            30.31.2 Commands

            <#Commands-66>
      o
        30.32 colorcontrast

        <#colorcontrast>
          +
            30.32.1 Commands

            <#Commands-67>
      o
        30.33 colorcorrect

        <#colorcorrect>
          +
            30.33.1 Commands

            <#Commands-68>
      o
        30.34 colorchannelmixer

        <#colorchannelmixer>
          +
            30.34.1 Examples

            <#Examples-70>
          +
            30.34.2 Commands

            <#Commands-69>
      o
        30.35 colorize

        <#colorize>
          +
            30.35.1 Commands

            <#Commands-70>
      o
        30.36 colorkey

        <#colorkey>
          +
            30.36.1 Examples

            <#Examples-71>
          +
            30.36.2 Commands

            <#Commands-71>
      o
        30.37 colorhold

        <#colorhold>
          +
            30.37.1 Commands

            <#Commands-72>
      o
        30.38 colorlevels

        <#colorlevels>
          +
            30.38.1 Examples

            <#Examples-72>
          +
            30.38.2 Commands

            <#Commands-73>
      o
        30.39 colormap

        <#colormap>
      o
        30.40 colormatrix

        <#colormatrix>
      o
        30.41 colorspace

        <#colorspace>
      o
        30.42 colorspace_cuda

        <#colorspace_005fcuda>
      o
        30.43 colortemperature

        <#colortemperature>
          +
            30.43.1 Commands

            <#Commands-74>
      o
        30.44 convolution

        <#convolution>
          +
            30.44.1 Commands

            <#Commands-75>
          +
            30.44.2 Examples

            <#Examples-73>
      o
        30.45 convolve

        <#convolve>
      o
        30.46 copy

        <#copy>
      o
        30.47 coreimage

        <#coreimage-1>
          +
            30.47.1 Examples

            <#Examples-74>
      o
        30.48 corr

        <#corr>
      o
        30.49 cover_rect

        <#cover_005frect>
          +
            30.49.1 Examples

            <#Examples-75>
      o
        30.50 crop

        <#crop>
          +
            30.50.1 Examples

            <#Examples-76>
          +
            30.50.2 Commands

            <#Commands-76>
      o
        30.51 cropdetect

        <#cropdetect>
          +
            30.51.1 Examples

            <#Examples-77>
          +
            30.51.2 Commands

            <#Commands-77>
      o
        30.52 cue

        <#cue-1>
      o
        30.53 curves

        <#curves-1>
          +
            30.53.1 Commands

            <#Commands-78>
          +
            30.53.2 Examples

            <#Examples-78>
      o
        30.54 datascope

        <#datascope>
          +
            30.54.1 Commands

            <#Commands-79>
      o
        30.55 dblur

        <#dblur>
          +
            30.55.1 Commands

            <#Commands-80>
      o
        30.56 dctdnoiz

        <#dctdnoiz>
          +
            30.56.1 Examples

            <#Examples-79>
      o
        30.57 deband

        <#deband>
          +
            30.57.1 Commands

            <#Commands-81>
      o
        30.58 deblock

        <#deblock>
          +
            30.58.1 Examples

            <#Examples-80>
          +
            30.58.2 Commands

            <#Commands-82>
      o
        30.59 decimate

        <#decimate-1>
      o
        30.60 deconvolve

        <#deconvolve>
      o
        30.61 dedot

        <#dedot>
      o
        30.62 deflate

        <#deflate>
          +
            30.62.1 Commands

            <#Commands-83>
      o
        30.63 deflicker

        <#deflicker>
      o
        30.64 dejudder

        <#dejudder>
      o
        30.65 delogo

        <#delogo>
          +
            30.65.1 Examples

            <#Examples-81>
      o
        30.66 derain

        <#derain-1>
      o
        30.67 deshake

        <#deshake>
      o
        30.68 despill

        <#despill>
          +
            30.68.1 Commands

            <#Commands-84>
      o
        30.69 detelecine

        <#detelecine>
      o
        30.70 dilation

        <#dilation-1>
          +
            30.70.1 Commands

            <#Commands-85>
      o
        30.71 displace

        <#displace>
          +
            30.71.1 Examples

            <#Examples-82>
      o
        30.72 dnn_classify

        <#dnn_005fclassify>
      o
        30.73 dnn_detect

        <#dnn_005fdetect>
      o
        30.74 dnn_processing

        <#dnn_005fprocessing-1>
          +
            30.74.1 Examples

            <#Examples-83>
      o
        30.75 drawbox

        <#drawbox>
          +
            30.75.1 Examples

            <#Examples-84>
          +
            30.75.2 Commands

            <#Commands-86>
      o
        30.76 drawgraph

        <#drawgraph-1>
      o
        30.77 drawgrid

        <#drawgrid>
          +
            30.77.1 Examples

            <#Examples-85>
          +
            30.77.2 Commands

            <#Commands-87>
      o
        30.78 drawtext

        <#drawtext-1>
          +
            30.78.1 Syntax

            <#Syntax-2>
          +
            30.78.2 Text expansion

            <#Text-expansion>
          +
            30.78.3 Commands

            <#Commands-88>
          +
            30.78.4 Examples

            <#Examples-86>
      o
        30.79 edgedetect

        <#edgedetect>
          +
            30.79.1 Examples

            <#Examples-87>
      o
        30.80 elbg

        <#elbg>
      o
        30.81 entropy

        <#entropy>
      o
        30.82 epx

        <#epx>
      o
        30.83 eq

        <#eq>
          +
            30.83.1 Commands

            <#Commands-89>
      o
        30.84 erosion

        <#erosion-1>
          +
            30.84.1 Commands

            <#Commands-90>
      o
        30.85 estdif

        <#estdif>
          +
            30.85.1 Commands

            <#Commands-91>
      o
        30.86 exposure

        <#exposure>
          +
            30.86.1 Commands

            <#Commands-92>
      o
        30.87 extractplanes

        <#extractplanes>
          +
            30.87.1 Examples

            <#Examples-88>
      o
        30.88 fade

        <#fade>
          +
            30.88.1 Examples

            <#Examples-89>
      o
        30.89 feedback

        <#feedback>
          +
            30.89.1 Examples

            <#Examples-90>
      o
        30.90 fftdnoiz

        <#fftdnoiz>
      o
        30.91 fftfilt

        <#fftfilt>
          +
            30.91.1 Examples

            <#Examples-91>
      o
        30.92 field

        <#field>
      o
        30.93 fieldhint

        <#fieldhint>
      o
        30.94 fieldmatch

        <#fieldmatch>
          +
            30.94.1 p/c/n/u/b meaning

            <#p_002fc_002fn_002fu_002fb-meaning-1>
              #
                30.94.1.1 p/c/n

                <#p_002fc_002fn>
              #
                30.94.1.2 u/b

                <#u_002fb>
          +
            30.94.2 Examples

            <#Examples-92>
      o
        30.95 fieldorder

        <#fieldorder>
      o
        30.96 fifo, afifo

        <#fifo_002c-afifo>
      o
        30.97 fillborders

        <#fillborders>
          +
            30.97.1 Commands

            <#Commands-93>
      o
        30.98 find_rect

        <#find_005frect>
          +
            30.98.1 Examples

            <#Examples-93>
      o
        30.99 floodfill

        <#floodfill>
      o
        30.100 format

        <#format-1>
          +
            30.100.1 Examples

            <#Examples-94>
      o
        30.101 fps

        <#fps-1>
          +
            30.101.1 Examples

            <#Examples-95>
      o
        30.102 framepack

        <#framepack>
      o
        30.103 framerate

        <#framerate>
      o
        30.104 framestep

        <#framestep>
      o
        30.105 freezedetect

        <#freezedetect>
      o
        30.106 freezeframes

        <#freezeframes>
      o
        30.107 frei0r

        <#frei0r-1>
          +
            30.107.1 Examples

            <#Examples-96>
          +
            30.107.2 Commands

            <#Commands-94>
      o
        30.108 fspp

        <#fspp>
      o
        30.109 gblur

        <#gblur>
          +
            30.109.1 Commands

            <#Commands-95>
      o
        30.110 geq

        <#geq>
          +
            30.110.1 Examples

            <#Examples-97>
      o
        30.111 gradfun

        <#gradfun>
          +
            30.111.1 Examples

            <#Examples-98>
      o
        30.112 graphmonitor

        <#graphmonitor-1>
      o
        30.113 grayworld

        <#grayworld>
      o
        30.114 greyedge

        <#greyedge>
          +
            30.114.1 Examples

            <#Examples-99>
      o
        30.115 guided

        <#guided>
          +
            30.115.1 Commands

            <#Commands-96>
          +
            30.115.2 Examples

            <#Examples-100>
      o
        30.116 haldclut

        <#haldclut-1>
          +
            30.116.1 Commands

            <#Commands-97>
          +
            30.116.2 Workflow examples

            <#Workflow-examples>
              #
                30.116.2.1 Hald CLUT video stream

                <#Hald-CLUT-video-stream>
              #
                30.116.2.2 Hald CLUT with preview

                <#Hald-CLUT-with-preview>
      o
        30.117 hflip

        <#hflip>
      o
        30.118 histeq

        <#histeq>
      o
        30.119 histogram

        <#histogram-1>
          +
            30.119.1 Examples

            <#Examples-101>
      o
        30.120 hqdn3d

        <#hqdn3d-1>
          +
            30.120.1 Commands

            <#Commands-98>
      o
        30.121 hwdownload

        <#hwdownload-1>
      o
        30.122 hwmap

        <#hwmap>
      o
        30.123 hwupload

        <#hwupload-1>
      o
        30.124 hwupload_cuda

        <#hwupload_005fcuda-1>
      o
        30.125 hqx

        <#hqx>
      o
        30.126 hstack

        <#hstack-1>
      o
        30.127 hsvhold

        <#hsvhold>
      o
        30.128 hsvkey

        <#hsvkey>
      o
        30.129 hue

        <#hue>
          +
            30.129.1 Examples

            <#Examples-102>
          +
            30.129.2 Commands

            <#Commands-99>
      o
        30.130 huesaturation

        <#huesaturation>
      o
        30.131 hysteresis

        <#hysteresis>
      o
        30.132 iccdetect

        <#iccdetect>
      o
        30.133 iccgen

        <#iccgen>
      o
        30.134 identity

        <#identity>
      o
        30.135 idet

        <#idet>
      o
        30.136 il

        <#il>
          +
            30.136.1 Commands

            <#Commands-100>
      o
        30.137 inflate

        <#inflate>
          +
            30.137.1 Commands

            <#Commands-101>
      o
        30.138 interlace

        <#interlace>
      o
        30.139 kerndeint

        <#kerndeint>
          +
            30.139.1 Examples

            <#Examples-103>
      o
        30.140 kirsch

        <#kirsch>
          +
            30.140.1 Commands

            <#Commands-102>
      o
        30.141 lagfun

        <#lagfun>
          +
            30.141.1 Commands

            <#Commands-103>
      o
        30.142 lenscorrection

        <#lenscorrection>
          +
            30.142.1 Options

            <#Options-35>
          +
            30.142.2 Commands

            <#Commands-104>
      o
        30.143 lensfun

        <#lensfun>
          +
            30.143.1 Examples

            <#Examples-104>
      o
        30.144 libplacebo

        <#libplacebo>
          +
            30.144.1 Options

            <#Options-36>
              #
                30.144.1.1 Output mode

                <#Output-mode>
              #
                30.144.1.2 Scaling

                <#Scaling>
              #
                30.144.1.3 Debanding

                <#Debanding>
              #
                30.144.1.4 Color adjustment

                <#Color-adjustment>
              #
                30.144.1.5 Peak detection

                <#Peak-detection>
              #
                30.144.1.6 Tone mapping

                <#Tone-mapping>
              #
                30.144.1.7 Dithering

                <#Dithering>
              #
                30.144.1.8 Custom shaders

                <#Custom-shaders>
              #
                30.144.1.9 Debugging / performance

                <#Debugging-_002f-performance>
          +
            30.144.2 Commands

            <#Commands-105>
          +
            30.144.3 Examples

            <#Examples-105>
      o
        30.145 libvmaf

        <#libvmaf-1>
          +
            30.145.1 Examples

            <#Examples-106>
      o
        30.146 libvmaf_cuda

        <#libvmaf_005fcuda>
          +
            30.146.1 Examples

            <#Examples-107>
      o
        30.147 limitdiff

        <#limitdiff>
          +
            30.147.1 Commands

            <#Commands-106>
      o
        30.148 limiter

        <#limiter>
          +
            30.148.1 Commands

            <#Commands-107>
      o
        30.149 loop

        <#loop>
          +
            30.149.1 Examples

            <#Examples-108>
      o
        30.150 lut1d

        <#lut1d>
          +
            30.150.1 Commands

            <#Commands-108>
      o
        30.151 lut3d

        <#lut3d-1>
          +
            30.151.1 Commands

            <#Commands-109>
      o
        30.152 lumakey

        <#lumakey>
          +
            30.152.1 Commands

            <#Commands-110>
      o
        30.153 lut, lutrgb, lutyuv

        <#lut_002c-lutrgb_002c-lutyuv>
          +
            30.153.1 Commands

            <#Commands-111>
          +
            30.153.2 Examples

            <#Examples-109>
      o
        30.154 lut2, tlut2

        <#lut2_002c-tlut2>
          +
            30.154.1 Commands

            <#Commands-112>
          +
            30.154.2 Examples

            <#Examples-110>
      o
        30.155 maskedclamp

        <#maskedclamp>
          +
            30.155.1 Commands

            <#Commands-113>
      o
        30.156 maskedmax

        <#maskedmax>
          +
            30.156.1 Commands

            <#Commands-114>
      o
        30.157 maskedmerge

        <#maskedmerge>
          +
            30.157.1 Commands

            <#Commands-115>
      o
        30.158 maskedmin

        <#maskedmin>
          +
            30.158.1 Commands

            <#Commands-116>
      o
        30.159 maskedthreshold

        <#maskedthreshold>
          +
            30.159.1 Commands

            <#Commands-117>
      o
        30.160 maskfun

        <#maskfun>
          +
            30.160.1 Commands

            <#Commands-118>
      o
        30.161 mcdeint

        <#mcdeint>
      o
        30.162 median

        <#median>
          +
            30.162.1 Commands

            <#Commands-119>
      o
        30.163 mergeplanes

        <#mergeplanes>
          +
            30.163.1 Examples

            <#Examples-111>
      o
        30.164 mestimate

        <#mestimate>
      o
        30.165 midequalizer

        <#midequalizer>
      o
        30.166 minterpolate

        <#minterpolate>
      o
        30.167 mix

        <#mix>
          +
            30.167.1 Commands

            <#Commands-120>
      o
        30.168 monochrome

        <#monochrome>
          +
            30.168.1 Commands

            <#Commands-121>
      o
        30.169 morpho

        <#morpho>
          +
            30.169.1 Commands

            <#Commands-122>
      o
        30.170 mpdecimate

        <#mpdecimate>
      o
        30.171 msad

        <#msad>
      o
        30.172 multiply

        <#multiply>
          +
            30.172.1 Commands

            <#Commands-123>
      o
        30.173 negate

        <#negate>
          +
            30.173.1 Commands

            <#Commands-124>
      o
        30.174 nlmeans

        <#nlmeans-1>
      o
        30.175 nnedi

        <#nnedi>
          +
            30.175.1 Commands

            <#Commands-125>
      o
        30.176 noformat

        <#noformat>
          +
            30.176.1 Examples

            <#Examples-112>
      o
        30.177 noise

        <#noise-1>
          +
            30.177.1 Examples

            <#Examples-113>
      o
        30.178 normalize

        <#normalize>
          +
            30.178.1 Commands

            <#Commands-126>
          +
            30.178.2 Examples

            <#Examples-114>
      o
        30.179 null

        <#null-1>
      o
        30.180 ocr

        <#ocr>
      o
        30.181 ocv

        <#ocv>
          +
            30.181.1 dilate

            <#dilate-1>
          +
            30.181.2 erode

            <#erode>
          +
            30.181.3 smooth

            <#smooth>
      o
        30.182 oscilloscope

        <#oscilloscope>
          +
            30.182.1 Commands

            <#Commands-127>
          +
            30.182.2 Examples

            <#Examples-115>
      o
        30.183 overlay

        <#overlay-1>
          +
            30.183.1 Commands

            <#Commands-128>
          +
            30.183.2 Examples

            <#Examples-116>
      o
        30.184 overlay_cuda

        <#overlay_005fcuda-1>
      o
        30.185 owdenoise

        <#owdenoise>
      o
        30.186 pad

        <#pad-1>
          +
            30.186.1 Examples

            <#Examples-117>
      o
        30.187 palettegen

        <#palettegen-1>
          +
            30.187.1 Examples

            <#Examples-118>
      o
        30.188 paletteuse

        <#paletteuse>
          +
            30.188.1 Examples

            <#Examples-119>
      o
        30.189 perspective

        <#perspective>
      o
        30.190 phase

        <#phase>
          +
            30.190.1 Commands

            <#Commands-129>
      o
        30.191 photosensitivity

        <#photosensitivity>
      o
        30.192 pixdesctest

        <#pixdesctest>
      o
        30.193 pixelize

        <#pixelize>
          +
            30.193.1 Commands

            <#Commands-130>
      o
        30.194 pixscope

        <#pixscope>
          +
            30.194.1 Commands

            <#Commands-131>
      o
        30.195 pp

        <#pp>
          +
            30.195.1 Examples

            <#Examples-120>
      o
        30.196 pp7

        <#pp7>
      o
        30.197 premultiply

        <#premultiply>
      o
        30.198 prewitt

        <#prewitt>
          +
            30.198.1 Commands

            <#Commands-132>
      o
        30.199 pseudocolor

        <#pseudocolor>
          +
            30.199.1 Commands

            <#Commands-133>
          +
            30.199.2 Examples

            <#Examples-121>
      o
        30.200 psnr

        <#psnr>
          +
            30.200.1 Examples

            <#Examples-122>
      o
        30.201 pullup

        <#pullup-1>
      o
        30.202 qp

        <#qp>
          +
            30.202.1 Examples

            <#Examples-123>
      o
        30.203 random

        <#random>
      o
        30.204 readeia608

        <#readeia608>
          +
            30.204.1 Commands

            <#Commands-134>
          +
            30.204.2 Examples

            <#Examples-124>
      o
        30.205 readvitc

        <#readvitc>
          +
            30.205.1 Examples

            <#Examples-125>
      o
        30.206 remap

        <#remap>
      o
        30.207 removegrain

        <#removegrain>
      o
        30.208 removelogo

        <#removelogo>
      o
        30.209 repeatfields

        <#repeatfields>
      o
        30.210 reverse

        <#reverse>
          +
            30.210.1 Examples

            <#Examples-126>
      o
        30.211 rgbashift

        <#rgbashift>
          +
            30.211.1 Commands

            <#Commands-135>
      o
        30.212 roberts

        <#roberts>
          +
            30.212.1 Commands

            <#Commands-136>
      o
        30.213 rotate

        <#rotate>
          +
            30.213.1 Examples

            <#Examples-127>
          +
            30.213.2 Commands

            <#Commands-137>
      o
        30.214 sab

        <#sab>
      o
        30.215 scale

        <#scale-1>
          +
            30.215.1 Options

            <#Options-37>
          +
            30.215.2 Examples

            <#Examples-128>
          +
            30.215.3 Commands

            <#Commands-138>
      o
        30.216 scale_cuda

        <#scale_005fcuda-1>
          +
            30.216.1 Examples

            <#Examples-129>
      o
        30.217 scale_npp

        <#scale_005fnpp-1>
      o
        30.218 scale2ref

        <#scale2ref>
          +
            30.218.1 Examples

            <#Examples-130>
          +
            30.218.2 Commands

            <#Commands-139>
      o
        30.219 scale2ref_npp

        <#scale2ref_005fnpp>
          +
            30.219.1 Examples

            <#Examples-131>
      o
        30.220 scale_vt

        <#scale_005fvt>
      o
        30.221 scharr

        <#scharr>
          +
            30.221.1 Commands

            <#Commands-140>
      o
        30.222 scroll

        <#scroll>
          +
            30.222.1 Commands

            <#Commands-141>
      o
        30.223 scdet

        <#scdet-1>
      o
        30.224 selectivecolor

        <#selectivecolor-1>
          +
            30.224.1 Examples

            <#Examples-132>
      o
        30.225 separatefields

        <#separatefields-1>
      o
        30.226 setdar, setsar

        <#setdar_002c-setsar>
          +
            30.226.1 Examples

            <#Examples-133>
      o
        30.227 setfield

        <#setfield-1>
      o
        30.228 setparams

        <#setparams-1>
      o
        30.229 sharpen_npp

        <#sharpen_005fnpp>
      o
        30.230 shear

        <#shear>
          +
            30.230.1 Commands

            <#Commands-142>
      o
        30.231 showinfo

        <#showinfo>
      o
        30.232 showpalette

        <#showpalette>
      o
        30.233 shuffleframes

        <#shuffleframes>
          +
            30.233.1 Examples

            <#Examples-134>
      o
        30.234 shufflepixels

        <#shufflepixels>
      o
        30.235 shuffleplanes

        <#shuffleplanes>
          +
            30.235.1 Examples

            <#Examples-135>
      o
        30.236 signalstats

        <#signalstats-1>
          +
            30.236.1 Examples

            <#Examples-136>
      o
        30.237 signature

        <#signature-1>
          +
            30.237.1 Examples

            <#Examples-137>
      o
        30.238 siti

        <#siti-1>
          +
            30.238.1 Examples

            <#Examples-138>
      o
        30.239 smartblur

        <#smartblur-1>
      o
        30.240 sobel

        <#sobel>
          +
            30.240.1 Commands

            <#Commands-143>
      o
        30.241 spp

        <#spp-1>
          +
            30.241.1 Commands

            <#Commands-144>
      o
        30.242 sr

        <#sr-1>
      o
        30.243 ssim

        <#ssim>
          +
            30.243.1 Examples

            <#Examples-139>
      o
        30.244 stereo3d

        <#stereo3d>
          +
            30.244.1 Examples

            <#Examples-140>
      o
        30.245 streamselect, astreamselect

        <#streamselect_002c-astreamselect>
          +
            30.245.1 Commands

            <#Commands-145>
          +
            30.245.2 Examples

            <#Examples-141>
      o
        30.246 subtitles

        <#subtitles-1>
      o
        30.247 super2xsai

        <#super2xsai>
      o
        30.248 swaprect

        <#swaprect>
          +
            30.248.1 Commands

            <#Commands-146>
      o
        30.249 swapuv

        <#swapuv>
      o
        30.250 tblend

        <#tblend>
      o
        30.251 telecine

        <#telecine>
      o
        30.252 thistogram

        <#thistogram>
      o
        30.253 threshold

        <#threshold>
          +
            30.253.1 Commands

            <#Commands-147>
          +
            30.253.2 Examples

            <#Examples-142>
      o
        30.254 thumbnail

        <#thumbnail>
          +
            30.254.1 Examples

            <#Examples-143>
      o
        30.255 tile

        <#tile-1>
          +
            30.255.1 Examples

            <#Examples-144>
      o
        30.256 tinterlace

        <#tinterlace>
      o
        30.257 tmedian

        <#tmedian>
          +
            30.257.1 Commands

            <#Commands-148>
      o
        30.258 tmidequalizer

        <#tmidequalizer>
      o
        30.259 tmix

        <#tmix>
          +
            30.259.1 Examples

            <#Examples-145>
          +
            30.259.2 Commands

            <#Commands-149>
      o
        30.260 tonemap

        <#tonemap-1>
          +
            30.260.1 Options

            <#Options-38>
      o
        30.261 tpad

        <#tpad>
      o
        30.262 transpose

        <#transpose-1>
      o
        30.263 transpose_npp

        <#transpose_005fnpp>
      o
        30.264 trim

        <#trim>
      o
        30.265 unpremultiply

        <#unpremultiply>
      o
        30.266 unsharp

        <#unsharp-1>
          +
            30.266.1 Examples

            <#Examples-146>
      o
        30.267 untile

        <#untile-1>
          +
            30.267.1 Examples

            <#Examples-147>
      o
        30.268 uspp

        <#uspp>
      o
        30.269 v360

        <#v360>
          +
            30.269.1 Examples

            <#Examples-148>
          +
            30.269.2 Commands

            <#Commands-150>
      o
        30.270 vaguedenoiser

        <#vaguedenoiser>
      o
        30.271 varblur

        <#varblur>
          +
            30.271.1 Commands

            <#Commands-151>
      o
        30.272 vectorscope

        <#vectorscope>
      o
        30.273 vidstabdetect

        <#vidstabdetect-1>
          +
            30.273.1 Examples

            <#Examples-149>
      o
        30.274 vidstabtransform

        <#vidstabtransform-1>
          +
            30.274.1 Options

            <#Options-39>
          +
            30.274.2 Examples

            <#Examples-150>
      o
        30.275 vflip

        <#vflip>
      o
        30.276 vfrdet

        <#vfrdet>
      o
        30.277 vibrance

        <#vibrance>
          +
            30.277.1 Commands

            <#Commands-152>
      o
        30.278 vif

        <#vif>
      o
        30.279 vignette

        <#vignette-1>
          +
            30.279.1 Expressions

            <#Expressions>
          +
            30.279.2 Examples

            <#Examples-151>
      o
        30.280 vmafmotion

        <#vmafmotion>
      o
        30.281 vstack

        <#vstack-1>
      o
        30.282 w3fdif

        <#w3fdif>
          +
            30.282.1 Commands

            <#Commands-153>
      o
        30.283 waveform

        <#waveform>
      o
        30.284 weave, doubleweave

        <#weave_002c-doubleweave>
          +
            30.284.1 Examples

            <#Examples-152>
      o
        30.285 xbr

        <#xbr>
      o
        30.286 xcorrelate

        <#xcorrelate>
      o
        30.287 xfade

        <#xfade>
          +
            30.287.1 Examples

            <#Examples-153>
      o
        30.288 xmedian

        <#xmedian>
          +
            30.288.1 Commands

            <#Commands-154>
      o
        30.289 xstack

        <#xstack-1>
          +
            30.289.1 Examples

            <#Examples-154>
      o
        30.290 yadif

        <#yadif-1>
      o
        30.291 yadif_cuda

        <#yadif_005fcuda>
      o
        30.292 yaepblur

        <#yaepblur>
          +
            30.292.1 Commands

            <#Commands-155>
      o
        30.293 zoompan

        <#zoompan>
          +
            30.293.1 Examples

            <#Examples-155>
      o
        30.294 zscale

        <#zscale-1>
          +
            30.294.1 Options

            <#Options-40>
          +
            30.294.2 Commands

            <#Commands-156>
  *
    31 OpenCL Video Filters

    <#OpenCL-Video-Filters>
      o
        31.1 avgblur_opencl

        <#avgblur_005fopencl>
          +
            31.1.1 Example

            <#Example>
      o
        31.2 boxblur_opencl

        <#boxblur_005fopencl>
          +
            31.2.1 Examples

            <#Examples-156>
      o
        31.3 colorkey_opencl

        <#colorkey_005fopencl>
          +
            31.3.1 Examples

            <#Examples-157>
      o
        31.4 convolution_opencl

        <#convolution_005fopencl>
          +
            31.4.1 Examples

            <#Examples-158>
      o
        31.5 erosion_opencl

        <#erosion_005fopencl>
          +
            31.5.1 Example

            <#Example-1>
      o
        31.6 deshake_opencl

        <#deshake_005fopencl>
          +
            31.6.1 Examples

            <#Examples-159>
      o
        31.7 dilation_opencl

        <#dilation_005fopencl>
          +
            31.7.1 Example

            <#Example-2>
      o
        31.8 nlmeans_opencl

        <#nlmeans_005fopencl-1>
      o
        31.9 overlay_opencl

        <#overlay_005fopencl>
          +
            31.9.1 Examples

            <#Examples-160>
      o
        31.10 pad_opencl

        <#pad_005fopencl>
      o
        31.11 prewitt_opencl

        <#prewitt_005fopencl>
          +
            31.11.1 Example

            <#Example-3>
      o
        31.12 program_opencl

        <#program_005fopencl-1>
      o
        31.13 remap_opencl

        <#remap_005fopencl>
      o
        31.14 roberts_opencl

        <#roberts_005fopencl>
          +
            31.14.1 Example

            <#Example-4>
      o
        31.15 sobel_opencl

        <#sobel_005fopencl>
          +
            31.15.1 Example

            <#Example-5>
      o
        31.16 tonemap_opencl

        <#tonemap_005fopencl>
          +
            31.16.1 Example

            <#Example-6>
      o
        31.17 unsharp_opencl

        <#unsharp_005fopencl>
          +
            31.17.1 Examples

            <#Examples-161>
      o
        31.18 xfade_opencl

        <#xfade_005fopencl>
  *
    32 VAAPI Video Filters

    <#VAAPI-Video-Filters>
      o
        32.1 overlay_vaapi

        <#overlay_005fvaapi>
          +
            32.1.1 Examples

            <#Examples-162>
      o
        32.2 tonemap_vaapi

        <#tonemap_005fvaapi>
          +
            32.2.1 Example

            <#Example-7>
      o
        32.3 hstack_vaapi

        <#hstack_005fvaapi>
      o
        32.4 vstack_vaapi

        <#vstack_005fvaapi>
      o
        32.5 xstack_vaapi

        <#xstack_005fvaapi>
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    33 Vulkan Video Filters

    <#Vulkan-Video-Filters>
      o
        33.1 avgblur_vulkan

        <#avgblur_005fvulkan>
      o
        33.2 blend_vulkan

        <#blend_005fvulkan>
      o
        33.3 bwdif_vulkan

        <#bwdif_005fvulkan>
      o
        33.4 chromaber_vulkan

        <#chromaber_005fvulkan>
      o
        33.5 color_vulkan

        <#color_005fvulkan>
      o
        33.6 vflip_vulkan

        <#vflip_005fvulkan>
      o
        33.7 hflip_vulkan

        <#hflip_005fvulkan>
      o
        33.8 flip_vulkan

        <#flip_005fvulkan>
      o
        33.9 gblur_vulkan

        <#gblur_005fvulkan>
      o
        33.10 nlmeans_vulkan

        <#nlmeans_005fvulkan>
      o
        33.11 overlay_vulkan

        <#overlay_005fvulkan>
      o
        33.12 transpose_vt

        <#transpose_005fvt>
      o
        33.13 transpose_vulkan

        <#transpose_005fvulkan>
  *
    34 QSV Video Filters

    <#QSV-Video-Filters>
      o
        34.1 hstack_qsv

        <#hstack_005fqsv>
      o
        34.2 vstack_qsv

        <#vstack_005fqsv>
      o
        34.3 xstack_qsv

        <#xstack_005fqsv>
  *
    35 Video Sources

    <#Video-Sources>
      o
        35.1 buffer

        <#buffer>
      o
        35.2 cellauto

        <#cellauto>
          +
            35.2.1 Examples

            <#Examples-163>
      o
        35.3 coreimagesrc

        <#coreimagesrc-1>
          +
            35.3.1 Examples

            <#Examples-164>
      o
        35.4 ddagrab

        <#ddagrab>
          +
            35.4.1 Examples

            <#Examples-165>
      o
        35.5 gradients

        <#gradients>
      o
        35.6 mandelbrot

        <#mandelbrot>
      o
        35.7 mptestsrc

        <#mptestsrc>
      o
        35.8 frei0r_src

        <#frei0r_005fsrc>
      o
        35.9 life

        <#life>
          +
            35.9.1 Examples

            <#Examples-166>
      o
        35.10 allrgb, allyuv, color, colorchart, colorspectrum,
        haldclutsrc, nullsrc, pal75bars, pal100bars, rgbtestsrc,
        smptebars, smptehdbars, testsrc, testsrc2, yuvtestsrc

        <#allrgb_002c-allyuv_002c-color_002c-colorchart_002c-colorspectrum_002c-haldclutsrc_002c-nullsrc_002c-pal75bars_002c-pal100bars_002c-rgbtestsrc_002c-smptebars_002c-smptehdbars_002c-testsrc_002c-testsrc2_002c-yuvtestsrc>

          +
            35.10.1 Examples

            <#Examples-167>
          +
            35.10.2 Commands

            <#Commands-157>
      o
        35.11 openclsrc

        <#openclsrc>
      o
        35.12 sierpinski

        <#sierpinski>
      o
        35.13 zoneplate

        <#zoneplate>
          +
            35.13.1 Commands

            <#Commands-158>
          +
            35.13.2 Examples

            <#Examples-168>
  *
    36 Video Sinks

    <#Video-Sinks>
      o
        36.1 buffersink

        <#buffersink>
      o
        36.2 nullsink

        <#nullsink>
  *
    37 Multimedia Filters

    <#Multimedia-Filters>
      o
        37.1 a3dscope

        <#a3dscope>
          +
            37.1.1 Commands

            <#Commands-159>
      o
        37.2 abitscope

        <#abitscope>
      o
        37.3 adrawgraph

        <#adrawgraph>
      o
        37.4 agraphmonitor

        <#agraphmonitor>
      o
        37.5 ahistogram

        <#ahistogram>
      o
        37.6 aphasemeter

        <#aphasemeter>
          +
            37.6.1 phasing detection

            <#phasing-detection>
          +
            37.6.2 Examples

            <#Examples-169>
      o
        37.7 avectorscope

        <#avectorscope>
          +
            37.7.1 Examples

            <#Examples-170>
          +
            37.7.2 Commands

            <#Commands-160>
      o
        37.8 bench, abench

        <#bench_002c-abench>
          +
            37.8.1 Examples

            <#Examples-171>
      o
        37.9 concat

        <#concat-3>
          +
            37.9.1 Examples

            <#Examples-172>
          +
            37.9.2 Commands

            <#Commands-161>
      o
        37.10 ebur128

        <#ebur128-1>
          +
            37.10.1 Examples

            <#Examples-173>
      o
        37.11 interleave, ainterleave

        <#interleave_002c-ainterleave>
          +
            37.11.1 Examples

            <#Examples-174>
      o
        37.12 latency, alatency

        <#latency_002c-alatency>
      o
        37.13 metadata, ametadata

        <#metadata_002c-ametadata>
          +
            37.13.1 Examples

            <#Examples-175>
      o
        37.14 perms, aperms

        <#perms_002c-aperms>
      o
        37.15 realtime, arealtime

        <#realtime_002c-arealtime>
          +
            37.15.1 Commands

            <#Commands-162>
      o
        37.16 segment, asegment

        <#segment_002c-asegment>
          +
            37.16.1 Examples

            <#Examples-176>
      o
        37.17 select, aselect

        <#select_002c-aselect>
          +
            37.17.1 Examples

            <#Examples-177>
      o
        37.18 sendcmd, asendcmd

        <#sendcmd_002c-asendcmd>
          +
            37.18.1 Commands syntax

            <#Commands-syntax>
          +
            37.18.2 Examples

            <#Examples-178>
      o
        37.19 setpts, asetpts

        <#setpts_002c-asetpts>
          +
            37.19.1 Examples

            <#Examples-179>
          +
            37.19.2 Commands

            <#Commands-163>
      o
        37.20 setrange

        <#setrange>
      o
        37.21 settb, asettb

        <#settb_002c-asettb>
          +
            37.21.1 Examples

            <#Examples-180>
      o
        37.22 showcqt

        <#showcqt>
          +
            37.22.1 Examples

            <#Examples-181>
      o
        37.23 showcwt

        <#showcwt>
      o
        37.24 showfreqs

        <#showfreqs>
      o
        37.25 showspatial

        <#showspatial>
      o
        37.26 showspectrum

        <#showspectrum-1>
          +
            37.26.1 Examples

            <#Examples-182>
      o
        37.27 showspectrumpic

        <#showspectrumpic>
          +
            37.27.1 Examples

            <#Examples-183>
      o
        37.28 showvolume

        <#showvolume>
      o
        37.29 showwaves

        <#showwaves>
          +
            37.29.1 Examples

            <#Examples-184>
      o
        37.30 showwavespic

        <#showwavespic>
          +
            37.30.1 Examples

            <#Examples-185>
      o
        37.31 sidedata, asidedata

        <#sidedata_002c-asidedata>
      o
        37.32 spectrumsynth

        <#spectrumsynth>
          +
            37.32.1 Examples

            <#Examples-186>
      o
        37.33 split, asplit

        <#split_002c-asplit>
          +
            37.33.1 Examples

            <#Examples-187>
      o
        37.34 zmq, azmq

        <#zmq_002c-azmq>
          +
            37.34.1 Examples

            <#Examples-188>
  *
    38 Multimedia Sources

    <#Multimedia-Sources>
      o
        38.1 amovie

        <#amovie>
      o
        38.2 avsynctest

        <#avsynctest>
          +
            38.2.1 Commands

            <#Commands-164>
      o
        38.3 movie

        <#movie-1>
          +
            38.3.1 Examples

            <#Examples-189>
          +
            38.3.2 Commands

            <#Commands-165>
  *
    39 External libraries

    <#External-libraries>
      o
        39.1 Alliance for Open Media (AOM)

        <#Alliance-for-Open-Media-_0028AOM_0029>
      o
        39.2 AMD AMF/VCE

        <#AMD-AMF_002fVCE>
      o
        39.3 AviSynth

        <#AviSynth>
      o
        39.4 Chromaprint

        <#Chromaprint>
      o
        39.5 codec2

        <#codec2>
      o
        39.6 dav1d

        <#dav1d>
      o
        39.7 davs2

        <#davs2>
      o
        39.8 uavs3d

        <#uavs3d>
      o
        39.9 Game Music Emu

        <#Game-Music-Emu>
      o
        39.10 Intel QuickSync Video

        <#Intel-QuickSync-Video>
      o
        39.11 Kvazaar

        <#Kvazaar>
      o
        39.12 LAME

        <#LAME>
      o
        39.13 libilbc

        <#libilbc-1>
      o
        39.14 libjxl

        <#libjxl>
      o
        39.15 libvpx

        <#libvpx>
      o
        39.16 ModPlug

        <#ModPlug>
      o
        39.17 OpenCORE, VisualOn, and Fraunhofer libraries

        <#OpenCORE_002c-VisualOn_002c-and-Fraunhofer-libraries>
          +
            39.17.1 OpenCORE AMR

            <#OpenCORE-AMR>
          +
            39.17.2 VisualOn AMR-WB encoder library

            <#VisualOn-AMR_002dWB-encoder-library>
          +
            39.17.3 Fraunhofer AAC library

            <#Fraunhofer-AAC-library>
      o
        39.18 OpenH264

        <#OpenH264>
      o
        39.19 OpenJPEG

        <#OpenJPEG>
      o
        39.20 rav1e

        <#rav1e>
      o
        39.21 SVT-AV1

        <#SVT_002dAV1>
      o
        39.22 TwoLAME

        <#TwoLAME>
      o
        39.23 VapourSynth

        <#VapourSynth>
      o
        39.24 x264

        <#x264>
      o
        39.25 x265

        <#x265>
      o
        39.26 xavs

        <#xavs>
      o
        39.27 xavs2

        <#xavs2>
      o
        39.28 ZVBI

        <#ZVBI>
  *
    40 Supported File Formats, Codecs or Features

    <#Supported-File-Formats_002c-Codecs-or-Features>
      o
        40.1 File Formats

        <#File-Formats>
      o
        40.2 Image Formats

        <#Image-Formats>
      o
        40.3 Video Codecs

        <#Video-Codecs>
      o
        40.4 Audio Codecs

        <#Audio-Codecs>
      o
        40.5 Subtitle Formats

        <#Subtitle-Formats>
      o
        40.6 Network Protocols

        <#Network-Protocols>
      o
        40.7 Input/Output Devices

        <#Input_002fOutput-Devices>
      o
        40.8 Timecode

        <#Timecode>
  *
    41 See Also

    <#See-Also>
  *
    42 Authors

    <#Authors>

  *
    Synopsis

    <#Synopsis>
  *
    Description

    <#Description>
  *
    Options

    <#Options>
  *
    Syntax

    <#Syntax>
  *
    Expression Evaluation

    <#Expression-Evaluation>
  *
    Codec Options

    <#Codec-Options>
  *
    Decoders

    <#Decoders>
  *
    Video Decoders

    <#Video-Decoders>
  *
    Audio Decoders

    <#Audio-Decoders>
  *
    Subtitles Decoders

    <#Subtitles-Decoders>
  *
    Bitstream Filters

    <#Bitstream-Filters>
  *
    Format Options

    <#Format-Options>
  *
    Demuxers

    <#Demuxers>
  *
    Metadata

    <#Metadata>
  *
    Protocol Options

    <#Protocol-Options>
  *
    Protocols

    <#Protocols>
  *
    Device Options

    <#Device-Options>
  *
    Input Devices

    <#Input-Devices>
  *
    Resampler Options

    <#Resampler-Options>
  *
    Scaler Options

    <#Scaler-Options>
  *
    Filtering Introduction

    <#Filtering-Introduction>
  *
    graph2dot

    <#graph2dot>
  *
    Filtergraph description

    <#Filtergraph-description>
  *
    Timeline editing

    <#Timeline-editing>
  *
    Changing options at runtime with a command

    <#Changing-options-at-runtime-with-a-command>
  *
    Options for filters with several inputs (framesync)

    <#Options-for-filters-with-several-inputs-_0028framesync_0029>
  *
    Audio Filters

    <#Audio-Filters>
  *
    Audio Sources

    <#Audio-Sources>
  *
    Audio Sinks

    <#Audio-Sinks>
  *
    Video Filters

    <#Video-Filters>
  *
    OpenCL Video Filters

    <#OpenCL-Video-Filters>
  *
    VAAPI Video Filters

    <#VAAPI-Video-Filters>
  *
    Vulkan Video Filters

    <#Vulkan-Video-Filters>
  *
    QSV Video Filters

    <#QSV-Video-Filters>
  *
    Video Sources

    <#Video-Sources>
  *
    Video Sinks

    <#Video-Sinks>
  *
    Multimedia Filters

    <#Multimedia-Filters>
  *
    Multimedia Sources

    <#Multimedia-Sources>
  *
    External libraries

    <#External-libraries>
  *
    Supported File Formats, Codecs or Features

    <#Supported-File-Formats_002c-Codecs-or-Features>
  *
    See Also

    <#See-Also>
  *
    Authors

    <#Authors>


    1 Synopsis

ffplay [options] [input_url]


    2 Description

FFplay is a very simple and portable media player using the FFmpeg
libraries and the SDL library. It is mostly used as a testbed for the
various FFmpeg APIs.


    3 Options

All the numerical options, if not specified otherwise, accept a string
representing a number as input, which may be followed by one of the SI
unit prefixes, for example: ’K’, ’M’, or ’G’.

If ’i’ is appended to the SI unit prefix, the complete prefix will be
interpreted as a unit prefix for binary multiples, which are based on
powers of 1024 instead of powers of 1000. Appending ’B’ to the SI unit
prefix multiplies the value by 8. This allows using, for example: ’KB’,
’MiB’, ’G’ and ’B’ as number suffixes.

Options which do not take arguments are boolean options, and set the
corresponding value to true. They can be set to false by prefixing the
option name with "no". For example using "-nofoo" will set the boolean
option with name "foo" to false.

  *
    Stream specifiers

    <#Stream-specifiers-1>
  *
    Generic options

    <#Generic-options>
  *
    AVOptions

    <#AVOptions>
  *
    Main options

    <#Main-options>
  *
    Advanced options

    <#Advanced-options>
  *
    While playing

    <#While-playing>


      3.1 Stream specifiers

Some options are applied per-stream, e.g. bitrate or codec. Stream
specifiers are used to precisely specify which stream(s) a given option
belongs to.

A stream specifier is a string generally appended to the option name and
separated from it by a colon. E.g. |-codec:a:1 ac3| contains the |a:1|
stream specifier, which matches the second audio stream. Therefore, it
would select the ac3 codec for the second audio stream.

A stream specifier can match several streams, so that the option is
applied to all of them. E.g. the stream specifier in |-b:a 128k| matches
all audio streams.

An empty stream specifier matches all streams. For example, |-codec
copy| or |-codec: copy| would copy all the streams without reencoding.

Possible forms of stream specifiers are:

stream_index

    Matches the stream with this index. E.g. |-threads:1 4| would set
    the thread count for the second stream to 4. If stream_index is used
    as an additional stream specifier (see below), then it selects
    stream number stream_index from the matching streams. Stream
    numbering is based on the order of the streams as detected by
    libavformat except when a program ID is also specified. In this case
    it is based on the ordering of the streams in the program.

stream_type[:additional_stream_specifier]

    stream_type is one of following: ’v’ or ’V’ for video, ’a’ for
    audio, ’s’ for subtitle, ’d’ for data, and ’t’ for attachments. ’v’
    matches all video streams, ’V’ only matches video streams which are
    not attached pictures, video thumbnails or cover arts. If
    additional_stream_specifier is used, then it matches streams which
    both have this type and match the additional_stream_specifier.
    Otherwise, it matches all streams of the specified type.

p:program_id[:additional_stream_specifier]

    Matches streams which are in the program with the id program_id. If
    additional_stream_specifier is used, then it matches streams which
    both are part of the program and match the additional_stream_specifier.

#stream_id or i:stream_id

    Match the stream by stream id (e.g. PID in MPEG-TS container).

m:key[:value]

    Matches streams with the metadata tag key having the specified
    value. If value is not given, matches streams that contain the given
    tag with any value.

u

    Matches streams with usable configuration, the codec must be defined
    and the essential information such as video dimension or audio
    sample rate must be present.

    Note that in |ffmpeg|, matching by metadata will only work properly
    for input files.


      3.2 Generic options

These options are shared amongst the ff* tools.

-L

    Show license.

-h, -?, -help, --help [arg]

    Show help. An optional parameter may be specified to print help
    about a specific item. If no argument is specified, only basic (non
    advanced) tool options are shown.

    Possible values of arg are:

    long

        Print advanced tool options in addition to the basic tool options.

    full

        Print complete list of options, including shared and private
        options for encoders, decoders, demuxers, muxers, filters, etc.

    decoder=decoder_name

        Print detailed information about the decoder named decoder_name.
        Use the -decoders option to get a list of all decoders.

    encoder=encoder_name

        Print detailed information about the encoder named encoder_name.
        Use the -encoders option to get a list of all encoders.

    demuxer=demuxer_name

        Print detailed information about the demuxer named demuxer_name.
        Use the -formats option to get a list of all demuxers and muxers.

    muxer=muxer_name

        Print detailed information about the muxer named muxer_name. Use
        the -formats option to get a list of all muxers and demuxers.

    filter=filter_name

        Print detailed information about the filter named filter_name.
        Use the -filters option to get a list of all filters.

    bsf=bitstream_filter_name

        Print detailed information about the bitstream filter named
        bitstream_filter_name. Use the -bsfs option to get a list of all
        bitstream filters.

    protocol=protocol_name

        Print detailed information about the protocol named
        protocol_name. Use the -protocols option to get a list of all
        protocols.

-version

    Show version.

-buildconf

    Show the build configuration, one option per line.

-formats

    Show available formats (including devices).

-demuxers

    Show available demuxers.

-muxers

    Show available muxers.

-devices

    Show available devices.

-codecs

    Show all codecs known to libavcodec.

    Note that the term ’codec’ is used throughout this documentation as
    a shortcut for what is more correctly called a media bitstream format.

-decoders

    Show available decoders.

-encoders

    Show all available encoders.

-bsfs

    Show available bitstream filters.

-protocols

    Show available protocols.

-filters

    Show available libavfilter filters.

-pix_fmts

    Show available pixel formats.

-sample_fmts

    Show available sample formats.

-layouts

    Show channel names and standard channel layouts.

-dispositions

    Show stream dispositions.

-colors

    Show recognized color names.

-sources device[,opt1=val1[,opt2=val2]...]

    Show autodetected sources of the input device. Some devices may
    provide system-dependent source names that cannot be autodetected.
    The returned list cannot be assumed to be always complete.

    ffmpeg -sources pulse,server=192.168.0.4

-sinks device[,opt1=val1[,opt2=val2]...]

    Show autodetected sinks of the output device. Some devices may
    provide system-dependent sink names that cannot be autodetected. The
    returned list cannot be assumed to be always complete.

    ffmpeg -sinks pulse,server=192.168.0.4

-loglevel [flags+]loglevel | -v [flags+]loglevel

    Set logging level and flags used by the library.

    The optional flags prefix can consist of the following values:

    ‘repeat’

        Indicates that repeated log output should not be compressed to
        the first line and the "Last message repeated n times" line will
        be omitted.

    ‘level’

        Indicates that log output should add a |[level]| prefix to each
        message line. This can be used as an alternative to log
        coloring, e.g. when dumping the log to file.

    Flags can also be used alone by adding a ’+’/’-’ prefix to set/reset
    a single flag without affecting other flags or changing loglevel.
    When setting both flags and loglevel, a ’+’ separator is expected
    between the last flags value and before loglevel.

    loglevel is a string or a number containing one of the following
    values:

    ‘quiet, -8’

        Show nothing at all; be silent.

    ‘panic, 0’

        Only show fatal errors which could lead the process to crash,
        such as an assertion failure. This is not currently used for
        anything.

    ‘fatal, 8’

        Only show fatal errors. These are errors after which the process
        absolutely cannot continue.

    ‘error, 16’

        Show all errors, including ones which can be recovered from.

    ‘warning, 24’

        Show all warnings and errors. Any message related to possibly
        incorrect or unexpected events will be shown.

    ‘info, 32’

        Show informative messages during processing. This is in addition
        to warnings and errors. This is the default value.

    ‘verbose, 40’

        Same as |info|, except more verbose.

    ‘debug, 48’

        Show everything, including debugging information.

    ‘trace, 56’

    For example to enable repeated log output, add the |level| prefix,
    and set loglevel to |verbose|:

    ffmpeg -loglevel repeat+level+verbose -i input output

    Another example that enables repeated log output without affecting
    current state of |level| prefix flag or loglevel:

    ffmpeg [...] -loglevel +repeat

    By default the program logs to stderr. If coloring is supported by
    the terminal, colors are used to mark errors and warnings. Log
    coloring can be disabled setting the environment variable
    |AV_LOG_FORCE_NOCOLOR|, or can be forced setting the environment
    variable |AV_LOG_FORCE_COLOR|.

-report

    Dump full command line and log output to a file named
    |program-YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS.log| in the current directory. This file
    can be useful for bug reports. It also implies |-loglevel debug|.

    Setting the environment variable |FFREPORT| to any value has the
    same effect. If the value is a ’:’-separated key=value sequence,
    these options will affect the report; option values must be escaped
    if they contain special characters or the options delimiter ’:’ (see
    the “Quoting and escaping” section in the ffmpeg-utils manual).

    The following options are recognized:

    file

        set the file name to use for the report; |%p| is expanded to the
        name of the program, |%t| is expanded to a timestamp, |%%| is
        expanded to a plain |%|

    level

        set the log verbosity level using a numerical value (see
        |-loglevel|).

    For example, to output a report to a file named ffreport.log using a
    log level of |32| (alias for log level |info|):

    FFREPORT=file=ffreport.log:level=32 ffmpeg -i input output

    Errors in parsing the environment variable are not fatal, and will
    not appear in the report.

-hide_banner

    Suppress printing banner.

    All FFmpeg tools will normally show a copyright notice, build
    options and library versions. This option can be used to suppress
    printing this information.

-cpuflags flags (/global/)

    Allows setting and clearing cpu flags. This option is intended for
    testing. Do not use it unless you know what you’re doing.

    ffmpeg -cpuflags -sse+mmx ...
    ffmpeg -cpuflags mmx ...
    ffmpeg -cpuflags 0 ...

    Possible flags for this option are:

    ‘x86’

        ‘mmx’
        ‘mmxext’
        ‘sse’
        ‘sse2’
        ‘sse2slow’
        ‘sse3’
        ‘sse3slow’
        ‘ssse3’
        ‘atom’
        ‘sse4.1’
        ‘sse4.2’
        ‘avx’
        ‘avx2’
        ‘xop’
        ‘fma3’
        ‘fma4’
        ‘3dnow’
        ‘3dnowext’
        ‘bmi1’
        ‘bmi2’
        ‘cmov’

    ‘ARM’

        ‘armv5te’
        ‘armv6’
        ‘armv6t2’
        ‘vfp’
        ‘vfpv3’
        ‘neon’
        ‘setend’

    ‘AArch64’

        ‘armv8’
        ‘vfp’
        ‘neon’

    ‘PowerPC’

        ‘altivec’

    ‘Specific Processors’

        ‘pentium2’
        ‘pentium3’
        ‘pentium4’
        ‘k6’
        ‘k62’
        ‘athlon’
        ‘athlonxp’
        ‘k8’

-cpucount count (/global/)

    Override detection of CPU count. This option is intended for
    testing. Do not use it unless you know what you’re doing.

    ffmpeg -cpucount 2

-max_alloc bytes

    Set the maximum size limit for allocating a block on the heap by
    ffmpeg’s family of malloc functions. Exercise *extreme caution* when
    using this option. Don’t use if you do not understand the full
    consequence of doing so. Default is INT_MAX.


      3.3 AVOptions

These options are provided directly by the libavformat, libavdevice and
libavcodec libraries. To see the list of available AVOptions, use the
-help option. They are separated into two categories:

generic

    These options can be set for any container, codec or device. Generic
    options are listed under AVFormatContext options for
    containers/devices and under AVCodecContext options for codecs.

private

    These options are specific to the given container, device or codec.
    Private options are listed under their corresponding
    containers/devices/codecs.

For example to write an ID3v2.3 header instead of a default ID3v2.4 to
an MP3 file, use the id3v2_version private option of the MP3 muxer:

ffmpeg -i input.flac -id3v2_version 3 out.mp3

All codec AVOptions are per-stream, and thus a stream specifier should
be attached to them:

ffmpeg -i multichannel.mxf -map 0:v:0 -map 0:a:0 -map 0:a:0 -c:a:0 ac3 -b:a:0 640k -ac:a:1 2 -c:a:1 aac -b:2 128k out.mp4

In the above example, a multichannel audio stream is mapped twice for
output. The first instance is encoded with codec ac3 and bitrate 640k.
The second instance is downmixed to 2 channels and encoded with codec
aac. A bitrate of 128k is specified for it using absolute index of the
output stream.

Note: the -nooption syntax cannot be used for boolean AVOptions, use
-option 0/-option 1.

Note: the old undocumented way of specifying per-stream AVOptions by
prepending v/a/s to the options name is now obsolete and will be removed
soon.


      3.4 Main options

-x width

    Force displayed width.

-y height

    Force displayed height.

-fs

    Start in fullscreen mode.

-an

    Disable audio.

-vn

    Disable video.

-sn

    Disable subtitles.

-ss pos

    Seek to pos. Note that in most formats it is not possible to seek
    exactly, so |ffplay| will seek to the nearest seek point to pos.

    pos must be a time duration specification, see
    (ffmpeg-utils)the Time duration section in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#time-duration-syntax>.


-t duration

    Play duration seconds of audio/video.

    duration must be a time duration specification, see
    (ffmpeg-utils)the Time duration section in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#time-duration-syntax>.


-bytes

    Seek by bytes.

-seek_interval

    Set custom interval, in seconds, for seeking using left/right keys.
    Default is 10 seconds.

-nodisp

    Disable graphical display.

-noborder

    Borderless window.

-alwaysontop

    Window always on top. Available on: X11 with SDL >= 2.0.5, Windows
    SDL >= 2.0.6.

-volume

    Set the startup volume. 0 means silence, 100 means no volume
    reduction or amplification. Negative values are treated as 0, values
    above 100 are treated as 100.

-f fmt

    Force format.

-window_title title

    Set window title (default is the input filename).

-left title

    Set the x position for the left of the window (default is a centered
    window).

-top title

    Set the y position for the top of the window (default is a centered
    window).

-loop number

    Loops movie playback <number> times. 0 means forever.

-showmode mode

    Set the show mode to use. Available values for mode are:

    ‘0, video’

        show video

    ‘1, waves’

        show audio waves

    ‘2, rdft’

        show audio frequency band using RDFT ((Inverse) Real Discrete
        Fourier Transform)

    Default value is "video", if video is not present or cannot be
    played "rdft" is automatically selected.

    You can interactively cycle through the available show modes by
    pressing the key w.

-vf filtergraph

    Create the filtergraph specified by filtergraph and use it to filter
    the video stream.

    filtergraph is a description of the filtergraph to apply to the
    stream, and must have a single video input and a single video
    output. In the filtergraph, the input is associated to the label
    |in|, and the output to the label |out|. See the ffmpeg-filters
    manual for more information about the filtergraph syntax.

    You can specify this parameter multiple times and cycle through the
    specified filtergraphs along with the show modes by pressing the key w.

-af filtergraph

    filtergraph is a description of the filtergraph to apply to the
    input audio. Use the option "-filters" to show all the available
    filters (including sources and sinks).

-i input_url

    Read input_url.


      3.5 Advanced options

-stats

    Print several playback statistics, in particular show the stream
    duration, the codec parameters, the current position in the stream
    and the audio/video synchronisation drift. It is shown by default,
    unless the log level is lower than |info|. Its display can be forced
    by manually specifying this option. To disable it, you need to
    specify |-nostats|.

-fast

    Non-spec-compliant optimizations.

-genpts

    Generate pts.

-sync type

    Set the master clock to audio (|type=audio|), video (|type=video|)
    or external (|type=ext|). Default is audio. The master clock is used
    to control audio-video synchronization. Most media players use audio
    as master clock, but in some cases (streaming or high quality
    broadcast) it is necessary to change that. This option is mainly
    used for debugging purposes.

-ast audio_stream_specifier

    Select the desired audio stream using the given stream specifier.
    The stream specifiers are described in the
    Stream specifiers

    <#Stream-specifiers> chapter. If this option is not specified, the
    "best" audio stream is selected in the program of the already
    selected video stream.

-vst video_stream_specifier

    Select the desired video stream using the given stream specifier.
    The stream specifiers are described in the
    Stream specifiers

    <#Stream-specifiers> chapter. If this option is not specified, the
    "best" video stream is selected.

-sst subtitle_stream_specifier

    Select the desired subtitle stream using the given stream specifier.
    The stream specifiers are described in the
    Stream specifiers

    <#Stream-specifiers> chapter. If this option is not specified, the
    "best" subtitle stream is selected in the program of the already
    selected video or audio stream.

-autoexit

    Exit when video is done playing.

-exitonkeydown

    Exit if any key is pressed.

-exitonmousedown

    Exit if any mouse button is pressed.

-codec:media_specifier codec_name

    Force a specific decoder implementation for the stream identified by
    media_specifier, which can assume the values |a| (audio), |v|
    (video), and |s| subtitle.

-acodec codec_name

    Force a specific audio decoder.

-vcodec codec_name

    Force a specific video decoder.

-scodec codec_name

    Force a specific subtitle decoder.

-autorotate

    Automatically rotate the video according to file metadata. Enabled
    by default, use -noautorotate to disable it.

-framedrop

    Drop video frames if video is out of sync. Enabled by default if the
    master clock is not set to video. Use this option to enable frame
    dropping for all master clock sources, use -noframedrop to disable it.

-infbuf

    Do not limit the input buffer size, read as much data as possible
    from the input as soon as possible. Enabled by default for realtime
    streams, where data may be dropped if not read in time. Use this
    option to enable infinite buffers for all inputs, use -noinfbuf to
    disable it.

-filter_threads nb_threads

    Defines how many threads are used to process a filter pipeline. Each
    pipeline will produce a thread pool with this many threads available
    for parallel processing. The default is 0 which means that the
    thread count will be determined by the number of available CPUs.


      3.6 While playing

q, ESC

    Quit.

f

    Toggle full screen.

p, SPC

    Pause.

m

    Toggle mute.

9, 0
/, *

    Decrease and increase volume respectively.

a

    Cycle audio channel in the current program.

v

    Cycle video channel.

t

    Cycle subtitle channel in the current program.

c

    Cycle program.

w

    Cycle video filters or show modes.

s

    Step to the next frame.

    Pause if the stream is not already paused, step to the next video
    frame, and pause.

left/right

    Seek backward/forward 10 seconds.

down/up

    Seek backward/forward 1 minute.

page down/page up

    Seek to the previous/next chapter. or if there are no chapters Seek
    backward/forward 10 minutes.

right mouse click

    Seek to percentage in file corresponding to fraction of width.

left mouse double-click

    Toggle full screen.


    4 Syntax

This section documents the syntax and formats employed by the FFmpeg
libraries and tools.

  *
    Quoting and escaping

    <#Quoting-and-escaping>
  *
    Date

    <#Date>
  *
    Time duration

    <#Time-duration>
  *
    Video size

    <#Video-size>
  *
    Video rate

    <#Video-rate>
  *
    Ratio

    <#Ratio>
  *
    Color

    <#Color>
  *
    Channel Layout

    <#Channel-Layout>


      4.1 Quoting and escaping

FFmpeg adopts the following quoting and escaping mechanism, unless
explicitly specified. The following rules are applied:

  * ‘'’ and ‘\’ are special characters (respectively used for quoting
    and escaping). In addition to them, there might be other special
    characters depending on the specific syntax where the escaping and
    quoting are employed.
  * A special character is escaped by prefixing it with a ‘\’.
  * All characters enclosed between ‘''’ are included literally in the
    parsed string. The quote character ‘'’ itself cannot be quoted, so
    you may need to close the quote and escape it.
  * Leading and trailing whitespaces, unless escaped or quoted, are
    removed from the parsed string. 

Note that you may need to add a second level of escaping when using the
command line or a script, which depends on the syntax of the adopted
shell language.

The function |av_get_token| defined in libavutil/avstring.h can be used
to parse a token quoted or escaped according to the rules defined above.

The tool tools/ffescape in the FFmpeg source tree can be used to
automatically quote or escape a string in a script.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples>


        4.1.1 Examples

  * Escape the string |Crime d'Amour| containing the |'| special character:

    Crime d\'Amour

  * The string above contains a quote, so the |'| needs to be escaped
    when quoting it:

    'Crime d'\''Amour'

  * Include leading or trailing whitespaces using quoting:

    '  this string starts and ends with whitespaces  '

  * Escaping and quoting can be mixed together:

    ' The string '\'string\'' is a string '

  * To include a literal ‘\’ you can use either escaping or quoting:

    'c:\foo' can be written as c:\\foo


      4.2 Date

The accepted syntax is:

[(YYYY-MM-DD|YYYYMMDD)[T|t| ]]((HH:MM:SS[.m...]]])|(HHMMSS[.m...]]]))[Z]
now

If the value is "now" it takes the current time.

Time is local time unless Z is appended, in which case it is interpreted
as UTC. If the year-month-day part is not specified it takes the current
year-month-day.


      4.3 Time duration

There are two accepted syntaxes for expressing time duration.

[-][HH:]MM:SS[.m...]

HH expresses the number of hours, MM the number of minutes for a maximum
of 2 digits, and SS the number of seconds for a maximum of 2 digits. The
m at the end expresses decimal value for SS.

/or/

[-]S+[.m...][s|ms|us]

S expresses the number of seconds, with the optional decimal part m. The
optional literal suffixes ‘s’, ‘ms’ or ‘us’ indicate to interpret the
value as seconds, milliseconds or microseconds, respectively.

In both expressions, the optional ‘-’ indicates negative duration.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-1>


        4.3.1 Examples

The following examples are all valid time duration:

‘55’

    55 seconds

‘0.2’

    0.2 seconds

‘200ms’

    200 milliseconds, that’s 0.2s

‘200000us’

    200000 microseconds, that’s 0.2s

‘12:03:45’

    12 hours, 03 minutes and 45 seconds

‘23.189’

    23.189 seconds


      4.4 Video size

Specify the size of the sourced video, it may be a string of the form
widthxheight, or the name of a size abbreviation.

The following abbreviations are recognized:

‘ntsc’

    720x480

‘pal’

    720x576

‘qntsc’

    352x240

‘qpal’

    352x288

‘sntsc’

    640x480

‘spal’

    768x576

‘film’

    352x240

‘ntsc-film’

    352x240

‘sqcif’

    128x96

‘qcif’

    176x144

‘cif’

    352x288

‘4cif’

    704x576

‘16cif’

    1408x1152

‘qqvga’

    160x120

‘qvga’

    320x240

‘vga’

    640x480

‘svga’

    800x600

‘xga’

    1024x768

‘uxga’

    1600x1200

‘qxga’

    2048x1536

‘sxga’

    1280x1024

‘qsxga’

    2560x2048

‘hsxga’

    5120x4096

‘wvga’

    852x480

‘wxga’

    1366x768

‘wsxga’

    1600x1024

‘wuxga’

    1920x1200

‘woxga’

    2560x1600

‘wqsxga’

    3200x2048

‘wquxga’

    3840x2400

‘whsxga’

    6400x4096

‘whuxga’

    7680x4800

‘cga’

    320x200

‘ega’

    640x350

‘hd480’

    852x480

‘hd720’

    1280x720

‘hd1080’

    1920x1080

‘2k’

    2048x1080

‘2kflat’

    1998x1080

‘2kscope’

    2048x858

‘4k’

    4096x2160

‘4kflat’

    3996x2160

‘4kscope’

    4096x1716

‘nhd’

    640x360

‘hqvga’

    240x160

‘wqvga’

    400x240

‘fwqvga’

    432x240

‘hvga’

    480x320

‘qhd’

    960x540

‘2kdci’

    2048x1080

‘4kdci’

    4096x2160

‘uhd2160’

    3840x2160

‘uhd4320’

    7680x4320


      4.5 Video rate

Specify the frame rate of a video, expressed as the number of frames
generated per second. It has to be a string in the format
frame_rate_num/frame_rate_den, an integer number, a float number or a
valid video frame rate abbreviation.

The following abbreviations are recognized:

‘ntsc’

    30000/1001

‘pal’

    25/1

‘qntsc’

    30000/1001

‘qpal’

    25/1

‘sntsc’

    30000/1001

‘spal’

    25/1

‘film’

    24/1

‘ntsc-film’

    24000/1001


      4.6 Ratio

A ratio can be expressed as an expression, or in the form
numerator:denominator.

Note that a ratio with infinite (1/0) or negative value is considered
valid, so you should check on the returned value if you want to exclude
those values.

The undefined value can be expressed using the "0:0" string.


      4.7 Color

It can be the name of a color as defined below (case insensitive match)
or a |[0x|#]RRGGBB[AA]| sequence, possibly followed by @ and a string
representing the alpha component.

The alpha component may be a string composed by "0x" followed by an
hexadecimal number or a decimal number between 0.0 and 1.0, which
represents the opacity value (‘0x00’ or ‘0.0’ means completely
transparent, ‘0xff’ or ‘1.0’ completely opaque). If the alpha component
is not specified then ‘0xff’ is assumed.

The string ‘random’ will result in a random color.

The following names of colors are recognized:

‘AliceBlue’

    0xF0F8FF

‘AntiqueWhite’

    0xFAEBD7

‘Aqua’

    0x00FFFF

‘Aquamarine’

    0x7FFFD4

‘Azure’

    0xF0FFFF

‘Beige’

    0xF5F5DC

‘Bisque’

    0xFFE4C4

‘Black’

    0x000000

‘BlanchedAlmond’

    0xFFEBCD

‘Blue’

    0x0000FF

‘BlueViolet’

    0x8A2BE2

‘Brown’

    0xA52A2A

‘BurlyWood’

    0xDEB887

‘CadetBlue’

    0x5F9EA0

‘Chartreuse’

    0x7FFF00

‘Chocolate’

    0xD2691E

‘Coral’

    0xFF7F50

‘CornflowerBlue’

    0x6495ED

‘Cornsilk’

    0xFFF8DC

‘Crimson’

    0xDC143C

‘Cyan’

    0x00FFFF

‘DarkBlue’

    0x00008B

‘DarkCyan’

    0x008B8B

‘DarkGoldenRod’

    0xB8860B

‘DarkGray’

    0xA9A9A9

‘DarkGreen’

    0x006400

‘DarkKhaki’

    0xBDB76B

‘DarkMagenta’

    0x8B008B

‘DarkOliveGreen’

    0x556B2F

‘Darkorange’

    0xFF8C00

‘DarkOrchid’

    0x9932CC

‘DarkRed’

    0x8B0000

‘DarkSalmon’

    0xE9967A

‘DarkSeaGreen’

    0x8FBC8F

‘DarkSlateBlue’

    0x483D8B

‘DarkSlateGray’

    0x2F4F4F

‘DarkTurquoise’

    0x00CED1

‘DarkViolet’

    0x9400D3

‘DeepPink’

    0xFF1493

‘DeepSkyBlue’

    0x00BFFF

‘DimGray’

    0x696969

‘DodgerBlue’

    0x1E90FF

‘FireBrick’

    0xB22222

‘FloralWhite’

    0xFFFAF0

‘ForestGreen’

    0x228B22

‘Fuchsia’

    0xFF00FF

‘Gainsboro’

    0xDCDCDC

‘GhostWhite’

    0xF8F8FF

‘Gold’

    0xFFD700

‘GoldenRod’

    0xDAA520

‘Gray’

    0x808080

‘Green’

    0x008000

‘GreenYellow’

    0xADFF2F

‘HoneyDew’

    0xF0FFF0

‘HotPink’

    0xFF69B4

‘IndianRed’

    0xCD5C5C

‘Indigo’

    0x4B0082

‘Ivory’

    0xFFFFF0

‘Khaki’

    0xF0E68C

‘Lavender’

    0xE6E6FA

‘LavenderBlush’

    0xFFF0F5

‘LawnGreen’

    0x7CFC00

‘LemonChiffon’

    0xFFFACD

‘LightBlue’

    0xADD8E6

‘LightCoral’

    0xF08080

‘LightCyan’

    0xE0FFFF

‘LightGoldenRodYellow’

    0xFAFAD2

‘LightGreen’

    0x90EE90

‘LightGrey’

    0xD3D3D3

‘LightPink’

    0xFFB6C1

‘LightSalmon’

    0xFFA07A

‘LightSeaGreen’

    0x20B2AA

‘LightSkyBlue’

    0x87CEFA

‘LightSlateGray’

    0x778899

‘LightSteelBlue’

    0xB0C4DE

‘LightYellow’

    0xFFFFE0

‘Lime’

    0x00FF00

‘LimeGreen’

    0x32CD32

‘Linen’

    0xFAF0E6

‘Magenta’

    0xFF00FF

‘Maroon’

    0x800000

‘MediumAquaMarine’

    0x66CDAA

‘MediumBlue’

    0x0000CD

‘MediumOrchid’

    0xBA55D3

‘MediumPurple’

    0x9370D8

‘MediumSeaGreen’

    0x3CB371

‘MediumSlateBlue’

    0x7B68EE

‘MediumSpringGreen’

    0x00FA9A

‘MediumTurquoise’

    0x48D1CC

‘MediumVioletRed’

    0xC71585

‘MidnightBlue’

    0x191970

‘MintCream’

    0xF5FFFA

‘MistyRose’

    0xFFE4E1

‘Moccasin’

    0xFFE4B5

‘NavajoWhite’

    0xFFDEAD

‘Navy’

    0x000080

‘OldLace’

    0xFDF5E6

‘Olive’

    0x808000

‘OliveDrab’

    0x6B8E23

‘Orange’

    0xFFA500

‘OrangeRed’

    0xFF4500

‘Orchid’

    0xDA70D6

‘PaleGoldenRod’

    0xEEE8AA

‘PaleGreen’

    0x98FB98

‘PaleTurquoise’

    0xAFEEEE

‘PaleVioletRed’

    0xD87093

‘PapayaWhip’

    0xFFEFD5

‘PeachPuff’

    0xFFDAB9

‘Peru’

    0xCD853F

‘Pink’

    0xFFC0CB

‘Plum’

    0xDDA0DD

‘PowderBlue’

    0xB0E0E6

‘Purple’

    0x800080

‘Red’

    0xFF0000

‘RosyBrown’

    0xBC8F8F

‘RoyalBlue’

    0x4169E1

‘SaddleBrown’

    0x8B4513

‘Salmon’

    0xFA8072

‘SandyBrown’

    0xF4A460

‘SeaGreen’

    0x2E8B57

‘SeaShell’

    0xFFF5EE

‘Sienna’

    0xA0522D

‘Silver’

    0xC0C0C0

‘SkyBlue’

    0x87CEEB

‘SlateBlue’

    0x6A5ACD

‘SlateGray’

    0x708090

‘Snow’

    0xFFFAFA

‘SpringGreen’

    0x00FF7F

‘SteelBlue’

    0x4682B4

‘Tan’

    0xD2B48C

‘Teal’

    0x008080

‘Thistle’

    0xD8BFD8

‘Tomato’

    0xFF6347

‘Turquoise’

    0x40E0D0

‘Violet’

    0xEE82EE

‘Wheat’

    0xF5DEB3

‘White’

    0xFFFFFF

‘WhiteSmoke’

    0xF5F5F5

‘Yellow’

    0xFFFF00

‘YellowGreen’

    0x9ACD32


      4.8 Channel Layout

A channel layout specifies the spatial disposition of the channels in a
multi-channel audio stream. To specify a channel layout, FFmpeg makes
use of a special syntax.

Individual channels are identified by an id, as given by the table below:

‘FL’

    front left

‘FR’

    front right

‘FC’

    front center

‘LFE’

    low frequency

‘BL’

    back left

‘BR’

    back right

‘FLC’

    front left-of-center

‘FRC’

    front right-of-center

‘BC’

    back center

‘SL’

    side left

‘SR’

    side right

‘TC’

    top center

‘TFL’

    top front left

‘TFC’

    top front center

‘TFR’

    top front right

‘TBL’

    top back left

‘TBC’

    top back center

‘TBR’

    top back right

‘DL’

    downmix left

‘DR’

    downmix right

‘WL’

    wide left

‘WR’

    wide right

‘SDL’

    surround direct left

‘SDR’

    surround direct right

‘LFE2’

    low frequency 2

Standard channel layout compositions can be specified by using the
following identifiers:

‘mono’

    FC

‘stereo’

    FL+FR

‘2.1’

    FL+FR+LFE

‘3.0’

    FL+FR+FC

‘3.0(back)’

    FL+FR+BC

‘4.0’

    FL+FR+FC+BC

‘quad’

    FL+FR+BL+BR

‘quad(side)’

    FL+FR+SL+SR

‘3.1’

    FL+FR+FC+LFE

‘5.0’

    FL+FR+FC+BL+BR

‘5.0(side)’

    FL+FR+FC+SL+SR

‘4.1’

    FL+FR+FC+LFE+BC

‘5.1’

    FL+FR+FC+LFE+BL+BR

‘5.1(side)’

    FL+FR+FC+LFE+SL+SR

‘6.0’

    FL+FR+FC+BC+SL+SR

‘6.0(front)’

    FL+FR+FLC+FRC+SL+SR

‘3.1.2’

    FL+FR+FC+LFE+TFL+TFR

‘hexagonal’

    FL+FR+FC+BL+BR+BC

‘6.1’

    FL+FR+FC+LFE+BC+SL+SR

‘6.1’

    FL+FR+FC+LFE+BL+BR+BC

‘6.1(front)’

    FL+FR+LFE+FLC+FRC+SL+SR

‘7.0’

    FL+FR+FC+BL+BR+SL+SR

‘7.0(front)’

    FL+FR+FC+FLC+FRC+SL+SR

‘7.1’

    FL+FR+FC+LFE+BL+BR+SL+SR

‘7.1(wide)’

    FL+FR+FC+LFE+BL+BR+FLC+FRC

‘7.1(wide-side)’

    FL+FR+FC+LFE+FLC+FRC+SL+SR

‘5.1.2’

    FL+FR+FC+LFE+BL+BR+TFL+TFR

‘octagonal’

    FL+FR+FC+BL+BR+BC+SL+SR

‘cube’

    FL+FR+BL+BR+TFL+TFR+TBL+TBR

‘5.1.4’

    FL+FR+FC+LFE+BL+BR+TFL+TFR+TBL+TBR

‘7.1.2’

    FL+FR+FC+LFE+BL+BR+SL+SR+TFL+TFR

‘7.1.4’

    FL+FR+FC+LFE+BL+BR+SL+SR+TFL+TFR+TBL+TBR

‘hexadecagonal’

    FL+FR+FC+BL+BR+BC+SL+SR+WL+WR+TBL+TBR+TBC+TFC+TFL+TFR

‘downmix’

    DL+DR

‘22.2’

    FL+FR+FC+LFE+BL+BR+FLC+FRC+BC+SL+SR+TC+TFL+TFC+TFR+TBL+TBC+TBR+LFE2+TSL+TSR+BFC+BFL+BFR


A custom channel layout can be specified as a sequence of terms,
separated by ’+’. Each term can be:

  * the name of a single channel (e.g. ‘FL’, ‘FR’, ‘FC’, ‘LFE’, etc.),
    each optionally containing a custom name after a ’@’, (e.g.
    ‘FL@Left’, ‘FR@Right’, ‘FC@Center’, ‘LFE@Low_Frequency’, etc.) 

A standard channel layout can be specified by the following:

  * the name of a single channel (e.g. ‘FL’, ‘FR’, ‘FC’, ‘LFE’, etc.)
  * the name of a standard channel layout (e.g. ‘mono’, ‘stereo’, ‘4.0’,
    ‘quad’, ‘5.0’, etc.)
  * a number of channels, in decimal, followed by ’c’, yielding the
    default channel layout for that number of channels (see the function
    |av_channel_layout_default|). Note that not all channel counts have
    a default layout.
  * a number of channels, in decimal, followed by ’C’, yielding an
    unknown channel layout with the specified number of channels. Note
    that not all channel layout specification strings support unknown
    channel layouts.
  * a channel layout mask, in hexadecimal starting with "0x" (see the
    |AV_CH_*| macros in libavutil/channel_layout.h. 

Before libavutil version 53 the trailing character "c" to specify a
number of channels was optional, but now it is required, while a channel
layout mask can also be specified as a decimal number (if and only if
not followed by "c" or "C").

See also the function |av_channel_layout_from_string| defined in
libavutil/channel_layout.h.


    5 Expression Evaluation

When evaluating an arithmetic expression, FFmpeg uses an internal
formula evaluator, implemented through the libavutil/eval.h interface.

An expression may contain unary, binary operators, constants, and
functions.

Two expressions expr1 and expr2 can be combined to form another
expression "expr1;expr2". expr1 and expr2 are evaluated in turn, and the
new expression evaluates to the value of expr2.

The following binary operators are available: |+|, |-|, |*|, |/|, |^|.

The following unary operators are available: |+|, |-|.

The following functions are available:

abs(x)

    Compute absolute value of x.

acos(x)

    Compute arccosine of x.

asin(x)

    Compute arcsine of x.

atan(x)

    Compute arctangent of x.

atan2(x, y)

    Compute principal value of the arc tangent of y/x.

between(x, min, max)

    Return 1 if x is greater than or equal to min and lesser than or
    equal to max, 0 otherwise.

bitand(x, y)
bitor(x, y)

    Compute bitwise and/or operation on x and y.

    The results of the evaluation of x and y are converted to integers
    before executing the bitwise operation.

    Note that both the conversion to integer and the conversion back to
    floating point can lose precision. Beware of unexpected results for
    large numbers (usually 2^53 and larger).

ceil(expr)

    Round the value of expression expr upwards to the nearest integer.
    For example, "ceil(1.5)" is "2.0".

clip(x, min, max)

    Return the value of x clipped between min and max.

cos(x)

    Compute cosine of x.

cosh(x)

    Compute hyperbolic cosine of x.

eq(x, y)

    Return 1 if x and y are equivalent, 0 otherwise.

exp(x)

    Compute exponential of x (with base |e|, the Euler’s number).

floor(expr)

    Round the value of expression expr downwards to the nearest integer.
    For example, "floor(-1.5)" is "-2.0".

gauss(x)

    Compute Gauss function of x, corresponding to |exp(-x*x/2) /
    sqrt(2*PI)|.

gcd(x, y)

    Return the greatest common divisor of x and y. If both x and y are 0
    or either or both are less than zero then behavior is undefined.

gt(x, y)

    Return 1 if x is greater than y, 0 otherwise.

gte(x, y)

    Return 1 if x is greater than or equal to y, 0 otherwise.

hypot(x, y)

    This function is similar to the C function with the same name; it
    returns "sqrt(x*x + y*y)", the length of the hypotenuse of a right
    triangle with sides of length x and y, or the distance of the point
    (x, y) from the origin.

if(x, y)

    Evaluate x, and if the result is non-zero return the result of the
    evaluation of y, return 0 otherwise.

if(x, y, z)

    Evaluate x, and if the result is non-zero return the evaluation
    result of y, otherwise the evaluation result of z.

ifnot(x, y)

    Evaluate x, and if the result is zero return the result of the
    evaluation of y, return 0 otherwise.

ifnot(x, y, z)

    Evaluate x, and if the result is zero return the evaluation result
    of y, otherwise the evaluation result of z.

isinf(x)

    Return 1.0 if x is +/-INFINITY, 0.0 otherwise.

isnan(x)

    Return 1.0 if x is NAN, 0.0 otherwise.

ld(var)

    Load the value of the internal variable with number var, which was
    previously stored with st(var, expr). The function returns the
    loaded value.

lerp(x, y, z)

    Return linear interpolation between x and y by amount of z.

log(x)

    Compute natural logarithm of x.

lt(x, y)

    Return 1 if x is lesser than y, 0 otherwise.

lte(x, y)

    Return 1 if x is lesser than or equal to y, 0 otherwise.

max(x, y)

    Return the maximum between x and y.

min(x, y)

    Return the minimum between x and y.

mod(x, y)

    Compute the remainder of division of x by y.

not(expr)

    Return 1.0 if expr is zero, 0.0 otherwise.

pow(x, y)

    Compute the power of x elevated y, it is equivalent to "(x)^(y)".

print(t)
print(t, l)

    Print the value of expression t with loglevel l. If l is not
    specified then a default log level is used. Returns the value of the
    expression printed.

    Prints t with loglevel l

random(x)

    Return a pseudo random value between 0.0 and 1.0. x is the index of
    the internal variable which will be used to save the seed/state.

root(expr, max)

    Find an input value for which the function represented by expr with
    argument ld(0) is 0 in the interval 0..max.

    The expression in expr must denote a continuous function or the
    result is undefined.

    ld(0) is used to represent the function input value, which means
    that the given expression will be evaluated multiple times with
    various input values that the expression can access through |ld(0)|.
    When the expression evaluates to 0 then the corresponding input
    value will be returned.

round(expr)

    Round the value of expression expr to the nearest integer. For
    example, "round(1.5)" is "2.0".

sgn(x)

    Compute sign of x.

sin(x)

    Compute sine of x.

sinh(x)

    Compute hyperbolic sine of x.

sqrt(expr)

    Compute the square root of expr. This is equivalent to "(expr)^.5".

squish(x)

    Compute expression |1/(1 + exp(4*x))|.

st(var, expr)

    Store the value of the expression expr in an internal variable. var
    specifies the number of the variable where to store the value, and
    it is a value ranging from 0 to 9. The function returns the value
    stored in the internal variable. Note, Variables are currently not
    shared between expressions.

tan(x)

    Compute tangent of x.

tanh(x)

    Compute hyperbolic tangent of x.

taylor(expr, x)
taylor(expr, x, id)

    Evaluate a Taylor series at x, given an expression representing the
    |ld(id)|-th derivative of a function at 0.

    When the series does not converge the result is undefined.

    ld(id) is used to represent the derivative order in expr, which
    means that the given expression will be evaluated multiple times
    with various input values that the expression can access through
    |ld(id)|. If id is not specified then 0 is assumed.

    Note, when you have the derivatives at y instead of 0, |taylor(expr,
    x-y)| can be used.

time(0)

    Return the current (wallclock) time in seconds.

trunc(expr)

    Round the value of expression expr towards zero to the nearest
    integer. For example, "trunc(-1.5)" is "-1.0".

while(cond, expr)

    Evaluate expression expr while the expression cond is non-zero, and
    returns the value of the last expr evaluation, or NAN if cond was
    always false.

The following constants are available:

PI

    area of the unit disc, approximately 3.14

E

    exp(1) (Euler’s number), approximately 2.718

PHI

    golden ratio (1+sqrt(5))/2, approximately 1.618

Assuming that an expression is considered "true" if it has a non-zero
value, note that:

|*| works like AND

|+| works like OR

For example the construct:

if (A AND B) then C

is equivalent to:

if(A*B, C)

In your C code, you can extend the list of unary and binary functions,
and define recognized constants, so that they are available for your
expressions.

The evaluator also recognizes the International System unit prefixes. If
’i’ is appended after the prefix, binary prefixes are used, which are
based on powers of 1024 instead of powers of 1000. The ’B’ postfix
multiplies the value by 8, and can be appended after a unit prefix or
used alone. This allows using for example ’KB’, ’MiB’, ’G’ and ’B’ as
number postfix.

The list of available International System prefixes follows, with
indication of the corresponding powers of 10 and of 2.

y

    10^-24 / 2^-80

z

    10^-21 / 2^-70

a

    10^-18 / 2^-60

f

    10^-15 / 2^-50

p

    10^-12 / 2^-40

n

    10^-9 / 2^-30

u

    10^-6 / 2^-20

m

    10^-3 / 2^-10

c

    10^-2

d

    10^-1

h

    10^2

k

    10^3 / 2^10

K

    10^3 / 2^10

M

    10^6 / 2^20

G

    10^9 / 2^30

T

    10^12 / 2^40

P

    10^15 / 2^50

E

    10^18 / 2^60

Z

    10^21 / 2^70

Y

    10^24 / 2^80


    6 Codec Options

libavcodec provides some generic global options, which can be set on all
the encoders and decoders. In addition each codec may support so-called
private options, which are specific for a given codec.

Sometimes, a global option may only affect a specific kind of codec, and
may be nonsensical or ignored by another, so you need to be aware of the
meaning of the specified options. Also some options are meant only for
decoding or encoding.

Options may be set by specifying -option value in the FFmpeg tools, or
by setting the value explicitly in the |AVCodecContext| options or using
the libavutil/opt.h API for programmatic use.

The list of supported options follow:

b integer (/encoding,audio,video/)

    Set bitrate in bits/s. Default value is 200K.

ab integer (/encoding,audio/)

    Set audio bitrate (in bits/s). Default value is 128K.

bt integer (/encoding,video/)

    Set video bitrate tolerance (in bits/s). In 1-pass mode, bitrate
    tolerance specifies how far ratecontrol is willing to deviate from
    the target average bitrate value. This is not related to min/max
    bitrate. Lowering tolerance too much has an adverse effect on quality.

flags flags (/decoding/encoding,audio,video,subtitles/)

    Set generic flags.

    Possible values:

    ‘mv4’

        Use four motion vector by macroblock (mpeg4).

    ‘qpel’

        Use 1/4 pel motion compensation.

    ‘loop’

        Use loop filter.

    ‘qscale’

        Use fixed qscale.

    ‘pass1’

        Use internal 2pass ratecontrol in first pass mode.

    ‘pass2’

        Use internal 2pass ratecontrol in second pass mode.

    ‘gray’

        Only decode/encode grayscale.

    ‘psnr’

        Set error[?] variables during encoding.

    ‘truncated’

        Input bitstream might be randomly truncated.

    ‘drop_changed’

        Don’t output frames whose parameters differ from first decoded
        frame in stream. Error AVERROR_INPUT_CHANGED is returned when a
        frame is dropped.

    ‘ildct’

        Use interlaced DCT.

    ‘low_delay’

        Force low delay.

    ‘global_header’

        Place global headers in extradata instead of every keyframe.

    ‘bitexact’

        Only write platform-, build- and time-independent data. (except
        (I)DCT). This ensures that file and data checksums are
        reproducible and match between platforms. Its primary use is for
        regression testing.

    ‘aic’

        Apply H263 advanced intra coding / mpeg4 ac prediction.

    ‘ilme’

        Apply interlaced motion estimation.

    ‘cgop’

        Use closed gop.

    ‘output_corrupt’

        Output even potentially corrupted frames.

time_base rational number

    Set codec time base.

    It is the fundamental unit of time (in seconds) in terms of which
    frame timestamps are represented. For fixed-fps content, timebase
    should be |1 / frame_rate| and timestamp increments should be
    identically 1.

g integer (/encoding,video/)

    Set the group of picture (GOP) size. Default value is 12.

ar integer (/decoding/encoding,audio/)

    Set audio sampling rate (in Hz).

ac integer (/decoding/encoding,audio/)

    Set number of audio channels.

cutoff integer (/encoding,audio/)

    Set cutoff bandwidth. (Supported only by selected encoders, see
    their respective documentation sections.)

frame_size integer (/encoding,audio/)

    Set audio frame size.

    Each submitted frame except the last must contain exactly frame_size
    samples per channel. May be 0 when the codec has
    CODEC_CAP_VARIABLE_FRAME_SIZE set, in that case the frame size is
    not restricted. It is set by some decoders to indicate constant
    frame size.

frame_number integer

    Set the frame number.

delay integer
qcomp float (/encoding,video/)

    Set video quantizer scale compression (VBR). It is used as a
    constant in the ratecontrol equation. Recommended range for default
    rc_eq: 0.0-1.0.

qblur float (/encoding,video/)

    Set video quantizer scale blur (VBR).

qmin integer (/encoding,video/)

    Set min video quantizer scale (VBR). Must be included between -1 and
    69, default value is 2.

qmax integer (/encoding,video/)

    Set max video quantizer scale (VBR). Must be included between -1 and
    1024, default value is 31.

qdiff integer (/encoding,video/)

    Set max difference between the quantizer scale (VBR).

bf integer (/encoding,video/)

    Set max number of B frames between non-B-frames.

    Must be an integer between -1 and 16. 0 means that B-frames are
    disabled. If a value of -1 is used, it will choose an automatic
    value depending on the encoder.

    Default value is 0.

b_qfactor float (/encoding,video/)

    Set qp factor between P and B frames.

codec_tag integer
bug flags (/decoding,video/)

    Workaround not auto detected encoder bugs.

    Possible values:

    ‘autodetect’
    ‘xvid_ilace’

        Xvid interlacing bug (autodetected if fourcc==XVIX)

    ‘ump4’

        (autodetected if fourcc==UMP4)

    ‘no_padding’

        padding bug (autodetected)

    ‘amv’
    ‘qpel_chroma’
    ‘std_qpel’

        old standard qpel (autodetected per fourcc/version)

    ‘qpel_chroma2’
    ‘direct_blocksize’

        direct-qpel-blocksize bug (autodetected per fourcc/version)

    ‘edge’

        edge padding bug (autodetected per fourcc/version)

    ‘hpel_chroma’
    ‘dc_clip’
    ‘ms’

        Workaround various bugs in microsoft broken decoders.

    ‘trunc’

        trancated frames

strict integer (/decoding/encoding,audio,video/)

    Specify how strictly to follow the standards.

    Possible values:

    ‘very’

        strictly conform to an older more strict version of the spec or
        reference software

    ‘strict’

        strictly conform to all the things in the spec no matter what
        consequences

    ‘normal’
    ‘unofficial’

        allow unofficial extensions

    ‘experimental’

        allow non standardized experimental things, experimental
        (unfinished/work in progress/not well tested) decoders and
        encoders. Note: experimental decoders can pose a security risk,
        do not use this for decoding untrusted input.

b_qoffset float (/encoding,video/)

    Set QP offset between P and B frames.

err_detect flags (/decoding,audio,video/)

    Set error detection flags.

    Possible values:

    ‘crccheck’

        verify embedded CRCs

    ‘bitstream’

        detect bitstream specification deviations

    ‘buffer’

        detect improper bitstream length

    ‘explode’

        abort decoding on minor error detection

    ‘ignore_err’

        ignore decoding errors, and continue decoding. This is useful if
        you want to analyze the content of a video and thus want
        everything to be decoded no matter what. This option will not
        result in a video that is pleasing to watch in case of errors.

    ‘careful’

        consider things that violate the spec and have not been seen in
        the wild as errors

    ‘compliant’

        consider all spec non compliancies as errors

    ‘aggressive’

        consider things that a sane encoder should not do as an error

has_b_frames integer
block_align integer
rc_override_count integer
maxrate integer (/encoding,audio,video/)

    Set max bitrate tolerance (in bits/s). Requires bufsize to be set.

minrate integer (/encoding,audio,video/)

    Set min bitrate tolerance (in bits/s). Most useful in setting up a
    CBR encode. It is of little use elsewise.

bufsize integer (/encoding,audio,video/)

    Set ratecontrol buffer size (in bits).

i_qfactor float (/encoding,video/)

    Set QP factor between P and I frames.

i_qoffset float (/encoding,video/)

    Set QP offset between P and I frames.

dct integer (/encoding,video/)

    Set DCT algorithm.

    Possible values:

    ‘auto’

        autoselect a good one (default)

    ‘fastint’

        fast integer

    ‘int’

        accurate integer

    ‘mmx’
    ‘altivec’
    ‘faan’

        floating point AAN DCT

lumi_mask float (/encoding,video/)

    Compress bright areas stronger than medium ones.

tcplx_mask float (/encoding,video/)

    Set temporal complexity masking.

scplx_mask float (/encoding,video/)

    Set spatial complexity masking.

p_mask float (/encoding,video/)

    Set inter masking.

dark_mask float (/encoding,video/)

    Compress dark areas stronger than medium ones.

idct integer (/decoding/encoding,video/)

    Select IDCT implementation.

    Possible values:

    ‘auto’
    ‘int’
    ‘simple’
    ‘simplemmx’
    ‘simpleauto’

        Automatically pick a IDCT compatible with the simple one

    ‘arm’
    ‘altivec’
    ‘sh4’
    ‘simplearm’
    ‘simplearmv5te’
    ‘simplearmv6’
    ‘simpleneon’
    ‘xvid’
    ‘faani’

        floating point AAN IDCT

slice_count integer
ec flags (/decoding,video/)

    Set error concealment strategy.

    Possible values:

    ‘guess_mvs’

        iterative motion vector (MV) search (slow)

    ‘deblock’

        use strong deblock filter for damaged MBs

    ‘favor_inter’

        favor predicting from the previous frame instead of the current

bits_per_coded_sample integer
aspect rational number (/encoding,video/)

    Set sample aspect ratio.

sar rational number (/encoding,video/)

    Set sample aspect ratio. Alias to aspect.

debug flags (/decoding/encoding,audio,video,subtitles/)

    Print specific debug info.

    Possible values:

    ‘pict’

        picture info

    ‘rc’

        rate control

    ‘bitstream’
    ‘mb_type’

        macroblock (MB) type

    ‘qp’

        per-block quantization parameter (QP)

    ‘dct_coeff’
    ‘green_metadata’

        display complexity metadata for the upcoming frame, GoP or for a
        given duration.

    ‘skip’
    ‘startcode’
    ‘er’

        error recognition

    ‘mmco’

        memory management control operations (H.264)

    ‘bugs’
    ‘buffers’

        picture buffer allocations

    ‘thread_ops’

        threading operations

    ‘nomc’

        skip motion compensation

cmp integer (/encoding,video/)

    Set full pel me compare function.

    Possible values:

    ‘sad’

        sum of absolute differences, fast (default)

    ‘sse’

        sum of squared errors

    ‘satd’

        sum of absolute Hadamard transformed differences

    ‘dct’

        sum of absolute DCT transformed differences

    ‘psnr’

        sum of squared quantization errors (avoid, low quality)

    ‘bit’

        number of bits needed for the block

    ‘rd’

        rate distortion optimal, slow

    ‘zero’

        0

    ‘vsad’

        sum of absolute vertical differences

    ‘vsse’

        sum of squared vertical differences

    ‘nsse’

        noise preserving sum of squared differences

    ‘w53’

        5/3 wavelet, only used in snow

    ‘w97’

        9/7 wavelet, only used in snow

    ‘dctmax’
    ‘chroma’

subcmp integer (/encoding,video/)

    Set sub pel me compare function.

    Possible values:

    ‘sad’

        sum of absolute differences, fast (default)

    ‘sse’

        sum of squared errors

    ‘satd’

        sum of absolute Hadamard transformed differences

    ‘dct’

        sum of absolute DCT transformed differences

    ‘psnr’

        sum of squared quantization errors (avoid, low quality)

    ‘bit’

        number of bits needed for the block

    ‘rd’

        rate distortion optimal, slow

    ‘zero’

        0

    ‘vsad’

        sum of absolute vertical differences

    ‘vsse’

        sum of squared vertical differences

    ‘nsse’

        noise preserving sum of squared differences

    ‘w53’

        5/3 wavelet, only used in snow

    ‘w97’

        9/7 wavelet, only used in snow

    ‘dctmax’
    ‘chroma’

mbcmp integer (/encoding,video/)

    Set macroblock compare function.

    Possible values:

    ‘sad’

        sum of absolute differences, fast (default)

    ‘sse’

        sum of squared errors

    ‘satd’

        sum of absolute Hadamard transformed differences

    ‘dct’

        sum of absolute DCT transformed differences

    ‘psnr’

        sum of squared quantization errors (avoid, low quality)

    ‘bit’

        number of bits needed for the block

    ‘rd’

        rate distortion optimal, slow

    ‘zero’

        0

    ‘vsad’

        sum of absolute vertical differences

    ‘vsse’

        sum of squared vertical differences

    ‘nsse’

        noise preserving sum of squared differences

    ‘w53’

        5/3 wavelet, only used in snow

    ‘w97’

        9/7 wavelet, only used in snow

    ‘dctmax’
    ‘chroma’

ildctcmp integer (/encoding,video/)

    Set interlaced dct compare function.

    Possible values:

    ‘sad’

        sum of absolute differences, fast (default)

    ‘sse’

        sum of squared errors

    ‘satd’

        sum of absolute Hadamard transformed differences

    ‘dct’

        sum of absolute DCT transformed differences

    ‘psnr’

        sum of squared quantization errors (avoid, low quality)

    ‘bit’

        number of bits needed for the block

    ‘rd’

        rate distortion optimal, slow

    ‘zero’

        0

    ‘vsad’

        sum of absolute vertical differences

    ‘vsse’

        sum of squared vertical differences

    ‘nsse’

        noise preserving sum of squared differences

    ‘w53’

        5/3 wavelet, only used in snow

    ‘w97’

        9/7 wavelet, only used in snow

    ‘dctmax’
    ‘chroma’

dia_size integer (/encoding,video/)

    Set diamond type & size for motion estimation.

    ‘(1024, INT_MAX)’

        full motion estimation(slowest)

    ‘(768, 1024]’

        umh motion estimation

    ‘(512, 768]’

        hex motion estimation

    ‘(256, 512]’

        l2s diamond motion estimation

    ‘[2,256]’

        var diamond motion estimation

    ‘(-1, 2)’

        small diamond motion estimation

    ‘-1’

        funny diamond motion estimation

    ‘(INT_MIN, -1)’

        sab diamond motion estimation

last_pred integer (/encoding,video/)

    Set amount of motion predictors from the previous frame.

precmp integer (/encoding,video/)

    Set pre motion estimation compare function.

    Possible values:

    ‘sad’

        sum of absolute differences, fast (default)

    ‘sse’

        sum of squared errors

    ‘satd’

        sum of absolute Hadamard transformed differences

    ‘dct’

        sum of absolute DCT transformed differences

    ‘psnr’

        sum of squared quantization errors (avoid, low quality)

    ‘bit’

        number of bits needed for the block

    ‘rd’

        rate distortion optimal, slow

    ‘zero’

        0

    ‘vsad’

        sum of absolute vertical differences

    ‘vsse’

        sum of squared vertical differences

    ‘nsse’

        noise preserving sum of squared differences

    ‘w53’

        5/3 wavelet, only used in snow

    ‘w97’

        9/7 wavelet, only used in snow

    ‘dctmax’
    ‘chroma’

pre_dia_size integer (/encoding,video/)

    Set diamond type & size for motion estimation pre-pass.

subq integer (/encoding,video/)

    Set sub pel motion estimation quality.

me_range integer (/encoding,video/)

    Set limit motion vectors range (1023 for DivX player).

global_quality integer (/encoding,audio,video/)
slice_flags integer
mbd integer (/encoding,video/)

    Set macroblock decision algorithm (high quality mode).

    Possible values:

    ‘simple’

        use mbcmp (default)

    ‘bits’

        use fewest bits

    ‘rd’

        use best rate distortion

rc_init_occupancy integer (/encoding,video/)

    Set number of bits which should be loaded into the rc buffer before
    decoding starts.

flags2 flags (/decoding/encoding,audio,video,subtitles/)

    Possible values:

    ‘fast’

        Allow non spec compliant speedup tricks.

    ‘noout’

        Skip bitstream encoding.

    ‘ignorecrop’

        Ignore cropping information from sps.

    ‘local_header’

        Place global headers at every keyframe instead of in extradata.

    ‘chunks’

        Frame data might be split into multiple chunks.

    ‘showall’

        Show all frames before the first keyframe.

    ‘export_mvs’

        Export motion vectors into frame side-data (see
        |AV_FRAME_DATA_MOTION_VECTORS|) for codecs that support it. See
        also doc/examples/export_mvs.c.

    ‘skip_manual’

        Do not skip samples and export skip information as frame side data.

    ‘ass_ro_flush_noop’

        Do not reset ASS ReadOrder field on flush.

    ‘icc_profiles’

        Generate/parse embedded ICC profiles from/to colorimetry tags.

export_side_data flags (/decoding/encoding,audio,video,subtitles/)

    Possible values:

    ‘mvs’

        Export motion vectors into frame side-data (see
        |AV_FRAME_DATA_MOTION_VECTORS|) for codecs that support it. See
        also doc/examples/export_mvs.c.

    ‘prft’

        Export encoder Producer Reference Time into packet side-data
        (see |AV_PKT_DATA_PRFT|) for codecs that support it.

    ‘venc_params’

        Export video encoding parameters through frame side data (see
        |AV_FRAME_DATA_VIDEO_ENC_PARAMS|) for codecs that support it. At
        present, those are H.264 and VP9.

    ‘film_grain’

        Export film grain parameters through frame side data (see
        |AV_FRAME_DATA_FILM_GRAIN_PARAMS|). Supported at present by AV1
        decoders.

threads integer (/decoding/encoding,video/)

    Set the number of threads to be used, in case the selected codec
    implementation supports multi-threading.

    Possible values:

    ‘auto, 0’

        automatically select the number of threads to set

    Default value is ‘auto’.

dc integer (/encoding,video/)

    Set intra_dc_precision.

nssew integer (/encoding,video/)

    Set nsse weight.

skip_top integer (/decoding,video/)

    Set number of macroblock rows at the top which are skipped.

skip_bottom integer (/decoding,video/)

    Set number of macroblock rows at the bottom which are skipped.

profile integer (/encoding,audio,video/)

    Set encoder codec profile. Default value is ‘unknown’. Encoder
    specific profiles are documented in the relevant encoder documentation.

level integer (/encoding,audio,video/)

    Set the encoder level. This level depends on the specific codec, and
    might correspond to the profile level. It is set by default to
    ‘unknown’.

    Possible values:

    ‘unknown’

lowres integer (/decoding,audio,video/)

    Decode at 1= 1/2, 2=1/4, 3=1/8 resolutions.

mblmin integer (/encoding,video/)

    Set min macroblock lagrange factor (VBR).

mblmax integer (/encoding,video/)

    Set max macroblock lagrange factor (VBR).

skip_loop_filter integer (/decoding,video/)
skip_idct integer (/decoding,video/)
skip_frame integer (/decoding,video/)

    Make decoder discard processing depending on the frame type selected
    by the option value.

    skip_loop_filter skips frame loop filtering, skip_idct skips frame
    IDCT/dequantization, skip_frame skips decoding.

    Possible values:

    ‘none’

        Discard no frame.

    ‘default’

        Discard useless frames like 0-sized frames.

    ‘noref’

        Discard all non-reference frames.

    ‘bidir’

        Discard all bidirectional frames.

    ‘nokey’

        Discard all frames excepts keyframes.

    ‘nointra’

        Discard all frames except I frames.

    ‘all’

        Discard all frames.

    Default value is ‘default’.

bidir_refine integer (/encoding,video/)

    Refine the two motion vectors used in bidirectional macroblocks.

keyint_min integer (/encoding,video/)

    Set minimum interval between IDR-frames.

refs integer (/encoding,video/)

    Set reference frames to consider for motion compensation.

trellis integer (/encoding,audio,video/)

    Set rate-distortion optimal quantization.

mv0_threshold integer (/encoding,video/)
compression_level integer (/encoding,audio,video/)
bits_per_raw_sample integer
channel_layout integer (/decoding/encoding,audio/)

    Possible values:

request_channel_layout integer (/decoding,audio/)

    Possible values:

rc_max_vbv_use float (/encoding,video/)
rc_min_vbv_use float (/encoding,video/)
color_primaries integer (/decoding/encoding,video/)

    Possible values:

    ‘bt709’

        BT.709

    ‘bt470m’

        BT.470 M

    ‘bt470bg’

        BT.470 BG

    ‘smpte170m’

        SMPTE 170 M

    ‘smpte240m’

        SMPTE 240 M

    ‘film’

        Film

    ‘bt2020’

        BT.2020

    ‘smpte428’
    ‘smpte428_1’

        SMPTE ST 428-1

    ‘smpte431’

        SMPTE 431-2

    ‘smpte432’

        SMPTE 432-1

    ‘jedec-p22’

        JEDEC P22

color_trc integer (/decoding/encoding,video/)

    Possible values:

    ‘bt709’

        BT.709

    ‘gamma22’

        BT.470 M

    ‘gamma28’

        BT.470 BG

    ‘smpte170m’

        SMPTE 170 M

    ‘smpte240m’

        SMPTE 240 M

    ‘linear’

        Linear

    ‘log’
    ‘log100’

        Log

    ‘log_sqrt’
    ‘log316’

        Log square root

    ‘iec61966_2_4’
    ‘iec61966-2-4’

        IEC 61966-2-4

    ‘bt1361’
    ‘bt1361e’

        BT.1361

    ‘iec61966_2_1’
    ‘iec61966-2-1’

        IEC 61966-2-1

    ‘bt2020_10’
    ‘bt2020_10bit’

        BT.2020 - 10 bit

    ‘bt2020_12’
    ‘bt2020_12bit’

        BT.2020 - 12 bit

    ‘smpte2084’

        SMPTE ST 2084

    ‘smpte428’
    ‘smpte428_1’

        SMPTE ST 428-1

    ‘arib-std-b67’

        ARIB STD-B67

colorspace integer (/decoding/encoding,video/)

    Possible values:

    ‘rgb’

        RGB

    ‘bt709’

        BT.709

    ‘fcc’

        FCC

    ‘bt470bg’

        BT.470 BG

    ‘smpte170m’

        SMPTE 170 M

    ‘smpte240m’

        SMPTE 240 M

    ‘ycocg’

        YCOCG

    ‘bt2020nc’
    ‘bt2020_ncl’

        BT.2020 NCL

    ‘bt2020c’
    ‘bt2020_cl’

        BT.2020 CL

    ‘smpte2085’

        SMPTE 2085

    ‘chroma-derived-nc’

        Chroma-derived NCL

    ‘chroma-derived-c’

        Chroma-derived CL

    ‘ictcp’

        ICtCp

color_range integer (/decoding/encoding,video/)

    If used as input parameter, it serves as a hint to the decoder,
    which color_range the input has. Possible values:

    ‘tv’
    ‘mpeg’
    ‘limited’

        MPEG (219*2^(n-8))

    ‘pc’
    ‘jpeg’
    ‘full’

        JPEG (2^n-1)

chroma_sample_location integer (/decoding/encoding,video/)

    Possible values:

    ‘left’
    ‘center’
    ‘topleft’
    ‘top’
    ‘bottomleft’
    ‘bottom’

log_level_offset integer

    Set the log level offset.

slices integer (/encoding,video/)

    Number of slices, used in parallelized encoding.

thread_type flags (/decoding/encoding,video/)

    Select which multithreading methods to use.

    Use of ‘frame’ will increase decoding delay by one frame per thread,
    so clients which cannot provide future frames should not use it.

    Possible values:

    ‘slice’

        Decode more than one part of a single frame at once.

        Multithreading using slices works only when the video was
        encoded with slices.

    ‘frame’

        Decode more than one frame at once.

    Default value is ‘slice+frame’.

audio_service_type integer (/encoding,audio/)

    Set audio service type.

    Possible values:

    ‘ma’

        Main Audio Service

    ‘ef’

        Effects

    ‘vi’

        Visually Impaired

    ‘hi’

        Hearing Impaired

    ‘di’

        Dialogue

    ‘co’

        Commentary

    ‘em’

        Emergency

    ‘vo’

        Voice Over

    ‘ka’

        Karaoke

request_sample_fmt sample_fmt (/decoding,audio/)

    Set sample format audio decoders should prefer. Default value is
    |none|.

pkt_timebase rational number
sub_charenc encoding (/decoding,subtitles/)

    Set the input subtitles character encoding.

field_order field_order (/video/)

    Set/override the field order of the video. Possible values:

    ‘progressive’

        Progressive video

    ‘tt’

        Interlaced video, top field coded and displayed first

    ‘bb’

        Interlaced video, bottom field coded and displayed first

    ‘tb’

        Interlaced video, top coded first, bottom displayed first

    ‘bt’

        Interlaced video, bottom coded first, top displayed first

skip_alpha bool (/decoding,video/)

    Set to 1 to disable processing alpha (transparency). This works like
    the ‘gray’ flag in the flags option which skips chroma information
    instead of alpha. Default is 0.

codec_whitelist list (/input/)

    "," separated list of allowed decoders. By default all are allowed.

dump_separator string (/input/)

    Separator used to separate the fields printed on the command line
    about the Stream parameters. For example, to separate the fields
    with newlines and indentation:

    ffprobe -dump_separator "
                              "  -i ~/videos/matrixbench_mpeg2.mpg

max_pixels integer (/decoding/encoding,video/)

    Maximum number of pixels per image. This value can be used to avoid
    out of memory failures due to large images.

apply_cropping bool (/decoding,video/)

    Enable cropping if cropping parameters are multiples of the required
    alignment for the left and top parameters. If the alignment is not
    met the cropping will be partially applied to maintain alignment.
    Default is 1 (enabled). Note: The required alignment depends on if
    |AV_CODEC_FLAG_UNALIGNED| is set and the CPU.
    |AV_CODEC_FLAG_UNALIGNED| cannot be changed from the command line.
    Also hardware decoders will not apply left/top Cropping.


    7 Decoders

Decoders are configured elements in FFmpeg which allow the decoding of
multimedia streams.

When you configure your FFmpeg build, all the supported native decoders
are enabled by default. Decoders requiring an external library must be
enabled manually via the corresponding |--enable-lib| option. You can
list all available decoders using the configure option |--list-decoders|.

You can disable all the decoders with the configure option
|--disable-decoders| and selectively enable / disable single decoders
with the options |--enable-decoder=DECODER| / |--disable-decoder=DECODER|.

The option |-decoders| of the ff* tools will display the list of enabled
decoders.


    8 Video Decoders

A description of some of the currently available video decoders follows.

  *
    av1

    <#av1>
  *
    rawvideo

    <#rawvideo>
  *
    libdav1d

    <#libdav1d>
  *
    libdavs2

    <#libdavs2>
  *
    libuavs3d

    <#libuavs3d>
  *
    QSV Decoders

    <#QSV-Decoders>
  *
    v210

    <#v210>


      8.1 av1

AOMedia Video 1 (AV1) decoder.

  *
    Options

    <#Options-1>


        8.1.1 Options

operating_point

    Select an operating point of a scalable AV1 bitstream (0 - 31).
    Default is 0.


      8.2 rawvideo

Raw video decoder.

This decoder decodes rawvideo streams.

  *
    Options

    <#Options-2>


        8.2.1 Options

top top_field_first

    Specify the assumed field type of the input video.

    -1

        the video is assumed to be progressive (default)

    0

        bottom-field-first is assumed

    1

        top-field-first is assumed


      8.3 libdav1d

dav1d AV1 decoder.

libdav1d allows libavcodec to decode the AOMedia Video 1 (AV1) codec.
Requires the presence of the libdav1d headers and library during
configuration. You need to explicitly configure the build with
|--enable-libdav1d|.

  *
    Options

    <#Options-3>


        8.3.1 Options

The following options are supported by the libdav1d wrapper.

framethreads

    Set amount of frame threads to use during decoding. The default
    value is 0 (autodetect). This option is deprecated for libdav1d >=
    1.0 and will be removed in the future. Use the option
    |max_frame_delay| and the global option |threads| instead.

tilethreads

    Set amount of tile threads to use during decoding. The default value
    is 0 (autodetect). This option is deprecated for libdav1d >= 1.0 and
    will be removed in the future. Use the global option |threads| instead.

max_frame_delay

    Set max amount of frames the decoder may buffer internally. The
    default value is 0 (autodetect).

filmgrain

    Apply film grain to the decoded video if present in the bitstream.
    Defaults to the internal default of the library. This option is
    deprecated and will be removed in the future. See the global option
    |export_side_data| to export Film Grain parameters instead of
    applying it.

oppoint

    Select an operating point of a scalable AV1 bitstream (0 - 31).
    Defaults to the internal default of the library.

alllayers

    Output all spatial layers of a scalable AV1 bitstream. The default
    value is false.


      8.4 libdavs2

AVS2-P2/IEEE1857.4 video decoder wrapper.

This decoder allows libavcodec to decode AVS2 streams with davs2 library.


      8.5 libuavs3d

AVS3-P2/IEEE1857.10 video decoder.

libuavs3d allows libavcodec to decode AVS3 streams. Requires the
presence of the libuavs3d headers and library during configuration. You
need to explicitly configure the build with |--enable-libuavs3d|.

  *
    Options

    <#Options-4>


        8.5.1 Options

The following option is supported by the libuavs3d wrapper.

frame_threads

    Set amount of frame threads to use during decoding. The default
    value is 0 (autodetect).


      8.6 QSV Decoders

The family of Intel QuickSync Video decoders (VC1, MPEG-2, H.264, HEVC,
JPEG/MJPEG, VP8, VP9, AV1).

  *
    Common Options

    <#Common-Options>
  *
    HEVC Options

    <#HEVC-Options>


        8.6.1 Common Options

The following options are supported by all qsv decoders.

async_depth

    Internal parallelization depth, the higher the value the higher the
    latency.

gpu_copy

    A GPU-accelerated copy between video and system memory

    ‘default’
    ‘on’
    ‘off’


        8.6.2 HEVC Options

Extra options for hevc_qsv.

load_plugin

    A user plugin to load in an internal session

    ‘none’
    ‘hevc_sw’
    ‘hevc_hw’

load_plugins

    A :-separate list of hexadecimal plugin UIDs to load in an internal
    session


      8.7 v210

Uncompressed 4:2:2 10-bit decoder.

  *
    Options

    <#Options-5>


        8.7.1 Options

custom_stride

    Set the line size of the v210 data in bytes. The default value is 0
    (autodetect). You can use the special -1 value for a strideless v210
    as seen in BOXX files.


    9 Audio Decoders

A description of some of the currently available audio decoders follows.

  *
    ac3

    <#ac3>
  *
    flac

    <#flac>
  *
    ffwavesynth

    <#ffwavesynth>
  *
    libcelt

    <#libcelt>
  *
    libgsm

    <#libgsm>
  *
    libilbc

    <#libilbc>
  *
    libopencore-amrnb

    <#libopencore_002damrnb>
  *
    libopencore-amrwb

    <#libopencore_002damrwb>
  *
    libopus

    <#libopus>


      9.1 ac3

AC-3 audio decoder.

This decoder implements part of ATSC A/52:2010 and ETSI TS 102 366, as
well as the undocumented RealAudio 3 (a.k.a. dnet).

  *
    AC-3 Decoder Options

    <#AC_002d3-Decoder-Options>


        9.1.1 AC-3 Decoder Options

-drc_scale value

    Dynamic Range Scale Factor. The factor to apply to dynamic range
    values from the AC-3 stream. This factor is applied exponentially.
    The default value is 1. There are 3 notable scale factor ranges:

    drc_scale == 0

        DRC disabled. Produces full range audio.

    0 < drc_scale <= 1

        DRC enabled. Applies a fraction of the stream DRC value. Audio
        reproduction is between full range and full compression.

    drc_scale > 1

        DRC enabled. Applies drc_scale asymmetrically. Loud sounds are
        fully compressed. Soft sounds are enhanced.


      9.2 flac

FLAC audio decoder.

This decoder aims to implement the complete FLAC specification from Xiph.

  *
    FLAC Decoder options

    <#FLAC-Decoder-options>


        9.2.1 FLAC Decoder options

-use_buggy_lpc

    The lavc FLAC encoder used to produce buggy streams with high lpc
    values (like the default value). This option makes it possible to
    decode such streams correctly by using lavc’s old buggy lpc logic
    for decoding.


      9.3 ffwavesynth

Internal wave synthesizer.

This decoder generates wave patterns according to predefined sequences.
Its use is purely internal and the format of the data it accepts is not
publicly documented.


      9.4 libcelt

libcelt decoder wrapper.

libcelt allows libavcodec to decode the Xiph CELT ultra-low delay audio
codec. Requires the presence of the libcelt headers and library during
configuration. You need to explicitly configure the build with
|--enable-libcelt|.


      9.5 libgsm

libgsm decoder wrapper.

libgsm allows libavcodec to decode the GSM full rate audio codec.
Requires the presence of the libgsm headers and library during
configuration. You need to explicitly configure the build with
|--enable-libgsm|.

This decoder supports both the ordinary GSM and the Microsoft variant.


      9.6 libilbc

libilbc decoder wrapper.

libilbc allows libavcodec to decode the Internet Low Bitrate Codec
(iLBC) audio codec. Requires the presence of the libilbc headers and
library during configuration. You need to explicitly configure the build
with |--enable-libilbc|.

  *
    Options

    <#Options-6>


        9.6.1 Options

The following option is supported by the libilbc wrapper.

enhance

    Enable the enhancement of the decoded audio when set to 1. The
    default value is 0 (disabled).


      9.7 libopencore-amrnb

libopencore-amrnb decoder wrapper.

libopencore-amrnb allows libavcodec to decode the Adaptive Multi-Rate
Narrowband audio codec. Using it requires the presence of the
libopencore-amrnb headers and library during configuration. You need to
explicitly configure the build with |--enable-libopencore-amrnb|.

An FFmpeg native decoder for AMR-NB exists, so users can decode AMR-NB
without this library.


      9.8 libopencore-amrwb

libopencore-amrwb decoder wrapper.

libopencore-amrwb allows libavcodec to decode the Adaptive Multi-Rate
Wideband audio codec. Using it requires the presence of the
libopencore-amrwb headers and library during configuration. You need to
explicitly configure the build with |--enable-libopencore-amrwb|.

An FFmpeg native decoder for AMR-WB exists, so users can decode AMR-WB
without this library.


      9.9 libopus

libopus decoder wrapper.

libopus allows libavcodec to decode the Opus Interactive Audio Codec.
Requires the presence of the libopus headers and library during
configuration. You need to explicitly configure the build with
|--enable-libopus|.

An FFmpeg native decoder for Opus exists, so users can decode Opus
without this library.


    10 Subtitles Decoders

  *
    libaribb24

    <#libaribb24>
  *
    libaribcaption

    <#libaribcaption>
  *
    dvbsub

    <#dvbsub>
  *
    dvdsub

    <#dvdsub>
  *
    libzvbi-teletext

    <#libzvbi_002dteletext>


      10.1 libaribb24

ARIB STD-B24 caption decoder.

Implements profiles A and C of the ARIB STD-B24 standard.

  *
    libaribb24 Decoder Options

    <#libaribb24-Decoder-Options>


        10.1.1 libaribb24 Decoder Options

-aribb24-base-path path

    Sets the base path for the libaribb24 library. This is utilized for
    reading of configuration files (for custom unicode conversions), and
    for dumping of non-text symbols as images under that location.

    Unset by default.

-aribb24-skip-ruby-text boolean

    Tells the decoder wrapper to skip text blocks that contain
    half-height ruby text.

    Enabled by default.


      10.2 libaribcaption

Yet another ARIB STD-B24 caption decoder using external /libaribcaption/
library.

Implements profiles A and C of the Japanse ARIB STD-B24 standard,
Brazilian ABNT NBR 15606-1, and Philippines version of ISDB-T.

Requires the presence of the libaribcaption headers and library (
https://github.com/xqq/libaribcaption

) during configuration. You need to explicitly configure the build with
|--enable-libaribcaption|. If both /libaribb24/ and /libaribcaption/ are
enabled, /libaribcaption/ decoder precedes.

  *
    libaribcaption Decoder Options

    <#libaribcaption-Decoder-Options>
  *
    libaribcaption decoder usage examples

    <#libaribcaption-decoder-usage-examples>


        10.2.1 libaribcaption Decoder Options

-sub_type subtitle_type

    Specifies the format of the decoded subtitles.

    ‘bitmap’

        Graphical image.

    ‘ass’

        ASS formatted text.

    ‘text’

        Simple text based output without formatting.

    The default is /ass/ as same as /libaribb24/ decoder. Some present
    players (e.g., /mpv/) expect ASS format for ARIB caption.

-caption_encoding encoding_scheme

    Specifies the encoding scheme of input subtitle text.

    ‘auto’

        Automatically detect text encoding (default).

    ‘jis’

        8bit-char JIS encoding defined in ARIB STD B24. This encoding
        used in Japan for ISDB captions.

    ‘utf8’

        UTF-8 encoding defined in ARIB STD B24. This encoding is used in
        Philippines for ISDB-T captions.

    ‘latin’

        Latin character encoding defined in ABNT NBR 15606-1. This
        encoding is used in South America for SBTVD / ISDB-Tb captions.

-font font_name[,font_name2,...]

    Specify comma-separated list of font family names to be used for
    /bitmap/ or /ass/ type subtitle rendering. Only first font name is
    used for /ass/ type subtitle.

    If not specified, use internaly defined default font family.

-ass_single_rect boolean

    ARIB STD-B24 specifies that some captions may be displayed at
    different positions at a time (multi-rectangle subtitle). Since some
    players (e.g., old /mpv/) can’t handle multiple ASS rectangles in a
    single AVSubtitle, or multiple ASS rectangles of indeterminate
    duration with the same start timestamp, this option can change the
    behavior so that all the texts are displayed in a single ASS rectangle.

    The default is false.

    If your player cannot handle AVSubtitles with multiple ASS
    rectangles properly, set this option to true or define
    |ASS_SINGLE_RECT=1| to change default behavior at compilation.

-force_outline_text boolean

    Specify whether always render outline text for all characters
    regardless of the indication by charactor style.

    The default is false.

-outline_width number (0.0 - 3.0)

    Specify width for outline text, in dots (relative).

    The default is 1.5.

-ignore_background boolean

    Specify whether to ignore background color rendering.

    The default is false.

-ignore_ruby boolean

    Specify whether to ignore rendering for ruby-like (furigana)
    characters.

    The default is false.

-replace_drcs boolean

    Specify whether to render replaced DRCS characters as Unicode
    characters.

    The default is true.

-replace_msz_ascii boolean

    Specify whether to replace MSZ (Middle Size; half width) fullwidth
    alphanumerics with halfwidth alphanumerics.

    The default is true.

-replace_msz_japanese boolean

    Specify whether to replace some MSZ (Middle Size; half width)
    fullwidth japanese special characters with halfwidth ones.

    The default is true.

-replace_msz_glyph boolean

    Specify whether to replace MSZ (Middle Size; half width) characters
    with halfwidth glyphs if the fonts supports it. This option works
    under FreeType or DirectWrite renderer with Adobe-Japan1 compliant
    fonts. e.g., IBM Plex Sans JP, Morisawa BIZ UDGothic, Morisawa BIZ
    UDMincho, Yu Gothic, Yu Mincho, and Meiryo.

    The default is true.

-canvas_size image_size

    Specify the resolution of the canvas to render subtitles to;
    usually, this should be frame size of input video. This only applies
    when |-subtitle_type| is set to bitmap.

    The libaribcaption decoder assumes input frame size for bitmap
    rendering as below:

     1. PROFILE_A : 1440 x 1080 with SAR (PAR) 4:3
     2. PROFILE_C : 320 x 180 with SAR (PAR) 1:1 

    If actual frame size of input video does not match above assumption,
    the rendered captions may be distorted. To make the captions
    undistorted, add |-canvas_size| option to specify actual input video
    size.

    Note that the |-canvas_size| option is not required for video with
    different size but same aspect ratio. In such cases, the caption
    will be stretched or shrunk to actual video size if |-canvas_size|
    option is not specified. If |-canvas_size| option is specified with
    different size, the caption will be stretched or shrunk as specified
    size with calculated SAR.


        10.2.2 libaribcaption decoder usage examples

Display MPEG-TS file with ARIB subtitle by |ffplay| tool:

ffplay -sub_type bitmap MPEG.TS

Display MPEG-TS file with input frame size 1920x1080 by |ffplay| tool:

ffplay -sub_type bitmap -canvas_size 1920x1080 MPEG.TS

Embed ARIB subtitle in transcoded video:

ffmpeg -sub_type bitmap -i src.m2t -filter_complex "[0:v][0:s]overlay" -vcodec h264 dest.mp4


      10.3 dvbsub

  *
    Options

    <#Options-7>


        10.3.1 Options

compute_clut

    -2

        Compute clut once if no matching CLUT is in the stream.

    -1

        Compute clut if no matching CLUT is in the stream.

    0

        Never compute CLUT

    1

        Always compute CLUT and override the one provided in the stream.

dvb_substream

    Selects the dvb substream, or all substreams if -1 which is default.


      10.4 dvdsub

This codec decodes the bitmap subtitles used in DVDs; the same subtitles
can also be found in VobSub file pairs and in some Matroska files.

  *
    Options

    <#Options-8>


        10.4.1 Options

palette

    Specify the global palette used by the bitmaps. When stored in
    VobSub, the palette is normally specified in the index file; in
    Matroska, the palette is stored in the codec extra-data in the same
    format as in VobSub. In DVDs, the palette is stored in the IFO file,
    and therefore not available when reading from dumped VOB files.

    The format for this option is a string containing 16 24-bits
    hexadecimal numbers (without 0x prefix) separated by commas, for
    example |0d00ee, ee450d, 101010, eaeaea, 0ce60b, ec14ed, ebff0b,
    0d617a, 7b7b7b, d1d1d1, 7b2a0e, 0d950c, 0f007b, cf0dec, cfa80c,
    7c127b|.

ifo_palette

    Specify the IFO file from which the global palette is obtained.
    (experimental)

forced_subs_only

    Only decode subtitle entries marked as forced. Some titles have
    forced and non-forced subtitles in the same track. Setting this flag
    to |1| will only keep the forced subtitles. Default value is |0|.


      10.5 libzvbi-teletext

Libzvbi allows libavcodec to decode DVB teletext pages and DVB teletext
subtitles. Requires the presence of the libzvbi headers and library
during configuration. You need to explicitly configure the build with
|--enable-libzvbi|.

  *
    Options

    <#Options-9>


        10.5.1 Options

txt_page

    List of teletext page numbers to decode. Pages that do not match the
    specified list are dropped. You may use the special |*| string to
    match all pages, or |subtitle| to match all subtitle pages. Default
    value is *.

txt_default_region

    Set default character set used for decoding, a value between 0 and
    87 (see ETS 300 706, Section 15, Table 32). Default value is -1,
    which does not override the libzvbi default. This option is needed
    for some legacy level 1.0 transmissions which cannot signal the
    proper charset.

txt_chop_top

    Discards the top teletext line. Default value is 1.

txt_format

    Specifies the format of the decoded subtitles.

    bitmap

        The default format, you should use this for teletext pages,
        because certain graphics and colors cannot be expressed in
        simple text or even ASS.

    text

        Simple text based output without formatting.

    ass

        Formatted ASS output, subtitle pages and teletext pages are
        returned in different styles, subtitle pages are stripped down
        to text, but an effort is made to keep the text alignment and
        the formatting.

txt_left

    X offset of generated bitmaps, default is 0.

txt_top

    Y offset of generated bitmaps, default is 0.

txt_chop_spaces

    Chops leading and trailing spaces and removes empty lines from the
    generated text. This option is useful for teletext based subtitles
    where empty spaces may be present at the start or at the end of the
    lines or empty lines may be present between the subtitle lines
    because of double-sized teletext characters. Default value is 1.

txt_duration

    Sets the display duration of the decoded teletext pages or subtitles
    in milliseconds. Default value is -1 which means infinity or until
    the next subtitle event comes.

txt_transparent

    Force transparent background of the generated teletext bitmaps.
    Default value is 0 which means an opaque background.

txt_opacity

    Sets the opacity (0-255) of the teletext background. If
    txt_transparent is not set, it only affects characters between a
    start box and an end box, typically subtitles. Default value is 0 if
    txt_transparent is set, 255 otherwise.


    11 Bitstream Filters

When you configure your FFmpeg build, all the supported bitstream
filters are enabled by default. You can list all available ones using
the configure option |--list-bsfs|.

You can disable all the bitstream filters using the configure option
|--disable-bsfs|, and selectively enable any bitstream filter using the
option |--enable-bsf=BSF|, or you can disable a particular bitstream
filter using the option |--disable-bsf=BSF|.

The option |-bsfs| of the ff* tools will display the list of all the
supported bitstream filters included in your build.

The ff* tools have a -bsf option applied per stream, taking a
comma-separated list of filters, whose parameters follow the filter name
after a ’=’.

ffmpeg -i INPUT -c:v copy -bsf:v filter1[=opt1=str1:opt2=str2][,filter2] OUTPUT

Below is a description of the currently available bitstream filters,
with their parameters, if any.

  *
    aac_adtstoasc

    <#aac_005fadtstoasc>
  *
    av1_metadata

    <#av1_005fmetadata>
  *
    chomp

    <#chomp>
  *
    dca_core

    <#dca_005fcore>
  *
    dump_extra

    <#dump_005fextra>
  *
    dv_error_marker

    <#dv_005ferror_005fmarker>
  *
    eac3_core

    <#eac3_005fcore>
  *
    extract_extradata

    <#extract_005fextradata>
  *
    filter_units

    <#filter_005funits>
  *
    hapqa_extract

    <#hapqa_005fextract>
  *
    h264_metadata

    <#h264_005fmetadata>
  *
    h264_mp4toannexb

    <#h264_005fmp4toannexb>
  *
    h264_redundant_pps

    <#h264_005fredundant_005fpps>
  *
    hevc_metadata

    <#hevc_005fmetadata>
  *
    hevc_mp4toannexb

    <#hevc_005fmp4toannexb>
  *
    imxdump

    <#imxdump>
  *
    mjpeg2jpeg

    <#mjpeg2jpeg>
  *
    mjpegadump

    <#mjpegadump>
  *
    mov2textsub

    <#mov2textsub-1>
  *
    mp3decomp

    <#mp3decomp>
  *
    mpeg2_metadata

    <#mpeg2_005fmetadata>
  *
    mpeg4_unpack_bframes

    <#mpeg4_005funpack_005fbframes>
  *
    noise

    <#noise>
  *
    null

    <#null>
  *
    pcm_rechunk

    <#pcm_005frechunk>
  *
    pgs_frame_merge

    <#pgs_005fframe_005fmerge>
  *
    prores_metadata

    <#prores_005fmetadata>
  *
    remove_extra

    <#remove_005fextra>
  *
    setts

    <#setts>
  *
    text2movsub

    <#text2movsub-1>
  *
    trace_headers

    <#trace_005fheaders>
  *
    truehd_core

    <#truehd_005fcore>
  *
    vp9_metadata

    <#vp9_005fmetadata>
  *
    vp9_superframe

    <#vp9_005fsuperframe>
  *
    vp9_superframe_split

    <#vp9_005fsuperframe_005fsplit>
  *
    vp9_raw_reorder

    <#vp9_005fraw_005freorder>


      11.1 aac_adtstoasc

Convert MPEG-2/4 AAC ADTS to an MPEG-4 Audio Specific Configuration
bitstream.

This filter creates an MPEG-4 AudioSpecificConfig from an MPEG-2/4 ADTS
header and removes the ADTS header.

This filter is required for example when copying an AAC stream from a
raw ADTS AAC or an MPEG-TS container to MP4A-LATM, to an FLV file, or to
MOV/MP4 files and related formats such as 3GP or M4A. Please note that
it is auto-inserted for MP4A-LATM and MOV/MP4 and related formats.


      11.2 av1_metadata

Modify metadata embedded in an AV1 stream.

td

    Insert or remove temporal delimiter OBUs in all temporal units of
    the stream.

    ‘insert’

        Insert a TD at the beginning of every TU which does not already
        have one.

    ‘remove’

        Remove the TD from the beginning of every TU which has one.

color_primaries
transfer_characteristics
matrix_coefficients

    Set the color description fields in the stream (see AV1 section 6.4.2).

color_range

    Set the color range in the stream (see AV1 section 6.4.2; note that
    this cannot be set for streams using BT.709 primaries, sRGB transfer
    characteristic and identity (RGB) matrix coefficients).

    ‘tv’

        Limited range.

    ‘pc’

        Full range.

chroma_sample_position

    Set the chroma sample location in the stream (see AV1 section
    6.4.2). This can only be set for 4:2:0 streams.

    ‘vertical’

        Left position (matching the default in MPEG-2 and H.264).

    ‘colocated’

        Top-left position.

tick_rate

    Set the tick rate (/time_scale / num_units_in_display_tick/) in the
    timing info in the sequence header.

num_ticks_per_picture

    Set the number of ticks in each picture, to indicate that the stream
    has a fixed framerate. Ignored if tick_rate is not also set.

delete_padding

    Deletes Padding OBUs.


      11.3 chomp

Remove zero padding at the end of a packet.


      11.4 dca_core

Extract the core from a DCA/DTS stream, dropping extensions such as DTS-HD.


      11.5 dump_extra

Add extradata to the beginning of the filtered packets except when said
packets already exactly begin with the extradata that is intended to be
added.

freq

    The additional argument specifies which packets should be filtered.
    It accepts the values:

    ‘k’
    ‘keyframe’

        add extradata to all key packets

    ‘e’
    ‘all’

        add extradata to all packets

If not specified it is assumed ‘k’.

For example the following |ffmpeg| command forces a global header (thus
disabling individual packet headers) in the H.264 packets generated by
the |libx264| encoder, but corrects them by adding the header stored in
extradata to the key packets:

ffmpeg -i INPUT -map 0 -flags:v +global_header -c:v libx264 -bsf:v dump_extra out.ts


      11.6 dv_error_marker

Blocks in DV which are marked as damaged are replaced by blocks of the
specified color.

color

    The color to replace damaged blocks by

sta

    A 16 bit mask which specifies which of the 16 possible error status
    values are to be replaced by colored blocks. 0xFFFE is the default
    which replaces all non 0 error status values.

    ‘ok’

        No error, no concealment

    ‘err’

        Error, No concealment

    ‘res’

        Reserved

    ‘notok’

        Error or concealment

    ‘notres’

        Not reserved

    ‘Aa, Ba, Ca, Ab, Bb, Cb, A, B, C, a, b, erri, erru’

        The specific error status code

    see page 44-46 or section 5.5 of
    http://web.archive.org/web/20060927044735/http://www.smpte.org/smpte_store/standards/pdf/s314m.pdf


      11.7 eac3_core

Extract the core from a E-AC-3 stream, dropping extra channels.


      11.8 extract_extradata

Extract the in-band extradata.

Certain codecs allow the long-term headers (e.g. MPEG-2 sequence
headers, or H.264/HEVC (VPS/)SPS/PPS) to be transmitted either "in-band"
(i.e. as a part of the bitstream containing the coded frames) or "out of
band" (e.g. on the container level). This latter form is called
"extradata" in FFmpeg terminology.

This bitstream filter detects the in-band headers and makes them
available as extradata.

remove

    When this option is enabled, the long-term headers are removed from
    the bitstream after extraction.


      11.9 filter_units

Remove units with types in or not in a given set from the stream.

pass_types

    List of unit types or ranges of unit types to pass through while
    removing all others. This is specified as a ’|’-separated list of
    unit type values or ranges of values with ’-’.

remove_types

    Identical to pass_types, except the units in the given set removed
    and all others passed through.

Extradata is unchanged by this transformation, but note that if the
stream contains inline parameter sets then the output may be unusable if
they are removed.

For example, to remove all non-VCL NAL units from an H.264 stream:

ffmpeg -i INPUT -c:v copy -bsf:v 'filter_units=pass_types=1-5' OUTPUT

To remove all AUDs, SEI and filler from an H.265 stream:

ffmpeg -i INPUT -c:v copy -bsf:v 'filter_units=remove_types=35|38-40' OUTPUT


      11.10 hapqa_extract

Extract Rgb or Alpha part of an HAPQA file, without recompression, in
order to create an HAPQ or an HAPAlphaOnly file.

texture

    Specifies the texture to keep.

    color
    alpha

Convert HAPQA to HAPQ

ffmpeg -i hapqa_inputfile.mov -c copy -bsf:v hapqa_extract=texture=color -tag:v HapY -metadata:s:v:0 encoder="HAPQ" hapq_file.mov

Convert HAPQA to HAPAlphaOnly

ffmpeg -i hapqa_inputfile.mov -c copy -bsf:v hapqa_extract=texture=alpha -tag:v HapA -metadata:s:v:0 encoder="HAPAlpha Only" hapalphaonly_file.mov


      11.11 h264_metadata

Modify metadata embedded in an H.264 stream.

aud

    Insert or remove AUD NAL units in all access units of the stream.

    ‘pass’
    ‘insert’
    ‘remove’

    Default is pass.

sample_aspect_ratio

    Set the sample aspect ratio of the stream in the VUI parameters. See
    H.264 table E-1.

overscan_appropriate_flag

    Set whether the stream is suitable for display using overscan or not
    (see H.264 section E.2.1).

video_format
video_full_range_flag

    Set the video format in the stream (see H.264 section E.2.1 and
    table E-2).

colour_primaries
transfer_characteristics
matrix_coefficients

    Set the colour description in the stream (see H.264 section E.2.1
    and tables E-3, E-4 and E-5).

chroma_sample_loc_type

    Set the chroma sample location in the stream (see H.264 section
    E.2.1 and figure E-1).

tick_rate

    Set the tick rate (time_scale / num_units_in_tick) in the VUI
    parameters. This is the smallest time unit representable in the
    stream, and in many cases represents the field rate of the stream
    (double the frame rate).

fixed_frame_rate_flag

    Set whether the stream has fixed framerate - typically this
    indicates that the framerate is exactly half the tick rate, but the
    exact meaning is dependent on interlacing and the picture structure
    (see H.264 section E.2.1 and table E-6).

zero_new_constraint_set_flags

    Zero constraint_set4_flag and constraint_set5_flag in the SPS. These
    bits were reserved in a previous version of the H.264 spec, and thus
    some hardware decoders require these to be zero. The result of
    zeroing this is still a valid bitstream.

crop_left
crop_right
crop_top
crop_bottom

    Set the frame cropping offsets in the SPS. These values will replace
    the current ones if the stream is already cropped.

    These fields are set in pixels. Note that some sizes may not be
    representable if the chroma is subsampled or the stream is
    interlaced (see H.264 section 7.4.2.1.1).

sei_user_data

    Insert a string as SEI unregistered user data. The argument must be
    of the form /UUID+string/, where the UUID is as hex digits possibly
    separated by hyphens, and the string can be anything.

    For example, ‘086f3693-b7b3-4f2c-9653-21492feee5b8+hello’ will
    insert the string “hello” associated with the given UUID.

delete_filler

    Deletes both filler NAL units and filler SEI messages.

display_orientation

    Insert, extract or remove Display orientation SEI messages. See
    H.264 section D.1.27 and D.2.27 for syntax and semantics.

    ‘pass’
    ‘insert’
    ‘remove’
    ‘extract’

    Default is pass.

    Insert mode works in conjunction with |rotate| and |flip| options.
    Any pre-existing Display orientation messages will be removed in
    insert or remove mode. Extract mode attaches the display matrix to
    the packet as side data.

rotate

    Set rotation in display orientation SEI (anticlockwise angle in
    degrees). Range is -360 to +360. Default is NaN.

flip

    Set flip in display orientation SEI.

    ‘horizontal’
    ‘vertical’

    Default is unset.

level

    Set the level in the SPS. Refer to H.264 section A.3 and tables A-1
    to A-5.

    The argument must be the name of a level (for example, ‘4.2’), a
    level_idc value (for example, ‘42’), or the special name ‘auto’
    indicating that the filter should attempt to guess the level from
    the input stream properties.


      11.12 h264_mp4toannexb

Convert an H.264 bitstream from length prefixed mode to start code
prefixed mode (as defined in the Annex B of the ITU-T H.264 specification).

This is required by some streaming formats, typically the MPEG-2
transport stream format (muxer |mpegts|).

For example to remux an MP4 file containing an H.264 stream to mpegts
format with |ffmpeg|, you can use the command:

ffmpeg -i INPUT.mp4 -codec copy -bsf:v h264_mp4toannexb OUTPUT.ts

Please note that this filter is auto-inserted for MPEG-TS (muxer
|mpegts|) and raw H.264 (muxer |h264|) output formats.


      11.13 h264_redundant_pps

This applies a specific fixup to some Blu-ray streams which contain
redundant PPSs modifying irrelevant parameters of the stream which
confuse other transformations which require correct extradata.


      11.14 hevc_metadata

Modify metadata embedded in an HEVC stream.

aud

    Insert or remove AUD NAL units in all access units of the stream.

    ‘insert’
    ‘remove’

sample_aspect_ratio

    Set the sample aspect ratio in the stream in the VUI parameters.

video_format
video_full_range_flag

    Set the video format in the stream (see H.265 section E.3.1 and
    table E.2).

colour_primaries
transfer_characteristics
matrix_coefficients

    Set the colour description in the stream (see H.265 section E.3.1
    and tables E.3, E.4 and E.5).

chroma_sample_loc_type

    Set the chroma sample location in the stream (see H.265 section
    E.3.1 and figure E.1).

tick_rate

    Set the tick rate in the VPS and VUI parameters (time_scale /
    num_units_in_tick). Combined with num_ticks_poc_diff_one, this can
    set a constant framerate in the stream. Note that it is likely to be
    overridden by container parameters when the stream is in a container.

num_ticks_poc_diff_one

    Set poc_proportional_to_timing_flag in VPS and VUI and use this
    value to set num_ticks_poc_diff_one_minus1 (see H.265 sections
    7.4.3.1 and E.3.1). Ignored if tick_rate is not also set.

crop_left
crop_right
crop_top
crop_bottom

    Set the conformance window cropping offsets in the SPS. These values
    will replace the current ones if the stream is already cropped.

    These fields are set in pixels. Note that some sizes may not be
    representable if the chroma is subsampled (H.265 section 7.4.3.2.1).

level

    Set the level in the VPS and SPS. See H.265 section A.4 and tables
    A.6 and A.7.

    The argument must be the name of a level (for example, ‘5.1’), a
    /general_level_idc/ value (for example, ‘153’ for level 5.1), or the
    special name ‘auto’ indicating that the filter should attempt to
    guess the level from the input stream properties.


      11.15 hevc_mp4toannexb

Convert an HEVC/H.265 bitstream from length prefixed mode to start code
prefixed mode (as defined in the Annex B of the ITU-T H.265 specification).

This is required by some streaming formats, typically the MPEG-2
transport stream format (muxer |mpegts|).

For example to remux an MP4 file containing an HEVC stream to mpegts
format with |ffmpeg|, you can use the command:

ffmpeg -i INPUT.mp4 -codec copy -bsf:v hevc_mp4toannexb OUTPUT.ts

Please note that this filter is auto-inserted for MPEG-TS (muxer
|mpegts|) and raw HEVC/H.265 (muxer |h265| or |hevc|) output formats.


      11.16 imxdump

Modifies the bitstream to fit in MOV and to be usable by the Final Cut
Pro decoder. This filter only applies to the mpeg2video codec, and is
likely not needed for Final Cut Pro 7 and newer with the appropriate
-tag:v.

For example, to remux 30 MB/sec NTSC IMX to MOV:

ffmpeg -i input.mxf -c copy -bsf:v imxdump -tag:v mx3n output.mov


      11.17 mjpeg2jpeg

Convert MJPEG/AVI1 packets to full JPEG/JFIF packets.

MJPEG is a video codec wherein each video frame is essentially a JPEG
image. The individual frames can be extracted without loss, e.g. by

ffmpeg -i ../some_mjpeg.avi -c:v copy frames_%d.jpg

Unfortunately, these chunks are incomplete JPEG images, because they
lack the DHT segment required for decoding. Quoting from
http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/fdd000063.shtml

:

Avery Lee, writing in the rec.video.desktop newsgroup in 2001, commented
that "MJPEG, or at least the MJPEG in AVIs having the MJPG fourcc, is
restricted JPEG with a fixed – and *omitted* – Huffman table. The JPEG
must be YCbCr colorspace, it must be 4:2:2, and it must use basic
Huffman encoding, not arithmetic or progressive. . . . You can indeed
extract the MJPEG frames and decode them with a regular JPEG decoder,
but you have to prepend the DHT segment to them, or else the decoder
won’t have any idea how to decompress the data. The exact table
necessary is given in the OpenDML spec."

This bitstream filter patches the header of frames extracted from an
MJPEG stream (carrying the AVI1 header ID and lacking a DHT segment) to
produce fully qualified JPEG images.

ffmpeg -i mjpeg-movie.avi -c:v copy -bsf:v mjpeg2jpeg frame_%d.jpg
exiftran -i -9 frame*.jpg
ffmpeg -i frame_%d.jpg -c:v copy rotated.avi


      11.18 mjpegadump

Add an MJPEG A header to the bitstream, to enable decoding by Quicktime.


      11.19 mov2textsub

Extract a representable text file from MOV subtitles, stripping the
metadata header from each subtitle packet.

See also the
text2movsub

<#text2movsub> filter.


      11.20 mp3decomp

Decompress non-standard compressed MP3 audio headers.


      11.21 mpeg2_metadata

Modify metadata embedded in an MPEG-2 stream.

display_aspect_ratio

    Set the display aspect ratio in the stream.

    The following fixed values are supported:

    4/3
    16/9
    221/100

    Any other value will result in square pixels being signalled instead
    (see H.262 section 6.3.3 and table 6-3).

frame_rate

    Set the frame rate in the stream. This is constructed from a table
    of known values combined with a small multiplier and divisor - if
    the supplied value is not exactly representable, the nearest
    representable value will be used instead (see H.262 section 6.3.3
    and table 6-4).

video_format

    Set the video format in the stream (see H.262 section 6.3.6 and
    table 6-6).

colour_primaries
transfer_characteristics
matrix_coefficients

    Set the colour description in the stream (see H.262 section 6.3.6
    and tables 6-7, 6-8 and 6-9).


      11.22 mpeg4_unpack_bframes

Unpack DivX-style packed B-frames.

DivX-style packed B-frames are not valid MPEG-4 and were only a
workaround for the broken Video for Windows subsystem. They use more
space, can cause minor AV sync issues, require more CPU power to decode
(unless the player has some decoded picture queue to compensate the
2,0,2,0 frame per packet style) and cause trouble if copied into a
standard container like mp4 or mpeg-ps/ts, because MPEG-4 decoders may
not be able to decode them, since they are not valid MPEG-4.

For example to fix an AVI file containing an MPEG-4 stream with
DivX-style packed B-frames using |ffmpeg|, you can use the command:

ffmpeg -i INPUT.avi -codec copy -bsf:v mpeg4_unpack_bframes OUTPUT.avi


      11.23 noise

Damages the contents of packets or simply drops them without damaging
the container. Can be used for fuzzing or testing error
resilience/concealment.

Parameters:

amount

    Accepts an expression whose evaluation per-packet determines how
    often bytes in that packet will be modified. A value below 0 will
    result in a variable frequency. Default is 0 which results in no
    modification. However, if neither amount nor drop is specified,
    amount will be set to -1. See below for accepted variables.

drop

    Accepts an expression evaluated per-packet whose value determines
    whether that packet is dropped. Evaluation to a positive value
    results in the packet being dropped. Evaluation to a negative value
    results in a variable chance of it being dropped, roughly inverse in
    proportion to the magnitude of the value. Default is 0 which results
    in no drops. See below for accepted variables.

dropamount

    Accepts a non-negative integer, which assigns a variable chance of
    it being dropped, roughly inverse in proportion to the value.
    Default is 0 which results in no drops. This option is kept for
    backwards compatibility and is equivalent to setting drop to a
    negative value with the same magnitude i.e. |dropamount=4| is the
    same as |drop=-4|. Ignored if drop is also specified.

Both |amount| and |drop| accept expressions containing the following
variables:

‘n’

    The index of the packet, starting from zero.

‘tb’

    The timebase for packet timestamps.

‘pts’

    Packet presentation timestamp.

‘dts’

    Packet decoding timestamp.

‘nopts’

    Constant representing AV_NOPTS_VALUE.

‘startpts’

    First non-AV_NOPTS_VALUE PTS seen in the stream.

‘startdts’

    First non-AV_NOPTS_VALUE DTS seen in the stream.

‘duration’
‘d’

    Packet duration, in timebase units.

‘pos’

    Packet position in input; may be -1 when unknown or not set.

‘size’

    Packet size, in bytes.

‘key’

    Whether packet is marked as a keyframe.

‘state’

    A pseudo random integer, primarily derived from the content of
    packet payload.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-2>


        11.23.1 Examples

Apply modification to every byte but don’t drop any packets.

ffmpeg -i INPUT -c copy -bsf noise=1 output.mkv

Drop every video packet not marked as a keyframe after timestamp 30s but
do not modify any of the remaining packets.

ffmpeg -i INPUT -c copy -bsf:v noise=drop='gt(t\,30)*not(key)' output.mkv

Drop one second of audio every 10 seconds and add some random noise to
the rest.

ffmpeg -i INPUT -c copy -bsf:a noise=amount=-1:drop='between(mod(t\,10)\,9\,10)' output.mkv


      11.24 null

This bitstream filter passes the packets through unchanged.


      11.25 pcm_rechunk

Repacketize PCM audio to a fixed number of samples per packet or a fixed
packet rate per second. This is similar to the
(ffmpeg-filters)asetnsamples audio filter

<file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-filters.html#asetnsamples>
but works on audio packets instead of audio frames.

nb_out_samples, n

    Set the number of samples per each output audio packet. The number
    is intended as the number of samples /per each channel/. Default
    value is 1024.

pad, p

    If set to 1, the filter will pad the last audio packet with silence,
    so that it will contain the same number of samples (or roughly the
    same number of samples, see frame_rate) as the previous ones.
    Default value is 1.

frame_rate, r

    This option makes the filter output a fixed number of packets per
    second instead of a fixed number of samples per packet. If the audio
    sample rate is not divisible by the frame rate then the number of
    samples will not be constant but will vary slightly so that each
    packet will start as close to the frame boundary as possible. Using
    this option has precedence over nb_out_samples.

You can generate the well known 1602-1601-1602-1601-1602 pattern of
48kHz audio for NTSC frame rate using the frame_rate option.

ffmpeg -f lavfi -i sine=r=48000:d=1 -c pcm_s16le -bsf pcm_rechunk=r=30000/1001 -f framecrc -


      11.26 pgs_frame_merge

Merge a sequence of PGS Subtitle segments ending with an "end of display
set" segment into a single packet.

This is required by some containers that support PGS subtitles (muxer
|matroska|).


      11.27 prores_metadata

Modify color property metadata embedded in prores stream.

color_primaries

    Set the color primaries. Available values are:

    ‘auto’

        Keep the same color primaries property (default).

    ‘unknown’
    ‘bt709’
    ‘bt470bg’

        BT601 625

    ‘smpte170m’

        BT601 525

    ‘bt2020’
    ‘smpte431’

        DCI P3

    ‘smpte432’

        P3 D65

transfer_characteristics

    Set the color transfer. Available values are:

    ‘auto’

        Keep the same transfer characteristics property (default).

    ‘unknown’
    ‘bt709’

        BT 601, BT 709, BT 2020

    ‘smpte2084’

        SMPTE ST 2084

    ‘arib-std-b67’

        ARIB STD-B67

matrix_coefficients

    Set the matrix coefficient. Available values are:

    ‘auto’

        Keep the same colorspace property (default).

    ‘unknown’
    ‘bt709’
    ‘smpte170m’

        BT 601

    ‘bt2020nc’

Set Rec709 colorspace for each frame of the file

ffmpeg -i INPUT -c copy -bsf:v prores_metadata=color_primaries=bt709:color_trc=bt709:colorspace=bt709 output.mov

Set Hybrid Log-Gamma parameters for each frame of the file

ffmpeg -i INPUT -c copy -bsf:v prores_metadata=color_primaries=bt2020:color_trc=arib-std-b67:colorspace=bt2020nc output.mov


      11.28 remove_extra

Remove extradata from packets.

It accepts the following parameter:

freq

    Set which frame types to remove extradata from.

    ‘k’

        Remove extradata from non-keyframes only.

    ‘keyframe’

        Remove extradata from keyframes only.

    ‘e, all’

        Remove extradata from all frames.


      11.29 setts

Set PTS and DTS in packets.

It accepts the following parameters:

ts
pts
dts

    Set expressions for PTS, DTS or both.

duration

    Set expression for duration.

time_base

    Set output time base.

The expressions are evaluated through the eval API and can contain the
following constants:

N

    The count of the input packet. Starting from 0.

TS

    The demux timestamp in input in case of |ts| or |dts| option or
    presentation timestamp in case of |pts| option.

POS

    The original position in the file of the packet, or undefined if
    undefined for the current packet

DTS

    The demux timestamp in input.

PTS

    The presentation timestamp in input.

DURATION

    The duration in input.

STARTDTS

    The DTS of the first packet.

STARTPTS

    The PTS of the first packet.

PREV_INDTS

    The previous input DTS.

PREV_INPTS

    The previous input PTS.

PREV_INDURATION

    The previous input duration.

PREV_OUTDTS

    The previous output DTS.

PREV_OUTPTS

    The previous output PTS.

PREV_OUTDURATION

    The previous output duration.

NEXT_DTS

    The next input DTS.

NEXT_PTS

    The next input PTS.

NEXT_DURATION

    The next input duration.

TB

    The timebase of stream packet belongs.

TB_OUT

    The output timebase.

SR

    The sample rate of stream packet belongs.

NOPTS

    The AV_NOPTS_VALUE constant.


      11.30 text2movsub

Convert text subtitles to MOV subtitles (as used by the |mov_text|
codec) with metadata headers.

See also the
mov2textsub

<#mov2textsub> filter.


      11.31 trace_headers

Log trace output containing all syntax elements in the coded stream
headers (everything above the level of individual coded blocks). This
can be useful for debugging low-level stream issues.

Supports AV1, H.264, H.265, (M)JPEG, MPEG-2 and VP9, but depending on
the build only a subset of these may be available.


      11.32 truehd_core

Extract the core from a TrueHD stream, dropping ATMOS data.


      11.33 vp9_metadata

Modify metadata embedded in a VP9 stream.

color_space

    Set the color space value in the frame header. Note that any frame
    set to RGB will be implicitly set to PC range and that RGB is
    incompatible with profiles 0 and 2.

    ‘unknown’
    ‘bt601’
    ‘bt709’
    ‘smpte170’
    ‘smpte240’
    ‘bt2020’
    ‘rgb’

color_range

    Set the color range value in the frame header. Note that any value
    imposed by the color space will take precedence over this value.

    ‘tv’
    ‘pc’


      11.34 vp9_superframe

Merge VP9 invisible (alt-ref) frames back into VP9 superframes. This
fixes merging of split/segmented VP9 streams where the alt-ref frame was
split from its visible counterpart.


      11.35 vp9_superframe_split

Split VP9 superframes into single frames.


      11.36 vp9_raw_reorder

Given a VP9 stream with correct timestamps but possibly out of order,
insert additional show-existing-frame packets to correct the ordering.


    12 Format Options

The libavformat library provides some generic global options, which can
be set on all the muxers and demuxers. In addition each muxer or demuxer
may support so-called private options, which are specific for that
component.

Options may be set by specifying -option value in the FFmpeg tools, or
by setting the value explicitly in the |AVFormatContext| options or
using the libavutil/opt.h API for programmatic use.

The list of supported options follows:

avioflags flags (/input/output/)

    Possible values:

    ‘direct’

        Reduce buffering.

probesize integer (/input/)

    Set probing size in bytes, i.e. the size of the data to analyze to
    get stream information. A higher value will enable detecting more
    information in case it is dispersed into the stream, but will
    increase latency. Must be an integer not lesser than 32. It is
    5000000 by default.

max_probe_packets integer (/input/)

    Set the maximum number of buffered packets when probing a codec.
    Default is 2500 packets.

packetsize integer (/output/)

    Set packet size.

fflags flags

    Set format flags. Some are implemented for a limited number of formats.

    Possible values for input files:

    ‘discardcorrupt’

        Discard corrupted packets.

    ‘fastseek’

        Enable fast, but inaccurate seeks for some formats.

    ‘genpts’

        Generate missing PTS if DTS is present.

    ‘igndts’

        Ignore DTS if PTS is set. Inert when nofillin is set.

    ‘ignidx’

        Ignore index.

    ‘nobuffer’

        Reduce the latency introduced by buffering during initial input
        streams analysis.

    ‘nofillin’

        Do not fill in missing values in packet fields that can be
        exactly calculated.

    ‘noparse’

        Disable AVParsers, this needs |+nofillin| too.

    ‘sortdts’

        Try to interleave output packets by DTS. At present, available
        only for AVIs with an index.

    Possible values for output files:

    ‘autobsf’

        Automatically apply bitstream filters as required by the output
        format. Enabled by default.

    ‘bitexact’

        Only write platform-, build- and time-independent data. This
        ensures that file and data checksums are reproducible and match
        between platforms. Its primary use is for regression testing.

    ‘flush_packets’

        Write out packets immediately.

    ‘shortest’

        Stop muxing at the end of the shortest stream. It may be needed
        to increase max_interleave_delta to avoid flushing the longer
        streams before EOF.

seek2any integer (/input/)

    Allow seeking to non-keyframes on demuxer level when supported if
    set to 1. Default is 0.

analyzeduration integer (/input/)

    Specify how many microseconds are analyzed to probe the input. A
    higher value will enable detecting more accurate information, but
    will increase latency. It defaults to 5,000,000 microseconds = 5
    seconds.

cryptokey hexadecimal string (/input/)

    Set decryption key.

indexmem integer (/input/)

    Set max memory used for timestamp index (per stream).

rtbufsize integer (/input/)

    Set max memory used for buffering real-time frames.

fdebug flags (/input/output/)

    Print specific debug info.

    Possible values:

    ‘ts’

max_delay integer (/input/output/)

    Set maximum muxing or demuxing delay in microseconds.

fpsprobesize integer (/input/)

    Set number of frames used to probe fps.

audio_preload integer (/output/)

    Set microseconds by which audio packets should be interleaved earlier.

chunk_duration integer (/output/)

    Set microseconds for each chunk.

chunk_size integer (/output/)

    Set size in bytes for each chunk.

err_detect, f_err_detect flags (/input/)

    Set error detection flags. |f_err_detect| is deprecated and should
    be used only via the |ffmpeg| tool.

    Possible values:

    ‘crccheck’

        Verify embedded CRCs.

    ‘bitstream’

        Detect bitstream specification deviations.

    ‘buffer’

        Detect improper bitstream length.

    ‘explode’

        Abort decoding on minor error detection.

    ‘careful’

        Consider things that violate the spec and have not been seen in
        the wild as errors.

    ‘compliant’

        Consider all spec non compliancies as errors.

    ‘aggressive’

        Consider things that a sane encoder should not do as an error.

max_interleave_delta integer (/output/)

    Set maximum buffering duration for interleaving. The duration is
    expressed in microseconds, and defaults to 10000000 (10 seconds).

    To ensure all the streams are interleaved correctly, libavformat
    will wait until it has at least one packet for each stream before
    actually writing any packets to the output file. When some streams
    are "sparse" (i.e. there are large gaps between successive packets),
    this can result in excessive buffering.

    This field specifies the maximum difference between the timestamps
    of the first and the last packet in the muxing queue, above which
    libavformat will output a packet regardless of whether it has queued
    a packet for all the streams.

    If set to 0, libavformat will continue buffering packets until it
    has a packet for each stream, regardless of the maximum timestamp
    difference between the buffered packets.

use_wallclock_as_timestamps integer (/input/)

    Use wallclock as timestamps if set to 1. Default is 0.

avoid_negative_ts integer (/output/)

    Possible values:

    ‘make_non_negative’

        Shift timestamps to make them non-negative. Also note that this
        affects only leading negative timestamps, and not non-monotonic
        negative timestamps.

    ‘make_zero’

        Shift timestamps so that the first timestamp is 0.

    ‘auto (default)’

        Enables shifting when required by the target format.

    ‘disabled’

        Disables shifting of timestamp.

    When shifting is enabled, all output timestamps are shifted by the
    same amount. Audio, video, and subtitles desynching and relative
    timestamp differences are preserved compared to how they would have
    been without shifting.

skip_initial_bytes integer (/input/)

    Set number of bytes to skip before reading header and frames if set
    to 1. Default is 0.

correct_ts_overflow integer (/input/)

    Correct single timestamp overflows if set to 1. Default is 1.

flush_packets integer (/output/)

    Flush the underlying I/O stream after each packet. Default is -1
    (auto), which means that the underlying protocol will decide, 1
    enables it, and has the effect of reducing the latency, 0 disables
    it and may increase IO throughput in some cases.

output_ts_offset offset (/output/)

    Set the output time offset.

    offset must be a time duration specification, see
    (ffmpeg-utils)the Time duration section in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#time-duration-syntax>.


    The offset is added by the muxer to the output timestamps.

    Specifying a positive offset means that the corresponding streams
    are delayed bt the time duration specified in offset. Default value
    is |0| (meaning that no offset is applied).

format_whitelist list (/input/)

    "," separated list of allowed demuxers. By default all are allowed.

dump_separator string (/input/)

    Separator used to separate the fields printed on the command line
    about the Stream parameters. For example, to separate the fields
    with newlines and indentation:

    ffprobe -dump_separator "
                              "  -i ~/videos/matrixbench_mpeg2.mpg

max_streams integer (/input/)

    Specifies the maximum number of streams. This can be used to reject
    files that would require too many resources due to a large number of
    streams.

skip_estimate_duration_from_pts bool (/input/)

    Skip estimation of input duration when calculated using PTS. At
    present, applicable for MPEG-PS and MPEG-TS.

strict, f_strict integer (/input/output/)

    Specify how strictly to follow the standards. |f_strict| is
    deprecated and should be used only via the |ffmpeg| tool.

    Possible values:

    ‘very’

        strictly conform to an older more strict version of the spec or
        reference software

    ‘strict’

        strictly conform to all the things in the spec no matter what
        consequences

    ‘normal’
    ‘unofficial’

        allow unofficial extensions

    ‘experimental’

        allow non standardized experimental things, experimental
        (unfinished/work in progress/not well tested) decoders and
        encoders. Note: experimental decoders can pose a security risk,
        do not use this for decoding untrusted input.

  *
    Format stream specifiers

    <#Format-stream-specifiers-1>


      12.1 Format stream specifiers

Format stream specifiers allow selection of one or more streams that
match specific properties.

The exact semantics of stream specifiers is defined by the
|avformat_match_stream_specifier()| function declared in the
libavformat/avformat.h header and documented in the
(ffmpeg)Stream specifiers section in the ffmpeg(1) manual

<file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg.html#Stream-specifiers>.



    13 Demuxers

Demuxers are configured elements in FFmpeg that can read the multimedia
streams from a particular type of file.

When you configure your FFmpeg build, all the supported demuxers are
enabled by default. You can list all available ones using the configure
option |--list-demuxers|.

You can disable all the demuxers using the configure option
|--disable-demuxers|, and selectively enable a single demuxer with the
option |--enable-demuxer=DEMUXER|, or disable it with the option
|--disable-demuxer=DEMUXER|.

The option |-demuxers| of the ff* tools will display the list of enabled
demuxers. Use |-formats| to view a combined list of enabled demuxers and
muxers.

The description of some of the currently available demuxers follows.

  *
    aa

    <#aa>
  *
    aac

    <#aac>
  *
    apng

    <#apng>
  *
    asf

    <#asf>
  *
    concat

    <#concat-1>
  *
    dash

    <#dash>
  *
    ea

    <#ea>
  *
    imf

    <#imf>
  *
    flv, live_flv, kux

    <#flv_002c-live_005fflv_002c-kux>
  *
    gif

    <#gif>
  *
    hls

    <#hls>
  *
    image2

    <#image2>
  *
    libgme

    <#libgme>
  *
    libmodplug

    <#libmodplug>
  *
    libopenmpt

    <#libopenmpt>
  *
    mov/mp4/3gp

    <#mov_002fmp4_002f3gp>
  *
    mpegts

    <#mpegts>
  *
    mpjpeg

    <#mpjpeg>
  *
    rawvideo

    <#rawvideo-1>
  *
    sbg

    <#sbg>
  *
    tedcaptions

    <#tedcaptions>
  *
    vapoursynth

    <#vapoursynth>


      13.1 aa

Audible Format 2, 3, and 4 demuxer.

This demuxer is used to demux Audible Format 2, 3, and 4 (.aa) files.


      13.2 aac

Raw Audio Data Transport Stream AAC demuxer.

This demuxer is used to demux an ADTS input containing a single AAC
stream alongwith any ID3v1/2 or APE tags in it.


      13.3 apng

Animated Portable Network Graphics demuxer.

This demuxer is used to demux APNG files. All headers, but the PNG
signature, up to (but not including) the first fcTL chunk are
transmitted as extradata. Frames are then split as being all the chunks
between two fcTL ones, or between the last fcTL and IEND chunks.

-ignore_loop bool

    Ignore the loop variable in the file if set. Default is enabled.

-max_fps int

    Maximum framerate in frames per second. Default of 0 imposes no limit.

-default_fps int

    Default framerate in frames per second when none is specified in the
    file (0 meaning as fast as possible). Default is 15.


      13.4 asf

Advanced Systems Format demuxer.

This demuxer is used to demux ASF files and MMS network streams.

-no_resync_search bool

    Do not try to resynchronize by looking for a certain optional start
    code.


      13.5 concat

Virtual concatenation script demuxer.

This demuxer reads a list of files and other directives from a text file
and demuxes them one after the other, as if all their packets had been
muxed together.

The timestamps in the files are adjusted so that the first file starts
at 0 and each next file starts where the previous one finishes. Note
that it is done globally and may cause gaps if all streams do not have
exactly the same length.

All files must have the same streams (same codecs, same time base, etc.).

The duration of each file is used to adjust the timestamps of the next
file: if the duration is incorrect (because it was computed using the
bit-rate or because the file is truncated, for example), it can cause
artifacts. The |duration| directive can be used to override the duration
stored in each file.

  *
    Syntax

    <#Syntax-1>
  *
    Options

    <#Options-10>
  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-3>


        13.5.1 Syntax

The script is a text file in extended-ASCII, with one directive per
line. Empty lines, leading spaces and lines starting with ’#’ are
ignored. The following directive is recognized:

|file path|

    Path to a file to read; special characters and spaces must be
    escaped with backslash or single quotes.

    All subsequent file-related directives apply to that file.

|ffconcat version 1.0|

    Identify the script type and version.

    To make FFmpeg recognize the format automatically, this directive
    must appear exactly as is (no extra space or byte-order-mark) on the
    very first line of the script.

|duration dur|

    Duration of the file. This information can be specified from the
    file; specifying it here may be more efficient or help if the
    information from the file is not available or accurate.

    If the duration is set for all files, then it is possible to seek in
    the whole concatenated video.

|inpoint timestamp|

    In point of the file. When the demuxer opens the file it instantly
    seeks to the specified timestamp. Seeking is done so that all
    streams can be presented successfully at In point.

    This directive works best with intra frame codecs, because for
    non-intra frame ones you will usually get extra packets before the
    actual In point and the decoded content will most likely contain
    frames before In point too.

    For each file, packets before the file In point will have timestamps
    less than the calculated start timestamp of the file (negative in
    case of the first file), and the duration of the files (if not
    specified by the |duration| directive) will be reduced based on
    their specified In point.

    Because of potential packets before the specified In point, packet
    timestamps may overlap between two concatenated files.

|outpoint timestamp|

    Out point of the file. When the demuxer reaches the specified
    decoding timestamp in any of the streams, it handles it as an end of
    file condition and skips the current and all the remaining packets
    from all streams.

    Out point is exclusive, which means that the demuxer will not output
    packets with a decoding timestamp greater or equal to Out point.

    This directive works best with intra frame codecs and formats where
    all streams are tightly interleaved. For non-intra frame codecs you
    will usually get additional packets with presentation timestamp
    after Out point therefore the decoded content will most likely
    contain frames after Out point too. If your streams are not tightly
    interleaved you may not get all the packets from all streams before
    Out point and you may only will be able to decode the earliest
    stream until Out point.

    The duration of the files (if not specified by the |duration|
    directive) will be reduced based on their specified Out point.

|file_packet_metadata key=value|

    Metadata of the packets of the file. The specified metadata will be
    set for each file packet. You can specify this directive multiple
    times to add multiple metadata entries. This directive is
    deprecated, use |file_packet_meta| instead.

|file_packet_meta key value|

    Metadata of the packets of the file. The specified metadata will be
    set for each file packet. You can specify this directive multiple
    times to add multiple metadata entries.

|option key value|

    Option to access, open and probe the file. Can be present multiple
    times.

|stream|

    Introduce a stream in the virtual file. All subsequent
    stream-related directives apply to the last introduced stream. Some
    streams properties must be set in order to allow identifying the
    matching streams in the subfiles. If no streams are defined in the
    script, the streams from the first file are copied.

|exact_stream_id id|

    Set the id of the stream. If this directive is given, the string
    with the corresponding id in the subfiles will be used. This is
    especially useful for MPEG-PS (VOB) files, where the order of the
    streams is not reliable.

|stream_meta key value|

    Metadata for the stream. Can be present multiple times.

|stream_codec value|

    Codec for the stream.

|stream_extradata hex_string|

    Extradata for the string, encoded in hexadecimal.

|chapter id start end|

    Add a chapter. id is an unique identifier, possibly small and
    consecutive.


        13.5.2 Options

This demuxer accepts the following option:

safe

    If set to 1, reject unsafe file paths and directives. A file path is
    considered safe if it does not contain a protocol specification and
    is relative and all components only contain characters from the
    portable character set (letters, digits, period, underscore and
    hyphen) and have no period at the beginning of a component.

    If set to 0, any file name is accepted.

    The default is 1.

auto_convert

    If set to 1, try to perform automatic conversions on packet data to
    make the streams concatenable. The default is 1.

    Currently, the only conversion is adding the h264_mp4toannexb
    bitstream filter to H.264 streams in MP4 format. This is necessary
    in particular if there are resolution changes.

segment_time_metadata

    If set to 1, every packet will contain the lavf.concat.start_time
    and the lavf.concat.duration packet metadata values which are the
    start_time and the duration of the respective file segments in the
    concatenated output expressed in microseconds. The duration metadata
    is only set if it is known based on the concat file. The default is 0.


        13.5.3 Examples

  * Use absolute filenames and include some comments:

    # my first filename
    file /mnt/share/file-1.wav
    # my second filename including whitespace
    file '/mnt/share/file 2.wav'
    # my third filename including whitespace plus single quote
    file '/mnt/share/file 3'\''.wav'

  * Allow for input format auto-probing, use safe filenames and set the
    duration of the first file:

    ffconcat version 1.0

    file file-1.wav
    duration 20.0

    file subdir/file-2.wav


      13.6 dash

Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP demuxer.

This demuxer presents all AVStreams found in the manifest. By setting
the discard flags on AVStreams the caller can decide which streams to
actually receive. Each stream mirrors the |id| and |bandwidth|
properties from the |<Representation>| as metadata keys named "id" and
"variant_bitrate" respectively.

  *
    Options

    <#Options-11>


        13.6.1 Options

This demuxer accepts the following option:

cenc_decryption_key

    16-byte key, in hex, to decrypt files encrypted using ISO Common
    Encryption (CENC/AES-128 CTR; ISO/IEC 23001-7).


      13.7 ea

Electronic Arts Multimedia format demuxer.

This format is used by various Electronic Arts games.

  *
    Options

    <#Options-12>


        13.7.1 Options

merge_alpha bool

    Normally the VP6 alpha channel (if exists) is returned as a
    secondary video stream, by setting this option you can make the
    demuxer return a single video stream which contains the alpha
    channel in addition to the ordinary video.


      13.8 imf

Interoperable Master Format demuxer.

This demuxer presents audio and video streams found in an IMF
Composition, as specified in
SMPTE ST 2067-2

<https://doi.org/10.5594/SMPTE.ST2067-2.2020>.

ffmpeg [-assetmaps <path of ASSETMAP1>,<path of ASSETMAP2>,...] -i <path of CPL> ...

If |-assetmaps| is not specified, the demuxer looks for a file called
ASSETMAP.xml in the same directory as the CPL.


      13.9 flv, live_flv, kux

Adobe Flash Video Format demuxer.

This demuxer is used to demux FLV files and RTMP network streams. In
case of live network streams, if you force format, you may use live_flv
option instead of flv to survive timestamp discontinuities. KUX is a flv
variant used on the Youku platform.

ffmpeg -f flv -i myfile.flv ...
ffmpeg -f live_flv -i rtmp://<any.server>/anything/key ....

-flv_metadata bool

    Allocate the streams according to the onMetaData array content.

-flv_ignore_prevtag bool

    Ignore the size of previous tag value.

-flv_full_metadata bool

    Output all context of the onMetadata.


      13.10 gif

Animated GIF demuxer.

It accepts the following options:

min_delay

    Set the minimum valid delay between frames in hundredths of seconds.
    Range is 0 to 6000. Default value is 2.

max_gif_delay

    Set the maximum valid delay between frames in hundredth of seconds.
    Range is 0 to 65535. Default value is 65535 (nearly eleven minutes),
    the maximum value allowed by the specification.

default_delay

    Set the default delay between frames in hundredths of seconds. Range
    is 0 to 6000. Default value is 10.

ignore_loop

    GIF files can contain information to loop a certain number of times
    (or infinitely). If ignore_loop is set to 1, then the loop setting
    from the input will be ignored and looping will not occur. If set to
    0, then looping will occur and will cycle the number of times
    according to the GIF. Default value is 1.

For example, with the overlay filter, place an infinitely looping GIF
over another video:

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -ignore_loop 0 -i input.gif -filter_complex overlay=shortest=1 out.mkv

Note that in the above example the shortest option for overlay filter is
used to end the output video at the length of the shortest input file,
which in this case is input.mp4 as the GIF in this example loops
infinitely.


      13.11 hls

HLS demuxer

Apple HTTP Live Streaming demuxer.

This demuxer presents all AVStreams from all variant streams. The id
field is set to the bitrate variant index number. By setting the discard
flags on AVStreams (by pressing ’a’ or ’v’ in ffplay), the caller can
decide which variant streams to actually receive. The total bitrate of
the variant that the stream belongs to is available in a metadata key
named "variant_bitrate".

It accepts the following options:

live_start_index

    segment index to start live streams at (negative values are from the
    end).

prefer_x_start

    prefer to use #EXT-X-START if it’s in playlist instead of
    live_start_index.

allowed_extensions

    ’,’ separated list of file extensions that hls is allowed to access.

max_reload

    Maximum number of times a insufficient list is attempted to be
    reloaded. Default value is 1000.

m3u8_hold_counters

    The maximum number of times to load m3u8 when it refreshes without
    new segments. Default value is 1000.

http_persistent

    Use persistent HTTP connections. Applicable only for HTTP streams.
    Enabled by default.

http_multiple

    Use multiple HTTP connections for downloading HTTP segments. Enabled
    by default for HTTP/1.1 servers.

http_seekable

    Use HTTP partial requests for downloading HTTP segments. 0 =
    disable, 1 = enable, -1 = auto, Default is auto.

seg_format_options

    Set options for the demuxer of media segments using a list of
    key=value pairs separated by |:|.

seg_max_retry

    Maximum number of times to reload a segment on error, useful when
    segment skip on network error is not desired. Default value is 0.


      13.12 image2

Image file demuxer.

This demuxer reads from a list of image files specified by a pattern.
The syntax and meaning of the pattern is specified by the option
pattern_type.

The pattern may contain a suffix which is used to automatically
determine the format of the images contained in the files.

The size, the pixel format, and the format of each image must be the
same for all the files in the sequence.

This demuxer accepts the following options:

framerate

    Set the frame rate for the video stream. It defaults to 25.

loop

    If set to 1, loop over the input. Default value is 0.

pattern_type

    Select the pattern type used to interpret the provided filename.

    pattern_type accepts one of the following values.

    none

        Disable pattern matching, therefore the video will only contain
        the specified image. You should use this option if you do not
        want to create sequences from multiple images and your filenames
        may contain special pattern characters.

    sequence

        Select a sequence pattern type, used to specify a sequence of
        files indexed by sequential numbers.

        A sequence pattern may contain the string "%d" or "%0Nd", which
        specifies the position of the characters representing a
        sequential number in each filename matched by the pattern. If
        the form "%d0Nd" is used, the string representing the number in
        each filename is 0-padded and N is the total number of 0-padded
        digits representing the number. The literal character ’%’ can be
        specified in the pattern with the string "%%".

        If the sequence pattern contains "%d" or "%0Nd", the first
        filename of the file list specified by the pattern must contain
        a number inclusively contained between start_number and
        start_number+start_number_range-1, and all the following numbers
        must be sequential.

        For example the pattern "img-%03d.bmp" will match a sequence of
        filenames of the form img-001.bmp, img-002.bmp, ...,
        img-010.bmp, etc.; the pattern "i%%m%%g-%d.jpg" will match a
        sequence of filenames of the form i%m%g-1.jpg, i%m%g-2.jpg, ...,
        i%m%g-10.jpg, etc.

        Note that the pattern must not necessarily contain "%d" or
        "%0Nd", for example to convert a single image file img.jpeg you
        can employ the command:

        ffmpeg -i img.jpeg img.png

    glob

        Select a glob wildcard pattern type.

        The pattern is interpreted like a |glob()| pattern. This is only
        selectable if libavformat was compiled with globbing support.

    glob_sequence /(deprecated, will be removed)/

        Select a mixed glob wildcard/sequence pattern.

        If your version of libavformat was compiled with globbing
        support, and the provided pattern contains at least one glob
        meta character among |%*?[]{}| that is preceded by an unescaped
        "%", the pattern is interpreted like a |glob()| pattern,
        otherwise it is interpreted like a sequence pattern.

        All glob special characters |%*?[]{}| must be prefixed with "%".
        To escape a literal "%" you shall use "%%".

        For example the pattern |foo-%*.jpeg| will match all the
        filenames prefixed by "foo-" and terminating with ".jpeg", and
        |foo-%?%?%?.jpeg| will match all the filenames prefixed with
        "foo-", followed by a sequence of three characters, and
        terminating with ".jpeg".

        This pattern type is deprecated in favor of glob and sequence.

    Default value is glob_sequence.

pixel_format

    Set the pixel format of the images to read. If not specified the
    pixel format is guessed from the first image file in the sequence.

start_number

    Set the index of the file matched by the image file pattern to start
    to read from. Default value is 0.

start_number_range

    Set the index interval range to check when looking for the first
    image file in the sequence, starting from start_number. Default
    value is 5.

ts_from_file

    If set to 1, will set frame timestamp to modification time of image
    file. Note that monotonity of timestamps is not provided: images go
    in the same order as without this option. Default value is 0. If set
    to 2, will set frame timestamp to the modification time of the image
    file in nanosecond precision.

video_size

    Set the video size of the images to read. If not specified the video
    size is guessed from the first image file in the sequence.

export_path_metadata

    If set to 1, will add two extra fields to the metadata found in
    input, making them also available for other filters (see drawtext
    filter for examples). Default value is 0. The extra fields are
    described below:

    lavf.image2dec.source_path

        Corresponds to the full path to the input file being read.

    lavf.image2dec.source_basename

        Corresponds to the name of the file being read.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-4>


        13.12.1 Examples

  * Use |ffmpeg| for creating a video from the images in the file
    sequence img-001.jpeg, img-002.jpeg, ..., assuming an input frame
    rate of 10 frames per second:

    ffmpeg -framerate 10 -i 'img-%03d.jpeg' out.mkv

  * As above, but start by reading from a file with index 100 in the
    sequence:

    ffmpeg -framerate 10 -start_number 100 -i 'img-%03d.jpeg' out.mkv

  * Read images matching the "*.png" glob pattern , that is all the
    files terminating with the ".png" suffix:

    ffmpeg -framerate 10 -pattern_type glob -i "*.png" out.mkv


      13.13 libgme

The Game Music Emu library is a collection of video game music file
emulators.

See
https://bitbucket.org/mpyne/game-music-emu/overview

for more information.

It accepts the following options:

track_index

    Set the index of which track to demux. The demuxer can only export
    one track. Track indexes start at 0. Default is to pick the first
    track. Number of tracks is exported as tracks metadata entry.

sample_rate

    Set the sampling rate of the exported track. Range is 1000 to
    999999. Default is 44100.

max_size /(bytes)/

    The demuxer buffers the entire file into memory. Adjust this value
    to set the maximum buffer size, which in turn, acts as a ceiling for
    the size of files that can be read. Default is 50 MiB.


      13.14 libmodplug

ModPlug based module demuxer

See
https://github.com/Konstanty/libmodplug

It will export one 2-channel 16-bit 44.1 kHz audio stream. Optionally, a
|pal8| 16-color video stream can be exported with or without printed
metadata.

It accepts the following options:

noise_reduction

    Apply a simple low-pass filter. Can be 1 (on) or 0 (off). Default is 0.

reverb_depth

    Set amount of reverb. Range 0-100. Default is 0.

reverb_delay

    Set delay in ms, clamped to 40-250 ms. Default is 0.

bass_amount

    Apply bass expansion a.k.a. XBass or megabass. Range is 0 (quiet) to
    100 (loud). Default is 0.

bass_range

    Set cutoff i.e. upper-bound for bass frequencies. Range is 10-100
    Hz. Default is 0.

surround_depth

    Apply a Dolby Pro-Logic surround effect. Range is 0 (quiet) to 100
    (heavy). Default is 0.

surround_delay

    Set surround delay in ms, clamped to 5-40 ms. Default is 0.

max_size

    The demuxer buffers the entire file into memory. Adjust this value
    to set the maximum buffer size, which in turn, acts as a ceiling for
    the size of files that can be read. Range is 0 to 100 MiB. 0 removes
    buffer size limit (not recommended). Default is 5 MiB.

video_stream_expr

    String which is evaluated using the eval API to assign colors to the
    generated video stream. Variables which can be used are |x|, |y|,
    |w|, |h|, |t|, |speed|, |tempo|, |order|, |pattern| and |row|.

video_stream

    Generate video stream. Can be 1 (on) or 0 (off). Default is 0.

video_stream_w

    Set video frame width in ’chars’ where one char indicates 8 pixels.
    Range is 20-512. Default is 30.

video_stream_h

    Set video frame height in ’chars’ where one char indicates 8 pixels.
    Range is 20-512. Default is 30.

video_stream_ptxt

    Print metadata on video stream. Includes |speed|, |tempo|, |order|,
    |pattern|, |row| and |ts| (time in ms). Can be 1 (on) or 0 (off).
    Default is 1.


      13.15 libopenmpt

libopenmpt based module demuxer

See
https://lib.openmpt.org/libopenmpt/

for more information.

Some files have multiple subsongs (tracks) this can be set with the
subsong option.

It accepts the following options:

subsong

    Set the subsong index. This can be either ’all’, ’auto’, or the
    index of the subsong. Subsong indexes start at 0. The default is
    ’auto’.

    The default value is to let libopenmpt choose.

layout

    Set the channel layout. Valid values are 1, 2, and 4 channel
    layouts. The default value is STEREO.

sample_rate

    Set the sample rate for libopenmpt to output. Range is from 1000 to
    INT_MAX. The value default is 48000.


      13.16 mov/mp4/3gp

Demuxer for Quicktime File Format & ISO/IEC Base Media File Format
(ISO/IEC 14496-12 or MPEG-4 Part 12, ISO/IEC 15444-12 or JPEG 2000 Part
12).

Registered extensions: mov, mp4, m4a, 3gp, 3g2, mj2, psp, m4b, ism,
ismv, isma, f4v

  *
    Options

    <#Options-13>
  *
    Audible AAX

    <#Audible-AAX>


        13.16.1 Options

This demuxer accepts the following options:

enable_drefs

    Enable loading of external tracks, disabled by default. Enabling
    this can theoretically leak information in some use cases.

use_absolute_path

    Allows loading of external tracks via absolute paths, disabled by
    default. Enabling this poses a security risk. It should only be
    enabled if the source is known to be non-malicious.

seek_streams_individually

    When seeking, identify the closest point in each stream individually
    and demux packets in that stream from identified point. This can
    lead to a different sequence of packets compared to demuxing
    linearly from the beginning. Default is true.

ignore_editlist

    Ignore any edit list atoms. The demuxer, by default, modifies the
    stream index to reflect the timeline described by the edit list.
    Default is false.

advanced_editlist

    Modify the stream index to reflect the timeline described by the
    edit list. |ignore_editlist| must be set to false for this option to
    be effective. If both |ignore_editlist| and this option are set to
    false, then only the start of the stream index is modified to
    reflect initial dwell time or starting timestamp described by the
    edit list. Default is true.

ignore_chapters

    Don’t parse chapters. This includes GoPro ’HiLight’ tags/moments.
    Note that chapters are only parsed when input is seekable. Default
    is false.

use_mfra_for

    For seekable fragmented input, set fragment’s starting timestamp
    from media fragment random access box, if present.

    Following options are available:

    ‘auto’

        Auto-detect whether to set mfra timestamps as PTS or DTS
        /(default)/

    ‘dts’

        Set mfra timestamps as DTS

    ‘pts’

        Set mfra timestamps as PTS

    ‘0’

        Don’t use mfra box to set timestamps

use_tfdt

    For fragmented input, set fragment’s starting timestamp to
    |baseMediaDecodeTime| from the |tfdt| box. Default is enabled, which
    will prefer to use the |tfdt| box to set DTS. Disable to use the
    |earliest_presentation_time| from the |sidx| box. In either case,
    the timestamp from the |mfra| box will be used if it’s available and
    |use_mfra_for| is set to pts or dts.

export_all

    Export unrecognized boxes within the udta box as metadata entries.
    The first four characters of the box type are set as the key.
    Default is false.

export_xmp

    Export entire contents of XMP_ box and uuid box as a string with key
    |xmp|. Note that if |export_all| is set and this option isn’t, the
    contents of XMP_ box are still exported but with key |XMP_|. Default
    is false.

activation_bytes

    4-byte key required to decrypt Audible AAX and AAX+ files. See
    Audible AAX subsection below.

audible_fixed_key

    Fixed key used for handling Audible AAX/AAX+ files. It has been
    pre-set so should not be necessary to specify.

decryption_key

    16-byte key, in hex, to decrypt files encrypted using ISO Common
    Encryption (CENC/AES-128 CTR; ISO/IEC 23001-7).

max_stts_delta

    Very high sample deltas written in a trak’s stts box may
    occasionally be intended but usually they are written in error or
    used to store a negative value for dts correction when treated as
    signed 32-bit integers. This option lets the user set an upper
    limit, beyond which the delta is clamped to 1. Values greater than
    the limit if negative when cast to int32 are used to adjust onward dts.

    Unit is the track time scale. Range is 0 to UINT_MAX. Default is
    |UINT_MAX - 48000*10| which allows upto a 10 second dts correction
    for 48 kHz audio streams while accommodating 99.9% of |uint32| range.

interleaved_read

    Interleave packets from multiple tracks at demuxer level. For badly
    interleaved files, this prevents playback issues caused by large
    gaps between packets in different tracks, as MOV/MP4 do not have
    packet placement requirements. However, this can cause excessive
    seeking on very badly interleaved files, due to seeking between
    tracks, so disabling it may prevent I/O issues, at the expense of
    playback.


        13.16.2 Audible AAX

Audible AAX files are encrypted M4B files, and they can be decrypted by
specifying a 4 byte activation secret.

ffmpeg -activation_bytes 1CEB00DA -i test.aax -vn -c:a copy output.mp4


      13.17 mpegts

MPEG-2 transport stream demuxer.

This demuxer accepts the following options:

resync_size

    Set size limit for looking up a new synchronization. Default value
    is 65536.

skip_unknown_pmt

    Skip PMTs for programs not defined in the PAT. Default value is 0.

fix_teletext_pts

    Override teletext packet PTS and DTS values with the timestamps
    calculated from the PCR of the first program which the teletext
    stream is part of and is not discarded. Default value is 1, set this
    option to 0 if you want your teletext packet PTS and DTS values
    untouched.

ts_packetsize

    Output option carrying the raw packet size in bytes. Show the
    detected raw packet size, cannot be set by the user.

scan_all_pmts

    Scan and combine all PMTs. The value is an integer with value from
    -1 to 1 (-1 means automatic setting, 1 means enabled, 0 means
    disabled). Default value is -1.

merge_pmt_versions

    Re-use existing streams when a PMT’s version is updated and
    elementary streams move to different PIDs. Default value is 0.

max_packet_size

    Set maximum size, in bytes, of packet emitted by the demuxer.
    Payloads above this size are split across multiple packets. Range is
    1 to INT_MAX/2. Default is 204800 bytes.


      13.18 mpjpeg

MJPEG encapsulated in multi-part MIME demuxer.

This demuxer allows reading of MJPEG, where each frame is represented as
a part of multipart/x-mixed-replace stream.

strict_mime_boundary

    Default implementation applies a relaxed standard to multi-part MIME
    boundary detection, to prevent regression with numerous existing
    endpoints not generating a proper MIME MJPEG stream. Turning this
    option on by setting it to 1 will result in a stricter check of the
    boundary value.


      13.19 rawvideo

Raw video demuxer.

This demuxer allows one to read raw video data. Since there is no header
specifying the assumed video parameters, the user must specify them in
order to be able to decode the data correctly.

This demuxer accepts the following options:

framerate

    Set input video frame rate. Default value is 25.

pixel_format

    Set the input video pixel format. Default value is |yuv420p|.

video_size

    Set the input video size. This value must be specified explicitly.

For example to read a rawvideo file input.raw with |ffplay|, assuming a
pixel format of |rgb24|, a video size of |320x240|, and a frame rate of
10 images per second, use the command:

ffplay -f rawvideo -pixel_format rgb24 -video_size 320x240 -framerate 10 input.raw


      13.20 sbg

SBaGen script demuxer.

This demuxer reads the script language used by SBaGen
http://uazu.net/sbagen/

to generate binaural beats sessions. A SBG script looks like that:

-SE
a: 300-2.5/3 440+4.5/0
b: 300-2.5/0 440+4.5/3
off: -
NOW      == a
+0:07:00 == b
+0:14:00 == a
+0:21:00 == b
+0:30:00    off

A SBG script can mix absolute and relative timestamps. If the script
uses either only absolute timestamps (including the script start time)
or only relative ones, then its layout is fixed, and the conversion is
straightforward. On the other hand, if the script mixes both kind of
timestamps, then the NOW reference for relative timestamps will be taken
from the current time of day at the time the script is read, and the
script layout will be frozen according to that reference. That means
that if the script is directly played, the actual times will match the
absolute timestamps up to the sound controller’s clock accuracy, but if
the user somehow pauses the playback or seeks, all times will be shifted
accordingly.


      13.21 tedcaptions

JSON captions used for
TED Talks

<http://www.ted.com/>.

TED does not provide links to the captions, but they can be guessed from
the page. The file tools/bookmarklets.html from the FFmpeg source tree
contains a bookmarklet to expose them.

This demuxer accepts the following option:

start_time

    Set the start time of the TED talk, in milliseconds. The default is
    15000 (15s). It is used to sync the captions with the downloadable
    videos, because they include a 15s intro.

Example: convert the captions to a format most players understand:

ffmpeg -i http://www.ted.com/talks/subtitles/id/1/lang/en talk1-en.srt


      13.22 vapoursynth

Vapoursynth wrapper.

Due to security concerns, Vapoursynth scripts will not be autodetected
so the input format has to be forced. For ff* CLI tools, add |-f
vapoursynth| before the input |-i yourscript.vpy|.

This demuxer accepts the following option:

max_script_size

    The demuxer buffers the entire script into memory. Adjust this value
    to set the maximum buffer size, which in turn, acts as a ceiling for
    the size of scripts that can be read. Default is 1 MiB.


    14 Metadata

FFmpeg is able to dump metadata from media files into a simple
UTF-8-encoded INI-like text file and then load it back using the
metadata muxer/demuxer.

The file format is as follows:

 1. A file consists of a header and a number of metadata tags divided
    into sections, each on its own line.
 2. The header is a ‘;FFMETADATA’ string, followed by a version number
    (now 1).
 3. Metadata tags are of the form ‘key=value’
 4. Immediately after header follows global metadata
 5. After global metadata there may be sections with
    per-stream/per-chapter metadata.
 6. A section starts with the section name in uppercase (i.e. STREAM or
    CHAPTER) in brackets (‘[’, ‘]’) and ends with next section or end of
    file.
 7. At the beginning of a chapter section there may be an optional
    timebase to be used for start/end values. It must be in form
    ‘TIMEBASE=num/den’, where num and den are integers. If the timebase
    is missing then start/end times are assumed to be in nanoseconds.

    Next a chapter section must contain chapter start and end times in
    form ‘START=num’, ‘END=num’, where num is a positive integer.

 8. Empty lines and lines starting with ‘;’ or ‘#’ are ignored.
 9. Metadata keys or values containing special characters (‘=’, ‘;’,
    ‘#’, ‘\’ and a newline) must be escaped with a backslash ‘\’.
10. Note that whitespace in metadata (e.g. ‘foo = bar’) is considered to
    be a part of the tag (in the example above key is ‘foo ’, value is
    ‘bar’). 

A ffmetadata file might look like this:

;FFMETADATA1
title=bike\\shed
;this is a comment
artist=FFmpeg troll team

[CHAPTER]
TIMEBASE=1/1000
START=0
#chapter ends at 0:01:00
END=60000
title=chapter \#1
[STREAM]
title=multi\
line

By using the ffmetadata muxer and demuxer it is possible to extract
metadata from an input file to an ffmetadata file, and then transcode
the file into an output file with the edited ffmetadata file.

Extracting an ffmetadata file with ffmpeg goes as follows:

ffmpeg -i INPUT -f ffmetadata FFMETADATAFILE

Reinserting edited metadata information from the FFMETADATAFILE file can
be done as:

ffmpeg -i INPUT -i FFMETADATAFILE -map_metadata 1 -codec copy OUTPUT


    15 Protocol Options

The libavformat library provides some generic global options, which can
be set on all the protocols. In addition each protocol may support
so-called private options, which are specific for that component.

Options may be set by specifying -option value in the FFmpeg tools, or
by setting the value explicitly in the |AVFormatContext| options or
using the libavutil/opt.h API for programmatic use.

The list of supported options follows:

protocol_whitelist list (/input/)

    Set a ","-separated list of allowed protocols. "ALL" matches all
    protocols. Protocols prefixed by "-" are disabled. All protocols are
    allowed by default but protocols used by an another protocol (nested
    protocols) are restricted to a per protocol subset.


    16 Protocols

Protocols are configured elements in FFmpeg that enable access to
resources that require specific protocols.

When you configure your FFmpeg build, all the supported protocols are
enabled by default. You can list all available ones using the configure
option "–list-protocols".

You can disable all the protocols using the configure option
"–disable-protocols", and selectively enable a protocol using the option
"–enable-protocol=PROTOCOL", or you can disable a particular protocol
using the option "–disable-protocol=PROTOCOL".

The option "-protocols" of the ff* tools will display the list of
supported protocols.

All protocols accept the following options:

rw_timeout

    Maximum time to wait for (network) read/write operations to
    complete, in microseconds.

A description of the currently available protocols follows.

  *
    amqp

    <#amqp>
  *
    async

    <#async>
  *
    bluray

    <#bluray>
  *
    cache

    <#cache>
  *
    concat

    <#concat-2>
  *
    concatf

    <#concatf>
  *
    crypto

    <#crypto>
  *
    data

    <#data>
  *
    fd

    <#fd>
  *
    file

    <#file>
  *
    ftp

    <#ftp>
  *
    gopher

    <#gopher>
  *
    gophers

    <#gophers>
  *
    hls

    <#hls-1>
  *
    http

    <#http>
  *
    Icecast

    <#Icecast>
  *
    ipfs

    <#ipfs>
  *
    mmst

    <#mmst>
  *
    mmsh

    <#mmsh>
  *
    md5

    <#md5>
  *
    pipe

    <#pipe>
  *
    prompeg

    <#prompeg>
  *
    rist

    <#rist>
  *
    rtmp

    <#rtmp>
  *
    rtmpe

    <#rtmpe>
  *
    rtmps

    <#rtmps>
  *
    rtmpt

    <#rtmpt>
  *
    rtmpte

    <#rtmpte>
  *
    rtmpts

    <#rtmpts>
  *
    libsmbclient

    <#libsmbclient>
  *
    libssh

    <#libssh>
  *
    librtmp rtmp, rtmpe, rtmps, rtmpt, rtmpte

    <#librtmp-rtmp_002c-rtmpe_002c-rtmps_002c-rtmpt_002c-rtmpte>
  *
    rtp

    <#rtp>
  *
    rtsp

    <#rtsp>
  *
    sap

    <#sap>
  *
    sctp

    <#sctp>
  *
    srt

    <#srt>
  *
    srtp

    <#srtp>
  *
    subfile

    <#subfile>
  *
    tee

    <#tee>
  *
    tcp

    <#tcp>
  *
    tls

    <#tls>
  *
    udp

    <#udp>
  *
    unix

    <#unix>
  *
    zmq

    <#zmq>


      16.1 amqp

Advanced Message Queueing Protocol (AMQP) version 0-9-1 is a broker
based publish-subscribe communication protocol.

FFmpeg must be compiled with –enable-librabbitmq to support AMQP. A
separate AMQP broker must also be run. An example open-source AMQP
broker is RabbitMQ.

After starting the broker, an FFmpeg client may stream data to the
broker using the command:

ffmpeg -re -i input -f mpegts amqp://[[user]:[password]@]hostname[:port][/vhost]

Where hostname and port (default is 5672) is the address of the broker.
The client may also set a user/password for authentication. The default
for both fields is "guest". Name of virtual host on broker can be set
with vhost. The default value is "/".

Muliple subscribers may stream from the broker using the command:

ffplay amqp://[[user]:[password]@]hostname[:port][/vhost]

In RabbitMQ all data published to the broker flows through a specific
exchange, and each subscribing client has an assigned queue/buffer. When
a packet arrives at an exchange, it may be copied to a client’s queue
depending on the exchange and routing_key fields.

The following options are supported:

exchange

    Sets the exchange to use on the broker. RabbitMQ has several
    predefined exchanges: "amq.direct" is the default exchange, where
    the publisher and subscriber must have a matching routing_key;
    "amq.fanout" is the same as a broadcast operation (i.e. the data is
    forwarded to all queues on the fanout exchange independent of the
    routing_key); and "amq.topic" is similar to "amq.direct", but allows
    for more complex pattern matching (refer to the RabbitMQ
    documentation).

routing_key

    Sets the routing key. The default value is "amqp". The routing key
    is used on the "amq.direct" and "amq.topic" exchanges to decide
    whether packets are written to the queue of a subscriber.

pkt_size

    Maximum size of each packet sent/received to the broker. Default is
    131072. Minimum is 4096 and max is any large value (representable by
    an int). When receiving packets, this sets an internal buffer size
    in FFmpeg. It should be equal to or greater than the size of the
    published packets to the broker. Otherwise the received message may
    be truncated causing decoding errors.

connection_timeout

    The timeout in seconds during the initial connection to the broker.
    The default value is rw_timeout, or 5 seconds if rw_timeout is not set.

delivery_mode mode

    Sets the delivery mode of each message sent to broker. The following
    values are accepted:

    ‘persistent’

        Delivery mode set to "persistent" (2). This is the default
        value. Messages may be written to the broker’s disk depending on
        its setup.

    ‘non-persistent’

        Delivery mode set to "non-persistent" (1). Messages will stay in
        broker’s memory unless the broker is under memory pressure.


      16.2 async

Asynchronous data filling wrapper for input stream.

Fill data in a background thread, to decouple I/O operation from demux
thread.

async:URL
async:http://host/resource
async:cache:http://host/resource


      16.3 bluray

Read BluRay playlist.

The accepted options are:

angle

    BluRay angle

chapter

    Start chapter (1...N)

playlist

    Playlist to read (BDMV/PLAYLIST/?????.mpls)

Examples:

Read longest playlist from BluRay mounted to /mnt/bluray:

bluray:/mnt/bluray

Read angle 2 of playlist 4 from BluRay mounted to /mnt/bluray, start
from chapter 2:

-playlist 4 -angle 2 -chapter 2 bluray:/mnt/bluray


      16.4 cache

Caching wrapper for input stream.

Cache the input stream to temporary file. It brings seeking capability
to live streams.

The accepted options are:

read_ahead_limit

    Amount in bytes that may be read ahead when seeking isn’t supported.
    Range is -1 to INT_MAX. -1 for unlimited. Default is 65536.

URL Syntax is

cache:URL


      16.5 concat

Physical concatenation protocol.

Read and seek from many resources in sequence as if they were a unique
resource.

A URL accepted by this protocol has the syntax:

concat:URL1|URL2|...|URLN

where URL1, URL2, ..., URLN are the urls of the resource to be
concatenated, each one possibly specifying a distinct protocol.

For example to read a sequence of files split1.mpeg, split2.mpeg,
split3.mpeg with |ffplay| use the command:

ffplay concat:split1.mpeg\|split2.mpeg\|split3.mpeg

Note that you may need to escape the character "|" which is special for
many shells.


      16.6 concatf

Physical concatenation protocol using a line break delimited list of
resources.

Read and seek from many resources in sequence as if they were a unique
resource.

A URL accepted by this protocol has the syntax:

concatf:URL

where URL is the url containing a line break delimited list of resources
to be concatenated, each one possibly specifying a distinct protocol.
Special characters must be escaped with backslash or single quotes. See
(ffmpeg-utils)the "Quoting and escaping" section in the ffmpeg-utils(1)
manual

<file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#quoting_005fand_005fescaping>.


For example to read a sequence of files split1.mpeg, split2.mpeg,
split3.mpeg listed in separate lines within a file split.txt with
|ffplay| use the command:

ffplay concatf:split.txt

Where split.txt contains the lines:

split1.mpeg
split2.mpeg
split3.mpeg


      16.7 crypto

AES-encrypted stream reading protocol.

The accepted options are:

key

    Set the AES decryption key binary block from given hexadecimal
    representation.

iv

    Set the AES decryption initialization vector binary block from given
    hexadecimal representation.

Accepted URL formats:

crypto:URL
crypto+URL


      16.8 data

Data in-line in the URI. See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_URI_scheme

.

For example, to convert a GIF file given inline with |ffmpeg|:

ffmpeg -i "data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhCAAIAMIEAAAAAAAA//8AAP//AP///////////////ywAAAAACAAIAAADF0gEDLojDgdGiJdJqUX02iB4E8Q9jUMkADs=" smiley.png


      16.9 fd

File descriptor access protocol.

The accepted syntax is:

fd: -fd file_descriptor

If fd is not specified, by default the stdout file descriptor will be
used for writing, stdin for reading. Unlike the pipe protocol, fd
protocol has seek support if it corresponding to a regular file. fd
protocol doesn’t support pass file descriptor via URL for security.

This protocol accepts the following options:

blocksize

    Set I/O operation maximum block size, in bytes. Default value is
    |INT_MAX|, which results in not limiting the requested block size.
    Setting this value reasonably low improves user termination request
    reaction time, which is valuable if data transmission is slow.

fd

    Set file descriptor.


      16.10 file

File access protocol.

Read from or write to a file.

A file URL can have the form:

file:filename

where filename is the path of the file to read.

An URL that does not have a protocol prefix will be assumed to be a file
URL. Depending on the build, an URL that looks like a Windows path with
the drive letter at the beginning will also be assumed to be a file URL
(usually not the case in builds for unix-like systems).

For example to read from a file input.mpeg with |ffmpeg| use the command:

ffmpeg -i file:input.mpeg output.mpeg

This protocol accepts the following options:

truncate

    Truncate existing files on write, if set to 1. A value of 0 prevents
    truncating. Default value is 1.

blocksize

    Set I/O operation maximum block size, in bytes. Default value is
    |INT_MAX|, which results in not limiting the requested block size.
    Setting this value reasonably low improves user termination request
    reaction time, which is valuable for files on slow medium.

follow

    If set to 1, the protocol will retry reading at the end of the file,
    allowing reading files that still are being written. In order for
    this to terminate, you either need to use the rw_timeout option, or
    use the interrupt callback (for API users).

seekable

    Controls if seekability is advertised on the file. 0 means
    non-seekable, -1 means auto (seekable for normal files, non-seekable
    for named pipes).

    Many demuxers handle seekable and non-seekable resources
    differently, overriding this might speed up opening certain files at
    the cost of losing some features (e.g. accurate seeking).


      16.11 ftp

FTP (File Transfer Protocol).

Read from or write to remote resources using FTP protocol.

Following syntax is required.

ftp://[user[:password]@]server[:port]/path/to/remote/resource.mpeg

This protocol accepts the following options.

timeout

    Set timeout in microseconds of socket I/O operations used by the
    underlying low level operation. By default it is set to -1, which
    means that the timeout is not specified.

ftp-user

    Set a user to be used for authenticating to the FTP server. This is
    overridden by the user in the FTP URL.

ftp-password

    Set a password to be used for authenticating to the FTP server. This
    is overridden by the password in the FTP URL, or by
    ftp-anonymous-password if no user is set.

ftp-anonymous-password

    Password used when login as anonymous user. Typically an e-mail
    address should be used.

ftp-write-seekable

    Control seekability of connection during encoding. If set to 1 the
    resource is supposed to be seekable, if set to 0 it is assumed not
    to be seekable. Default value is 0.

NOTE: Protocol can be used as output, but it is recommended to not do
it, unless special care is taken (tests, customized server configuration
etc.). Different FTP servers behave in different way during seek
operation. ff* tools may produce incomplete content due to server
limitations.


      16.12 gopher

Gopher protocol.


      16.13 gophers

Gophers protocol.

The Gopher protocol with TLS encapsulation.


      16.14 hls

Read Apple HTTP Live Streaming compliant segmented stream as a uniform
one. The M3U8 playlists describing the segments can be remote HTTP
resources or local files, accessed using the standard file protocol. The
nested protocol is declared by specifying "+proto" after the hls URI
scheme name, where proto is either "file" or "http".

hls+http://host/path/to/remote/resource.m3u8
hls+file://path/to/local/resource.m3u8

Using this protocol is discouraged - the hls demuxer should work just as
well (if not, please report the issues) and is more complete. To use the
hls demuxer instead, simply use the direct URLs to the m3u8 files.


      16.15 http

HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol).

This protocol accepts the following options:

seekable

    Control seekability of connection. If set to 1 the resource is
    supposed to be seekable, if set to 0 it is assumed not to be
    seekable, if set to -1 it will try to autodetect if it is seekable.
    Default value is -1.

chunked_post

    If set to 1 use chunked Transfer-Encoding for posts, default is 1.

content_type

    Set a specific content type for the POST messages or for listen mode.

http_proxy

    set HTTP proxy to tunnel through e.g. http://example.com:1234

headers

    Set custom HTTP headers, can override built in default headers. The
    value must be a string encoding the headers.

multiple_requests

    Use persistent connections if set to 1, default is 0.

post_data

    Set custom HTTP post data.

referer

    Set the Referer header. Include ’Referer: URL’ header in HTTP request.

user_agent

    Override the User-Agent header. If not specified the protocol will
    use a string describing the libavformat build. ("Lavf/<version>")

reconnect_at_eof

    If set then eof is treated like an error and causes reconnection,
    this is useful for live / endless streams.

reconnect_streamed

    If set then even streamed/non seekable streams will be reconnected
    on errors.

reconnect_on_network_error

    Reconnect automatically in case of TCP/TLS errors during connect.

reconnect_on_http_error

    A comma separated list of HTTP status codes to reconnect on. The
    list can include specific status codes (e.g. ’503’) or the strings
    ’4xx’ / ’5xx’.

reconnect_delay_max

    Sets the maximum delay in seconds after which to give up reconnecting

mime_type

    Export the MIME type.

http_version

    Exports the HTTP response version number. Usually "1.0" or "1.1".

icy

    If set to 1 request ICY (SHOUTcast) metadata from the server. If the
    server supports this, the metadata has to be retrieved by the
    application by reading the icy_metadata_headers and
    icy_metadata_packet options. The default is 1.

icy_metadata_headers

    If the server supports ICY metadata, this contains the ICY-specific
    HTTP reply headers, separated by newline characters.

icy_metadata_packet

    If the server supports ICY metadata, and icy was set to 1, this
    contains the last non-empty metadata packet sent by the server. It
    should be polled in regular intervals by applications interested in
    mid-stream metadata updates.

cookies

    Set the cookies to be sent in future requests. The format of each
    cookie is the same as the value of a Set-Cookie HTTP response field.
    Multiple cookies can be delimited by a newline character.

offset

    Set initial byte offset.

end_offset

    Try to limit the request to bytes preceding this offset.

method

    When used as a client option it sets the HTTP method for the request.

    When used as a server option it sets the HTTP method that is going
    to be expected from the client(s). If the expected and the received
    HTTP method do not match the client will be given a Bad Request
    response. When unset the HTTP method is not checked for now. This
    will be replaced by autodetection in the future.

listen

    If set to 1 enables experimental HTTP server. This can be used to
    send data when used as an output option, or read data from a client
    with HTTP POST when used as an input option. If set to 2 enables
    experimental multi-client HTTP server. This is not yet implemented
    in ffmpeg.c and thus must not be used as a command line option.

    # Server side (sending):
    ffmpeg -i somefile.ogg -c copy -listen 1 -f ogg http://server:port

    # Client side (receiving):
    ffmpeg -i http://server:port -c copy somefile.ogg

    # Client can also be done with wget:
    wget http://server:port -O somefile.ogg

    # Server side (receiving):
    ffmpeg -listen 1 -i http://server:port -c copy somefile.ogg

    # Client side (sending):
    ffmpeg -i somefile.ogg -chunked_post 0 -c copy -f ogg http://server:port

    # Client can also be done with wget:
    wget --post-file=somefile.ogg http://server:port

send_expect_100

    Send an Expect: 100-continue header for POST. If set to 1 it will
    send, if set to 0 it won’t, if set to -1 it will try to send if it
    is applicable. Default value is -1.

auth_type

    Set HTTP authentication type. No option for Digest, since this
    method requires getting nonce parameters from the server first and
    can’t be used straight away like Basic.

    none

        Choose the HTTP authentication type automatically. This is the
        default.

    basic

        Choose the HTTP basic authentication.

        Basic authentication sends a Base64-encoded string that contains
        a user name and password for the client. Base64 is not a form of
        encryption and should be considered the same as sending the user
        name and password in clear text (Base64 is a reversible
        encoding). If a resource needs to be protected, strongly
        consider using an authentication scheme other than basic
        authentication. HTTPS/TLS should be used with basic
        authentication. Without these additional security enhancements,
        basic authentication should not be used to protect sensitive or
        valuable information.

  *
    HTTP Cookies

    <#HTTP-Cookies>


        16.15.1 HTTP Cookies

Some HTTP requests will be denied unless cookie values are passed in
with the request. The cookies option allows these cookies to be
specified. At the very least, each cookie must specify a value along
with a path and domain. HTTP requests that match both the domain and
path will automatically include the cookie value in the HTTP Cookie
header field. Multiple cookies can be delimited by a newline.

The required syntax to play a stream specifying a cookie is:

ffplay -cookies "nlqptid=nltid=tsn; path=/; domain=somedomain.com;" http://somedomain.com/somestream.m3u8


      16.16 Icecast

Icecast protocol (stream to Icecast servers)

This protocol accepts the following options:

ice_genre

    Set the stream genre.

ice_name

    Set the stream name.

ice_description

    Set the stream description.

ice_url

    Set the stream website URL.

ice_public

    Set if the stream should be public. The default is 0 (not public).

user_agent

    Override the User-Agent header. If not specified a string of the
    form "Lavf/<version>" will be used.

password

    Set the Icecast mountpoint password.

content_type

    Set the stream content type. This must be set if it is different
    from audio/mpeg.

legacy_icecast

    This enables support for Icecast versions < 2.4.0, that do not
    support the HTTP PUT method but the SOURCE method.

tls

    Establish a TLS (HTTPS) connection to Icecast.

icecast://[username[:password]@]server:port/mountpoint


      16.17 ipfs

InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) protocol support. One can access files
stored on the IPFS network through so-called gateways. These are http(s)
endpoints. This protocol wraps the IPFS native protocols (ipfs:// and
ipns://) to be sent to such a gateway. Users can (and should) host their
own node which means this protocol will use one’s local gateway to
access files on the IPFS network.

This protocol accepts the following options:

gateway

    Defines the gateway to use. When not set, the protocol will first
    try locating the local gateway by looking at |$IPFS_GATEWAY|,
    |$IPFS_PATH| and |$HOME/.ipfs/|, in that order.

One can use this protocol in 2 ways. Using IPFS:

ffplay ipfs://<hash>

Or the IPNS protocol (IPNS is mutable IPFS):

ffplay ipns://<hash>


      16.18 mmst

MMS (Microsoft Media Server) protocol over TCP.


      16.19 mmsh

MMS (Microsoft Media Server) protocol over HTTP.

The required syntax is:

mmsh://server[:port][/app][/playpath]


      16.20 md5

MD5 output protocol.

Computes the MD5 hash of the data to be written, and on close writes
this to the designated output or stdout if none is specified. It can be
used to test muxers without writing an actual file.

Some examples follow.

# Write the MD5 hash of the encoded AVI file to the file output.avi.md5.
ffmpeg -i input.flv -f avi -y md5:output.avi.md5

# Write the MD5 hash of the encoded AVI file to stdout.
ffmpeg -i input.flv -f avi -y md5:

Note that some formats (typically MOV) require the output protocol to be
seekable, so they will fail with the MD5 output protocol.


      16.21 pipe

UNIX pipe access protocol.

Read and write from UNIX pipes.

The accepted syntax is:

pipe:[number]

If fd isn’t specified, number is the number corresponding to the file
descriptor of the pipe (e.g. 0 for stdin, 1 for stdout, 2 for stderr).
If number is not specified, by default the stdout file descriptor will
be used for writing, stdin for reading.

For example to read from stdin with |ffmpeg|:

cat test.wav | ffmpeg -i pipe:0
# ...this is the same as...
cat test.wav | ffmpeg -i pipe:

For writing to stdout with |ffmpeg|:

ffmpeg -i test.wav -f avi pipe:1 | cat > test.avi
# ...this is the same as...
ffmpeg -i test.wav -f avi pipe: | cat > test.avi

This protocol accepts the following options:

blocksize

    Set I/O operation maximum block size, in bytes. Default value is
    |INT_MAX|, which results in not limiting the requested block size.
    Setting this value reasonably low improves user termination request
    reaction time, which is valuable if data transmission is slow.

fd

    Set file descriptor.

Note that some formats (typically MOV), require the output protocol to
be seekable, so they will fail with the pipe output protocol.


      16.22 prompeg

Pro-MPEG Code of Practice #3 Release 2 FEC protocol.

The Pro-MPEG CoP#3 FEC is a 2D parity-check forward error correction
mechanism for MPEG-2 Transport Streams sent over RTP.

This protocol must be used in conjunction with the |rtp_mpegts| muxer
and the |rtp| protocol.

The required syntax is:

-f rtp_mpegts -fec prompeg=option=val... rtp://hostname:port

The destination UDP ports are |port + 2| for the column FEC stream and
|port + 4| for the row FEC stream.

This protocol accepts the following options:

l=n

    The number of columns (4-20, LxD <= 100)

d=n

    The number of rows (4-20, LxD <= 100)

Example usage:

-f rtp_mpegts -fec prompeg=l=8:d=4 rtp://hostname:port


      16.23 rist

Reliable Internet Streaming Transport protocol

The accepted options are:

rist_profile

    Supported values:

    ‘simple’
    ‘main’

        This one is default.

    ‘advanced’

buffer_size

    Set internal RIST buffer size in milliseconds for retransmission of
    data. Default value is 0 which means the librist default (1 sec).
    Maximum value is 30 seconds.

fifo_size

    Size of the librist receiver output fifo in number of packets. This
    must be a power of 2. Defaults to 8192 (vs the librist default of
    1024).

overrun_nonfatal=1|0

    Survive in case of librist fifo buffer overrun. Default value is 0.

pkt_size

    Set maximum packet size for sending data. 1316 by default.

log_level

    Set loglevel for RIST logging messages. You only need to set this if
    you explicitly want to enable debug level messages or packet loss
    simulation, otherwise the regular loglevel is respected.

secret

    Set override of encryption secret, by default is unset.

encryption

    Set encryption type, by default is disabled. Acceptable values are
    128 and 256.


      16.24 rtmp

Real-Time Messaging Protocol.

The Real-Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP) is used for streaming multimedia
content across a TCP/IP network.

The required syntax is:

rtmp://[username:password@]server[:port][/app][/instance][/playpath]

The accepted parameters are:

username

    An optional username (mostly for publishing).

password

    An optional password (mostly for publishing).

server

    The address of the RTMP server.

port

    The number of the TCP port to use (by default is 1935).

app

    It is the name of the application to access. It usually corresponds
    to the path where the application is installed on the RTMP server
    (e.g. /ondemand/, /flash/live/, etc.). You can override the value
    parsed from the URI through the |rtmp_app| option, too.

playpath

    It is the path or name of the resource to play with reference to the
    application specified in app, may be prefixed by "mp4:". You can
    override the value parsed from the URI through the |rtmp_playpath|
    option, too.

listen

    Act as a server, listening for an incoming connection.

timeout

    Maximum time to wait for the incoming connection. Implies listen.

Additionally, the following parameters can be set via command line
options (or in code via |AVOption|s):

rtmp_app

    Name of application to connect on the RTMP server. This option
    overrides the parameter specified in the URI.

rtmp_buffer

    Set the client buffer time in milliseconds. The default is 3000.

rtmp_conn

    Extra arbitrary AMF connection parameters, parsed from a string,
    e.g. like |B:1 S:authMe O:1 NN:code:1.23 NS:flag:ok O:0|. Each value
    is prefixed by a single character denoting the type, B for Boolean,
    N for number, S for string, O for object, or Z for null, followed by
    a colon. For Booleans the data must be either 0 or 1 for FALSE or
    TRUE, respectively. Likewise for Objects the data must be 0 or 1 to
    end or begin an object, respectively. Data items in subobjects may
    be named, by prefixing the type with ’N’ and specifying the name
    before the value (i.e. |NB:myFlag:1|). This option may be used
    multiple times to construct arbitrary AMF sequences.

rtmp_enhanced_codecs

    Specify the list of codecs the client advertises to support in an
    enhanced RTMP stream. This option should be set to a comma separated
    list of fourcc values, like |hvc1,av01,vp09| for multiple codecs or
    |hvc1| for only one codec. The specified list will be presented in
    the "fourCcLive" property of the Connect Command Message.

rtmp_flashver

    Version of the Flash plugin used to run the SWF player. The default
    is LNX 9,0,124,2. (When publishing, the default is FMLE/3.0
    (compatible; <libavformat version>).)

rtmp_flush_interval

    Number of packets flushed in the same request (RTMPT only). The
    default is 10.

rtmp_live

    Specify that the media is a live stream. No resuming or seeking in
    live streams is possible. The default value is |any|, which means
    the subscriber first tries to play the live stream specified in the
    playpath. If a live stream of that name is not found, it plays the
    recorded stream. The other possible values are |live| and |recorded|.

rtmp_pageurl

    URL of the web page in which the media was embedded. By default no
    value will be sent.

rtmp_playpath

    Stream identifier to play or to publish. This option overrides the
    parameter specified in the URI.

rtmp_subscribe

    Name of live stream to subscribe to. By default no value will be
    sent. It is only sent if the option is specified or if rtmp_live is
    set to live.

rtmp_swfhash

    SHA256 hash of the decompressed SWF file (32 bytes).

rtmp_swfsize

    Size of the decompressed SWF file, required for SWFVerification.

rtmp_swfurl

    URL of the SWF player for the media. By default no value will be sent.

rtmp_swfverify

    URL to player swf file, compute hash/size automatically.

rtmp_tcurl

    URL of the target stream. Defaults to proto://host[:port]/app.

tcp_nodelay=1|0

    Set TCP_NODELAY to disable Nagle’s algorithm. Default value is 0.

    /Remark: Writing to the socket is currently not optimized to
    minimize system calls and reduces the efficiency / effect of
    TCP_NODELAY./

For example to read with |ffplay| a multimedia resource named "sample"
from the application "vod" from an RTMP server "myserver":

ffplay rtmp://myserver/vod/sample

To publish to a password protected server, passing the playpath and app
names separately:

ffmpeg -re -i <input> -f flv -rtmp_playpath some/long/path -rtmp_app long/app/name rtmp://username:password@myserver/


      16.25 rtmpe

Encrypted Real-Time Messaging Protocol.

The Encrypted Real-Time Messaging Protocol (RTMPE) is used for streaming
multimedia content within standard cryptographic primitives, consisting
of Diffie-Hellman key exchange and HMACSHA256, generating a pair of RC4
keys.


      16.26 rtmps

Real-Time Messaging Protocol over a secure SSL connection.

The Real-Time Messaging Protocol (RTMPS) is used for streaming
multimedia content across an encrypted connection.


      16.27 rtmpt

Real-Time Messaging Protocol tunneled through HTTP.

The Real-Time Messaging Protocol tunneled through HTTP (RTMPT) is used
for streaming multimedia content within HTTP requests to traverse
firewalls.


      16.28 rtmpte

Encrypted Real-Time Messaging Protocol tunneled through HTTP.

The Encrypted Real-Time Messaging Protocol tunneled through HTTP
(RTMPTE) is used for streaming multimedia content within HTTP requests
to traverse firewalls.


      16.29 rtmpts

Real-Time Messaging Protocol tunneled through HTTPS.

The Real-Time Messaging Protocol tunneled through HTTPS (RTMPTS) is used
for streaming multimedia content within HTTPS requests to traverse
firewalls.


      16.30 libsmbclient

libsmbclient permits one to manipulate CIFS/SMB network resources.

Following syntax is required.

smb://[[domain:]user[:password@]]server[/share[/path[/file]]]

This protocol accepts the following options.

timeout

    Set timeout in milliseconds of socket I/O operations used by the
    underlying low level operation. By default it is set to -1, which
    means that the timeout is not specified.

truncate

    Truncate existing files on write, if set to 1. A value of 0 prevents
    truncating. Default value is 1.

workgroup

    Set the workgroup used for making connections. By default workgroup
    is not specified.

For more information see:
http://www.samba.org/

.


      16.31 libssh

Secure File Transfer Protocol via libssh

Read from or write to remote resources using SFTP protocol.

Following syntax is required.

sftp://[user[:password]@]server[:port]/path/to/remote/resource.mpeg

This protocol accepts the following options.

timeout

    Set timeout of socket I/O operations used by the underlying low
    level operation. By default it is set to -1, which means that the
    timeout is not specified.

truncate

    Truncate existing files on write, if set to 1. A value of 0 prevents
    truncating. Default value is 1.

private_key

    Specify the path of the file containing private key to use during
    authorization. By default libssh searches for keys in the ~/.ssh/
    directory.

Example: Play a file stored on remote server.

ffplay sftp://user:password@server_address:22/home/user/resource.mpeg


      16.32 librtmp rtmp, rtmpe, rtmps, rtmpt, rtmpte

Real-Time Messaging Protocol and its variants supported through librtmp.

Requires the presence of the librtmp headers and library during
configuration. You need to explicitly configure the build with
"–enable-librtmp". If enabled this will replace the native RTMP protocol.

This protocol provides most client functions and a few server functions
needed to support RTMP, RTMP tunneled in HTTP (RTMPT), encrypted RTMP
(RTMPE), RTMP over SSL/TLS (RTMPS) and tunneled variants of these
encrypted types (RTMPTE, RTMPTS).

The required syntax is:

rtmp_proto://server[:port][/app][/playpath] options

where rtmp_proto is one of the strings "rtmp", "rtmpt", "rtmpe",
"rtmps", "rtmpte", "rtmpts" corresponding to each RTMP variant, and
server, port, app and playpath have the same meaning as specified for
the RTMP native protocol. options contains a list of space-separated
options of the form key=val.

See the librtmp manual page (man 3 librtmp) for more information.

For example, to stream a file in real-time to an RTMP server using
|ffmpeg|:

ffmpeg -re -i myfile -f flv rtmp://myserver/live/mystream

To play the same stream using |ffplay|:

ffplay "rtmp://myserver/live/mystream live=1"


      16.33 rtp

Real-time Transport Protocol.

The required syntax for an RTP URL is:
rtp://hostname[:port][?option=val...]

port specifies the RTP port to use.

The following URL options are supported:

ttl=n

    Set the TTL (Time-To-Live) value (for multicast only).

rtcpport=n

    Set the remote RTCP port to n.

localrtpport=n

    Set the local RTP port to n.

localrtcpport=n'

    Set the local RTCP port to n.

pkt_size=n

    Set max packet size (in bytes) to n.

buffer_size=size

    Set the maximum UDP socket buffer size in bytes.

connect=0|1

    Do a |connect()| on the UDP socket (if set to 1) or not (if set to 0).

sources=ip[,ip]

    List allowed source IP addresses.

block=ip[,ip]

    List disallowed (blocked) source IP addresses.

write_to_source=0|1

    Send packets to the source address of the latest received packet (if
    set to 1) or to a default remote address (if set to 0).

localport=n

    Set the local RTP port to n.

localaddr=addr

    Local IP address of a network interface used for sending packets or
    joining multicast groups.

timeout=n

    Set timeout (in microseconds) of socket I/O operations to n.

    This is a deprecated option. Instead, localrtpport should be used.

Important notes:

 1. If rtcpport is not set the RTCP port will be set to the RTP port
    value plus 1.
 2. If localrtpport (the local RTP port) is not set any available port
    will be used for the local RTP and RTCP ports.
 3. If localrtcpport (the local RTCP port) is not set it will be set to
    the local RTP port value plus 1. 


      16.34 rtsp

Real-Time Streaming Protocol.

RTSP is not technically a protocol handler in libavformat, it is a
demuxer and muxer. The demuxer supports both normal RTSP (with data
transferred over RTP; this is used by e.g. Apple and Microsoft) and
Real-RTSP (with data transferred over RDT).

The muxer can be used to send a stream using RTSP ANNOUNCE to a server
supporting it (currently Darwin Streaming Server and Mischa Spiegelmock’s
RTSP server

<https://github.com/revmischa/rtsp-server>).

The required syntax for a RTSP url is:

rtsp://hostname[:port]/path

Options can be set on the |ffmpeg|/|ffplay| command line, or set in code
via |AVOption|s or in |avformat_open_input|.

  *
    Muxer

    <#Muxer>
  *
    Demuxer

    <#Demuxer>
  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-5>


        16.34.1 Muxer

The following options are supported.

rtsp_transport

    Set RTSP transport protocols.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘udp’

        Use UDP as lower transport protocol.

    ‘tcp’

        Use TCP (interleaving within the RTSP control channel) as lower
        transport protocol.

    Default value is ‘0’.

rtsp_flags

    Set RTSP flags.

    The following values are accepted:

    ‘latm’

        Use MP4A-LATM packetization instead of MPEG4-GENERIC for AAC.

    ‘rfc2190’

        Use RFC 2190 packetization instead of RFC 4629 for H.263.

    ‘skip_rtcp’

        Don’t send RTCP sender reports.

    ‘h264_mode0’

        Use mode 0 for H.264 in RTP.

    ‘send_bye’

        Send RTCP BYE packets when finishing.

    Default value is ‘0’.

min_port

    Set minimum local UDP port. Default value is 5000.

max_port

    Set maximum local UDP port. Default value is 65000.

buffer_size

    Set the maximum socket buffer size in bytes.

pkt_size

    Set max send packet size (in bytes). Default value is 1472.


        16.34.2 Demuxer

The following options are supported.

initial_pause

    Do not start playing the stream immediately if set to 1. Default
    value is 0.

rtsp_transport

    Set RTSP transport protocols.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘udp’

        Use UDP as lower transport protocol.

    ‘tcp’

        Use TCP (interleaving within the RTSP control channel) as lower
        transport protocol.

    ‘udp_multicast’

        Use UDP multicast as lower transport protocol.

    ‘http’

        Use HTTP tunneling as lower transport protocol, which is useful
        for passing proxies.

    ‘https’

        Use HTTPs tunneling as lower transport protocol, which is useful
        for passing proxies and widely used for security consideration.

    Multiple lower transport protocols may be specified, in that case
    they are tried one at a time (if the setup of one fails, the next
    one is tried). For the muxer, only the ‘tcp’ and ‘udp’ options are
    supported.

rtsp_flags

    Set RTSP flags.

    The following values are accepted:

    ‘filter_src’

        Accept packets only from negotiated peer address and port.

    ‘listen’

        Act as a server, listening for an incoming connection.

    ‘prefer_tcp’

        Try TCP for RTP transport first, if TCP is available as RTSP RTP
        transport.

    ‘satip_raw’

        Export raw MPEG-TS stream instead of demuxing. The flag will
        simply write out the raw stream, with the original PAT/PMT/PIDs
        intact.

    Default value is ‘none’.

allowed_media_types

    Set media types to accept from the server.

    The following flags are accepted:

    ‘video’
    ‘audio’
    ‘data’
    ‘subtitle’

    By default it accepts all media types.

min_port

    Set minimum local UDP port. Default value is 5000.

max_port

    Set maximum local UDP port. Default value is 65000.

listen_timeout

    Set maximum timeout (in seconds) to establish an initial connection.
    Setting listen_timeout > 0 sets rtsp_flags to ‘listen’. Default is
    -1 which means an infinite timeout when ‘listen’ mode is set.

reorder_queue_size

    Set number of packets to buffer for handling of reordered packets.

timeout

    Set socket TCP I/O timeout in microseconds.

user_agent

    Override User-Agent header. If not specified, it defaults to the
    libavformat identifier string.

buffer_size

    Set the maximum socket buffer size in bytes.

When receiving data over UDP, the demuxer tries to reorder received
packets (since they may arrive out of order, or packets may get lost
totally). This can be disabled by setting the maximum demuxing delay to
zero (via the |max_delay| field of AVFormatContext).

When watching multi-bitrate Real-RTSP streams with |ffplay|, the streams
to display can be chosen with |-vst| n and |-ast| n for video and audio
respectively, and can be switched on the fly by pressing |v| and |a|.


        16.34.3 Examples

The following examples all make use of the |ffplay| and |ffmpeg| tools.

  * Watch a stream over UDP, with a max reordering delay of 0.5 seconds:

    ffplay -max_delay 500000 -rtsp_transport udp rtsp://server/video.mp4

  * Watch a stream tunneled over HTTP:

    ffplay -rtsp_transport http rtsp://server/video.mp4

  * Send a stream in realtime to a RTSP server, for others to watch:

    ffmpeg -re -i input -f rtsp -muxdelay 0.1 rtsp://server/live.sdp

  * Receive a stream in realtime:

    ffmpeg -rtsp_flags listen -i rtsp://ownaddress/live.sdp output


      16.35 sap

Session Announcement Protocol (RFC 2974). This is not technically a
protocol handler in libavformat, it is a muxer and demuxer. It is used
for signalling of RTP streams, by announcing the SDP for the streams
regularly on a separate port.

  *
    Muxer

    <#Muxer-1>
  *
    Demuxer

    <#Demuxer-1>


        16.35.1 Muxer

The syntax for a SAP url given to the muxer is:

sap://destination[:port][?options]

The RTP packets are sent to destination on port port, or to port 5004 if
no port is specified. options is a |&|-separated list. The following
options are supported:

announce_addr=address

    Specify the destination IP address for sending the announcements to.
    If omitted, the announcements are sent to the commonly used SAP
    announcement multicast address 224.2.127.254 (sap.mcast.net), or
    ff0e::2:7ffe if destination is an IPv6 address.

announce_port=port

    Specify the port to send the announcements on, defaults to 9875 if
    not specified.

ttl=ttl

    Specify the time to live value for the announcements and RTP
    packets, defaults to 255.

same_port=0|1

    If set to 1, send all RTP streams on the same port pair. If zero
    (the default), all streams are sent on unique ports, with each
    stream on a port 2 numbers higher than the previous. VLC/Live555
    requires this to be set to 1, to be able to receive the stream. The
    RTP stack in libavformat for receiving requires all streams to be
    sent on unique ports.

Example command lines follow.

To broadcast a stream on the local subnet, for watching in VLC:

ffmpeg -re -i input -f sap sap://224.0.0.255?same_port=1

Similarly, for watching in |ffplay|:

ffmpeg -re -i input -f sap sap://224.0.0.255

And for watching in |ffplay|, over IPv6:

ffmpeg -re -i input -f sap sap://[ff0e::1:2:3:4]


        16.35.2 Demuxer

The syntax for a SAP url given to the demuxer is:

sap://[address][:port]

address is the multicast address to listen for announcements on, if
omitted, the default 224.2.127.254 (sap.mcast.net) is used. port is the
port that is listened on, 9875 if omitted.

The demuxers listens for announcements on the given address and port.
Once an announcement is received, it tries to receive that particular
stream.

Example command lines follow.

To play back the first stream announced on the normal SAP multicast
address:

ffplay sap://

To play back the first stream announced on one the default IPv6 SAP
multicast address:

ffplay sap://[ff0e::2:7ffe]


      16.36 sctp

Stream Control Transmission Protocol.

The accepted URL syntax is:

sctp://host:port[?options]

The protocol accepts the following options:

listen

    If set to any value, listen for an incoming connection. Outgoing
    connection is done by default.

max_streams

    Set the maximum number of streams. By default no limit is set.


      16.37 srt

Haivision Secure Reliable Transport Protocol via libsrt.

The supported syntax for a SRT URL is:

srt://hostname:port[?options]

options contains a list of &-separated options of the form key=val.

or

options srt://hostname:port

options contains a list of ’-key val’ options.

This protocol accepts the following options.

connect_timeout=milliseconds

    Connection timeout; SRT cannot connect for RTT > 1500 msec (2
    handshake exchanges) with the default connect timeout of 3 seconds.
    This option applies to the caller and rendezvous connection modes.
    The connect timeout is 10 times the value set for the rendezvous
    mode (which can be used as a workaround for this connection problem
    with earlier versions).

ffs=bytes

    Flight Flag Size (Window Size), in bytes. FFS is actually an
    internal parameter and you should set it to not less than
    recv_buffer_size and mss. The default value is relatively large,
    therefore unless you set a very large receiver buffer, you do not
    need to change this option. Default value is 25600.

inputbw=bytes/seconds

    Sender nominal input rate, in bytes per seconds. Used along with
    oheadbw, when maxbw is set to relative (0), to calculate maximum
    sending rate when recovery packets are sent along with the main
    media stream: inputbw * (100 + oheadbw) / 100 if inputbw is not set
    while maxbw is set to relative (0), the actual input rate is
    evaluated inside the library. Default value is 0.

iptos=tos

    IP Type of Service. Applies to sender only. Default value is 0xB8.

ipttl=ttl

    IP Time To Live. Applies to sender only. Default value is 64.

latency=microseconds

    Timestamp-based Packet Delivery Delay. Used to absorb bursts of
    missed packet retransmissions. This flag sets both rcvlatency and
    peerlatency to the same value. Note that prior to version 1.3.0 this
    is the only flag to set the latency, however this is effectively
    equivalent to setting peerlatency, when side is sender and
    rcvlatency when side is receiver, and the bidirectional stream
    sending is not supported.

listen_timeout=microseconds

    Set socket listen timeout.

maxbw=bytes/seconds

    Maximum sending bandwidth, in bytes per seconds. -1 infinite (CSRTCC
    limit is 30mbps) 0 relative to input rate (see inputbw) >0 absolute
    limit value Default value is 0 (relative)

mode=caller|listener|rendezvous

    Connection mode. caller opens client connection. listener starts
    server to listen for incoming connections. rendezvous use
    Rendez-Vous connection mode. Default value is caller.

mss=bytes

    Maximum Segment Size, in bytes. Used for buffer allocation and rate
    calculation using a packet counter assuming fully filled packets.
    The smallest MSS between the peers is used. This is 1500 by default
    in the overall internet. This is the maximum size of the UDP packet
    and can be only decreased, unless you have some unusual dedicated
    network settings. Default value is 1500.

nakreport=1|0

    If set to 1, Receiver will send ‘UMSG_LOSSREPORT‘ messages
    periodically until a lost packet is retransmitted or intentionally
    dropped. Default value is 1.

oheadbw=percents

    Recovery bandwidth overhead above input rate, in percents. See
    inputbw. Default value is 25%.

passphrase=string

    HaiCrypt Encryption/Decryption Passphrase string, length from 10 to
    79 characters. The passphrase is the shared secret between the
    sender and the receiver. It is used to generate the Key Encrypting
    Key using PBKDF2 (Password-Based Key Derivation Function). It is
    used only if pbkeylen is non-zero. It is used on the receiver only
    if the received data is encrypted. The configured passphrase cannot
    be recovered (write-only).

enforced_encryption=1|0

    If true, both connection parties must have the same password set
    (including empty, that is, with no encryption). If the password
    doesn’t match or only one side is unencrypted, the connection is
    rejected. Default is true.

kmrefreshrate=packets

    The number of packets to be transmitted after which the encryption
    key is switched to a new key. Default is -1. -1 means auto
    (0x1000000 in srt library). The range for this option is integers in
    the 0 - |INT_MAX|.

kmpreannounce=packets

    The interval between when a new encryption key is sent and when
    switchover occurs. This value also applies to the subsequent
    interval between when switchover occurs and when the old encryption
    key is decommissioned. Default is -1. -1 means auto (0x1000 in srt
    library). The range for this option is integers in the 0 - |INT_MAX|.

snddropdelay=microseconds

    The sender’s extra delay before dropping packets. This delay is
    added to the default drop delay time interval value.

    Special value -1: Do not drop packets on the sender at all.

payload_size=bytes

    Sets the maximum declared size of a packet transferred during the
    single call to the sending function in Live mode. Use 0 if this
    value isn’t used (which is default in file mode). Default is -1
    (automatic), which typically means MPEG-TS; if you are going to use
    SRT to send any different kind of payload, such as, for example,
    wrapping a live stream in very small frames, then you can use a
    bigger maximum frame size, though not greater than 1456 bytes.

pkt_size=bytes

    Alias for ‘payload_size’.

peerlatency=microseconds

    The latency value (as described in rcvlatency) that is set by the
    sender side as a minimum value for the receiver.

pbkeylen=bytes

    Sender encryption key length, in bytes. Only can be set to 0, 16, 24
    and 32. Enable sender encryption if not 0. Not required on receiver
    (set to 0), key size obtained from sender in HaiCrypt handshake.
    Default value is 0.

rcvlatency=microseconds

    The time that should elapse since the moment when the packet was
    sent and the moment when it’s delivered to the receiver application
    in the receiving function. This time should be a buffer time large
    enough to cover the time spent for sending, unexpectedly extended
    RTT time, and the time needed to retransmit the lost UDP packet. The
    effective latency value will be the maximum of this options’ value
    and the value of peerlatency set by the peer side. Before version
    1.3.0 this option is only available as latency.

recv_buffer_size=bytes

    Set UDP receive buffer size, expressed in bytes.

send_buffer_size=bytes

    Set UDP send buffer size, expressed in bytes.

timeout=microseconds

    Set raise error timeouts for read, write and connect operations.
    Note that the SRT library has internal timeouts which can be
    controlled separately, the value set here is only a cap on those.

tlpktdrop=1|0

    Too-late Packet Drop. When enabled on receiver, it skips missing
    packets that have not been delivered in time and delivers the
    following packets to the application when their time-to-play has
    come. It also sends a fake ACK to the sender. When enabled on sender
    and enabled on the receiving peer, the sender drops the older
    packets that have no chance of being delivered in time. It was
    automatically enabled in the sender if the receiver supports it.

sndbuf=bytes

    Set send buffer size, expressed in bytes.

rcvbuf=bytes

    Set receive buffer size, expressed in bytes.

    Receive buffer must not be greater than ffs.

lossmaxttl=packets

    The value up to which the Reorder Tolerance may grow. When Reorder
    Tolerance is > 0, then packet loss report is delayed until that
    number of packets come in. Reorder Tolerance increases every time a
    "belated" packet has come, but it wasn’t due to retransmission (that
    is, when UDP packets tend to come out of order), with the difference
    between the latest sequence and this packet’s sequence, and not more
    than the value of this option. By default it’s 0, which means that
    this mechanism is turned off, and the loss report is always sent
    immediately upon experiencing a "gap" in sequences.

minversion

    The minimum SRT version that is required from the peer. A connection
    to a peer that does not satisfy the minimum version requirement will
    be rejected.

    The version format in hex is 0xXXYYZZ for x.y.z in human readable form.

streamid=string

    A string limited to 512 characters that can be set on the socket
    prior to connecting. This stream ID will be able to be retrieved by
    the listener side from the socket that is returned from srt_accept
    and was connected by a socket with that set stream ID. SRT does not
    enforce any special interpretation of the contents of this string.
    This option doesn’t make sense in Rendezvous connection; the result
    might be that simply one side will override the value from the other
    side and it’s the matter of luck which one would win

srt_streamid=string

    Alias for ‘streamid’ to avoid conflict with ffmpeg command line option.

smoother=live|file

    The type of Smoother used for the transmission for that socket,
    which is responsible for the transmission and congestion control.
    The Smoother type must be exactly the same on both connecting
    parties, otherwise the connection is rejected.

messageapi=1|0

    When set, this socket uses the Message API, otherwise it uses Buffer
    API. Note that in live mode (see transtype) there’s only message API
    available. In File mode you can chose to use one of two modes:

    Stream API (default, when this option is false). In this mode you
    may send as many data as you wish with one sending instruction, or
    even use dedicated functions that read directly from a file. The
    internal facility will take care of any speed and congestion
    control. When receiving, you can also receive as many data as
    desired, the data not extracted will be waiting for the next call.
    There is no boundary between data portions in the Stream mode.

    Message API. In this mode your single sending instruction passes
    exactly one piece of data that has boundaries (a message). Contrary
    to Live mode, this message may span across multiple UDP packets and
    the only size limitation is that it shall fit as a whole in the
    sending buffer. The receiver shall use as large buffer as necessary
    to receive the message, otherwise the message will not be given up.
    When the message is not complete (not all packets received or there
    was a packet loss) it will not be given up.

transtype=live|file

    Sets the transmission type for the socket, in particular, setting
    this option sets multiple other parameters to their default values
    as required for a particular transmission type.

    live: Set options as for live transmission. In this mode, you should
    send by one sending instruction only so many data that fit in one
    UDP packet, and limited to the value defined first in payload_size
    (1316 is default in this mode). There is no speed control in this
    mode, only the bandwidth control, if configured, in order to not
    exceed the bandwidth with the overhead transmission (retransmitted
    and control packets).

    file: Set options as for non-live transmission. See messageapi for
    further explanations

linger=seconds

    The number of seconds that the socket waits for unsent data when
    closing. Default is -1. -1 means auto (off with 0 seconds in live
    mode, on with 180 seconds in file mode). The range for this option
    is integers in the 0 - |INT_MAX|.

tsbpd=1|0

    When true, use Timestamp-based Packet Delivery mode. The default
    behavior depends on the transmission type: enabled in live mode,
    disabled in file mode.

For more information see:
https://github.com/Haivision/srt

.


      16.38 srtp

Secure Real-time Transport Protocol.

The accepted options are:

srtp_in_suite
srtp_out_suite

    Select input and output encoding suites.

    Supported values:

    ‘AES_CM_128_HMAC_SHA1_80’
    ‘SRTP_AES128_CM_HMAC_SHA1_80’
    ‘AES_CM_128_HMAC_SHA1_32’
    ‘SRTP_AES128_CM_HMAC_SHA1_32’

srtp_in_params
srtp_out_params

    Set input and output encoding parameters, which are expressed by a
    base64-encoded representation of a binary block. The first 16 bytes
    of this binary block are used as master key, the following 14 bytes
    are used as master salt.


      16.39 subfile

Virtually extract a segment of a file or another stream. The underlying
stream must be seekable.

Accepted options:

start

    Start offset of the extracted segment, in bytes.

end

    End offset of the extracted segment, in bytes. If set to 0, extract
    till end of file.

Examples:

Extract a chapter from a DVD VOB file (start and end sectors obtained
externally and multiplied by 2048):

subfile,,start,153391104,end,268142592,,:/media/dvd/VIDEO_TS/VTS_08_1.VOB

Play an AVI file directly from a TAR archive:

subfile,,start,183241728,end,366490624,,:archive.tar

Play a MPEG-TS file from start offset till end:

subfile,,start,32815239,end,0,,:video.ts


      16.40 tee

Writes the output to multiple protocols. The individual outputs are
separated by |

tee:file://path/to/local/this.avi|file://path/to/local/that.avi


      16.41 tcp

Transmission Control Protocol.

The required syntax for a TCP url is:

tcp://hostname:port[?options]

options contains a list of &-separated options of the form key=val.

The list of supported options follows.

listen=2|1|0

    Listen for an incoming connection. 0 disables listen, 1 enables
    listen in single client mode, 2 enables listen in multi-client mode.
    Default value is 0.

local_addr=addr

    Local IP address of a network interface used for tcp socket connect.

local_port=port

    Local port used for tcp socket connect.

timeout=microseconds

    Set raise error timeout, expressed in microseconds.

    This option is only relevant in read mode: if no data arrived in
    more than this time interval, raise error.

listen_timeout=milliseconds

    Set listen timeout, expressed in milliseconds.

recv_buffer_size=bytes

    Set receive buffer size, expressed bytes.

send_buffer_size=bytes

    Set send buffer size, expressed bytes.

tcp_nodelay=1|0

    Set TCP_NODELAY to disable Nagle’s algorithm. Default value is 0.

    /Remark: Writing to the socket is currently not optimized to
    minimize system calls and reduces the efficiency / effect of
    TCP_NODELAY./

tcp_mss=bytes

    Set maximum segment size for outgoing TCP packets, expressed in bytes.

The following example shows how to setup a listening TCP connection with
|ffmpeg|, which is then accessed with |ffplay|:

ffmpeg -i input -f format tcp://hostname:port?listen
ffplay tcp://hostname:port


      16.42 tls

Transport Layer Security (TLS) / Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

The required syntax for a TLS/SSL url is:

tls://hostname:port[?options]

The following parameters can be set via command line options (or in code
via |AVOption|s):

ca_file, cafile=filename

    A file containing certificate authority (CA) root certificates to
    treat as trusted. If the linked TLS library contains a default this
    might not need to be specified for verification to work, but not all
    libraries and setups have defaults built in. The file must be in
    OpenSSL PEM format.

tls_verify=1|0

    If enabled, try to verify the peer that we are communicating with.
    Note, if using OpenSSL, this currently only makes sure that the peer
    certificate is signed by one of the root certificates in the CA
    database, but it does not validate that the certificate actually
    matches the host name we are trying to connect to. (With other
    backends, the host name is validated as well.)

    This is disabled by default since it requires a CA database to be
    provided by the caller in many cases.

cert_file, cert=filename

    A file containing a certificate to use in the handshake with the
    peer. (When operating as server, in listen mode, this is more often
    required by the peer, while client certificates only are mandated in
    certain setups.)

key_file, key=filename

    A file containing the private key for the certificate.

listen=1|0

    If enabled, listen for connections on the provided port, and assume
    the server role in the handshake instead of the client role.

http_proxy

    The HTTP proxy to tunnel through, e.g. |http://example.com:1234|.
    The proxy must support the CONNECT method.

Example command lines:

To create a TLS/SSL server that serves an input stream.

ffmpeg -i input -f format tls://hostname:port?listen&cert=server.crt&key=server.key

To play back a stream from the TLS/SSL server using |ffplay|:

ffplay tls://hostname:port


      16.43 udp

User Datagram Protocol.

The required syntax for an UDP URL is:

udp://hostname:port[?options]

options contains a list of &-separated options of the form key=val.

In case threading is enabled on the system, a circular buffer is used to
store the incoming data, which allows one to reduce loss of data due to
UDP socket buffer overruns. The fifo_size and overrun_nonfatal options
are related to this buffer.

The list of supported options follows.

buffer_size=size

    Set the UDP maximum socket buffer size in bytes. This is used to set
    either the receive or send buffer size, depending on what the socket
    is used for. Default is 32 KB for output, 384 KB for input. See also
    fifo_size.

bitrate=bitrate

    If set to nonzero, the output will have the specified constant
    bitrate if the input has enough packets to sustain it.

burst_bits=bits

    When using bitrate this specifies the maximum number of bits in
    packet bursts.

localport=port

    Override the local UDP port to bind with.

localaddr=addr

    Local IP address of a network interface used for sending packets or
    joining multicast groups.

pkt_size=size

    Set the size in bytes of UDP packets.

reuse=1|0

    Explicitly allow or disallow reusing UDP sockets.

ttl=ttl

    Set the time to live value (for multicast only).

connect=1|0

    Initialize the UDP socket with |connect()|. In this case, the
    destination address can’t be changed with ff_udp_set_remote_url
    later. If the destination address isn’t known at the start, this
    option can be specified in ff_udp_set_remote_url, too. This allows
    finding out the source address for the packets with getsockname, and
    makes writes return with AVERROR(ECONNREFUSED) if "destination
    unreachable" is received. For receiving, this gives the benefit of
    only receiving packets from the specified peer address/port.

sources=address[,address]

    Only receive packets sent from the specified addresses. In case of
    multicast, also subscribe to multicast traffic coming from these
    addresses only.

block=address[,address]

    Ignore packets sent from the specified addresses. In case of
    multicast, also exclude the source addresses in the multicast
    subscription.

fifo_size=units

    Set the UDP receiving circular buffer size, expressed as a number of
    packets with size of 188 bytes. If not specified defaults to 7*4096.

overrun_nonfatal=1|0

    Survive in case of UDP receiving circular buffer overrun. Default
    value is 0.

timeout=microseconds

    Set raise error timeout, expressed in microseconds.

    This option is only relevant in read mode: if no data arrived in
    more than this time interval, raise error.

broadcast=1|0

    Explicitly allow or disallow UDP broadcasting.

    Note that broadcasting may not work properly on networks having a
    broadcast storm protection.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-6>


        16.43.1 Examples

  * Use |ffmpeg| to stream over UDP to a remote endpoint:

    ffmpeg -i input -f format udp://hostname:port

  * Use |ffmpeg| to stream in mpegts format over UDP using 188 sized UDP
    packets, using a large input buffer:

    ffmpeg -i input -f mpegts udp://hostname:port?pkt_size=188&buffer_size=65535

  * Use |ffmpeg| to receive over UDP from a remote endpoint:

    ffmpeg -i udp://[multicast-address]:port ...


      16.44 unix

Unix local socket

The required syntax for a Unix socket URL is:

unix://filepath

The following parameters can be set via command line options (or in code
via |AVOption|s):

timeout

    Timeout in ms.

listen

    Create the Unix socket in listening mode.


      16.45 zmq

ZeroMQ asynchronous messaging using the libzmq library.

This library supports unicast streaming to multiple clients without
relying on an external server.

The required syntax for streaming or connecting to a stream is:

zmq:tcp://ip-address:port

Example: Create a localhost stream on port 5555:

ffmpeg -re -i input -f mpegts zmq:tcp://127.0.0.1:5555

Multiple clients may connect to the stream using:

ffplay zmq:tcp://127.0.0.1:5555

Streaming to multiple clients is implemented using a ZeroMQ Pub-Sub
pattern. The server side binds to a port and publishes data. Clients
connect to the server (via IP address/port) and subscribe to the stream.
The order in which the server and client start generally does not matter.

ffmpeg must be compiled with the –enable-libzmq option to support this
protocol.

Options can be set on the |ffmpeg|/|ffplay| command line. The following
options are supported:

pkt_size

    Forces the maximum packet size for sending/receiving data. The
    default value is 131,072 bytes. On the server side, this sets the
    maximum size of sent packets via ZeroMQ. On the clients, it sets an
    internal buffer size for receiving packets. Note that pkt_size on
    the clients should be equal to or greater than pkt_size on the
    server. Otherwise the received message may be truncated causing
    decoding errors.


    17 Device Options

The libavdevice library provides the same interface as libavformat.
Namely, an input device is considered like a demuxer, and an output
device like a muxer, and the interface and generic device options are
the same provided by libavformat (see the ffmpeg-formats manual).

In addition each input or output device may support so-called private
options, which are specific for that component.

Options may be set by specifying -option value in the FFmpeg tools, or
by setting the value explicitly in the device |AVFormatContext| options
or using the libavutil/opt.h API for programmatic use.


    18 Input Devices

Input devices are configured elements in FFmpeg which enable accessing
the data coming from a multimedia device attached to your system.

When you configure your FFmpeg build, all the supported input devices
are enabled by default. You can list all available ones using the
configure option "–list-indevs".

You can disable all the input devices using the configure option
"–disable-indevs", and selectively enable an input device using the
option "–enable-indev=INDEV", or you can disable a particular input
device using the option "–disable-indev=INDEV".

The option "-devices" of the ff* tools will display the list of
supported input devices.

A description of the currently available input devices follows.

  *
    alsa

    <#alsa>
  *
    android_camera

    <#android_005fcamera>
  *
    avfoundation

    <#avfoundation>
  *
    bktr

    <#bktr>
  *
    decklink

    <#decklink>
  *
    dshow

    <#dshow>
  *
    fbdev

    <#fbdev>
  *
    gdigrab

    <#gdigrab>
  *
    iec61883

    <#iec61883>
  *
    jack

    <#jack>
  *
    kmsgrab

    <#kmsgrab>
  *
    lavfi

    <#lavfi>
  *
    libcdio

    <#libcdio>
  *
    libdc1394

    <#libdc1394>
  *
    openal

    <#openal>
  *
    oss

    <#oss>
  *
    pulse

    <#pulse>
  *
    sndio

    <#sndio>
  *
    video4linux2, v4l2

    <#video4linux2_002c-v4l2>
  *
    vfwcap

    <#vfwcap>
  *
    x11grab

    <#x11grab>


      18.1 alsa

ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) input device.

To enable this input device during configuration you need libasound
installed on your system.

This device allows capturing from an ALSA device. The name of the device
to capture has to be an ALSA card identifier.

An ALSA identifier has the syntax:

hw:CARD[,DEV[,SUBDEV]]

where the DEV and SUBDEV components are optional.

The three arguments (in order: CARD,DEV,SUBDEV) specify card number or
identifier, device number and subdevice number (-1 means any).

To see the list of cards currently recognized by your system check the
files /proc/asound/cards and /proc/asound/devices.

For example to capture with |ffmpeg| from an ALSA device with card id 0,
you may run the command:

ffmpeg -f alsa -i hw:0 alsaout.wav

For more information see:
http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/alsa-lib/pcm.html

  *
    Options

    <#Options-14>


        18.1.1 Options

sample_rate

    Set the sample rate in Hz. Default is 48000.

channels

    Set the number of channels. Default is 2.


      18.2 android_camera

Android camera input device.

This input devices uses the Android Camera2 NDK API which is available
on devices with API level 24+. The availability of android_camera is
autodetected during configuration.

This device allows capturing from all cameras on an Android device,
which are integrated into the Camera2 NDK API.

The available cameras are enumerated internally and can be selected with
the camera_index parameter. The input file string is discarded.

Generally the back facing camera has index 0 while the front facing
camera has index 1.

  *
    Options

    <#Options-15>


        18.2.1 Options

video_size

    Set the video size given as a string such as 640x480 or hd720. Falls
    back to the first available configuration reported by Android if
    requested video size is not available or by default.

framerate

    Set the video framerate. Falls back to the first available
    configuration reported by Android if requested framerate is not
    available or by default (-1).

camera_index

    Set the index of the camera to use. Default is 0.

input_queue_size

    Set the maximum number of frames to buffer. Default is 5.


      18.3 avfoundation

AVFoundation input device.

AVFoundation is the currently recommended framework by Apple for
streamgrabbing on OSX >= 10.7 as well as on iOS.

The input filename has to be given in the following syntax:

-i "[[VIDEO]:[AUDIO]]"

The first entry selects the video input while the latter selects the
audio input. The stream has to be specified by the device name or the
device index as shown by the device list. Alternatively, the video
and/or audio input device can be chosen by index using the
-video_device_index <INDEX> and/or -audio_device_index <INDEX> ,
overriding any device name or index given in the input filename.

All available devices can be enumerated by using -list_devices true,
listing all device names and corresponding indices.

There are two device name aliases:

|default|

    Select the AVFoundation default device of the corresponding type.

|none|

    Do not record the corresponding media type. This is equivalent to
    specifying an empty device name or index.

  *
    Options

    <#Options-16>
  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-7>


        18.3.1 Options

AVFoundation supports the following options:

-list_devices <TRUE|FALSE>

    If set to true, a list of all available input devices is given
    showing all device names and indices.

-video_device_index <INDEX>

    Specify the video device by its index. Overrides anything given in
    the input filename.

-audio_device_index <INDEX>

    Specify the audio device by its index. Overrides anything given in
    the input filename.

-pixel_format <FORMAT>

    Request the video device to use a specific pixel format. If the
    specified format is not supported, a list of available formats is
    given and the first one in this list is used instead. Available
    pixel formats are: |monob, rgb555be, rgb555le, rgb565be, rgb565le,
    rgb24, bgr24, 0rgb, bgr0, 0bgr, rgb0, bgr48be, uyvy422, yuva444p,
    yuva444p16le, yuv444p, yuv422p16, yuv422p10, yuv444p10, yuv420p,
    nv12, yuyv422, gray|

-framerate

    Set the grabbing frame rate. Default is |ntsc|, corresponding to a
    frame rate of |30000/1001|.

-video_size

    Set the video frame size.

-capture_cursor

    Capture the mouse pointer. Default is 0.

-capture_mouse_clicks

    Capture the screen mouse clicks. Default is 0.

-capture_raw_data

    Capture the raw device data. Default is 0. Using this option may
    result in receiving the underlying data delivered to the
    AVFoundation framework. E.g. for muxed devices that sends raw DV
    data to the framework (like tape-based camcorders), setting this
    option to false results in extracted video frames captured in the
    designated pixel format only. Setting this option to true results in
    receiving the raw DV stream untouched.


        18.3.2 Examples

  * Print the list of AVFoundation supported devices and exit:

    $ ffmpeg -f avfoundation -list_devices true -i ""

  * Record video from video device 0 and audio from audio device 0 into
    out.avi:

    $ ffmpeg -f avfoundation -i "0:0" out.avi

  * Record video from video device 2 and audio from audio device 1 into
    out.avi:

    $ ffmpeg -f avfoundation -video_device_index 2 -i ":1" out.avi

  * Record video from the system default video device using the pixel
    format bgr0 and do not record any audio into out.avi:

    $ ffmpeg -f avfoundation -pixel_format bgr0 -i "default:none" out.avi

  * Record raw DV data from a suitable input device and write the output
    into out.dv:

    $ ffmpeg -f avfoundation -capture_raw_data true -i "zr100:none" out.dv


      18.4 bktr

BSD video input device.

  *
    Options

    <#Options-17>


        18.4.1 Options

framerate

    Set the frame rate.

video_size

    Set the video frame size. Default is |vga|.

standard

    Available values are:

    ‘pal’
    ‘ntsc’
    ‘secam’
    ‘paln’
    ‘palm’
    ‘ntscj’


      18.5 decklink

The decklink input device provides capture capabilities for Blackmagic
DeckLink devices.

To enable this input device, you need the Blackmagic DeckLink SDK and
you need to configure with the appropriate |--extra-cflags| and
|--extra-ldflags|. On Windows, you need to run the IDL files through
|widl|.

DeckLink is very picky about the formats it supports. Pixel format of
the input can be set with raw_format. Framerate and video size must be
determined for your device with |-list_formats 1|. Audio sample rate is
always 48 kHz and the number of channels can be 2, 8 or 16. Note that
all audio channels are bundled in one single audio track.

  *
    Options

    <#Options-18>
  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-8>


        18.5.1 Options

list_devices

    If set to true, print a list of devices and exit. Defaults to false.
    This option is deprecated, please use the |-sources| option of
    ffmpeg to list the available input devices.

list_formats

    If set to true, print a list of supported formats and exit. Defaults
    to false.

format_code <FourCC>

    This sets the input video format to the format given by the FourCC.
    To see the supported values of your device(s) use list_formats. Note
    that there is a FourCC 'pal ' that can also be used as pal (3
    letters). Default behavior is autodetection of the input video
    format, if the hardware supports it.

raw_format

    Set the pixel format of the captured video. Available values are:

    ‘auto’

        This is the default which means 8-bit YUV 422 or 8-bit ARGB if
        format autodetection is used, 8-bit YUV 422 otherwise.

    ‘uyvy422’

        8-bit YUV 422.

    ‘yuv422p10’

        10-bit YUV 422.

    ‘argb’

        8-bit RGB.

    ‘bgra’

        8-bit RGB.

    ‘rgb10’

        10-bit RGB.

teletext_lines

    If set to nonzero, an additional teletext stream will be captured
    from the vertical ancillary data. Both SD PAL (576i) and HD (1080i
    or 1080p) sources are supported. In case of HD sources, OP47 packets
    are decoded.

    This option is a bitmask of the SD PAL VBI lines captured,
    specifically lines 6 to 22, and lines 318 to 335. Line 6 is the LSB
    in the mask. Selected lines which do not contain teletext
    information will be ignored. You can use the special all constant to
    select all possible lines, or standard to skip lines 6, 318 and 319,
    which are not compatible with all receivers.

    For SD sources, ffmpeg needs to be compiled with |--enable-libzvbi|.
    For HD sources, on older (pre-4K) DeckLink card models you have to
    capture in 10 bit mode.

channels

    Defines number of audio channels to capture. Must be ‘2’, ‘8’ or
    ‘16’. Defaults to ‘2’.

duplex_mode

    Sets the decklink device duplex/profile mode. Must be ‘unset’,
    ‘half’, ‘full’, ‘one_sub_device_full’, ‘one_sub_device_half’,
    ‘two_sub_device_full’, ‘four_sub_device_half’ Defaults to ‘unset’.

    Note: DeckLink SDK 11.0 have replaced the duplex property by a
    profile property. For the DeckLink Duo 2 and DeckLink Quad 2, a
    profile is shared between any 2 sub-devices that utilize the same
    connectors. For the DeckLink 8K Pro, a profile is shared between all
    4 sub-devices. So DeckLink 8K Pro support four profiles.

    Valid profile modes for DeckLink 8K Pro(with DeckLink SDK >= 11.0):
    ‘one_sub_device_full’, ‘one_sub_device_half’, ‘two_sub_device_full’,
    ‘four_sub_device_half’

    Valid profile modes for DeckLink Quad 2 and DeckLink Duo 2: ‘half’,
    ‘full’

timecode_format

    Timecode type to include in the frame and video stream metadata.
    Must be ‘none’, ‘rp188vitc’, ‘rp188vitc2’, ‘rp188ltc’, ‘rp188hfr’,
    ‘rp188any’, ‘vitc’, ‘vitc2’, or ‘serial’. Defaults to ‘none’ (not
    included).

    In order to properly support 50/60 fps timecodes, the ordering of
    the queried timecode types for ‘rp188any’ is HFR, VITC1, VITC2 and
    LTC for >30 fps content. Note that this is slightly different to the
    ordering used by the DeckLink API, which is HFR, VITC1, LTC, VITC2.

video_input

    Sets the video input source. Must be ‘unset’, ‘sdi’, ‘hdmi’,
    ‘optical_sdi’, ‘component’, ‘composite’ or ‘s_video’. Defaults to
    ‘unset’.

audio_input

    Sets the audio input source. Must be ‘unset’, ‘embedded’, ‘aes_ebu’,
    ‘analog’, ‘analog_xlr’, ‘analog_rca’ or ‘microphone’. Defaults to
    ‘unset’.

video_pts

    Sets the video packet timestamp source. Must be ‘video’, ‘audio’,
    ‘reference’, ‘wallclock’ or ‘abs_wallclock’. Defaults to ‘video’.

audio_pts

    Sets the audio packet timestamp source. Must be ‘video’, ‘audio’,
    ‘reference’, ‘wallclock’ or ‘abs_wallclock’. Defaults to ‘audio’.

draw_bars

    If set to ‘true’, color bars are drawn in the event of a signal
    loss. Defaults to ‘true’.

queue_size

    Sets maximum input buffer size in bytes. If the buffering reaches
    this value, incoming frames will be dropped. Defaults to ‘1073741824’.

audio_depth

    Sets the audio sample bit depth. Must be ‘16’ or ‘32’. Defaults to
    ‘16’.

decklink_copyts

    If set to true, timestamps are forwarded as they are without
    removing the initial offset. Defaults to false.

timestamp_align

    Capture start time alignment in seconds. If set to nonzero, input
    frames are dropped till the system timestamp aligns with configured
    value. Alignment difference of up to one frame duration is
    tolerated. This is useful for maintaining input synchronization
    across N different hardware devices deployed for ’N-way’ redundancy.
    The system time of different hardware devices should be synchronized
    with protocols such as NTP or PTP, before using this option. Note
    that this method is not foolproof. In some border cases input
    synchronization may not happen due to thread scheduling jitters in
    the OS. Either sync could go wrong by 1 frame or in a rarer case
    timestamp_align seconds. Defaults to ‘0’.

wait_for_tc (/bool/)

    Drop frames till a frame with timecode is received. Sometimes serial
    timecode isn’t received with the first input frame. If that happens,
    the stored stream timecode will be inaccurate. If this option is set
    to true, input frames are dropped till a frame with timecode is
    received. Option timecode_format must be specified. Defaults to false.

enable_klv(/bool/)

    If set to true, extracts KLV data from VANC and outputs KLV packets.
    KLV VANC packets are joined based on MID and PSC fields and
    aggregated into one KLV packet. Defaults to false.


        18.5.2 Examples

  * List input devices:

    ffmpeg -sources decklink

  * List supported formats:

    ffmpeg -f decklink -list_formats 1 -i 'Intensity Pro'

  * Capture video clip at 1080i50:

    ffmpeg -format_code Hi50 -f decklink -i 'Intensity Pro' -c:a copy -c:v copy output.avi

  * Capture video clip at 1080i50 10 bit:

    ffmpeg -raw_format yuv422p10 -format_code Hi50 -f decklink -i 'UltraStudio Mini Recorder' -c:a copy -c:v copy output.avi

  * Capture video clip at 1080i50 with 16 audio channels:

    ffmpeg -channels 16 -format_code Hi50 -f decklink -i 'UltraStudio Mini Recorder' -c:a copy -c:v copy output.avi


      18.6 dshow

Windows DirectShow input device.

DirectShow support is enabled when FFmpeg is built with the mingw-w64
project. Currently only audio and video devices are supported.

Multiple devices may be opened as separate inputs, but they may also be
opened on the same input, which should improve synchronism between them.

The input name should be in the format:

TYPE=NAME[:TYPE=NAME]

where TYPE can be either audio or video, and NAME is the device’s name
or alternative name..

  *
    Options

    <#Options-19>
  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-9>


        18.6.1 Options

If no options are specified, the device’s defaults are used. If the
device does not support the requested options, it will fail to open.

video_size

    Set the video size in the captured video.

framerate

    Set the frame rate in the captured video.

sample_rate

    Set the sample rate (in Hz) of the captured audio.

sample_size

    Set the sample size (in bits) of the captured audio.

channels

    Set the number of channels in the captured audio.

list_devices

    If set to true, print a list of devices and exit.

list_options

    If set to true, print a list of selected device’s options and exit.

video_device_number

    Set video device number for devices with the same name (starts at 0,
    defaults to 0).

audio_device_number

    Set audio device number for devices with the same name (starts at 0,
    defaults to 0).

pixel_format

    Select pixel format to be used by DirectShow. This may only be set
    when the video codec is not set or set to rawvideo.

audio_buffer_size

    Set audio device buffer size in milliseconds (which can directly
    impact latency, depending on the device). Defaults to using the
    audio device’s default buffer size (typically some multiple of
    500ms). Setting this value too low can degrade performance. See also
    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd377582(v=vs.85).aspx

video_pin_name

    Select video capture pin to use by name or alternative name.

audio_pin_name

    Select audio capture pin to use by name or alternative name.

crossbar_video_input_pin_number

    Select video input pin number for crossbar device. This will be
    routed to the crossbar device’s Video Decoder output pin. Note that
    changing this value can affect future invocations (sets a new
    default) until system reboot occurs.

crossbar_audio_input_pin_number

    Select audio input pin number for crossbar device. This will be
    routed to the crossbar device’s Audio Decoder output pin. Note that
    changing this value can affect future invocations (sets a new
    default) until system reboot occurs.

show_video_device_dialog

    If set to true, before capture starts, popup a display dialog to the
    end user, allowing them to change video filter properties and
    configurations manually. Note that for crossbar devices, adjusting
    values in this dialog may be needed at times to toggle between PAL
    (25 fps) and NTSC (29.97) input frame rates, sizes, interlacing,
    etc. Changing these values can enable different scan rates/frame
    rates and avoiding green bars at the bottom, flickering scan lines,
    etc. Note that with some devices, changing these properties can also
    affect future invocations (sets new defaults) until system reboot
    occurs.

show_audio_device_dialog

    If set to true, before capture starts, popup a display dialog to the
    end user, allowing them to change audio filter properties and
    configurations manually.

show_video_crossbar_connection_dialog

    If set to true, before capture starts, popup a display dialog to the
    end user, allowing them to manually modify crossbar pin routings,
    when it opens a video device.

show_audio_crossbar_connection_dialog

    If set to true, before capture starts, popup a display dialog to the
    end user, allowing them to manually modify crossbar pin routings,
    when it opens an audio device.

show_analog_tv_tuner_dialog

    If set to true, before capture starts, popup a display dialog to the
    end user, allowing them to manually modify TV channels and frequencies.

show_analog_tv_tuner_audio_dialog

    If set to true, before capture starts, popup a display dialog to the
    end user, allowing them to manually modify TV audio (like mono vs.
    stereo, Language A,B or C).

audio_device_load

    Load an audio capture filter device from file instead of searching
    it by name. It may load additional parameters too, if the filter
    supports the serialization of its properties to. To use this an
    audio capture source has to be specified, but it can be anything
    even fake one.

audio_device_save

    Save the currently used audio capture filter device and its
    parameters (if the filter supports it) to a file. If a file with the
    same name exists it will be overwritten.

video_device_load

    Load a video capture filter device from file instead of searching it
    by name. It may load additional parameters too, if the filter
    supports the serialization of its properties to. To use this a video
    capture source has to be specified, but it can be anything even fake
    one.

video_device_save

    Save the currently used video capture filter device and its
    parameters (if the filter supports it) to a file. If a file with the
    same name exists it will be overwritten.

use_video_device_timestamps

    If set to false, the timestamp for video frames will be derived from
    the wallclock instead of the timestamp provided by the capture
    device. This allows working around devices that provide unreliable
    timestamps.


        18.6.2 Examples

  * Print the list of DirectShow supported devices and exit:

    $ ffmpeg -list_devices true -f dshow -i dummy

  * Open video device Camera:

    $ ffmpeg -f dshow -i video="Camera"

  * Open second video device with name Camera:

    $ ffmpeg -f dshow -video_device_number 1 -i video="Camera"

  * Open video device Camera and audio device Microphone:

    $ ffmpeg -f dshow -i video="Camera":audio="Microphone"

  * Print the list of supported options in selected device and exit:

    $ ffmpeg -list_options true -f dshow -i video="Camera"

  * Specify pin names to capture by name or alternative name, specify
    alternative device name:

    $ ffmpeg -f dshow -audio_pin_name "Audio Out" -video_pin_name 2 -i video=video="@device_pnp_\\?\pci#ven_1a0a&dev_6200&subsys_62021461&rev_01#4&e2c7dd6&0&00e1#{65e8773d-8f56-11d0-a3b9-00a0c9223196}\{ca465100-deb0-4d59-818f-8c477184adf6}":audio="Microphone"

  * Configure a crossbar device, specifying crossbar pins, allow user to
    adjust video capture properties at startup:

    $ ffmpeg -f dshow -show_video_device_dialog true -crossbar_video_input_pin_number 0
         -crossbar_audio_input_pin_number 3 -i video="AVerMedia BDA Analog Capture":audio="AVerMedia BDA Analog Capture"


      18.7 fbdev

Linux framebuffer input device.

The Linux framebuffer is a graphic hardware-independent abstraction
layer to show graphics on a computer monitor, typically on the console.
It is accessed through a file device node, usually /dev/fb0.

For more detailed information read the file
Documentation/fb/framebuffer.txt included in the Linux source tree.

See also
http://linux-fbdev.sourceforge.net/

, and fbset(1).

To record from the framebuffer device /dev/fb0 with |ffmpeg|:

ffmpeg -f fbdev -framerate 10 -i /dev/fb0 out.avi

You can take a single screenshot image with the command:

ffmpeg -f fbdev -framerate 1 -i /dev/fb0 -frames:v 1 screenshot.jpeg

  *
    Options

    <#Options-20>


        18.7.1 Options

framerate

    Set the frame rate. Default is 25.


      18.8 gdigrab

Win32 GDI-based screen capture device.

This device allows you to capture a region of the display on Windows.

There are two options for the input filename:

desktop

or

title=window_title

The first option will capture the entire desktop, or a fixed region of
the desktop. The second option will instead capture the contents of a
single window, regardless of its position on the screen.

For example, to grab the entire desktop using |ffmpeg|:

ffmpeg -f gdigrab -framerate 6 -i desktop out.mpg

Grab a 640x480 region at position |10,20|:

ffmpeg -f gdigrab -framerate 6 -offset_x 10 -offset_y 20 -video_size vga -i desktop out.mpg

Grab the contents of the window named "Calculator"

ffmpeg -f gdigrab -framerate 6 -i title=Calculator out.mpg

  *
    Options

    <#Options-21>


        18.8.1 Options

draw_mouse

    Specify whether to draw the mouse pointer. Use the value |0| to not
    draw the pointer. Default value is |1|.

framerate

    Set the grabbing frame rate. Default value is |ntsc|, corresponding
    to a frame rate of |30000/1001|.

show_region

    Show grabbed region on screen.

    If show_region is specified with |1|, then the grabbing region will
    be indicated on screen. With this option, it is easy to know what is
    being grabbed if only a portion of the screen is grabbed.

    Note that show_region is incompatible with grabbing the contents of
    a single window.

    For example:

    ffmpeg -f gdigrab -show_region 1 -framerate 6 -video_size cif -offset_x 10 -offset_y 20 -i desktop out.mpg

video_size

    Set the video frame size. The default is to capture the full screen
    if desktop is selected, or the full window size if
    title=window_title is selected.

offset_x

    When capturing a region with video_size, set the distance from the
    left edge of the screen or desktop.

    Note that the offset calculation is from the top left corner of the
    primary monitor on Windows. If you have a monitor positioned to the
    left of your primary monitor, you will need to use a negative
    offset_x value to move the region to that monitor.

offset_y

    When capturing a region with video_size, set the distance from the
    top edge of the screen or desktop.

    Note that the offset calculation is from the top left corner of the
    primary monitor on Windows. If you have a monitor positioned above
    your primary monitor, you will need to use a negative offset_y value
    to move the region to that monitor.


      18.9 iec61883

FireWire DV/HDV input device using libiec61883.

To enable this input device, you need libiec61883, libraw1394 and
libavc1394 installed on your system. Use the configure option
|--enable-libiec61883| to compile with the device enabled.

The iec61883 capture device supports capturing from a video device
connected via IEEE1394 (FireWire), using libiec61883 and the new Linux
FireWire stack (juju). This is the default DV/HDV input method in Linux
Kernel 2.6.37 and later, since the old FireWire stack was removed.

Specify the FireWire port to be used as input file, or "auto" to choose
the first port connected.

  *
    Options

    <#Options-22>
  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-10>


        18.9.1 Options

dvtype

    Override autodetection of DV/HDV. This should only be used if auto
    detection does not work, or if usage of a different device type
    should be prohibited. Treating a DV device as HDV (or vice versa)
    will not work and result in undefined behavior. The values auto, dv
    and hdv are supported.

dvbuffer

    Set maximum size of buffer for incoming data, in frames. For DV,
    this is an exact value. For HDV, it is not frame exact, since HDV
    does not have a fixed frame size.

dvguid

    Select the capture device by specifying its GUID. Capturing will
    only be performed from the specified device and fails if no device
    with the given GUID is found. This is useful to select the input if
    multiple devices are connected at the same time. Look at
    /sys/bus/firewire/devices to find out the GUIDs.


        18.9.2 Examples

  * Grab and show the input of a FireWire DV/HDV device.

    ffplay -f iec61883 -i auto

  * Grab and record the input of a FireWire DV/HDV device, using a
    packet buffer of 100000 packets if the source is HDV.

    ffmpeg -f iec61883 -i auto -dvbuffer 100000 out.mpg


      18.10 jack

JACK input device.

To enable this input device during configuration you need libjack
installed on your system.

A JACK input device creates one or more JACK writable clients, one for
each audio channel, with name client_name:input_N, where client_name is
the name provided by the application, and N is a number which identifies
the channel. Each writable client will send the acquired data to the
FFmpeg input device.

Once you have created one or more JACK readable clients, you need to
connect them to one or more JACK writable clients.

To connect or disconnect JACK clients you can use the |jack_connect| and
|jack_disconnect| programs, or do it through a graphical interface, for
example with |qjackctl|.

To list the JACK clients and their properties you can invoke the command
|jack_lsp|.

Follows an example which shows how to capture a JACK readable client
with |ffmpeg|.

# Create a JACK writable client with name "ffmpeg".
$ ffmpeg -f jack -i ffmpeg -y out.wav

# Start the sample jack_metro readable client.
$ jack_metro -b 120 -d 0.2 -f 4000

# List the current JACK clients.
$ jack_lsp -c
system:capture_1
system:capture_2
system:playback_1
system:playback_2
ffmpeg:input_1
metro:120_bpm

# Connect metro to the ffmpeg writable client.
$ jack_connect metro:120_bpm ffmpeg:input_1

For more information read:
http://jackaudio.org/

  *
    Options

    <#Options-23>


        18.10.1 Options

channels

    Set the number of channels. Default is 2.


      18.11 kmsgrab

KMS video input device.

Captures the KMS scanout framebuffer associated with a specified CRTC or
plane as a DRM object that can be passed to other hardware functions.

Requires either DRM master or CAP_SYS_ADMIN to run.

If you don’t understand what all of that means, you probably don’t want
this. Look at x11grab instead.

  *
    Options

    <#Options-24>
  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-11>


        18.11.1 Options

device

    DRM device to capture on. Defaults to /dev/dri/card0.

format

    Pixel format of the framebuffer. This can be autodetected if you are
    running Linux 5.7 or later, but needs to be provided for earlier
    versions. Defaults to bgr0, which is the most common format used by
    the Linux console and Xorg X server.

format_modifier

    Format modifier to signal on output frames. This is necessary to
    import correctly into some APIs. It can be autodetected if you are
    running Linux 5.7 or later, but will need to be provided explicitly
    when needed in earlier versions. See the libdrm documentation for
    possible values.

crtc_id

    KMS CRTC ID to define the capture source. The first active plane on
    the given CRTC will be used.

plane_id

    KMS plane ID to define the capture source. Defaults to the first
    active plane found if neither crtc_id nor plane_id are specified.

framerate

    Framerate to capture at. This is not synchronised to any page
    flipping or framebuffer changes - it just defines the interval at
    which the framebuffer is sampled. Sampling faster than the
    framebuffer update rate will generate independent frames with the
    same content. Defaults to |30|.


        18.11.2 Examples

  * Capture from the first active plane, download the result to normal
    frames and encode. This will only work if the framebuffer is both
    linear and mappable - if not, the result may be scrambled or fail to
    download.

    ffmpeg -f kmsgrab -i - -vf 'hwdownload,format=bgr0' output.mp4

  * Capture from CRTC ID 42 at 60fps, map the result to VAAPI, convert
    to NV12 and encode as H.264.

    ffmpeg -crtc_id 42 -framerate 60 -f kmsgrab -i - -vf 'hwmap=derive_device=vaapi,scale_vaapi=w=1920:h=1080:format=nv12' -c:v h264_vaapi output.mp4

  * To capture only part of a plane the output can be cropped - this can
    be used to capture a single window, as long as it has a known
    absolute position and size. For example, to capture and encode the
    middle quarter of a 1920x1080 plane:

    ffmpeg -f kmsgrab -i - -vf 'hwmap=derive_device=vaapi,crop=960:540:480:270,scale_vaapi=960:540:nv12' -c:v h264_vaapi output.mp4


      18.12 lavfi

Libavfilter input virtual device.

This input device reads data from the open output pads of a libavfilter
filtergraph.

For each filtergraph open output, the input device will create a
corresponding stream which is mapped to the generated output. The
filtergraph is specified through the option graph.

  *
    Options

    <#Options-25>
  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-12>


        18.12.1 Options

graph

    Specify the filtergraph to use as input. Each video open output must
    be labelled by a unique string of the form "outN", where N is a
    number starting from 0 corresponding to the mapped input stream
    generated by the device. The first unlabelled output is
    automatically assigned to the "out0" label, but all the others need
    to be specified explicitly.

    The suffix "+subcc" can be appended to the output label to create an
    extra stream with the closed captions packets attached to that
    output (experimental; only for EIA-608 / CEA-708 for now). The subcc
    streams are created after all the normal streams, in the order of
    the corresponding stream. For example, if there is "out19+subcc",
    "out7+subcc" and up to "out42", the stream #43 is subcc for stream
    #7 and stream #44 is subcc for stream #19.

    If not specified defaults to the filename specified for the input
    device.

graph_file

    Set the filename of the filtergraph to be read and sent to the other
    filters. Syntax of the filtergraph is the same as the one specified
    by the option graph.

dumpgraph

    Dump graph to stderr.


        18.12.2 Examples

  * Create a color video stream and play it back with |ffplay|:

    ffplay -f lavfi -graph "color=c=pink [out0]" dummy

  * As the previous example, but use filename for specifying the graph
    description, and omit the "out0" label:

    ffplay -f lavfi color=c=pink

  * Create three different video test filtered sources and play them:

    ffplay -f lavfi -graph "testsrc [out0]; testsrc,hflip [out1]; testsrc,negate [out2]" test3

  * Read an audio stream from a file using the amovie source and play it
    back with |ffplay|:

    ffplay -f lavfi "amovie=test.wav"

  * Read an audio stream and a video stream and play it back with |ffplay|:

    ffplay -f lavfi "movie=test.avi[out0];amovie=test.wav[out1]"

  * Dump decoded frames to images and closed captions to a file
    (experimental):

    ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "movie=test.ts[out0+subcc]" -map v frame%08d.png -map s -c copy -f rawvideo subcc.bin


      18.13 libcdio

Audio-CD input device based on libcdio.

To enable this input device during configuration you need libcdio
installed on your system. It requires the configure option
|--enable-libcdio|.

This device allows playing and grabbing from an Audio-CD.

For example to copy with |ffmpeg| the entire Audio-CD in /dev/sr0, you
may run the command:

ffmpeg -f libcdio -i /dev/sr0 cd.wav

  *
    Options

    <#Options-26>


        18.13.1 Options

speed

    Set drive reading speed. Default value is 0.

    The speed is specified CD-ROM speed units. The speed is set through
    the libcdio |cdio_cddap_speed_set| function. On many CD-ROM drives,
    specifying a value too large will result in using the fastest speed.

paranoia_mode

    Set paranoia recovery mode flags. It accepts one of the following
    values:

    ‘disable’
    ‘verify’
    ‘overlap’
    ‘neverskip’
    ‘full’

    Default value is ‘disable’.

    For more information about the available recovery modes, consult the
    paranoia project documentation.


      18.14 libdc1394

IIDC1394 input device, based on libdc1394 and libraw1394.

Requires the configure option |--enable-libdc1394|.

  *
    Options

    <#Options-27>


        18.14.1 Options

framerate

    Set the frame rate. Default is |ntsc|, corresponding to a frame rate
    of |30000/1001|.

pixel_format

    Select the pixel format. Default is |uyvy422|.

video_size

    Set the video size given as a string such as |640x480| or |hd720|.
    Default is |qvga|.


      18.15 openal

The OpenAL input device provides audio capture on all systems with a
working OpenAL 1.1 implementation.

To enable this input device during configuration, you need OpenAL
headers and libraries installed on your system, and need to configure
FFmpeg with |--enable-openal|.

OpenAL headers and libraries should be provided as part of your OpenAL
implementation, or as an additional download (an SDK). Depending on your
installation you may need to specify additional flags via the
|--extra-cflags| and |--extra-ldflags| for allowing the build system to
locate the OpenAL headers and libraries.

An incomplete list of OpenAL implementations follows:

*Creative*

    The official Windows implementation, providing hardware acceleration
    with supported devices and software fallback. See
    http://openal.org/

    .

*OpenAL Soft*

    Portable, open source (LGPL) software implementation. Includes
    backends for the most common sound APIs on the Windows, Linux,
    Solaris, and BSD operating systems. See
    http://kcat.strangesoft.net/openal.html

    .

*Apple*

    OpenAL is part of Core Audio, the official Mac OS X Audio interface.
    See
    http://developer.apple.com/technologies/mac/audio-and-video.html

This device allows one to capture from an audio input device handled
through OpenAL.

You need to specify the name of the device to capture in the provided
filename. If the empty string is provided, the device will automatically
select the default device. You can get the list of the supported devices
by using the option list_devices.

  *
    Options

    <#Options-28>
  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-13>


        18.15.1 Options

channels

    Set the number of channels in the captured audio. Only the values 1
    (monaural) and 2 (stereo) are currently supported. Defaults to 2.

sample_size

    Set the sample size (in bits) of the captured audio. Only the values
    8 and 16 are currently supported. Defaults to 16.

sample_rate

    Set the sample rate (in Hz) of the captured audio. Defaults to 44.1k.

list_devices

    If set to true, print a list of devices and exit. Defaults to false.


        18.15.2 Examples

Print the list of OpenAL supported devices and exit:

$ ffmpeg -list_devices true -f openal -i dummy out.ogg

Capture from the OpenAL device DR-BT101 via PulseAudio:

$ ffmpeg -f openal -i 'DR-BT101 via PulseAudio' out.ogg

Capture from the default device (note the empty string ” as filename):

$ ffmpeg -f openal -i '' out.ogg

Capture from two devices simultaneously, writing to two different files,
within the same |ffmpeg| command:

$ ffmpeg -f openal -i 'DR-BT101 via PulseAudio' out1.ogg -f openal -i 'ALSA Default' out2.ogg

Note: not all OpenAL implementations support multiple simultaneous
capture - try the latest OpenAL Soft if the above does not work.


      18.16 oss

Open Sound System input device.

The filename to provide to the input device is the device node
representing the OSS input device, and is usually set to /dev/dsp.

For example to grab from /dev/dsp using |ffmpeg| use the command:

ffmpeg -f oss -i /dev/dsp /tmp/oss.wav

For more information about OSS see:
http://manuals.opensound.com/usersguide/dsp.html

  *
    Options

    <#Options-29>


        18.16.1 Options

sample_rate

    Set the sample rate in Hz. Default is 48000.

channels

    Set the number of channels. Default is 2.


      18.17 pulse

PulseAudio input device.

To enable this output device you need to configure FFmpeg with
|--enable-libpulse|.

The filename to provide to the input device is a source device or the
string "default"

To list the PulseAudio source devices and their properties you can
invoke the command |pactl list sources|.

More information about PulseAudio can be found on
http://www.pulseaudio.org

<http://www.pulseaudio.org/>.

  *
    Options

    <#Options-30>
  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-14>


        18.17.1 Options

server

    Connect to a specific PulseAudio server, specified by an IP address.
    Default server is used when not provided.

name

    Specify the application name PulseAudio will use when showing active
    clients, by default it is the |LIBAVFORMAT_IDENT| string.

stream_name

    Specify the stream name PulseAudio will use when showing active
    streams, by default it is "record".

sample_rate

    Specify the samplerate in Hz, by default 48kHz is used.

channels

    Specify the channels in use, by default 2 (stereo) is set.

frame_size

    This option does nothing and is deprecated.

fragment_size

    Specify the size in bytes of the minimal buffering fragment in
    PulseAudio, it will affect the audio latency. By default it is set
    to 50 ms amount of data.

wallclock

    Set the initial PTS using the current time. Default is 1.


        18.17.2 Examples

Record a stream from default device:

ffmpeg -f pulse -i default /tmp/pulse.wav


      18.18 sndio

sndio input device.

To enable this input device during configuration you need libsndio
installed on your system.

The filename to provide to the input device is the device node
representing the sndio input device, and is usually set to /dev/audio0.

For example to grab from /dev/audio0 using |ffmpeg| use the command:

ffmpeg -f sndio -i /dev/audio0 /tmp/oss.wav

  *
    Options

    <#Options-31>


        18.18.1 Options

sample_rate

    Set the sample rate in Hz. Default is 48000.

channels

    Set the number of channels. Default is 2.


      18.19 video4linux2, v4l2

Video4Linux2 input video device.

"v4l2" can be used as alias for "video4linux2".

If FFmpeg is built with v4l-utils support (by using the
|--enable-libv4l2| configure option), it is possible to use it with the
|-use_libv4l2| input device option.

The name of the device to grab is a file device node, usually Linux
systems tend to automatically create such nodes when the device (e.g. an
USB webcam) is plugged into the system, and has a name of the kind
/dev/videoN, where N is a number associated to the device.

Video4Linux2 devices usually support a limited set of widthxheight sizes
and frame rates. You can check which are supported using |-list_formats
all| for Video4Linux2 devices. Some devices, like TV cards, support one
or more standards. It is possible to list all the supported standards
using |-list_standards all|.

The time base for the timestamps is 1 microsecond. Depending on the
kernel version and configuration, the timestamps may be derived from the
real time clock (origin at the Unix Epoch) or the monotonic clock
(origin usually at boot time, unaffected by NTP or manual changes to the
clock). The -timestamps abs or -ts abs option can be used to force
conversion into the real time clock.

Some usage examples of the video4linux2 device with |ffmpeg| and |ffplay|:

  * List supported formats for a video4linux2 device:

    ffplay -f video4linux2 -list_formats all /dev/video0

  * Grab and show the input of a video4linux2 device:

    ffplay -f video4linux2 -framerate 30 -video_size hd720 /dev/video0

  * Grab and record the input of a video4linux2 device, leave the frame
    rate and size as previously set:

    ffmpeg -f video4linux2 -input_format mjpeg -i /dev/video0 out.mpeg

For more information about Video4Linux, check
http://linuxtv.org/

.

  *
    Options

    <#Options-32>


        18.19.1 Options

standard

    Set the standard. Must be the name of a supported standard. To get a
    list of the supported standards, use the list_standards option.

channel

    Set the input channel number. Default to -1, which means using the
    previously selected channel.

video_size

    Set the video frame size. The argument must be a string in the form
    WIDTHxHEIGHT or a valid size abbreviation.

pixel_format

    Select the pixel format (only valid for raw video input).

input_format

    Set the preferred pixel format (for raw video) or a codec name. This
    option allows one to select the input format, when several are
    available.

framerate

    Set the preferred video frame rate.

list_formats

    List available formats (supported pixel formats, codecs, and frame
    sizes) and exit.

    Available values are:

    ‘all’

        Show all available (compressed and non-compressed) formats.

    ‘raw’

        Show only raw video (non-compressed) formats.

    ‘compressed’

        Show only compressed formats.

list_standards

    List supported standards and exit.

    Available values are:

    ‘all’

        Show all supported standards.

timestamps, ts

    Set type of timestamps for grabbed frames.

    Available values are:

    ‘default’

        Use timestamps from the kernel.

    ‘abs’

        Use absolute timestamps (wall clock).

    ‘mono2abs’

        Force conversion from monotonic to absolute timestamps.

    Default value is |default|.

use_libv4l2

    Use libv4l2 (v4l-utils) conversion functions. Default is 0.


      18.20 vfwcap

VfW (Video for Windows) capture input device.

The filename passed as input is the capture driver number, ranging from
0 to 9. You may use "list" as filename to print a list of drivers. Any
other filename will be interpreted as device number 0.

  *
    Options

    <#Options-33>


        18.20.1 Options

video_size

    Set the video frame size.

framerate

    Set the grabbing frame rate. Default value is |ntsc|, corresponding
    to a frame rate of |30000/1001|.


      18.21 x11grab

X11 video input device.

To enable this input device during configuration you need libxcb
installed on your system. It will be automatically detected during
configuration.

This device allows one to capture a region of an X11 display.

The filename passed as input has the syntax:

[hostname]:display_number.screen_number[+x_offset,y_offset]

hostname:display_number.screen_number specifies the X11 display name of
the screen to grab from. hostname can be omitted, and defaults to
"localhost". The environment variable |DISPLAY| contains the default
display name.

x_offset and y_offset specify the offsets of the grabbed area with
respect to the top-left border of the X11 screen. They default to 0.

Check the X11 documentation (e.g. |man X|) for more detailed information.

Use the |xdpyinfo| program for getting basic information about the
properties of your X11 display (e.g. grep for "name" or "dimensions").

For example to grab from :0.0 using |ffmpeg|:

ffmpeg -f x11grab -framerate 25 -video_size cif -i :0.0 out.mpg

Grab at position |10,20|:

ffmpeg -f x11grab -framerate 25 -video_size cif -i :0.0+10,20 out.mpg

  *
    Options

    <#Options-34>


        18.21.1 Options

select_region

    Specify whether to select the grabbing area graphically using the
    pointer. A value of |1| prompts the user to select the grabbing area
    graphically by clicking and dragging. A single click with no
    dragging will select the whole screen. A region with zero width or
    height will also select the whole screen. This option overwrites the
    video_size, grab_x, and grab_y options. Default value is |0|.

draw_mouse

    Specify whether to draw the mouse pointer. A value of |0| specifies
    not to draw the pointer. Default value is |1|.

follow_mouse

    Make the grabbed area follow the mouse. The argument can be
    |centered| or a number of pixels PIXELS.

    When it is specified with "centered", the grabbing region follows
    the mouse pointer and keeps the pointer at the center of region;
    otherwise, the region follows only when the mouse pointer reaches
    within PIXELS (greater than zero) to the edge of region.

    For example:

    ffmpeg -f x11grab -follow_mouse centered -framerate 25 -video_size cif -i :0.0 out.mpg

    To follow only when the mouse pointer reaches within 100 pixels to
    edge:

    ffmpeg -f x11grab -follow_mouse 100 -framerate 25 -video_size cif -i :0.0 out.mpg

framerate

    Set the grabbing frame rate. Default value is |ntsc|, corresponding
    to a frame rate of |30000/1001|.

show_region

    Show grabbed region on screen.

    If show_region is specified with |1|, then the grabbing region will
    be indicated on screen. With this option, it is easy to know what is
    being grabbed if only a portion of the screen is grabbed.

region_border

    Set the region border thickness if -show_region 1 is used. Range is
    1 to 128 and default is 3 (XCB-based x11grab only).

    For example:

    ffmpeg -f x11grab -show_region 1 -framerate 25 -video_size cif -i :0.0+10,20 out.mpg

    With follow_mouse:

    ffmpeg -f x11grab -follow_mouse centered -show_region 1 -framerate 25 -video_size cif -i :0.0 out.mpg

window_id

    Grab this window, instead of the whole screen. Default value is 0,
    which maps to the whole screen (root window).

    The id of a window can be found using the |xwininfo| program,
    possibly with options -tree and -root.

    If the window is later enlarged, the new area is not recorded. Video
    ends when the window is closed, unmapped (i.e., iconified) or shrunk
    beyond the video size (which defaults to the initial window size).

    This option disables options follow_mouse and select_region.

video_size

    Set the video frame size. Default is the full desktop or window.

grab_x
grab_y

    Set the grabbing region coordinates. They are expressed as offset
    from the top left corner of the X11 window and correspond to the
    x_offset and y_offset parameters in the device name. The default
    value for both options is 0.


    19 Resampler Options

The audio resampler supports the following named options.

Options may be set by specifying -option value in the FFmpeg tools,
option=value for the aresample filter, by setting the value explicitly
in the |SwrContext| options or using the libavutil/opt.h API for
programmatic use.

uchl, used_chlayout

    Set used input channel layout. Default is unset. This option is only
    used for special remapping.

isr, in_sample_rate

    Set the input sample rate. Default value is 0.

osr, out_sample_rate

    Set the output sample rate. Default value is 0.

isf, in_sample_fmt

    Specify the input sample format. It is set by default to |none|.

osf, out_sample_fmt

    Specify the output sample format. It is set by default to |none|.

tsf, internal_sample_fmt

    Set the internal sample format. Default value is |none|. This will
    automatically be chosen when it is not explicitly set.

ichl, in_chlayout
ochl, out_chlayout

    Set the input/output channel layout.

    See
    (ffmpeg-utils)the Channel Layout section in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#channel-layout-syntax>
    for the required syntax.

clev, center_mix_level

    Set the center mix level. It is a value expressed in deciBel, and
    must be in the interval [-32,32].

slev, surround_mix_level

    Set the surround mix level. It is a value expressed in deciBel, and
    must be in the interval [-32,32].

lfe_mix_level

    Set LFE mix into non LFE level. It is used when there is a LFE input
    but no LFE output. It is a value expressed in deciBel, and must be
    in the interval [-32,32].

rmvol, rematrix_volume

    Set rematrix volume. Default value is 1.0.

rematrix_maxval

    Set maximum output value for rematrixing. This can be used to
    prevent clipping vs. preventing volume reduction. A value of 1.0
    prevents clipping.

flags, swr_flags

    Set flags used by the converter. Default value is 0.

    It supports the following individual flags:

    res

        force resampling, this flag forces resampling to be used even
        when the input and output sample rates match.

dither_scale

    Set the dither scale. Default value is 1.

dither_method

    Set dither method. Default value is 0.

    Supported values:

    ‘rectangular’

        select rectangular dither

    ‘triangular’

        select triangular dither

    ‘triangular_hp’

        select triangular dither with high pass

    ‘lipshitz’

        select Lipshitz noise shaping dither.

    ‘shibata’

        select Shibata noise shaping dither.

    ‘low_shibata’

        select low Shibata noise shaping dither.

    ‘high_shibata’

        select high Shibata noise shaping dither.

    ‘f_weighted’

        select f-weighted noise shaping dither

    ‘modified_e_weighted’

        select modified-e-weighted noise shaping dither

    ‘improved_e_weighted’

        select improved-e-weighted noise shaping dither

resampler

    Set resampling engine. Default value is swr.

    Supported values:

    ‘swr’

        select the native SW Resampler; filter options precision and
        cheby are not applicable in this case.

    ‘soxr’

        select the SoX Resampler (where available); compensation, and
        filter options filter_size, phase_shift, exact_rational,
        filter_type & kaiser_beta, are not applicable in this case.

filter_size

    For swr only, set resampling filter size, default value is 32.

phase_shift

    For swr only, set resampling phase shift, default value is 10, and
    must be in the interval [0,30].

linear_interp

    Use linear interpolation when enabled (the default). Disable it if
    you want to preserve speed instead of quality when exact_rational
    fails.

exact_rational

    For swr only, when enabled, try to use exact phase_count based on
    input and output sample rate. However, if it is larger than |1 <<
    phase_shift|, the phase_count will be |1 << phase_shift| as
    fallback. Default is enabled.

cutoff

    Set cutoff frequency (swr: 6dB point; soxr: 0dB point) ratio; must
    be a float value between 0 and 1. Default value is 0.97 with swr,
    and 0.91 with soxr (which, with a sample-rate of 44100, preserves
    the entire audio band to 20kHz).

precision

    For soxr only, the precision in bits to which the resampled signal
    will be calculated. The default value of 20 (which, with suitable
    dithering, is appropriate for a destination bit-depth of 16) gives
    SoX’s ’High Quality’; a value of 28 gives SoX’s ’Very High Quality’.

cheby

    For soxr only, selects passband rolloff none (Chebyshev) &
    higher-precision approximation for ’irrational’ ratios. Default
    value is 0.

async

    For swr only, simple 1 parameter audio sync to timestamps using
    stretching, squeezing, filling and trimming. Setting this to 1 will
    enable filling and trimming, larger values represent the maximum
    amount in samples that the data may be stretched or squeezed for
    each second. Default value is 0, thus no compensation is applied to
    make the samples match the audio timestamps.

first_pts

    For swr only, assume the first pts should be this value. The time
    unit is 1 / sample rate. This allows for padding/trimming at the
    start of stream. By default, no assumption is made about the first
    frame’s expected pts, so no padding or trimming is done. For
    example, this could be set to 0 to pad the beginning with silence if
    an audio stream starts after the video stream or to trim any samples
    with a negative pts due to encoder delay.

min_comp

    For swr only, set the minimum difference between timestamps and
    audio data (in seconds) to trigger stretching/squeezing/filling or
    trimming of the data to make it match the timestamps. The default is
    that stretching/squeezing/filling and trimming is disabled (min_comp
    = |FLT_MAX|).

min_hard_comp

    For swr only, set the minimum difference between timestamps and
    audio data (in seconds) to trigger adding/dropping samples to make
    it match the timestamps. This option effectively is a threshold to
    select between hard (trim/fill) and soft (squeeze/stretch)
    compensation. Note that all compensation is by default disabled
    through min_comp. The default is 0.1.

comp_duration

    For swr only, set duration (in seconds) over which data is
    stretched/squeezed to make it match the timestamps. Must be a
    non-negative double float value, default value is 1.0.

max_soft_comp

    For swr only, set maximum factor by which data is stretched/squeezed
    to make it match the timestamps. Must be a non-negative double float
    value, default value is 0.

matrix_encoding

    Select matrixed stereo encoding.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘none’

        select none

    ‘dolby’

        select Dolby

    ‘dplii’

        select Dolby Pro Logic II

    Default value is |none|.

filter_type

    For swr only, select resampling filter type. This only affects
    resampling operations.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘cubic’

        select cubic

    ‘blackman_nuttall’

        select Blackman Nuttall windowed sinc

    ‘kaiser’

        select Kaiser windowed sinc

kaiser_beta

    For swr only, set Kaiser window beta value. Must be a double float
    value in the interval [2,16], default value is 9.

output_sample_bits

    For swr only, set number of used output sample bits for dithering.
    Must be an integer in the interval [0,64], default value is 0, which
    means it’s not used.


    20 Scaler Options

The video scaler supports the following named options.

Options may be set by specifying -option value in the FFmpeg tools, with
a few API-only exceptions noted below. For programmatic use, they can be
set explicitly in the |SwsContext| options or through the
libavutil/opt.h API.

sws_flags

    Set the scaler flags. This is also used to set the scaling
    algorithm. Only a single algorithm should be selected. Default value
    is ‘bicubic’.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘fast_bilinear’

        Select fast bilinear scaling algorithm.

    ‘bilinear’

        Select bilinear scaling algorithm.

    ‘bicubic’

        Select bicubic scaling algorithm.

    ‘experimental’

        Select experimental scaling algorithm.

    ‘neighbor’

        Select nearest neighbor rescaling algorithm.

    ‘area’

        Select averaging area rescaling algorithm.

    ‘bicublin’

        Select bicubic scaling algorithm for the luma component,
        bilinear for chroma components.

    ‘gauss’

        Select Gaussian rescaling algorithm.

    ‘sinc’

        Select sinc rescaling algorithm.

    ‘lanczos’

        Select Lanczos rescaling algorithm. The default width (alpha) is
        3 and can be changed by setting |param0|.

    ‘spline’

        Select natural bicubic spline rescaling algorithm.

    ‘print_info’

        Enable printing/debug logging.

    ‘accurate_rnd’

        Enable accurate rounding.

    ‘full_chroma_int’

        Enable full chroma interpolation.

    ‘full_chroma_inp’

        Select full chroma input.

    ‘bitexact’

        Enable bitexact output.

srcw (API only)

    Set source width.

srch (API only)

    Set source height.

dstw (API only)

    Set destination width.

dsth (API only)

    Set destination height.

src_format (API only)

    Set source pixel format (must be expressed as an integer).

dst_format (API only)

    Set destination pixel format (must be expressed as an integer).

src_range (boolean)

    If value is set to |1|, indicates source is full range. Default
    value is |0|, which indicates source is limited range.

dst_range (boolean)

    If value is set to |1|, enable full range for destination. Default
    value is |0|, which enables limited range.

param0, param1

    Set scaling algorithm parameters. The specified values are specific
    of some scaling algorithms and ignored by others. The specified
    values are floating point number values.

sws_dither

    Set the dithering algorithm. Accepts one of the following values.
    Default value is ‘auto’.

    ‘auto’

        automatic choice

    ‘none’

        no dithering

    ‘bayer’

        bayer dither

    ‘ed’

        error diffusion dither

    ‘a_dither’

        arithmetic dither, based using addition

    ‘x_dither’

        arithmetic dither, based using xor (more random/less apparent
        patterning that a_dither).

alphablend

    Set the alpha blending to use when the input has alpha but the
    output does not. Default value is ‘none’.

    ‘uniform_color’

        Blend onto a uniform background color

    ‘checkerboard’

        Blend onto a checkerboard

    ‘none’

        No blending


    21 Filtering Introduction

Filtering in FFmpeg is enabled through the libavfilter library.

In libavfilter, a filter can have multiple inputs and multiple outputs.
To illustrate the sorts of things that are possible, we consider the
following filtergraph.

                [main]
input --> split ---------------------> overlay --> output
            |                             ^
            |[tmp]                  [flip]|
            +-----> crop --> vflip -------+

This filtergraph splits the input stream in two streams, then sends one
stream through the crop filter and the vflip filter, before merging it
back with the other stream by overlaying it on top. You can use the
following command to achieve this:

ffmpeg -i INPUT -vf "split [main][tmp]; [tmp] crop=iw:ih/2:0:0, vflip [flip]; [main][flip] overlay=0:H/2" OUTPUT

The result will be that the top half of the video is mirrored onto the
bottom half of the output video.

Filters in the same linear chain are separated by commas, and distinct
linear chains of filters are separated by semicolons. In our example,
crop,vflip are in one linear chain, split and overlay are separately in
another. The points where the linear chains join are labelled by names
enclosed in square brackets. In the example, the split filter generates
two outputs that are associated to the labels [main] and [tmp].

The stream sent to the second output of split, labelled as [tmp], is
processed through the crop filter, which crops away the lower half part
of the video, and then vertically flipped. The overlay filter takes in
input the first unchanged output of the split filter (which was labelled
as [main]), and overlay on its lower half the output generated by the
crop,vflip filterchain.

Some filters take in input a list of parameters: they are specified
after the filter name and an equal sign, and are separated from each
other by a colon.

There exist so-called source filters that do not have an audio/video
input, and sink filters that will not have audio/video output.


    22 graph2dot

The graph2dot program included in the FFmpeg tools directory can be used
to parse a filtergraph description and issue a corresponding textual
representation in the dot language.

Invoke the command:

graph2dot -h

to see how to use graph2dot.

You can then pass the dot description to the dot program (from the
graphviz suite of programs) and obtain a graphical representation of the
filtergraph.

For example the sequence of commands:

echo GRAPH_DESCRIPTION | \
tools/graph2dot -o graph.tmp && \
dot -Tpng graph.tmp -o graph.png && \
display graph.png

can be used to create and display an image representing the graph
described by the GRAPH_DESCRIPTION string. Note that this string must be
a complete self-contained graph, with its inputs and outputs explicitly
defined. For example if your command line is of the form:

ffmpeg -i infile -vf scale=640:360 outfile

your GRAPH_DESCRIPTION string will need to be of the form:

nullsrc,scale=640:360,nullsink

you may also need to set the nullsrc parameters and add a format filter
in order to simulate a specific input file.


    23 Filtergraph description

A filtergraph is a directed graph of connected filters. It can contain
cycles, and there can be multiple links between a pair of filters. Each
link has one input pad on one side connecting it to one filter from
which it takes its input, and one output pad on the other side
connecting it to one filter accepting its output.

Each filter in a filtergraph is an instance of a filter class registered
in the application, which defines the features and the number of input
and output pads of the filter.

A filter with no input pads is called a "source", and a filter with no
output pads is called a "sink".

  *
    Filtergraph syntax

    <#Filtergraph-syntax-1>
  *
    Notes on filtergraph escaping

    <#Notes-on-filtergraph-escaping>


      23.1 Filtergraph syntax

A filtergraph has a textual representation, which is recognized by the
-filter/-vf/-af and -filter_complex options in |ffmpeg| and -vf/-af in
|ffplay|, and by the |avfilter_graph_parse_ptr()| function defined in
libavfilter/avfilter.h.

A filterchain consists of a sequence of connected filters, each one
connected to the previous one in the sequence. A filterchain is
represented by a list of ","-separated filter descriptions.

A filtergraph consists of a sequence of filterchains. A sequence of
filterchains is represented by a list of ";"-separated filterchain
descriptions.

A filter is represented by a string of the form:
[in_link_1]...[in_link_N]filter_name@id=arguments[out_link_1]...[out_link_M]


filter_name is the name of the filter class of which the described
filter is an instance of, and has to be the name of one of the filter
classes registered in the program optionally followed by "@id". The name
of the filter class is optionally followed by a string "=arguments".

arguments is a string which contains the parameters used to initialize
the filter instance. It may have one of two forms:

  * A ’:’-separated list of key=value pairs.
  * A ’:’-separated list of value. In this case, the keys are assumed to
    be the option names in the order they are declared. E.g. the |fade|
    filter declares three options in this order – type, start_frame and
    nb_frames. Then the parameter list in:0:30 means that the value in
    is assigned to the option type, 0 to start_frame and 30 to nb_frames.
  * A ’:’-separated list of mixed direct value and long key=value pairs.
    The direct value must precede the key=value pairs, and follow the
    same constraints order of the previous point. The following
    key=value pairs can be set in any preferred order. 

If the option value itself is a list of items (e.g. the |format| filter
takes a list of pixel formats), the items in the list are usually
separated by ‘|’.

The list of arguments can be quoted using the character ‘'’ as initial
and ending mark, and the character ‘\’ for escaping the characters
within the quoted text; otherwise the argument string is considered
terminated when the next special character (belonging to the set
‘[]=;,’) is encountered.

A special syntax implemented in the |ffmpeg| CLI tool allows loading
option values from files. This is done be prepending a slash ’/’ to the
option name, then the supplied value is interpreted as a path from which
the actual value is loaded. E.g.

ffmpeg -i <INPUT> -vf drawtext=/text=/tmp/some_text <OUTPUT>

will load the text to be drawn from /tmp/some_text. API users wishing to
implement a similar feature should use the |avfilter_graph_segment_*()|
functions together with custom IO code.

The name and arguments of the filter are optionally preceded and
followed by a list of link labels. A link label allows one to name a
link and associate it to a filter output or input pad. The preceding
labels in_link_1 ... in_link_N, are associated to the filter input pads,
the following labels out_link_1 ... out_link_M, are associated to the
output pads.

When two link labels with the same name are found in the filtergraph, a
link between the corresponding input and output pad is created.

If an output pad is not labelled, it is linked by default to the first
unlabelled input pad of the next filter in the filterchain. For example
in the filterchain

nullsrc, split[L1], [L2]overlay, nullsink

the split filter instance has two output pads, and the overlay filter
instance two input pads. The first output pad of split is labelled "L1",
the first input pad of overlay is labelled "L2", and the second output
pad of split is linked to the second input pad of overlay, which are
both unlabelled.

In a filter description, if the input label of the first filter is not
specified, "in" is assumed; if the output label of the last filter is
not specified, "out" is assumed.

In a complete filterchain all the unlabelled filter input and output
pads must be connected. A filtergraph is considered valid if all the
filter input and output pads of all the filterchains are connected.

Leading and trailing whitespaces (space, tabs, or line feeds) separating
tokens in the filtergraph specification are ignored. This means that the
filtergraph can be expressed using empty lines and spaces to improve
redability.

For example, the filtergraph:

testsrc,split[L1],hflip[L2];[L1][L2] hstack

can be represented as:

testsrc,
split [L1], hflip [L2];

[L1][L2] hstack

Libavfilter will automatically insert
scale

<#scale> filters where format conversion is required. It is possible to
specify swscale flags for those automatically inserted scalers by
prepending |sws_flags=flags;| to the filtergraph description.

Here is a BNF description of the filtergraph syntax:

NAME             ::= sequence of alphanumeric characters and '_'
FILTER_NAME      ::= NAME["@"NAME]
LINKLABEL        ::= "[" NAME "]"
LINKLABELS       ::= LINKLABEL [LINKLABELS]
FILTER_ARGUMENTS ::= sequence of chars (possibly quoted)
FILTER           ::= [LINKLABELS] FILTER_NAME ["=" FILTER_ARGUMENTS] [LINKLABELS]
FILTERCHAIN      ::= FILTER [,FILTERCHAIN]
FILTERGRAPH      ::= [sws_flags=flags;] FILTERCHAIN [;FILTERGRAPH]


      23.2 Notes on filtergraph escaping

Filtergraph description composition entails several levels of escaping. See
(ffmpeg-utils)the "Quoting and escaping" section in the ffmpeg-utils(1)
manual

<file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#quoting_005fand_005fescaping>
for more information about the employed escaping procedure.

A first level escaping affects the content of each filter option value,
which may contain the special character |:| used to separate values, or
one of the escaping characters |\'|.

A second level escaping affects the whole filter description, which may
contain the escaping characters |\'| or the special characters |[],;|
used by the filtergraph description.

Finally, when you specify a filtergraph on a shell commandline, you need
to perform a third level escaping for the shell special characters
contained within it.

For example, consider the following string to be embedded in the
drawtext

<#drawtext> filter description text value:

this is a 'string': may contain one, or more, special characters

This string contains the |'| special escaping character, and the |:|
special character, so it needs to be escaped in this way:

text=this is a \'string\'\: may contain one, or more, special characters

A second level of escaping is required when embedding the filter
description in a filtergraph description, in order to escape all the
filtergraph special characters. Thus the example above becomes:

drawtext=text=this is a \\\'string\\\'\\: may contain one\, or more\, special characters

(note that in addition to the |\'| escaping special characters, also |,|
needs to be escaped).

Finally an additional level of escaping is needed when writing the
filtergraph description in a shell command, which depends on the
escaping rules of the adopted shell. For example, assuming that |\| is
special and needs to be escaped with another |\|, the previous string
will finally result in:

-vf "drawtext=text=this is a \\\\\\'string\\\\\\'\\\\: may contain one\\, or more\\, special characters"

In order to avoid cumbersome escaping when using a commandline tool
accepting a filter specification as input, it is advisable to avoid
direct inclusion of the filter or options specification in the shell.

For example, in case of the
drawtext filter

<#drawtext>, you might prefer to use the textfile option in place of
text to specify the text to render.

When using the |ffmpeg| tool, you might consider to use the
(ffmpeg)-filter_script option

<file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg.html#filter_005fscript-option>
or
(ffmpeg)-filter_complex_script option

<file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg.html#filter_005fcomplex_005fscript-option>.



    24 Timeline editing

Some filters support a generic enable option. For the filters supporting
timeline editing, this option can be set to an expression which is
evaluated before sending a frame to the filter. If the evaluation is
non-zero, the filter will be enabled, otherwise the frame will be sent
unchanged to the next filter in the filtergraph.

The expression accepts the following values:

‘t’

    timestamp expressed in seconds, NAN if the input timestamp is unknown

‘n’

    sequential number of the input frame, starting from 0

‘pos’

    the position in the file of the input frame, NAN if unknown;
    deprecated, do not use

‘w’
‘h’

    width and height of the input frame if video

Additionally, these filters support an enable command that can be used
to re-define the expression.

Like any other filtering option, the enable option follows the same rules.

For example, to enable a blur filter (
smartblur

<#smartblur>) from 10 seconds to 3 minutes, and a
curves

<#curves> filter starting at 3 seconds:

smartblur = enable='between(t,10,3*60)',
curves    = enable='gte(t,3)' : preset=cross_process

See |ffmpeg -filters| to view which filters have timeline support.


    25 Changing options at runtime with a command

Some options can be changed during the operation of the filter using a
command. These options are marked ’T’ on the output of |ffmpeg| -h
filter=<name of filter>. The name of the command is the name of the
option and the argument is the new value.


    26 Options for filters with several inputs (framesync)

Some filters with several inputs support a common set of options. These
options can only be set by name, not with the short notation.

eof_action

    The action to take when EOF is encountered on the secondary input;
    it accepts one of the following values:

    repeat

        Repeat the last frame (the default).

    endall

        End both streams.

    pass

        Pass the main input through.

shortest

    If set to 1, force the output to terminate when the shortest input
    terminates. Default value is 0.

repeatlast

    If set to 1, force the filter to extend the last frame of secondary
    streams until the end of the primary stream. A value of 0 disables
    this behavior. Default value is 1.

ts_sync_mode

    How strictly to sync streams based on secondary input timestamps; it
    accepts one of the following values:

    default

        Frame from secondary input with the nearest lower or equal
        timestamp to the primary input frame.

    nearest

        Frame from secondary input with the absolute nearest timestamp
        to the primary input frame.


    27 Audio Filters

When you configure your FFmpeg build, you can disable any of the
existing filters using |--disable-filters|. The configure output will
show the audio filters included in your build.

Below is a description of the currently available audio filters.

  *
    acompressor

    <#acompressor>
  *
    acontrast

    <#acontrast>
  *
    acopy

    <#acopy>
  *
    acrossfade

    <#acrossfade>
  *
    acrossover

    <#acrossover>
  *
    acrusher

    <#acrusher>
  *
    acue

    <#acue>
  *
    adeclick

    <#adeclick>
  *
    adeclip

    <#adeclip>
  *
    adecorrelate

    <#adecorrelate>
  *
    adelay

    <#adelay>
  *
    adenorm

    <#adenorm>
  *
    aderivative, aintegral

    <#aderivative_002c-aintegral>
  *
    adrc

    <#adrc>
  *
    adynamicequalizer

    <#adynamicequalizer>
  *
    adynamicsmooth

    <#adynamicsmooth>
  *
    aecho

    <#aecho>
  *
    aemphasis

    <#aemphasis>
  *
    aeval

    <#aeval>
  *
    aexciter

    <#aexciter>
  *
    afade

    <#afade-1>
  *
    afftdn

    <#afftdn>
  *
    afftfilt

    <#afftfilt>
  *
    afir

    <#afir-1>
  *
    aformat

    <#aformat-1>
  *
    afreqshift

    <#afreqshift>
  *
    afwtdn

    <#afwtdn>
  *
    agate

    <#agate>
  *
    aiir

    <#aiir>
  *
    alimiter

    <#alimiter>
  *
    allpass

    <#allpass>
  *
    aloop

    <#aloop>
  *
    amerge

    <#amerge-1>
  *
    amix

    <#amix>
  *
    amultiply

    <#amultiply>
  *
    anequalizer

    <#anequalizer>
  *
    anlmdn

    <#anlmdn>
  *
    anlmf, anlms

    <#anlmf_002c-anlms>
  *
    anull

    <#anull>
  *
    apad

    <#apad>
  *
    aphaser

    <#aphaser>
  *
    aphaseshift

    <#aphaseshift>
  *
    apsnr

    <#apsnr>
  *
    apsyclip

    <#apsyclip>
  *
    apulsator

    <#apulsator>
  *
    aresample

    <#aresample-1>
  *
    areverse

    <#areverse>
  *
    arls

    <#arls>
  *
    arnndn

    <#arnndn>
  *
    asdr

    <#asdr>
  *
    asetnsamples

    <#asetnsamples>
  *
    asetrate

    <#asetrate>
  *
    ashowinfo

    <#ashowinfo>
  *
    asisdr

    <#asisdr>
  *
    asoftclip

    <#asoftclip>
  *
    aspectralstats

    <#aspectralstats>
  *
    asr

    <#asr>
  *
    astats

    <#astats-1>
  *
    asubboost

    <#asubboost>
  *
    asubcut

    <#asubcut>
  *
    asupercut

    <#asupercut>
  *
    asuperpass

    <#asuperpass>
  *
    asuperstop

    <#asuperstop>
  *
    atempo

    <#atempo>
  *
    atilt

    <#atilt>
  *
    atrim

    <#atrim>
  *
    axcorrelate

    <#axcorrelate>
  *
    bandpass

    <#bandpass>
  *
    bandreject

    <#bandreject>
  *
    bass, lowshelf

    <#bass_002c-lowshelf>
  *
    biquad

    <#biquad>
  *
    bs2b

    <#bs2b>
  *
    channelmap

    <#channelmap>
  *
    channelsplit

    <#channelsplit>
  *
    chorus

    <#chorus>
  *
    compand

    <#compand>
  *
    compensationdelay

    <#compensationdelay>
  *
    crossfeed

    <#crossfeed>
  *
    crystalizer

    <#crystalizer>
  *
    dcshift

    <#dcshift>
  *
    deesser

    <#deesser>
  *
    dialoguenhance

    <#dialoguenhance>
  *
    drmeter

    <#drmeter>
  *
    dynaudnorm

    <#dynaudnorm>
  *
    earwax

    <#earwax>
  *
    equalizer

    <#equalizer>
  *
    extrastereo

    <#extrastereo>
  *
    firequalizer

    <#firequalizer>
  *
    flanger

    <#flanger>
  *
    haas

    <#haas>
  *
    hdcd

    <#hdcd>
  *
    headphone

    <#headphone>
  *
    highpass

    <#highpass>
  *
    join

    <#join>
  *
    ladspa

    <#ladspa>
  *
    loudnorm

    <#loudnorm>
  *
    lowpass

    <#lowpass>
  *
    lv2

    <#lv2>
  *
    mcompand

    <#mcompand>
  *
    pan

    <#pan-1>
  *
    replaygain

    <#replaygain>
  *
    resample

    <#resample>
  *
    rubberband

    <#rubberband>
  *
    sidechaincompress

    <#sidechaincompress>
  *
    sidechaingate

    <#sidechaingate>
  *
    silencedetect

    <#silencedetect>
  *
    silenceremove

    <#silenceremove>
  *
    sofalizer

    <#sofalizer>
  *
    speechnorm

    <#speechnorm>
  *
    stereotools

    <#stereotools>
  *
    stereowiden

    <#stereowiden>
  *
    superequalizer

    <#superequalizer>
  *
    surround

    <#surround>
  *
    tiltshelf

    <#tiltshelf>
  *
    treble, highshelf

    <#treble_002c-highshelf>
  *
    tremolo

    <#tremolo>
  *
    vibrato

    <#vibrato>
  *
    virtualbass

    <#virtualbass>
  *
    volume

    <#volume>
  *
    volumedetect

    <#volumedetect>


      27.1 acompressor

A compressor is mainly used to reduce the dynamic range of a signal.
Especially modern music is mostly compressed at a high ratio to improve
the overall loudness. It’s done to get the highest attention of a
listener, "fatten" the sound and bring more "power" to the track. If a
signal is compressed too much it may sound dull or "dead" afterwards or
it may start to "pump" (which could be a powerful effect but can also
destroy a track completely). The right compression is the key to reach a
professional sound and is the high art of mixing and mastering. Because
of its complex settings it may take a long time to get the right feeling
for this kind of effect.

Compression is done by detecting the volume above a chosen level
|threshold| and dividing it by the factor set with |ratio|. So if you
set the threshold to -12dB and your signal reaches -6dB a ratio of 2:1
will result in a signal at -9dB. Because an exact manipulation of the
signal would cause distortion of the waveform the reduction can be
levelled over the time. This is done by setting "Attack" and "Release".
|attack| determines how long the signal has to rise above the threshold
before any reduction will occur and |release| sets the time the signal
has to fall below the threshold to reduce the reduction again. Shorter
signals than the chosen attack time will be left untouched. The overall
reduction of the signal can be made up afterwards with the |makeup|
setting. So compressing the peaks of a signal about 6dB and raising the
makeup to this level results in a signal twice as loud than the source.
To gain a softer entry in the compression the |knee| flattens the hard
edge at the threshold in the range of the chosen decibels.

The filter accepts the following options:

level_in

    Set input gain. Default is 1. Range is between 0.015625 and 64.

mode

    Set mode of compressor operation. Can be |upward| or |downward|.
    Default is |downward|.

threshold

    If a signal of stream rises above this level it will affect the gain
    reduction. By default it is 0.125. Range is between 0.00097563 and 1.

ratio

    Set a ratio by which the signal is reduced. 1:2 means that if the
    level rose 4dB above the threshold, it will be only 2dB above after
    the reduction. Default is 2. Range is between 1 and 20.

attack

    Amount of milliseconds the signal has to rise above the threshold
    before gain reduction starts. Default is 20. Range is between 0.01
    and 2000.

release

    Amount of milliseconds the signal has to fall below the threshold
    before reduction is decreased again. Default is 250. Range is
    between 0.01 and 9000.

makeup

    Set the amount by how much signal will be amplified after
    processing. Default is 1. Range is from 1 to 64.

knee

    Curve the sharp knee around the threshold to enter gain reduction
    more softly. Default is 2.82843. Range is between 1 and 8.

link

    Choose if the |average| level between all channels of input stream
    or the louder(|maximum|) channel of input stream affects the
    reduction. Default is |average|.

detection

    Should the exact signal be taken in case of |peak| or an RMS one in
    case of |rms|. Default is |rms| which is mostly smoother.

mix

    How much to use compressed signal in output. Default is 1. Range is
    between 0 and 1.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands>


        27.1.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      27.2 acontrast

Simple audio dynamic range compression/expansion filter.

The filter accepts the following options:

contrast

    Set contrast. Default is 33. Allowed range is between 0 and 100.


      27.3 acopy

Copy the input audio source unchanged to the output. This is mainly
useful for testing purposes.


      27.4 acrossfade

Apply cross fade from one input audio stream to another input audio
stream. The cross fade is applied for specified duration near the end of
first stream.

The filter accepts the following options:

nb_samples, ns

    Specify the number of samples for which the cross fade effect has to
    last. At the end of the cross fade effect the first input audio will
    be completely silent. Default is 44100.

duration, d

    Specify the duration of the cross fade effect. See
    (ffmpeg-utils)the Time duration section in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#time-duration-syntax>
    for the accepted syntax. By default the duration is determined by
    nb_samples. If set this option is used instead of nb_samples.

overlap, o

    Should first stream end overlap with second stream start. Default is
    enabled.

curve1

    Set curve for cross fade transition for first stream.

curve2

    Set curve for cross fade transition for second stream.

    For description of available curve types see
    afade

    <#afade> filter description.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-15>


        27.4.1 Examples

  * Cross fade from one input to another:

    ffmpeg -i first.flac -i second.flac -filter_complex acrossfade=d=10:c1=exp:c2=exp output.flac

  * Cross fade from one input to another but without overlapping:

    ffmpeg -i first.flac -i second.flac -filter_complex acrossfade=d=10:o=0:c1=exp:c2=exp output.flac


      27.5 acrossover

Split audio stream into several bands.

This filter splits audio stream into two or more frequency ranges.
Summing all streams back will give flat output.

The filter accepts the following options:

split

    Set split frequencies. Those must be positive and increasing.

order

    Set filter order for each band split. This controls filter roll-off
    or steepness of filter transfer function. Available values are:

    ‘2nd’

        12 dB per octave.

    ‘4th’

        24 dB per octave.

    ‘6th’

        36 dB per octave.

    ‘8th’

        48 dB per octave.

    ‘10th’

        60 dB per octave.

    ‘12th’

        72 dB per octave.

    ‘14th’

        84 dB per octave.

    ‘16th’

        96 dB per octave.

    ‘18th’

        108 dB per octave.

    ‘20th’

        120 dB per octave.

    Default is 4th.

level

    Set input gain level. Allowed range is from 0 to 1. Default value is 1.

gains

    Set output gain for each band. Default value is 1 for all bands.

precision

    Set which precision to use when processing samples.

    auto

        Auto pick internal sample format depending on other filters.

    float

        Always use single-floating point precision sample format.

    double

        Always use double-floating point precision sample format.

    Default value is |auto|.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-16>


        27.5.1 Examples

  * Split input audio stream into two bands (low and high) with split
    frequency of 1500 Hz, each band will be in separate stream:

    ffmpeg -i in.flac -filter_complex 'acrossover=split=1500[LOW][HIGH]' -map '[LOW]' low.wav -map '[HIGH]' high.wav

  * Same as above, but with higher filter order:

    ffmpeg -i in.flac -filter_complex 'acrossover=split=1500:order=8th[LOW][HIGH]' -map '[LOW]' low.wav -map '[HIGH]' high.wav

  * Same as above, but also with additional middle band (frequencies
    between 1500 and 8000):

    ffmpeg -i in.flac -filter_complex 'acrossover=split=1500 8000:order=8th[LOW][MID][HIGH]' -map '[LOW]' low.wav -map '[MID]' mid.wav -map '[HIGH]' high.wav


      27.6 acrusher

Reduce audio bit resolution.

This filter is bit crusher with enhanced functionality. A bit crusher is
used to audibly reduce number of bits an audio signal is sampled with.
This doesn’t change the bit depth at all, it just produces the effect.
Material reduced in bit depth sounds more harsh and "digital". This
filter is able to even round to continuous values instead of discrete
bit depths. Additionally it has a D/C offset which results in different
crushing of the lower and the upper half of the signal. An Anti-Aliasing
setting is able to produce "softer" crushing sounds.

Another feature of this filter is the logarithmic mode. This setting
switches from linear distances between bits to logarithmic ones. The
result is a much more "natural" sounding crusher which doesn’t gate low
signals for example. The human ear has a logarithmic perception, so this
kind of crushing is much more pleasant. Logarithmic crushing is also
able to get anti-aliased.

The filter accepts the following options:

level_in

    Set level in.

level_out

    Set level out.

bits

    Set bit reduction.

mix

    Set mixing amount.

mode

    Can be linear: |lin| or logarithmic: |log|.

dc

    Set DC.

aa

    Set anti-aliasing.

samples

    Set sample reduction.

lfo

    Enable LFO. By default disabled.

lforange

    Set LFO range.

lforate

    Set LFO rate.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-1>


        27.6.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      27.7 acue

Delay audio filtering until a given wallclock timestamp. See the
cue

<#cue> filter.


      27.8 adeclick

Remove impulsive noise from input audio.

Samples detected as impulsive noise are replaced by interpolated samples
using autoregressive modelling.

window, w

    Set window size, in milliseconds. Allowed range is from |10| to
    |100|. Default value is |55| milliseconds. This sets size of window
    which will be processed at once.

overlap, o

    Set window overlap, in percentage of window size. Allowed range is
    from |50| to |95|. Default value is |75| percent. Setting this to a
    very high value increases impulsive noise removal but makes whole
    process much slower.

arorder, a

    Set autoregression order, in percentage of window size. Allowed
    range is from |0| to |25|. Default value is |2| percent. This option
    also controls quality of interpolated samples using neighbour good
    samples.

threshold, t

    Set threshold value. Allowed range is from |1| to |100|. Default
    value is |2|. This controls the strength of impulsive noise which is
    going to be removed. The lower value, the more samples will be
    detected as impulsive noise.

burst, b

    Set burst fusion, in percentage of window size. Allowed range is |0|
    to |10|. Default value is |2|. If any two samples detected as noise
    are spaced less than this value then any sample between those two
    samples will be also detected as noise.

method, m

    Set overlap method.

    It accepts the following values:

    add, a

        Select overlap-add method. Even not interpolated samples are
        slightly changed with this method.

    save, s

        Select overlap-save method. Not interpolated samples remain
        unchanged.

    Default value is |a|.


      27.9 adeclip

Remove clipped samples from input audio.

Samples detected as clipped are replaced by interpolated samples using
autoregressive modelling.

window, w

    Set window size, in milliseconds. Allowed range is from |10| to
    |100|. Default value is |55| milliseconds. This sets size of window
    which will be processed at once.

overlap, o

    Set window overlap, in percentage of window size. Allowed range is
    from |50| to |95|. Default value is |75| percent.

arorder, a

    Set autoregression order, in percentage of window size. Allowed
    range is from |0| to |25|. Default value is |8| percent. This option
    also controls quality of interpolated samples using neighbour good
    samples.

threshold, t

    Set threshold value. Allowed range is from |1| to |100|. Default
    value is |10|. Higher values make clip detection less aggressive.

hsize, n

    Set size of histogram used to detect clips. Allowed range is from
    |100| to |9999|. Default value is |1000|. Higher values make clip
    detection less aggressive.

method, m

    Set overlap method.

    It accepts the following values:

    add, a

        Select overlap-add method. Even not interpolated samples are
        slightly changed with this method.

    save, s

        Select overlap-save method. Not interpolated samples remain
        unchanged.

    Default value is |a|.


      27.10 adecorrelate

Apply decorrelation to input audio stream.

The filter accepts the following options:

stages

    Set decorrelation stages of filtering. Allowed range is from 1 to
    16. Default value is 6.

seed

    Set random seed used for setting delay in samples across channels.


      27.11 adelay

Delay one or more audio channels.

Samples in delayed channel are filled with silence.

The filter accepts the following option:

delays

    Set list of delays in milliseconds for each channel separated by
    ’|’. Unused delays will be silently ignored. If number of given
    delays is smaller than number of channels all remaining channels
    will not be delayed. If you want to delay exact number of samples,
    append ’S’ to number. If you want instead to delay in seconds,
    append ’s’ to number.

all

    Use last set delay for all remaining channels. By default is
    disabled. This option if enabled changes how option |delays| is
    interpreted.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-17>


        27.11.1 Examples

  * Delay first channel by 1.5 seconds, the third channel by 0.5 seconds
    and leave the second channel (and any other channels that may be
    present) unchanged.

    adelay=1500|0|500

  * Delay second channel by 500 samples, the third channel by 700
    samples and leave the first channel (and any other channels that may
    be present) unchanged.

    adelay=0|500S|700S

  * Delay all channels by same number of samples:

    adelay=delays=64S:all=1


      27.12 adenorm

Remedy denormals in audio by adding extremely low-level noise.

This filter shall be placed before any filter that can produce denormals.

A description of the accepted parameters follows.

level

    Set level of added noise in dB. Default is |-351|. Allowed range is
    from -451 to -90.

type

    Set type of added noise.

    dc

        Add DC signal.

    ac

        Add AC signal.

    square

        Add square signal.

    pulse

        Add pulse signal.

    Default is |dc|.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-2>


        27.12.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      27.13 aderivative, aintegral

Compute derivative/integral of audio stream.

Applying both filters one after another produces original audio.


      27.14 adrc

Apply spectral dynamic range controller filter to input audio stream.

A description of the accepted options follows.

transfer

    Set the transfer expression.

    The expression can contain the following constants:

    ch

        current channel number

    sn

        current sample number

    nb_channels

        number of channels

    t

        timestamp expressed in seconds

    sr

        sample rate

    p

        current frequency power value, in dB

    f

        current frequency in Hz

    Default value is |p|.

attack

    Set the attack in milliseconds. Default is |50| milliseconds.
    Allowed range is from 1 to 1000 milliseconds.

release

    Set the release in milliseconds. Default is |100| milliseconds.
    Allowed range is from 5 to 2000 milliseconds.

channels

    Set which channels to filter, by default |all| channels in audio
    stream are filtered.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-3>
  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-18>


        27.14.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


        27.14.2 Examples

  * Apply spectral compression to all frequencies with threshold of -50
    dB and 1:6 ratio:

    adrc=transfer='if(gt(p,-50),-50+(p-(-50))/6,p)':attack=50:release=100

  * Similar to above but with 1:2 ratio and filtering only front center
    channel:

    adrc=transfer='if(gt(p,-50),-50+(p-(-50))/2,p)':attack=50:release=100:channels=FC

  * Apply spectral noise gate to all frequencies with threshold of -85
    dB and with short attack time and short release time:

    adrc=transfer='if(lte(p,-85),p-800,p)':attack=1:release=5

  * Apply spectral expansion to all frequencies with threshold of -10 dB
    and 1:2 ratio:

    adrc=transfer='if(lt(p,-10),-10+(p-(-10))*2,p)':attack=50:release=100

  * Apply limiter to max -60 dB to all frequencies, with attack of 2 ms
    and release of 10 ms:

    adrc=transfer='min(p,-60)':attack=2:release=10


      27.15 adynamicequalizer

Apply dynamic equalization to input audio stream.

A description of the accepted options follows.

threshold

    Set the detection threshold used to trigger equalization. Threshold
    detection is using detection filter. Default value is 0. Allowed
    range is from 0 to 100.

dfrequency

    Set the detection frequency in Hz used for detection filter used to
    trigger equalization. Default value is 1000 Hz. Allowed range is
    between 2 and 1000000 Hz.

dqfactor

    Set the detection resonance factor for detection filter used to
    trigger equalization. Default value is 1. Allowed range is from
    0.001 to 1000.

tfrequency

    Set the target frequency of equalization filter. Default value is
    1000 Hz. Allowed range is between 2 and 1000000 Hz.

tqfactor

    Set the target resonance factor for target equalization filter.
    Default value is 1. Allowed range is from 0.001 to 1000.

attack

    Set the amount of milliseconds the signal from detection has to rise
    above the detection threshold before equalization starts. Default is
    20. Allowed range is between 1 and 2000.

release

    Set the amount of milliseconds the signal from detection has to fall
    below the detection threshold before equalization ends. Default is
    200. Allowed range is between 1 and 2000.

ratio

    Set the ratio by which the equalization gain is raised. Default is
    1. Allowed range is between 0 and 30.

makeup

    Set the makeup offset by which the equalization gain is raised.
    Default is 0. Allowed range is between 0 and 100.

range

    Set the max allowed cut/boost amount. Default is 50. Allowed range
    is from 1 to 200.

mode

    Set the mode of filter operation, can be one of the following:

    ‘listen’

        Output only isolated detection signal.

    ‘cut’

        Cut frequencies above detection threshold.

    ‘boost’

        Boost frequencies bellow detection threshold.

    Default mode is ‘cut’.

dftype

    Set the type of detection filter, can be one of the following:

    ‘bandpass’
    ‘lowpass’
    ‘highpass’
    ‘peak’

    Default type is ‘bandpass’.

tftype

    Set the type of target filter, can be one of the following:

    ‘bell’
    ‘lowshelf’
    ‘highshelf’

    Default type is ‘bell’.

direction

    Set processing direction relative to threshold.

    ‘downward’

        Boost/Cut if threshold is higher/lower than detected volume.

    ‘upward’

        Boost/Cut if threshold is lower/higher than detected volume.

    Default direction is ‘downward’.

auto

    Automatically gather threshold from detection filter. By default is
    ‘disabled’. This option is useful to detect threshold in certain
    time frame of input audio stream, in such case option value is
    changed at runtime.

    Available values are:

    ‘disabled’

        Disable using automatically gathered threshold value.

    ‘off’

        Stop picking threshold value.

    ‘on’

        Start picking threshold value.

precision

    Set which precision to use when processing samples.

    auto

        Auto pick internal sample format depending on other filters.

    float

        Always use single-floating point precision sample format.

    double

        Always use double-floating point precision sample format.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-4>


        27.15.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      27.16 adynamicsmooth

Apply dynamic smoothing to input audio stream.

A description of the accepted options follows.

sensitivity

    Set an amount of sensitivity to frequency fluctations. Default is 2.
    Allowed range is from 0 to 1e+06.

basefreq

    Set a base frequency for smoothing. Default value is 22050. Allowed
    range is from 2 to 1e+06.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-5>


        27.16.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      27.17 aecho

Apply echoing to the input audio.

Echoes are reflected sound and can occur naturally amongst mountains
(and sometimes large buildings) when talking or shouting; digital echo
effects emulate this behaviour and are often used to help fill out the
sound of a single instrument or vocal. The time difference between the
original signal and the reflection is the |delay|, and the loudness of
the reflected signal is the |decay|. Multiple echoes can have different
delays and decays.

A description of the accepted parameters follows.

in_gain

    Set input gain of reflected signal. Default is |0.6|.

out_gain

    Set output gain of reflected signal. Default is |0.3|.

delays

    Set list of time intervals in milliseconds between original signal
    and reflections separated by ’|’. Allowed range for each |delay| is
    |(0 - 90000.0]|. Default is |1000|.

decays

    Set list of loudness of reflected signals separated by ’|’. Allowed
    range for each |decay| is |(0 - 1.0]|. Default is |0.5|.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-19>


        27.17.1 Examples

  * Make it sound as if there are twice as many instruments as are
    actually playing:

    aecho=0.8:0.88:60:0.4

  * If delay is very short, then it sounds like a (metallic) robot
    playing music:

    aecho=0.8:0.88:6:0.4

  * A longer delay will sound like an open air concert in the mountains:

    aecho=0.8:0.9:1000:0.3

  * Same as above but with one more mountain:

    aecho=0.8:0.9:1000|1800:0.3|0.25


      27.18 aemphasis

Audio emphasis filter creates or restores material directly taken from
LPs or emphased CDs with different filter curves. E.g. to store music on
vinyl the signal has to be altered by a filter first to even out the
disadvantages of this recording medium. Once the material is played back
the inverse filter has to be applied to restore the distortion of the
frequency response.

The filter accepts the following options:

level_in

    Set input gain.

level_out

    Set output gain.

mode

    Set filter mode. For restoring material use |reproduction| mode,
    otherwise use |production| mode. Default is |reproduction| mode.

type

    Set filter type. Selects medium. Can be one of the following:

    col

        select Columbia.

    emi

        select EMI.

    bsi

        select BSI (78RPM).

    riaa

        select RIAA.

    cd

        select Compact Disc (CD).

    50fm

        select 50µs (FM).

    75fm

        select 75µs (FM).

    50kf

        select 50µs (FM-KF).

    75kf

        select 75µs (FM-KF).

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-6>


        27.18.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      27.19 aeval

Modify an audio signal according to the specified expressions.

This filter accepts one or more expressions (one for each channel),
which are evaluated and used to modify a corresponding audio signal.

It accepts the following parameters:

exprs

    Set the ’|’-separated expressions list for each separate channel. If
    the number of input channels is greater than the number of
    expressions, the last specified expression is used for the remaining
    output channels.

channel_layout, c

    Set output channel layout. If not specified, the channel layout is
    specified by the number of expressions. If set to ‘same’, it will
    use by default the same input channel layout.

Each expression in exprs can contain the following constants and functions:

ch

    channel number of the current expression

n

    number of the evaluated sample, starting from 0

s

    sample rate

t

    time of the evaluated sample expressed in seconds

nb_in_channels
nb_out_channels

    input and output number of channels

val(CH)

    the value of input channel with number CH

Note: this filter is slow. For faster processing you should use a
dedicated filter.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-20>


        27.19.1 Examples

  * Half volume:

    aeval=val(ch)/2:c=same

  * Invert phase of the second channel:

    aeval=val(0)|-val(1)


      27.20 aexciter

An exciter is used to produce high sound that is not present in the
original signal. This is done by creating harmonic distortions of the
signal which are restricted in range and added to the original signal.
An Exciter raises the upper end of an audio signal without simply
raising the higher frequencies like an equalizer would do to create a
more "crisp" or "brilliant" sound.

The filter accepts the following options:

level_in

    Set input level prior processing of signal. Allowed range is from 0
    to 64. Default value is 1.

level_out

    Set output level after processing of signal. Allowed range is from 0
    to 64. Default value is 1.

amount

    Set the amount of harmonics added to original signal. Allowed range
    is from 0 to 64. Default value is 1.

drive

    Set the amount of newly created harmonics. Allowed range is from 0.1
    to 10. Default value is 8.5.

blend

    Set the octave of newly created harmonics. Allowed range is from -10
    to 10. Default value is 0.

freq

    Set the lower frequency limit of producing harmonics in Hz. Allowed
    range is from 2000 to 12000 Hz. Default is 7500 Hz.

ceil

    Set the upper frequency limit of producing harmonics. Allowed range
    is from 9999 to 20000 Hz. If value is lower than 10000 Hz no limit
    is applied.

listen

    Mute the original signal and output only added harmonics. By default
    is disabled.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-7>


        27.20.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      27.21 afade

Apply fade-in/out effect to input audio.

A description of the accepted parameters follows.

type, t

    Specify the effect type, can be either |in| for fade-in, or |out|
    for a fade-out effect. Default is |in|.

start_sample, ss

    Specify the number of the start sample for starting to apply the
    fade effect. Default is 0.

nb_samples, ns

    Specify the number of samples for which the fade effect has to last.
    At the end of the fade-in effect the output audio will have the same
    volume as the input audio, at the end of the fade-out transition the
    output audio will be silence. Default is 44100.

start_time, st

    Specify the start time of the fade effect. Default is 0. The value
    must be specified as a time duration; see
    (ffmpeg-utils)the Time duration section in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#time-duration-syntax>
    for the accepted syntax. If set this option is used instead of
    start_sample.

duration, d

    Specify the duration of the fade effect. See
    (ffmpeg-utils)the Time duration section in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#time-duration-syntax>
    for the accepted syntax. At the end of the fade-in effect the output
    audio will have the same volume as the input audio, at the end of
    the fade-out transition the output audio will be silence. By default
    the duration is determined by nb_samples. If set this option is used
    instead of nb_samples.

curve

    Set curve for fade transition.

    It accepts the following values:

    tri

        select triangular, linear slope (default)

    qsin

        select quarter of sine wave

    hsin

        select half of sine wave

    esin

        select exponential sine wave

    log

        select logarithmic

    ipar

        select inverted parabola

    qua

        select quadratic

    cub

        select cubic

    squ

        select square root

    cbr

        select cubic root

    par

        select parabola

    exp

        select exponential

    iqsin

        select inverted quarter of sine wave

    ihsin

        select inverted half of sine wave

    dese

        select double-exponential seat

    desi

        select double-exponential sigmoid

    losi

        select logistic sigmoid

    sinc

        select sine cardinal function

    isinc

        select inverted sine cardinal function

    quat

        select quartic

    quatr

        select quartic root

    qsin2

        select squared quarter of sine wave

    hsin2

        select squared half of sine wave

    nofade

        no fade applied

silence

    Set the initial gain for fade-in or final gain for fade-out. Default
    value is |0.0|.

unity

    Set the initial gain for fade-out or final gain for fade-in. Default
    value is |1.0|.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-8>
  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-21>


        27.21.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


        27.21.2 Examples

  * Fade in first 15 seconds of audio:

    afade=t=in:ss=0:d=15

  * Fade out last 25 seconds of a 900 seconds audio:

    afade=t=out:st=875:d=25


      27.22 afftdn

Denoise audio samples with FFT.

A description of the accepted parameters follows.

noise_reduction, nr

    Set the noise reduction in dB, allowed range is 0.01 to 97. Default
    value is 12 dB.

noise_floor, nf

    Set the noise floor in dB, allowed range is -80 to -20. Default
    value is -50 dB.

noise_type, nt

    Set the noise type.

    It accepts the following values:

    white, w

        Select white noise.

    vinyl, v

        Select vinyl noise.

    shellac, s

        Select shellac noise.

    custom, c

        Select custom noise, defined in |bn| option.

        Default value is white noise.

band_noise, bn

    Set custom band noise profile for every one of 15 bands. Bands are
    separated by ’ ’ or ’|’.

residual_floor, rf

    Set the residual floor in dB, allowed range is -80 to -20. Default
    value is -38 dB.

track_noise, tn

    Enable noise floor tracking. By default is disabled. With this
    enabled, noise floor is automatically adjusted.

track_residual, tr

    Enable residual tracking. By default is disabled.

output_mode, om

    Set the output mode.

    It accepts the following values:

    input, i

        Pass input unchanged.

    output, o

        Pass noise filtered out.

    noise, n

        Pass only noise.

        Default value is output.

adaptivity, ad

    Set the adaptivity factor, used how fast to adapt gains adjustments
    per each frequency bin. Value 0 enables instant adaptation, while
    higher values react much slower. Allowed range is from 0 to 1.
    Default value is 0.5.

floor_offset, fo

    Set the noise floor offset factor. This option is used to adjust
    offset applied to measured noise floor. It is only effective when
    noise floor tracking is enabled. Allowed range is from -2.0 to 2.0.
    Default value is 1.0.

noise_link, nl

    Set the noise link used for multichannel audio.

    It accepts the following values:

    none

        Use unchanged channel’s noise floor.

    min

        Use measured min noise floor of all channels.

    max

        Use measured max noise floor of all channels.

    average

        Use measured average noise floor of all channels.

        Default value is min.

band_multiplier, bm

    Set the band multiplier factor, used how much to spread bands across
    frequency bins. Allowed range is from 0.2 to 5. Default value is 1.25.

sample_noise, sn

    Toggle capturing and measurement of noise profile from input audio.

    It accepts the following values:

    start, begin

        Start sample noise capture.

    stop, end

        Stop sample noise capture and measure new noise band profile.

        Default value is |none|.

gain_smooth, gs

    Set gain smooth spatial radius, used to smooth gains applied to each
    frequency bin. Useful to reduce random music noise artefacts. Higher
    values increases smoothing of gains. Allowed range is from |0| to
    |50|. Default value is |0|.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-9>
  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-22>


        27.22.1 Commands

This filter supports the some above mentioned options as
commands

<#commands>.


        27.22.2 Examples

  * Reduce white noise by 10dB, and use previously measured noise floor
    of -40dB:

    afftdn=nr=10:nf=-40

  * Reduce white noise by 10dB, also set initial noise floor to -80dB
    and enable automatic tracking of noise floor so noise floor will
    gradually change during processing:

    afftdn=nr=10:nf=-80:tn=1

  * Reduce noise by 20dB, using noise floor of -40dB and using commands
    to take noise profile of first 0.4 seconds of input audio:

    asendcmd=0.0 afftdn sn start,asendcmd=0.4 afftdn sn stop,afftdn=nr=20:nf=-40


      27.23 afftfilt

Apply arbitrary expressions to samples in frequency domain.

real

    Set frequency domain real expression for each separate channel
    separated by ’|’. Default is "re". If the number of input channels
    is greater than the number of expressions, the last specified
    expression is used for the remaining output channels.

imag

    Set frequency domain imaginary expression for each separate channel
    separated by ’|’. Default is "im".

    Each expression in real and imag can contain the following constants
    and functions:

    sr

        sample rate

    b

        current frequency bin number

    nb

        number of available bins

    ch

        channel number of the current expression

    chs

        number of channels

    pts

        current frame pts

    re

        current real part of frequency bin of current channel

    im

        current imaginary part of frequency bin of current channel

    real(b, ch)

        Return the value of real part of frequency bin at location
        (bin,channel)

    imag(b, ch)

        Return the value of imaginary part of frequency bin at location
        (bin,channel)

win_size

    Set window size. Allowed range is from 16 to 131072. Default is |4096|

win_func

    Set window function.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘rect’
    ‘bartlett’
    ‘hann, hanning’
    ‘hamming’
    ‘blackman’
    ‘welch’
    ‘flattop’
    ‘bharris’
    ‘bnuttall’
    ‘bhann’
    ‘sine’
    ‘nuttall’
    ‘lanczos’
    ‘gauss’
    ‘tukey’
    ‘dolph’
    ‘cauchy’
    ‘parzen’
    ‘poisson’
    ‘bohman’
    ‘kaiser’

    Default is |hann|.

overlap

    Set window overlap. If set to 1, the recommended overlap for
    selected window function will be picked. Default is |0.75|.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-23>


        27.23.1 Examples

  * Leave almost only low frequencies in audio:

    afftfilt="'real=re * (1-clip((b/nb)*b,0,1))':imag='im * (1-clip((b/nb)*b,0,1))'"

  * Apply robotize effect:

    afftfilt="real='hypot(re,im)*sin(0)':imag='hypot(re,im)*cos(0)':win_size=512:overlap=0.75"

  * Apply whisper effect:

    afftfilt="real='hypot(re,im)*cos((random(0)*2-1)*2*3.14)':imag='hypot(re,im)*sin((random(1)*2-1)*2*3.14)':win_size=128:overlap=0.8"

  * Apply phase shift:

    afftfilt="real=re*cos(1)-im*sin(1):imag=re*sin(1)+im*cos(1)"


      27.24 afir

Apply an arbitrary Finite Impulse Response filter.

This filter is designed for applying long FIR filters, up to 60 seconds
long.

It can be used as component for digital crossover filters, room
equalization, cross talk cancellation, wavefield synthesis,
auralization, ambiophonics, ambisonics and spatialization.

This filter uses the streams higher than first one as FIR coefficients.
If the non-first stream holds a single channel, it will be used for all
input channels in the first stream, otherwise the number of channels in
the non-first stream must be same as the number of channels in the first
stream.

It accepts the following parameters:

dry

    Set dry gain. This sets input gain.

wet

    Set wet gain. This sets final output gain.

length

    Set Impulse Response filter length. Default is 1, which means whole
    IR is processed.

gtype

    Enable applying gain measured from power of IR.

    Set which approach to use for auto gain measurement.

    none

        Do not apply any gain.

    peak

        select peak gain, very conservative approach. This is default
        value.

    dc

        select DC gain, limited application.

    gn

        select gain to noise approach, this is most popular one.

    ac

        select AC gain.

    rms

        select RMS gain.

irgain

    Set gain to be applied to IR coefficients before filtering. Allowed
    range is 0 to 1. This gain is applied after any gain applied with
    gtype option.

irfmt

    Set format of IR stream. Can be |mono| or |input|. Default is |input|.

maxir

    Set max allowed Impulse Response filter duration in seconds. Default
    is 30 seconds. Allowed range is 0.1 to 60 seconds.

response

    Show IR frequency response, magnitude(magenta), phase(green) and
    group delay(yellow) in additional video stream. By default it is
    disabled.

channel

    Set for which IR channel to display frequency response. By default
    is first channel displayed. This option is used only when response
    is enabled.

size

    Set video stream size. This option is used only when response is
    enabled.

rate

    Set video stream frame rate. This option is used only when response
    is enabled.

minp

    Set minimal partition size used for convolution. Default is 8192.
    Allowed range is from 1 to 65536. Lower values decreases latency at
    cost of higher CPU usage.

maxp

    Set maximal partition size used for convolution. Default is 8192.
    Allowed range is from 8 to 65536. Lower values may increase CPU usage.

nbirs

    Set number of input impulse responses streams which will be
    switchable at runtime. Allowed range is from 1 to 32. Default is 1.

ir

    Set IR stream which will be used for convolution, starting from 0,
    should always be lower than supplied value by |nbirs| option.
    Default is 0. This option can be changed at runtime via
    commands

    <#commands>.

precision

    Set which precision to use when processing samples.

    auto

        Auto pick internal sample format depending on other filters.

    float

        Always use single-floating point precision sample format.

    double

        Always use double-floating point precision sample format.

    Default value is auto.

irload

    Set when to load IR stream. Can be |init| or |access|. First one
    load and prepares all IRs on initialization, second one once on
    first access of specific IR. Default is |init|.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-24>


        27.24.1 Examples

  * Apply reverb to stream using mono IR file as second input, complete
    command using ffmpeg:

    ffmpeg -i input.wav -i middle_tunnel_1way_mono.wav -lavfi afir output.wav

  * Apply true stereo processing given input stereo stream, and two
    stereo impulse responses for left and right channel, the impulse
    response files are files with names l_ir.wav and r_ir.wav:

    "pan=4C|c0=FL|c1=FL|c2=FR|c3=FR[a];amovie=l_ir.wav[LIR];amovie=r_ir.wav[RIR];[LIR][RIR]amerge[ir];[a][ir]afir=irfmt=input:gtype=gn:irgain=-5dB,pan=stereo|FL<c0+c2|FR<c1+c3"


      27.25 aformat

Set output format constraints for the input audio. The framework will
negotiate the most appropriate format to minimize conversions.

It accepts the following parameters:

sample_fmts, f

    A ’|’-separated list of requested sample formats.

sample_rates, r

    A ’|’-separated list of requested sample rates.

channel_layouts, cl

    A ’|’-separated list of requested channel layouts.

    See
    (ffmpeg-utils)the Channel Layout section in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#channel-layout-syntax>
    for the required syntax.

If a parameter is omitted, all values are allowed.

Force the output to either unsigned 8-bit or signed 16-bit stereo

aformat=sample_fmts=u8|s16:channel_layouts=stereo


      27.26 afreqshift

Apply frequency shift to input audio samples.

The filter accepts the following options:

shift

    Specify frequency shift. Allowed range is -INT_MAX to INT_MAX.
    Default value is 0.0.

level

    Set output gain applied to final output. Allowed range is from 0.0
    to 1.0. Default value is 1.0.

order

    Set filter order used for filtering. Allowed range is from 1 to 16.
    Default value is 8.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-10>


        27.26.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      27.27 afwtdn

Reduce broadband noise from input samples using Wavelets.

A description of the accepted options follows.

sigma

    Set the noise sigma, allowed range is from 0 to 1. Default value is
    0. This option controls strength of denoising applied to input
    samples. Most useful way to set this option is via decibels, eg. -45dB.

levels

    Set the number of wavelet levels of decomposition. Allowed range is
    from 1 to 12. Default value is 10. Setting this too low make
    denoising performance very poor.

wavet

    Set wavelet type for decomposition of input frame. They are sorted
    by number of coefficients, from lowest to highest. More coefficients
    means worse filtering speed, but overall better quality. Available
    wavelets are:

    ‘sym2’
    ‘sym4’
    ‘rbior68’
    ‘deb10’
    ‘sym10’
    ‘coif5’
    ‘bl3’

percent

    Set percent of full denoising. Allowed range is from 0 to 100
    percent. Default value is 85 percent or partial denoising.

profile

    If enabled, first input frame will be used as noise profile. If
    first frame samples contain non-noise performance will be very poor.

adaptive

    If enabled, input frames are analyzed for presence of noise. If
    noise is detected with high possibility then input frame profile
    will be used for processing following frames, until new noise frame
    is detected.

samples

    Set size of single frame in number of samples. Allowed range is from
    512 to 65536. Default frame size is 8192 samples.

softness

    Set softness applied inside thresholding function. Allowed range is
    from 0 to 10. Default softness is 1.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-11>


        27.27.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      27.28 agate

A gate is mainly used to reduce lower parts of a signal. This kind of
signal processing reduces disturbing noise between useful signals.

Gating is done by detecting the volume below a chosen level threshold
and dividing it by the factor set with ratio. The bottom of the noise
floor is set via range. Because an exact manipulation of the signal
would cause distortion of the waveform the reduction can be levelled
over time. This is done by setting attack and release.

attack determines how long the signal has to fall below the threshold
before any reduction will occur and release sets the time the signal has
to rise above the threshold to reduce the reduction again. Shorter
signals than the chosen attack time will be left untouched.

level_in

    Set input level before filtering. Default is 1. Allowed range is
    from 0.015625 to 64.

mode

    Set the mode of operation. Can be |upward| or |downward|. Default is
    |downward|. If set to |upward| mode, higher parts of signal will be
    amplified, expanding dynamic range in upward direction. Otherwise,
    in case of |downward| lower parts of signal will be reduced.

range

    Set the level of gain reduction when the signal is below the
    threshold. Default is 0.06125. Allowed range is from 0 to 1. Setting
    this to 0 disables reduction and then filter behaves like expander.

threshold

    If a signal rises above this level the gain reduction is released.
    Default is 0.125. Allowed range is from 0 to 1.

ratio

    Set a ratio by which the signal is reduced. Default is 2. Allowed
    range is from 1 to 9000.

attack

    Amount of milliseconds the signal has to rise above the threshold
    before gain reduction stops. Default is 20 milliseconds. Allowed
    range is from 0.01 to 9000.

release

    Amount of milliseconds the signal has to fall below the threshold
    before the reduction is increased again. Default is 250
    milliseconds. Allowed range is from 0.01 to 9000.

makeup

    Set amount of amplification of signal after processing. Default is
    1. Allowed range is from 1 to 64.

knee

    Curve the sharp knee around the threshold to enter gain reduction
    more softly. Default is 2.828427125. Allowed range is from 1 to 8.

detection

    Choose if exact signal should be taken for detection or an RMS like
    one. Default is |rms|. Can be |peak| or |rms|.

link

    Choose if the average level between all channels or the louder
    channel affects the reduction. Default is |average|. Can be
    |average| or |maximum|.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-12>


        27.28.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      27.29 aiir

Apply an arbitrary Infinite Impulse Response filter.

It accepts the following parameters:

zeros, z

    Set B/numerator/zeros/reflection coefficients.

poles, p

    Set A/denominator/poles/ladder coefficients.

gains, k

    Set channels gains.

dry_gain

    Set input gain.

wet_gain

    Set output gain.

format, f

    Set coefficients format.

    ‘ll’

        lattice-ladder function

    ‘sf’

        analog transfer function

    ‘tf’

        digital transfer function

    ‘zp’

        Z-plane zeros/poles, cartesian (default)

    ‘pr’

        Z-plane zeros/poles, polar radians

    ‘pd’

        Z-plane zeros/poles, polar degrees

    ‘sp’

        S-plane zeros/poles

process, r

    Set type of processing.

    ‘d’

        direct processing

    ‘s’

        serial processing

    ‘p’

        parallel processing

precision, e

    Set filtering precision.

    ‘dbl’

        double-precision floating-point (default)

    ‘flt’

        single-precision floating-point

    ‘i32’

        32-bit integers

    ‘i16’

        16-bit integers

normalize, n

    Normalize filter coefficients, by default is enabled. Enabling it
    will normalize magnitude response at DC to 0dB.

mix

    How much to use filtered signal in output. Default is 1. Range is
    between 0 and 1.

response

    Show IR frequency response, magnitude(magenta), phase(green) and
    group delay(yellow) in additional video stream. By default it is
    disabled.

channel

    Set for which IR channel to display frequency response. By default
    is first channel displayed. This option is used only when response
    is enabled.

size

    Set video stream size. This option is used only when response is
    enabled.

Coefficients in |tf| and |sf| format are separated by spaces and are in
ascending order.

Coefficients in |zp| format are separated by spaces and order of
coefficients doesn’t matter. Coefficients in |zp| format are complex
numbers with i imaginary unit.

Different coefficients and gains can be provided for every channel, in
such case use ’|’ to separate coefficients or gains. Last provided
coefficients will be used for all remaining channels.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-25>


        27.29.1 Examples

  * Apply 2 pole elliptic notch at around 5000Hz for 48000 Hz sample rate:

    aiir=k=1:z=7.957584807809675810E-1 -2.575128568908332300 3.674839853930788710 -2.57512875289799137 7.957586296317130880E-1:p=1 -2.86950072432325953 3.63022088054647218 -2.28075678147272232 6.361362326477423500E-1:f=tf:r=d

  * Same as above but in |zp| format:

    aiir=k=0.79575848078096756:z=0.80918701+0.58773007i 0.80918701-0.58773007i 0.80884700+0.58784055i 0.80884700-0.58784055i:p=0.63892345+0.59951235i 0.63892345-0.59951235i 0.79582691+0.44198673i 0.79582691-0.44198673i:f=zp:r=s

  * Apply 3-rd order analog normalized Butterworth low-pass filter,
    using analog transfer function format:

    aiir=z=1.3057 0 0 0:p=1.3057 2.3892 2.1860 1:f=sf:r=d


      27.30 alimiter

The limiter prevents an input signal from rising over a desired
threshold. This limiter uses lookahead technology to prevent your signal
from distorting. It means that there is a small delay after the signal
is processed. Keep in mind that the delay it produces is the attack time
you set.

The filter accepts the following options:

level_in

    Set input gain. Default is 1.

level_out

    Set output gain. Default is 1.

limit

    Don’t let signals above this level pass the limiter. Default is 1.

attack

    The limiter will reach its attenuation level in this amount of time
    in milliseconds. Default is 5 milliseconds.

release

    Come back from limiting to attenuation 1.0 in this amount of
    milliseconds. Default is 50 milliseconds.

asc

    When gain reduction is always needed ASC takes care of releasing to
    an average reduction level rather than reaching a reduction of 0 in
    the release time.

asc_level

    Select how much the release time is affected by ASC, 0 means nearly
    no changes in release time while 1 produces higher release times.

level

    Auto level output signal. Default is enabled. This normalizes audio
    back to 0dB if enabled.

latency

    Compensate the delay introduced by using the lookahead buffer set
    with attack parameter. Also flush the valid audio data in the
    lookahead buffer when the stream hits EOF.

Depending on picked setting it is recommended to upsample input 2x or 4x
times with
aresample

<#aresample> before applying this filter.


      27.31 allpass

Apply a two-pole all-pass filter with central frequency (in Hz)
frequency, and filter-width width. An all-pass filter changes the
audio’s frequency to phase relationship without changing its frequency
to amplitude relationship.

The filter accepts the following options:

frequency, f

    Set frequency in Hz.

width_type, t

    Set method to specify band-width of filter.

    h

        Hz

    q

        Q-Factor

    o

        octave

    s

        slope

    k

        kHz

width, w

    Specify the band-width of a filter in width_type units.

mix, m

    How much to use filtered signal in output. Default is 1. Range is
    between 0 and 1.

channels, c

    Specify which channels to filter, by default all available are
    filtered.

normalize, n

    Normalize biquad coefficients, by default is disabled. Enabling it
    will normalize magnitude response at DC to 0dB.

order, o

    Set the filter order, can be 1 or 2. Default is 2.

transform, a

    Set transform type of IIR filter.

    di
    dii
    tdi
    tdii
    latt
    svf
    zdf

precision, r

    Set precison of filtering.

    auto

        Pick automatic sample format depending on surround filters.

    s16

        Always use signed 16-bit.

    s32

        Always use signed 32-bit.

    f32

        Always use float 32-bit.

    f64

        Always use float 64-bit.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-13>


        27.31.1 Commands

This filter supports the following commands:

frequency, f

    Change allpass frequency. Syntax for the command is : "frequency"

width_type, t

    Change allpass width_type. Syntax for the command is : "width_type"

width, w

    Change allpass width. Syntax for the command is : "width"

mix, m

    Change allpass mix. Syntax for the command is : "mix"


      27.32 aloop

Loop audio samples.

The filter accepts the following options:

loop

    Set the number of loops. Setting this value to -1 will result in
    infinite loops. Default is 0.

size

    Set maximal number of samples. Default is 0.

start

    Set first sample of loop. Default is 0.

time

    Set the time of loop start in seconds. Only used if option named
    start is set to |-1|.


      27.33 amerge

Merge two or more audio streams into a single multi-channel stream.

The filter accepts the following options:

inputs

    Set the number of inputs. Default is 2.

If the channel layouts of the inputs are disjoint, and therefore
compatible, the channel layout of the output will be set accordingly and
the channels will be reordered as necessary. If the channel layouts of
the inputs are not disjoint, the output will have all the channels of
the first input then all the channels of the second input, in that
order, and the channel layout of the output will be the default value
corresponding to the total number of channels.

For example, if the first input is in 2.1 (FL+FR+LF) and the second
input is FC+BL+BR, then the output will be in 5.1, with the channels in
the following order: a1, a2, b1, a3, b2, b3 (a1 is the first channel of
the first input, b1 is the first channel of the second input).

On the other hand, if both input are in stereo, the output channels will
be in the default order: a1, a2, b1, b2, and the channel layout will be
arbitrarily set to 4.0, which may or may not be the expected value.

All inputs must have the same sample rate, and format.

If inputs do not have the same duration, the output will stop with the
shortest.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-26>


        27.33.1 Examples

  * Merge two mono files into a stereo stream:

    amovie=left.wav [l] ; amovie=right.mp3 [r] ; [l] [r] amerge

  * Multiple merges assuming 1 video stream and 6 audio streams in
    input.mkv:

    ffmpeg -i input.mkv -filter_complex "[0:1][0:2][0:3][0:4][0:5][0:6] amerge=inputs=6" -c:a pcm_s16le output.mkv


      27.34 amix

Mixes multiple audio inputs into a single output.

Note that this filter only supports float samples (the amerge and pan
audio filters support many formats). If the amix input has integer
samples then
aresample

<#aresample> will be automatically inserted to perform the conversion to
float samples.

It accepts the following parameters:

inputs

    The number of inputs. If unspecified, it defaults to 2.

duration

    How to determine the end-of-stream.

    longest

        The duration of the longest input. (default)

    shortest

        The duration of the shortest input.

    first

        The duration of the first input.

dropout_transition

    The transition time, in seconds, for volume renormalization when an
    input stream ends. The default value is 2 seconds.

weights

    Specify weight of each input audio stream as a sequence of numbers
    separated by a space. If fewer weights are specified compared to
    number of inputs, the last weight is assigned to the remaining
    inputs. Default weight for each input is 1.

normalize

    Always scale inputs instead of only doing summation of samples.
    Beware of heavy clipping if inputs are not normalized prior or after
    filtering by this filter if this option is disabled. By default is
    enabled.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-27>
  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-14>


        27.34.1 Examples

  * This will mix 3 input audio streams to a single output with the same
    duration as the first input and a dropout transition time of 3 seconds:

    ffmpeg -i INPUT1 -i INPUT2 -i INPUT3 -filter_complex amix=inputs=3:duration=first:dropout_transition=3 OUTPUT

  * This will mix one vocal and one music input audio stream to a single
    output with the same duration as the longest input. The music will
    have quarter the weight as the vocals, and the inputs are not
    normalized:

    ffmpeg -i VOCALS -i MUSIC -filter_complex amix=inputs=2:duration=longest:dropout_transition=0:weights="1 0.25":normalize=0 OUTPUT


        27.34.2 Commands

This filter supports the following commands:

weights
normalize

    Syntax is same as option with same name.


      27.35 amultiply

Multiply first audio stream with second audio stream and store result in
output audio stream. Multiplication is done by multiplying each sample
from first stream with sample at same position from second stream.

With this element-wise multiplication one can create amplitude fades and
amplitude modulations.


      27.36 anequalizer

High-order parametric multiband equalizer for each channel.

It accepts the following parameters:

params

    This option string is in format: "cchn f=cf w=w g=g t=f | ..." Each
    equalizer band is separated by ’|’.

    chn

        Set channel number to which equalization will be applied. If
        input doesn’t have that channel the entry is ignored.

    f

        Set central frequency for band. If input doesn’t have that
        frequency the entry is ignored.

    w

        Set band width in Hertz.

    g

        Set band gain in dB.

    t

        Set filter type for band, optional, can be:

        ‘0’

            Butterworth, this is default.

        ‘1’

            Chebyshev type 1.

        ‘2’

            Chebyshev type 2.

curves

    With this option activated frequency response of anequalizer is
    displayed in video stream.

size

    Set video stream size. Only useful if curves option is activated.

mgain

    Set max gain that will be displayed. Only useful if curves option is
    activated. Setting this to a reasonable value makes it possible to
    display gain which is derived from neighbour bands which are too
    close to each other and thus produce higher gain when both are
    activated.

fscale

    Set frequency scale used to draw frequency response in video output.
    Can be linear or logarithmic. Default is logarithmic.

colors

    Set color for each channel curve which is going to be displayed in
    video stream. This is list of color names separated by space or by
    ’|’. Unrecognised or missing colors will be replaced by white color.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-28>
  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-15>


        27.36.1 Examples

  * Lower gain by 10 of central frequency 200Hz and width 100 Hz for
    first 2 channels using Chebyshev type 1 filter:

    anequalizer=c0 f=200 w=100 g=-10 t=1|c1 f=200 w=100 g=-10 t=1


        27.36.2 Commands

This filter supports the following commands:

change

    Alter existing filter parameters. Syntax for the commands is :
    "fN|f=freq|w=width|g=gain"

    fN is existing filter number, starting from 0, if no such filter is
    available error is returned. freq set new frequency parameter. width
    set new width parameter in Hertz. gain set new gain parameter in dB.

    Full filter invocation with asendcmd may look like this:
    asendcmd=c=’4.0 anequalizer change 0|f=200|w=50|g=1’,anequalizer=...


      27.37 anlmdn

Reduce broadband noise in audio samples using Non-Local Means algorithm.

Each sample is adjusted by looking for other samples with similar
contexts. This context similarity is defined by comparing their
surrounding patches of size p. Patches are searched in an area of r
around the sample.

The filter accepts the following options:

strength, s

    Set denoising strength. Allowed range is from 0.00001 to 10000.
    Default value is 0.00001.

patch, p

    Set patch radius duration. Allowed range is from 1 to 100
    milliseconds. Default value is 2 milliseconds.

research, r

    Set research radius duration. Allowed range is from 2 to 300
    milliseconds. Default value is 6 milliseconds.

output, o

    Set the output mode.

    It accepts the following values:

    i

        Pass input unchanged.

    o

        Pass noise filtered out.

    n

        Pass only noise.

        Default value is o.

smooth, m

    Set smooth factor. Default value is 11. Allowed range is from 1 to
    1000.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-16>


        27.37.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      27.38 anlmf, anlms

Apply Normalized Least-Mean-(Squares|Fourth) algorithm to the first
audio stream using the second audio stream.

This adaptive filter is used to mimic a desired filter by finding the
filter coefficients that relate to producing the least mean square of
the error signal (difference between the desired, 2nd input audio stream
and the actual signal, the 1st input audio stream).

A description of the accepted options follows.

order

    Set filter order.

mu

    Set filter mu.

eps

    Set the filter eps.

leakage

    Set the filter leakage.

out_mode

    It accepts the following values:

    i

        Pass the 1st input.

    d

        Pass the 2nd input.

    o

        Pass difference between desired, 2nd input and error signal
        estimate.

    n

        Pass difference between input, 1st input and error signal estimate.

    e

        Pass error signal estimated samples.

        Default value is o.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-29>
  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-17>


        27.38.1 Examples

  * One of many usages of this filter is noise reduction, input audio is
    filtered with same samples that are delayed by fixed amount, one
    such example for stereo audio is:

    asplit[a][b],[a]adelay=32S|32S[a],[b][a]anlms=order=128:leakage=0.0005:mu=.5:out_mode=o


        27.38.2 Commands

This filter supports the same commands as options, excluding option
|order|.


      27.39 anull

Pass the audio source unchanged to the output.


      27.40 apad

Pad the end of an audio stream with silence.

This can be used together with |ffmpeg| -shortest to extend audio
streams to the same length as the video stream.

A description of the accepted options follows.

packet_size

    Set silence packet size. Default value is 4096.

pad_len

    Set the number of samples of silence to add to the end. After the
    value is reached, the stream is terminated. This option is mutually
    exclusive with whole_len.

whole_len

    Set the minimum total number of samples in the output audio stream.
    If the value is longer than the input audio length, silence is added
    to the end, until the value is reached. This option is mutually
    exclusive with pad_len.

pad_dur

    Specify the duration of samples of silence to add. See
    (ffmpeg-utils)the Time duration section in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#time-duration-syntax>
    for the accepted syntax. Used only if set to non-negative value.

whole_dur

    Specify the minimum total duration in the output audio stream. See
    (ffmpeg-utils)the Time duration section in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#time-duration-syntax>
    for the accepted syntax. Used only if set to non-negative value. If
    the value is longer than the input audio length, silence is added to
    the end, until the value is reached. This option is mutually
    exclusive with pad_dur

If neither the pad_len nor the whole_len nor pad_dur nor whole_dur
option is set, the filter will add silence to the end of the input
stream indefinitely.

Note that for ffmpeg 4.4 and earlier a zero pad_dur or whole_dur also
caused the filter to add silence indefinitely.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-30>


        27.40.1 Examples

  * Add 1024 samples of silence to the end of the input:

    apad=pad_len=1024

  * Make sure the audio output will contain at least 10000 samples, pad
    the input with silence if required:

    apad=whole_len=10000

  * Use |ffmpeg| to pad the audio input with silence, so that the video
    stream will always result the shortest and will be converted until
    the end in the output file when using the shortest option:

    ffmpeg -i VIDEO -i AUDIO -filter_complex "[1:0]apad" -shortest OUTPUT


      27.41 aphaser

Add a phasing effect to the input audio.

A phaser filter creates series of peaks and troughs in the frequency
spectrum. The position of the peaks and troughs are modulated so that
they vary over time, creating a sweeping effect.

A description of the accepted parameters follows.

in_gain

    Set input gain. Default is 0.4.

out_gain

    Set output gain. Default is 0.74

delay

    Set delay in milliseconds. Default is 3.0.

decay

    Set decay. Default is 0.4.

speed

    Set modulation speed in Hz. Default is 0.5.

type

    Set modulation type. Default is triangular.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘triangular, t’
    ‘sinusoidal, s’


      27.42 aphaseshift

Apply phase shift to input audio samples.

The filter accepts the following options:

shift

    Specify phase shift. Allowed range is from -1.0 to 1.0. Default
    value is 0.0.

level

    Set output gain applied to final output. Allowed range is from 0.0
    to 1.0. Default value is 1.0.

order

    Set filter order used for filtering. Allowed range is from 1 to 16.
    Default value is 8.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-18>


        27.42.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      27.43 apsnr

Measure Audio Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio.

This filter takes two audio streams for input, and outputs first audio
stream. Results are in dB per channel at end of either input.


      27.44 apsyclip

Apply Psychoacoustic clipper to input audio stream.

The filter accepts the following options:

level_in

    Set input gain. By default it is 1. Range is [0.015625 - 64].

level_out

    Set output gain. By default it is 1. Range is [0.015625 - 64].

clip

    Set the clipping start value. Default value is 0dBFS or 1.

diff

    Output only difference samples, useful to hear introduced
    distortions. By default is disabled.

adaptive

    Set strength of adaptive distortion applied. Default value is 0.5.
    Allowed range is from 0 to 1.

iterations

    Set number of iterations of psychoacoustic clipper. Allowed range is
    from 1 to 20. Default value is 10.

level

    Auto level output signal. Default is disabled. This normalizes audio
    back to 0dBFS if enabled.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-19>


        27.44.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      27.45 apulsator

Audio pulsator is something between an autopanner and a tremolo. But it
can produce funny stereo effects as well. Pulsator changes the volume of
the left and right channel based on a LFO (low frequency oscillator)
with different waveforms and shifted phases. This filter have the
ability to define an offset between left and right channel. An offset of
0 means that both LFO shapes match each other. The left and right
channel are altered equally - a conventional tremolo. An offset of 50%
means that the shape of the right channel is exactly shifted in phase
(or moved backwards about half of the frequency) - pulsator acts as an
autopanner. At 1 both curves match again. Every setting in between moves
the phase shift gapless between all stages and produces some "bypassing"
sounds with sine and triangle waveforms. The more you set the offset
near 1 (starting from the 0.5) the faster the signal passes from the
left to the right speaker.

The filter accepts the following options:

level_in

    Set input gain. By default it is 1. Range is [0.015625 - 64].

level_out

    Set output gain. By default it is 1. Range is [0.015625 - 64].

mode

    Set waveform shape the LFO will use. Can be one of: sine, triangle,
    square, sawup or sawdown. Default is sine.

amount

    Set modulation. Define how much of original signal is affected by
    the LFO.

offset_l

    Set left channel offset. Default is 0. Allowed range is [0 - 1].

offset_r

    Set right channel offset. Default is 0.5. Allowed range is [0 - 1].

width

    Set pulse width. Default is 1. Allowed range is [0 - 2].

timing

    Set possible timing mode. Can be one of: bpm, ms or hz. Default is hz.

bpm

    Set bpm. Default is 120. Allowed range is [30 - 300]. Only used if
    timing is set to bpm.

ms

    Set ms. Default is 500. Allowed range is [10 - 2000]. Only used if
    timing is set to ms.

hz

    Set frequency in Hz. Default is 2. Allowed range is [0.01 - 100].
    Only used if timing is set to hz.


      27.46 aresample

Resample the input audio to the specified parameters, using the
libswresample library. If none are specified then the filter will
automatically convert between its input and output.

This filter is also able to stretch/squeeze the audio data to make it
match the timestamps or to inject silence / cut out audio to make it
match the timestamps, do a combination of both or do neither.

The filter accepts the syntax [sample_rate:]resampler_options, where
sample_rate expresses a sample rate and resampler_options is a list of
key=value pairs, separated by ":". See the
(ffmpeg-resampler)"Resampler Options" section in the ffmpeg-resampler(1)
manual

<file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-resampler.html#Resampler-Options>
for the complete list of supported options.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-31>


        27.46.1 Examples

  * Resample the input audio to 44100Hz:

    aresample=44100

  * Stretch/squeeze samples to the given timestamps, with a maximum of
    1000 samples per second compensation:

    aresample=async=1000


      27.47 areverse

Reverse an audio clip.

Warning: This filter requires memory to buffer the entire clip, so
trimming is suggested.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-32>


        27.47.1 Examples

  * Take the first 5 seconds of a clip, and reverse it.

    atrim=end=5,areverse


      27.48 arls

Apply Recursive Least Squares algorithm to the first audio stream using
the second audio stream.

This adaptive filter is used to mimic a desired filter by recursively
finding the filter coefficients that relate to producing the minimal
weighted linear least squares cost function of the error signal
(difference between the desired, 2nd input audio stream and the actual
signal, the 1st input audio stream).

A description of the accepted options follows.

order

    Set the filter order.

lambda

    Set the forgetting factor.

delta

    Set the coefficient to initialize internal covariance matrix.

out_mode

    Set the filter output samples. It accepts the following values:

    i

        Pass the 1st input.

    d

        Pass the 2nd input.

    o

        Pass difference between desired, 2nd input and error signal
        estimate.

    n

        Pass difference between input, 1st input and error signal estimate.

    e

        Pass error signal estimated samples.

        Default value is o.


      27.49 arnndn

Reduce noise from speech using Recurrent Neural Networks.

This filter accepts the following options:

model, m

    Set train model file to load. This option is always required.

mix

    Set how much to mix filtered samples into final output. Allowed
    range is from -1 to 1. Default value is 1. Negative values are
    special, they set how much to keep filtered noise in the final
    filter output. Set this option to -1 to hear actual noise removed
    from input signal.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-20>


        27.49.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      27.50 asdr

Measure Audio Signal-to-Distortion Ratio.

This filter takes two audio streams for input, and outputs first audio
stream. Results are in dB per channel at end of either input.


      27.51 asetnsamples

Set the number of samples per each output audio frame.

The last output packet may contain a different number of samples, as the
filter will flush all the remaining samples when the input audio signals
its end.

The filter accepts the following options:

nb_out_samples, n

    Set the number of frames per each output audio frame. The number is
    intended as the number of samples /per each channel/. Default value
    is 1024.

pad, p

    If set to 1, the filter will pad the last audio frame with zeroes,
    so that the last frame will contain the same number of samples as
    the previous ones. Default value is 1.

For example, to set the number of per-frame samples to 1234 and disable
padding for the last frame, use:

asetnsamples=n=1234:p=0


      27.52 asetrate

Set the sample rate without altering the PCM data. This will result in a
change of speed and pitch.

The filter accepts the following options:

sample_rate, r

    Set the output sample rate. Default is 44100 Hz.


      27.53 ashowinfo

Show a line containing various information for each input audio frame.
The input audio is not modified.

The shown line contains a sequence of key/value pairs of the form
key:value.

The following values are shown in the output:

n

    The (sequential) number of the input frame, starting from 0.

pts

    The presentation timestamp of the input frame, in time base units;
    the time base depends on the filter input pad, and is usually
    1/sample_rate.

pts_time

    The presentation timestamp of the input frame in seconds.

fmt

    The sample format.

chlayout

    The channel layout.

rate

    The sample rate for the audio frame.

nb_samples

    The number of samples (per channel) in the frame.

checksum

    The Adler-32 checksum (printed in hexadecimal) of the audio data.
    For planar audio, the data is treated as if all the planes were
    concatenated.

plane_checksums

    A list of Adler-32 checksums for each data plane.


      27.54 asisdr

Measure Audio Scaled-Invariant Signal-to-Distortion Ratio.

This filter takes two audio streams for input, and outputs first audio
stream. Results are in dB per channel at end of either input.


      27.55 asoftclip

Apply audio soft clipping.

Soft clipping is a type of distortion effect where the amplitude of a
signal is saturated along a smooth curve, rather than the abrupt shape
of hard-clipping.

This filter accepts the following options:

type

    Set type of soft-clipping.

    It accepts the following values:

    hard
    tanh
    atan
    cubic
    exp
    alg
    quintic
    sin
    erf

threshold

    Set threshold from where to start clipping. Default value is 0dB or 1.

output

    Set gain applied to output. Default value is 0dB or 1.

param

    Set additional parameter which controls sigmoid function.

oversample

    Set oversampling factor.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-21>


        27.55.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      27.56 aspectralstats

Display frequency domain statistical information about the audio
channels. Statistics are calculated and stored as metadata for each
audio channel and for each audio frame.

It accepts the following option:

win_size

    Set the window length in samples. Default value is 2048. Allowed
    range is from 32 to 65536.

win_func

    Set window function.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘rect’
    ‘bartlett’
    ‘hann, hanning’
    ‘hamming’
    ‘blackman’
    ‘welch’
    ‘flattop’
    ‘bharris’
    ‘bnuttall’
    ‘bhann’
    ‘sine’
    ‘nuttall’
    ‘lanczos’
    ‘gauss’
    ‘tukey’
    ‘dolph’
    ‘cauchy’
    ‘parzen’
    ‘poisson’
    ‘bohman’
    ‘kaiser’

    Default is |hann|.

overlap

    Set window overlap. Allowed range is from |0| to |1|. Default value
    is |0.5|.

measure

    Select the parameters which are measured. The metadata keys can be
    used as flags, default is all which measures everything. none
    disables all measurement.

A list of each metadata key follows:

mean
variance
centroid
spread
skewness
kurtosis
entropy
flatness
crest
flux
slope
decrease
rolloff


      27.57 asr

Automatic Speech Recognition

This filter uses PocketSphinx for speech recognition. To enable
compilation of this filter, you need to configure FFmpeg with
|--enable-pocketsphinx|.

It accepts the following options:

rate

    Set sampling rate of input audio. Defaults is |16000|. This need to
    match speech models, otherwise one will get poor results.

hmm

    Set dictionary containing acoustic model files.

dict

    Set pronunciation dictionary.

lm

    Set language model file.

lmctl

    Set language model set.

lmname

    Set which language model to use.

logfn

    Set output for log messages.

The filter exports recognized speech as the frame metadata
|lavfi.asr.text|.


      27.58 astats

Display time domain statistical information about the audio channels.
Statistics are calculated and displayed for each audio channel and,
where applicable, an overall figure is also given.

It accepts the following option:

length

    Short window length in seconds, used for peak and trough RMS
    measurement. Default is |0.05| (50 milliseconds). Allowed range is
    |[0 - 10]|.

metadata

    Set metadata injection. All the metadata keys are prefixed with
    |lavfi.astats.X|, where |X| is channel number starting from 1 or
    string |Overall|. Default is disabled.

    Available keys for each channel are: Bit_depth Crest_factor
    DC_offset Dynamic_range Entropy Flat_factor Max_difference Max_level
    Mean_difference Min_difference Min_level Noise_floor
    Noise_floor_count Number_of_Infs Number_of_NaNs Number_of_denormals
    Peak_count Abs_Peak_count Peak_level RMS_difference RMS_peak
    RMS_trough Zero_crossings Zero_crossings_rate

    and for |Overall|: Bit_depth DC_offset Entropy Flat_factor
    Max_difference Max_level Mean_difference Min_difference Min_level
    Noise_floor Noise_floor_count Number_of_Infs Number_of_NaNs
    Number_of_denormals Number_of_samples Peak_count Abs_Peak_count
    Peak_level RMS_difference RMS_level RMS_peak RMS_trough

    For example, a full key looks like |lavfi.astats.1.DC_offset| or
    |lavfi.astats.Overall.Peak_count|.

    Read below for the description of the keys.

reset

    Set the number of frames over which cumulative stats are calculated
    before being reset. Default is disabled.

measure_perchannel

    Select the parameters which are measured per channel. The metadata
    keys can be used as flags, default is all which measures everything.
    none disables all per channel measurement.

measure_overall

    Select the parameters which are measured overall. The metadata keys
    can be used as flags, default is all which measures everything. none
    disables all overall measurement.

A description of the measure keys follow:

none

    no measures

all

    all measures

Bit_depth

    overall bit depth of audio, i.e. number of bits used for each sample

Crest_factor

    standard ratio of peak to RMS level (note: not in dB)

DC_offset

    mean amplitude displacement from zero

Dynamic_range

    measured dynamic range of audio in dB

Entropy

    entropy measured across whole audio, entropy of value near 1.0 is
    typically measured for white noise

Flat_factor

    flatness (i.e. consecutive samples with the same value) of the
    signal at its peak levels (i.e. either Min_level or Max_level)

Max_difference

    maximal difference between two consecutive samples

Max_level

    maximal sample level

Mean_difference

    mean difference between two consecutive samples, i.e. the average of
    each difference between two consecutive samples

Min_difference

    minimal difference between two consecutive samples

Min_level

    minimal sample level

Noise_floor

    minimum local peak measured in dBFS over a short window

Noise_floor_count

    number of occasions (not the number of samples) that the signal
    attained Noise floor

Number_of_Infs

    number of samples with an infinite value

Number_of_NaNs

    number of samples with a NaN (not a number) value

Number_of_denormals

    number of samples with a subnormal value

Number_of_samples

    number of samples

Peak_count

    number of occasions (not the number of samples) that the signal
    attained either Min_level or Max_level

Abs_Peak_count

    number of occasions that the absolute samples taken from the signal
    attained max absolute value of Min_level and Max_level

Peak_level

    standard peak level measured in dBFS

RMS_difference

    Root Mean Square difference between two consecutive samples

RMS_level

    standard RMS level measured in dBFS

RMS_peak
RMS_trough

    peak and trough values for RMS level measured over a short window,
    measured in dBFS.

Zero crossings

    number of points where the waveform crosses the zero level axis

Zero crossings rate

    rate of Zero crossings and number of audio samples


      27.59 asubboost

Boost subwoofer frequencies.

The filter accepts the following options:

dry

    Set dry gain, how much of original signal is kept. Allowed range is
    from 0 to 1. Default value is 1.0.

wet

    Set wet gain, how much of filtered signal is kept. Allowed range is
    from 0 to 1. Default value is 1.0.

boost

    Set max boost factor. Allowed range is from 1 to 12. Default value
    is 2.

decay

    Set delay line decay gain value. Allowed range is from 0 to 1.
    Default value is 0.0.

feedback

    Set delay line feedback gain value. Allowed range is from 0 to 1.
    Default value is 0.9.

cutoff

    Set cutoff frequency in Hertz. Allowed range is 50 to 900. Default
    value is 100.

slope

    Set slope amount for cutoff frequency. Allowed range is 0.0001 to 1.
    Default value is 0.5.

delay

    Set delay. Allowed range is from 1 to 100. Default value is 20.

channels

    Set the channels to process. Default value is all available.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-22>


        27.59.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      27.60 asubcut

Cut subwoofer frequencies.

This filter allows to set custom, steeper roll off than highpass filter,
and thus is able to more attenuate frequency content in stop-band.

The filter accepts the following options:

cutoff

    Set cutoff frequency in Hertz. Allowed range is 2 to 200. Default
    value is 20.

order

    Set filter order. Available values are from 3 to 20. Default value
    is 10.

level

    Set input gain level. Allowed range is from 0 to 1. Default value is 1.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-23>


        27.60.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      27.61 asupercut

Cut super frequencies.

The filter accepts the following options:

cutoff

    Set cutoff frequency in Hertz. Allowed range is 20000 to 192000.
    Default value is 20000.

order

    Set filter order. Available values are from 3 to 20. Default value
    is 10.

level

    Set input gain level. Allowed range is from 0 to 1. Default value is 1.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-24>


        27.61.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      27.62 asuperpass

Apply high order Butterworth band-pass filter.

The filter accepts the following options:

centerf

    Set center frequency in Hertz. Allowed range is 2 to 999999. Default
    value is 1000.

order

    Set filter order. Available values are from 4 to 20. Default value
    is 4.

qfactor

    Set Q-factor. Allowed range is from 0.01 to 100. Default value is 1.

level

    Set input gain level. Allowed range is from 0 to 2. Default value is 1.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-25>


        27.62.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      27.63 asuperstop

Apply high order Butterworth band-stop filter.

The filter accepts the following options:

centerf

    Set center frequency in Hertz. Allowed range is 2 to 999999. Default
    value is 1000.

order

    Set filter order. Available values are from 4 to 20. Default value
    is 4.

qfactor

    Set Q-factor. Allowed range is from 0.01 to 100. Default value is 1.

level

    Set input gain level. Allowed range is from 0 to 2. Default value is 1.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-26>


        27.63.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      27.64 atempo

Adjust audio tempo.

The filter accepts exactly one parameter, the audio tempo. If not
specified then the filter will assume nominal 1.0 tempo. Tempo must be
in the [0.5, 100.0] range.

Note that tempo greater than 2 will skip some samples rather than blend
them in. If for any reason this is a concern it is always possible to
daisy-chain several instances of atempo to achieve the desired product
tempo.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-33>
  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-27>


        27.64.1 Examples

  * Slow down audio to 80% tempo:

    atempo=0.8

  * To speed up audio to 300% tempo:

    atempo=3

  * To speed up audio to 300% tempo by daisy-chaining two atempo instances:

    atempo=sqrt(3),atempo=sqrt(3)


        27.64.2 Commands

This filter supports the following commands:

tempo

    Change filter tempo scale factor. Syntax for the command is : "tempo"


      27.65 atilt

Apply spectral tilt filter to audio stream.

This filter apply any spectral roll-off slope over any specified
frequency band.

The filter accepts the following options:

freq

    Set central frequency of tilt in Hz. Default is 10000 Hz.

slope

    Set slope direction of tilt. Default is 0. Allowed range is from -1
    to 1.

width

    Set width of tilt. Default is 1000. Allowed range is from 100 to 10000.

order

    Set order of tilt filter.

level

    Set input volume level. Allowed range is from 0 to 4. Defalt is 1.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-28>


        27.65.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      27.66 atrim

Trim the input so that the output contains one continuous subpart of the
input.

It accepts the following parameters:

start

    Timestamp (in seconds) of the start of the section to keep. I.e. the
    audio sample with the timestamp start will be the first sample in
    the output.

end

    Specify time of the first audio sample that will be dropped, i.e.
    the audio sample immediately preceding the one with the timestamp
    end will be the last sample in the output.

start_pts

    Same as start, except this option sets the start timestamp in
    samples instead of seconds.

end_pts

    Same as end, except this option sets the end timestamp in samples
    instead of seconds.

duration

    The maximum duration of the output in seconds.

start_sample

    The number of the first sample that should be output.

end_sample

    The number of the first sample that should be dropped.

start, end, and duration are expressed as time duration specifications; see
(ffmpeg-utils)the Time duration section in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual

<file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#time-duration-syntax>.


Note that the first two sets of the start/end options and the duration
option look at the frame timestamp, while the _sample options simply
count the samples that pass through the filter. So start/end_pts and
start/end_sample will give different results when the timestamps are
wrong, inexact or do not start at zero. Also note that this filter does
not modify the timestamps. If you wish to have the output timestamps
start at zero, insert the asetpts filter after the atrim filter.

If multiple start or end options are set, this filter tries to be greedy
and keep all samples that match at least one of the specified
constraints. To keep only the part that matches all the constraints at
once, chain multiple atrim filters.

The defaults are such that all the input is kept. So it is possible to
set e.g. just the end values to keep everything before the specified time.

Examples:

  * Drop everything except the second minute of input:

    ffmpeg -i INPUT -af atrim=60:120

  * Keep only the first 1000 samples:

    ffmpeg -i INPUT -af atrim=end_sample=1000


      27.67 axcorrelate

Calculate normalized windowed cross-correlation between two input audio
streams.

Resulted samples are always between -1 and 1 inclusive. If result is 1
it means two input samples are highly correlated in that selected
segment. Result 0 means they are not correlated at all. If result is -1
it means two input samples are out of phase, which means they cancel
each other.

The filter accepts the following options:

size

    Set size of segment over which cross-correlation is calculated.
    Default is 256. Allowed range is from 2 to 131072.

algo

    Set algorithm for cross-correlation. Can be |slow| or |fast| or
    |best|. Default is |best|. Fast algorithm assumes mean values over
    any given segment are always zero and thus need much less
    calculations to make. This is generally not true, but is valid for
    typical audio streams.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-34>


        27.67.1 Examples

  * Calculate correlation between channels in stereo audio stream:

    ffmpeg -i stereo.wav -af channelsplit,axcorrelate=size=1024:algo=fast correlation.wav


      27.68 bandpass

Apply a two-pole Butterworth band-pass filter with central frequency
frequency, and (3dB-point) band-width width. The csg option selects a
constant skirt gain (peak gain = Q) instead of the default: constant 0dB
peak gain. The filter roll off at 6dB per octave (20dB per decade).

The filter accepts the following options:

frequency, f

    Set the filter’s central frequency. Default is |3000|.

csg

    Constant skirt gain if set to 1. Defaults to 0.

width_type, t

    Set method to specify band-width of filter.

    h

        Hz

    q

        Q-Factor

    o

        octave

    s

        slope

    k

        kHz

width, w

    Specify the band-width of a filter in width_type units.

mix, m

    How much to use filtered signal in output. Default is 1. Range is
    between 0 and 1.

channels, c

    Specify which channels to filter, by default all available are
    filtered.

normalize, n

    Normalize biquad coefficients, by default is disabled. Enabling it
    will normalize magnitude response at DC to 0dB.

transform, a

    Set transform type of IIR filter.

    di
    dii
    tdi
    tdii
    latt
    svf
    zdf

precision, r

    Set precison of filtering.

    auto

        Pick automatic sample format depending on surround filters.

    s16

        Always use signed 16-bit.

    s32

        Always use signed 32-bit.

    f32

        Always use float 32-bit.

    f64

        Always use float 64-bit.

block_size, b

    Set block size used for reverse IIR processing. If this value is set
    to high enough value (higher than impulse response length truncated
    when reaches near zero values) filtering will become linear phase
    otherwise if not big enough it will just produce nasty artifacts.

    Note that filter delay will be exactly this many samples when set to
    non-zero value.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-29>


        27.68.1 Commands

This filter supports the following commands:

frequency, f

    Change bandpass frequency. Syntax for the command is : "frequency"

width_type, t

    Change bandpass width_type. Syntax for the command is : "width_type"

width, w

    Change bandpass width. Syntax for the command is : "width"

mix, m

    Change bandpass mix. Syntax for the command is : "mix"


      27.69 bandreject

Apply a two-pole Butterworth band-reject filter with central frequency
frequency, and (3dB-point) band-width width. The filter roll off at 6dB
per octave (20dB per decade).

The filter accepts the following options:

frequency, f

    Set the filter’s central frequency. Default is |3000|.

width_type, t

    Set method to specify band-width of filter.

    h

        Hz

    q

        Q-Factor

    o

        octave

    s

        slope

    k

        kHz

width, w

    Specify the band-width of a filter in width_type units.

mix, m

    How much to use filtered signal in output. Default is 1. Range is
    between 0 and 1.

channels, c

    Specify which channels to filter, by default all available are
    filtered.

normalize, n

    Normalize biquad coefficients, by default is disabled. Enabling it
    will normalize magnitude response at DC to 0dB.

transform, a

    Set transform type of IIR filter.

    di
    dii
    tdi
    tdii
    latt
    svf
    zdf

precision, r

    Set precison of filtering.

    auto

        Pick automatic sample format depending on surround filters.

    s16

        Always use signed 16-bit.

    s32

        Always use signed 32-bit.

    f32

        Always use float 32-bit.

    f64

        Always use float 64-bit.

block_size, b

    Set block size used for reverse IIR processing. If this value is set
    to high enough value (higher than impulse response length truncated
    when reaches near zero values) filtering will become linear phase
    otherwise if not big enough it will just produce nasty artifacts.

    Note that filter delay will be exactly this many samples when set to
    non-zero value.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-30>


        27.69.1 Commands

This filter supports the following commands:

frequency, f

    Change bandreject frequency. Syntax for the command is : "frequency"

width_type, t

    Change bandreject width_type. Syntax for the command is : "width_type"

width, w

    Change bandreject width. Syntax for the command is : "width"

mix, m

    Change bandreject mix. Syntax for the command is : "mix"


      27.70 bass, lowshelf

Boost or cut the bass (lower) frequencies of the audio using a two-pole
shelving filter with a response similar to that of a standard hi-fi’s
tone-controls. This is also known as shelving equalisation (EQ).

The filter accepts the following options:

gain, g

    Give the gain at 0 Hz. Its useful range is about -20 (for a large
    cut) to +20 (for a large boost). Beware of clipping when using a
    positive gain.

frequency, f

    Set the filter’s central frequency and so can be used to extend or
    reduce the frequency range to be boosted or cut. The default value
    is |100| Hz.

width_type, t

    Set method to specify band-width of filter.

    h

        Hz

    q

        Q-Factor

    o

        octave

    s

        slope

    k

        kHz

width, w

    Determine how steep is the filter’s shelf transition.

poles, p

    Set number of poles. Default is 2.

mix, m

    How much to use filtered signal in output. Default is 1. Range is
    between 0 and 1.

channels, c

    Specify which channels to filter, by default all available are
    filtered.

normalize, n

    Normalize biquad coefficients, by default is disabled. Enabling it
    will normalize magnitude response at DC to 0dB.

transform, a

    Set transform type of IIR filter.

    di
    dii
    tdi
    tdii
    latt
    svf
    zdf

precision, r

    Set precison of filtering.

    auto

        Pick automatic sample format depending on surround filters.

    s16

        Always use signed 16-bit.

    s32

        Always use signed 32-bit.

    f32

        Always use float 32-bit.

    f64

        Always use float 64-bit.

block_size, b

    Set block size used for reverse IIR processing. If this value is set
    to high enough value (higher than impulse response length truncated
    when reaches near zero values) filtering will become linear phase
    otherwise if not big enough it will just produce nasty artifacts.

    Note that filter delay will be exactly this many samples when set to
    non-zero value.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-31>


        27.70.1 Commands

This filter supports the following commands:

frequency, f

    Change bass frequency. Syntax for the command is : "frequency"

width_type, t

    Change bass width_type. Syntax for the command is : "width_type"

width, w

    Change bass width. Syntax for the command is : "width"

gain, g

    Change bass gain. Syntax for the command is : "gain"

mix, m

    Change bass mix. Syntax for the command is : "mix"


      27.71 biquad

Apply a biquad IIR filter with the given coefficients. Where b0, b1, b2
and a0, a1, a2 are the numerator and denominator coefficients
respectively. and channels, c specify which channels to filter, by
default all available are filtered.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-32>


        27.71.1 Commands

This filter supports the following commands:

a0
a1
a2
b0
b1
b2

    Change biquad parameter. Syntax for the command is : "value"

mix, m

    How much to use filtered signal in output. Default is 1. Range is
    between 0 and 1.

channels, c

    Specify which channels to filter, by default all available are
    filtered.

normalize, n

    Normalize biquad coefficients, by default is disabled. Enabling it
    will normalize magnitude response at DC to 0dB.

transform, a

    Set transform type of IIR filter.

    di
    dii
    tdi
    tdii
    latt
    svf
    zdf

precision, r

    Set precison of filtering.

    auto

        Pick automatic sample format depending on surround filters.

    s16

        Always use signed 16-bit.

    s32

        Always use signed 32-bit.

    f32

        Always use float 32-bit.

    f64

        Always use float 64-bit.

block_size, b

    Set block size used for reverse IIR processing. If this value is set
    to high enough value (higher than impulse response length truncated
    when reaches near zero values) filtering will become linear phase
    otherwise if not big enough it will just produce nasty artifacts.

    Note that filter delay will be exactly this many samples when set to
    non-zero value.


      27.72 bs2b

Bauer stereo to binaural transformation, which improves headphone
listening of stereo audio records.

To enable compilation of this filter you need to configure FFmpeg with
|--enable-libbs2b|.

It accepts the following parameters:

profile

    Pre-defined crossfeed level.

    default

        Default level (fcut=700, feed=50).

    cmoy

        Chu Moy circuit (fcut=700, feed=60).

    jmeier

        Jan Meier circuit (fcut=650, feed=95).

fcut

    Cut frequency (in Hz).

feed

    Feed level (in Hz).


      27.73 channelmap

Remap input channels to new locations.

It accepts the following parameters:

map

    Map channels from input to output. The argument is a ’|’-separated
    list of mappings, each in the |in_channel-out_channel| or in_channel
    form. in_channel can be either the name of the input channel (e.g.
    FL for front left) or its index in the input channel layout.
    out_channel is the name of the output channel or its index in the
    output channel layout. If out_channel is not given then it is
    implicitly an index, starting with zero and increasing by one for
    each mapping.

channel_layout

    The channel layout of the output stream.

If no mapping is present, the filter will implicitly map input channels
to output channels, preserving indices.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-35>


        27.73.1 Examples

  * For example, assuming a 5.1+downmix input MOV file,

    ffmpeg -i in.mov -filter 'channelmap=map=DL-FL|DR-FR' out.wav

    will create an output WAV file tagged as stereo from the downmix
    channels of the input.

  * To fix a 5.1 WAV improperly encoded in AAC’s native channel order

    ffmpeg -i in.wav -filter 'channelmap=1|2|0|5|3|4:5.1' out.wav


      27.74 channelsplit

Split each channel from an input audio stream into a separate output
stream.

It accepts the following parameters:

channel_layout

    The channel layout of the input stream. The default is "stereo".

channels

    A channel layout describing the channels to be extracted as separate
    output streams or "all" to extract each input channel as a separate
    stream. The default is "all".

    Choosing channels not present in channel layout in the input will
    result in an error.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-36>


        27.74.1 Examples

  * For example, assuming a stereo input MP3 file,

    ffmpeg -i in.mp3 -filter_complex channelsplit out.mkv

    will create an output Matroska file with two audio streams, one
    containing only the left channel and the other the right channel.

  * Split a 5.1 WAV file into per-channel files:

    ffmpeg -i in.wav -filter_complex
    'channelsplit=channel_layout=5.1[FL][FR][FC][LFE][SL][SR]'
    -map '[FL]' front_left.wav -map '[FR]' front_right.wav -map '[FC]'
    front_center.wav -map '[LFE]' lfe.wav -map '[SL]' side_left.wav -map '[SR]'
    side_right.wav

  * Extract only LFE from a 5.1 WAV file:

    ffmpeg -i in.wav -filter_complex 'channelsplit=channel_layout=5.1:channels=LFE[LFE]'
    -map '[LFE]' lfe.wav


      27.75 chorus

Add a chorus effect to the audio.

Can make a single vocal sound like a chorus, but can also be applied to
instrumentation.

Chorus resembles an echo effect with a short delay, but whereas with
echo the delay is constant, with chorus, it is varied using using
sinusoidal or triangular modulation. The modulation depth defines the
range the modulated delay is played before or after the delay. Hence the
delayed sound will sound slower or faster, that is the delayed sound
tuned around the original one, like in a chorus where some vocals are
slightly off key.

It accepts the following parameters:

in_gain

    Set input gain. Default is 0.4.

out_gain

    Set output gain. Default is 0.4.

delays

    Set delays. A typical delay is around 40ms to 60ms.

decays

    Set decays.

speeds

    Set speeds.

depths

    Set depths.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-37>


        27.75.1 Examples

  * A single delay:

    chorus=0.7:0.9:55:0.4:0.25:2

  * Two delays:

    chorus=0.6:0.9:50|60:0.4|0.32:0.25|0.4:2|1.3

  * Fuller sounding chorus with three delays:

    chorus=0.5:0.9:50|60|40:0.4|0.32|0.3:0.25|0.4|0.3:2|2.3|1.3


      27.76 compand

Compress or expand the audio’s dynamic range.

It accepts the following parameters:

attacks
decays

    A list of times in seconds for each channel over which the
    instantaneous level of the input signal is averaged to determine its
    volume. attacks refers to increase of volume and decays refers to
    decrease of volume. For most situations, the attack time (response
    to the audio getting louder) should be shorter than the decay time,
    because the human ear is more sensitive to sudden loud audio than
    sudden soft audio. A typical value for attack is 0.3 seconds and a
    typical value for decay is 0.8 seconds. If specified number of
    attacks & decays is lower than number of channels, the last set
    attack/decay will be used for all remaining channels.

points

    A list of points for the transfer function, specified in dB relative
    to the maximum possible signal amplitude. Each key points list must
    be defined using the following syntax: |x0/y0|x1/y1|x2/y2|....| or
    |x0/y0 x1/y1 x2/y2 ....|

    The input values must be in strictly increasing order but the
    transfer function does not have to be monotonically rising. The
    point |0/0| is assumed but may be overridden (by |0/out-dBn|).
    Typical values for the transfer function are |-70/-70|-60/-20|1/0|.

soft-knee

    Set the curve radius in dB for all joints. It defaults to 0.01.

gain

    Set the additional gain in dB to be applied at all points on the
    transfer function. This allows for easy adjustment of the overall
    gain. It defaults to 0.

volume

    Set an initial volume, in dB, to be assumed for each channel when
    filtering starts. This permits the user to supply a nominal level
    initially, so that, for example, a very large gain is not applied to
    initial signal levels before the companding has begun to operate. A
    typical value for audio which is initially quiet is -90 dB. It
    defaults to 0.

delay

    Set a delay, in seconds. The input audio is analyzed immediately,
    but audio is delayed before being fed to the volume adjuster.
    Specifying a delay approximately equal to the attack/decay times
    allows the filter to effectively operate in predictive rather than
    reactive mode. It defaults to 0.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-38>


        27.76.1 Examples

  * Make music with both quiet and loud passages suitable for listening
    to in a noisy environment:

    compand=.3|.3:1|1:-90/-60|-60/-40|-40/-30|-20/-20:6:0:-90:0.2

    Another example for audio with whisper and explosion parts:

    compand=0|0:1|1:-90/-900|-70/-70|-30/-9|0/-3:6:0:0:0

  * A noise gate for when the noise is at a lower level than the signal:

    compand=.1|.1:.2|.2:-900/-900|-50.1/-900|-50/-50:.01:0:-90:.1

  * Here is another noise gate, this time for when the noise is at a
    higher level than the signal (making it, in some ways, similar to
    squelch):

    compand=.1|.1:.1|.1:-45.1/-45.1|-45/-900|0/-900:.01:45:-90:.1

  * 2:1 compression starting at -6dB:

    compand=points=-80/-80|-6/-6|0/-3.8|20/3.5

  * 2:1 compression starting at -9dB:

    compand=points=-80/-80|-9/-9|0/-5.3|20/2.9

  * 2:1 compression starting at -12dB:

    compand=points=-80/-80|-12/-12|0/-6.8|20/1.9

  * 2:1 compression starting at -18dB:

    compand=points=-80/-80|-18/-18|0/-9.8|20/0.7

  * 3:1 compression starting at -15dB:

    compand=points=-80/-80|-15/-15|0/-10.8|20/-5.2

  * Compressor/Gate:

    compand=points=-80/-105|-62/-80|-15.4/-15.4|0/-12|20/-7.6

  * Expander:

    compand=attacks=0:points=-80/-169|-54/-80|-49.5/-64.6|-41.1/-41.1|-25.8/-15|-10.8/-4.5|0/0|20/8.3

  * Hard limiter at -6dB:

    compand=attacks=0:points=-80/-80|-6/-6|20/-6

  * Hard limiter at -12dB:

    compand=attacks=0:points=-80/-80|-12/-12|20/-12

  * Hard noise gate at -35 dB:

    compand=attacks=0:points=-80/-115|-35.1/-80|-35/-35|20/20

  * Soft limiter:

    compand=attacks=0:points=-80/-80|-12.4/-12.4|-6/-8|0/-6.8|20/-2.8


      27.77 compensationdelay

Compensation Delay Line is a metric based delay to compensate differing
positions of microphones or speakers.

For example, you have recorded guitar with two microphones placed in
different locations. Because the front of sound wave has fixed speed in
normal conditions, the phasing of microphones can vary and depends on
their location and interposition. The best sound mix can be achieved
when these microphones are in phase (synchronized). Note that a distance
of ~30 cm between microphones makes one microphone capture the signal in
antiphase to the other microphone. That makes the final mix sound moody.
This filter helps to solve phasing problems by adding different delays
to each microphone track and make them synchronized.

The best result can be reached when you take one track as base and
synchronize other tracks one by one with it. Remember that
synchronization/delay tolerance depends on sample rate, too. Higher
sample rates will give more tolerance.

The filter accepts the following parameters:

mm

    Set millimeters distance. This is compensation distance for fine
    tuning. Default is 0.

cm

    Set cm distance. This is compensation distance for tightening
    distance setup. Default is 0.

m

    Set meters distance. This is compensation distance for hard distance
    setup. Default is 0.

dry

    Set dry amount. Amount of unprocessed (dry) signal. Default is 0.

wet

    Set wet amount. Amount of processed (wet) signal. Default is 1.

temp

    Set temperature in degrees Celsius. This is the temperature of the
    environment. Default is 20.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-33>


        27.77.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      27.78 crossfeed

Apply headphone crossfeed filter.

Crossfeed is the process of blending the left and right channels of
stereo audio recording. It is mainly used to reduce extreme stereo
separation of low frequencies.

The intent is to produce more speaker like sound to the listener.

The filter accepts the following options:

strength

    Set strength of crossfeed. Default is 0.2. Allowed range is from 0
    to 1. This sets gain of low shelf filter for side part of stereo
    image. Default is -6dB. Max allowed is -30db when strength is set to 1.

range

    Set soundstage wideness. Default is 0.5. Allowed range is from 0 to
    1. This sets cut off frequency of low shelf filter. Default is cut
    off near 1550 Hz. With range set to 1 cut off frequency is set to
    2100 Hz.

slope

    Set curve slope of low shelf filter. Default is 0.5. Allowed range
    is from 0.01 to 1.

level_in

    Set input gain. Default is 0.9.

level_out

    Set output gain. Default is 1.

block_size

    Set block size used for reverse IIR processing. If this value is set
    to high enough value (higher than impulse response length truncated
    when reaches near zero values) filtering will become linear phase
    otherwise if not big enough it will just produce nasty artifacts.

    Note that filter delay will be exactly this many samples when set to
    non-zero value.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-34>


        27.78.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      27.79 crystalizer

Simple algorithm for audio noise sharpening.

This filter linearly increases differences betweeen each audio sample.

The filter accepts the following options:

i

    Sets the intensity of effect (default: 2.0). Must be in range
    between -10.0 to 0 (unchanged sound) to 10.0 (maximum effect). To
    inverse filtering use negative value.

c

    Enable clipping. By default is enabled.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-35>


        27.79.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      27.80 dcshift

Apply a DC shift to the audio.

This can be useful to remove a DC offset (caused perhaps by a hardware
problem in the recording chain) from the audio. The effect of a DC
offset is reduced headroom and hence volume. The
astats

<#astats> filter can be used to determine if a signal has a DC offset.

shift

    Set the DC shift, allowed range is [-1, 1]. It indicates the amount
    to shift the audio.

limitergain

    Optional. It should have a value much less than 1 (e.g. 0.05 or
    0.02) and is used to prevent clipping.


      27.81 deesser

Apply de-essing to the audio samples.

i

    Set intensity for triggering de-essing. Allowed range is from 0 to
    1. Default is 0.

m

    Set amount of ducking on treble part of sound. Allowed range is from
    0 to 1. Default is 0.5.

f

    How much of original frequency content to keep when de-essing.
    Allowed range is from 0 to 1. Default is 0.5.

s

    Set the output mode.

    It accepts the following values:

    i

        Pass input unchanged.

    o

        Pass ess filtered out.

    e

        Pass only ess.

        Default value is o.


      27.82 dialoguenhance

Enhance dialogue in stereo audio.

This filter accepts stereo input and produce surround (3.0) channels
output. The newly produced front center channel have enhanced speech
dialogue originally available in both stereo channels. This filter
outputs front left and front right channels same as available in stereo
input.

The filter accepts the following options:

original

    Set the original center factor to keep in front center channel
    output. Allowed range is from 0 to 1. Default value is 1.

enhance

    Set the dialogue enhance factor to put in front center channel
    output. Allowed range is from 0 to 3. Default value is 1.

voice

    Set the voice detection factor. Allowed range is from 2 to 32.
    Default value is 2.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-36>


        27.82.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      27.83 drmeter

Measure audio dynamic range.

DR values of 14 and higher is found in very dynamic material. DR of 8 to
13 is found in transition material. And anything less that 8 have very
poor dynamics and is very compressed.

The filter accepts the following options:

length

    Set window length in seconds used to split audio into segments of
    equal length. Default is 3 seconds.


      27.84 dynaudnorm

Dynamic Audio Normalizer.

This filter applies a certain amount of gain to the input audio in order
to bring its peak magnitude to a target level (e.g. 0 dBFS). However, in
contrast to more "simple" normalization algorithms, the Dynamic Audio
Normalizer *dynamically* re-adjusts the gain factor to the input audio.
This allows for applying extra gain to the "quiet" sections of the audio
while avoiding distortions or clipping the "loud" sections. In other
words: The Dynamic Audio Normalizer will "even out" the volume of quiet
and loud sections, in the sense that the volume of each section is
brought to the same target level. Note, however, that the Dynamic Audio
Normalizer achieves this goal *without* applying "dynamic range
compressing". It will retain 100% of the dynamic range *within* each
section of the audio file.

framelen, f

    Set the frame length in milliseconds. In range from 10 to 8000
    milliseconds. Default is 500 milliseconds. The Dynamic Audio
    Normalizer processes the input audio in small chunks, referred to as
    frames. This is required, because a peak magnitude has no meaning
    for just a single sample value. Instead, we need to determine the
    peak magnitude for a contiguous sequence of sample values. While a
    "standard" normalizer would simply use the peak magnitude of the
    complete file, the Dynamic Audio Normalizer determines the peak
    magnitude individually for each frame. The length of a frame is
    specified in milliseconds. By default, the Dynamic Audio Normalizer
    uses a frame length of 500 milliseconds, which has been found to
    give good results with most files. Note that the exact frame length,
    in number of samples, will be determined automatically, based on the
    sampling rate of the individual input audio file.

gausssize, g

    Set the Gaussian filter window size. In range from 3 to 301, must be
    odd number. Default is 31. Probably the most important parameter of
    the Dynamic Audio Normalizer is the |window size| of the Gaussian
    smoothing filter. The filter’s window size is specified in frames,
    centered around the current frame. For the sake of simplicity, this
    must be an odd number. Consequently, the default value of 31 takes
    into account the current frame, as well as the 15 preceding frames
    and the 15 subsequent frames. Using a larger window results in a
    stronger smoothing effect and thus in less gain variation, i.e.
    slower gain adaptation. Conversely, using a smaller window results
    in a weaker smoothing effect and thus in more gain variation, i.e.
    faster gain adaptation. In other words, the more you increase this
    value, the more the Dynamic Audio Normalizer will behave like a
    "traditional" normalization filter. On the contrary, the more you
    decrease this value, the more the Dynamic Audio Normalizer will
    behave like a dynamic range compressor.

peak, p

    Set the target peak value. This specifies the highest permissible
    magnitude level for the normalized audio input. This filter will try
    to approach the target peak magnitude as closely as possible, but at
    the same time it also makes sure that the normalized signal will
    never exceed the peak magnitude. A frame’s maximum local gain factor
    is imposed directly by the target peak magnitude. The default value
    is 0.95 and thus leaves a headroom of 5%*. It is not recommended to
    go above this value.

maxgain, m

    Set the maximum gain factor. In range from 1.0 to 100.0. Default is
    10.0. The Dynamic Audio Normalizer determines the maximum possible
    (local) gain factor for each input frame, i.e. the maximum gain
    factor that does not result in clipping or distortion. The maximum
    gain factor is determined by the frame’s highest magnitude sample.
    However, the Dynamic Audio Normalizer additionally bounds the
    frame’s maximum gain factor by a predetermined (global) maximum gain
    factor. This is done in order to avoid excessive gain factors in
    "silent" or almost silent frames. By default, the maximum gain
    factor is 10.0, For most inputs the default value should be
    sufficient and it usually is not recommended to increase this value.
    Though, for input with an extremely low overall volume level, it may
    be necessary to allow even higher gain factors. Note, however, that
    the Dynamic Audio Normalizer does not simply apply a "hard"
    threshold (i.e. cut off values above the threshold). Instead, a
    "sigmoid" threshold function will be applied. This way, the gain
    factors will smoothly approach the threshold value, but never exceed
    that value.

targetrms, r

    Set the target RMS. In range from 0.0 to 1.0. Default is 0.0 -
    disabled. By default, the Dynamic Audio Normalizer performs "peak"
    normalization. This means that the maximum local gain factor for
    each frame is defined (only) by the frame’s highest magnitude
    sample. This way, the samples can be amplified as much as possible
    without exceeding the maximum signal level, i.e. without clipping.
    Optionally, however, the Dynamic Audio Normalizer can also take into
    account the frame’s root mean square, abbreviated RMS. In electrical
    engineering, the RMS is commonly used to determine the power of a
    time-varying signal. It is therefore considered that the RMS is a
    better approximation of the "perceived loudness" than just looking
    at the signal’s peak magnitude. Consequently, by adjusting all
    frames to a constant RMS value, a uniform "perceived loudness" can
    be established. If a target RMS value has been specified, a frame’s
    local gain factor is defined as the factor that would result in
    exactly that RMS value. Note, however, that the maximum local gain
    factor is still restricted by the frame’s highest magnitude sample,
    in order to prevent clipping.

coupling, n

    Enable channels coupling. By default is enabled. By default, the
    Dynamic Audio Normalizer will amplify all channels by the same
    amount. This means the same gain factor will be applied to all
    channels, i.e. the maximum possible gain factor is determined by the
    "loudest" channel. However, in some recordings, it may happen that
    the volume of the different channels is uneven, e.g. one channel may
    be "quieter" than the other one(s). In this case, this option can be
    used to disable the channel coupling. This way, the gain factor will
    be determined independently for each channel, depending only on the
    individual channel’s highest magnitude sample. This allows for
    harmonizing the volume of the different channels.

correctdc, c

    Enable DC bias correction. By default is disabled. An audio signal
    (in the time domain) is a sequence of sample values. In the Dynamic
    Audio Normalizer these sample values are represented in the -1.0 to
    1.0 range, regardless of the original input format. Normally, the
    audio signal, or "waveform", should be centered around the zero
    point. That means if we calculate the mean value of all samples in a
    file, or in a single frame, then the result should be 0.0 or at
    least very close to that value. If, however, there is a significant
    deviation of the mean value from 0.0, in either positive or negative
    direction, this is referred to as a DC bias or DC offset. Since a DC
    bias is clearly undesirable, the Dynamic Audio Normalizer provides
    optional DC bias correction. With DC bias correction enabled, the
    Dynamic Audio Normalizer will determine the mean value, or "DC
    correction" offset, of each input frame and subtract that value from
    all of the frame’s sample values which ensures those samples are
    centered around 0.0 again. Also, in order to avoid "gaps" at the
    frame boundaries, the DC correction offset values will be
    interpolated smoothly between neighbouring frames.

altboundary, b

    Enable alternative boundary mode. By default is disabled. The
    Dynamic Audio Normalizer takes into account a certain neighbourhood
    around each frame. This includes the preceding frames as well as the
    subsequent frames. However, for the "boundary" frames, located at
    the very beginning and at the very end of the audio file, not all
    neighbouring frames are available. In particular, for the first few
    frames in the audio file, the preceding frames are not known. And,
    similarly, for the last few frames in the audio file, the subsequent
    frames are not known. Thus, the question arises which gain factors
    should be assumed for the missing frames in the "boundary" region.
    The Dynamic Audio Normalizer implements two modes to deal with this
    situation. The default boundary mode assumes a gain factor of
    exactly 1.0 for the missing frames, resulting in a smooth "fade in"
    and "fade out" at the beginning and at the end of the input,
    respectively.

compress, s

    Set the compress factor. In range from 0.0 to 30.0. Default is 0.0.
    By default, the Dynamic Audio Normalizer does not apply
    "traditional" compression. This means that signal peaks will not be
    pruned and thus the full dynamic range will be retained within each
    local neighbourhood. However, in some cases it may be desirable to
    combine the Dynamic Audio Normalizer’s normalization algorithm with
    a more "traditional" compression. For this purpose, the Dynamic
    Audio Normalizer provides an optional compression (thresholding)
    function. If (and only if) the compression feature is enabled, all
    input frames will be processed by a soft knee thresholding function
    prior to the actual normalization process. Put simply, the
    thresholding function is going to prune all samples whose magnitude
    exceeds a certain threshold value. However, the Dynamic Audio
    Normalizer does not simply apply a fixed threshold value. Instead,
    the threshold value will be adjusted for each individual frame. In
    general, smaller parameters result in stronger compression, and vice
    versa. Values below 3.0 are not recommended, because audible
    distortion may appear.

threshold, t

    Set the target threshold value. This specifies the lowest
    permissible magnitude level for the audio input which will be
    normalized. If input frame volume is above this value frame will be
    normalized. Otherwise frame may not be normalized at all. The
    default value is set to 0, which means all input frames will be
    normalized. This option is mostly useful if digital noise is not
    wanted to be amplified.

channels, h

    Specify which channels to filter, by default all available channels
    are filtered.

overlap, o

    Specify overlap for frames. If set to 0 (default) no frame
    overlapping is done. Using >0 and <1 values will make less
    conservative gain adjustments, like when framelen option is set to
    smaller value, if framelen option value is compensated for non-zero
    overlap then gain adjustments will be smoother across time compared
    to zero overlap case.

curve, v

    Specify the peak mapping curve expression which is going to be used
    when calculating gain applied to frames. The max output frame gain
    will still be limited by other options mentioned previously for this
    filter.

    The expression can contain the following constants:

    ch

        current channel number

    sn

        current sample number

    nb_channels

        number of channels

    t

        timestamp expressed in seconds

    sr

        sample rate

    p

        current frame peak value

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-37>


        27.84.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      27.85 earwax

Make audio easier to listen to on headphones.

This filter adds ‘cues’ to 44.1kHz stereo (i.e. audio CD format) audio
so that when listened to on headphones the stereo image is moved from
inside your head (standard for headphones) to outside and in front of
the listener (standard for speakers).

Ported from SoX.


      27.86 equalizer

Apply a two-pole peaking equalisation (EQ) filter. With this filter, the
signal-level at and around a selected frequency can be increased or
decreased, whilst (unlike bandpass and bandreject filters) that at all
other frequencies is unchanged.

In order to produce complex equalisation curves, this filter can be
given several times, each with a different central frequency.

The filter accepts the following options:

frequency, f

    Set the filter’s central frequency in Hz.

width_type, t

    Set method to specify band-width of filter.

    h

        Hz

    q

        Q-Factor

    o

        octave

    s

        slope

    k

        kHz

width, w

    Specify the band-width of a filter in width_type units.

gain, g

    Set the required gain or attenuation in dB. Beware of clipping when
    using a positive gain.

mix, m

    How much to use filtered signal in output. Default is 1. Range is
    between 0 and 1.

channels, c

    Specify which channels to filter, by default all available are
    filtered.

normalize, n

    Normalize biquad coefficients, by default is disabled. Enabling it
    will normalize magnitude response at DC to 0dB.

transform, a

    Set transform type of IIR filter.

    di
    dii
    tdi
    tdii
    latt
    svf
    zdf

precision, r

    Set precison of filtering.

    auto

        Pick automatic sample format depending on surround filters.

    s16

        Always use signed 16-bit.

    s32

        Always use signed 32-bit.

    f32

        Always use float 32-bit.

    f64

        Always use float 64-bit.

block_size, b

    Set block size used for reverse IIR processing. If this value is set
    to high enough value (higher than impulse response length truncated
    when reaches near zero values) filtering will become linear phase
    otherwise if not big enough it will just produce nasty artifacts.

    Note that filter delay will be exactly this many samples when set to
    non-zero value.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-39>
  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-38>


        27.86.1 Examples

  * Attenuate 10 dB at 1000 Hz, with a bandwidth of 200 Hz:

    equalizer=f=1000:t=h:width=200:g=-10

  * Apply 2 dB gain at 1000 Hz with Q 1 and attenuate 5 dB at 100 Hz
    with Q 2:

    equalizer=f=1000:t=q:w=1:g=2,equalizer=f=100:t=q:w=2:g=-5


        27.86.2 Commands

This filter supports the following commands:

frequency, f

    Change equalizer frequency. Syntax for the command is : "frequency"

width_type, t

    Change equalizer width_type. Syntax for the command is : "width_type"

width, w

    Change equalizer width. Syntax for the command is : "width"

gain, g

    Change equalizer gain. Syntax for the command is : "gain"

mix, m

    Change equalizer mix. Syntax for the command is : "mix"


      27.87 extrastereo

Linearly increases the difference between left and right channels which
adds some sort of "live" effect to playback.

The filter accepts the following options:

m

    Sets the difference coefficient (default: 2.5). 0.0 means mono sound
    (average of both channels), with 1.0 sound will be unchanged, with
    -1.0 left and right channels will be swapped.

c

    Enable clipping. By default is enabled.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-39>


        27.87.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      27.88 firequalizer

Apply FIR Equalization using arbitrary frequency response.

The filter accepts the following option:

gain

    Set gain curve equation (in dB). The expression can contain variables:

    f

        the evaluated frequency

    sr

        sample rate

    ch

        channel number, set to 0 when multichannels evaluation is disabled

    chid

        channel id, see libavutil/channel_layout.h, set to the first
        channel id when multichannels evaluation is disabled

    chs

        number of channels

    chlayout

        channel_layout, see libavutil/channel_layout.h

    and functions:

    gain_interpolate(f)

        interpolate gain on frequency f based on gain_entry

    cubic_interpolate(f)

        same as gain_interpolate, but smoother

    This option is also available as command. Default is
    |gain_interpolate(f)|.

gain_entry

    Set gain entry for gain_interpolate function. The expression can
    contain functions:

    entry(f, g)

        store gain entry at frequency f with value g

    This option is also available as command.

delay

    Set filter delay in seconds. Higher value means more accurate.
    Default is |0.01|.

accuracy

    Set filter accuracy in Hz. Lower value means more accurate. Default
    is |5|.

wfunc

    Set window function. Acceptable values are:

    rectangular

        rectangular window, useful when gain curve is already smooth

    hann

        hann window (default)

    hamming

        hamming window

    blackman

        blackman window

    nuttall3

        3-terms continuous 1st derivative nuttall window

    mnuttall3

        minimum 3-terms discontinuous nuttall window

    nuttall

        4-terms continuous 1st derivative nuttall window

    bnuttall

        minimum 4-terms discontinuous nuttall (blackman-nuttall) window

    bharris

        blackman-harris window

    tukey

        tukey window

fixed

    If enabled, use fixed number of audio samples. This improves speed
    when filtering with large delay. Default is disabled.

multi

    Enable multichannels evaluation on gain. Default is disabled.

zero_phase

    Enable zero phase mode by subtracting timestamp to compensate delay.
    Default is disabled.

scale

    Set scale used by gain. Acceptable values are:

    linlin

        linear frequency, linear gain

    linlog

        linear frequency, logarithmic (in dB) gain (default)

    loglin

        logarithmic (in octave scale where 20 Hz is 0) frequency, linear
        gain

    loglog

        logarithmic frequency, logarithmic gain

dumpfile

    Set file for dumping, suitable for gnuplot.

dumpscale

    Set scale for dumpfile. Acceptable values are same with scale
    option. Default is linlog.

fft2

    Enable 2-channel convolution using complex FFT. This improves speed
    significantly. Default is disabled.

min_phase

    Enable minimum phase impulse response. Default is disabled.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-40>


        27.88.1 Examples

  * lowpass at 1000 Hz:

    firequalizer=gain='if(lt(f,1000), 0, -INF)'

  * lowpass at 1000 Hz with gain_entry:

    firequalizer=gain_entry='entry(1000,0); entry(1001, -INF)'

  * custom equalization:

    firequalizer=gain_entry='entry(100,0); entry(400, -4); entry(1000, -6); entry(2000, 0)'

  * higher delay with zero phase to compensate delay:

    firequalizer=delay=0.1:fixed=on:zero_phase=on

  * lowpass on left channel, highpass on right channel:

    firequalizer=gain='if(eq(chid,1), gain_interpolate(f), if(eq(chid,2), gain_interpolate(1e6+f), 0))'
    :gain_entry='entry(1000, 0); entry(1001,-INF); entry(1e6+1000,0)':multi=on


      27.89 flanger

Apply a flanging effect to the audio.

The filter accepts the following options:

delay

    Set base delay in milliseconds. Range from 0 to 30. Default value is 0.

depth

    Set added sweep delay in milliseconds. Range from 0 to 10. Default
    value is 2.

regen

    Set percentage regeneration (delayed signal feedback). Range from
    -95 to 95. Default value is 0.

width

    Set percentage of delayed signal mixed with original. Range from 0
    to 100. Default value is 71.

speed

    Set sweeps per second (Hz). Range from 0.1 to 10. Default value is 0.5.

shape

    Set swept wave shape, can be triangular or sinusoidal. Default value
    is sinusoidal.

phase

    Set swept wave percentage-shift for multi channel. Range from 0 to
    100. Default value is 25.

interp

    Set delay-line interpolation, linear or quadratic. Default is linear.


      27.90 haas

Apply Haas effect to audio.

Note that this makes most sense to apply on mono signals. With this
filter applied to mono signals it give some directionality and stretches
its stereo image.

The filter accepts the following options:

level_in

    Set input level. By default is 1, or 0dB

level_out

    Set output level. By default is 1, or 0dB.

side_gain

    Set gain applied to side part of signal. By default is 1.

middle_source

    Set kind of middle source. Can be one of the following:

    ‘left’

        Pick left channel.

    ‘right’

        Pick right channel.

    ‘mid’

        Pick middle part signal of stereo image.

    ‘side’

        Pick side part signal of stereo image.

middle_phase

    Change middle phase. By default is disabled.

left_delay

    Set left channel delay. By default is 2.05 milliseconds.

left_balance

    Set left channel balance. By default is -1.

left_gain

    Set left channel gain. By default is 1.

left_phase

    Change left phase. By default is disabled.

right_delay

    Set right channel delay. By defaults is 2.12 milliseconds.

right_balance

    Set right channel balance. By default is 1.

right_gain

    Set right channel gain. By default is 1.

right_phase

    Change right phase. By default is enabled.


      27.91 hdcd

Decodes High Definition Compatible Digital (HDCD) data. A 16-bit PCM
stream with embedded HDCD codes is expanded into a 20-bit PCM stream.

The filter supports the Peak Extend and Low-level Gain Adjustment
features of HDCD, and detects the Transient Filter flag.

ffmpeg -i HDCD16.flac -af hdcd OUT24.flac

When using the filter with wav, note the default encoding for wav is
16-bit, so the resulting 20-bit stream will be truncated back to 16-bit.
Use something like |-acodec pcm_s24le| after the filter to get 24-bit
PCM output.

ffmpeg -i HDCD16.wav -af hdcd OUT16.wav
ffmpeg -i HDCD16.wav -af hdcd -c:a pcm_s24le OUT24.wav

The filter accepts the following options:

disable_autoconvert

    Disable any automatic format conversion or resampling in the filter
    graph.

process_stereo

    Process the stereo channels together. If target_gain does not match
    between channels, consider it invalid and use the last valid
    target_gain.

cdt_ms

    Set the code detect timer period in ms.

force_pe

    Always extend peaks above -3dBFS even if PE isn’t signaled.

analyze_mode

    Replace audio with a solid tone and adjust the amplitude to signal
    some specific aspect of the decoding process. The output file can be
    loaded in an audio editor alongside the original to aid analysis.

    |analyze_mode=pe:force_pe=true| can be used to see all samples above
    the PE level.

    Modes are:

    ‘0, off’

        Disabled

    ‘1, lle’

        Gain adjustment level at each sample

    ‘2, pe’

        Samples where peak extend occurs

    ‘3, cdt’

        Samples where the code detect timer is active

    ‘4, tgm’

        Samples where the target gain does not match between channels


      27.92 headphone

Apply head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) to create virtual
loudspeakers around the user for binaural listening via headphones. The
HRIRs are provided via additional streams, for each channel one stereo
input stream is needed.

The filter accepts the following options:

map

    Set mapping of input streams for convolution. The argument is a
    ’|’-separated list of channel names in order as they are given as
    additional stream inputs for filter. This also specify number of
    input streams. Number of input streams must be not less than number
    of channels in first stream plus one.

gain

    Set gain applied to audio. Value is in dB. Default is 0.

type

    Set processing type. Can be time or freq. time is processing audio
    in time domain which is slow. freq is processing audio in frequency
    domain which is fast. Default is freq.

lfe

    Set custom gain for LFE channels. Value is in dB. Default is 0.

size

    Set size of frame in number of samples which will be processed at
    once. Default value is 1024. Allowed range is from 1024 to 96000.

hrir

    Set format of hrir stream. Default value is stereo. Alternative
    value is multich. If value is set to stereo, number of additional
    streams should be greater or equal to number of input channels in
    first input stream. Also each additional stream should have stereo
    number of channels. If value is set to multich, number of additional
    streams should be exactly one. Also number of input channels of
    additional stream should be equal or greater than twice number of
    channels of first input stream.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-41>


        27.92.1 Examples

  * Full example using wav files as coefficients with amovie filters for
    7.1 downmix, each amovie filter use stereo file with IR coefficients
    as input. The files give coefficients for each position of virtual
    loudspeaker:

    ffmpeg -i input.wav
    -filter_complex "amovie=azi_270_ele_0_DFC.wav[sr];amovie=azi_90_ele_0_DFC.wav[sl];amovie=azi_225_ele_0_DFC.wav[br];amovie=azi_135_ele_0_DFC.wav[bl];amovie=azi_0_ele_0_DFC.wav,asplit[fc][lfe];amovie=azi_35_ele_0_DFC.wav[fl];amovie=azi_325_ele_0_DFC.wav[fr];[0:a][fl][fr][fc][lfe][bl][br][sl][sr]headphone=FL|FR|FC|LFE|BL|BR|SL|SR"
    output.wav

  * Full example using wav files as coefficients with amovie filters for
    7.1 downmix, but now in multich hrir format.

    ffmpeg -i input.wav -filter_complex "amovie=minp.wav[hrirs];[0:a][hrirs]headphone=map=FL|FR|FC|LFE|BL|BR|SL|SR:hrir=multich"
    output.wav


      27.93 highpass

Apply a high-pass filter with 3dB point frequency. The filter can be
either single-pole, or double-pole (the default). The filter roll off at
6dB per pole per octave (20dB per pole per decade).

The filter accepts the following options:

frequency, f

    Set frequency in Hz. Default is 3000.

poles, p

    Set number of poles. Default is 2.

width_type, t

    Set method to specify band-width of filter.

    h

        Hz

    q

        Q-Factor

    o

        octave

    s

        slope

    k

        kHz

width, w

    Specify the band-width of a filter in width_type units. Applies only
    to double-pole filter. The default is 0.707q and gives a Butterworth
    response.

mix, m

    How much to use filtered signal in output. Default is 1. Range is
    between 0 and 1.

channels, c

    Specify which channels to filter, by default all available are
    filtered.

normalize, n

    Normalize biquad coefficients, by default is disabled. Enabling it
    will normalize magnitude response at DC to 0dB.

transform, a

    Set transform type of IIR filter.

    di
    dii
    tdi
    tdii
    latt
    svf
    zdf

precision, r

    Set precison of filtering.

    auto

        Pick automatic sample format depending on surround filters.

    s16

        Always use signed 16-bit.

    s32

        Always use signed 32-bit.

    f32

        Always use float 32-bit.

    f64

        Always use float 64-bit.

block_size, b

    Set block size used for reverse IIR processing. If this value is set
    to high enough value (higher than impulse response length truncated
    when reaches near zero values) filtering will become linear phase
    otherwise if not big enough it will just produce nasty artifacts.

    Note that filter delay will be exactly this many samples when set to
    non-zero value.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-40>


        27.93.1 Commands

This filter supports the following commands:

frequency, f

    Change highpass frequency. Syntax for the command is : "frequency"

width_type, t

    Change highpass width_type. Syntax for the command is : "width_type"

width, w

    Change highpass width. Syntax for the command is : "width"

mix, m

    Change highpass mix. Syntax for the command is : "mix"


      27.94 join

Join multiple input streams into one multi-channel stream.

It accepts the following parameters:

inputs

    The number of input streams. It defaults to 2.

channel_layout

    The desired output channel layout. It defaults to stereo.

map

    Map channels from inputs to output. The argument is a ’|’-separated
    list of mappings, each in the |input_idx.in_channel-out_channel|
    form. input_idx is the 0-based index of the input stream. in_channel
    can be either the name of the input channel (e.g. FL for front left)
    or its index in the specified input stream. out_channel is the name
    of the output channel.

The filter will attempt to guess the mappings when they are not
specified explicitly. It does so by first trying to find an unused
matching input channel and if that fails it picks the first unused input
channel.

Join 3 inputs (with properly set channel layouts):

ffmpeg -i INPUT1 -i INPUT2 -i INPUT3 -filter_complex join=inputs=3 OUTPUT

Build a 5.1 output from 6 single-channel streams:

ffmpeg -i fl -i fr -i fc -i sl -i sr -i lfe -filter_complex
'join=inputs=6:channel_layout=5.1:map=0.0-FL|1.0-FR|2.0-FC|3.0-SL|4.0-SR|5.0-LFE'
out


      27.95 ladspa

Load a LADSPA (Linux Audio Developer’s Simple Plugin API) plugin.

To enable compilation of this filter you need to configure FFmpeg with
|--enable-ladspa|.

file, f

    Specifies the name of LADSPA plugin library to load. If the
    environment variable |LADSPA_PATH| is defined, the LADSPA plugin is
    searched in each one of the directories specified by the colon
    separated list in |LADSPA_PATH|, otherwise in the standard LADSPA
    paths, which are in this order: HOME/.ladspa/lib/,
    /usr/local/lib/ladspa/, /usr/lib/ladspa/.

plugin, p

    Specifies the plugin within the library. Some libraries contain only
    one plugin, but others contain many of them. If this is not set
    filter will list all available plugins within the specified library.

controls, c

    Set the ’|’ separated list of controls which are zero or more
    floating point values that determine the behavior of the loaded
    plugin (for example delay, threshold or gain). Controls need to be
    defined using the following syntax:
    c0=value0|c1=value1|c2=value2|..., where valuei is the value set on
    the i-th control. Alternatively they can be also defined using the
    following syntax: value0|value1|value2|..., where valuei is the
    value set on the i-th control. If controls is set to |help|, all
    available controls and their valid ranges are printed.

sample_rate, s

    Specify the sample rate, default to 44100. Only used if plugin have
    zero inputs.

nb_samples, n

    Set the number of samples per channel per each output frame, default
    is 1024. Only used if plugin have zero inputs.

duration, d

    Set the minimum duration of the sourced audio. See
    (ffmpeg-utils)the Time duration section in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#time-duration-syntax>
    for the accepted syntax. Note that the resulting duration may be
    greater than the specified duration, as the generated audio is
    always cut at the end of a complete frame. If not specified, or the
    expressed duration is negative, the audio is supposed to be
    generated forever. Only used if plugin have zero inputs.

latency, l

    Enable latency compensation, by default is disabled. Only used if
    plugin have inputs.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-42>
  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-41>


        27.95.1 Examples

  * List all available plugins within amp (LADSPA example plugin) library:

    ladspa=file=amp

  * List all available controls and their valid ranges for |vcf_notch|
    plugin from |VCF| library:

    ladspa=f=vcf:p=vcf_notch:c=help

  * Simulate low quality audio equipment using |Computer Music Toolkit|
    (CMT) plugin library:

    ladspa=file=cmt:plugin=lofi:controls=c0=22|c1=12|c2=12

  * Add reverberation to the audio using TAP-plugins (Tom’s Audio
    Processing plugins):

    ladspa=file=tap_reverb:tap_reverb

  * Generate white noise, with 0.2 amplitude:

    ladspa=file=cmt:noise_source_white:c=c0=.2

  * Generate 20 bpm clicks using plugin |C* Click - Metronome| from the
    |C* Audio Plugin Suite| (CAPS) library:

    ladspa=file=caps:Click:c=c1=20'

  * Apply |C* Eq10X2 - Stereo 10-band equaliser| effect:

    ladspa=caps:Eq10X2:c=c0=-48|c9=-24|c3=12|c4=2

  * Increase volume by 20dB using fast lookahead limiter from Steve
    Harris |SWH Plugins| collection:

    ladspa=fast_lookahead_limiter_1913:fastLookaheadLimiter:20|0|2

  * Attenuate low frequencies using Multiband EQ from Steve Harris |SWH
    Plugins| collection:

    ladspa=mbeq_1197:mbeq:-24|-24|-24|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0

  * Reduce stereo image using |Narrower| from the |C* Audio Plugin
    Suite| (CAPS) library:

    ladspa=caps:Narrower

  * Another white noise, now using |C* Audio Plugin Suite| (CAPS) library:

    ladspa=caps:White:.2

  * Some fractal noise, using |C* Audio Plugin Suite| (CAPS) library:

    ladspa=caps:Fractal:c=c1=1

  * Dynamic volume normalization using |VLevel| plugin:

    ladspa=vlevel-ladspa:vlevel_mono


        27.95.2 Commands

This filter supports the following commands:

cN

    Modify the N-th control value.

    If the specified value is not valid, it is ignored and prior one is
    kept.


      27.96 loudnorm

EBU R128 loudness normalization. Includes both dynamic and linear
normalization modes. Support for both single pass (livestreams, files)
and double pass (files) modes. This algorithm can target IL, LRA, and
maximum true peak. In dynamic mode, to accurately detect true peaks, the
audio stream will be upsampled to 192 kHz. Use the |-ar| option or
|aresample| filter to explicitly set an output sample rate.

The filter accepts the following options:

I, i

    Set integrated loudness target. Range is -70.0 - -5.0. Default value
    is -24.0.

LRA, lra

    Set loudness range target. Range is 1.0 - 50.0. Default value is 7.0.

TP, tp

    Set maximum true peak. Range is -9.0 - +0.0. Default value is -2.0.

measured_I, measured_i

    Measured IL of input file. Range is -99.0 - +0.0.

measured_LRA, measured_lra

    Measured LRA of input file. Range is 0.0 - 99.0.

measured_TP, measured_tp

    Measured true peak of input file. Range is -99.0 - +99.0.

measured_thresh

    Measured threshold of input file. Range is -99.0 - +0.0.

offset

    Set offset gain. Gain is applied before the true-peak limiter. Range
    is -99.0 - +99.0. Default is +0.0.

linear

    Normalize by linearly scaling the source audio. |measured_I|,
    |measured_LRA|, |measured_TP|, and |measured_thresh| must all be
    specified. Target LRA shouldn’t be lower than source LRA and the
    change in integrated loudness shouldn’t result in a true peak which
    exceeds the target TP. If any of these conditions aren’t met,
    normalization mode will revert to dynamic. Options are |true| or
    |false|. Default is |true|.

dual_mono

    Treat mono input files as "dual-mono". If a mono file is intended
    for playback on a stereo system, its EBU R128 measurement will be
    perceptually incorrect. If set to |true|, this option will
    compensate for this effect. Multi-channel input files are not
    affected by this option. Options are true or false. Default is false.

print_format

    Set print format for stats. Options are summary, json, or none.
    Default value is none.


      27.97 lowpass

Apply a low-pass filter with 3dB point frequency. The filter can be
either single-pole or double-pole (the default). The filter roll off at
6dB per pole per octave (20dB per pole per decade).

The filter accepts the following options:

frequency, f

    Set frequency in Hz. Default is 500.

poles, p

    Set number of poles. Default is 2.

width_type, t

    Set method to specify band-width of filter.

    h

        Hz

    q

        Q-Factor

    o

        octave

    s

        slope

    k

        kHz

width, w

    Specify the band-width of a filter in width_type units. Applies only
    to double-pole filter. The default is 0.707q and gives a Butterworth
    response.

mix, m

    How much to use filtered signal in output. Default is 1. Range is
    between 0 and 1.

channels, c

    Specify which channels to filter, by default all available are
    filtered.

normalize, n

    Normalize biquad coefficients, by default is disabled. Enabling it
    will normalize magnitude response at DC to 0dB.

transform, a

    Set transform type of IIR filter.

    di
    dii
    tdi
    tdii
    latt
    svf
    zdf

precision, r

    Set precison of filtering.

    auto

        Pick automatic sample format depending on surround filters.

    s16

        Always use signed 16-bit.

    s32

        Always use signed 32-bit.

    f32

        Always use float 32-bit.

    f64

        Always use float 64-bit.

block_size, b

    Set block size used for reverse IIR processing. If this value is set
    to high enough value (higher than impulse response length truncated
    when reaches near zero values) filtering will become linear phase
    otherwise if not big enough it will just produce nasty artifacts.

    Note that filter delay will be exactly this many samples when set to
    non-zero value.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-43>
  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-42>


        27.97.1 Examples

  * Lowpass only LFE channel, it LFE is not present it does nothing:

    lowpass=c=LFE


        27.97.2 Commands

This filter supports the following commands:

frequency, f

    Change lowpass frequency. Syntax for the command is : "frequency"

width_type, t

    Change lowpass width_type. Syntax for the command is : "width_type"

width, w

    Change lowpass width. Syntax for the command is : "width"

mix, m

    Change lowpass mix. Syntax for the command is : "mix"


      27.98 lv2

Load a LV2 (LADSPA Version 2) plugin.

To enable compilation of this filter you need to configure FFmpeg with
|--enable-lv2|.

plugin, p

    Specifies the plugin URI. You may need to escape ’:’.

controls, c

    Set the ’|’ separated list of controls which are zero or more
    floating point values that determine the behavior of the loaded
    plugin (for example delay, threshold or gain). If controls is set to
    |help|, all available controls and their valid ranges are printed.

sample_rate, s

    Specify the sample rate, default to 44100. Only used if plugin have
    zero inputs.

nb_samples, n

    Set the number of samples per channel per each output frame, default
    is 1024. Only used if plugin have zero inputs.

duration, d

    Set the minimum duration of the sourced audio. See
    (ffmpeg-utils)the Time duration section in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#time-duration-syntax>
    for the accepted syntax. Note that the resulting duration may be
    greater than the specified duration, as the generated audio is
    always cut at the end of a complete frame. If not specified, or the
    expressed duration is negative, the audio is supposed to be
    generated forever. Only used if plugin have zero inputs.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-44>
  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-43>


        27.98.1 Examples

  * Apply bass enhancer plugin from Calf:

    lv2=p=http\\\\://calf.sourceforge.net/plugins/BassEnhancer:c=amount=2

  * Apply vinyl plugin from Calf:

    lv2=p=http\\\\://calf.sourceforge.net/plugins/Vinyl:c=drone=0.2|aging=0.5

  * Apply bit crusher plugin from ArtyFX:

    lv2=p=http\\\\://www.openavproductions.com/artyfx#bitta:c=crush=0.3


        27.98.2 Commands

This filter supports all options that are exported by plugin as commands.


      27.99 mcompand

Multiband Compress or expand the audio’s dynamic range.

The input audio is divided into bands using 4th order Linkwitz-Riley
IIRs. This is akin to the crossover of a loudspeaker, and results in
flat frequency response when absent compander action.

It accepts the following parameters:

args

    This option syntax is: attack,decay,[attack,decay..] soft-knee
    points crossover_frequency [delay [initial_volume [gain]]] |
    attack,decay ... For explanation of each item refer to compand
    filter documentation.


      27.100 pan

Mix channels with specific gain levels. The filter accepts the output
channel layout followed by a set of channels definitions.

This filter is also designed to efficiently remap the channels of an
audio stream.

The filter accepts parameters of the form: "l|outdef|outdef|..."

l

    output channel layout or number of channels

outdef

    output channel specification, of the form:
    "out_name=[gain*]in_name[(+-)[gain*]in_name...]"

out_name

    output channel to define, either a channel name (FL, FR, etc.) or a
    channel number (c0, c1, etc.)

gain

    multiplicative coefficient for the channel, 1 leaving the volume
    unchanged

in_name

    input channel to use, see out_name for details; it is not possible
    to mix named and numbered input channels

If the ‘=’ in a channel specification is replaced by ‘<’, then the gains
for that specification will be renormalized so that the total is 1, thus
avoiding clipping noise.

  *
    Mixing examples

    <#Mixing-examples>
  *
    Remapping examples

    <#Remapping-examples>


        27.100.1 Mixing examples

For example, if you want to down-mix from stereo to mono, but with a
bigger factor for the left channel:

pan=1c|c0=0.9*c0+0.1*c1

A customized down-mix to stereo that works automatically for 3-, 4-, 5-
and 7-channels surround:

pan=stereo| FL < FL + 0.5*FC + 0.6*BL + 0.6*SL | FR < FR + 0.5*FC + 0.6*BR + 0.6*SR

Note that |ffmpeg| integrates a default down-mix (and up-mix) system
that should be preferred (see "-ac" option) unless you have very
specific needs.


        27.100.2 Remapping examples

The channel remapping will be effective if, and only if:

  * gain coefficients are zeroes or ones,
  * only one input per channel output, 

If all these conditions are satisfied, the filter will notify the user
("Pure channel mapping detected"), and use an optimized and lossless
method to do the remapping.

For example, if you have a 5.1 source and want a stereo audio stream by
dropping the extra channels:

pan="stereo| c0=FL | c1=FR"

Given the same source, you can also switch front left and front right
channels and keep the input channel layout:

pan="5.1| c0=c1 | c1=c0 | c2=c2 | c3=c3 | c4=c4 | c5=c5"

If the input is a stereo audio stream, you can mute the front left
channel (and still keep the stereo channel layout) with:

pan="stereo|c1=c1"

Still with a stereo audio stream input, you can copy the right channel
in both front left and right:

pan="stereo| c0=FR | c1=FR"


      27.101 replaygain

ReplayGain scanner filter. This filter takes an audio stream as an input
and outputs it unchanged. At end of filtering it displays |track_gain|
and |track_peak|.

The filter accepts the following exported read-only options:

track_gain

    Exported track gain in dB at end of stream.

track_peak

    Exported track peak at end of stream.


      27.102 resample

Convert the audio sample format, sample rate and channel layout. It is
not meant to be used directly.


      27.103 rubberband

Apply time-stretching and pitch-shifting with librubberband.

To enable compilation of this filter, you need to configure FFmpeg with
|--enable-librubberband|.

The filter accepts the following options:

tempo

    Set tempo scale factor.

pitch

    Set pitch scale factor.

transients

    Set transients detector. Possible values are:

    crisp
    mixed
    smooth

detector

    Set detector. Possible values are:

    compound
    percussive
    soft

phase

    Set phase. Possible values are:

    laminar
    independent

window

    Set processing window size. Possible values are:

    standard
    short
    long

smoothing

    Set smoothing. Possible values are:

    off
    on

formant

    Enable formant preservation when shift pitching. Possible values are:

    shifted
    preserved

pitchq

    Set pitch quality. Possible values are:

    quality
    speed
    consistency

channels

    Set channels. Possible values are:

    apart
    together

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-44>


        27.103.1 Commands

This filter supports the following commands:

tempo

    Change filter tempo scale factor. Syntax for the command is : "tempo"

pitch

    Change filter pitch scale factor. Syntax for the command is : "pitch"


      27.104 sidechaincompress

This filter acts like normal compressor but has the ability to compress
detected signal using second input signal. It needs two input streams
and returns one output stream. First input stream will be processed
depending on second stream signal. The filtered signal then can be
filtered with other filters in later stages of processing. See
pan

<#pan> and
amerge

<#amerge> filter.

The filter accepts the following options:

level_in

    Set input gain. Default is 1. Range is between 0.015625 and 64.

mode

    Set mode of compressor operation. Can be |upward| or |downward|.
    Default is |downward|.

threshold

    If a signal of second stream raises above this level it will affect
    the gain reduction of first stream. By default is 0.125. Range is
    between 0.00097563 and 1.

ratio

    Set a ratio about which the signal is reduced. 1:2 means that if the
    level raised 4dB above the threshold, it will be only 2dB above
    after the reduction. Default is 2. Range is between 1 and 20.

attack

    Amount of milliseconds the signal has to rise above the threshold
    before gain reduction starts. Default is 20. Range is between 0.01
    and 2000.

release

    Amount of milliseconds the signal has to fall below the threshold
    before reduction is decreased again. Default is 250. Range is
    between 0.01 and 9000.

makeup

    Set the amount by how much signal will be amplified after
    processing. Default is 1. Range is from 1 to 64.

knee

    Curve the sharp knee around the threshold to enter gain reduction
    more softly. Default is 2.82843. Range is between 1 and 8.

link

    Choose if the |average| level between all channels of side-chain
    stream or the louder(|maximum|) channel of side-chain stream affects
    the reduction. Default is |average|.

detection

    Should the exact signal be taken in case of |peak| or an RMS one in
    case of |rms|. Default is |rms| which is mainly smoother.

level_sc

    Set sidechain gain. Default is 1. Range is between 0.015625 and 64.

mix

    How much to use compressed signal in output. Default is 1. Range is
    between 0 and 1.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-45>
  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-45>


        27.104.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


        27.104.2 Examples

  * Full ffmpeg example taking 2 audio inputs, 1st input to be
    compressed depending on the signal of 2nd input and later compressed
    signal to be merged with 2nd input:

    ffmpeg -i main.flac -i sidechain.flac -filter_complex "[1:a]asplit=2[sc][mix];[0:a][sc]sidechaincompress[compr];[compr][mix]amerge"


      27.105 sidechaingate

A sidechain gate acts like a normal (wideband) gate but has the ability
to filter the detected signal before sending it to the gain reduction
stage. Normally a gate uses the full range signal to detect a level
above the threshold. For example: If you cut all lower frequencies from
your sidechain signal the gate will decrease the volume of your track
only if not enough highs appear. With this technique you are able to
reduce the resonation of a natural drum or remove "rumbling" of muted
strokes from a heavily distorted guitar. It needs two input streams and
returns one output stream. First input stream will be processed
depending on second stream signal.

The filter accepts the following options:

level_in

    Set input level before filtering. Default is 1. Allowed range is
    from 0.015625 to 64.

mode

    Set the mode of operation. Can be |upward| or |downward|. Default is
    |downward|. If set to |upward| mode, higher parts of signal will be
    amplified, expanding dynamic range in upward direction. Otherwise,
    in case of |downward| lower parts of signal will be reduced.

range

    Set the level of gain reduction when the signal is below the
    threshold. Default is 0.06125. Allowed range is from 0 to 1. Setting
    this to 0 disables reduction and then filter behaves like expander.

threshold

    If a signal rises above this level the gain reduction is released.
    Default is 0.125. Allowed range is from 0 to 1.

ratio

    Set a ratio about which the signal is reduced. Default is 2. Allowed
    range is from 1 to 9000.

attack

    Amount of milliseconds the signal has to rise above the threshold
    before gain reduction stops. Default is 20 milliseconds. Allowed
    range is from 0.01 to 9000.

release

    Amount of milliseconds the signal has to fall below the threshold
    before the reduction is increased again. Default is 250
    milliseconds. Allowed range is from 0.01 to 9000.

makeup

    Set amount of amplification of signal after processing. Default is
    1. Allowed range is from 1 to 64.

knee

    Curve the sharp knee around the threshold to enter gain reduction
    more softly. Default is 2.828427125. Allowed range is from 1 to 8.

detection

    Choose if exact signal should be taken for detection or an RMS like
    one. Default is rms. Can be peak or rms.

link

    Choose if the average level between all channels or the louder
    channel affects the reduction. Default is average. Can be average or
    maximum.

level_sc

    Set sidechain gain. Default is 1. Range is from 0.015625 to 64.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-46>


        27.105.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      27.106 silencedetect

Detect silence in an audio stream.

This filter logs a message when it detects that the input audio volume
is less or equal to a noise tolerance value for a duration greater or
equal to the minimum detected noise duration.

The printed times and duration are expressed in seconds. The
|lavfi.silence_start| or |lavfi.silence_start.X| metadata key is set on
the first frame whose timestamp equals or exceeds the detection duration
and it contains the timestamp of the first frame of the silence.

The |lavfi.silence_duration| or |lavfi.silence_duration.X| and
|lavfi.silence_end| or |lavfi.silence_end.X| metadata keys are set on
the first frame after the silence. If mono is enabled, and each channel
is evaluated separately, the |.X| suffixed keys are used, and |X|
corresponds to the channel number.

The filter accepts the following options:

noise, n

    Set noise tolerance. Can be specified in dB (in case "dB" is
    appended to the specified value) or amplitude ratio. Default is
    -60dB, or 0.001.

duration, d

    Set silence duration until notification (default is 2 seconds). See
    (ffmpeg-utils)the Time duration section in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#time-duration-syntax>
    for the accepted syntax.

mono, m

    Process each channel separately, instead of combined. By default is
    disabled.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-46>


        27.106.1 Examples

  * Detect 5 seconds of silence with -50dB noise tolerance:

    silencedetect=n=-50dB:d=5

  * Complete example with |ffmpeg| to detect silence with 0.0001 noise
    tolerance in silence.mp3:

    ffmpeg -i silence.mp3 -af silencedetect=noise=0.0001 -f null -


      27.107 silenceremove

Remove silence from the beginning, middle or end of the audio.

The filter accepts the following options:

start_periods

    This value is used to indicate if audio should be trimmed at
    beginning of the audio. A value of zero indicates no silence should
    be trimmed from the beginning. When specifying a non-zero value, it
    trims audio up until it finds non-silence. Normally, when trimming
    silence from beginning of audio the start_periods will be |1| but it
    can be increased to higher values to trim all audio up to specific
    count of non-silence periods. Default value is |0|.

start_duration

    Specify the amount of time that non-silence must be detected before
    it stops trimming audio. By increasing the duration, bursts of
    noises can be treated as silence and trimmed off. Default value is |0|.

start_threshold

    This indicates what sample value should be treated as silence. For
    digital audio, a value of |0| may be fine but for audio recorded
    from analog, you may wish to increase the value to account for
    background noise. Can be specified in dB (in case "dB" is appended
    to the specified value) or amplitude ratio. Default value is |0|.

start_silence

    Specify max duration of silence at beginning that will be kept after
    trimming. Default is 0, which is equal to trimming all samples
    detected as silence.

start_mode

    Specify mode of detection of silence end at start of multi-channel
    audio. Can be any or all. Default is any. With any, any sample from
    any channel that is detected as non-silence will trigger end of
    silence trimming at start of audio stream. With all, only if every
    sample from every channel is detected as non-silence will trigger
    end of silence trimming at start of audio stream, limited usage.

stop_periods

    Set the count for trimming silence from the end of audio. When
    specifying a positive value, it trims audio after it finds specified
    silence period. To remove silence from the middle of a file, specify
    a stop_periods that is negative. This value is then treated as a
    positive value and is used to indicate the effect should restart
    processing as specified by stop_periods, making it suitable for
    removing periods of silence in the middle of the audio. Default
    value is |0|.

stop_duration

    Specify a duration of silence that must exist before audio is not
    copied any more. By specifying a higher duration, silence that is
    wanted can be left in the audio. Default value is |0|.

stop_threshold

    This is the same as start_threshold but for trimming silence from
    the end of audio. Can be specified in dB (in case "dB" is appended
    to the specified value) or amplitude ratio. Default value is |0|.

stop_silence

    Specify max duration of silence at end that will be kept after
    trimming. Default is 0, which is equal to trimming all samples
    detected as silence.

stop_mode

    Specify mode of detection of silence start after start of
    multi-channel audio. Can be any or all. Default is all. With any,
    any sample from any channel that is detected as silence will trigger
    start of silence trimming after start of audio stream, limited
    usage. With all, only if every sample from every channel is detected
    as silence will trigger start of silence trimming after start of
    audio stream.

detection

    Set how is silence detected.

    avg

        Mean of absolute values of samples in moving window.

    rms

        Root squared mean of absolute values of samples in moving window.

    peak

        Maximum of absolute values of samples in moving window.

    median

        Median of absolute values of samples in moving window.

    ptp

        Absolute of max peak to min peak difference of samples in moving
        window.

    dev

        Standard deviation of values of samples in moving window.

    Default value is |rms|.

window

    Set duration in number of seconds used to calculate size of window
    in number of samples for detecting silence. Using |0| will
    effectively disable any windowing and use only single sample per
    channel for silence detection. In that case it may be needed to also
    set start_silence and/or stop_silence to nonzero values with also
    start_duration and/or stop_duration to nonzero values. Default value
    is |0.02|. Allowed range is from |0| to |10|.

timestamp

    Set processing mode of every audio frame output timestamp.

    write

        Full timestamps rewrite, keep only the start time for the first
        output frame.

    copy

        Non-dropped frames are left with same timestamp as input audio
        frame.

    Defaults value is |write|.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-47>
  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-47>


        27.107.1 Examples

  * The following example shows how this filter can be used to start a
    recording that does not contain the delay at the start which usually
    occurs between pressing the record button and the start of the
    performance:

    silenceremove=start_periods=1:start_duration=5:start_threshold=0.02

  * Trim all silence encountered from beginning to end where there is
    more than 1 second of silence in audio:

    silenceremove=stop_periods=-1:stop_duration=1:stop_threshold=-90dB

  * Trim all digital silence samples, using peak detection, from
    beginning to end where there is more than 0 samples of digital
    silence in audio and digital silence is detected in all channels at
    same positions in stream:

    silenceremove=window=0:detection=peak:stop_mode=all:start_mode=all:stop_periods=-1:stop_threshold=0

  * Trim every 2nd encountered silence period from beginning to end
    where there is more than 1 second of silence per silence period in
    audio:

    silenceremove=stop_periods=-2:stop_duration=1:stop_threshold=-90dB

  * Similar as above, but keep maximum of 0.5 seconds of silence from
    each trimmed period:

    silenceremove=stop_periods=-2:stop_duration=1:stop_threshold=-90dB:stop_silence=0.5

  * Similar as above, but keep maximum of 1.5 seconds of silence from
    start of audio:

    silenceremove=stop_periods=-2:stop_duration=1:stop_threshold=-90dB:stop_silence=0.5:start_periods=1:start_duration=1:start_silence=1.5:stop_threshold=-90dB


        27.107.2 Commands

This filter supports some above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      27.108 sofalizer

SOFAlizer uses head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) to create virtual
loudspeakers around the user for binaural listening via headphones
(audio formats up to 9 channels supported). The HRTFs are stored in SOFA
files (see
http://www.sofacoustics.org/

for a database). SOFAlizer is developed at the Acoustics Research
Institute (ARI) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

To enable compilation of this filter you need to configure FFmpeg with
|--enable-libmysofa|.

The filter accepts the following options:

sofa

    Set the SOFA file used for rendering.

gain

    Set gain applied to audio. Value is in dB. Default is 0.

rotation

    Set rotation of virtual loudspeakers in deg. Default is 0.

elevation

    Set elevation of virtual speakers in deg. Default is 0.

radius

    Set distance in meters between loudspeakers and the listener with
    near-field HRTFs. Default is 1.

type

    Set processing type. Can be time or freq. time is processing audio
    in time domain which is slow. freq is processing audio in frequency
    domain which is fast. Default is freq.

speakers

    Set custom positions of virtual loudspeakers. Syntax for this option
    is: <CH> <AZIM> <ELEV>[|<CH> <AZIM> <ELEV>|...]. Each virtual
    loudspeaker is described with short channel name following with
    azimuth and elevation in degrees. Each virtual loudspeaker
    description is separated by ’|’. For example to override front left
    and front right channel positions use: ’speakers=FL 45 15|FR 345
    15’. Descriptions with unrecognised channel names are ignored.

lfegain

    Set custom gain for LFE channels. Value is in dB. Default is 0.

framesize

    Set custom frame size in number of samples. Default is 1024. Allowed
    range is from 1024 to 96000. Only used if option ‘type’ is set to freq.

normalize

    Should all IRs be normalized upon importing SOFA file. By default is
    enabled.

interpolate

    Should nearest IRs be interpolated with neighbor IRs if exact
    position does not match. By default is disabled.

minphase

    Minphase all IRs upon loading of SOFA file. By default is disabled.

anglestep

    Set neighbor search angle step. Only used if option interpolate is
    enabled.

radstep

    Set neighbor search radius step. Only used if option interpolate is
    enabled.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-48>


        27.108.1 Examples

  * Using ClubFritz6 sofa file:

    sofalizer=sofa=/path/to/ClubFritz6.sofa:type=freq:radius=1

  * Using ClubFritz12 sofa file and bigger radius with small rotation:

    sofalizer=sofa=/path/to/ClubFritz12.sofa:type=freq:radius=2:rotation=5

  * Similar as above but with custom speaker positions for front left,
    front right, back left and back right and also with custom gain:

    "sofalizer=sofa=/path/to/ClubFritz6.sofa:type=freq:radius=2:speakers=FL 45|FR 315|BL 135|BR 225:gain=28"


      27.109 speechnorm

Speech Normalizer.

This filter expands or compresses each half-cycle of audio samples
(local set of samples all above or all below zero and between two
nearest zero crossings) depending on threshold value, so audio reaches
target peak value under conditions controlled by below options.

The filter accepts the following options:

peak, p

    Set the expansion target peak value. This specifies the highest
    allowed absolute amplitude level for the normalized audio input.
    Default value is 0.95. Allowed range is from 0.0 to 1.0.

expansion, e

    Set the maximum expansion factor. Allowed range is from 1.0 to 50.0.
    Default value is 2.0. This option controls maximum local half-cycle
    of samples expansion. The maximum expansion would be such that local
    peak value reaches target peak value but never to surpass it and
    that ratio between new and previous peak value does not surpass this
    option value.

compression, c

    Set the maximum compression factor. Allowed range is from 1.0 to
    50.0. Default value is 2.0. This option controls maximum local
    half-cycle of samples compression. This option is used only if
    threshold option is set to value greater than 0.0, then in such
    cases when local peak is lower or same as value set by threshold all
    samples belonging to that peak’s half-cycle will be compressed by
    current compression factor.

threshold, t

    Set the threshold value. Default value is 0.0. Allowed range is from
    0.0 to 1.0. This option specifies which half-cycles of samples will
    be compressed and which will be expanded. Any half-cycle samples
    with their local peak value below or same as this option value will
    be compressed by current compression factor, otherwise, if greater
    than threshold value they will be expanded with expansion factor so
    that it could reach peak target value but never surpass it.

raise, r

    Set the expansion raising amount per each half-cycle of samples.
    Default value is 0.001. Allowed range is from 0.0 to 1.0. This
    controls how fast expansion factor is raised per each new half-cycle
    until it reaches expansion value. Setting this options too high may
    lead to distortions.

fall, f

    Set the compression raising amount per each half-cycle of samples.
    Default value is 0.001. Allowed range is from 0.0 to 1.0. This
    controls how fast compression factor is raised per each new
    half-cycle until it reaches compression value.

channels, h

    Specify which channels to filter, by default all available channels
    are filtered.

invert, i

    Enable inverted filtering, by default is disabled. This inverts
    interpretation of threshold option. When enabled any half-cycle of
    samples with their local peak value below or same as threshold
    option will be expanded otherwise it will be compressed.

link, l

    Link channels when calculating gain applied to each filtered channel
    sample, by default is disabled. When disabled each filtered channel
    gain calculation is independent, otherwise when this option is
    enabled the minimum of all possible gains for each filtered channel
    is used.

rms, m

    Set the expansion target RMS value. This specifies the highest
    allowed RMS level for the normalized audio input. Default value is
    0.0, thus disabled. Allowed range is from 0.0 to 1.0.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-48>
  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-49>


        27.109.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


        27.109.2 Examples

  * Weak and slow amplification:

    speechnorm=e=3:r=0.00001:l=1

  * Moderate and slow amplification:

    speechnorm=e=6.25:r=0.00001:l=1

  * Strong and fast amplification:

    speechnorm=e=12.5:r=0.0001:l=1

  * Very strong and fast amplification:

    speechnorm=e=25:r=0.0001:l=1

  * Extreme and fast amplification:

    speechnorm=e=50:r=0.0001:l=1


      27.110 stereotools

This filter has some handy utilities to manage stereo signals, for
converting M/S stereo recordings to L/R signal while having control over
the parameters or spreading the stereo image of master track.

The filter accepts the following options:

level_in

    Set input level before filtering for both channels. Defaults is 1.
    Allowed range is from 0.015625 to 64.

level_out

    Set output level after filtering for both channels. Defaults is 1.
    Allowed range is from 0.015625 to 64.

balance_in

    Set input balance between both channels. Default is 0. Allowed range
    is from -1 to 1.

balance_out

    Set output balance between both channels. Default is 0. Allowed
    range is from -1 to 1.

softclip

    Enable softclipping. Results in analog distortion instead of harsh
    digital 0dB clipping. Disabled by default.

mutel

    Mute the left channel. Disabled by default.

muter

    Mute the right channel. Disabled by default.

phasel

    Change the phase of the left channel. Disabled by default.

phaser

    Change the phase of the right channel. Disabled by default.

mode

    Set stereo mode. Available values are:

    ‘lr>lr’

        Left/Right to Left/Right, this is default.

    ‘lr>ms’

        Left/Right to Mid/Side.

    ‘ms>lr’

        Mid/Side to Left/Right.

    ‘lr>ll’

        Left/Right to Left/Left.

    ‘lr>rr’

        Left/Right to Right/Right.

    ‘lr>l+r’

        Left/Right to Left + Right.

    ‘lr>rl’

        Left/Right to Right/Left.

    ‘ms>ll’

        Mid/Side to Left/Left.

    ‘ms>rr’

        Mid/Side to Right/Right.

    ‘ms>rl’

        Mid/Side to Right/Left.

    ‘lr>l-r’

        Left/Right to Left - Right.

slev

    Set level of side signal. Default is 1. Allowed range is from
    0.015625 to 64.

sbal

    Set balance of side signal. Default is 0. Allowed range is from -1
    to 1.

mlev

    Set level of the middle signal. Default is 1. Allowed range is from
    0.015625 to 64.

mpan

    Set middle signal pan. Default is 0. Allowed range is from -1 to 1.

base

    Set stereo base between mono and inversed channels. Default is 0.
    Allowed range is from -1 to 1.

delay

    Set delay in milliseconds how much to delay left from right channel
    and vice versa. Default is 0. Allowed range is from -20 to 20.

sclevel

    Set S/C level. Default is 1. Allowed range is from 1 to 100.

phase

    Set the stereo phase in degrees. Default is 0. Allowed range is from
    0 to 360.

bmode_in, bmode_out

    Set balance mode for balance_in/balance_out option.

    Can be one of the following:

    ‘balance’

        Classic balance mode. Attenuate one channel at time. Gain is
        raised up to 1.

    ‘amplitude’

        Similar as classic mode above but gain is raised up to 2.

    ‘power’

        Equal power distribution, from -6dB to +6dB range.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-49>
  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-50>


        27.110.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


        27.110.2 Examples

  * Apply karaoke like effect:

    stereotools=mlev=0.015625

  * Convert M/S signal to L/R:

    "stereotools=mode=ms>lr"


      27.111 stereowiden

This filter enhance the stereo effect by suppressing signal common to
both channels and by delaying the signal of left into right and vice
versa, thereby widening the stereo effect.

The filter accepts the following options:

delay

    Time in milliseconds of the delay of left signal into right and vice
    versa. Default is 20 milliseconds.

feedback

    Amount of gain in delayed signal into right and vice versa. Gives a
    delay effect of left signal in right output and vice versa which
    gives widening effect. Default is 0.3.

crossfeed

    Cross feed of left into right with inverted phase. This helps in
    suppressing the mono. If the value is 1 it will cancel all the
    signal common to both channels. Default is 0.3.

drymix

    Set level of input signal of original channel. Default is 0.8.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-50>


        27.111.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options except |delay| as
commands

<#commands>.


      27.112 superequalizer

Apply 18 band equalizer.

The filter accepts the following options:

1b

    Set 65Hz band gain.

2b

    Set 92Hz band gain.

3b

    Set 131Hz band gain.

4b

    Set 185Hz band gain.

5b

    Set 262Hz band gain.

6b

    Set 370Hz band gain.

7b

    Set 523Hz band gain.

8b

    Set 740Hz band gain.

9b

    Set 1047Hz band gain.

10b

    Set 1480Hz band gain.

11b

    Set 2093Hz band gain.

12b

    Set 2960Hz band gain.

13b

    Set 4186Hz band gain.

14b

    Set 5920Hz band gain.

15b

    Set 8372Hz band gain.

16b

    Set 11840Hz band gain.

17b

    Set 16744Hz band gain.

18b

    Set 20000Hz band gain.


      27.113 surround

Apply audio surround upmix filter.

This filter allows to produce multichannel output from audio stream.

The filter accepts the following options:

chl_out

    Set output channel layout. By default, this is 5.1.

    See
    (ffmpeg-utils)the Channel Layout section in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#channel-layout-syntax>
    for the required syntax.

chl_in

    Set input channel layout. By default, this is stereo.

    See
    (ffmpeg-utils)the Channel Layout section in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#channel-layout-syntax>
    for the required syntax.

level_in

    Set input volume level. By default, this is 1.

level_out

    Set output volume level. By default, this is 1.

lfe

    Enable LFE channel output if output channel layout has it. By
    default, this is enabled.

lfe_low

    Set LFE low cut off frequency. By default, this is 128 Hz.

lfe_high

    Set LFE high cut off frequency. By default, this is 256 Hz.

lfe_mode

    Set LFE mode, can be add or sub. Default is add. In add mode, LFE
    channel is created from input audio and added to output. In sub
    mode, LFE channel is created from input audio and added to output
    but also all non-LFE output channels are subtracted with output LFE
    channel.

smooth

    Set temporal smoothness strength, used to gradually change factors
    when transforming stereo sound in time. Allowed range is from 0.0 to
    1.0. Useful to improve output quality with focus option values
    greater than 0.0. Default is 0.0. Only values inside this range and
    without edges are effective.

angle

    Set angle of stereo surround transform, Allowed range is from 0 to
    360. Default is 90.

focus

    Set focus of stereo surround transform, Allowed range is from -1 to
    1. Default is 0.

fc_in

    Set front center input volume. By default, this is 1.

fc_out

    Set front center output volume. By default, this is 1.

fl_in

    Set front left input volume. By default, this is 1.

fl_out

    Set front left output volume. By default, this is 1.

fr_in

    Set front right input volume. By default, this is 1.

fr_out

    Set front right output volume. By default, this is 1.

sl_in

    Set side left input volume. By default, this is 1.

sl_out

    Set side left output volume. By default, this is 1.

sr_in

    Set side right input volume. By default, this is 1.

sr_out

    Set side right output volume. By default, this is 1.

bl_in

    Set back left input volume. By default, this is 1.

bl_out

    Set back left output volume. By default, this is 1.

br_in

    Set back right input volume. By default, this is 1.

br_out

    Set back right output volume. By default, this is 1.

bc_in

    Set back center input volume. By default, this is 1.

bc_out

    Set back center output volume. By default, this is 1.

lfe_in

    Set LFE input volume. By default, this is 1.

lfe_out

    Set LFE output volume. By default, this is 1.

allx

    Set spread usage of stereo image across X axis for all channels.
    Allowed range is from -1 to 15. By default this value is negative
    -1, and thus unused.

ally

    Set spread usage of stereo image across Y axis for all channels.
    Allowed range is from -1 to 15. By default this value is negative
    -1, and thus unused.

fcx, flx, frx, blx, brx, slx, srx, bcx

    Set spread usage of stereo image across X axis for each channel.
    Allowed range is from 0.06 to 15. By default this value is 0.5.

fcy, fly, fry, bly, bry, sly, sry, bcy

    Set spread usage of stereo image across Y axis for each channel.
    Allowed range is from 0.06 to 15. By default this value is 0.5.

win_size

    Set window size. Allowed range is from 1024 to 65536. Default size
    is 4096.

win_func

    Set window function.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘rect’
    ‘bartlett’
    ‘hann, hanning’
    ‘hamming’
    ‘blackman’
    ‘welch’
    ‘flattop’
    ‘bharris’
    ‘bnuttall’
    ‘bhann’
    ‘sine’
    ‘nuttall’
    ‘lanczos’
    ‘gauss’
    ‘tukey’
    ‘dolph’
    ‘cauchy’
    ‘parzen’
    ‘poisson’
    ‘bohman’
    ‘kaiser’

    Default is |hann|.

overlap

    Set window overlap. If set to 1, the recommended overlap for
    selected window function will be picked. Default is |0.5|.


      27.114 tiltshelf

Boost or cut the lower frequencies and cut or boost higher frequencies
of the audio using a two-pole shelving filter with a response similar to
that of a standard hi-fi’s tone-controls. This is also known as shelving
equalisation (EQ).

The filter accepts the following options:

gain, g

    Give the gain at 0 Hz. Its useful range is about -20 (for a large
    cut) to +20 (for a large boost). Beware of clipping when using a
    positive gain.

frequency, f

    Set the filter’s central frequency and so can be used to extend or
    reduce the frequency range to be boosted or cut. The default value
    is |3000| Hz.

width_type, t

    Set method to specify band-width of filter.

    h

        Hz

    q

        Q-Factor

    o

        octave

    s

        slope

    k

        kHz

width, w

    Determine how steep is the filter’s shelf transition.

poles, p

    Set number of poles. Default is 2.

mix, m

    How much to use filtered signal in output. Default is 1. Range is
    between 0 and 1.

channels, c

    Specify which channels to filter, by default all available are
    filtered.

normalize, n

    Normalize biquad coefficients, by default is disabled. Enabling it
    will normalize magnitude response at DC to 0dB.

transform, a

    Set transform type of IIR filter.

    di
    dii
    tdi
    tdii
    latt
    svf
    zdf

precision, r

    Set precison of filtering.

    auto

        Pick automatic sample format depending on surround filters.

    s16

        Always use signed 16-bit.

    s32

        Always use signed 32-bit.

    f32

        Always use float 32-bit.

    f64

        Always use float 64-bit.

block_size, b

    Set block size used for reverse IIR processing. If this value is set
    to high enough value (higher than impulse response length truncated
    when reaches near zero values) filtering will become linear phase
    otherwise if not big enough it will just produce nasty artifacts.

    Note that filter delay will be exactly this many samples when set to
    non-zero value.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-51>


        27.114.1 Commands

This filter supports some options as
commands

<#commands>.


      27.115 treble, highshelf

Boost or cut treble (upper) frequencies of the audio using a two-pole
shelving filter with a response similar to that of a standard hi-fi’s
tone-controls. This is also known as shelving equalisation (EQ).

The filter accepts the following options:

gain, g

    Give the gain at whichever is the lower of ~22 kHz and the Nyquist
    frequency. Its useful range is about -20 (for a large cut) to +20
    (for a large boost). Beware of clipping when using a positive gain.

frequency, f

    Set the filter’s central frequency and so can be used to extend or
    reduce the frequency range to be boosted or cut. The default value
    is |3000| Hz.

width_type, t

    Set method to specify band-width of filter.

    h

        Hz

    q

        Q-Factor

    o

        octave

    s

        slope

    k

        kHz

width, w

    Determine how steep is the filter’s shelf transition.

poles, p

    Set number of poles. Default is 2.

mix, m

    How much to use filtered signal in output. Default is 1. Range is
    between 0 and 1.

channels, c

    Specify which channels to filter, by default all available are
    filtered.

normalize, n

    Normalize biquad coefficients, by default is disabled. Enabling it
    will normalize magnitude response at DC to 0dB.

transform, a

    Set transform type of IIR filter.

    di
    dii
    tdi
    tdii
    latt
    svf
    zdf

precision, r

    Set precison of filtering.

    auto

        Pick automatic sample format depending on surround filters.

    s16

        Always use signed 16-bit.

    s32

        Always use signed 32-bit.

    f32

        Always use float 32-bit.

    f64

        Always use float 64-bit.

block_size, b

    Set block size used for reverse IIR processing. If this value is set
    to high enough value (higher than impulse response length truncated
    when reaches near zero values) filtering will become linear phase
    otherwise if not big enough it will just produce nasty artifacts.

    Note that filter delay will be exactly this many samples when set to
    non-zero value.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-52>


        27.115.1 Commands

This filter supports the following commands:

frequency, f

    Change treble frequency. Syntax for the command is : "frequency"

width_type, t

    Change treble width_type. Syntax for the command is : "width_type"

width, w

    Change treble width. Syntax for the command is : "width"

gain, g

    Change treble gain. Syntax for the command is : "gain"

mix, m

    Change treble mix. Syntax for the command is : "mix"


      27.116 tremolo

Sinusoidal amplitude modulation.

The filter accepts the following options:

f

    Modulation frequency in Hertz. Modulation frequencies in the
    subharmonic range (20 Hz or lower) will result in a tremolo effect.
    This filter may also be used as a ring modulator by specifying a
    modulation frequency higher than 20 Hz. Range is 0.1 - 20000.0.
    Default value is 5.0 Hz.

d

    Depth of modulation as a percentage. Range is 0.0 - 1.0. Default
    value is 0.5.


      27.117 vibrato

Sinusoidal phase modulation.

The filter accepts the following options:

f

    Modulation frequency in Hertz. Range is 0.1 - 20000.0. Default value
    is 5.0 Hz.

d

    Depth of modulation as a percentage. Range is 0.0 - 1.0. Default
    value is 0.5.


      27.118 virtualbass

Apply audio Virtual Bass filter.

This filter accepts stereo input and produce stereo with LFE (2.1)
channels output. The newly produced LFE channel have enhanced virtual
bass originally obtained from both stereo channels. This filter outputs
front left and front right channels unchanged as available in stereo input.

The filter accepts the following options:

cutoff

    Set the virtual bass cutoff frequency. Default value is 250 Hz.
    Allowed range is from 100 to 500 Hz.

strength

    Set the virtual bass strength. Allowed range is from 0.5 to 3.
    Default value is 3.


      27.119 volume

Adjust the input audio volume.

It accepts the following parameters:

volume

    Set audio volume expression.

    Output values are clipped to the maximum value.

    The output audio volume is given by the relation:

    output_volume = volume * input_volume

    The default value for volume is "1.0".

precision

    This parameter represents the mathematical precision.

    It determines which input sample formats will be allowed, which
    affects the precision of the volume scaling.

    fixed

        8-bit fixed-point; this limits input sample format to U8, S16,
        and S32.

    float

        32-bit floating-point; this limits input sample format to FLT.
        (default)

    double

        64-bit floating-point; this limits input sample format to DBL.

replaygain

    Choose the behaviour on encountering ReplayGain side data in input
    frames.

    drop

        Remove ReplayGain side data, ignoring its contents (the default).

    ignore

        Ignore ReplayGain side data, but leave it in the frame.

    track

        Prefer the track gain, if present.

    album

        Prefer the album gain, if present.

replaygain_preamp

    Pre-amplification gain in dB to apply to the selected replaygain gain.

    Default value for replaygain_preamp is 0.0.

replaygain_noclip

    Prevent clipping by limiting the gain applied.

    Default value for replaygain_noclip is 1.

eval

    Set when the volume expression is evaluated.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘once’

        only evaluate expression once during the filter initialization,
        or when the ‘volume’ command is sent

    ‘frame’

        evaluate expression for each incoming frame

    Default value is ‘once’.

The volume expression can contain the following parameters.

n

    frame number (starting at zero)

nb_channels

    number of channels

nb_consumed_samples

    number of samples consumed by the filter

nb_samples

    number of samples in the current frame

pos

    original frame position in the file; deprecated, do not use

pts

    frame PTS

sample_rate

    sample rate

startpts

    PTS at start of stream

startt

    time at start of stream

t

    frame time

tb

    timestamp timebase

volume

    last set volume value

Note that when eval is set to ‘once’ only the sample_rate and tb
variables are available, all other variables will evaluate to NAN.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-53>
  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-51>


        27.119.1 Commands

This filter supports the following commands:

volume

    Modify the volume expression. The command accepts the same syntax of
    the corresponding option.

    If the specified expression is not valid, it is kept at its current
    value.


        27.119.2 Examples

  * Halve the input audio volume:

    volume=volume=0.5
    volume=volume=1/2
    volume=volume=-6.0206dB

    In all the above example the named key for volume can be omitted,
    for example like in:

    volume=0.5

  * Increase input audio power by 6 decibels using fixed-point precision:

    volume=volume=6dB:precision=fixed

  * Fade volume after time 10 with an annihilation period of 5 seconds:

    volume='if(lt(t,10),1,max(1-(t-10)/5,0))':eval=frame


      27.120 volumedetect

Detect the volume of the input video.

The filter has no parameters. It supports only 16-bit signed integer
samples, so the input will be converted when needed. Statistics about
the volume will be printed in the log when the input stream end is reached.

In particular it will show the mean volume (root mean square), maximum
volume (on a per-sample basis), and the beginning of a histogram of the
registered volume values (from the maximum value to a cumulated 1/1000
of the samples).

All volumes are in decibels relative to the maximum PCM value.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-52>


        27.120.1 Examples

Here is an excerpt of the output:

[Parsed_volumedetect_0  0xa23120] mean_volume: -27 dB
[Parsed_volumedetect_0  0xa23120] max_volume: -4 dB
[Parsed_volumedetect_0  0xa23120] histogram_4db: 6
[Parsed_volumedetect_0  0xa23120] histogram_5db: 62
[Parsed_volumedetect_0  0xa23120] histogram_6db: 286
[Parsed_volumedetect_0  0xa23120] histogram_7db: 1042
[Parsed_volumedetect_0  0xa23120] histogram_8db: 2551
[Parsed_volumedetect_0  0xa23120] histogram_9db: 4609
[Parsed_volumedetect_0  0xa23120] histogram_10db: 8409

It means that:

  * The mean square energy is approximately -27 dB, or 10^-2.7.
  * The largest sample is at -4 dB, or more precisely between -4 dB and
    -5 dB.
  * There are 6 samples at -4 dB, 62 at -5 dB, 286 at -6 dB, etc. 

In other words, raising the volume by +4 dB does not cause any clipping,
raising it by +5 dB causes clipping for 6 samples, etc.


    28 Audio Sources

Below is a description of the currently available audio sources.

  *
    abuffer

    <#abuffer>
  *
    aevalsrc

    <#aevalsrc>
  *
    afdelaysrc

    <#afdelaysrc>
  *
    afireqsrc

    <#afireqsrc>
  *
    afirsrc

    <#afirsrc>
  *
    anullsrc

    <#anullsrc>
  *
    flite

    <#flite>
  *
    anoisesrc

    <#anoisesrc>
  *
    hilbert

    <#hilbert>
  *
    sinc

    <#sinc>
  *
    sine

    <#sine>


      28.1 abuffer

Buffer audio frames, and make them available to the filter chain.

This source is mainly intended for a programmatic use, in particular
through the interface defined in libavfilter/buffersrc.h.

It accepts the following parameters:

time_base

    The timebase which will be used for timestamps of submitted frames.
    It must be either a floating-point number or in
    numerator/denominator form.

sample_rate

    The sample rate of the incoming audio buffers.

sample_fmt

    The sample format of the incoming audio buffers. Either a sample
    format name or its corresponding integer representation from the
    enum AVSampleFormat in libavutil/samplefmt.h

channel_layout

    The channel layout of the incoming audio buffers. Either a channel
    layout name from channel_layout_map in libavutil/channel_layout.c or
    its corresponding integer representation from the AV_CH_LAYOUT_*
    macros in libavutil/channel_layout.h

channels

    The number of channels of the incoming audio buffers. If both
    channels and channel_layout are specified, then they must be
    consistent.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-53>


        28.1.1 Examples

abuffer=sample_rate=44100:sample_fmt=s16p:channel_layout=stereo

will instruct the source to accept planar 16bit signed stereo at
44100Hz. Since the sample format with name "s16p" corresponds to the
number 6 and the "stereo" channel layout corresponds to the value 0x3,
this is equivalent to:

abuffer=sample_rate=44100:sample_fmt=6:channel_layout=0x3


      28.2 aevalsrc

Generate an audio signal specified by an expression.

This source accepts in input one or more expressions (one for each
channel), which are evaluated and used to generate a corresponding audio
signal.

This source accepts the following options:

exprs

    Set the ’|’-separated expressions list for each separate channel. In
    case the channel_layout option is not specified, the selected
    channel layout depends on the number of provided expressions.
    Otherwise the last specified expression is applied to the remaining
    output channels.

channel_layout, c

    Set the channel layout. The number of channels in the specified
    layout must be equal to the number of specified expressions.

duration, d

    Set the minimum duration of the sourced audio. See
    (ffmpeg-utils)the Time duration section in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#time-duration-syntax>
    for the accepted syntax. Note that the resulting duration may be
    greater than the specified duration, as the generated audio is
    always cut at the end of a complete frame.

    If not specified, or the expressed duration is negative, the audio
    is supposed to be generated forever.

nb_samples, n

    Set the number of samples per channel per each output frame, default
    to 1024.

sample_rate, s

    Specify the sample rate, default to 44100.

Each expression in exprs can contain the following constants:

n

    number of the evaluated sample, starting from 0

t

    time of the evaluated sample expressed in seconds, starting from 0

s

    sample rate

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-54>


        28.2.1 Examples

  * Generate silence:

    aevalsrc=0

  * Generate a sin signal with frequency of 440 Hz, set sample rate to
    8000 Hz:

    aevalsrc="sin(440*2*PI*t):s=8000"

  * Generate a two channels signal, specify the channel layout (Front
    Center + Back Center) explicitly:

    aevalsrc="sin(420*2*PI*t)|cos(430*2*PI*t):c=FC|BC"

  * Generate white noise:

    aevalsrc="-2+random(0)"

  * Generate an amplitude modulated signal:

    aevalsrc="sin(10*2*PI*t)*sin(880*2*PI*t)"

  * Generate 2.5 Hz binaural beats on a 360 Hz carrier:

    aevalsrc="0.1*sin(2*PI*(360-2.5/2)*t) | 0.1*sin(2*PI*(360+2.5/2)*t)"


      28.3 afdelaysrc

Generate a fractional delay FIR coefficients.

The resulting stream can be used with
afir

<#afir> filter for filtering the audio signal.

The filter accepts the following options:

delay, d

    Set the fractional delay. Default is 0.

sample_rate, r

    Set the sample rate, default is 44100.

nb_samples, n

    Set the number of samples per each frame. Default is 1024.

taps, t

    Set the number of filter coefficents in output audio stream. Default
    value is 0.

channel_layout, c

    Specifies the channel layout, and can be a string representing a
    channel layout. The default value of channel_layout is "stereo".


      28.4 afireqsrc

Generate a FIR equalizer coefficients.

The resulting stream can be used with
afir

<#afir> filter for filtering the audio signal.

The filter accepts the following options:

preset, p

    Set equalizer preset. Default preset is |flat|.

    Available presets are:

    ‘custom’
    ‘flat’
    ‘acoustic’
    ‘bass’
    ‘beats’
    ‘classic’
    ‘clear’
    ‘deep bass’
    ‘dubstep’
    ‘electronic’
    ‘hard-style’
    ‘hip-hop’
    ‘jazz’
    ‘metal’
    ‘movie’
    ‘pop’
    ‘r&b’
    ‘rock’
    ‘vocal booster’

gains, g

    Set custom gains for each band. Only used if the preset option is
    set to |custom|. Gains are separated by white spaces and each gain
    is set in dBFS. Default is |0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0|.

bands, b

    Set the custom bands from where custon equalizer gains are set. This
    must be in strictly increasing order. Only used if the preset option
    is set to |custom|. Bands are separated by white spaces and each
    band represent frequency in Hz. Default is |25 40 63 100 160 250 400
    630 1000 1600 2500 4000 6300 10000 16000 24000|.

taps, t

    Set number of filter coefficents in output audio stream. Default
    value is |4096|.

sample_rate, r

    Set sample rate of output audio stream, default is |44100|.

nb_samples, n

    Set number of samples per each frame in output audio stream. Default
    is |1024|.

interp, i

    Set interpolation method for FIR equalizer coefficients. Can be
    |linear| or |cubic|.

phase, h

    Set phase type of FIR filter. Can be |linear| or |min|:
    minimum-phase. Default is minimum-phase filter.


      28.5 afirsrc

Generate a FIR coefficients using frequency sampling method.

The resulting stream can be used with
afir

<#afir> filter for filtering the audio signal.

The filter accepts the following options:

taps, t

    Set number of filter coefficents in output audio stream. Default
    value is 1025.

frequency, f

    Set frequency points from where magnitude and phase are set. This
    must be in non decreasing order, and first element must be 0, while
    last element must be 1. Elements are separated by white spaces.

magnitude, m

    Set magnitude value for every frequency point set by frequency.
    Number of values must be same as number of frequency points. Values
    are separated by white spaces.

phase, p

    Set phase value for every frequency point set by frequency. Number
    of values must be same as number of frequency points. Values are
    separated by white spaces.

sample_rate, r

    Set sample rate, default is 44100.

nb_samples, n

    Set number of samples per each frame. Default is 1024.

win_func, w

    Set window function. Default is blackman.


      28.6 anullsrc

The null audio source, return unprocessed audio frames. It is mainly
useful as a template and to be employed in analysis / debugging tools,
or as the source for filters which ignore the input data (for example
the sox synth filter).

This source accepts the following options:

channel_layout, cl

    Specifies the channel layout, and can be either an integer or a
    string representing a channel layout. The default value of
    channel_layout is "stereo".

    Check the channel_layout_map definition in
    libavutil/channel_layout.c for the mapping between strings and
    channel layout values.

sample_rate, r

    Specifies the sample rate, and defaults to 44100.

nb_samples, n

    Set the number of samples per requested frames.

duration, d

    Set the duration of the sourced audio. See
    (ffmpeg-utils)the Time duration section in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#time-duration-syntax>
    for the accepted syntax.

    If not specified, or the expressed duration is negative, the audio
    is supposed to be generated forever.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-55>


        28.6.1 Examples

  * Set the sample rate to 48000 Hz and the channel layout to
    AV_CH_LAYOUT_MONO.

    anullsrc=r=48000:cl=4

  * Do the same operation with a more obvious syntax:

    anullsrc=r=48000:cl=mono

All the parameters need to be explicitly defined.


      28.7 flite

Synthesize a voice utterance using the libflite library.

To enable compilation of this filter you need to configure FFmpeg with
|--enable-libflite|.

Note that versions of the flite library prior to 2.0 are not thread-safe.

The filter accepts the following options:

list_voices

    If set to 1, list the names of the available voices and exit
    immediately. Default value is 0.

nb_samples, n

    Set the maximum number of samples per frame. Default value is 512.

textfile

    Set the filename containing the text to speak.

text

    Set the text to speak.

voice, v

    Set the voice to use for the speech synthesis. Default value is
    |kal|. See also the list_voices option.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-56>


        28.7.1 Examples

  * Read from file speech.txt, and synthesize the text using the
    standard flite voice:

    flite=textfile=speech.txt

  * Read the specified text selecting the |slt| voice:

    flite=text='So fare thee well, poor devil of a Sub-Sub, whose commentator I am':voice=slt

  * Input text to ffmpeg:

    ffmpeg -f lavfi -i flite=text='So fare thee well, poor devil of a Sub-Sub, whose commentator I am':voice=slt

  * Make ffplay speak the specified text, using |flite| and the |lavfi|
    device:

    ffplay -f lavfi flite=text='No more be grieved for which that thou hast done.'

For more information about libflite, check:
http://www.festvox.org/flite/


      28.8 anoisesrc

Generate a noise audio signal.

The filter accepts the following options:

sample_rate, r

    Specify the sample rate. Default value is 48000 Hz.

amplitude, a

    Specify the amplitude (0.0 - 1.0) of the generated audio stream.
    Default value is 1.0.

duration, d

    Specify the duration of the generated audio stream. Not specifying
    this option results in noise with an infinite length.

color, colour, c

    Specify the color of noise. Available noise colors are white, pink,
    brown, blue, violet and velvet. Default color is white.

seed, s

    Specify a value used to seed the PRNG.

nb_samples, n

    Set the number of samples per each output frame, default is 1024.

density

    Set the density (0.0 - 1.0) for the velvet noise generator, default
    is 0.05.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-57>


        28.8.1 Examples

  * Generate 60 seconds of pink noise, with a 44.1 kHz sampling rate and
    an amplitude of 0.5:

    anoisesrc=d=60:c=pink:r=44100:a=0.5


      28.9 hilbert

Generate odd-tap Hilbert transform FIR coefficients.

The resulting stream can be used with
afir

<#afir> filter for phase-shifting the signal by 90 degrees.

This is used in many matrix coding schemes and for analytic signal
generation. The process is often written as a multiplication by i (or
j), the imaginary unit.

The filter accepts the following options:

sample_rate, s

    Set sample rate, default is 44100.

taps, t

    Set length of FIR filter, default is 22051.

nb_samples, n

    Set number of samples per each frame.

win_func, w

    Set window function to be used when generating FIR coefficients.


      28.10 sinc

Generate a sinc kaiser-windowed low-pass, high-pass, band-pass, or
band-reject FIR coefficients.

The resulting stream can be used with
afir

<#afir> filter for filtering the audio signal.

The filter accepts the following options:

sample_rate, r

    Set sample rate, default is 44100.

nb_samples, n

    Set number of samples per each frame. Default is 1024.

hp

    Set high-pass frequency. Default is 0.

lp

    Set low-pass frequency. Default is 0. If high-pass frequency is
    lower than low-pass frequency and low-pass frequency is higher than
    0 then filter will create band-pass filter coefficients, otherwise
    band-reject filter coefficients.

phase

    Set filter phase response. Default is 50. Allowed range is from 0 to
    100.

beta

    Set Kaiser window beta.

att

    Set stop-band attenuation. Default is 120dB, allowed range is from
    40 to 180 dB.

round

    Enable rounding, by default is disabled.

hptaps

    Set number of taps for high-pass filter.

lptaps

    Set number of taps for low-pass filter.


      28.11 sine

Generate an audio signal made of a sine wave with amplitude 1/8.

The audio signal is bit-exact.

The filter accepts the following options:

frequency, f

    Set the carrier frequency. Default is 440 Hz.

beep_factor, b

    Enable a periodic beep every second with frequency beep_factor times
    the carrier frequency. Default is 0, meaning the beep is disabled.

sample_rate, r

    Specify the sample rate, default is 44100.

duration, d

    Specify the duration of the generated audio stream.

samples_per_frame

    Set the number of samples per output frame.

    The expression can contain the following constants:

    n

        The (sequential) number of the output audio frame, starting from 0.

    pts

        The PTS (Presentation TimeStamp) of the output audio frame,
        expressed in TB units.

    t

        The PTS of the output audio frame, expressed in seconds.

    TB

        The timebase of the output audio frames.

    Default is |1024|.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-58>


        28.11.1 Examples

  * Generate a simple 440 Hz sine wave:

    sine

  * Generate a 220 Hz sine wave with a 880 Hz beep each second, for 5
    seconds:

    sine=220:4:d=5
    sine=f=220:b=4:d=5
    sine=frequency=220:beep_factor=4:duration=5

  * Generate a 1 kHz sine wave following |1602,1601,1602,1601,1602| NTSC
    pattern:

    sine=1000:samples_per_frame='st(0,mod(n,5)); 1602-not(not(eq(ld(0),1)+eq(ld(0),3)))'


    29 Audio Sinks

Below is a description of the currently available audio sinks.

  *
    abuffersink

    <#abuffersink>
  *
    anullsink

    <#anullsink>


      29.1 abuffersink

Buffer audio frames, and make them available to the end of filter chain.

This sink is mainly intended for programmatic use, in particular through
the interface defined in libavfilter/buffersink.h or the options system.

It accepts a pointer to an AVABufferSinkContext structure, which defines
the incoming buffers’ formats, to be passed as the opaque parameter to
|avfilter_init_filter| for initialization.


      29.2 anullsink

Null audio sink; do absolutely nothing with the input audio. It is
mainly useful as a template and for use in analysis / debugging tools.


    30 Video Filters

When you configure your FFmpeg build, you can disable any of the
existing filters using |--disable-filters|. The configure output will
show the video filters included in your build.

Below is a description of the currently available video filters.

  *
    addroi

    <#addroi>
  *
    alphaextract

    <#alphaextract>
  *
    alphamerge

    <#alphamerge>
  *
    amplify

    <#amplify>
  *
    ass

    <#ass>
  *
    atadenoise

    <#atadenoise>
  *
    avgblur

    <#avgblur>
  *
    backgroundkey

    <#backgroundkey>
  *
    bbox

    <#bbox>
  *
    bilateral

    <#bilateral>
  *
    bilateral_cuda

    <#bilateral_005fcuda>
  *
    bitplanenoise

    <#bitplanenoise>
  *
    blackdetect

    <#blackdetect>
  *
    blackframe

    <#blackframe>
  *
    blend

    <#blend-1>
  *
    blockdetect

    <#blockdetect-1>
  *
    blurdetect

    <#blurdetect-1>
  *
    bm3d

    <#bm3d>
  *
    boxblur

    <#boxblur>
  *
    bwdif

    <#bwdif-1>
  *
    bwdif_cuda

    <#bwdif_005fcuda>
  *
    ccrepack

    <#ccrepack>
  *
    cas

    <#cas>
  *
    chromahold

    <#chromahold>
  *
    chromakey

    <#chromakey-1>
  *
    chromakey_cuda

    <#chromakey_005fcuda>
  *
    chromanr

    <#chromanr>
  *
    chromashift

    <#chromashift>
  *
    ciescope

    <#ciescope>
  *
    codecview

    <#codecview>
  *
    colorbalance

    <#colorbalance>
  *
    colorcontrast

    <#colorcontrast>
  *
    colorcorrect

    <#colorcorrect>
  *
    colorchannelmixer

    <#colorchannelmixer>
  *
    colorize

    <#colorize>
  *
    colorkey

    <#colorkey>
  *
    colorhold

    <#colorhold>
  *
    colorlevels

    <#colorlevels>
  *
    colormap

    <#colormap>
  *
    colormatrix

    <#colormatrix>
  *
    colorspace

    <#colorspace>
  *
    colorspace_cuda

    <#colorspace_005fcuda>
  *
    colortemperature

    <#colortemperature>
  *
    convolution

    <#convolution>
  *
    convolve

    <#convolve>
  *
    copy

    <#copy>
  *
    coreimage

    <#coreimage-1>
  *
    corr

    <#corr>
  *
    cover_rect

    <#cover_005frect>
  *
    crop

    <#crop>
  *
    cropdetect

    <#cropdetect>
  *
    cue

    <#cue-1>
  *
    curves

    <#curves-1>
  *
    datascope

    <#datascope>
  *
    dblur

    <#dblur>
  *
    dctdnoiz

    <#dctdnoiz>
  *
    deband

    <#deband>
  *
    deblock

    <#deblock>
  *
    decimate

    <#decimate-1>
  *
    deconvolve

    <#deconvolve>
  *
    dedot

    <#dedot>
  *
    deflate

    <#deflate>
  *
    deflicker

    <#deflicker>
  *
    dejudder

    <#dejudder>
  *
    delogo

    <#delogo>
  *
    derain

    <#derain-1>
  *
    deshake

    <#deshake>
  *
    despill

    <#despill>
  *
    detelecine

    <#detelecine>
  *
    dilation

    <#dilation-1>
  *
    displace

    <#displace>
  *
    dnn_classify

    <#dnn_005fclassify>
  *
    dnn_detect

    <#dnn_005fdetect>
  *
    dnn_processing

    <#dnn_005fprocessing-1>
  *
    drawbox

    <#drawbox>
  *
    drawgraph

    <#drawgraph-1>
  *
    drawgrid

    <#drawgrid>
  *
    drawtext

    <#drawtext-1>
  *
    edgedetect

    <#edgedetect>
  *
    elbg

    <#elbg>
  *
    entropy

    <#entropy>
  *
    epx

    <#epx>
  *
    eq

    <#eq>
  *
    erosion

    <#erosion-1>
  *
    estdif

    <#estdif>
  *
    exposure

    <#exposure>
  *
    extractplanes

    <#extractplanes>
  *
    fade

    <#fade>
  *
    feedback

    <#feedback>
  *
    fftdnoiz

    <#fftdnoiz>
  *
    fftfilt

    <#fftfilt>
  *
    field

    <#field>
  *
    fieldhint

    <#fieldhint>
  *
    fieldmatch

    <#fieldmatch>
  *
    fieldorder

    <#fieldorder>
  *
    fifo, afifo

    <#fifo_002c-afifo>
  *
    fillborders

    <#fillborders>
  *
    find_rect

    <#find_005frect>
  *
    floodfill

    <#floodfill>
  *
    format

    <#format-1>
  *
    fps

    <#fps-1>
  *
    framepack

    <#framepack>
  *
    framerate

    <#framerate>
  *
    framestep

    <#framestep>
  *
    freezedetect

    <#freezedetect>
  *
    freezeframes

    <#freezeframes>
  *
    frei0r

    <#frei0r-1>
  *
    fspp

    <#fspp>
  *
    gblur

    <#gblur>
  *
    geq

    <#geq>
  *
    gradfun

    <#gradfun>
  *
    graphmonitor

    <#graphmonitor-1>
  *
    grayworld

    <#grayworld>
  *
    greyedge

    <#greyedge>
  *
    guided

    <#guided>
  *
    haldclut

    <#haldclut-1>
  *
    hflip

    <#hflip>
  *
    histeq

    <#histeq>
  *
    histogram

    <#histogram-1>
  *
    hqdn3d

    <#hqdn3d-1>
  *
    hwdownload

    <#hwdownload-1>
  *
    hwmap

    <#hwmap>
  *
    hwupload

    <#hwupload-1>
  *
    hwupload_cuda

    <#hwupload_005fcuda-1>
  *
    hqx

    <#hqx>
  *
    hstack

    <#hstack-1>
  *
    hsvhold

    <#hsvhold>
  *
    hsvkey

    <#hsvkey>
  *
    hue

    <#hue>
  *
    huesaturation

    <#huesaturation>
  *
    hysteresis

    <#hysteresis>
  *
    iccdetect

    <#iccdetect>
  *
    iccgen

    <#iccgen>
  *
    identity

    <#identity>
  *
    idet

    <#idet>
  *
    il

    <#il>
  *
    inflate

    <#inflate>
  *
    interlace

    <#interlace>
  *
    kerndeint

    <#kerndeint>
  *
    kirsch

    <#kirsch>
  *
    lagfun

    <#lagfun>
  *
    lenscorrection

    <#lenscorrection>
  *
    lensfun

    <#lensfun>
  *
    libplacebo

    <#libplacebo>
  *
    libvmaf

    <#libvmaf-1>
  *
    libvmaf_cuda

    <#libvmaf_005fcuda>
  *
    limitdiff

    <#limitdiff>
  *
    limiter

    <#limiter>
  *
    loop

    <#loop>
  *
    lut1d

    <#lut1d>
  *
    lut3d

    <#lut3d-1>
  *
    lumakey

    <#lumakey>
  *
    lut, lutrgb, lutyuv

    <#lut_002c-lutrgb_002c-lutyuv>
  *
    lut2, tlut2

    <#lut2_002c-tlut2>
  *
    maskedclamp

    <#maskedclamp>
  *
    maskedmax

    <#maskedmax>
  *
    maskedmerge

    <#maskedmerge>
  *
    maskedmin

    <#maskedmin>
  *
    maskedthreshold

    <#maskedthreshold>
  *
    maskfun

    <#maskfun>
  *
    mcdeint

    <#mcdeint>
  *
    median

    <#median>
  *
    mergeplanes

    <#mergeplanes>
  *
    mestimate

    <#mestimate>
  *
    midequalizer

    <#midequalizer>
  *
    minterpolate

    <#minterpolate>
  *
    mix

    <#mix>
  *
    monochrome

    <#monochrome>
  *
    morpho

    <#morpho>
  *
    mpdecimate

    <#mpdecimate>
  *
    msad

    <#msad>
  *
    multiply

    <#multiply>
  *
    negate

    <#negate>
  *
    nlmeans

    <#nlmeans-1>
  *
    nnedi

    <#nnedi>
  *
    noformat

    <#noformat>
  *
    noise

    <#noise-1>
  *
    normalize

    <#normalize>
  *
    null

    <#null-1>
  *
    ocr

    <#ocr>
  *
    ocv

    <#ocv>
  *
    oscilloscope

    <#oscilloscope>
  *
    overlay

    <#overlay-1>
  *
    overlay_cuda

    <#overlay_005fcuda-1>
  *
    owdenoise

    <#owdenoise>
  *
    pad

    <#pad-1>
  *
    palettegen

    <#palettegen-1>
  *
    paletteuse

    <#paletteuse>
  *
    perspective

    <#perspective>
  *
    phase

    <#phase>
  *
    photosensitivity

    <#photosensitivity>
  *
    pixdesctest

    <#pixdesctest>
  *
    pixelize

    <#pixelize>
  *
    pixscope

    <#pixscope>
  *
    pp

    <#pp>
  *
    pp7

    <#pp7>
  *
    premultiply

    <#premultiply>
  *
    prewitt

    <#prewitt>
  *
    pseudocolor

    <#pseudocolor>
  *
    psnr

    <#psnr>
  *
    pullup

    <#pullup-1>
  *
    qp

    <#qp>
  *
    random

    <#random>
  *
    readeia608

    <#readeia608>
  *
    readvitc

    <#readvitc>
  *
    remap

    <#remap>
  *
    removegrain

    <#removegrain>
  *
    removelogo

    <#removelogo>
  *
    repeatfields

    <#repeatfields>
  *
    reverse

    <#reverse>
  *
    rgbashift

    <#rgbashift>
  *
    roberts

    <#roberts>
  *
    rotate

    <#rotate>
  *
    sab

    <#sab>
  *
    scale

    <#scale-1>
  *
    scale_cuda

    <#scale_005fcuda-1>
  *
    scale_npp

    <#scale_005fnpp-1>
  *
    scale2ref

    <#scale2ref>
  *
    scale2ref_npp

    <#scale2ref_005fnpp>
  *
    scale_vt

    <#scale_005fvt>
  *
    scharr

    <#scharr>
  *
    scroll

    <#scroll>
  *
    scdet

    <#scdet-1>
  *
    selectivecolor

    <#selectivecolor-1>
  *
    separatefields

    <#separatefields-1>
  *
    setdar, setsar

    <#setdar_002c-setsar>
  *
    setfield

    <#setfield-1>
  *
    setparams

    <#setparams-1>
  *
    sharpen_npp

    <#sharpen_005fnpp>
  *
    shear

    <#shear>
  *
    showinfo

    <#showinfo>
  *
    showpalette

    <#showpalette>
  *
    shuffleframes

    <#shuffleframes>
  *
    shufflepixels

    <#shufflepixels>
  *
    shuffleplanes

    <#shuffleplanes>
  *
    signalstats

    <#signalstats-1>
  *
    signature

    <#signature-1>
  *
    siti

    <#siti-1>
  *
    smartblur

    <#smartblur-1>
  *
    sobel

    <#sobel>
  *
    spp

    <#spp-1>
  *
    sr

    <#sr-1>
  *
    ssim

    <#ssim>
  *
    stereo3d

    <#stereo3d>
  *
    streamselect, astreamselect

    <#streamselect_002c-astreamselect>
  *
    subtitles

    <#subtitles-1>
  *
    super2xsai

    <#super2xsai>
  *
    swaprect

    <#swaprect>
  *
    swapuv

    <#swapuv>
  *
    tblend

    <#tblend>
  *
    telecine

    <#telecine>
  *
    thistogram

    <#thistogram>
  *
    threshold

    <#threshold>
  *
    thumbnail

    <#thumbnail>
  *
    tile

    <#tile-1>
  *
    tinterlace

    <#tinterlace>
  *
    tmedian

    <#tmedian>
  *
    tmidequalizer

    <#tmidequalizer>
  *
    tmix

    <#tmix>
  *
    tonemap

    <#tonemap-1>
  *
    tpad

    <#tpad>
  *
    transpose

    <#transpose-1>
  *
    transpose_npp

    <#transpose_005fnpp>
  *
    trim

    <#trim>
  *
    unpremultiply

    <#unpremultiply>
  *
    unsharp

    <#unsharp-1>
  *
    untile

    <#untile-1>
  *
    uspp

    <#uspp>
  *
    v360

    <#v360>
  *
    vaguedenoiser

    <#vaguedenoiser>
  *
    varblur

    <#varblur>
  *
    vectorscope

    <#vectorscope>
  *
    vidstabdetect

    <#vidstabdetect-1>
  *
    vidstabtransform

    <#vidstabtransform-1>
  *
    vflip

    <#vflip>
  *
    vfrdet

    <#vfrdet>
  *
    vibrance

    <#vibrance>
  *
    vif

    <#vif>
  *
    vignette

    <#vignette-1>
  *
    vmafmotion

    <#vmafmotion>
  *
    vstack

    <#vstack-1>
  *
    w3fdif

    <#w3fdif>
  *
    waveform

    <#waveform>
  *
    weave, doubleweave

    <#weave_002c-doubleweave>
  *
    xbr

    <#xbr>
  *
    xcorrelate

    <#xcorrelate>
  *
    xfade

    <#xfade>
  *
    xmedian

    <#xmedian>
  *
    xstack

    <#xstack-1>
  *
    yadif

    <#yadif-1>
  *
    yadif_cuda

    <#yadif_005fcuda>
  *
    yaepblur

    <#yaepblur>
  *
    zoompan

    <#zoompan>
  *
    zscale

    <#zscale-1>


      30.1 addroi

Mark a region of interest in a video frame.

The frame data is passed through unchanged, but metadata is attached to
the frame indicating regions of interest which can affect the behaviour
of later encoding. Multiple regions can be marked by applying the filter
multiple times.

x

    Region distance in pixels from the left edge of the frame.

y

    Region distance in pixels from the top edge of the frame.

w

    Region width in pixels.

h

    Region height in pixels.

    The parameters x, y, w and h are expressions, and may contain the
    following variables:

    iw

        Width of the input frame.

    ih

        Height of the input frame.

qoffset

    Quantisation offset to apply within the region.

    This must be a real value in the range -1 to +1. A value of zero
    indicates no quality change. A negative value asks for better
    quality (less quantisation), while a positive value asks for worse
    quality (greater quantisation).

    The range is calibrated so that the extreme values indicate the
    largest possible offset - if the rest of the frame is encoded with
    the worst possible quality, an offset of -1 indicates that this
    region should be encoded with the best possible quality anyway.
    Intermediate values are then interpolated in some codec-dependent way.

    For example, in 10-bit H.264 the quantisation parameter varies
    between -12 and 51. A typical qoffset value of -1/10 therefore
    indicates that this region should be encoded with a QP around
    one-tenth of the full range better than the rest of the frame. So,
    if most of the frame were to be encoded with a QP of around 30, this
    region would get a QP of around 24 (an offset of approximately -1/10
    * (51 - -12) = -6.3). An extreme value of -1 would indicate that
    this region should be encoded with the best possible quality
    regardless of the treatment of the rest of the frame - that is,
    should be encoded at a QP of -12.

clear

    If set to true, remove any existing regions of interest marked on
    the frame before adding the new one.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-59>


        30.1.1 Examples

  * Mark the centre quarter of the frame as interesting.

    addroi=iw/4:ih/4:iw/2:ih/2:-1/10

  * Mark the 100-pixel-wide region on the left edge of the frame as very
    uninteresting (to be encoded at much lower quality than the rest of
    the frame).

    addroi=0:0:100:ih:+1/5


      30.2 alphaextract

Extract the alpha component from the input as a grayscale video. This is
especially useful with the alphamerge filter.


      30.3 alphamerge

Add or replace the alpha component of the primary input with the
grayscale value of a second input. This is intended for use with
alphaextract to allow the transmission or storage of frame sequences
that have alpha in a format that doesn’t support an alpha channel.

For example, to reconstruct full frames from a normal YUV-encoded video
and a separate video created with alphaextract, you might use:

movie=in_alpha.mkv [alpha]; [in][alpha] alphamerge [out]


      30.4 amplify

Amplify differences between current pixel and pixels of adjacent frames
in same pixel location.

This filter accepts the following options:

radius

    Set frame radius. Default is 2. Allowed range is from 1 to 63. For
    example radius of 3 will instruct filter to calculate average of 7
    frames.

factor

    Set factor to amplify difference. Default is 2. Allowed range is
    from 0 to 65535.

threshold

    Set threshold for difference amplification. Any difference greater
    or equal to this value will not alter source pixel. Default is 10.
    Allowed range is from 0 to 65535.

tolerance

    Set tolerance for difference amplification. Any difference lower to
    this value will not alter source pixel. Default is 0. Allowed range
    is from 0 to 65535.

low

    Set lower limit for changing source pixel. Default is 65535. Allowed
    range is from 0 to 65535. This option controls maximum possible
    value that will decrease source pixel value.

high

    Set high limit for changing source pixel. Default is 65535. Allowed
    range is from 0 to 65535. This option controls maximum possible
    value that will increase source pixel value.

planes

    Set which planes to filter. Default is all. Allowed range is from 0
    to 15.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-54>


        30.4.1 Commands

This filter supports the following
commands

<#commands> that corresponds to option of same name:

factor
threshold
tolerance
low
high
planes


      30.5 ass

Same as the
subtitles

<#subtitles> filter, except that it doesn’t require libavcodec and
libavformat to work. On the other hand, it is limited to ASS (Advanced
Substation Alpha) subtitles files.

This filter accepts the following option in addition to the common
options from the
subtitles

<#subtitles> filter:

shaping

    Set the shaping engine

    Available values are:

    ‘auto’

        The default libass shaping engine, which is the best available.

    ‘simple’

        Fast, font-agnostic shaper that can do only substitutions

    ‘complex’

        Slower shaper using OpenType for substitutions and positioning

    The default is |auto|.


      30.6 atadenoise

Apply an Adaptive Temporal Averaging Denoiser to the video input.

The filter accepts the following options:

0a

    Set threshold A for 1st plane. Default is 0.02. Valid range is 0 to
    0.3.

0b

    Set threshold B for 1st plane. Default is 0.04. Valid range is 0 to 5.

1a

    Set threshold A for 2nd plane. Default is 0.02. Valid range is 0 to
    0.3.

1b

    Set threshold B for 2nd plane. Default is 0.04. Valid range is 0 to 5.

2a

    Set threshold A for 3rd plane. Default is 0.02. Valid range is 0 to
    0.3.

2b

    Set threshold B for 3rd plane. Default is 0.04. Valid range is 0 to 5.

    Threshold A is designed to react on abrupt changes in the input
    signal and threshold B is designed to react on continuous changes in
    the input signal.

s

    Set number of frames filter will use for averaging. Default is 9.
    Must be odd number in range [5, 129].

p

    Set what planes of frame filter will use for averaging. Default is all.

a

    Set what variant of algorithm filter will use for averaging. Default
    is |p| parallel. Alternatively can be set to |s| serial.

    Parallel can be faster then serial, while other way around is never
    true. Parallel will abort early on first change being greater then
    thresholds, while serial will continue processing other side of
    frames if they are equal or below thresholds.

0s
1s
2s

    Set sigma for 1st plane, 2nd plane or 3rd plane. Default is 32767.
    Valid range is from 0 to 32767. This options controls weight for
    each pixel in radius defined by size. Default value means every
    pixel have same weight. Setting this option to 0 effectively
    disables filtering.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-55>


        30.6.1 Commands

This filter supports same
commands

<#commands> as options except option |s|. The command accepts the same
syntax of the corresponding option.


      30.7 avgblur

Apply average blur filter.

The filter accepts the following options:

sizeX

    Set horizontal radius size.

planes

    Set which planes to filter. By default all planes are filtered.

sizeY

    Set vertical radius size, if zero it will be same as |sizeX|.
    Default is |0|.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-56>


        30.7.1 Commands

This filter supports same commands as options. The command accepts the
same syntax of the corresponding option.

If the specified expression is not valid, it is kept at its current value.


      30.8 backgroundkey

Turns a static background into transparency.

The filter accepts the following option:

threshold

    Threshold for scene change detection.

similarity

    Similarity percentage with the background.

blend

    Set the blend amount for pixels that are not similar.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-57>


        30.8.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.9 bbox

Compute the bounding box for the non-black pixels in the input frame
luma plane.

This filter computes the bounding box containing all the pixels with a
luma value greater than the minimum allowed value. The parameters
describing the bounding box are printed on the filter log.

The filter accepts the following option:

min_val

    Set the minimal luma value. Default is |16|.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-58>


        30.9.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.10 bilateral

Apply bilateral filter, spatial smoothing while preserving edges.

The filter accepts the following options:

sigmaS

    Set sigma of gaussian function to calculate spatial weight. Allowed
    range is 0 to 512. Default is 0.1.

sigmaR

    Set sigma of gaussian function to calculate range weight. Allowed
    range is 0 to 1. Default is 0.1.

planes

    Set planes to filter. Default is first only.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-59>


        30.10.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.11 bilateral_cuda

CUDA accelerated bilateral filter, an edge preserving filter. This
filter is mathematically accurate thanks to the use of GPU acceleration.
For best output quality, use one to one chroma subsampling, i.e. yuv444p
format.

The filter accepts the following options:

sigmaS

    Set sigma of gaussian function to calculate spatial weight, also
    called sigma space. Allowed range is 0.1 to 512. Default is 0.1.

sigmaR

    Set sigma of gaussian function to calculate color range weight, also
    called sigma color. Allowed range is 0.1 to 512. Default is 0.1.

window_size

    Set window size of the bilateral function to determine the number of
    neighbours to loop on. If the number entered is even, one will be
    added automatically. Allowed range is 1 to 255. Default is 1.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-60>


        30.11.1 Examples

  * Apply the bilateral filter on a video.

    ./ffmpeg -v verbose \
    -hwaccel cuda -hwaccel_output_format cuda -i input.mp4  \
    -init_hw_device cuda \
    -filter_complex \
    " \
    [0:v]scale_cuda=format=yuv444p[scaled_video];
    [scaled_video]bilateral_cuda=window_size=9:sigmaS=3.0:sigmaR=50.0" \
    -an -sn -c:v h264_nvenc -cq 20 out.mp4


      30.12 bitplanenoise

Show and measure bit plane noise.

The filter accepts the following options:

bitplane

    Set which plane to analyze. Default is |1|.

filter

    Filter out noisy pixels from |bitplane| set above. Default is disabled.


      30.13 blackdetect

Detect video intervals that are (almost) completely black. Can be useful
to detect chapter transitions, commercials, or invalid recordings.

The filter outputs its detection analysis to both the log as well as
frame metadata. If a black segment of at least the specified minimum
duration is found, a line with the start and end timestamps as well as
duration is printed to the log with level |info|. In addition, a log
line with level |debug| is printed per frame showing the black amount
detected for that frame.

The filter also attaches metadata to the first frame of a black segment
with key |lavfi.black_start| and to the first frame after the black
segment ends with key |lavfi.black_end|. The value is the frame’s
timestamp. This metadata is added regardless of the minimum duration
specified.

The filter accepts the following options:

black_min_duration, d

    Set the minimum detected black duration expressed in seconds. It
    must be a non-negative floating point number.

    Default value is 2.0.

picture_black_ratio_th, pic_th

    Set the threshold for considering a picture "black". Express the
    minimum value for the ratio:

    nb_black_pixels / nb_pixels

    for which a picture is considered black. Default value is 0.98.

pixel_black_th, pix_th

    Set the threshold for considering a pixel "black".

    The threshold expresses the maximum pixel luma value for which a
    pixel is considered "black". The provided value is scaled according
    to the following equation:

    absolute_threshold = luma_minimum_value + pixel_black_th * luma_range_size

    luma_range_size and luma_minimum_value depend on the input video
    format, the range is [0-255] for YUV full-range formats and [16-235]
    for YUV non full-range formats.

    Default value is 0.10.

The following example sets the maximum pixel threshold to the minimum
value, and detects only black intervals of 2 or more seconds:

blackdetect=d=2:pix_th=0.00


      30.14 blackframe

Detect frames that are (almost) completely black. Can be useful to
detect chapter transitions or commercials. Output lines consist of the
frame number of the detected frame, the percentage of blackness, the
position in the file if known or -1 and the timestamp in seconds.

In order to display the output lines, you need to set the loglevel at
least to the AV_LOG_INFO value.

This filter exports frame metadata |lavfi.blackframe.pblack|. The value
represents the percentage of pixels in the picture that are below the
threshold value.

It accepts the following parameters:

amount

    The percentage of the pixels that have to be below the threshold; it
    defaults to |98|.

threshold, thresh

    The threshold below which a pixel value is considered black; it
    defaults to |32|.


      30.15 blend

Blend two video frames into each other.

The |blend| filter takes two input streams and outputs one stream, the
first input is the "top" layer and second input is "bottom" layer. By
default, the output terminates when the longest input terminates.

The |tblend| (time blend) filter takes two consecutive frames from one
single stream, and outputs the result obtained by blending the new frame
on top of the old frame.

A description of the accepted options follows.

c0_mode
c1_mode
c2_mode
c3_mode
all_mode

    Set blend mode for specific pixel component or all pixel components
    in case of all_mode. Default value is |normal|.

    Available values for component modes are:

    ‘addition’
    ‘and’
    ‘average’
    ‘bleach’
    ‘burn’
    ‘darken’
    ‘difference’
    ‘divide’
    ‘dodge’
    ‘exclusion’
    ‘extremity’
    ‘freeze’
    ‘geometric’
    ‘glow’
    ‘grainextract’
    ‘grainmerge’
    ‘hardlight’
    ‘hardmix’
    ‘hardoverlay’
    ‘harmonic’
    ‘heat’
    ‘interpolate’
    ‘lighten’
    ‘linearlight’
    ‘multiply’
    ‘multiply128’
    ‘negation’
    ‘normal’
    ‘or’
    ‘overlay’
    ‘phoenix’
    ‘pinlight’
    ‘reflect’
    ‘screen’
    ‘softdifference’
    ‘softlight’
    ‘stain’
    ‘subtract’
    ‘vividlight’
    ‘xor’

c0_opacity
c1_opacity
c2_opacity
c3_opacity
all_opacity

    Set blend opacity for specific pixel component or all pixel
    components in case of all_opacity. Only used in combination with
    pixel component blend modes.

c0_expr
c1_expr
c2_expr
c3_expr
all_expr

    Set blend expression for specific pixel component or all pixel
    components in case of all_expr. Note that related mode options will
    be ignored if those are set.

    The expressions can use the following variables:

    N

        The sequential number of the filtered frame, starting from |0|.

    X
    Y

        the coordinates of the current sample

    W
    H

        the width and height of currently filtered plane

    SW
    SH

        Width and height scale for the plane being filtered. It is the
        ratio between the dimensions of the current plane to the luma
        plane, e.g. for a |yuv420p| frame, the values are |1,1| for the
        luma plane and |0.5,0.5| for the chroma planes.

    T

        Time of the current frame, expressed in seconds.

    TOP, A

        Value of pixel component at current location for first video
        frame (top layer).

    BOTTOM, B

        Value of pixel component at current location for second video
        frame (bottom layer).

The |blend| filter also supports the
framesync

<#framesync> options.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-61>
  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-60>


        30.15.1 Examples

  * Apply transition from bottom layer to top layer in first 10 seconds:

    blend=all_expr='A*(if(gte(T,10),1,T/10))+B*(1-(if(gte(T,10),1,T/10)))'

  * Apply linear horizontal transition from top layer to bottom layer:

    blend=all_expr='A*(X/W)+B*(1-X/W)'

  * Apply 1x1 checkerboard effect:

    blend=all_expr='if(eq(mod(X,2),mod(Y,2)),A,B)'

  * Apply uncover left effect:

    blend=all_expr='if(gte(N*SW+X,W),A,B)'

  * Apply uncover down effect:

    blend=all_expr='if(gte(Y-N*SH,0),A,B)'

  * Apply uncover up-left effect:

    blend=all_expr='if(gte(T*SH*40+Y,H)*gte((T*40*SW+X)*W/H,W),A,B)'

  * Split diagonally video and shows top and bottom layer on each side:

    blend=all_expr='if(gt(X,Y*(W/H)),A,B)'

  * Display differences between the current and the previous frame:

    tblend=all_mode=grainextract


        30.15.2 Commands

This filter supports same
commands

<#commands> as options.


      30.16 blockdetect

Determines blockiness of frames without altering the input frames.

Based on Remco Muijs and Ihor Kirenko: "A no-reference blocking artifact
measure for adaptive video processing." 2005 13th European signal
processing conference.

The filter accepts the following options:

period_min
period_max

    Set minimum and maximum values for determining pixel grids
    (periods). Default values are [3,24].

planes

    Set planes to filter. Default is first only.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-62>


        30.16.1 Examples

  * Determine blockiness for the first plane and search for periods
    within [8,32]:

    blockdetect=period_min=8:period_max=32:planes=1


      30.17 blurdetect

Determines blurriness of frames without altering the input frames.

Based on Marziliano, Pina, et al. "A no-reference perceptual blur
metric." Allows for a block-based abbreviation.

The filter accepts the following options:

low
high

    Set low and high threshold values used by the Canny thresholding
    algorithm.

    The high threshold selects the "strong" edge pixels, which are then
    connected through 8-connectivity with the "weak" edge pixels
    selected by the low threshold.

    low and high threshold values must be chosen in the range [0,1], and
    low should be lesser or equal to high.

    Default value for low is |20/255|, and default value for high is
    |50/255|.

radius

    Define the radius to search around an edge pixel for local maxima.

block_pct

    Determine blurriness only for the most significant blocks, given in
    percentage.

block_width

    Determine blurriness for blocks of width block_width. If set to any
    value smaller 1, no blocks are used and the whole image is processed
    as one no matter of block_height.

block_height

    Determine blurriness for blocks of height block_height. If set to
    any value smaller 1, no blocks are used and the whole image is
    processed as one no matter of block_width.

planes

    Set planes to filter. Default is first only.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-63>


        30.17.1 Examples

  * Determine blur for 80% of most significant 32x32 blocks:

    blurdetect=block_width=32:block_height=32:block_pct=80


      30.18 bm3d

Denoise frames using Block-Matching 3D algorithm.

The filter accepts the following options.

sigma

    Set denoising strength. Default value is 1. Allowed range is from 0
    to 999.9. The denoising algorithm is very sensitive to sigma, so
    adjust it according to the source.

block

    Set local patch size. This sets dimensions in 2D.

bstep

    Set sliding step for processing blocks. Default value is 4. Allowed
    range is from 1 to 64. Smaller values allows processing more
    reference blocks and is slower.

group

    Set maximal number of similar blocks for 3rd dimension. Default
    value is 1. When set to 1, no block matching is done. Larger values
    allows more blocks in single group. Allowed range is from 1 to 256.

range

    Set radius for search block matching. Default is 9. Allowed range is
    from 1 to INT32_MAX.

mstep

    Set step between two search locations for block matching. Default is
    1. Allowed range is from 1 to 64. Smaller is slower.

thmse

    Set threshold of mean square error for block matching. Valid range
    is 0 to INT32_MAX.

hdthr

    Set thresholding parameter for hard thresholding in 3D transformed
    domain. Larger values results in stronger hard-thresholding
    filtering in frequency domain.

estim

    Set filtering estimation mode. Can be |basic| or |final|. Default is
    |basic|.

ref

    If enabled, filter will use 2nd stream for block matching. Default
    is disabled for |basic| value of estim option, and always enabled if
    value of estim is |final|.

planes

    Set planes to filter. Default is all available except alpha.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-64>


        30.18.1 Examples

  * Basic filtering with bm3d:

    bm3d=sigma=3:block=4:bstep=2:group=1:estim=basic

  * Same as above, but filtering only luma:

    bm3d=sigma=3:block=4:bstep=2:group=1:estim=basic:planes=1

  * Same as above, but with both estimation modes:

    split[a][b],[a]bm3d=sigma=3:block=4:bstep=2:group=1:estim=basic[a],[b][a]bm3d=sigma=3:block=4:bstep=2:group=16:estim=final:ref=1

  * Same as above, but prefilter with
    nlmeans

    <#nlmeans> filter instead:

    split[a][b],[a]nlmeans=s=3:r=7:p=3[a],[b][a]bm3d=sigma=3:block=4:bstep=2:group=16:estim=final:ref=1


      30.19 boxblur

Apply a boxblur algorithm to the input video.

It accepts the following parameters:

luma_radius, lr
luma_power, lp
chroma_radius, cr
chroma_power, cp
alpha_radius, ar
alpha_power, ap

A description of the accepted options follows.

luma_radius, lr
chroma_radius, cr
alpha_radius, ar

    Set an expression for the box radius in pixels used for blurring the
    corresponding input plane.

    The radius value must be a non-negative number, and must not be
    greater than the value of the expression |min(w,h)/2| for the luma
    and alpha planes, and of |min(cw,ch)/2| for the chroma planes.

    Default value for luma_radius is "2". If not specified,
    chroma_radius and alpha_radius default to the corresponding value
    set for luma_radius.

    The expressions can contain the following constants:

    w
    h

        The input width and height in pixels.

    cw
    ch

        The input chroma image width and height in pixels.

    hsub
    vsub

        The horizontal and vertical chroma subsample values. For
        example, for the pixel format "yuv422p", hsub is 2 and vsub is 1.

luma_power, lp
chroma_power, cp
alpha_power, ap

    Specify how many times the boxblur filter is applied to the
    corresponding plane.

    Default value for luma_power is 2. If not specified, chroma_power
    and alpha_power default to the corresponding value set for luma_power.

    A value of 0 will disable the effect.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-65>


        30.19.1 Examples

  * Apply a boxblur filter with the luma, chroma, and alpha radii set to 2:

    boxblur=luma_radius=2:luma_power=1
    boxblur=2:1

  * Set the luma radius to 2, and alpha and chroma radius to 0:

    boxblur=2:1:cr=0:ar=0

  * Set the luma and chroma radii to a fraction of the video dimension:

    boxblur=luma_radius=min(h\,w)/10:luma_power=1:chroma_radius=min(cw\,ch)/10:chroma_power=1


      30.20 bwdif

Deinterlace the input video ("bwdif" stands for "Bob Weaver
Deinterlacing Filter").

Motion adaptive deinterlacing based on yadif with the use of w3fdif and
cubic interpolation algorithms. It accepts the following parameters:

mode

    The interlacing mode to adopt. It accepts one of the following values:

    0, send_frame

        Output one frame for each frame.

    1, send_field

        Output one frame for each field.

    The default value is |send_field|.

parity

    The picture field parity assumed for the input interlaced video. It
    accepts one of the following values:

    0, tff

        Assume the top field is first.

    1, bff

        Assume the bottom field is first.

    -1, auto

        Enable automatic detection of field parity.

    The default value is |auto|. If the interlacing is unknown or the
    decoder does not export this information, top field first will be
    assumed.

deint

    Specify which frames to deinterlace. Accepts one of the following
    values:

    0, all

        Deinterlace all frames.

    1, interlaced

        Only deinterlace frames marked as interlaced.

    The default value is |all|.


      30.21 bwdif_cuda

Deinterlace the input video using the
bwdif

<#bwdif> algorithm, but implemented in CUDA so that it can work as part
of a GPU accelerated pipeline with nvdec and/or nvenc.

It accepts the following parameters:

mode

    The interlacing mode to adopt. It accepts one of the following values:

    0, send_frame

        Output one frame for each frame.

    1, send_field

        Output one frame for each field.

    The default value is |send_field|.

parity

    The picture field parity assumed for the input interlaced video. It
    accepts one of the following values:

    0, tff

        Assume the top field is first.

    1, bff

        Assume the bottom field is first.

    -1, auto

        Enable automatic detection of field parity.

    The default value is |auto|. If the interlacing is unknown or the
    decoder does not export this information, top field first will be
    assumed.

deint

    Specify which frames to deinterlace. Accepts one of the following
    values:

    0, all

        Deinterlace all frames.

    1, interlaced

        Only deinterlace frames marked as interlaced.

    The default value is |all|.


      30.22 ccrepack

Repack CEA-708 closed captioning side data

This filter fixes various issues seen with commerical encoders related
to upstream malformed CEA-708 payloads, specifically incorrect number of
tuples (wrong cc_count for the target FPS), and incorrect ordering of
tuples (i.e. the CEA-608 tuples are not at the first entries in the
payload).


      30.23 cas

Apply Contrast Adaptive Sharpen filter to video stream.

The filter accepts the following options:

strength

    Set the sharpening strength. Default value is 0.

planes

    Set planes to filter. Default value is to filter all planes except
    alpha plane.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-61>


        30.23.1 Commands

This filter supports same
commands

<#commands> as options.


      30.24 chromahold

Remove all color information for all colors except for certain one.

The filter accepts the following options:

color

    The color which will not be replaced with neutral chroma.

similarity

    Similarity percentage with the above color. 0.01 matches only the
    exact key color, while 1.0 matches everything.

blend

    Blend percentage. 0.0 makes pixels either fully gray, or not gray at
    all. Higher values result in more preserved color.

yuv

    Signals that the color passed is already in YUV instead of RGB.

    Literal colors like "green" or "red" don’t make sense with this
    enabled anymore. This can be used to pass exact YUV values as
    hexadecimal numbers.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-62>


        30.24.1 Commands

This filter supports same
commands

<#commands> as options. The command accepts the same syntax of the
corresponding option.

If the specified expression is not valid, it is kept at its current value.


      30.25 chromakey

YUV colorspace color/chroma keying.

The filter accepts the following options:

color

    The color which will be replaced with transparency.

similarity

    Similarity percentage with the key color.

    0.01 matches only the exact key color, while 1.0 matches everything.

blend

    Blend percentage.

    0.0 makes pixels either fully transparent, or not transparent at all.

    Higher values result in semi-transparent pixels, with a higher
    transparency the more similar the pixels color is to the key color.

yuv

    Signals that the color passed is already in YUV instead of RGB.

    Literal colors like "green" or "red" don’t make sense with this
    enabled anymore. This can be used to pass exact YUV values as
    hexadecimal numbers.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-63>
  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-66>


        30.25.1 Commands

This filter supports same
commands

<#commands> as options. The command accepts the same syntax of the
corresponding option.

If the specified expression is not valid, it is kept at its current value.


        30.25.2 Examples

  * Make every green pixel in the input image transparent:

    ffmpeg -i input.png -vf chromakey=green out.png

  * Overlay a greenscreen-video on top of a static black background.

    ffmpeg -f lavfi -i color=c=black:s=1280x720 -i video.mp4 -shortest -filter_complex "[1:v]chromakey=0x70de77:0.1:0.2[ckout];[0:v][ckout]overlay[out]" -map "[out]" output.mkv


      30.26 chromakey_cuda

CUDA accelerated YUV colorspace color/chroma keying.

This filter works like normal chromakey filter but operates on CUDA
frames. for more details and parameters see
chromakey

<#chromakey>.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-67>


        30.26.1 Examples

  * Make all the green pixels in the input video transparent and use it
    as an overlay for another video:

    ./ffmpeg \
        -hwaccel cuda -hwaccel_output_format cuda -i input_green.mp4  \
        -hwaccel cuda -hwaccel_output_format cuda -i base_video.mp4 \
        -init_hw_device cuda \
        -filter_complex \
        " \
            [0:v]chromakey_cuda=0x25302D:0.1:0.12:1[overlay_video]; \
            [1:v]scale_cuda=format=yuv420p[base]; \
            [base][overlay_video]overlay_cuda" \
        -an -sn -c:v h264_nvenc -cq 20 output.mp4

  * Process two software sources, explicitly uploading the frames:

    ./ffmpeg -init_hw_device cuda=cuda -filter_hw_device cuda \
        -f lavfi -i color=size=800x600:color=white,format=yuv420p \
        -f lavfi -i yuvtestsrc=size=200x200,format=yuv420p \
        -filter_complex \
        " \
            [0]hwupload[under]; \
            [1]hwupload,chromakey_cuda=green:0.1:0.12[over]; \
            [under][over]overlay_cuda" \
        -c:v hevc_nvenc -cq 18 -preset slow output.mp4


      30.27 chromanr

Reduce chrominance noise.

The filter accepts the following options:

thres

    Set threshold for averaging chrominance values. Sum of absolute
    difference of Y, U and V pixel components of current pixel and
    neighbour pixels lower than this threshold will be used in
    averaging. Luma component is left unchanged and is copied to output.
    Default value is 30. Allowed range is from 1 to 200.

sizew

    Set horizontal radius of rectangle used for averaging. Allowed range
    is from 1 to 100. Default value is 5.

sizeh

    Set vertical radius of rectangle used for averaging. Allowed range
    is from 1 to 100. Default value is 5.

stepw

    Set horizontal step when averaging. Default value is 1. Allowed
    range is from 1 to 50. Mostly useful to speed-up filtering.

steph

    Set vertical step when averaging. Default value is 1. Allowed range
    is from 1 to 50. Mostly useful to speed-up filtering.

threy

    Set Y threshold for averaging chrominance values. Set finer control
    for max allowed difference between Y components of current pixel and
    neigbour pixels. Default value is 200. Allowed range is from 1 to 200.

threu

    Set U threshold for averaging chrominance values. Set finer control
    for max allowed difference between U components of current pixel and
    neigbour pixels. Default value is 200. Allowed range is from 1 to 200.

threv

    Set V threshold for averaging chrominance values. Set finer control
    for max allowed difference between V components of current pixel and
    neigbour pixels. Default value is 200. Allowed range is from 1 to 200.

distance

    Set distance type used in calculations.

    ‘manhattan’

        Absolute difference.

    ‘euclidean’

        Difference squared.

    Default distance type is manhattan.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-64>


        30.27.1 Commands

This filter supports same
commands

<#commands> as options. The command accepts the same syntax of the
corresponding option.


      30.28 chromashift

Shift chroma pixels horizontally and/or vertically.

The filter accepts the following options:

cbh

    Set amount to shift chroma-blue horizontally.

cbv

    Set amount to shift chroma-blue vertically.

crh

    Set amount to shift chroma-red horizontally.

crv

    Set amount to shift chroma-red vertically.

edge

    Set edge mode, can be smear, default, or warp.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-65>


        30.28.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.29 ciescope

Display CIE color diagram with pixels overlaid onto it.

The filter accepts the following options:

system

    Set color system.

    ‘ntsc, 470m’
    ‘ebu, 470bg’
    ‘smpte’
    ‘240m’
    ‘apple’
    ‘widergb’
    ‘cie1931’
    ‘rec709, hdtv’
    ‘uhdtv, rec2020’
    ‘dcip3’

cie

    Set CIE system.

    ‘xyy’
    ‘ucs’
    ‘luv’

gamuts

    Set what gamuts to draw.

    See |system| option for available values.

size, s

    Set ciescope size, by default set to 512.

intensity, i

    Set intensity used to map input pixel values to CIE diagram.

contrast

    Set contrast used to draw tongue colors that are out of active color
    system gamut.

corrgamma

    Correct gamma displayed on scope, by default enabled.

showwhite

    Show white point on CIE diagram, by default disabled.

gamma

    Set input gamma. Used only with XYZ input color space.

fill

    Fill with CIE colors. By default is enabled.


      30.30 codecview

Visualize information exported by some codecs.

Some codecs can export information through frames using side-data or
other means. For example, some MPEG based codecs export motion vectors
through the export_mvs flag in the codec flags2 option.

The filter accepts the following option:

block

    Display block partition structure using the luma plane.

mv

    Set motion vectors to visualize.

    Available flags for mv are:

    ‘pf’

        forward predicted MVs of P-frames

    ‘bf’

        forward predicted MVs of B-frames

    ‘bb’

        backward predicted MVs of B-frames

qp

    Display quantization parameters using the chroma planes.

mv_type, mvt

    Set motion vectors type to visualize. Includes MVs from all frames
    unless specified by frame_type option.

    Available flags for mv_type are:

    ‘fp’

        forward predicted MVs

    ‘bp’

        backward predicted MVs

frame_type, ft

    Set frame type to visualize motion vectors of.

    Available flags for frame_type are:

    ‘if’

        intra-coded frames (I-frames)

    ‘pf’

        predicted frames (P-frames)

    ‘bf’

        bi-directionally predicted frames (B-frames)

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-68>


        30.30.1 Examples

  * Visualize forward predicted MVs of all frames using |ffplay|:

    ffplay -flags2 +export_mvs input.mp4 -vf codecview=mv_type=fp

  * Visualize multi-directionals MVs of P and B-Frames using |ffplay|:

    ffplay -flags2 +export_mvs input.mp4 -vf codecview=mv=pf+bf+bb


      30.31 colorbalance

Modify intensity of primary colors (red, green and blue) of input frames.

The filter allows an input frame to be adjusted in the shadows, midtones
or highlights regions for the red-cyan, green-magenta or blue-yellow
balance.

A positive adjustment value shifts the balance towards the primary
color, a negative value towards the complementary color.

The filter accepts the following options:

rs
gs
bs

    Adjust red, green and blue shadows (darkest pixels).

rm
gm
bm

    Adjust red, green and blue midtones (medium pixels).

rh
gh
bh

    Adjust red, green and blue highlights (brightest pixels).

    Allowed ranges for options are |[-1.0, 1.0]|. Defaults are |0|.

pl

    Preserve lightness when changing color balance. Default is disabled.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-69>
  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-66>


        30.31.1 Examples

  * Add red color cast to shadows:

    colorbalance=rs=.3


        30.31.2 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.32 colorcontrast

Adjust color contrast between RGB components.

The filter accepts the following options:

rc

    Set the red-cyan contrast. Defaults is 0.0. Allowed range is from
    -1.0 to 1.0.

gm

    Set the green-magenta contrast. Defaults is 0.0. Allowed range is
    from -1.0 to 1.0.

by

    Set the blue-yellow contrast. Defaults is 0.0. Allowed range is from
    -1.0 to 1.0.

rcw
gmw
byw

    Set the weight of each |rc|, |gm|, |by| option value. Default value
    is 0.0. Allowed range is from 0.0 to 1.0. If all weights are 0.0
    filtering is disabled.

pl

    Set the amount of preserving lightness. Default value is 0.0.
    Allowed range is from 0.0 to 1.0.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-67>


        30.32.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.33 colorcorrect

Adjust color white balance selectively for blacks and whites. This
filter operates in YUV colorspace.

The filter accepts the following options:

rl

    Set the red shadow spot. Allowed range is from -1.0 to 1.0. Default
    value is 0.

bl

    Set the blue shadow spot. Allowed range is from -1.0 to 1.0. Default
    value is 0.

rh

    Set the red highlight spot. Allowed range is from -1.0 to 1.0.
    Default value is 0.

bh

    Set the blue highlight spot. Allowed range is from -1.0 to 1.0.
    Default value is 0.

saturation

    Set the amount of saturation. Allowed range is from -3.0 to 3.0.
    Default value is 1.

analyze

    If set to anything other than |manual| it will analyze every frame
    and use derived parameters for filtering output frame.

    Possible values are:

    ‘manual’
    ‘average’
    ‘minmax’
    ‘median’

    Default value is |manual|.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-68>


        30.33.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.34 colorchannelmixer

Adjust video input frames by re-mixing color channels.

This filter modifies a color channel by adding the values associated to
the other channels of the same pixels. For example if the value to
modify is red, the output value will be:

red=red*rr + blue*rb + green*rg + alpha*ra

The filter accepts the following options:

rr
rg
rb
ra

    Adjust contribution of input red, green, blue and alpha channels for
    output red channel. Default is |1| for rr, and |0| for rg, rb and ra.

gr
gg
gb
ga

    Adjust contribution of input red, green, blue and alpha channels for
    output green channel. Default is |1| for gg, and |0| for gr, gb and ga.

br
bg
bb
ba

    Adjust contribution of input red, green, blue and alpha channels for
    output blue channel. Default is |1| for bb, and |0| for br, bg and ba.

ar
ag
ab
aa

    Adjust contribution of input red, green, blue and alpha channels for
    output alpha channel. Default is |1| for aa, and |0| for ar, ag and ab.

    Allowed ranges for options are |[-2.0, 2.0]|.

pc

    Set preserve color mode. The accepted values are:

    ‘none’

        Disable color preserving, this is default.

    ‘lum’

        Preserve luminance.

    ‘max’

        Preserve max value of RGB triplet.

    ‘avg’

        Preserve average value of RGB triplet.

    ‘sum’

        Preserve sum value of RGB triplet.

    ‘nrm’

        Preserve normalized value of RGB triplet.

    ‘pwr’

        Preserve power value of RGB triplet.

pa

    Set the preserve color amount when changing colors. Allowed range is
    from |[0.0, 1.0]|. Default is |0.0|, thus disabled.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-70>
  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-69>


        30.34.1 Examples

  * Convert source to grayscale:

    colorchannelmixer=.3:.4:.3:0:.3:.4:.3:0:.3:.4:.3

  * Simulate sepia tones:

    colorchannelmixer=.393:.769:.189:0:.349:.686:.168:0:.272:.534:.131


        30.34.2 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.35 colorize

Overlay a solid color on the video stream.

The filter accepts the following options:

hue

    Set the color hue. Allowed range is from 0 to 360. Default value is 0.

saturation

    Set the color saturation. Allowed range is from 0 to 1. Default
    value is 0.5.

lightness

    Set the color lightness. Allowed range is from 0 to 1. Default value
    is 0.5.

mix

    Set the mix of source lightness. By default is set to 1.0. Allowed
    range is from 0.0 to 1.0.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-70>


        30.35.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.36 colorkey

RGB colorspace color keying. This filter operates on 8-bit RGB format
frames by setting the alpha component of each pixel which falls within
the similarity radius of the key color to 0. The alpha value for pixels
outside the similarity radius depends on the value of the blend option.

The filter accepts the following options:

color

    Set the color for which alpha will be set to 0 (full transparency). See
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Color" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#color-syntax>.
    Default is |black|.

similarity

    Set the radius from the key color within which other colors also
    have full transparency. The computed distance is related to the unit
    fractional distance in 3D space between the RGB values of the key
    color and the pixel’s color. Range is 0.01 to 1.0. 0.01 matches
    within a very small radius around the exact key color, while 1.0
    matches everything. Default is |0.01|.

blend

    Set how the alpha value for pixels that fall outside the similarity
    radius is computed. 0.0 makes pixels either fully transparent or
    fully opaque. Higher values result in semi-transparent pixels, with
    greater transparency the more similar the pixel color is to the key
    color. Range is 0.0 to 1.0. Default is |0.0|.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-71>
  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-71>


        30.36.1 Examples

  * Make every green pixel in the input image transparent:

    ffmpeg -i input.png -vf colorkey=green out.png

  * Overlay a greenscreen-video on top of a static background image.

    ffmpeg -i background.png -i video.mp4 -filter_complex "[1:v]colorkey=0x3BBD1E:0.3:0.2[ckout];[0:v][ckout]overlay[out]" -map "[out]" output.flv


        30.36.2 Commands

This filter supports same
commands

<#commands> as options. The command accepts the same syntax of the
corresponding option.

If the specified expression is not valid, it is kept at its current value.


      30.37 colorhold

Remove all color information for all RGB colors except for certain one.

The filter accepts the following options:

color

    The color which will not be replaced with neutral gray.

similarity

    Similarity percentage with the above color. 0.01 matches only the
    exact key color, while 1.0 matches everything.

blend

    Blend percentage. 0.0 makes pixels fully gray. Higher values result
    in more preserved color.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-72>


        30.37.1 Commands

This filter supports same
commands

<#commands> as options. The command accepts the same syntax of the
corresponding option.

If the specified expression is not valid, it is kept at its current value.


      30.38 colorlevels

Adjust video input frames using levels.

The filter accepts the following options:

rimin
gimin
bimin
aimin

    Adjust red, green, blue and alpha input black point. Allowed ranges
    for options are |[-1.0, 1.0]|. Defaults are |0|.

rimax
gimax
bimax
aimax

    Adjust red, green, blue and alpha input white point. Allowed ranges
    for options are |[-1.0, 1.0]|. Defaults are |1|.

    Input levels are used to lighten highlights (bright tones), darken
    shadows (dark tones), change the balance of bright and dark tones.

romin
gomin
bomin
aomin

    Adjust red, green, blue and alpha output black point. Allowed ranges
    for options are |[0, 1.0]|. Defaults are |0|.

romax
gomax
bomax
aomax

    Adjust red, green, blue and alpha output white point. Allowed ranges
    for options are |[0, 1.0]|. Defaults are |1|.

    Output levels allows manual selection of a constrained output level
    range.

preserve

    Set preserve color mode. The accepted values are:

    ‘none’

        Disable color preserving, this is default.

    ‘lum’

        Preserve luminance.

    ‘max’

        Preserve max value of RGB triplet.

    ‘avg’

        Preserve average value of RGB triplet.

    ‘sum’

        Preserve sum value of RGB triplet.

    ‘nrm’

        Preserve normalized value of RGB triplet.

    ‘pwr’

        Preserve power value of RGB triplet.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-72>
  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-73>


        30.38.1 Examples

  * Make video output darker:

    colorlevels=rimin=0.058:gimin=0.058:bimin=0.058

  * Increase contrast:

    colorlevels=rimin=0.039:gimin=0.039:bimin=0.039:rimax=0.96:gimax=0.96:bimax=0.96

  * Make video output lighter:

    colorlevels=rimax=0.902:gimax=0.902:bimax=0.902

  * Increase brightness:

    colorlevels=romin=0.5:gomin=0.5:bomin=0.5


        30.38.2 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.39 colormap

Apply custom color maps to video stream.

This filter needs three input video streams. First stream is video
stream that is going to be filtered out. Second and third video stream
specify color patches for source color to target color mapping.

The filter accepts the following options:

patch_size

    Set the source and target video stream patch size in pixels.

nb_patches

    Set the max number of used patches from source and target video
    stream. Default value is number of patches available in additional
    video streams. Max allowed number of patches is |64|.

type

    Set the adjustments used for target colors. Can be |relative| or
    |absolute|. Defaults is |absolute|.

kernel

    Set the kernel used to measure color differences between mapped colors.

    The accepted values are:

    ‘euclidean’
    ‘weuclidean’

    Default is |euclidean|.


      30.40 colormatrix

Convert color matrix.

The filter accepts the following options:

src
dst

    Specify the source and destination color matrix. Both values must be
    specified.

    The accepted values are:

    ‘bt709’

        BT.709

    ‘fcc’

        FCC

    ‘bt601’

        BT.601

    ‘bt470’

        BT.470

    ‘bt470bg’

        BT.470BG

    ‘smpte170m’

        SMPTE-170M

    ‘smpte240m’

        SMPTE-240M

    ‘bt2020’

        BT.2020

For example to convert from BT.601 to SMPTE-240M, use the command:

colormatrix=bt601:smpte240m


      30.41 colorspace

Convert colorspace, transfer characteristics or color primaries. Input
video needs to have an even size.

The filter accepts the following options:

all

    Specify all color properties at once.

    The accepted values are:

    ‘bt470m’

        BT.470M

    ‘bt470bg’

        BT.470BG

    ‘bt601-6-525’

        BT.601-6 525

    ‘bt601-6-625’

        BT.601-6 625

    ‘bt709’

        BT.709

    ‘smpte170m’

        SMPTE-170M

    ‘smpte240m’

        SMPTE-240M

    ‘bt2020’

        BT.2020

space

    Specify output colorspace.

    The accepted values are:

    ‘bt709’

        BT.709

    ‘fcc’

        FCC

    ‘bt470bg’

        BT.470BG or BT.601-6 625

    ‘smpte170m’

        SMPTE-170M or BT.601-6 525

    ‘smpte240m’

        SMPTE-240M

    ‘ycgco’

        YCgCo

    ‘bt2020ncl’

        BT.2020 with non-constant luminance

trc

    Specify output transfer characteristics.

    The accepted values are:

    ‘bt709’

        BT.709

    ‘bt470m’

        BT.470M

    ‘bt470bg’

        BT.470BG

    ‘gamma22’

        Constant gamma of 2.2

    ‘gamma28’

        Constant gamma of 2.8

    ‘smpte170m’

        SMPTE-170M, BT.601-6 625 or BT.601-6 525

    ‘smpte240m’

        SMPTE-240M

    ‘srgb’

        SRGB

    ‘iec61966-2-1’

        iec61966-2-1

    ‘iec61966-2-4’

        iec61966-2-4

    ‘xvycc’

        xvycc

    ‘bt2020-10’

        BT.2020 for 10-bits content

    ‘bt2020-12’

        BT.2020 for 12-bits content

primaries

    Specify output color primaries.

    The accepted values are:

    ‘bt709’

        BT.709

    ‘bt470m’

        BT.470M

    ‘bt470bg’

        BT.470BG or BT.601-6 625

    ‘smpte170m’

        SMPTE-170M or BT.601-6 525

    ‘smpte240m’

        SMPTE-240M

    ‘film’

        film

    ‘smpte431’

        SMPTE-431

    ‘smpte432’

        SMPTE-432

    ‘bt2020’

        BT.2020

    ‘jedec-p22’

        JEDEC P22 phosphors

range

    Specify output color range.

    The accepted values are:

    ‘tv’

        TV (restricted) range

    ‘mpeg’

        MPEG (restricted) range

    ‘pc’

        PC (full) range

    ‘jpeg’

        JPEG (full) range

format

    Specify output color format.

    The accepted values are:

    ‘yuv420p’

        YUV 4:2:0 planar 8-bits

    ‘yuv420p10’

        YUV 4:2:0 planar 10-bits

    ‘yuv420p12’

        YUV 4:2:0 planar 12-bits

    ‘yuv422p’

        YUV 4:2:2 planar 8-bits

    ‘yuv422p10’

        YUV 4:2:2 planar 10-bits

    ‘yuv422p12’

        YUV 4:2:2 planar 12-bits

    ‘yuv444p’

        YUV 4:4:4 planar 8-bits

    ‘yuv444p10’

        YUV 4:4:4 planar 10-bits

    ‘yuv444p12’

        YUV 4:4:4 planar 12-bits

fast

    Do a fast conversion, which skips gamma/primary correction. This
    will take significantly less CPU, but will be mathematically
    incorrect. To get output compatible with that produced by the
    colormatrix filter, use fast=1.

dither

    Specify dithering mode.

    The accepted values are:

    ‘none’

        No dithering

    ‘fsb’

        Floyd-Steinberg dithering

wpadapt

    Whitepoint adaptation mode.

    The accepted values are:

    ‘bradford’

        Bradford whitepoint adaptation

    ‘vonkries’

        von Kries whitepoint adaptation

    ‘identity’

        identity whitepoint adaptation (i.e. no whitepoint adaptation)

iall

    Override all input properties at once. Same accepted values as
    all

    <#all>.

ispace

    Override input colorspace. Same accepted values as
    space

    <#space>.

iprimaries

    Override input color primaries. Same accepted values as
    primaries

    <#primaries>.

itrc

    Override input transfer characteristics. Same accepted values as
    trc

    <#trc>.

irange

    Override input color range. Same accepted values as
    range

    <#range>.

The filter converts the transfer characteristics, color space and color
primaries to the specified user values. The output value, if not
specified, is set to a default value based on the "all" property. If
that property is also not specified, the filter will log an error. The
output color range and format default to the same value as the input
color range and format. The input transfer characteristics, color space,
color primaries and color range should be set on the input data. If any
of these are missing, the filter will log an error and no conversion
will take place.

For example to convert the input to SMPTE-240M, use the command:

colorspace=smpte240m


      30.42 colorspace_cuda

CUDA accelerated implementation of the colorspace filter.

It is by no means feature complete compared to the software colorspace
filter, and at the current time only supports color range conversion
between jpeg/full and mpeg/limited range.

The filter accepts the following options:

range

    Specify output color range.

    The accepted values are:

    ‘tv’

        TV (restricted) range

    ‘mpeg’

        MPEG (restricted) range

    ‘pc’

        PC (full) range

    ‘jpeg’

        JPEG (full) range


      30.43 colortemperature

Adjust color temperature in video to simulate variations in ambient
color temperature.

The filter accepts the following options:

temperature

    Set the temperature in Kelvin. Allowed range is from 1000 to 40000.
    Default value is 6500 K.

mix

    Set mixing with filtered output. Allowed range is from 0 to 1.
    Default value is 1.

pl

    Set the amount of preserving lightness. Allowed range is from 0 to
    1. Default value is 0.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-74>


        30.43.1 Commands

This filter supports same
commands

<#commands> as options.


      30.44 convolution

Apply convolution of 3x3, 5x5, 7x7 or horizontal/vertical up to 49
elements.

The filter accepts the following options:

0m
1m
2m
3m

    Set matrix for each plane. Matrix is sequence of 9, 25 or 49 signed
    integers in square mode, and from 1 to 49 odd number of signed
    integers in row mode.

0rdiv
1rdiv
2rdiv
3rdiv

    Set multiplier for calculated value for each plane. If unset or 0,
    it will be sum of all matrix elements.

0bias
1bias
2bias
3bias

    Set bias for each plane. This value is added to the result of the
    multiplication. Useful for making the overall image brighter or
    darker. Default is 0.0.

0mode
1mode
2mode
3mode

    Set matrix mode for each plane. Can be square, row or column.
    Default is square.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-75>
  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-73>


        30.44.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


        30.44.2 Examples

  * Apply sharpen:

    convolution="0 -1 0 -1 5 -1 0 -1 0:0 -1 0 -1 5 -1 0 -1 0:0 -1 0 -1 5 -1 0 -1 0:0 -1 0 -1 5 -1 0 -1 0"

  * Apply blur:

    convolution="1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1:1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1:1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1:1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1:1/9:1/9:1/9:1/9"

  * Apply edge enhance:

    convolution="0 0 0 -1 1 0 0 0 0:0 0 0 -1 1 0 0 0 0:0 0 0 -1 1 0 0 0 0:0 0 0 -1 1 0 0 0 0:5:1:1:1:0:128:128:128"

  * Apply edge detect:

    convolution="0 1 0 1 -4 1 0 1 0:0 1 0 1 -4 1 0 1 0:0 1 0 1 -4 1 0 1 0:0 1 0 1 -4 1 0 1 0:5:5:5:1:0:128:128:128"

  * Apply laplacian edge detector which includes diagonals:

    convolution="1 1 1 1 -8 1 1 1 1:1 1 1 1 -8 1 1 1 1:1 1 1 1 -8 1 1 1 1:1 1 1 1 -8 1 1 1 1:5:5:5:1:0:128:128:0"

  * Apply emboss:

    convolution="-2 -1 0 -1 1 1 0 1 2:-2 -1 0 -1 1 1 0 1 2:-2 -1 0 -1 1 1 0 1 2:-2 -1 0 -1 1 1 0 1 2"


      30.45 convolve

Apply 2D convolution of video stream in frequency domain using second
stream as impulse.

The filter accepts the following options:

planes

    Set which planes to process.

impulse

    Set which impulse video frames will be processed, can be first or
    all. Default is all.

The |convolve| filter also supports the
framesync

<#framesync> options.


      30.46 copy

Copy the input video source unchanged to the output. This is mainly
useful for testing purposes.


      30.47 coreimage

Video filtering on GPU using Apple’s CoreImage API on OSX.

Hardware acceleration is based on an OpenGL context. Usually, this means
it is processed by video hardware. However, software-based OpenGL
implementations exist which means there is no guarantee for hardware
processing. It depends on the respective OSX.

There are many filters and image generators provided by Apple that come
with a large variety of options. The filter has to be referenced by its
name along with its options.

The coreimage filter accepts the following options:

list_filters

    List all available filters and generators along with all their
    respective options as well as possible minimum and maximum values
    along with the default values.

    list_filters=true

filter

    Specify all filters by their respective name and options. Use
    list_filters to determine all valid filter names and options.
    Numerical options are specified by a float value and are
    automatically clamped to their respective value range. Vector and
    color options have to be specified by a list of space separated
    float values. Character escaping has to be done. A special option
    name |default| is available to use default options for a filter.

    It is required to specify either |default| or at least one of the
    filter options. All omitted options are used with their default
    values. The syntax of the filter string is as follows:

    filter=<NAME>@<OPTION>=<VALUE>[@<OPTION>=<VALUE>][@...][#<NAME>@<OPTION>=<VALUE>[@<OPTION>=<VALUE>][@...]][#...]

output_rect

    Specify a rectangle where the output of the filter chain is copied
    into the input image. It is given by a list of space separated float
    values:

    output_rect=x\ y\ width\ height

    If not given, the output rectangle equals the dimensions of the
    input image. The output rectangle is automatically cropped at the
    borders of the input image. Negative values are valid for each
    component.

    output_rect=25\ 25\ 100\ 100

Several filters can be chained for successive processing without
GPU-HOST transfers allowing for fast processing of complex filter
chains. Currently, only filters with zero (generators) or exactly one
(filters) input image and one output image are supported. Also,
transition filters are not yet usable as intended.

Some filters generate output images with additional padding depending on
the respective filter kernel. The padding is automatically removed to
ensure the filter output has the same size as the input image.

For image generators, the size of the output image is determined by the
previous output image of the filter chain or the input image of the
whole filterchain, respectively. The generators do not use the pixel
information of this image to generate their output. However, the
generated output is blended onto this image, resulting in partial or
complete coverage of the output image.

The
coreimagesrc

<#coreimagesrc> video source can be used for generating input images
which are directly fed into the filter chain. By using it, providing
input images by another video source or an input video is not required.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-74>


        30.47.1 Examples

  * List all filters available:

    coreimage=list_filters=true

  * Use the CIBoxBlur filter with default options to blur an image:

    coreimage=filter=CIBoxBlur@default

  * Use a filter chain with CISepiaTone at default values and
    CIVignetteEffect with its center at 100x100 and a radius of 50 pixels:

    coreimage=filter=CIBoxBlur@default#CIVignetteEffect@inputCenter=100\ 100@inputRadius=50

  * Use nullsrc and CIQRCodeGenerator to create a QR code for the FFmpeg
    homepage, given as complete and escaped command-line for Apple’s
    standard bash shell:

    ffmpeg -f lavfi -i nullsrc=s=100x100,coreimage=filter=CIQRCodeGenerator@inputMessage=https\\\\\://FFmpeg.org/@inputCorrectionLevel=H -frames:v 1 QRCode.png


      30.48 corr

Obtain the correlation between two input videos.

This filter takes two input videos.

Both input videos must have the same resolution and pixel format for
this filter to work correctly. Also it assumes that both inputs have the
same number of frames, which are compared one by one.

The obtained per component, average, min and max correlation is printed
through the logging system.

The filter stores the calculated correlation of each frame in frame
metadata.

This filter also supports the
framesync

<#framesync> options.

In the below example the input file main.mpg being processed is compared
with the reference file ref.mpg.

ffmpeg -i main.mpg -i ref.mpg -lavfi corr -f null -


      30.49 cover_rect

Cover a rectangular object

It accepts the following options:

cover

    Filepath of the optional cover image, needs to be in yuv420.

mode

    Set covering mode.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘cover’

        cover it by the supplied image

    ‘blur’

        cover it by interpolating the surrounding pixels

    Default value is blur.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-75>


        30.49.1 Examples

  * Cover a rectangular object by the supplied image of a given video
    using |ffmpeg|:

    ffmpeg -i file.ts -vf find_rect=newref.pgm,cover_rect=cover.jpg:mode=cover new.mkv


      30.50 crop

Crop the input video to given dimensions.

It accepts the following parameters:

w, out_w

    The width of the output video. It defaults to |iw|. This expression
    is evaluated only once during the filter configuration, or when the
    ‘w’ or ‘out_w’ command is sent.

h, out_h

    The height of the output video. It defaults to |ih|. This expression
    is evaluated only once during the filter configuration, or when the
    ‘h’ or ‘out_h’ command is sent.

x

    The horizontal position, in the input video, of the left edge of the
    output video. It defaults to |(in_w-out_w)/2|. This expression is
    evaluated per-frame.

y

    The vertical position, in the input video, of the top edge of the
    output video. It defaults to |(in_h-out_h)/2|. This expression is
    evaluated per-frame.

keep_aspect

    If set to 1 will force the output display aspect ratio to be the
    same of the input, by changing the output sample aspect ratio. It
    defaults to 0.

exact

    Enable exact cropping. If enabled, subsampled videos will be cropped
    at exact width/height/x/y as specified and will not be rounded to
    nearest smaller value. It defaults to 0.

The out_w, out_h, x, y parameters are expressions containing the
following constants:

x
y

    The computed values for x and y. They are evaluated for each new frame.

in_w
in_h

    The input width and height.

iw
ih

    These are the same as in_w and in_h.

out_w
out_h

    The output (cropped) width and height.

ow
oh

    These are the same as out_w and out_h.

a

    same as iw / ih

sar

    input sample aspect ratio

dar

    input display aspect ratio, it is the same as (iw / ih) * sar

hsub
vsub

    horizontal and vertical chroma subsample values. For example for the
    pixel format "yuv422p" hsub is 2 and vsub is 1.

n

    The number of the input frame, starting from 0.

pos

    the position in the file of the input frame, NAN if unknown;
    deprecated, do not use

t

    The timestamp expressed in seconds. It’s NAN if the input timestamp
    is unknown.

The expression for out_w may depend on the value of out_h, and the
expression for out_h may depend on out_w, but they cannot depend on x
and y, as x and y are evaluated after out_w and out_h.

The x and y parameters specify the expressions for the position of the
top-left corner of the output (non-cropped) area. They are evaluated for
each frame. If the evaluated value is not valid, it is approximated to
the nearest valid value.

The expression for x may depend on y, and the expression for y may
depend on x.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-76>
  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-76>


        30.50.1 Examples

  * Crop area with size 100x100 at position (12,34).

    crop=100:100:12:34

    Using named options, the example above becomes:

    crop=w=100:h=100:x=12:y=34

  * Crop the central input area with size 100x100:

    crop=100:100

  * Crop the central input area with size 2/3 of the input video:

    crop=2/3*in_w:2/3*in_h

  * Crop the input video central square:

    crop=out_w=in_h
    crop=in_h

  * Delimit the rectangle with the top-left corner placed at position
    100:100 and the right-bottom corner corresponding to the
    right-bottom corner of the input image.

    crop=in_w-100:in_h-100:100:100

  * Crop 10 pixels from the left and right borders, and 20 pixels from
    the top and bottom borders

    crop=in_w-2*10:in_h-2*20

  * Keep only the bottom right quarter of the input image:

    crop=in_w/2:in_h/2:in_w/2:in_h/2

  * Crop height for getting Greek harmony:

    crop=in_w:1/PHI*in_w

  * Apply trembling effect:

    crop=in_w/2:in_h/2:(in_w-out_w)/2+((in_w-out_w)/2)*sin(n/10):(in_h-out_h)/2 +((in_h-out_h)/2)*sin(n/7)

  * Apply erratic camera effect depending on timestamp:

    crop=in_w/2:in_h/2:(in_w-out_w)/2+((in_w-out_w)/2)*sin(t*10):(in_h-out_h)/2 +((in_h-out_h)/2)*sin(t*13)

  * Set x depending on the value of y:

    crop=in_w/2:in_h/2:y:10+10*sin(n/10)


        30.50.2 Commands

This filter supports the following commands:

w, out_w
h, out_h
x
y

    Set width/height of the output video and the horizontal/vertical
    position in the input video. The command accepts the same syntax of
    the corresponding option.

    If the specified expression is not valid, it is kept at its current
    value.


      30.51 cropdetect

Auto-detect the crop size.

It calculates the necessary cropping parameters and prints the
recommended parameters via the logging system. The detected dimensions
correspond to the non-black or video area of the input video according
to mode.

It accepts the following parameters:

mode

    Depending on mode crop detection is based on either the mere black
    value of surrounding pixels or a combination of motion vectors and
    edge pixels.

    ‘black’

        Detect black pixels surrounding the playing video. For fine
        control use option limit.

    ‘mvedges’

        Detect the playing video by the motion vectors inside the video
        and scanning for edge pixels typically forming the border of a
        playing video.

limit

    Set higher black value threshold, which can be optionally specified
    from nothing (0) to everything (255 for 8-bit based formats). An
    intensity value greater to the set value is considered non-black. It
    defaults to 24. You can also specify a value between 0.0 and 1.0
    which will be scaled depending on the bitdepth of the pixel format.

round

    The value which the width/height should be divisible by. It defaults
    to 16. The offset is automatically adjusted to center the video. Use
    2 to get only even dimensions (needed for 4:2:2 video). 16 is best
    when encoding to most video codecs.

skip

    Set the number of initial frames for which evaluation is skipped.
    Default is 2. Range is 0 to INT_MAX.

reset_count, reset

    Set the counter that determines after how many frames cropdetect
    will reset the previously detected largest video area and start over
    to detect the current optimal crop area. Default value is 0.

    This can be useful when channel logos distort the video area. 0
    indicates ’never reset’, and returns the largest area encountered
    during playback.

mv_threshold

    Set motion in pixel units as threshold for motion detection. It
    defaults to 8.

low
high

    Set low and high threshold values used by the Canny thresholding
    algorithm.

    The high threshold selects the "strong" edge pixels, which are then
    connected through 8-connectivity with the "weak" edge pixels
    selected by the low threshold.

    low and high threshold values must be chosen in the range [0,1], and
    low should be lesser or equal to high.

    Default value for low is |5/255|, and default value for high is
    |15/255|.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-77>
  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-77>


        30.51.1 Examples

  * Find video area surrounded by black borders:

    ffmpeg -i file.mp4 -vf cropdetect,metadata=mode=print -f null -

  * Find an embedded video area, generate motion vectors beforehand:

    ffmpeg -i file.mp4 -vf mestimate,cropdetect=mode=mvedges,metadata=mode=print -f null -

  * Find an embedded video area, use motion vectors from decoder:

    ffmpeg -flags2 +export_mvs -i file.mp4 -vf cropdetect=mode=mvedges,metadata=mode=print -f null -


        30.51.2 Commands

This filter supports the following commands:

limit

    The command accepts the same syntax of the corresponding option. If
    the specified expression is not valid, it is kept at its current value.


      30.52 cue

Delay video filtering until a given wallclock timestamp. The filter
first passes on preroll amount of frames, then it buffers at most buffer
amount of frames and waits for the cue. After reaching the cue it
forwards the buffered frames and also any subsequent frames coming in
its input.

The filter can be used synchronize the output of multiple ffmpeg
processes for realtime output devices like decklink. By putting the
delay in the filtering chain and pre-buffering frames the process can
pass on data to output almost immediately after the target wallclock
timestamp is reached.

Perfect frame accuracy cannot be guaranteed, but the result is good
enough for some use cases.

cue

    The cue timestamp expressed in a UNIX timestamp in microseconds.
    Default is 0.

preroll

    The duration of content to pass on as preroll expressed in seconds.
    Default is 0.

buffer

    The maximum duration of content to buffer before waiting for the cue
    expressed in seconds. Default is 0.


      30.53 curves

Apply color adjustments using curves.

This filter is similar to the Adobe Photoshop and GIMP curves tools.
Each component (red, green and blue) has its values defined by N key
points tied from each other using a smooth curve. The x-axis represents
the pixel values from the input frame, and the y-axis the new pixel
values to be set for the output frame.

By default, a component curve is defined by the two points (0;0) and
(1;1). This creates a straight line where each original pixel value is
"adjusted" to its own value, which means no change to the image.

The filter allows you to redefine these two points and add some more. A
new curve will be define to pass smoothly through all these new
coordinates. The new defined points needs to be strictly increasing over
the x-axis, and their x and y values must be in the [0;1] interval. The
curve is formed by using a natural or monotonic cubic spline
interpolation, depending on the interp option (default: |natural|). The
|natural| spline produces a smoother curve in general while the
monotonic (|pchip|) spline guarantees the transitions between the
specified points to be monotonic. If the computed curves happened to go
outside the vector spaces, the values will be clipped accordingly.

The filter accepts the following options:

preset

    Select one of the available color presets. This option can be used
    in addition to the r, g, b parameters; in this case, the later
    options takes priority on the preset values. Available presets are:

    ‘none’
    ‘color_negative’
    ‘cross_process’
    ‘darker’
    ‘increase_contrast’
    ‘lighter’
    ‘linear_contrast’
    ‘medium_contrast’
    ‘negative’
    ‘strong_contrast’
    ‘vintage’

    Default is |none|.

master, m

    Set the master key points. These points will define a second pass
    mapping. It is sometimes called a "luminance" or "value" mapping. It
    can be used with r, g, b or all since it acts like a post-processing
    LUT.

red, r

    Set the key points for the red component.

green, g

    Set the key points for the green component.

blue, b

    Set the key points for the blue component.

all

    Set the key points for all components (not including master). Can be
    used in addition to the other key points component options. In this
    case, the unset component(s) will fallback on this all setting.

psfile

    Specify a Photoshop curves file (|.acv|) to import the settings from.

plot

    Save Gnuplot script of the curves in specified file.

interp

    Specify the kind of interpolation. Available algorithms are:

    ‘natural’

        Natural cubic spline using a piece-wise cubic polynomial that is
        twice continuously differentiable.

    ‘pchip’

        Monotonic cubic spline using a piecewise cubic Hermite
        interpolating polynomial (PCHIP).

To avoid some filtergraph syntax conflicts, each key points list need to
be defined using the following syntax: |x0/y0 x1/y1 x2/y2 ...|.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-78>
  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-78>


        30.53.1 Commands

This filter supports same
commands

<#commands> as options.


        30.53.2 Examples

  * Increase slightly the middle level of blue:

    curves=blue='0/0 0.5/0.58 1/1'

  * Vintage effect:

    curves=r='0/0.11 .42/.51 1/0.95':g='0/0 0.50/0.48 1/1':b='0/0.22 .49/.44 1/0.8'

    Here we obtain the following coordinates for each components:

    red

        |(0;0.11) (0.42;0.51) (1;0.95)|

    green

        |(0;0) (0.50;0.48) (1;1)|

    blue

        |(0;0.22) (0.49;0.44) (1;0.80)|

  * The previous example can also be achieved with the associated
    built-in preset:

    curves=preset=vintage

  * Or simply:

    curves=vintage

  * Use a Photoshop preset and redefine the points of the green component:

    curves=psfile='MyCurvesPresets/purple.acv':green='0/0 0.45/0.53 1/1'

  * Check out the curves of the |cross_process| profile using |ffmpeg|
    and |gnuplot|:

    ffmpeg -f lavfi -i color -vf curves=cross_process:plot=/tmp/curves.plt -frames:v 1 -f null -
    gnuplot -p /tmp/curves.plt


      30.54 datascope

Video data analysis filter.

This filter shows hexadecimal pixel values of part of video.

The filter accepts the following options:

size, s

    Set output video size.

x

    Set x offset from where to pick pixels.

y

    Set y offset from where to pick pixels.

mode

    Set scope mode, can be one of the following:

    ‘mono’

        Draw hexadecimal pixel values with white color on black background.

    ‘color’

        Draw hexadecimal pixel values with input video pixel color on
        black background.

    ‘color2’

        Draw hexadecimal pixel values on color background picked from
        input video, the text color is picked in such way so its always
        visible.

axis

    Draw rows and columns numbers on left and top of video.

opacity

    Set background opacity.

format

    Set display number format. Can be |hex|, or |dec|. Default is |hex|.

components

    Set pixel components to display. By default all pixel components are
    displayed.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-79>


        30.54.1 Commands

This filter supports same
commands

<#commands> as options excluding |size| option.


      30.55 dblur

Apply Directional blur filter.

The filter accepts the following options:

angle

    Set angle of directional blur. Default is |45|.

radius

    Set radius of directional blur. Default is |5|.

planes

    Set which planes to filter. By default all planes are filtered.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-80>


        30.55.1 Commands

This filter supports same
commands

<#commands> as options. The command accepts the same syntax of the
corresponding option.

If the specified expression is not valid, it is kept at its current value.


      30.56 dctdnoiz

Denoise frames using 2D DCT (frequency domain filtering).

This filter is not designed for real time.

The filter accepts the following options:

sigma, s

    Set the noise sigma constant.

    This sigma defines a hard threshold of |3 * sigma|; every DCT
    coefficient (absolute value) below this threshold with be dropped.

    If you need a more advanced filtering, see expr.

    Default is |0|.

overlap

    Set number overlapping pixels for each block. Since the filter can
    be slow, you may want to reduce this value, at the cost of a less
    effective filter and the risk of various artefacts.

    If the overlapping value doesn’t permit processing the whole input
    width or height, a warning will be displayed and according borders
    won’t be denoised.

    Default value is blocksize-1, which is the best possible setting.

expr, e

    Set the coefficient factor expression.

    For each coefficient of a DCT block, this expression will be
    evaluated as a multiplier value for the coefficient.

    If this is option is set, the sigma option will be ignored.

    The absolute value of the coefficient can be accessed through the c
    variable.

n

    Set the blocksize using the number of bits. |1<<n| defines the
    blocksize, which is the width and height of the processed blocks.

    The default value is 3 (8x8) and can be raised to 4 for a blocksize
    of 16x16. Note that changing this setting has huge consequences on
    the speed processing. Also, a larger block size does not necessarily
    means a better de-noising.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-79>


        30.56.1 Examples

Apply a denoise with a sigma of |4.5|:

dctdnoiz=4.5

The same operation can be achieved using the expression system:

dctdnoiz=e='gte(c, 4.5*3)'

Violent denoise using a block size of |16x16|:

dctdnoiz=15:n=4


      30.57 deband

Remove banding artifacts from input video. It works by replacing banded
pixels with average value of referenced pixels.

The filter accepts the following options:

1thr
2thr
3thr
4thr

    Set banding detection threshold for each plane. Default is 0.02.
    Valid range is 0.00003 to 0.5. If difference between current pixel
    and reference pixel is less than threshold, it will be considered as
    banded.

range, r

    Banding detection range in pixels. Default is 16. If positive,
    random number in range 0 to set value will be used. If negative,
    exact absolute value will be used. The range defines square of four
    pixels around current pixel.

direction, d

    Set direction in radians from which four pixel will be compared. If
    positive, random direction from 0 to set direction will be picked.
    If negative, exact of absolute value will be picked. For example
    direction 0, -PI or -2*PI radians will pick only pixels on same row
    and -PI/2 will pick only pixels on same column.

blur, b

    If enabled, current pixel is compared with average value of all four
    surrounding pixels. The default is enabled. If disabled current
    pixel is compared with all four surrounding pixels. The pixel is
    considered banded if only all four differences with surrounding
    pixels are less than threshold.

coupling, c

    If enabled, current pixel is changed if and only if all pixel
    components are banded, e.g. banding detection threshold is triggered
    for all color components. The default is disabled.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-81>


        30.57.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.58 deblock

Remove blocking artifacts from input video.

The filter accepts the following options:

filter

    Set filter type, can be weak or strong. Default is strong. This
    controls what kind of deblocking is applied.

block

    Set size of block, allowed range is from 4 to 512. Default is 8.

alpha
beta
gamma
delta

    Set blocking detection thresholds. Allowed range is 0 to 1. Defaults
    are: 0.098 for alpha and 0.05 for the rest. Using higher threshold
    gives more deblocking strength. Setting alpha controls threshold
    detection at exact edge of block. Remaining options controls
    threshold detection near the edge. Each one for below/above or
    left/right. Setting any of those to 0 disables deblocking.

planes

    Set planes to filter. Default is to filter all available planes.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-80>
  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-82>


        30.58.1 Examples

  * Deblock using weak filter and block size of 4 pixels.

    deblock=filter=weak:block=4

  * Deblock using strong filter, block size of 4 pixels and custom
    thresholds for deblocking more edges.

    deblock=filter=strong:block=4:alpha=0.12:beta=0.07:gamma=0.06:delta=0.05

  * Similar as above, but filter only first plane.

    deblock=filter=strong:block=4:alpha=0.12:beta=0.07:gamma=0.06:delta=0.05:planes=1

  * Similar as above, but filter only second and third plane.

    deblock=filter=strong:block=4:alpha=0.12:beta=0.07:gamma=0.06:delta=0.05:planes=6


        30.58.2 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.59 decimate

Drop duplicated frames at regular intervals.

The filter accepts the following options:

cycle

    Set the number of frames from which one will be dropped. Setting
    this to N means one frame in every batch of N frames will be
    dropped. Default is |5|.

dupthresh

    Set the threshold for duplicate detection. If the difference metric
    for a frame is less than or equal to this value, then it is declared
    as duplicate. Default is |1.1|

scthresh

    Set scene change threshold. Default is |15|.

blockx
blocky

    Set the size of the x and y-axis blocks used during metric
    calculations. Larger blocks give better noise suppression, but also
    give worse detection of small movements. Must be a power of two.
    Default is |32|.

ppsrc

    Mark main input as a pre-processed input and activate clean source
    input stream. This allows the input to be pre-processed with various
    filters to help the metrics calculation while keeping the frame
    selection lossless. When set to |1|, the first stream is for the
    pre-processed input, and the second stream is the clean source from
    where the kept frames are chosen. Default is |0|.

chroma

    Set whether or not chroma is considered in the metric calculations.
    Default is |1|.

mixed

    Set whether or not the input only partially contains content to be
    decimated. Default is |false|. If enabled video output stream will
    be in variable frame rate.


      30.60 deconvolve

Apply 2D deconvolution of video stream in frequency domain using second
stream as impulse.

The filter accepts the following options:

planes

    Set which planes to process.

impulse

    Set which impulse video frames will be processed, can be first or
    all. Default is all.

noise

    Set noise when doing divisions. Default is 0.0000001. Useful when
    width and height are not same and not power of 2 or if stream prior
    to convolving had noise.

The |deconvolve| filter also supports the
framesync

<#framesync> options.


      30.61 dedot

Reduce cross-luminance (dot-crawl) and cross-color (rainbows) from video.

It accepts the following options:

m

    Set mode of operation. Can be combination of dotcrawl for
    cross-luminance reduction and/or rainbows for cross-color reduction.

lt

    Set spatial luma threshold. Lower values increases reduction of
    cross-luminance.

tl

    Set tolerance for temporal luma. Higher values increases reduction
    of cross-luminance.

tc

    Set tolerance for chroma temporal variation. Higher values increases
    reduction of cross-color.

ct

    Set temporal chroma threshold. Lower values increases reduction of
    cross-color.


      30.62 deflate

Apply deflate effect to the video.

This filter replaces the pixel by the local(3x3) average by taking into
account only values lower than the pixel.

It accepts the following options:

threshold0
threshold1
threshold2
threshold3

    Limit the maximum change for each plane, default is 65535. If 0,
    plane will remain unchanged.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-83>


        30.62.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.63 deflicker

Remove temporal frame luminance variations.

It accepts the following options:

size, s

    Set moving-average filter size in frames. Default is 5. Allowed
    range is 2 - 129.

mode, m

    Set averaging mode to smooth temporal luminance variations.

    Available values are:

    ‘am’

        Arithmetic mean

    ‘gm’

        Geometric mean

    ‘hm’

        Harmonic mean

    ‘qm’

        Quadratic mean

    ‘cm’

        Cubic mean

    ‘pm’

        Power mean

    ‘median’

        Median

bypass

    Do not actually modify frame. Useful when one only wants metadata.


      30.64 dejudder

Remove judder produced by partially interlaced telecined content.

Judder can be introduced, for instance, by
pullup

<#pullup> filter. If the original source was partially telecined content
then the output of |pullup,dejudder| will have a variable frame rate.
May change the recorded frame rate of the container. Aside from that
change, this filter will not affect constant frame rate video.

The option available in this filter is:

cycle

    Specify the length of the window over which the judder repeats.

    Accepts any integer greater than 1. Useful values are:

    ‘4’

        If the original was telecined from 24 to 30 fps (Film to NTSC).

    ‘5’

        If the original was telecined from 25 to 30 fps (PAL to NTSC).

    ‘20’

        If a mixture of the two.

    The default is ‘4’.


      30.65 delogo

Suppress a TV station logo by a simple interpolation of the surrounding
pixels. Just set a rectangle covering the logo and watch it disappear
(and sometimes something even uglier appear - your mileage may vary).

It accepts the following parameters:

x
y

    Specify the top left corner coordinates of the logo. They must be
    specified.

w
h

    Specify the width and height of the logo to clear. They must be
    specified.

show

    When set to 1, a green rectangle is drawn on the screen to simplify
    finding the right x, y, w, and h parameters. The default value is 0.

    The rectangle is drawn on the outermost pixels which will be
    (partly) replaced with interpolated values. The values of the next
    pixels immediately outside this rectangle in each direction will be
    used to compute the interpolated pixel values inside the rectangle.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-81>


        30.65.1 Examples

  * Set a rectangle covering the area with top left corner coordinates
    0,0 and size 100x77:

    delogo=x=0:y=0:w=100:h=77


      30.66 derain

Remove the rain in the input image/video by applying the derain methods
based on convolutional neural networks. Supported models:

  * Recurrent Squeeze-and-Excitation Context Aggregation Net (RESCAN). See
    http://openaccess.thecvf.com/content_ECCV_2018/papers/Xia_Li_Recurrent_Squeeze-and-Excitation_Context_ECCV_2018_paper.pdf

    . 

Training as well as model generation scripts are provided in the
repository at
https://github.com/XueweiMeng/derain_filter.git

.

The filter accepts the following options:

filter_type

    Specify which filter to use. This option accepts the following values:

    ‘derain’

        Derain filter. To conduct derain filter, you need to use a
        derain model.

    ‘dehaze’

        Dehaze filter. To conduct dehaze filter, you need to use a
        dehaze model.

    Default value is ‘derain’.

dnn_backend

    Specify which DNN backend to use for model loading and execution.
    This option accepts the following values:

    ‘tensorflow’

        TensorFlow backend. To enable this backend you need to install
        the TensorFlow for C library (see
        https://www.tensorflow.org/install/lang_c

        ) and configure FFmpeg with |--enable-libtensorflow|

model

    Set path to model file specifying network architecture and its
    parameters. Note that different backends use different file formats.
    TensorFlow can load files for only its format.

To get full functionality (such as async execution), please use the
dnn_processing

<#dnn_005fprocessing> filter.


      30.67 deshake

Attempt to fix small changes in horizontal and/or vertical shift. This
filter helps remove camera shake from hand-holding a camera, bumping a
tripod, moving on a vehicle, etc.

The filter accepts the following options:

x
y
w
h

    Specify a rectangular area where to limit the search for motion
    vectors. If desired the search for motion vectors can be limited to
    a rectangular area of the frame defined by its top left corner,
    width and height. These parameters have the same meaning as the
    drawbox filter which can be used to visualise the position of the
    bounding box.

    This is useful when simultaneous movement of subjects within the
    frame might be confused for camera motion by the motion vector search.

    If any or all of x, y, w and h are set to -1 then the full frame is
    used. This allows later options to be set without specifying the
    bounding box for the motion vector search.

    Default - search the whole frame.

rx
ry

    Specify the maximum extent of movement in x and y directions in the
    range 0-64 pixels. Default 16.

edge

    Specify how to generate pixels to fill blanks at the edge of the
    frame. Available values are:

    ‘blank, 0’

        Fill zeroes at blank locations

    ‘original, 1’

        Original image at blank locations

    ‘clamp, 2’

        Extruded edge value at blank locations

    ‘mirror, 3’

        Mirrored edge at blank locations

    Default value is ‘mirror’.

blocksize

    Specify the blocksize to use for motion search. Range 4-128 pixels,
    default 8.

contrast

    Specify the contrast threshold for blocks. Only blocks with more
    than the specified contrast (difference between darkest and lightest
    pixels) will be considered. Range 1-255, default 125.

search

    Specify the search strategy. Available values are:

    ‘exhaustive, 0’

        Set exhaustive search

    ‘less, 1’

        Set less exhaustive search.

    Default value is ‘exhaustive’.

filename

    If set then a detailed log of the motion search is written to the
    specified file.


      30.68 despill

Remove unwanted contamination of foreground colors, caused by reflected
color of greenscreen or bluescreen.

This filter accepts the following options:

type

    Set what type of despill to use.

mix

    Set how spillmap will be generated.

expand

    Set how much to get rid of still remaining spill.

red

    Controls amount of red in spill area.

green

    Controls amount of green in spill area. Should be -1 for greenscreen.

blue

    Controls amount of blue in spill area. Should be -1 for bluescreen.

brightness

    Controls brightness of spill area, preserving colors.

alpha

    Modify alpha from generated spillmap.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-84>


        30.68.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.69 detelecine

Apply an exact inverse of the telecine operation. It requires a
predefined pattern specified using the pattern option which must be the
same as that passed to the telecine filter.

This filter accepts the following options:

first_field

    ‘top, t’

        top field first

    ‘bottom, b’

        bottom field first The default value is |top|.

pattern

    A string of numbers representing the pulldown pattern you wish to
    apply. The default value is |23|.

start_frame

    A number representing position of the first frame with respect to
    the telecine pattern. This is to be used if the stream is cut. The
    default value is |0|.


      30.70 dilation

Apply dilation effect to the video.

This filter replaces the pixel by the local(3x3) maximum.

It accepts the following options:

threshold0
threshold1
threshold2
threshold3

    Limit the maximum change for each plane, default is 65535. If 0,
    plane will remain unchanged.

coordinates

    Flag which specifies the pixel to refer to. Default is 255 i.e. all
    eight pixels are used.

    Flags to local 3x3 coordinates maps like this:

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-85>


        30.70.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.71 displace

Displace pixels as indicated by second and third input stream.

It takes three input streams and outputs one stream, the first input is
the source, and second and third input are displacement maps.

The second input specifies how much to displace pixels along the x-axis,
while the third input specifies how much to displace pixels along the
y-axis. If one of displacement map streams terminates, last frame from
that displacement map will be used.

Note that once generated, displacements maps can be reused over and over
again.

A description of the accepted options follows.

edge

    Set displace behavior for pixels that are out of range.

    Available values are:

    ‘blank’

        Missing pixels are replaced by black pixels.

    ‘smear’

        Adjacent pixels will spread out to replace missing pixels.

    ‘wrap’

        Out of range pixels are wrapped so they point to pixels of other
        side.

    ‘mirror’

        Out of range pixels will be replaced with mirrored pixels.

    Default is ‘smear’.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-82>


        30.71.1 Examples

  * Add ripple effect to rgb input of video size hd720:

    ffmpeg -i INPUT -f lavfi -i nullsrc=s=hd720,lutrgb=128:128:128 -f lavfi -i nullsrc=s=hd720,geq='r=128+30*sin(2*PI*X/400+T):g=128+30*sin(2*PI*X/400+T):b=128+30*sin(2*PI*X/400+T)' -lavfi '[0][1][2]displace' OUTPUT

  * Add wave effect to rgb input of video size hd720:

    ffmpeg -i INPUT -f lavfi -i nullsrc=hd720,geq='r=128+80*(sin(sqrt((X-W/2)*(X-W/2)+(Y-H/2)*(Y-H/2))/220*2*PI+T)):g=128+80*(sin(sqrt((X-W/2)*(X-W/2)+(Y-H/2)*(Y-H/2))/220*2*PI+T)):b=128+80*(sin(sqrt((X-W/2)*(X-W/2)+(Y-H/2)*(Y-H/2))/220*2*PI+T))' -lavfi '[1]split[x][y],[0][x][y]displace' OUTPUT


      30.72 dnn_classify

Do classification with deep neural networks based on bounding boxes.

The filter accepts the following options:

dnn_backend

    Specify which DNN backend to use for model loading and execution.
    This option accepts only openvino now, tensorflow backends will be
    added.

model

    Set path to model file specifying network architecture and its
    parameters. Note that different backends use different file formats.

input

    Set the input name of the dnn network.

output

    Set the output name of the dnn network.

confidence

    Set the confidence threshold (default: 0.5).

labels

    Set path to label file specifying the mapping between label id and
    name. Each label name is written in one line, tailing spaces and
    empty lines are skipped. The first line is the name of label id 0,
    and the second line is the name of label id 1, etc. The label id is
    considered as name if the label file is not provided.

backend_configs

    Set the configs to be passed into backend

    For tensorflow backend, you can set its configs with sess_config
    options, please use tools/python/tf_sess_config.py to get the
    configs for your system.


      30.73 dnn_detect

Do object detection with deep neural networks.

The filter accepts the following options:

dnn_backend

    Specify which DNN backend to use for model loading and execution.
    This option accepts only openvino now, tensorflow backends will be
    added.

model

    Set path to model file specifying network architecture and its
    parameters. Note that different backends use different file formats.

input

    Set the input name of the dnn network.

output

    Set the output name of the dnn network.

confidence

    Set the confidence threshold (default: 0.5).

labels

    Set path to label file specifying the mapping between label id and
    name. Each label name is written in one line, tailing spaces and
    empty lines are skipped. The first line is the name of label id 0
    (usually it is ’background’), and the second line is the name of
    label id 1, etc. The label id is considered as name if the label
    file is not provided.

backend_configs

    Set the configs to be passed into backend. To use async execution,
    set async (default: set). Roll back to sync execution if the backend
    does not support async.


      30.74 dnn_processing

Do image processing with deep neural networks. It works together with
another filter which converts the pixel format of the Frame to what the
dnn network requires.

The filter accepts the following options:

dnn_backend

    Specify which DNN backend to use for model loading and execution.
    This option accepts the following values:

    ‘tensorflow’

        TensorFlow backend. To enable this backend you need to install
        the TensorFlow for C library (see
        https://www.tensorflow.org/install/lang_c

        ) and configure FFmpeg with |--enable-libtensorflow|

    ‘openvino’

        OpenVINO backend. To enable this backend you need to build and
        install the OpenVINO for C library (see
        https://github.com/openvinotoolkit/openvino/blob/master/build-instruction.md

        ) and configure FFmpeg with |--enable-libopenvino|
        (–extra-cflags=-I... –extra-ldflags=-L... might be needed if the
        header files and libraries are not installed into system path)

model

    Set path to model file specifying network architecture and its
    parameters. Note that different backends use different file formats.
    TensorFlow, OpenVINO backend can load files for only its format.

input

    Set the input name of the dnn network.

output

    Set the output name of the dnn network.

backend_configs

    Set the configs to be passed into backend. To use async execution,
    set async (default: set). Roll back to sync execution if the backend
    does not support async.

    For tensorflow backend, you can set its configs with sess_config
    options, please use tools/python/tf_sess_config.py to get the
    configs of TensorFlow backend for your system.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-83>


        30.74.1 Examples

  * Remove rain in rgb24 frame with can.pb (see
    derain

    <#derain> filter):

    ./ffmpeg -i rain.jpg -vf format=rgb24,dnn_processing=dnn_backend=tensorflow:model=can.pb:input=x:output=y derain.jpg

  * Handle the Y channel with srcnn.pb (see
    sr

    <#sr> filter) for frame with yuv420p (planar YUV formats supported):

    ./ffmpeg -i 480p.jpg -vf format=yuv420p,scale=w=iw*2:h=ih*2,dnn_processing=dnn_backend=tensorflow:model=srcnn.pb:input=x:output=y -y srcnn.jpg

  * Handle the Y channel with espcn.pb (see
    sr

    <#sr> filter), which changes frame size, for format yuv420p (planar
    YUV formats supported), please use tools/python/tf_sess_config.py to
    get the configs of TensorFlow backend for your system.

    ./ffmpeg -i 480p.jpg -vf format=yuv420p,dnn_processing=dnn_backend=tensorflow:model=espcn.pb:input=x:output=y:backend_configs=sess_config=0x10022805320e09cdccccccccccec3f20012a01303801 -y tmp.espcn.jpg


      30.75 drawbox

Draw a colored box on the input image.

It accepts the following parameters:

x
y

    The expressions which specify the top left corner coordinates of the
    box. It defaults to 0.

width, w
height, h

    The expressions which specify the width and height of the box; if 0
    they are interpreted as the input width and height. It defaults to 0.

color, c

    Specify the color of the box to write. For the general syntax of
    this option, check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Color" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#color-syntax>.
    If the special value |invert| is used, the box edge color is the
    same as the video with inverted luma.

thickness, t

    The expression which sets the thickness of the box edge. A value of
    |fill| will create a filled box. Default value is |3|.

    See below for the list of accepted constants.

replace

    Applicable if the input has alpha. With value |1|, the pixels of the
    painted box will overwrite the video’s color and alpha pixels.
    Default is |0|, which composites the box onto the input, leaving the
    video’s alpha intact.

The parameters for x, y, w and h and t are expressions containing the
following constants:

dar

    The input display aspect ratio, it is the same as (w / h) * sar.

hsub
vsub

    horizontal and vertical chroma subsample values. For example for the
    pixel format "yuv422p" hsub is 2 and vsub is 1.

in_h, ih
in_w, iw

    The input width and height.

sar

    The input sample aspect ratio.

x
y

    The x and y offset coordinates where the box is drawn.

w
h

    The width and height of the drawn box.

box_source

    Box source can be set as side_data_detection_bboxes if you want to
    use box data in detection bboxes of side data.

    If box_source is set, the x, y, width and height will be ignored and
    still use box data in detection bboxes of side data. So please do
    not use this parameter if you were not sure about the box source.

t

    The thickness of the drawn box.

    These constants allow the x, y, w, h and t expressions to refer to
    each other, so you may for example specify |y=x/dar| or |h=w/dar|.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-84>
  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-86>


        30.75.1 Examples

  * Draw a black box around the edge of the input image:

    drawbox

  * Draw a box with color red and an opacity of 50%:

    drawbox=10:20:200:60:red@0.5

    The previous example can be specified as:

    drawbox=x=10:y=20:w=200:h=60:color=red@0.5

  * Fill the box with pink color:

    drawbox=x=10:y=10:w=100:h=100:color=pink@0.5:t=fill

  * Draw a 2-pixel red 2.40:1 mask:

    drawbox=x=-t:y=0.5*(ih-iw/2.4)-t:w=iw+t*2:h=iw/2.4+t*2:t=2:c=red


        30.75.2 Commands

This filter supports same commands as options. The command accepts the
same syntax of the corresponding option.

If the specified expression is not valid, it is kept at its current value.


      30.76 drawgraph

Draw a graph using input video metadata.

It accepts the following parameters:

m1

    Set 1st frame metadata key from which metadata values will be used
    to draw a graph.

fg1

    Set 1st foreground color expression.

m2

    Set 2nd frame metadata key from which metadata values will be used
    to draw a graph.

fg2

    Set 2nd foreground color expression.

m3

    Set 3rd frame metadata key from which metadata values will be used
    to draw a graph.

fg3

    Set 3rd foreground color expression.

m4

    Set 4th frame metadata key from which metadata values will be used
    to draw a graph.

fg4

    Set 4th foreground color expression.

min

    Set minimal value of metadata value.

max

    Set maximal value of metadata value.

bg

    Set graph background color. Default is white.

mode

    Set graph mode.

    Available values for mode is:

    ‘bar’
    ‘dot’
    ‘line’

    Default is |line|.

slide

    Set slide mode.

    Available values for slide is:

    ‘frame’

        Draw new frame when right border is reached.

    ‘replace’

        Replace old columns with new ones.

    ‘scroll’

        Scroll from right to left.

    ‘rscroll’

        Scroll from left to right.

    ‘picture’

        Draw single picture.

    Default is |frame|.

size

    Set size of graph video. For the syntax of this option, check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Video size" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#video-size-syntax>.
    The default value is |900x256|.

rate, r

    Set the output frame rate. Default value is |25|.

    The foreground color expressions can use the following variables:

    MIN

        Minimal value of metadata value.

    MAX

        Maximal value of metadata value.

    VAL

        Current metadata key value.

    The color is defined as 0xAABBGGRR.

Example using metadata from
signalstats

<#signalstats> filter:

signalstats,drawgraph=lavfi.signalstats.YAVG:min=0:max=255

Example using metadata from
ebur128

<#ebur128> filter:

ebur128=metadata=1,adrawgraph=lavfi.r128.M:min=-120:max=5


      30.77 drawgrid

Draw a grid on the input image.

It accepts the following parameters:

x
y

    The expressions which specify the coordinates of some point of grid
    intersection (meant to configure offset). Both default to 0.

width, w
height, h

    The expressions which specify the width and height of the grid cell,
    if 0 they are interpreted as the input width and height,
    respectively, minus |thickness|, so image gets framed. Default to 0.

color, c

    Specify the color of the grid. For the general syntax of this
    option, check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Color" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#color-syntax>.
    If the special value |invert| is used, the grid color is the same as
    the video with inverted luma.

thickness, t

    The expression which sets the thickness of the grid line. Default
    value is |1|.

    See below for the list of accepted constants.

replace

    Applicable if the input has alpha. With |1| the pixels of the
    painted grid will overwrite the video’s color and alpha pixels.
    Default is |0|, which composites the grid onto the input, leaving
    the video’s alpha intact.

The parameters for x, y, w and h and t are expressions containing the
following constants:

dar

    The input display aspect ratio, it is the same as (w / h) * sar.

hsub
vsub

    horizontal and vertical chroma subsample values. For example for the
    pixel format "yuv422p" hsub is 2 and vsub is 1.

in_h, ih
in_w, iw

    The input grid cell width and height.

sar

    The input sample aspect ratio.

x
y

    The x and y coordinates of some point of grid intersection (meant to
    configure offset).

w
h

    The width and height of the drawn cell.

t

    The thickness of the drawn cell.

    These constants allow the x, y, w, h and t expressions to refer to
    each other, so you may for example specify |y=x/dar| or |h=w/dar|.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-85>
  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-87>


        30.77.1 Examples

  * Draw a grid with cell 100x100 pixels, thickness 2 pixels, with color
    red and an opacity of 50%:

    drawgrid=width=100:height=100:thickness=2:color=red@0.5

  * Draw a white 3x3 grid with an opacity of 50%:

    drawgrid=w=iw/3:h=ih/3:t=2:c=white@0.5


        30.77.2 Commands

This filter supports same commands as options. The command accepts the
same syntax of the corresponding option.

If the specified expression is not valid, it is kept at its current value.


      30.78 drawtext

Draw a text string or text from a specified file on top of a video,
using the libfreetype library.

To enable compilation of this filter, you need to configure FFmpeg with
|--enable-libfreetype| and |--enable-libharfbuzz|. To enable default
font fallback and the font option you need to configure FFmpeg with
|--enable-libfontconfig|. To enable the text_shaping option, you need to
configure FFmpeg with |--enable-libfribidi|.

  *
    Syntax

    <#Syntax-2>
  *
    Text expansion

    <#Text-expansion>
  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-88>
  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-86>


        30.78.1 Syntax

It accepts the following parameters:

box

    Used to draw a box around text using the background color. The value
    must be either 1 (enable) or 0 (disable). The default value of box
    is 0.

boxborderw

    Set the width of the border to be drawn around the box using
    boxcolor. The value must be specified using one of the following
    formats:

      * |boxborderw=10| set the width of all the borders to 10
      * |boxborderw=10|20| set the width of the top and bottom borders
        to 10 and the width of the left and right borders to 20
      * |boxborderw=10|20|30| set the width of the top border to 10, the
        width of the bottom border to 30 and the width of the left and
        right borders to 20
      * |boxborderw=10|20|30|40| set the borders width to 10 (top), 20
        (right), 30 (bottom), 40 (left) 

    The default value of boxborderw is "0".

boxcolor

    The color to be used for drawing box around text. For the syntax of
    this option, check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Color" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#color-syntax>.


    The default value of boxcolor is "white".

line_spacing

    Set the line spacing in pixels. The default value of line_spacing is 0.

text_align

    Set the vertical and horizontal alignment of the text with respect
    to the box boundaries. The value is combination of flags, one for
    the vertical alignment (T=top, M=middle, B=bottom) and one for the
    horizontal alignment (L=left, C=center, R=right). Please note that
    tab characters are only supported with the left horizontal alignment.

y_align

    Specify what the y value is referred to. Possible values are:

      * |text| the top of the highest glyph of the first text line is
        placed at y
      * |baseline| the baseline of the first text line is placed at y
      * |font| the baseline of the first text line is placed at y plus
        the ascent (in pixels) defined in the font metrics 

    The default value of y_align is "text" for backward compatibility.

borderw

    Set the width of the border to be drawn around the text using
    bordercolor. The default value of borderw is 0.

bordercolor

    Set the color to be used for drawing border around text. For the
    syntax of this option, check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Color" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#color-syntax>.


    The default value of bordercolor is "black".

expansion

    Select how the text is expanded. Can be either |none|, |strftime|
    (deprecated) or |normal| (default). See the
    Text expansion

    <#drawtext_005fexpansion> section below for details.

basetime

    Set a start time for the count. Value is in microseconds. Only
    applied in the deprecated |strftime| expansion mode. To emulate in
    normal expansion mode use the |pts| function, supplying the start
    time (in seconds) as the second argument.

fix_bounds

    If true, check and fix text coords to avoid clipping.

fontcolor

    The color to be used for drawing fonts. For the syntax of this
    option, check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Color" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#color-syntax>.


    The default value of fontcolor is "black".

fontcolor_expr

    String which is expanded the same way as text to obtain dynamic
    fontcolor value. By default this option has empty value and is not
    processed. When this option is set, it overrides fontcolor option.

font

    The font family to be used for drawing text. By default Sans.

fontfile

    The font file to be used for drawing text. The path must be
    included. This parameter is mandatory if the fontconfig support is
    disabled.

alpha

    Draw the text applying alpha blending. The value can be a number
    between 0.0 and 1.0. The expression accepts the same variables x, y
    as well. The default value is 1. Please see fontcolor_expr.

fontsize

    The font size to be used for drawing text. The default value of
    fontsize is 16.

text_shaping

    If set to 1, attempt to shape the text (for example, reverse the
    order of right-to-left text and join Arabic characters) before
    drawing it. Otherwise, just draw the text exactly as given. By
    default 1 (if supported).

ft_load_flags

    The flags to be used for loading the fonts.

    The flags map the corresponding flags supported by libfreetype, and
    are a combination of the following values:

    default
    no_scale
    no_hinting
    render
    no_bitmap
    vertical_layout
    force_autohint
    crop_bitmap
    pedantic
    ignore_global_advance_width
    no_recurse
    ignore_transform
    monochrome
    linear_design
    no_autohint

    Default value is "default".

    For more information consult the documentation for the FT_LOAD_*
    libfreetype flags.

shadowcolor

    The color to be used for drawing a shadow behind the drawn text. For
    the syntax of this option, check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Color" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#color-syntax>.


    The default value of shadowcolor is "black".

boxw

    Set the width of the box to be drawn around text. The default value
    of boxw is computed automatically to match the text width

boxh

    Set the height of the box to be drawn around text. The default value
    of boxh is computed automatically to match the text height

shadowx
shadowy

    The x and y offsets for the text shadow position with respect to the
    position of the text. They can be either positive or negative
    values. The default value for both is "0".

start_number

    The starting frame number for the n/frame_num variable. The default
    value is "0".

tabsize

    The size in number of spaces to use for rendering the tab. Default
    value is 4.

timecode

    Set the initial timecode representation in "hh:mm:ss[:;.]ff" format.
    It can be used with or without text parameter. timecode_rate option
    must be specified.

timecode_rate, rate, r

    Set the timecode frame rate (timecode only). Value will be rounded
    to nearest integer. Minimum value is "1". Drop-frame timecode is
    supported for frame rates 30 & 60.

tc24hmax

    If set to 1, the output of the timecode option will wrap around at
    24 hours. Default is 0 (disabled).

text

    The text string to be drawn. The text must be a sequence of UTF-8
    encoded characters. This parameter is mandatory if no file is
    specified with the parameter textfile.

textfile

    A text file containing text to be drawn. The text must be a sequence
    of UTF-8 encoded characters.

    This parameter is mandatory if no text string is specified with the
    parameter text.

    If both text and textfile are specified, an error is thrown.

text_source

    Text source should be set as side_data_detection_bboxes if you want
    to use text data in detection bboxes of side data.

    If text source is set, text and textfile will be ignored and still
    use text data in detection bboxes of side data. So please do not use
    this parameter if you are not sure about the text source.

reload

    The textfile will be reloaded at specified frame interval. Be sure
    to update textfile atomically, or it may be read partially, or even
    fail. Range is 0 to INT_MAX. Default is 0.

x
y

    The expressions which specify the offsets where text will be drawn
    within the video frame. They are relative to the top/left border of
    the output image.

    The default value of x and y is "0".

    See below for the list of accepted constants and functions.

The parameters for x and y are expressions containing the following
constants and functions:

dar

    input display aspect ratio, it is the same as (w / h) * sar

hsub
vsub

    horizontal and vertical chroma subsample values. For example for the
    pixel format "yuv422p" hsub is 2 and vsub is 1.

line_h, lh

    the height of each text line

main_h, h, H

    the input height

main_w, w, W

    the input width

max_glyph_a, ascent

    the maximum distance from the baseline to the highest/upper grid
    coordinate used to place a glyph outline point, for all the rendered
    glyphs. It is a positive value, due to the grid’s orientation with
    the Y axis upwards.

max_glyph_d, descent

    the maximum distance from the baseline to the lowest grid coordinate
    used to place a glyph outline point, for all the rendered glyphs.
    This is a negative value, due to the grid’s orientation, with the Y
    axis upwards.

max_glyph_h

    maximum glyph height, that is the maximum height for all the glyphs
    contained in the rendered text, it is equivalent to ascent - descent.

max_glyph_w

    maximum glyph width, that is the maximum width for all the glyphs
    contained in the rendered text

font_a

    the ascent size defined in the font metrics

font_d

    the descent size defined in the font metrics

top_a

    the maximum ascender of the glyphs of the first text line

bottom_d

    the maximum descender of the glyphs of the last text line

n

    the number of input frame, starting from 0

rand(min, max)

    return a random number included between min and max

sar

    The input sample aspect ratio.

t

    timestamp expressed in seconds, NAN if the input timestamp is unknown

text_h, th

    the height of the rendered text

text_w, tw

    the width of the rendered text

x
y

    the x and y offset coordinates where the text is drawn.

    These parameters allow the x and y expressions to refer to each
    other, so you can for example specify |y=x/dar|.

pict_type

    A one character description of the current frame’s picture type.

pkt_pos

    The current packet’s position in the input file or stream (in bytes,
    from the start of the input). A value of -1 indicates this info is
    not available.

duration

    The current packet’s duration, in seconds.

pkt_size

    The current packet’s size (in bytes).


        30.78.2 Text expansion

If expansion is set to |strftime|, the filter recognizes sequences
accepted by the |strftime| C function in the provided text and expands
them accordingly. Check the documentation of |strftime|. This feature is
deprecated in favor of |normal| expansion with the |gmtime| or
|localtime| expansion functions.

If expansion is set to |none|, the text is printed verbatim.

If expansion is set to |normal| (which is the default), the following
expansion mechanism is used.

The backslash character ‘\’, followed by any character, always expands
to the second character.

Sequences of the form |%{...}| are expanded. The text between the braces
is a function name, possibly followed by arguments separated by ’:’. If
the arguments contain special characters or delimiters (’:’ or ’}’),
they should be escaped.

Note that they probably must also be escaped as the value for the text
option in the filter argument string and as the filter argument in the
filtergraph description, and possibly also for the shell, that makes up
to four levels of escaping; using a text file with the textfile option
avoids these problems.

The following functions are available:

|expr, e|

    The expression evaluation result.

    It must take one argument specifying the expression to be evaluated,
    which accepts the same constants and functions as the x and y
    values. Note that not all constants should be used, for example the
    text size is not known when evaluating the expression, so the
    constants text_w and text_h will have an undefined value.

|expr_int_format, eif|

    Evaluate the expression’s value and output as formatted integer.

    The first argument is the expression to be evaluated, just as for
    the expr function. The second argument specifies the output format.
    Allowed values are ‘x’, ‘X’, ‘d’ and ‘u’. They are treated exactly
    as in the |printf| function. The third parameter is optional and
    sets the number of positions taken by the output. It can be used to
    add padding with zeros from the left.

|gmtime|

    The time at which the filter is running, expressed in UTC. It can
    accept an argument: a |strftime| C function format string. The
    format string is extended to support the variable %[1-6]N which
    prints fractions of the second with optionally specified number of
    digits.

|localtime|

    The time at which the filter is running, expressed in the local time
    zone. It can accept an argument: a |strftime| C function format
    string. The format string is extended to support the variable
    %[1-6]N which prints fractions of the second with optionally
    specified number of digits.

|metadata|

    Frame metadata. Takes one or two arguments.

    The first argument is mandatory and specifies the metadata key.

    The second argument is optional and specifies a default value, used
    when the metadata key is not found or empty.

    Available metadata can be identified by inspecting entries starting
    with TAG included within each frame section printed by running
    |ffprobe -show_frames|.

    String metadata generated in filters leading to the drawtext filter
    are also available.

|n, frame_num|

    The frame number, starting from 0.

|pict_type|

    A one character description of the current picture type.

|pts|

    The timestamp of the current frame. It can take up to three arguments.

    The first argument is the format of the timestamp; it defaults to
    |flt| for seconds as a decimal number with microsecond accuracy;
    |hms| stands for a formatted [-]HH:MM:SS.mmm timestamp with
    millisecond accuracy. |gmtime| stands for the timestamp of the frame
    formatted as UTC time; |localtime| stands for the timestamp of the
    frame formatted as local time zone time.

    The second argument is an offset added to the timestamp.

    If the format is set to |hms|, a third argument |24HH| may be
    supplied to present the hour part of the formatted timestamp in 24h
    format (00-23).

    If the format is set to |localtime| or |gmtime|, a third argument
    may be supplied: a |strftime| C function format string. By default,
    YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS format will be used.


        30.78.3 Commands

This filter supports altering parameters via commands:

reinit

    Alter existing filter parameters.

    Syntax for the argument is the same as for filter invocation, e.g.

    fontsize=56:fontcolor=green:text='Hello World'

    Full filter invocation with sendcmd would look like this:

    sendcmd=c='56.0 drawtext reinit fontsize=56\:fontcolor=green\:text=Hello\\ World'

    If the entire argument can’t be parsed or applied as valid values
    then the filter will continue with its existing parameters.

The following options are also supported as
commands

<#commands>:

  * x
  * y
  * alpha
  * fontsize
  * fontcolor
  * boxcolor
  * bordercolor
  * shadowcolor
  * box
  * boxw
  * boxh
  * boxborderw
  * line_spacing
  * text_align
  * shadowx
  * shadowy
  * borderw 


        30.78.4 Examples

  * Draw "Test Text" with font FreeSerif, using the default values for
    the optional parameters.

    drawtext="fontfile=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeSerif.ttf: text='Test Text'"

  * Draw ’Test Text’ with font FreeSerif of size 24 at position x=100
    and y=50 (counting from the top-left corner of the screen), text is
    yellow with a red box around it. Both the text and the box have an
    opacity of 20%.

    drawtext="fontfile=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeSerif.ttf: text='Test Text':\
              x=100: y=50: fontsize=24: fontcolor=yellow@0.2: box=1: boxcolor=red@0.2"

    Note that the double quotes are not necessary if spaces are not used
    within the parameter list.

  * Show the text at the center of the video frame:

    drawtext="fontsize=30:fontfile=FreeSerif.ttf:text='hello world':x=(w-text_w)/2:y=(h-text_h)/2"

  * Show the text at a random position, switching to a new position
    every 30 seconds:

    drawtext="fontsize=30:fontfile=FreeSerif.ttf:text='hello world':x=if(eq(mod(t\,30)\,0)\,rand(0\,(w-text_w))\,x):y=if(eq(mod(t\,30)\,0)\,rand(0\,(h-text_h))\,y)"

  * Show a text line sliding from right to left in the last row of the
    video frame. The file LONG_LINE is assumed to contain a single line
    with no newlines.

    drawtext="fontsize=15:fontfile=FreeSerif.ttf:text=LONG_LINE:y=h-line_h:x=-50*t"

  * Show the content of file CREDITS off the bottom of the frame and
    scroll up.

    drawtext="fontsize=20:fontfile=FreeSerif.ttf:textfile=CREDITS:y=h-20*t"

  * Draw a single green letter "g", at the center of the input video.
    The glyph baseline is placed at half screen height.

    drawtext="fontsize=60:fontfile=FreeSerif.ttf:fontcolor=green:text=g:x=(w-max_glyph_w)/2:y=h/2-ascent"

  * Show text for 1 second every 3 seconds:

    drawtext="fontfile=FreeSerif.ttf:fontcolor=white:x=100:y=x/dar:enable=lt(mod(t\,3)\,1):text='blink'"

  * Use fontconfig to set the font. Note that the colons need to be
    escaped.

    drawtext='fontfile=Linux Libertine O-40\:style=Semibold:text=FFmpeg'

  * Draw "Test Text" with font size dependent on height of the video.

    drawtext="text='Test Text': fontsize=h/30: x=(w-text_w)/2: y=(h-text_h*2)"

  * Print the date of a real-time encoding (see documentation for the
    |strftime| C function):

    drawtext='fontfile=FreeSans.ttf:text=%{localtime\:%a %b %d %Y}'

  * Show text fading in and out (appearing/disappearing):

    #!/bin/sh
    DS=1.0 # display start
    DE=10.0 # display end
    FID=1.5 # fade in duration
    FOD=5 # fade out duration
    ffplay -f lavfi "color,drawtext=text=TEST:fontsize=50:fontfile=FreeSerif.ttf:fontcolor_expr=ff0000%{eif\\\\: clip(255*(1*between(t\\, $DS + $FID\\, $DE - $FOD) + ((t - $DS)/$FID)*between(t\\, $DS\\, $DS + $FID) + (-(t - $DE)/$FOD)*between(t\\, $DE - $FOD\\, $DE) )\\, 0\\, 255) \\\\: x\\\\: 2 }"

  * Horizontally align multiple separate texts. Note that max_glyph_a
    and the fontsize value are included in the y offset.

    drawtext=fontfile=FreeSans.ttf:text=DOG:fontsize=24:x=10:y=20+24-max_glyph_a,
    drawtext=fontfile=FreeSans.ttf:text=cow:fontsize=24:x=80:y=20+24-max_glyph_a

  * Plot special lavf.image2dec.source_basename metadata onto each frame
    if such metadata exists. Otherwise, plot the string "NA". Note that
    image2 demuxer must have option -export_path_metadata 1 for the
    special metadata fields to be available for filters.

    drawtext="fontsize=20:fontcolor=white:fontfile=FreeSans.ttf:text='%{metadata\:lavf.image2dec.source_basename\:NA}':x=10:y=10"

For more information about libfreetype, check:
http://www.freetype.org/

.

For more information about fontconfig, check:
http://freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html

.

For more information about libfribidi, check:
http://fribidi.org/

.

For more information about libharfbuzz, check:
https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz

.


      30.79 edgedetect

Detect and draw edges. The filter uses the Canny Edge Detection algorithm.

The filter accepts the following options:

low
high

    Set low and high threshold values used by the Canny thresholding
    algorithm.

    The high threshold selects the "strong" edge pixels, which are then
    connected through 8-connectivity with the "weak" edge pixels
    selected by the low threshold.

    low and high threshold values must be chosen in the range [0,1], and
    low should be lesser or equal to high.

    Default value for low is |20/255|, and default value for high is
    |50/255|.

mode

    Define the drawing mode.

    ‘wires’

        Draw white/gray wires on black background.

    ‘colormix’

        Mix the colors to create a paint/cartoon effect.

    ‘canny’

        Apply Canny edge detector on all selected planes.

    Default value is wires.

planes

    Select planes for filtering. By default all available planes are
    filtered.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-87>


        30.79.1 Examples

  * Standard edge detection with custom values for the hysteresis
    thresholding:

    edgedetect=low=0.1:high=0.4

  * Painting effect without thresholding:

    edgedetect=mode=colormix:high=0


      30.80 elbg

Apply a posterize effect using the ELBG (Enhanced LBG) algorithm.

For each input image, the filter will compute the optimal mapping from
the input to the output given the codebook length, that is the number of
distinct output colors.

This filter accepts the following options.

codebook_length, l

    Set codebook length. The value must be a positive integer, and
    represents the number of distinct output colors. Default value is 256.

nb_steps, n

    Set the maximum number of iterations to apply for computing the
    optimal mapping. The higher the value the better the result and the
    higher the computation time. Default value is 1.

seed, s

    Set a random seed, must be an integer included between 0 and
    UINT32_MAX. If not specified, or if explicitly set to -1, the filter
    will try to use a good random seed on a best effort basis.

pal8

    Set pal8 output pixel format. This option does not work with
    codebook length greater than 256. Default is disabled.

use_alpha

    Include alpha values in the quantization calculation. Allows
    creating palettized output images (e.g. PNG8) with multiple alpha
    smooth blending.


      30.81 entropy

Measure graylevel entropy in histogram of color channels of video frames.

It accepts the following parameters:

mode

    Can be either normal or diff. Default is normal.

    diff mode measures entropy of histogram delta values, absolute
    differences between neighbour histogram values.


      30.82 epx

Apply the EPX magnification filter which is designed for pixel art.

It accepts the following option:

n

    Set the scaling dimension: |2| for |2xEPX|, |3| for |3xEPX|. Default
    is |3|.


      30.83 eq

Set brightness, contrast, saturation and approximate gamma adjustment.

The filter accepts the following options:

contrast

    Set the contrast expression. The value must be a float value in
    range |-1000.0| to |1000.0|. The default value is "1".

brightness

    Set the brightness expression. The value must be a float value in
    range |-1.0| to |1.0|. The default value is "0".

saturation

    Set the saturation expression. The value must be a float in range
    |0.0| to |3.0|. The default value is "1".

gamma

    Set the gamma expression. The value must be a float in range |0.1|
    to |10.0|. The default value is "1".

gamma_r

    Set the gamma expression for red. The value must be a float in range
    |0.1| to |10.0|. The default value is "1".

gamma_g

    Set the gamma expression for green. The value must be a float in
    range |0.1| to |10.0|. The default value is "1".

gamma_b

    Set the gamma expression for blue. The value must be a float in
    range |0.1| to |10.0|. The default value is "1".

gamma_weight

    Set the gamma weight expression. It can be used to reduce the effect
    of a high gamma value on bright image areas, e.g. keep them from
    getting overamplified and just plain white. The value must be a
    float in range |0.0| to |1.0|. A value of |0.0| turns the gamma
    correction all the way down while |1.0| leaves it at its full
    strength. Default is "1".

eval

    Set when the expressions for brightness, contrast, saturation and
    gamma expressions are evaluated.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘init’

        only evaluate expressions once during the filter initialization
        or when a command is processed

    ‘frame’

        evaluate expressions for each incoming frame

    Default value is ‘init’.

The expressions accept the following parameters:

n

    frame count of the input frame starting from 0

pos

    byte position of the corresponding packet in the input file, NAN if
    unspecified; deprecated, do not use

r

    frame rate of the input video, NAN if the input frame rate is unknown

t

    timestamp expressed in seconds, NAN if the input timestamp is unknown

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-89>


        30.83.1 Commands

The filter supports the following commands:

contrast

    Set the contrast expression.

brightness

    Set the brightness expression.

saturation

    Set the saturation expression.

gamma

    Set the gamma expression.

gamma_r

    Set the gamma_r expression.

gamma_g

    Set gamma_g expression.

gamma_b

    Set gamma_b expression.

gamma_weight

    Set gamma_weight expression.

    The command accepts the same syntax of the corresponding option.

    If the specified expression is not valid, it is kept at its current
    value.


      30.84 erosion

Apply erosion effect to the video.

This filter replaces the pixel by the local(3x3) minimum.

It accepts the following options:

threshold0
threshold1
threshold2
threshold3

    Limit the maximum change for each plane, default is 65535. If 0,
    plane will remain unchanged.

coordinates

    Flag which specifies the pixel to refer to. Default is 255 i.e. all
    eight pixels are used.

    Flags to local 3x3 coordinates maps like this:

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-90>


        30.84.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.85 estdif

Deinterlace the input video ("estdif" stands for "Edge Slope Tracing
Deinterlacing Filter").

Spatial only filter that uses edge slope tracing algorithm to
interpolate missing lines. It accepts the following parameters:

mode

    The interlacing mode to adopt. It accepts one of the following values:

    frame

        Output one frame for each frame.

    field

        Output one frame for each field.

    The default value is |field|.

parity

    The picture field parity assumed for the input interlaced video. It
    accepts one of the following values:

    tff

        Assume the top field is first.

    bff

        Assume the bottom field is first.

    auto

        Enable automatic detection of field parity.

    The default value is |auto|. If the interlacing is unknown or the
    decoder does not export this information, top field first will be
    assumed.

deint

    Specify which frames to deinterlace. Accepts one of the following
    values:

    all

        Deinterlace all frames.

    interlaced

        Only deinterlace frames marked as interlaced.

    The default value is |all|.

rslope

    Specify the search radius for edge slope tracing. Default value is
    1. Allowed range is from 1 to 15.

redge

    Specify the search radius for best edge matching. Default value is
    2. Allowed range is from 0 to 15.

ecost

    Specify the edge cost for edge matching. Default value is 2. Allowed
    range is from 0 to 50.

mcost

    Specify the middle cost for edge matching. Default value is 1.
    Allowed range is from 0 to 50.

dcost

    Specify the distance cost for edge matching. Default value is 1.
    Allowed range is from 0 to 50.

interp

    Specify the interpolation used. Default is 4-point interpolation. It
    accepts one of the following values:

    2p

        Two-point interpolation.

    4p

        Four-point interpolation.

    6p

        Six-point interpolation.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-91>


        30.85.1 Commands

This filter supports same
commands

<#commands> as options.


      30.86 exposure

Adjust exposure of the video stream.

The filter accepts the following options:

exposure

    Set the exposure correction in EV. Allowed range is from -3.0 to 3.0
    EV Default value is 0 EV.

black

    Set the black level correction. Allowed range is from -1.0 to 1.0.
    Default value is 0.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-92>


        30.86.1 Commands

This filter supports same
commands

<#commands> as options.


      30.87 extractplanes

Extract color channel components from input video stream into separate
grayscale video streams.

The filter accepts the following option:

planes

    Set plane(s) to extract.

    Available values for planes are:

    ‘y’
    ‘u’
    ‘v’
    ‘a’
    ‘r’
    ‘g’
    ‘b’

    Choosing planes not available in the input will result in an error.
    That means you cannot select |r|, |g|, |b| planes with |y|, |u|, |v|
    planes at same time.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-88>


        30.87.1 Examples

  * Extract luma, u and v color channel component from input video frame
    into 3 grayscale outputs:

    ffmpeg -i video.avi -filter_complex 'extractplanes=y+u+v[y][u][v]' -map '[y]' y.avi -map '[u]' u.avi -map '[v]' v.avi


      30.88 fade

Apply a fade-in/out effect to the input video.

It accepts the following parameters:

type, t

    The effect type can be either "in" for a fade-in, or "out" for a
    fade-out effect. Default is |in|.

start_frame, s

    Specify the number of the frame to start applying the fade effect
    at. Default is 0.

nb_frames, n

    The number of frames that the fade effect lasts. At the end of the
    fade-in effect, the output video will have the same intensity as the
    input video. At the end of the fade-out transition, the output video
    will be filled with the selected color. Default is 25.

alpha

    If set to 1, fade only alpha channel, if one exists on the input.
    Default value is 0.

start_time, st

    Specify the timestamp (in seconds) of the frame to start to apply
    the fade effect. If both start_frame and start_time are specified,
    the fade will start at whichever comes last. Default is 0.

duration, d

    The number of seconds for which the fade effect has to last. At the
    end of the fade-in effect the output video will have the same
    intensity as the input video, at the end of the fade-out transition
    the output video will be filled with the selected color. If both
    duration and nb_frames are specified, duration is used. Default is 0
    (nb_frames is used by default).

color, c

    Specify the color of the fade. Default is "black".

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-89>


        30.88.1 Examples

  * Fade in the first 30 frames of video:

    fade=in:0:30

    The command above is equivalent to:

    fade=t=in:s=0:n=30

  * Fade out the last 45 frames of a 200-frame video:

    fade=out:155:45
    fade=type=out:start_frame=155:nb_frames=45

  * Fade in the first 25 frames and fade out the last 25 frames of a
    1000-frame video:

    fade=in:0:25, fade=out:975:25

  * Make the first 5 frames yellow, then fade in from frame 5-24:

    fade=in:5:20:color=yellow

  * Fade in alpha over first 25 frames of video:

    fade=in:0:25:alpha=1

  * Make the first 5.5 seconds black, then fade in for 0.5 seconds:

    fade=t=in:st=5.5:d=0.5


      30.89 feedback

Apply feedback video filter.

This filter pass cropped input frames to 2nd output. From there it can
be filtered with other video filters. After filter receives frame from
2nd input, that frame is combined on top of original frame from 1st
input and passed to 1st output.

The typical usage is filter only part of frame.

The filter accepts the following options:

x
y

    Set the top left crop position.

w
h

    Set the crop size.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-90>


        30.89.1 Examples

  * Blur only top left rectangular part of video frame size 100x100 with
    gblur filter.

    [in][blurin]feedback=x=0:y=0:w=100:h=100[out][blurout];[blurout]gblur=8[blurin]

  * Draw black box on top left part of video frame of size 100x100 with
    drawbox filter.

    [in][blurin]feedback=x=0:y=0:w=100:h=100[out][blurout];[blurout]drawbox=x=0:y=0:w=100:h=100:t=100[blurin]


      30.90 fftdnoiz

Denoise frames using 3D FFT (frequency domain filtering).

The filter accepts the following options:

sigma

    Set the noise sigma constant. This sets denoising strength. Default
    value is 1. Allowed range is from 0 to 30. Using very high sigma
    with low overlap may give blocking artifacts.

amount

    Set amount of denoising. By default all detected noise is reduced.
    Default value is 1. Allowed range is from 0 to 1.

block

    Set size of block in pixels, Default is 32, can be 8 to 256.

overlap

    Set block overlap. Default is 0.5. Allowed range is from 0.2 to 0.8.

method

    Set denoising method. Default is |wiener|, can also be |hard|.

prev

    Set number of previous frames to use for denoising. By default is
    set to 0.

next

    Set number of next frames to to use for denoising. By default is set
    to 0.

planes

    Set planes which will be filtered, by default are all available
    filtered except alpha.


      30.91 fftfilt

Apply arbitrary expressions to samples in frequency domain

dc_Y

    Adjust the dc value (gain) of the luma plane of the image. The
    filter accepts an integer value in range |0| to |1000|. The default
    value is set to |0|.

dc_U

    Adjust the dc value (gain) of the 1st chroma plane of the image. The
    filter accepts an integer value in range |0| to |1000|. The default
    value is set to |0|.

dc_V

    Adjust the dc value (gain) of the 2nd chroma plane of the image. The
    filter accepts an integer value in range |0| to |1000|. The default
    value is set to |0|.

weight_Y

    Set the frequency domain weight expression for the luma plane.

weight_U

    Set the frequency domain weight expression for the 1st chroma plane.

weight_V

    Set the frequency domain weight expression for the 2nd chroma plane.

eval

    Set when the expressions are evaluated.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘init’

        Only evaluate expressions once during the filter initialization.

    ‘frame’

        Evaluate expressions for each incoming frame.

    Default value is ‘init’.

    The filter accepts the following variables:

X
Y

    The coordinates of the current sample.

W
H

    The width and height of the image.

N

    The number of input frame, starting from 0.

WS
HS

    The size of FFT array for horizontal and vertical processing.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-91>


        30.91.1 Examples

  * High-pass:

    fftfilt=dc_Y=128:weight_Y='squish(1-(Y+X)/100)'

  * Low-pass:

    fftfilt=dc_Y=0:weight_Y='squish((Y+X)/100-1)'

  * Sharpen:

    fftfilt=dc_Y=0:weight_Y='1+squish(1-(Y+X)/100)'

  * Blur:

    fftfilt=dc_Y=0:weight_Y='exp(-4 * ((Y+X)/(W+H)))'


      30.92 field

Extract a single field from an interlaced image using stride arithmetic
to avoid wasting CPU time. The output frames are marked as non-interlaced.

The filter accepts the following options:

type

    Specify whether to extract the top (if the value is |0| or |top|) or
    the bottom field (if the value is |1| or |bottom|).


      30.93 fieldhint

Create new frames by copying the top and bottom fields from surrounding
frames supplied as numbers by the hint file.

hint

    Set file containing hints: absolute/relative frame numbers.

    There must be one line for each frame in a clip. Each line must
    contain two numbers separated by the comma, optionally followed by
    |-| or |+|. Numbers supplied on each line of file can not be out of
    [N-1,N+1] where N is current frame number for |absolute| mode or out
    of [-1, 1] range for |relative| mode. First number tells from which
    frame to pick up top field and second number tells from which frame
    to pick up bottom field.

    If optionally followed by |+| output frame will be marked as
    interlaced, else if followed by |-| output frame will be marked as
    progressive, else it will be marked same as input frame. If
    optionally followed by |t| output frame will use only top field, or
    in case of |b| it will use only bottom field. If line starts with
    |#| or |;| that line is skipped.

mode

    Can be item |absolute| or |relative| or |pattern|. Default is
    |absolute|. The |pattern| mode is same as |relative| mode, except at
    last entry of file if there are more frames to process than |hint|
    file is seek back to start.

Example of first several lines of |hint| file for |relative| mode:

0,0 - # first frame
1,0 - # second frame, use third's frame top field and second's frame bottom field
1,0 - # third frame, use fourth's frame top field and third's frame bottom field
1,0 -
0,0 -
0,0 -
1,0 -
1,0 -
1,0 -
0,0 -
0,0 -
1,0 -
1,0 -
1,0 -
0,0 -


      30.94 fieldmatch

Field matching filter for inverse telecine. It is meant to reconstruct
the progressive frames from a telecined stream. The filter does not drop
duplicated frames, so to achieve a complete inverse telecine
|fieldmatch| needs to be followed by a decimation filter such as
decimate

<#decimate> in the filtergraph.

The separation of the field matching and the decimation is notably
motivated by the possibility of inserting a de-interlacing filter
fallback between the two. If the source has mixed telecined and real
interlaced content, |fieldmatch| will not be able to match fields for
the interlaced parts. But these remaining combed frames will be marked
as interlaced, and thus can be de-interlaced by a later filter such as
yadif

<#yadif> before decimation.

In addition to the various configuration options, |fieldmatch| can take
an optional second stream, activated through the ppsrc option. If
enabled, the frames reconstruction will be based on the fields and
frames from this second stream. This allows the first input to be
pre-processed in order to help the various algorithms of the filter,
while keeping the output lossless (assuming the fields are matched
properly). Typically, a field-aware denoiser, or brightness/contrast
adjustments can help.

Note that this filter uses the same algorithms as TIVTC/TFM (AviSynth
project) and VIVTC/VFM (VapourSynth project). The later is a light clone
of TFM from which |fieldmatch| is based on. While the semantic and usage
are very close, some behaviour and options names can differ.

The
decimate

<#decimate> filter currently only works for constant frame rate input.
If your input has mixed telecined (30fps) and progressive content with a
lower framerate like 24fps use the following filterchain to produce the
necessary cfr stream: |dejudder,fps=30000/1001,fieldmatch,decimate|.

The filter accepts the following options:

order

    Specify the assumed field order of the input stream. Available
    values are:

    ‘auto’

        Auto detect parity (use FFmpeg’s internal parity value).

    ‘bff’

        Assume bottom field first.

    ‘tff’

        Assume top field first.

    Note that it is sometimes recommended not to trust the parity
    announced by the stream.

    Default value is auto.

mode

    Set the matching mode or strategy to use. pc mode is the safest in
    the sense that it won’t risk creating jerkiness due to duplicate
    frames when possible, but if there are bad edits or blended fields
    it will end up outputting combed frames when a good match might
    actually exist. On the other hand, pcn_ub mode is the most risky in
    terms of creating jerkiness, but will almost always find a good
    frame if there is one. The other values are all somewhere in between
    pc and pcn_ub in terms of risking jerkiness and creating duplicate
    frames versus finding good matches in sections with bad edits,
    orphaned fields, blended fields, etc.

    More details about p/c/n/u/b are available in
    p/c/n/u/b meaning

    <#p_002fc_002fn_002fu_002fb-meaning> section.

    Available values are:

    ‘pc’

        2-way matching (p/c)

    ‘pc_n’

        2-way matching, and trying 3rd match if still combed (p/c + n)

    ‘pc_u’

        2-way matching, and trying 3rd match (same order) if still
        combed (p/c + u)

    ‘pc_n_ub’

        2-way matching, trying 3rd match if still combed, and trying
        4th/5th matches if still combed (p/c + n + u/b)

    ‘pcn’

        3-way matching (p/c/n)

    ‘pcn_ub’

        3-way matching, and trying 4th/5th matches if all 3 of the
        original matches are detected as combed (p/c/n + u/b)

    The parenthesis at the end indicate the matches that would be used
    for that mode assuming order=tff (and field on auto or top).

    In terms of speed pc mode is by far the fastest and pcn_ub is the
    slowest.

    Default value is pc_n.

ppsrc

    Mark the main input stream as a pre-processed input, and enable the
    secondary input stream as the clean source to pick the fields from.
    See the filter introduction for more details. It is similar to the
    clip2 feature from VFM/TFM.

    Default value is |0| (disabled).

field

    Set the field to match from. It is recommended to set this to the
    same value as order unless you experience matching failures with
    that setting. In certain circumstances changing the field that is
    used to match from can have a large impact on matching performance.
    Available values are:

    ‘auto’

        Automatic (same value as order).

    ‘bottom’

        Match from the bottom field.

    ‘top’

        Match from the top field.

    Default value is auto.

mchroma

    Set whether or not chroma is included during the match comparisons.
    In most cases it is recommended to leave this enabled. You should
    set this to |0| only if your clip has bad chroma problems such as
    heavy rainbowing or other artifacts. Setting this to |0| could also
    be used to speed things up at the cost of some accuracy.

    Default value is |1|.

y0
y1

    These define an exclusion band which excludes the lines between y0
    and y1 from being included in the field matching decision. An
    exclusion band can be used to ignore subtitles, a logo, or other
    things that may interfere with the matching. y0 sets the starting
    scan line and y1 sets the ending line; all lines in between y0 and
    y1 (including y0 and y1) will be ignored. Setting y0 and y1 to the
    same value will disable the feature. y0 and y1 defaults to |0|.

scthresh

    Set the scene change detection threshold as a percentage of maximum
    change on the luma plane. Good values are in the |[8.0, 14.0]|
    range. Scene change detection is only relevant in case combmatch=sc.
    The range for scthresh is |[0.0, 100.0]|.

    Default value is |12.0|.

combmatch

    When combatch is not none, |fieldmatch| will take into account the
    combed scores of matches when deciding what match to use as the
    final match. Available values are:

    ‘none’

        No final matching based on combed scores.

    ‘sc’

        Combed scores are only used when a scene change is detected.

    ‘full’

        Use combed scores all the time.

    Default is sc.

combdbg

    Force |fieldmatch| to calculate the combed metrics for certain
    matches and print them. This setting is known as micout in TFM/VFM
    vocabulary. Available values are:

    ‘none’

        No forced calculation.

    ‘pcn’

        Force p/c/n calculations.

    ‘pcnub’

        Force p/c/n/u/b calculations.

    Default value is none.

cthresh

    This is the area combing threshold used for combed frame detection.
    This essentially controls how "strong" or "visible" combing must be
    to be detected. Larger values mean combing must be more visible and
    smaller values mean combing can be less visible or strong and still
    be detected. Valid settings are from |-1| (every pixel will be
    detected as combed) to |255| (no pixel will be detected as combed).
    This is basically a pixel difference value. A good range is |[8, 12]|.

    Default value is |9|.

chroma

    Sets whether or not chroma is considered in the combed frame
    decision. Only disable this if your source has chroma problems
    (rainbowing, etc.) that are causing problems for the combed frame
    detection with chroma enabled. Actually, using chroma=0 is usually
    more reliable, except for the case where there is chroma only
    combing in the source.

    Default value is |0|.

blockx
blocky

    Respectively set the x-axis and y-axis size of the window used
    during combed frame detection. This has to do with the size of the
    area in which combpel pixels are required to be detected as combed
    for a frame to be declared combed. See the combpel parameter
    description for more info. Possible values are any number that is a
    power of 2 starting at 4 and going up to 512.

    Default value is |16|.

combpel

    The number of combed pixels inside any of the blocky by blockx size
    blocks on the frame for the frame to be detected as combed. While
    cthresh controls how "visible" the combing must be, this setting
    controls "how much" combing there must be in any localized area (a
    window defined by the blockx and blocky settings) on the frame.
    Minimum value is |0| and maximum is |blocky x blockx| (at which
    point no frames will ever be detected as combed). This setting is
    known as MI in TFM/VFM vocabulary.

    Default value is |80|.

  *
    p/c/n/u/b meaning

    <#p_002fc_002fn_002fu_002fb-meaning-1>
  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-92>


        30.94.1 p/c/n/u/b meaning

  *
    p/c/n

    <#p_002fc_002fn>
  *
    u/b

    <#u_002fb>


        30.94.1.1 p/c/n

We assume the following telecined stream:

Top fields:     1 2 2 3 4
Bottom fields:  1 2 3 4 4

The numbers correspond to the progressive frame the fields relate to.
Here, the first two frames are progressive, the 3rd and 4th are combed,
and so on.

When |fieldmatch| is configured to run a matching from bottom
(field=bottom) this is how this input stream get transformed:

Input stream:
                T     1 2 2 3 4
                B     1 2 3 4 4   <-- matching reference

Matches:              c c n n c

Output stream:
                T     1 2 3 4 4
                B     1 2 3 4 4

As a result of the field matching, we can see that some frames get
duplicated. To perform a complete inverse telecine, you need to rely on
a decimation filter after this operation. See for instance the
decimate

<#decimate> filter.

The same operation now matching from top fields (field=top) looks like
this:

Input stream:
                T     1 2 2 3 4   <-- matching reference
                B     1 2 3 4 4

Matches:              c c p p c

Output stream:
                T     1 2 2 3 4
                B     1 2 2 3 4

In these examples, we can see what p, c and n mean; basically, they
refer to the frame and field of the opposite parity:

  * p matches the field of the opposite parity in the previous frame
  * c matches the field of the opposite parity in the current frame
  * n matches the field of the opposite parity in the next frame 


        30.94.1.2 u/b

The u and b matching are a bit special in the sense that they match from
the opposite parity flag. In the following examples, we assume that we
are currently matching the 2nd frame (Top:2, bottom:2). According to the
match, a ’x’ is placed above and below each matched fields.

With bottom matching (field=bottom):

Match:           c         p           n          b          u

                 x       x               x        x          x
  Top          1 2 2     1 2 2       1 2 2      1 2 2      1 2 2
  Bottom       1 2 3     1 2 3       1 2 3      1 2 3      1 2 3
                 x         x           x        x              x

Output frames:
                 2          1          2          2          2
                 2          2          2          1          3

With top matching (field=top):

Match:           c         p           n          b          u

                 x         x           x        x              x
  Top          1 2 2     1 2 2       1 2 2      1 2 2      1 2 2
  Bottom       1 2 3     1 2 3       1 2 3      1 2 3      1 2 3
                 x       x               x        x          x

Output frames:
                 2          2          2          1          2
                 2          1          3          2          2


        30.94.2 Examples

Simple IVTC of a top field first telecined stream:

fieldmatch=order=tff:combmatch=none, decimate

Advanced IVTC, with fallback on
yadif

<#yadif> for still combed frames:

fieldmatch=order=tff:combmatch=full, yadif=deint=interlaced, decimate


      30.95 fieldorder

Transform the field order of the input video.

It accepts the following parameters:

order

    The output field order. Valid values are tff for top field first or
    bff for bottom field first.

The default value is ‘tff’.

The transformation is done by shifting the picture content up or down by
one line, and filling the remaining line with appropriate picture
content. This method is consistent with most broadcast field order
converters.

If the input video is not flagged as being interlaced, or it is already
flagged as being of the required output field order, then this filter
does not alter the incoming video.

It is very useful when converting to or from PAL DV material, which is
bottom field first.

For example:

ffmpeg -i in.vob -vf "fieldorder=bff" out.dv


      30.96 fifo, afifo

Buffer input images and send them when they are requested.

It is mainly useful when auto-inserted by the libavfilter framework.

It does not take parameters.


      30.97 fillborders

Fill borders of the input video, without changing video stream
dimensions. Sometimes video can have garbage at the four edges and you
may not want to crop video input to keep size multiple of some number.

This filter accepts the following options:

left

    Number of pixels to fill from left border.

right

    Number of pixels to fill from right border.

top

    Number of pixels to fill from top border.

bottom

    Number of pixels to fill from bottom border.

mode

    Set fill mode.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘smear’

        fill pixels using outermost pixels

    ‘mirror’

        fill pixels using mirroring (half sample symmetric)

    ‘fixed’

        fill pixels with constant value

    ‘reflect’

        fill pixels using reflecting (whole sample symmetric)

    ‘wrap’

        fill pixels using wrapping

    ‘fade’

        fade pixels to constant value

    ‘margins’

        fill pixels at top and bottom with weighted averages pixels near
        borders

    Default is smear.

color

    Set color for pixels in fixed or fade mode. Default is black.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-93>


        30.97.1 Commands

This filter supports same
commands

<#commands> as options. The command accepts the same syntax of the
corresponding option.

If the specified expression is not valid, it is kept at its current value.


      30.98 find_rect

Find a rectangular object in the input video.

The object to search for must be specified as a gray8 image specified
with the object option.

For each possible match, a score is computed. If the score reaches the
specified threshold, the object is considered found.

If the input video contains multiple instances of the object, the filter
will find only one of them.

When an object is found, the following metadata entries are set in the
matching frame:

lavfi.rect.w

    width of object

lavfi.rect.h

    height of object

lavfi.rect.x

    x position of object

lavfi.rect.y

    y position of object

lavfi.rect.score

    match score of the found object

It accepts the following options:

object

    Filepath of the object image, needs to be in gray8.

threshold

    Detection threshold, expressed as a decimal number in the range 0-1.

    A threshold value of 0.01 means only exact matches, a threshold of
    0.99 means almost everything matches.

    Default value is 0.5.

mipmaps

    Number of mipmaps, default is 3.

xmin, ymin, xmax, ymax

    Specifies the rectangle in which to search.

discard

    Discard frames where object is not detected. Default is disabled.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-93>


        30.98.1 Examples

  * Cover a rectangular object by the supplied image of a given video
    using |ffmpeg|:

    ffmpeg -i file.ts -vf find_rect=newref.pgm,cover_rect=cover.jpg:mode=cover new.mkv

  * Find the position of an object in each frame using |ffprobe| and
    write it to a log file:

    ffprobe -f lavfi movie=test.mp4,find_rect=object=object.pgm:threshold=0.3 \
      -show_entries frame=pkt_pts_time:frame_tags=lavfi.rect.x,lavfi.rect.y \
      -of csv -o find_rect.csv


      30.99 floodfill

Flood area with values of same pixel components with another values.

It accepts the following options:

x

    Set pixel x coordinate.

y

    Set pixel y coordinate.

s0

    Set source #0 component value.

s1

    Set source #1 component value.

s2

    Set source #2 component value.

s3

    Set source #3 component value.

d0

    Set destination #0 component value.

d1

    Set destination #1 component value.

d2

    Set destination #2 component value.

d3

    Set destination #3 component value.


      30.100 format

Convert the input video to one of the specified pixel formats.
Libavfilter will try to pick one that is suitable as input to the next
filter.

It accepts the following parameters:

pix_fmts

    A ’|’-separated list of pixel format names, such as
    "pix_fmts=yuv420p|monow|rgb24".

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-94>


        30.100.1 Examples

  * Convert the input video to the yuv420p format

    format=pix_fmts=yuv420p

    Convert the input video to any of the formats in the list

    format=pix_fmts=yuv420p|yuv444p|yuv410p


      30.101 fps

Convert the video to specified constant frame rate by duplicating or
dropping frames as necessary.

It accepts the following parameters:

fps

    The desired output frame rate. It accepts expressions containing the
    following constants:

    ‘source_fps’

        The input’s frame rate

    ‘ntsc’

        NTSC frame rate of |30000/1001|

    ‘pal’

        PAL frame rate of |25.0|

    ‘film’

        Film frame rate of |24.0|

    ‘ntsc_film’

        NTSC-film frame rate of |24000/1001|

    The default is |25|.

start_time

    Assume the first PTS should be the given value, in seconds. This
    allows for padding/trimming at the start of stream. By default, no
    assumption is made about the first frame’s expected PTS, so no
    padding or trimming is done. For example, this could be set to 0 to
    pad the beginning with duplicates of the first frame if a video
    stream starts after the audio stream or to trim any frames with a
    negative PTS.

round

    Timestamp (PTS) rounding method.

    Possible values are:

    zero

        round towards 0

    inf

        round away from 0

    down

        round towards -infinity

    up

        round towards +infinity

    near

        round to nearest

    The default is |near|.

eof_action

    Action performed when reading the last frame.

    Possible values are:

    round

        Use same timestamp rounding method as used for other frames.

    pass

        Pass through last frame if input duration has not been reached yet.

    The default is |round|.

Alternatively, the options can be specified as a flat string:
fps[:start_time[:round]].

See also the
setpts

<#setpts> filter.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-95>


        30.101.1 Examples

  * A typical usage in order to set the fps to 25:

    fps=fps=25

  * Sets the fps to 24, using abbreviation and rounding method to round
    to nearest:

    fps=fps=film:round=near


      30.102 framepack

Pack two different video streams into a stereoscopic video, setting
proper metadata on supported codecs. The two views should have the same
size and framerate and processing will stop when the shorter video ends.
Please note that you may conveniently adjust view properties with the
scale

<#scale> and
fps

<#fps> filters.

It accepts the following parameters:

format

    The desired packing format. Supported values are:

    sbs

        The views are next to each other (default).

    tab

        The views are on top of each other.

    lines

        The views are packed by line.

    columns

        The views are packed by column.

    frameseq

        The views are temporally interleaved.

Some examples:

# Convert left and right views into a frame-sequential video
ffmpeg -i LEFT -i RIGHT -filter_complex framepack=frameseq OUTPUT

# Convert views into a side-by-side video with the same output resolution as the input
ffmpeg -i LEFT -i RIGHT -filter_complex [0:v]scale=w=iw/2[left],[1:v]scale=w=iw/2[right],[left][right]framepack=sbs OUTPUT


      30.103 framerate

Change the frame rate by interpolating new video output frames from the
source frames.

This filter is not designed to function correctly with interlaced media.
If you wish to change the frame rate of interlaced media then you are
required to deinterlace before this filter and re-interlace after this
filter.

A description of the accepted options follows.

fps

    Specify the output frames per second. This option can also be
    specified as a value alone. The default is |50|.

interp_start

    Specify the start of a range where the output frame will be created
    as a linear interpolation of two frames. The range is [|0|-|255|],
    the default is |15|.

interp_end

    Specify the end of a range where the output frame will be created as
    a linear interpolation of two frames. The range is [|0|-|255|], the
    default is |240|.

scene

    Specify the level at which a scene change is detected as a value
    between 0 and 100 to indicate a new scene; a low value reflects a
    low probability for the current frame to introduce a new scene,
    while a higher value means the current frame is more likely to be
    one. The default is |8.2|.

flags

    Specify flags influencing the filter process.

    Available value for flags is:

    scene_change_detect, scd

        Enable scene change detection using the value of the option
        scene. This flag is enabled by default.


      30.104 framestep

Select one frame every N-th frame.

This filter accepts the following option:

step

    Select frame after every |step| frames. Allowed values are positive
    integers higher than 0. Default value is |1|.


      30.105 freezedetect

Detect frozen video.

This filter logs a message and sets frame metadata when it detects that
the input video has no significant change in content during a specified
duration. Video freeze detection calculates the mean average absolute
difference of all the components of video frames and compares it to a
noise floor.

The printed times and duration are expressed in seconds. The
|lavfi.freezedetect.freeze_start| metadata key is set on the first frame
whose timestamp equals or exceeds the detection duration and it contains
the timestamp of the first frame of the freeze. The
|lavfi.freezedetect.freeze_duration| and |lavfi.freezedetect.freeze_end|
metadata keys are set on the first frame after the freeze.

The filter accepts the following options:

noise, n

    Set noise tolerance. Can be specified in dB (in case "dB" is
    appended to the specified value) or as a difference ratio between 0
    and 1. Default is -60dB, or 0.001.

duration, d

    Set freeze duration until notification (default is 2 seconds).


      30.106 freezeframes

Freeze video frames.

This filter freezes video frames using frame from 2nd input.

The filter accepts the following options:

first

    Set number of first frame from which to start freeze.

last

    Set number of last frame from which to end freeze.

replace

    Set number of frame from 2nd input which will be used instead of
    replaced frames.


      30.107 frei0r

Apply a frei0r effect to the input video.

To enable the compilation of this filter, you need to install the frei0r
header and configure FFmpeg with |--enable-frei0r|.

It accepts the following parameters:

filter_name

    The name of the frei0r effect to load. If the environment variable
    |FREI0R_PATH| is defined, the frei0r effect is searched for in each
    of the directories specified by the colon-separated list in
    |FREI0R_PATH|. Otherwise, the standard frei0r paths are searched, in
    this order: HOME/.frei0r-1/lib/, /usr/local/lib/frei0r-1/,
    /usr/lib/frei0r-1/.

filter_params

    A ’|’-separated list of parameters to pass to the frei0r effect.

A frei0r effect parameter can be a boolean (its value is either "y" or
"n"), a double, a color (specified as R/G/B, where R, G, and B are
floating point numbers between 0.0 and 1.0, inclusive) or a color
description as specified in the
(ffmpeg-utils)"Color" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

<file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#color-syntax>,
a position (specified as X/Y, where X and Y are floating point numbers)
and/or a string.

The number and types of parameters depend on the loaded effect. If an
effect parameter is not specified, the default value is set.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-96>
  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-94>


        30.107.1 Examples

  * Apply the distort0r effect, setting the first two double parameters:

    frei0r=filter_name=distort0r:filter_params=0.5|0.01

  * Apply the colordistance effect, taking a color as the first parameter:

    frei0r=colordistance:0.2/0.3/0.4
    frei0r=colordistance:violet
    frei0r=colordistance:0x112233

  * Apply the perspective effect, specifying the top left and top right
    image positions:

    frei0r=perspective:0.2/0.2|0.8/0.2

For more information, see
http://frei0r.dyne.org

<http://frei0r.dyne.org/>


        30.107.2 Commands

This filter supports the filter_params option as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.108 fspp

Apply fast and simple postprocessing. It is a faster version of
spp

<#spp>.

It splits (I)DCT into horizontal/vertical passes. Unlike the simple
post- processing filter, one of them is performed once per block, not
per pixel. This allows for much higher speed.

The filter accepts the following options:

quality

    Set quality. This option defines the number of levels for averaging.
    It accepts an integer in the range 4-5. Default value is |4|.

qp

    Force a constant quantization parameter. It accepts an integer in
    range 0-63. If not set, the filter will use the QP from the video
    stream (if available).

strength

    Set filter strength. It accepts an integer in range -15 to 32. Lower
    values mean more details but also more artifacts, while higher
    values make the image smoother but also blurrier. Default value is
    |0| − PSNR optimal.

use_bframe_qp

    Enable the use of the QP from the B-Frames if set to |1|. Using this
    option may cause flicker since the B-Frames have often larger QP.
    Default is |0| (not enabled).


      30.109 gblur

Apply Gaussian blur filter.

The filter accepts the following options:

sigma

    Set horizontal sigma, standard deviation of Gaussian blur. Default
    is |0.5|.

steps

    Set number of steps for Gaussian approximation. Default is |1|.

planes

    Set which planes to filter. By default all planes are filtered.

sigmaV

    Set vertical sigma, if negative it will be same as |sigma|. Default
    is |-1|.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-95>


        30.109.1 Commands

This filter supports same commands as options. The command accepts the
same syntax of the corresponding option.

If the specified expression is not valid, it is kept at its current value.


      30.110 geq

Apply generic equation to each pixel.

The filter accepts the following options:

lum_expr, lum

    Set the luma expression.

cb_expr, cb

    Set the chrominance blue expression.

cr_expr, cr

    Set the chrominance red expression.

alpha_expr, a

    Set the alpha expression.

red_expr, r

    Set the red expression.

green_expr, g

    Set the green expression.

blue_expr, b

    Set the blue expression.

The colorspace is selected according to the specified options. If one of
the lum_expr, cb_expr, or cr_expr options is specified, the filter will
automatically select a YCbCr colorspace. If one of the red_expr,
green_expr, or blue_expr options is specified, it will select an RGB
colorspace.

If one of the chrominance expression is not defined, it falls back on
the other one. If no alpha expression is specified it will evaluate to
opaque value. If none of chrominance expressions are specified, they
will evaluate to the luma expression.

The expressions can use the following variables and functions:

N

    The sequential number of the filtered frame, starting from |0|.

X
Y

    The coordinates of the current sample.

W
H

    The width and height of the image.

SW
SH

    Width and height scale depending on the currently filtered plane. It
    is the ratio between the corresponding luma plane number of pixels
    and the current plane ones. E.g. for YUV4:2:0 the values are |1,1|
    for the luma plane, and |0.5,0.5| for chroma planes.

T

    Time of the current frame, expressed in seconds.

p(x, y)

    Return the value of the pixel at location (x,y) of the current plane.

lum(x, y)

    Return the value of the pixel at location (x,y) of the luma plane.

cb(x, y)

    Return the value of the pixel at location (x,y) of the
    blue-difference chroma plane. Return 0 if there is no such plane.

cr(x, y)

    Return the value of the pixel at location (x,y) of the
    red-difference chroma plane. Return 0 if there is no such plane.

r(x, y)
g(x, y)
b(x, y)

    Return the value of the pixel at location (x,y) of the
    red/green/blue component. Return 0 if there is no such component.

alpha(x, y)

    Return the value of the pixel at location (x,y) of the alpha plane.
    Return 0 if there is no such plane.

psum(x,y), lumsum(x, y), cbsum(x,y), crsum(x,y), rsum(x,y), gsum(x,y),
bsum(x,y), alphasum(x,y)

    Sum of sample values in the rectangle from (0,0) to (x,y), this
    allows obtaining sums of samples within a rectangle. See the
    functions without the sum postfix.

interpolation

    Set one of interpolation methods:

    nearest, n
    bilinear, b

    Default is bilinear.

For functions, if x and y are outside the area, the value will be
automatically clipped to the closer edge.

Please note that this filter can use multiple threads in which case each
slice will have its own expression state. If you want to use only a
single expression state because your expressions depend on previous
state then you should limit the number of filter threads to 1.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-97>


        30.110.1 Examples

  * Flip the image horizontally:

    geq=p(W-X\,Y)

  * Generate a bidimensional sine wave, with angle |PI/3| and a
    wavelength of 100 pixels:

    geq=128 + 100*sin(2*(PI/100)*(cos(PI/3)*(X-50*T) + sin(PI/3)*Y)):128:128

  * Generate a fancy enigmatic moving light:

    nullsrc=s=256x256,geq=random(1)/hypot(X-cos(N*0.07)*W/2-W/2\,Y-sin(N*0.09)*H/2-H/2)^2*1000000*sin(N*0.02):128:128

  * Generate a quick emboss effect:

    format=gray,geq=lum_expr='(p(X,Y)+(256-p(X-4,Y-4)))/2'

  * Modify RGB components depending on pixel position:

    geq=r='X/W*r(X,Y)':g='(1-X/W)*g(X,Y)':b='(H-Y)/H*b(X,Y)'

  * Create a radial gradient that is the same size as the input (also
    see the
    vignette

    <#vignette> filter):

    geq=lum=255*gauss((X/W-0.5)*3)*gauss((Y/H-0.5)*3)/gauss(0)/gauss(0),format=gray


      30.111 gradfun

Fix the banding artifacts that are sometimes introduced into nearly flat
regions by truncation to 8-bit color depth. Interpolate the gradients
that should go where the bands are, and dither them.

It is designed for playback only. Do not use it prior to lossy
compression, because compression tends to lose the dither and bring back
the bands.

It accepts the following parameters:

strength

    The maximum amount by which the filter will change any one pixel.
    This is also the threshold for detecting nearly flat regions.
    Acceptable values range from .51 to 64; the default value is 1.2.
    Out-of-range values will be clipped to the valid range.

radius

    The neighborhood to fit the gradient to. A larger radius makes for
    smoother gradients, but also prevents the filter from modifying the
    pixels near detailed regions. Acceptable values are 8-32; the
    default value is 16. Out-of-range values will be clipped to the
    valid range.

Alternatively, the options can be specified as a flat string:
strength[:radius]

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-98>


        30.111.1 Examples

  * Apply the filter with a |3.5| strength and radius of |8|:

    gradfun=3.5:8

  * Specify radius, omitting the strength (which will fall-back to the
    default value):

    gradfun=radius=8


      30.112 graphmonitor

Show various filtergraph stats.

With this filter one can debug complete filtergraph. Especially issues
with links filling with queued frames.

The filter accepts the following options:

size, s

    Set video output size. Default is hd720.

opacity, o

    Set video opacity. Default is 0.9. Allowed range is from 0 to 1.

mode, m

    Set output mode flags.

    Available values for flags are:

    ‘full’

        No any filtering. Default.

    ‘compact’

        Show only filters with queued frames.

    ‘nozero’

        Show only filters with non-zero stats.

    ‘noeof’

        Show only filters with non-eof stat.

    ‘nodisabled’

        Show only filters that are enabled in timeline.

flags, f

    Set flags which enable which stats are shown in video.

    Available values for flags are:

    ‘none’

        All flags turned off.

    ‘all’

        All flags turned on.

    ‘queue’

        Display number of queued frames in each link.

    ‘frame_count_in’

        Display number of frames taken from filter.

    ‘frame_count_out’

        Display number of frames given out from filter.

    ‘frame_count_delta’

        Display delta number of frames between above two values.

    ‘pts’

        Display current filtered frame pts.

    ‘pts_delta’

        Display pts delta between current and previous frame.

    ‘time’

        Display current filtered frame time.

    ‘time_delta’

        Display time delta between current and previous frame.

    ‘timebase’

        Display time base for filter link.

    ‘format’

        Display used format for filter link.

    ‘size’

        Display video size or number of audio channels in case of audio
        used by filter link.

    ‘rate’

        Display video frame rate or sample rate in case of audio used by
        filter link.

    ‘eof’

        Display link output status.

    ‘sample_count_in’

        Display number of samples taken from filter.

    ‘sample_count_out’

        Display number of samples given out from filter.

    ‘sample_count_delta’

        Display delta number of samples between above two values.

    ‘disabled’

        Show the timeline filter status.

rate, r

    Set upper limit for video rate of output stream, Default value is
    25. This guarantee that output video frame rate will not be higher
    than this value.


      30.113 grayworld

A color constancy filter that applies color correction based on the
grayworld assumption

See:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275213614_A_New_Color_Correction_Method_for_Underwater_Imaging

The algorithm uses linear light, so input data should be linearized
beforehand (and possibly correctly tagged).

ffmpeg -i INPUT -vf zscale=transfer=linear,grayworld,zscale=transfer=bt709,format=yuv420p OUTPUT


      30.114 greyedge

A color constancy variation filter which estimates scene illumination
via grey edge algorithm and corrects the scene colors accordingly.

See:
https://staff.science.uva.nl/th.gevers/pub/GeversTIP07.pdf

The filter accepts the following options:

difford

    The order of differentiation to be applied on the scene. Must be
    chosen in the range [0,2] and default value is 1.

minknorm

    The Minkowski parameter to be used for calculating the Minkowski
    distance. Must be chosen in the range [0,20] and default value is 1.
    Set to 0 for getting max value instead of calculating Minkowski
    distance.

sigma

    The standard deviation of Gaussian blur to be applied on the scene.
    Must be chosen in the range [0,1024.0] and default value = 1. floor(
    sigma * break_off_sigma(3) ) can’t be equal to 0 if difford is
    greater than 0.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-99>


        30.114.1 Examples

  * Grey Edge:

    greyedge=difford=1:minknorm=5:sigma=2

  * Max Edge:

    greyedge=difford=1:minknorm=0:sigma=2


      30.115 guided

Apply guided filter for edge-preserving smoothing, dehazing and so on.

The filter accepts the following options:

radius

    Set the box radius in pixels. Allowed range is 1 to 20. Default is 3.

eps

    Set regularization parameter (with square). Allowed range is 0 to 1.
    Default is 0.01.

mode

    Set filter mode. Can be |basic| or |fast|. Default is |basic|.

sub

    Set subsampling ratio for |fast| mode. Range is 2 to 64. Default is
    4. No subsampling occurs in |basic| mode.

guidance

    Set guidance mode. Can be |off| or |on|. Default is |off|. If |off|,
    single input is required. If |on|, two inputs of the same resolution
    and pixel format are required. The second input serves as the guidance.

planes

    Set planes to filter. Default is first only.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-96>
  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-100>


        30.115.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


        30.115.2 Examples

  * Edge-preserving smoothing with guided filter:

    ffmpeg -i in.png -vf guided out.png

  * Dehazing, structure-transferring filtering, detail enhancement with
    guided filter. For the generation of guidance image, refer to paper
    "Guided Image Filtering". See:
    http://kaiminghe.com/publications/pami12guidedfilter.pdf

    .

    ffmpeg -i in.png -i guidance.png -filter_complex guided=guidance=on out.png


      30.116 haldclut

Apply a Hald CLUT to a video stream.

First input is the video stream to process, and second one is the Hald
CLUT. The Hald CLUT input can be a simple picture or a complete video
stream.

The filter accepts the following options:

clut

    Set which CLUT video frames will be processed from second input
    stream, can be first or all. Default is all.

shortest

    Force termination when the shortest input terminates. Default is |0|.

repeatlast

    Continue applying the last CLUT after the end of the stream. A value
    of |0| disable the filter after the last frame of the CLUT is
    reached. Default is |1|.

|haldclut| also has the same interpolation options as
lut3d

<#lut3d> (both filters share the same internals).

This filter also supports the
framesync

<#framesync> options.

More information about the Hald CLUT can be found on Eskil Steenberg’s
website (Hald CLUT author) at
http://www.quelsolaar.com/technology/clut.html

.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-97>
  *
    Workflow examples

    <#Workflow-examples>


        30.116.1 Commands

This filter supports the |interp| option as
commands

<#commands>.


        30.116.2 Workflow examples

  *
    Hald CLUT video stream

    <#Hald-CLUT-video-stream>
  *
    Hald CLUT with preview

    <#Hald-CLUT-with-preview>


        30.116.2.1 Hald CLUT video stream

Generate an identity Hald CLUT stream altered with various effects:

ffmpeg -f lavfi -i 
haldclutsrc

 <#haldclutsrc>=8 -vf "hue=H=2*PI*t:s=sin(2*PI*t)+1, curves=cross_process" -t 10 -c:v ffv1 clut.nut

Note: make sure you use a lossless codec.

Then use it with |haldclut| to apply it on some random stream:

ffmpeg -f lavfi -i mandelbrot -i clut.nut -filter_complex '[0][1] haldclut' -t 20 mandelclut.mkv

The Hald CLUT will be applied to the 10 first seconds (duration of
clut.nut), then the latest picture of that CLUT stream will be applied
to the remaining frames of the |mandelbrot| stream.


        30.116.2.2 Hald CLUT with preview

A Hald CLUT is supposed to be a squared image of |Level*Level*Level| by
|Level*Level*Level| pixels. For a given Hald CLUT, FFmpeg will select
the biggest possible square starting at the top left of the picture. The
remaining padding pixels (bottom or right) will be ignored. This area
can be used to add a preview of the Hald CLUT.

Typically, the following generated Hald CLUT will be supported by the
|haldclut| filter:

ffmpeg -f lavfi -i 
haldclutsrc

 <#haldclutsrc>=8 -vf "
   pad=iw+320 [padded_clut];
   smptebars=s=320x256, split [a][b];
   [padded_clut][a] overlay=W-320:h, curves=color_negative [main];
   [main][b] overlay=W-320" -frames:v 1 clut.png

It contains the original and a preview of the effect of the CLUT: SMPTE
color bars are displayed on the right-top, and below the same color bars
processed by the color changes.

Then, the effect of this Hald CLUT can be visualized with:

ffplay input.mkv -vf "movie=clut.png, [in] haldclut"


      30.117 hflip

Flip the input video horizontally.

For example, to horizontally flip the input video with |ffmpeg|:

ffmpeg -i in.avi -vf "hflip" out.avi


      30.118 histeq

This filter applies a global color histogram equalization on a per-frame
basis.

It can be used to correct video that has a compressed range of pixel
intensities. The filter redistributes the pixel intensities to equalize
their distribution across the intensity range. It may be viewed as an
"automatically adjusting contrast filter". This filter is useful only
for correcting degraded or poorly captured source video.

The filter accepts the following options:

strength

    Determine the amount of equalization to be applied. As the strength
    is reduced, the distribution of pixel intensities more-and-more
    approaches that of the input frame. The value must be a float number
    in the range [0,1] and defaults to 0.200.

intensity

    Set the maximum intensity that can generated and scale the output
    values appropriately. The strength should be set as desired and then
    the intensity can be limited if needed to avoid washing-out. The
    value must be a float number in the range [0,1] and defaults to 0.210.

antibanding

    Set the antibanding level. If enabled the filter will randomly vary
    the luminance of output pixels by a small amount to avoid banding of
    the histogram. Possible values are |none|, |weak| or |strong|. It
    defaults to |none|.


      30.119 histogram

Compute and draw a color distribution histogram for the input video.

The computed histogram is a representation of the color component
distribution in an image.

Standard histogram displays the color components distribution in an
image. Displays color graph for each color component. Shows distribution
of the Y, U, V, A or R, G, B components, depending on input format, in
the current frame. Below each graph a color component scale meter is shown.

The filter accepts the following options:

level_height

    Set height of level. Default value is |200|. Allowed range is [50,
    2048].

scale_height

    Set height of color scale. Default value is |12|. Allowed range is
    [0, 40].

display_mode

    Set display mode. It accepts the following values:

    ‘stack’

        Per color component graphs are placed below each other.

    ‘parade’

        Per color component graphs are placed side by side.

    ‘overlay’

        Presents information identical to that in the |parade|, except
        that the graphs representing color components are superimposed
        directly over one another.

    Default is |stack|.

levels_mode

    Set mode. Can be either |linear|, or |logarithmic|. Default is
    |linear|.

components

    Set what color components to display. Default is |7|.

fgopacity

    Set foreground opacity. Default is |0.7|.

bgopacity

    Set background opacity. Default is |0.5|.

colors_mode

    Set colors mode. It accepts the following values:

    ‘whiteonblack’
    ‘blackonwhite’
    ‘whiteongray’
    ‘blackongray’
    ‘coloronblack’
    ‘coloronwhite’
    ‘colorongray’
    ‘blackoncolor’
    ‘whiteoncolor’
    ‘grayoncolor’

    Default is |whiteonblack|.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-101>


        30.119.1 Examples

  * Calculate and draw histogram:

    ffplay -i input -vf histogram


      30.120 hqdn3d

This is a high precision/quality 3d denoise filter. It aims to reduce
image noise, producing smooth images and making still images really
still. It should enhance compressibility.

It accepts the following optional parameters:

luma_spatial

    A non-negative floating point number which specifies spatial luma
    strength. It defaults to 4.0.

chroma_spatial

    A non-negative floating point number which specifies spatial chroma
    strength. It defaults to 3.0*luma_spatial/4.0.

luma_tmp

    A floating point number which specifies luma temporal strength. It
    defaults to 6.0*luma_spatial/4.0.

chroma_tmp

    A floating point number which specifies chroma temporal strength. It
    defaults to luma_tmp*chroma_spatial/luma_spatial.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-98>


        30.120.1 Commands

This filter supports same
commands

<#commands> as options. The command accepts the same syntax of the
corresponding option.

If the specified expression is not valid, it is kept at its current value.


      30.121 hwdownload

Download hardware frames to system memory.

The input must be in hardware frames, and the output a non-hardware
format. Not all formats will be supported on the output - it may be
necessary to insert an additional format filter immediately following in
the graph to get the output in a supported format.


      30.122 hwmap

Map hardware frames to system memory or to another device.

This filter has several different modes of operation; which one is used
depends on the input and output formats:

  * Hardware frame input, normal frame output

    Map the input frames to system memory and pass them to the output.
    If the original hardware frame is later required (for example, after
    overlaying something else on part of it), the hwmap filter can be
    used again in the next mode to retrieve it.

  * Normal frame input, hardware frame output

    If the input is actually a software-mapped hardware frame, then
    unmap it - that is, return the original hardware frame.

    Otherwise, a device must be provided. Create new hardware surfaces
    on that device for the output, then map them back to the software
    format at the input and give those frames to the preceding filter.
    This will then act like the hwupload filter, but may be able to
    avoid an additional copy when the input is already in a compatible
    format.

  * Hardware frame input and output

    A device must be supplied for the output, either directly or with
    the derive_device option. The input and output devices must be of
    different types and compatible - the exact meaning of this is
    system-dependent, but typically it means that they must refer to the
    same underlying hardware context (for example, refer to the same
    graphics card).

    If the input frames were originally created on the output device,
    then unmap to retrieve the original frames.

    Otherwise, map the frames to the output device - create new hardware
    frames on the output corresponding to the frames on the input.

The following additional parameters are accepted:

mode

    Set the frame mapping mode. Some combination of:

    read

        The mapped frame should be readable.

    write

        The mapped frame should be writeable.

    overwrite

        The mapping will always overwrite the entire frame.

        This may improve performance in some cases, as the original
        contents of the frame need not be loaded.

    direct

        The mapping must not involve any copying.

        Indirect mappings to copies of frames are created in some cases
        where either direct mapping is not possible or it would have
        unexpected properties. Setting this flag ensures that the
        mapping is direct and will fail if that is not possible.

    Defaults to read+write if not specified.

derive_device type

    Rather than using the device supplied at initialisation, instead
    derive a new device of type type from the device the input frames
    exist on.

reverse

    In a hardware to hardware mapping, map in reverse - create frames in
    the sink and map them back to the source. This may be necessary in
    some cases where a mapping in one direction is required but only the
    opposite direction is supported by the devices being used.

    This option is dangerous - it may break the preceding filter in
    undefined ways if there are any additional constraints on that
    filter’s output. Do not use it without fully understanding the
    implications of its use.


      30.123 hwupload

Upload system memory frames to hardware surfaces.

The device to upload to must be supplied when the filter is initialised.
If using ffmpeg, select the appropriate device with the
-filter_hw_device option or with the derive_device option. The input and
output devices must be of different types and compatible - the exact
meaning of this is system-dependent, but typically it means that they
must refer to the same underlying hardware context (for example, refer
to the same graphics card).

The following additional parameters are accepted:

derive_device type

    Rather than using the device supplied at initialisation, instead
    derive a new device of type type from the device the input frames
    exist on.


      30.124 hwupload_cuda

Upload system memory frames to a CUDA device.

It accepts the following optional parameters:

device

    The number of the CUDA device to use


      30.125 hqx

Apply a high-quality magnification filter designed for pixel art. This
filter was originally created by Maxim Stepin.

It accepts the following option:

n

    Set the scaling dimension: |2| for |hq2x|, |3| for |hq3x| and |4|
    for |hq4x|. Default is |3|.


      30.126 hstack

Stack input videos horizontally.

All streams must be of same pixel format and of same height.

Note that this filter is faster than using
overlay

<#overlay> and
pad

<#pad> filter to create same output.

The filter accepts the following option:

inputs

    Set number of input streams. Default is 2.

shortest

    If set to 1, force the output to terminate when the shortest input
    terminates. Default value is 0.


      30.127 hsvhold

Turns a certain HSV range into gray values.

This filter measures color difference between set HSV color in options
and ones measured in video stream. Depending on options, output colors
can be changed to be gray or not.

The filter accepts the following options:

hue

    Set the hue value which will be used in color difference
    calculation. Allowed range is from -360 to 360. Default value is 0.

sat

    Set the saturation value which will be used in color difference
    calculation. Allowed range is from -1 to 1. Default value is 0.

val

    Set the value which will be used in color difference calculation.
    Allowed range is from -1 to 1. Default value is 0.

similarity

    Set similarity percentage with the key color. Allowed range is from
    0 to 1. Default value is 0.01.

    0.00001 matches only the exact key color, while 1.0 matches everything.

blend

    Blend percentage. Allowed range is from 0 to 1. Default value is 0.

    0.0 makes pixels either fully gray, or not gray at all.

    Higher values result in more gray pixels, with a higher gray pixel
    the more similar the pixels color is to the key color.


      30.128 hsvkey

Turns a certain HSV range into transparency.

This filter measures color difference between set HSV color in options
and ones measured in video stream. Depending on options, output colors
can be changed to transparent by adding alpha channel.

The filter accepts the following options:

hue

    Set the hue value which will be used in color difference
    calculation. Allowed range is from -360 to 360. Default value is 0.

sat

    Set the saturation value which will be used in color difference
    calculation. Allowed range is from -1 to 1. Default value is 0.

val

    Set the value which will be used in color difference calculation.
    Allowed range is from -1 to 1. Default value is 0.

similarity

    Set similarity percentage with the key color. Allowed range is from
    0 to 1. Default value is 0.01.

    0.00001 matches only the exact key color, while 1.0 matches everything.

blend

    Blend percentage. Allowed range is from 0 to 1. Default value is 0.

    0.0 makes pixels either fully transparent, or not transparent at all.

    Higher values result in semi-transparent pixels, with a higher
    transparency the more similar the pixels color is to the key color.


      30.129 hue

Modify the hue and/or the saturation of the input.

It accepts the following parameters:

h

    Specify the hue angle as a number of degrees. It accepts an
    expression, and defaults to "0".

s

    Specify the saturation in the [-10,10] range. It accepts an
    expression and defaults to "1".

H

    Specify the hue angle as a number of radians. It accepts an
    expression, and defaults to "0".

b

    Specify the brightness in the [-10,10] range. It accepts an
    expression and defaults to "0".

h and H are mutually exclusive, and can’t be specified at the same time.

The b, h, H and s option values are expressions containing the following
constants:

n

    frame count of the input frame starting from 0

pts

    presentation timestamp of the input frame expressed in time base units

r

    frame rate of the input video, NAN if the input frame rate is unknown

t

    timestamp expressed in seconds, NAN if the input timestamp is unknown

tb

    time base of the input video

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-102>
  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-99>


        30.129.1 Examples

  * Set the hue to 90 degrees and the saturation to 1.0:

    hue=h=90:s=1

  * Same command but expressing the hue in radians:

    hue=H=PI/2:s=1

  * Rotate hue and make the saturation swing between 0 and 2 over a
    period of 1 second:

    hue="H=2*PI*t: s=sin(2*PI*t)+1"

  * Apply a 3 seconds saturation fade-in effect starting at 0:

    hue="s=min(t/3\,1)"

    The general fade-in expression can be written as:

    hue="s=min(0\, max((t-START)/DURATION\, 1))"

  * Apply a 3 seconds saturation fade-out effect starting at 5 seconds:

    hue="s=max(0\, min(1\, (8-t)/3))"

    The general fade-out expression can be written as:

    hue="s=max(0\, min(1\, (START+DURATION-t)/DURATION))"


        30.129.2 Commands

This filter supports the following commands:

b
s
h
H

    Modify the hue and/or the saturation and/or brightness of the input
    video. The command accepts the same syntax of the corresponding option.

    If the specified expression is not valid, it is kept at its current
    value.


      30.130 huesaturation

Apply hue-saturation-intensity adjustments to input video stream.

This filter operates in RGB colorspace.

This filter accepts the following options:

hue

    Set the hue shift in degrees to apply. Default is 0. Allowed range
    is from -180 to 180.

saturation

    Set the saturation shift. Default is 0. Allowed range is from -1 to 1.

intensity

    Set the intensity shift. Default is 0. Allowed range is from -1 to 1.

colors

    Set which primary and complementary colors are going to be adjusted.
    This options is set by providing one or multiple values. This can
    select multiple colors at once. By default all colors are selected.

    ‘r’

        Adjust reds.

    ‘y’

        Adjust yellows.

    ‘g’

        Adjust greens.

    ‘c’

        Adjust cyans.

    ‘b’

        Adjust blues.

    ‘m’

        Adjust magentas.

    ‘a’

        Adjust all colors.

strength

    Set strength of filtering. Allowed range is from 0 to 100. Default
    value is 1.

rw, gw, bw

    Set weight for each RGB component. Allowed range is from 0 to 1. By
    default is set to 0.333, 0.334, 0.333. Those options are used in
    saturation and lightess processing.

lightness

    Set preserving lightness, by default is disabled. Adjusting hues can
    change lightness from original RGB triplet, with this option enabled
    lightness is kept at same value.


      30.131 hysteresis

Grow first stream into second stream by connecting components. This
makes it possible to build more robust edge masks.

This filter accepts the following options:

planes

    Set which planes will be processed as bitmap, unprocessed planes
    will be copied from first stream. By default value 0xf, all planes
    will be processed.

threshold

    Set threshold which is used in filtering. If pixel component value
    is higher than this value filter algorithm for connecting components
    is activated. By default value is 0.

The |hysteresis| filter also supports the
framesync

<#framesync> options.


      30.132 iccdetect

Detect the colorspace from an embedded ICC profile (if present), and
update the frame’s tags accordingly.

This filter accepts the following options:

force

    If true, the frame’s existing colorspace tags will always be
    overridden by values detected from an ICC profile. Otherwise, they
    will only be assigned if they contain |unknown|. Enabled by default.


      30.133 iccgen

Generate ICC profiles and attach them to frames.

This filter accepts the following options:

color_primaries
color_trc

    Configure the colorspace that the ICC profile will be generated for.
    The default value of |auto| infers the value from the input frame’s
    metadata, defaulting to BT.709/sRGB as appropriate.

    See the
    setparams

    <#setparams> filter for a list of possible values, but note that
    |unknown| are not valid values for this filter.

force

    If true, an ICC profile will be generated even if it would overwrite
    an already existing ICC profile. Disabled by default.


      30.134 identity

Obtain the identity score between two input videos.

This filter takes two input videos.

Both input videos must have the same resolution and pixel format for
this filter to work correctly. Also it assumes that both inputs have the
same number of frames, which are compared one by one.

The obtained per component, average, min and max identity score is
printed through the logging system.

The filter stores the calculated identity scores of each frame in frame
metadata.

This filter also supports the
framesync

<#framesync> options.

In the below example the input file main.mpg being processed is compared
with the reference file ref.mpg.

ffmpeg -i main.mpg -i ref.mpg -lavfi identity -f null -


      30.135 idet

Detect video interlacing type.

This filter tries to detect if the input frames are interlaced,
progressive, top or bottom field first. It will also try to detect
fields that are repeated between adjacent frames (a sign of telecine).

Single frame detection considers only immediately adjacent frames when
classifying each frame. Multiple frame detection incorporates the
classification history of previous frames.

The filter will log these metadata values:

single.current_frame

    Detected type of current frame using single-frame detection. One of:
    “tff” (top field first), “bff” (bottom field first), “progressive”,
    or “undetermined”

single.tff

    Cumulative number of frames detected as top field first using
    single-frame detection.

multiple.tff

    Cumulative number of frames detected as top field first using
    multiple-frame detection.

single.bff

    Cumulative number of frames detected as bottom field first using
    single-frame detection.

multiple.current_frame

    Detected type of current frame using multiple-frame detection. One
    of: “tff” (top field first), “bff” (bottom field first),
    “progressive”, or “undetermined”

multiple.bff

    Cumulative number of frames detected as bottom field first using
    multiple-frame detection.

single.progressive

    Cumulative number of frames detected as progressive using
    single-frame detection.

multiple.progressive

    Cumulative number of frames detected as progressive using
    multiple-frame detection.

single.undetermined

    Cumulative number of frames that could not be classified using
    single-frame detection.

multiple.undetermined

    Cumulative number of frames that could not be classified using
    multiple-frame detection.

repeated.current_frame

    Which field in the current frame is repeated from the last. One of
    “neither”, “top”, or “bottom”.

repeated.neither

    Cumulative number of frames with no repeated field.

repeated.top

    Cumulative number of frames with the top field repeated from the
    previous frame’s top field.

repeated.bottom

    Cumulative number of frames with the bottom field repeated from the
    previous frame’s bottom field.

The filter accepts the following options:

intl_thres

    Set interlacing threshold.

prog_thres

    Set progressive threshold.

rep_thres

    Threshold for repeated field detection.

half_life

    Number of frames after which a given frame’s contribution to the
    statistics is halved (i.e., it contributes only 0.5 to its
    classification). The default of 0 means that all frames seen are
    given full weight of 1.0 forever.

analyze_interlaced_flag

    When this is not 0 then idet will use the specified number of frames
    to determine if the interlaced flag is accurate, it will not count
    undetermined frames. If the flag is found to be accurate it will be
    used without any further computations, if it is found to be
    inaccurate it will be cleared without any further computations. This
    allows inserting the idet filter as a low computational method to
    clean up the interlaced flag


      30.136 il

Deinterleave or interleave fields.

This filter allows one to process interlaced images fields without
deinterlacing them. Deinterleaving splits the input frame into 2 fields
(so called half pictures). Odd lines are moved to the top half of the
output image, even lines to the bottom half. You can process (filter)
them independently and then re-interleave them.

The filter accepts the following options:

luma_mode, l
chroma_mode, c
alpha_mode, a

    Available values for luma_mode, chroma_mode and alpha_mode are:

    ‘none’

        Do nothing.

    ‘deinterleave, d’

        Deinterleave fields, placing one above the other.

    ‘interleave, i’

        Interleave fields. Reverse the effect of deinterleaving.

    Default value is |none|.

luma_swap, ls
chroma_swap, cs
alpha_swap, as

    Swap luma/chroma/alpha fields. Exchange even & odd lines. Default
    value is |0|.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-100>


        30.136.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.137 inflate

Apply inflate effect to the video.

This filter replaces the pixel by the local(3x3) average by taking into
account only values higher than the pixel.

It accepts the following options:

threshold0
threshold1
threshold2
threshold3

    Limit the maximum change for each plane, default is 65535. If 0,
    plane will remain unchanged.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-101>


        30.137.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.138 interlace

Simple interlacing filter from progressive contents. This interleaves
upper (or lower) lines from odd frames with lower (or upper) lines from
even frames, halving the frame rate and preserving image height.

   Original        Original             New Frame
   Frame 'j'      Frame 'j+1'             (tff)
  ==========      ===========       ==================
    Line 0  -------------------->    Frame 'j' Line 0
    Line 1          Line 1  ---->   Frame 'j+1' Line 1
    Line 2 --------------------->    Frame 'j' Line 2
    Line 3          Line 3  ---->   Frame 'j+1' Line 3
     ...             ...                   ...
New Frame + 1 will be generated by Frame 'j+2' and Frame 'j+3' and so on

It accepts the following optional parameters:

scan

    This determines whether the interlaced frame is taken from the even
    (tff - default) or odd (bff) lines of the progressive frame.

lowpass

    Vertical lowpass filter to avoid twitter interlacing and reduce
    moire patterns.

    ‘0, off’

        Disable vertical lowpass filter

    ‘1, linear’

        Enable linear filter (default)

    ‘2, complex’

        Enable complex filter. This will slightly less reduce twitter
        and moire but better retain detail and subjective sharpness
        impression.


      30.139 kerndeint

Deinterlace input video by applying Donald Graft’s adaptive kernel
deinterling. Work on interlaced parts of a video to produce progressive
frames.

The description of the accepted parameters follows.

thresh

    Set the threshold which affects the filter’s tolerance when
    determining if a pixel line must be processed. It must be an integer
    in the range [0,255] and defaults to 10. A value of 0 will result in
    applying the process on every pixels.

map

    Paint pixels exceeding the threshold value to white if set to 1.
    Default is 0.

order

    Set the fields order. Swap fields if set to 1, leave fields alone if
    0. Default is 0.

sharp

    Enable additional sharpening if set to 1. Default is 0.

twoway

    Enable twoway sharpening if set to 1. Default is 0.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-103>


        30.139.1 Examples

  * Apply default values:

    kerndeint=thresh=10:map=0:order=0:sharp=0:twoway=0

  * Enable additional sharpening:

    kerndeint=sharp=1

  * Paint processed pixels in white:

    kerndeint=map=1


      30.140 kirsch

Apply kirsch operator to input video stream.

The filter accepts the following option:

planes

    Set which planes will be processed, unprocessed planes will be
    copied. By default value 0xf, all planes will be processed.

scale

    Set value which will be multiplied with filtered result.

delta

    Set value which will be added to filtered result.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-102>


        30.140.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.141 lagfun

Slowly update darker pixels.

This filter makes short flashes of light appear longer. This filter
accepts the following options:

decay

    Set factor for decaying. Default is .95. Allowed range is from 0 to 1.

planes

    Set which planes to filter. Default is all. Allowed range is from 0
    to 15.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-103>


        30.141.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.142 lenscorrection

Correct radial lens distortion

This filter can be used to correct for radial distortion as can result
from the use of wide angle lenses, and thereby re-rectify the image. To
find the right parameters one can use tools available for example as
part of opencv or simply trial-and-error. To use opencv use the
calibration sample (under samples/cpp) from the opencv sources and
extract the k1 and k2 coefficients from the resulting matrix.

Note that effectively the same filter is available in the open-source
tools Krita and Digikam from the KDE project.

In contrast to the
vignette

<#vignette> filter, which can also be used to compensate lens errors,
this filter corrects the distortion of the image, whereas
vignette

<#vignette> corrects the brightness distribution, so you may want to use
both filters together in certain cases, though you will have to take
care of ordering, i.e. whether vignetting should be applied before or
after lens correction.

  *
    Options

    <#Options-35>
  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-104>


        30.142.1 Options

The filter accepts the following options:

cx

    Relative x-coordinate of the focal point of the image, and thereby
    the center of the distortion. This value has a range [0,1] and is
    expressed as fractions of the image width. Default is 0.5.

cy

    Relative y-coordinate of the focal point of the image, and thereby
    the center of the distortion. This value has a range [0,1] and is
    expressed as fractions of the image height. Default is 0.5.

k1

    Coefficient of the quadratic correction term. This value has a range
    [-1,1]. 0 means no correction. Default is 0.

k2

    Coefficient of the double quadratic correction term. This value has
    a range [-1,1]. 0 means no correction. Default is 0.

i

    Set interpolation type. Can be |nearest| or |bilinear|. Default is
    |nearest|.

fc

    Specify the color of the unmapped pixels. For the syntax of this
    option, check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Color" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#color-syntax>.
    Default color is |black@0|.

The formula that generates the correction is:

r_src = r_tgt * (1 + k1 * (r_tgt / r_0)^2 + k2 * (r_tgt / r_0)^4)

where r_0 is halve of the image diagonal and r_src and r_tgt are the
distances from the focal point in the source and target images,
respectively.


        30.142.2 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.143 lensfun

Apply lens correction via the lensfun library (
http://lensfun.sourceforge.net/

).

The |lensfun| filter requires the camera make, camera model, and lens
model to apply the lens correction. The filter will load the lensfun
database and query it to find the corresponding camera and lens entries
in the database. As long as these entries can be found with the given
options, the filter can perform corrections on frames. Note that
incomplete strings will result in the filter choosing the best match
with the given options, and the filter will output the chosen camera and
lens models (logged with level "info"). You must provide the make,
camera model, and lens model as they are required.

To obtain a list of available makes and models, leave out one or both of
|make| and |model| options. The filter will send the full list to the
log with level |INFO|. The first column is the make and the second
column is the model. To obtain a list of available lenses, set any
values for make and model and leave out the |lens_model| option. The
filter will send the full list of lenses in the log with level |INFO|.
The ffmpeg tool will exit after the list is printed.

The filter accepts the following options:

make

    The make of the camera (for example, "Canon"). This option is required.

model

    The model of the camera (for example, "Canon EOS 100D"). This option
    is required.

lens_model

    The model of the lens (for example, "Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
    STM"). This option is required.

db_path

    The full path to the lens database folder. If not set, the filter
    will attempt to load the database from the install path when the
    library was built. Default is unset.

mode

    The type of correction to apply. The following values are valid
    options:

    ‘vignetting’

        Enables fixing lens vignetting.

    ‘geometry’

        Enables fixing lens geometry. This is the default.

    ‘subpixel’

        Enables fixing chromatic aberrations.

    ‘vig_geo’

        Enables fixing lens vignetting and lens geometry.

    ‘vig_subpixel’

        Enables fixing lens vignetting and chromatic aberrations.

    ‘distortion’

        Enables fixing both lens geometry and chromatic aberrations.

    ‘all’

        Enables all possible corrections.

focal_length

    The focal length of the image/video (zoom; expected constant for
    video). For example, a 18–55mm lens has focal length range of
    [18–55], so a value in that range should be chosen when using that
    lens. Default 18.

aperture

    The aperture of the image/video (expected constant for video). Note
    that aperture is only used for vignetting correction. Default 3.5.

focus_distance

    The focus distance of the image/video (expected constant for video).
    Note that focus distance is only used for vignetting and only
    slightly affects the vignetting correction process. If unknown,
    leave it at the default value (which is 1000).

scale

    The scale factor which is applied after transformation. After
    correction the video is no longer necessarily rectangular. This
    parameter controls how much of the resulting image is visible. The
    value 0 means that a value will be chosen automatically such that
    there is little or no unmapped area in the output image. 1.0 means
    that no additional scaling is done. Lower values may result in more
    of the corrected image being visible, while higher values may avoid
    unmapped areas in the output.

target_geometry

    The target geometry of the output image/video. The following values
    are valid options:

    ‘rectilinear (default)’
    ‘fisheye’
    ‘panoramic’
    ‘equirectangular’
    ‘fisheye_orthographic’
    ‘fisheye_stereographic’
    ‘fisheye_equisolid’
    ‘fisheye_thoby’

reverse

    Apply the reverse of image correction (instead of correcting
    distortion, apply it).

interpolation

    The type of interpolation used when correcting distortion. The
    following values are valid options:

    ‘nearest’
    ‘linear (default)’
    ‘lanczos’

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-104>


        30.143.1 Examples

  * Apply lens correction with make "Canon", camera model "Canon EOS
    100D", and lens model "Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM" with
    focal length of "18" and aperture of "8.0".

    ffmpeg -i input.mov -vf lensfun=make=Canon:model="Canon EOS 100D":lens_model="Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM":focal_length=18:aperture=8 -c:v h264 -b:v 8000k output.mov

  * Apply the same as before, but only for the first 5 seconds of video.

    ffmpeg -i input.mov -vf lensfun=make=Canon:model="Canon EOS 100D":lens_model="Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM":focal_length=18:aperture=8:enable='lte(t\,5)' -c:v h264 -b:v 8000k output.mov


      30.144 libplacebo

Flexible GPU-accelerated processing filter based on libplacebo (
https://code.videolan.org/videolan/libplacebo

).

  *
    Options

    <#Options-36>
  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-105>
  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-105>


        30.144.1 Options

The options for this filter are divided into the following sections:

  *
    Output mode

    <#Output-mode>
  *
    Scaling

    <#Scaling>
  *
    Debanding

    <#Debanding>
  *
    Color adjustment

    <#Color-adjustment>
  *
    Peak detection

    <#Peak-detection>
  *
    Tone mapping

    <#Tone-mapping>
  *
    Dithering

    <#Dithering>
  *
    Custom shaders

    <#Custom-shaders>
  *
    Debugging / performance

    <#Debugging-_002f-performance>


        30.144.1.1 Output mode

These options control the overall output mode. By default, libplacebo
will try to preserve the source colorimetry and size as best as it can,
but it will apply any embedded film grain, dolby vision metadata or
anamorphic SAR present in source frames.

inputs

    Set the number of inputs. This can be used, alongside the |idx|
    variable, to allow placing/blending multiple inputs inside the
    output frame. This effectively enables functionality similar to
    hstack

    <#hstack>,
    overlay

    <#overlay>, etc.

w
h

    Set the output video dimension expression. Default values are |iw|
    and |ih|.

    Allows for the same expressions as the
    scale

    <#scale> filter.

crop_x
crop_y

    Set the input crop x/y expressions, default values are |(iw-cw)/2|
    and |(ih-ch)/2|.

crop_w
crop_h

    Set the input crop width/height expressions, default values are |iw|
    and |ih|.

pos_x
pos_y

    Set the output placement x/y expressions, default values are
    |(ow-pw)/2| and |(oh-ph)/2|.

pos_w
pos_h

    Set the output placement width/height expressions, default values
    are |ow| and |oh|.

fps

    Set the output frame rate. This can be rational, e.g. |60000/1001|.
    If set to the special string |none| (the default), input timestamps
    will instead be passed through to the output unmodified. Otherwise,
    the input video frames will be interpolated as necessary to rescale
    the video to the specified target framerate, in a manner as
    determined by the frame_mixer option.

format

    Set the output format override. If unset (the default), frames will
    be output in the same format as the respective input frames.
    Otherwise, format conversion will be performed.

force_original_aspect_ratio
force_divisible_by

    Work the same as the identical
    scale

    <#scale> filter options.

normalize_sar

    If enabled, output frames will always have a pixel aspect ratio of
    1:1. This will introduce additional padding/cropping as necessary.
    If disabled (the default), any aspect ratio mismatches, including
    those from e.g. anamorphic video sources, are forwarded to the
    output pixel aspect ratio.

pad_crop_ratio

    Specifies a ratio (between |0.0| and |1.0|) between padding and
    cropping when the input aspect ratio does not match the output
    aspect ratio and normalize_sar is in effect. The default of |0.0|
    always pads the content with black borders, while a value of |1.0|
    always crops off parts of the content. Intermediate values are
    possible, leading to a mix of the two approaches.

fillcolor

    Set the color used to fill the output area not covered by the output
    image, for example as a result of normalize_sar. For the general
    syntax of this option, check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Color" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#color-syntax>.
    Defaults to |black|.

corner_rounding

    Render frames with rounded corners. The value, given as a float
    ranging from |0.0| to |1.0|, indicates the relative degree of
    rounding, from fully square to fully circular. In other words, it
    gives the radius divided by half the smaller side length. Defaults
    to |0.0|.

extra_opts

    Pass extra libplacebo internal configuration options. These can be
    specified as a list of key=value pairs separated by ’:’. The
    following example shows how to configure a custom filter kernel
    ("EWA LanczosSharp") and use it to double the input image resolution:

    -vf "libplacebo=w=iw*2:h=ih*2:extra_opts='upscaler=custom\:upscaler_preset=ewa_lanczos\:upscaler_blur=0.9812505644269356'"

colorspace
color_primaries
color_trc
range

    Configure the colorspace that output frames will be delivered in.
    The default value of |auto| outputs frames in the same format as the
    input frames, leading to no change. For any other value, conversion
    will be performed.

    See the
    setparams

    <#setparams> filter for a list of possible values.

apply_filmgrain

    Apply film grain (e.g. AV1 or H.274) if present in source frames,
    and strip it from the output. Enabled by default.

apply_dolbyvision

    Apply Dolby Vision RPU metadata if present in source frames, and
    strip it from the output. Enabled by default. Note that Dolby Vision
    will always output BT.2020+PQ, overriding the usual input frame
    metadata. These will also be picked as the values of |auto| for the
    respective frame output options.

In addition to the expression constants documented for the
scale

<#scale> filter, the crop_w, crop_h, crop_x, crop_y, pos_w, pos_h, pos_x
and pos_y options can also contain the following constants:

in_idx, idx

    The (0-based) numeric index of the currently active input stream.

crop_w, cw
crop_h, ch

    The computed values of crop_w and crop_h.

pos_w, pw
pos_h, ph

    The computed values of pos_w and pos_h.

in_t, t

    The input frame timestamp, in seconds. NAN if input timestamp is
    unknown.

out_t, ot

    The input frame timestamp, in seconds. NAN if input timestamp is
    unknown.

n

    The input frame number, starting with 0.


        30.144.1.2 Scaling

The options in this section control how libplacebo performs upscaling
and (if necessary) downscaling. Note that libplacebo will always
internally operate on 4:4:4 content, so any sub-sampled chroma formats
such as |yuv420p| will necessarily be upsampled and downsampled as part
of the rendering process. That means scaling might be in effect even if
the source and destination resolution are the same.

upscaler
downscaler

    Configure the filter kernel used for upscaling and downscaling. The
    respective defaults are |spline36| and |mitchell|. For a full list
    of possible values, pass |help| to these options. The most important
    values are:

    ‘none’

        Forces the use of built-in GPU texture sampling (typically
        bilinear). Extremely fast but poor quality, especially when
        downscaling.

    ‘bilinear’

        Bilinear interpolation. Can generally be done for free on GPUs,
        except when doing so would lead to aliasing. Fast and low quality.

    ‘nearest’

        Nearest-neighbour interpolation. Sharp but highly aliasing.

    ‘oversample’

        Algorithm that looks visually similar to nearest-neighbour
        interpolation but tries to preserve pixel aspect ratio. Good for
        pixel art, since it results in minimal distortion of the
        artistic appearance.

    ‘lanczos’

        Standard sinc-sinc interpolation kernel.

    ‘spline36’

        Cubic spline approximation of lanczos. No difference in
        performance, but has very slightly less ringing.

    ‘ewa_lanczos’

        Elliptically weighted average version of lanczos, based on a
        jinc-sinc kernel. This is also popularly referred to as just
        "Jinc scaling". Slow but very high quality.

    ‘gaussian’

        Gaussian kernel. Has certain ideal mathematical properties, but
        subjectively very blurry.

    ‘mitchell’

        Cubic BC spline with parameters recommended by Mitchell and
        Netravali. Very little ringing.

frame_mixer

    Controls the kernel used for mixing frames temporally. The default
    value is |none|, which disables frame mixing. For a full list of
    possible values, pass |help| to this option. The most important
    values are:

    ‘none’

        Disables frame mixing, giving a result equivalent to "nearest
        neighbour" semantics.

    ‘oversample’

        Oversamples the input video to create a "Smooth Motion"-type
        effect: if an output frame would exactly fall on the transition
        between two video frames, it is blended according to the
        relative overlap. This is the recommended option whenever
        preserving the original subjective appearance is desired.

    ‘mitchell_clamp’

        Larger filter kernel that smoothly interpolates multiple frames
        in a manner designed to eliminate ringing and other artefacts as
        much as possible. This is the recommended option wherever
        maximum visual smoothness is desired.

    ‘linear’

        Linear blend/fade between frames. Especially useful for
        constructing e.g. slideshows.

lut_entries

    Configures the size of scaler LUTs, ranging from |1| to |256|. The
    default of |0| will pick libplacebo’s internal default, typically |64|.

antiringing

    Enables anti-ringing (for non-EWA filters). The value (between |0.0|
    and |1.0|) configures the strength of the anti-ringing algorithm.
    May increase aliasing if set too high. Disabled by default.

sigmoid

    Enable sigmoidal compression during upscaling. Reduces ringing
    slightly. Enabled by default.


        30.144.1.3 Debanding

Libplacebo comes with a built-in debanding filter that is good at
counteracting many common sources of banding and blocking. Turning this
on is highly recommended whenever quality is desired.

deband

    Enable (fast) debanding algorithm. Disabled by default.

deband_iterations

    Number of deband iterations of the debanding algorithm. Each
    iteration is performed with progressively increased radius (and
    diminished threshold). Recommended values are in the range |1| to
    |4|. Defaults to |1|.

deband_threshold

    Debanding filter strength. Higher numbers lead to more aggressive
    debanding. Defaults to |4.0|.

deband_radius

    Debanding filter radius. A higher radius is better for slow
    gradients, while a lower radius is better for steep gradients.
    Defaults to |16.0|.

deband_grain

    Amount of extra output grain to add. Helps hide imperfections.
    Defaults to |6.0|.


        30.144.1.4 Color adjustment

A collection of subjective color controls. Not very rigorous, so the
exact effect will vary somewhat depending on the input primaries and
colorspace.

brightness

    Brightness boost, between |-1.0| and |1.0|. Defaults to |0.0|.

contrast

    Contrast gain, between |0.0| and |16.0|. Defaults to |1.0|.

saturation

    Saturation gain, between |0.0| and |16.0|. Defaults to |1.0|.

hue

    Hue shift in radians, between |-3.14| and |3.14|. Defaults to |0.0|.
    This will rotate the UV subvector, defaulting to BT.709 coefficients
    for RGB inputs.

gamma

    Gamma adjustment, between |0.0| and |16.0|. Defaults to |1.0|.

cones

    Cone model to use for color blindness simulation. Accepts any
    combination of |l|, |m| and |s|. Here are some examples:

    ‘m’

        Deuteranomaly / deuteranopia (affecting 3%-4% of the population)

    ‘l’

        Protanomaly / protanopia (affecting 1%-2% of the population)

    ‘l+m’

        Monochromacy (very rare)

    ‘l+m+s’

        Achromatopsy (complete loss of daytime vision, extremely rare)

cone-strength

    Gain factor for the cones specified by |cones|, between |0.0| and
    |10.0|. A value of |1.0| results in no change to color vision. A
    value of |0.0| (the default) simulates complete loss of those cones.
    Values above |1.0| result in exaggerating the differences between
    cones, which may help compensate for reduced color vision.


        30.144.1.5 Peak detection

To help deal with sources that only have static HDR10 metadata (or no
tagging whatsoever), libplacebo uses its own internal frame analysis
compute shader to analyze source frames and adapt the tone mapping
function in realtime. If this is too slow, or if exactly reproducible
frame-perfect results are needed, it’s recommended to turn this feature
off.

peak_detect

    Enable HDR peak detection. Ignores static MaxCLL/MaxFALL values in
    favor of dynamic detection from the input. Note that the detected
    values do not get written back to the output frames, they merely
    guide the internal tone mapping process. Enabled by default.

smoothing_period

    Peak detection smoothing period, between |0.0| and |1000.0|. Higher
    values result in peak detection becoming less responsive to changes
    in the input. Defaults to |100.0|.

minimum_peak

    Lower bound on the detected peak (relative to SDR white), between
    |0.0| and |100.0|. Defaults to |1.0|.

scene_threshold_low
scene_threshold_high

    Lower and upper thresholds for scene change detection. Expressed in
    a logarithmic scale between |0.0| and |100.0|. Default to |5.5| and
    |10.0|, respectively. Setting either to a negative value disables
    this functionality.

percentile

    Which percentile of the frame brightness histogram to use as the
    source peak for tone-mapping. Defaults to |99.995|, a fairly
    conservative value. Setting this to |100.0| disables frame histogram
    measurement and instead uses the true peak brightness for tone-mapping.


        30.144.1.6 Tone mapping

The options in this section control how libplacebo performs tone-mapping
and gamut-mapping when dealing with mismatches between wide-gamut or HDR
content. In general, libplacebo relies on accurate source tagging and
mastering display gamut information to produce the best results.

gamut_mode

    How to handle out-of-gamut colors that can occur as a result of
    colorimetric gamut mapping.

    ‘clip’

        Do nothing, simply clip out-of-range colors to the RGB volume.
        Low quality but extremely fast.

    ‘perceptual’

        Perceptually soft-clip colors to the gamut volume. This is the
        default.

    ‘relative’

        Relative colorimetric hard-clip. Similar to |perceptual| but
        without the soft knee.

    ‘saturation’

        Saturation mapping, maps primaries directly to primaries in RGB
        space. Not recommended except for artificial computer graphics
        for which a bright, saturated display is desired.

    ‘absolute’

        Absolute colorimetric hard-clip. Performs no adjustment of the
        white point.

    ‘desaturate’

        Hard-desaturates out-of-gamut colors towards white, while
        preserving the luminance. Has a tendency to distort the visual
        appearance of bright objects.

    ‘darken’

        Linearly reduces content brightness to preserves saturated
        details, followed by clipping the remaining out-of-gamut colors.

    ‘warn’

        Highlight out-of-gamut pixels (by inverting/marking them).

    ‘linear’

        Linearly reduces chromaticity of the entire image to make it fit
        within the target color volume. Be careful when using this on
        BT.2020 sources without proper mastering metadata, as doing so
        will lead to excessive desaturation.

tonemapping

    Tone-mapping algorithm to use. Available values are:

    ‘auto’

        Automatic selection based on internal heuristics. This is the
        default.

    ‘clip’

        Performs no tone-mapping, just clips out-of-range colors.
        Retains perfect color accuracy for in-range colors but
        completely destroys out-of-range information. Does not perform
        any black point adaptation. Not configurable.

    ‘st2094-40’

        EETF from SMPTE ST 2094-40 Annex B, which applies the Bezier
        curves from HDR10+ dynamic metadata based on Bezier curves to
        perform tone-mapping. The OOTF used is adjusted based on the
        ratio between the targeted and actual display peak luminances.

    ‘st2094-10’

        EETF from SMPTE ST 2094-10 Annex B.2, which takes into account
        the input signal average luminance in addition to the
        maximum/minimum. The configurable contrast parameter influences
        the slope of the linear output segment, defaulting to |1.0| for
        no increase/decrease in contrast. Note that this does not
        currently include the subjective gain/offset/gamma controls
        defined in Annex B.3.

    ‘bt.2390’

        EETF from the ITU-R Report BT.2390, a hermite spline roll-off
        with linear segment. The knee point offset is configurable. Note
        that this parameter defaults to |1.0|, rather than the value of
        |0.5| from the ITU-R spec.

    ‘bt.2446a’

        EETF from ITU-R Report BT.2446, method A. Designed for
        well-mastered HDR sources. Can be used for both forward and
        inverse tone mapping. Not configurable.

    ‘spline’

        Simple spline consisting of two polynomials, joined by a single
        pivot point. The parameter gives the pivot point (in PQ space),
        defaulting to |0.30|. Can be used for both forward and inverse
        tone mapping.

    ‘reinhard’

        Simple non-linear, global tone mapping algorithm. The parameter
        specifies the local contrast coefficient at the display peak.
        Essentially, a parameter of |0.5| implies that the reference
        white will be about half as bright as when clipping. Defaults to
        |0.5|, which results in the simplest formulation of this function.

    ‘mobius’

        Generalization of the reinhard tone mapping algorithm to support
        an additional linear slope near black. The tone mapping
        parameter indicates the trade-off between the linear section and
        the non-linear section. Essentially, for a given parameter x,
        every color value below x will be mapped linearly, while higher
        values get non-linearly tone-mapped. Values near |1.0| make this
        curve behave like |clip|, while values near |0.0| make this
        curve behave like |reinhard|. The default value is |0.3|, which
        provides a good balance between colorimetric accuracy and
        preserving out-of-gamut details.

    ‘hable’

        Piece-wise, filmic tone-mapping algorithm developed by John
        Hable for use in Uncharted 2, inspired by a similar tone-mapping
        algorithm used by Kodak. Popularized by its use in video games
        with HDR rendering. Preserves both dark and bright details very
        well, but comes with the drawback of changing the average
        brightness quite significantly. This is sort of similar to
        |reinhard| with parameter |0.24|.

    ‘gamma’

        Fits a gamma (power) function to transfer between the source and
        target color spaces, effectively resulting in a perceptual
        hard-knee joining two roughly linear sections. This preserves
        details at all scales fairly accurately, but can result in an
        image with a muted or dull appearance. The parameter is used as
        the cutoff point, defaulting to |0.5|.

    ‘linear’

        Linearly stretches the input range to the output range, in PQ
        space. This will preserve all details accurately, but results in
        a significantly different average brightness. Can be used for
        inverse tone-mapping in addition to regular tone-mapping. The
        parameter can be used as an additional linear gain coefficient
        (defaulting to |1.0|).

tonemapping_param

    For tunable tone mapping functions, this parameter can be used to
    fine-tune the curve behavior. Refer to the documentation of
    |tonemapping|. The default value of |0.0| is replaced by the curve’s
    preferred default setting.

inverse_tonemapping

    If enabled, this filter will also attempt stretching SDR signals to
    fill HDR output color volumes. Disabled by default.

tonemapping_lut_size

    Size of the tone-mapping LUT, between |2| and |1024|. Defaults to
    |256|. Note that this figure is squared when combined with
    |peak_detect|.

contrast_recovery

    Contrast recovery strength. If set to a value above |0.0|, the
    source image will be divided into high-frequency and low-frequency
    components, and a portion of the high-frequency image is added back
    onto the tone-mapped output. May cause excessive ringing artifacts
    for some HDR sources, but can improve the subjective sharpness and
    detail left over in the image after tone-mapping. Defaults to |0.30|.

contrast_smoothness

    Contrast recovery lowpass kernel size. Defaults to |3.5|. Increasing
    or decreasing this will affect the visual appearance substantially.
    Has no effect when |contrast_recovery| is disabled.


        30.144.1.7 Dithering

By default, libplacebo will dither whenever necessary, which includes
rendering to any integer format below 16-bit precision. It’s recommended
to always leave this on, since not doing so may result in visible
banding in the output, even if the |debanding| filter is enabled. If
maximum performance is needed, use |ordered_fixed| instead of disabling
dithering.

dithering

    Dithering method to use. Accepts the following values:

    ‘none’

        Disables dithering completely. May result in visible banding.

    ‘blue’

        Dither with pseudo-blue noise. This is the default.

    ‘ordered’

        Tunable ordered dither pattern.

    ‘ordered_fixed’

        Faster ordered dither with a fixed size of |6|. Texture-less.

    ‘white’

        Dither with white noise. Texture-less.

dither_lut_size

    Dither LUT size, as log base2 between |1| and |8|. Defaults to |6|,
    corresponding to a LUT size of |64x64|.

dither_temporal

    Enables temporal dithering. Disabled by default.


        30.144.1.8 Custom shaders

libplacebo supports a number of custom shaders based on the mpv .hook
GLSL syntax. A collection of such shaders can be found here:
https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/wiki/User-Scripts#user-shaders

A full description of the mpv shader format is beyond the scope of this
section, but a summary can be found here:
https://mpv.io/manual/master/#options-glsl-shader

custom_shader_path

    Specifies a path to a custom shader file to load at runtime.

custom_shader_bin

    Specifies a complete custom shader as a raw string.


        30.144.1.9 Debugging / performance

All of the options in this section default off. They may be of
assistance when attempting to squeeze the maximum performance at the
cost of quality.

skip_aa

    Disable anti-aliasing when downscaling.

polar_cutoff

    Truncate polar (EWA) scaler kernels below this absolute magnitude,
    between |0.0| and |1.0|.

disable_linear

    Disable linear light scaling.

disable_builtin

    Disable built-in GPU sampling (forces LUT).

disable_fbos

    Forcibly disable FBOs, resulting in loss of almost all
    functionality, but offering the maximum possible speed.


        30.144.2 Commands

This filter supports almost all of the above options as
commands

<#commands>.


        30.144.3 Examples

  * Tone-map input to standard gamut BT.709 output:

    libplacebo=colorspace=bt709:color_primaries=bt709:color_trc=bt709:range=tv

  * Rescale input to fit into standard 1080p, with high quality scaling:

    libplacebo=w=1920:h=1080:force_original_aspect_ratio=decrease:normalize_sar=true:upscaler=ewa_lanczos:downscaler=ewa_lanczos

  * Interpolate low FPS / VFR input to smoothed constant 60 fps output:

    libplacebo=fps=60:frame_mixer=mitchell_clamp

  * Convert input to standard sRGB JPEG:

    libplacebo=format=yuv420p:colorspace=bt470bg:color_primaries=bt709:color_trc=iec61966-2-1:range=pc

  * Use higher quality debanding settings:

    libplacebo=deband=true:deband_iterations=3:deband_radius=8:deband_threshold=6

  * Run this filter on the CPU, on systems with Mesa installed (and with
    the most expensive options disabled):

    ffmpeg ... -init_hw_device vulkan:llvmpipe ... -vf libplacebo=upscaler=none:downscaler=none:peak_detect=false

  * Suppress CPU-based AV1/H.274 film grain application in the decoder,
    in favor of doing it with this filter. Note that this is only a gain
    if the frames are either already on the GPU, or if you’re using
    libplacebo for other purposes, since otherwise the VRAM roundtrip
    will more than offset any expected speedup.

    ffmpeg -export_side_data +film_grain ... -vf libplacebo=apply_filmgrain=true

  * Interop with VAAPI hwdec to avoid round-tripping through RAM:

    ffmpeg -init_hw_device vulkan -hwaccel vaapi -hwaccel_output_format vaapi ... -vf libplacebo


      30.145 libvmaf

Calulate the VMAF (Video Multi-Method Assessment Fusion) score for a
reference/distorted pair of input videos.

The first input is the distorted video, and the second input is the
reference video.

The obtained VMAF score is printed through the logging system.

It requires Netflix’s vmaf library (libvmaf) as a pre-requisite. After
installing the library it can be enabled using: |./configure
--enable-libvmaf|.

The filter has following options:

model

    A ‘|‘ delimited list of vmaf models. Each model can be configured
    with a number of parameters. Default value: |"version=vmaf_v0.6.1"|

feature

    A ‘|‘ delimited list of features. Each feature can be configured
    with a number of parameters.

log_path

    Set the file path to be used to store log files.

log_fmt

    Set the format of the log file (xml, json, csv, or sub).

n_threads

    Set number of threads to be used when initializing libvmaf. Default
    value: |0|, no threads.

n_subsample

    Set frame subsampling interval to be used.

This filter also supports the
framesync

<#framesync> options.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-106>


        30.145.1 Examples

  * In the examples below, a distorted video distorted.mpg is compared
    with a reference file reference.mpg.
  * Basic usage:

    ffmpeg -i distorted.mpg -i reference.mpg -lavfi libvmaf=log_path=output.xml -f null -

  * Example with multiple models:

    ffmpeg -i distorted.mpg -i reference.mpg -lavfi libvmaf='model=version=vmaf_v0.6.1\\:name=vmaf|version=vmaf_v0.6.1neg\\:name=vmaf_neg' -f null -

  * Example with multiple addtional features:

    ffmpeg -i distorted.mpg -i reference.mpg -lavfi libvmaf='feature=name=psnr|name=ciede' -f null -

  * Example with options and different containers:

    ffmpeg -i distorted.mpg -i reference.mkv -lavfi "[0:v]settb=AVTB,setpts=PTS-STARTPTS[main];[1:v]settb=AVTB,setpts=PTS-STARTPTS[ref];[main][ref]libvmaf=log_fmt=json:log_path=output.json" -f null -


      30.146 libvmaf_cuda

This is the CUDA variant of the
libvmaf

<#libvmaf> filter. It only accepts CUDA frames.

It requires Netflix’s vmaf library (libvmaf) as a pre-requisite. After
installing the library it can be enabled using: |./configure
--enable-nonfree --enable-ffnvcodec --enable-libvmaf|.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-107>


        30.146.1 Examples

  * Basic usage showing CUVID hardware decoding and CUDA scaling with
    scale_cuda

    <#scale_005fcuda>:

    ffmpeg \
        -hwaccel cuda -hwaccel_output_format cuda -codec:v av1_cuvid -i dis.obu \
        -hwaccel cuda -hwaccel_output_format cuda -codec:v av1_cuvid -i ref.obu \
        -filter_complex "
            [0:v]scale_cuda=format=yuv420p[ref]; \
            [1:v]scale_cuda=format=yuv420p[dis]; \
            [dis][ref]libvmaf_cuda=log_fmt=json:log_path=output.json
        " \
        -f null -


      30.147 limitdiff

Apply limited difference filter using second and optionally third video
stream.

The filter accepts the following options:

threshold

    Set the threshold to use when allowing certain differences between
    video streams. Any absolute difference value lower or exact than
    this threshold will pick pixel components from first video stream.

elasticity

    Set the elasticity of soft thresholding when processing video
    streams. This value multiplied with first one sets second threshold.
    Any absolute difference value greater or exact than second threshold
    will pick pixel components from second video stream. For values
    between those two threshold linear interpolation between first and
    second video stream will be used.

reference

    Enable the reference (third) video stream processing. By default is
    disabled. If set, this video stream will be used for calculating
    absolute difference with first video stream.

planes

    Specify which planes will be processed. Defaults to all available.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-106>


        30.147.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands> except option ‘reference’.


      30.148 limiter

Limits the pixel components values to the specified range [min, max].

The filter accepts the following options:

min

    Lower bound. Defaults to the lowest allowed value for the input.

max

    Upper bound. Defaults to the highest allowed value for the input.

planes

    Specify which planes will be processed. Defaults to all available.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-107>


        30.148.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.149 loop

Loop video frames.

The filter accepts the following options:

loop

    Set the number of loops. Setting this value to -1 will result in
    infinite loops. Default is 0.

size

    Set maximal size in number of frames. Default is 0.

start

    Set first frame of loop. Default is 0.

time

    Set the time of loop start in seconds. Only used if option named
    start is set to |-1|.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-108>


        30.149.1 Examples

  * Loop single first frame infinitely:

    loop=loop=-1:size=1:start=0

  * Loop single first frame 10 times:

    loop=loop=10:size=1:start=0

  * Loop 10 first frames 5 times:

    loop=loop=5:size=10:start=0


      30.150 lut1d

Apply a 1D LUT to an input video.

The filter accepts the following options:

file

    Set the 1D LUT file name.

    Currently supported formats:

    ‘cube’

        Iridas

    ‘csp’

        cineSpace

interp

    Select interpolation mode.

    Available values are:

    ‘nearest’

        Use values from the nearest defined point.

    ‘linear’

        Interpolate values using the linear interpolation.

    ‘cosine’

        Interpolate values using the cosine interpolation.

    ‘cubic’

        Interpolate values using the cubic interpolation.

    ‘spline’

        Interpolate values using the spline interpolation.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-108>


        30.150.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.151 lut3d

Apply a 3D LUT to an input video.

The filter accepts the following options:

file

    Set the 3D LUT file name.

    Currently supported formats:

    ‘3dl’

        AfterEffects

    ‘cube’

        Iridas

    ‘dat’

        DaVinci

    ‘m3d’

        Pandora

    ‘csp’

        cineSpace

interp

    Select interpolation mode.

    Available values are:

    ‘nearest’

        Use values from the nearest defined point.

    ‘trilinear’

        Interpolate values using the 8 points defining a cube.

    ‘tetrahedral’

        Interpolate values using a tetrahedron.

    ‘pyramid’

        Interpolate values using a pyramid.

    ‘prism’

        Interpolate values using a prism.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-109>


        30.151.1 Commands

This filter supports the |interp| option as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.152 lumakey

Turn certain luma values into transparency.

The filter accepts the following options:

threshold

    Set the luma which will be used as base for transparency. Default
    value is |0|.

tolerance

    Set the range of luma values to be keyed out. Default value is |0.01|.

softness

    Set the range of softness. Default value is |0|. Use this to control
    gradual transition from zero to full transparency.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-110>


        30.152.1 Commands

This filter supports same
commands

<#commands> as options. The command accepts the same syntax of the
corresponding option.

If the specified expression is not valid, it is kept at its current value.


      30.153 lut, lutrgb, lutyuv

Compute a look-up table for binding each pixel component input value to
an output value, and apply it to the input video.

lutyuv applies a lookup table to a YUV input video, lutrgb to an RGB
input video.

These filters accept the following parameters:

c0

    set first pixel component expression

c1

    set second pixel component expression

c2

    set third pixel component expression

c3

    set fourth pixel component expression, corresponds to the alpha
    component

r

    set red component expression

g

    set green component expression

b

    set blue component expression

a

    alpha component expression

y

    set Y/luma component expression

u

    set U/Cb component expression

v

    set V/Cr component expression

Each of them specifies the expression to use for computing the lookup
table for the corresponding pixel component values.

The exact component associated to each of the c* options depends on the
format in input.

The lut filter requires either YUV or RGB pixel formats in input, lutrgb
requires RGB pixel formats in input, and lutyuv requires YUV.

The expressions can contain the following constants and functions:

w
h

    The input width and height.

val

    The input value for the pixel component.

clipval

    The input value, clipped to the minval-maxval range.

maxval

    The maximum value for the pixel component.

minval

    The minimum value for the pixel component.

negval

    The negated value for the pixel component value, clipped to the
    minval-maxval range; it corresponds to the expression
    "maxval-clipval+minval".

clip(val)

    The computed value in val, clipped to the minval-maxval range.

gammaval(gamma)

    The computed gamma correction value of the pixel component value,
    clipped to the minval-maxval range. It corresponds to the expression
    "pow((clipval-minval)/(maxval-minval)\,gamma)*(maxval-minval)+minval"

All expressions default to "clipval".

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-111>
  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-109>


        30.153.1 Commands

This filter supports same
commands

<#commands> as options.


        30.153.2 Examples

  * Negate input video:

    lutrgb="r=maxval+minval-val:g=maxval+minval-val:b=maxval+minval-val"
    lutyuv="y=maxval+minval-val:u=maxval+minval-val:v=maxval+minval-val"

    The above is the same as:

    lutrgb="r=negval:g=negval:b=negval"
    lutyuv="y=negval:u=negval:v=negval"

  * Negate luma:

    lutyuv=y=negval

  * Remove chroma components, turning the video into a graytone image:

    lutyuv="u=128:v=128"

  * Apply a luma burning effect:

    lutyuv="y=2*val"

  * Remove green and blue components:

    lutrgb="g=0:b=0"

  * Set a constant alpha channel value on input:

    format=rgba,lutrgb=a="maxval-minval/2"

  * Correct luma gamma by a factor of 0.5:

    lutyuv=y=gammaval(0.5)

  * Discard least significant bits of luma:

    lutyuv=y='bitand(val, 128+64+32)'

  * Technicolor like effect:

    lutyuv=u='(val-maxval/2)*2+maxval/2':v='(val-maxval/2)*2+maxval/2'


      30.154 lut2, tlut2

The |lut2| filter takes two input streams and outputs one stream.

The |tlut2| (time lut2) filter takes two consecutive frames from one
single stream.

This filter accepts the following parameters:

c0

    set first pixel component expression

c1

    set second pixel component expression

c2

    set third pixel component expression

c3

    set fourth pixel component expression, corresponds to the alpha
    component

d

    set output bit depth, only available for |lut2| filter. By default
    is 0, which means bit depth is automatically picked from first input
    format.

The |lut2| filter also supports the
framesync

<#framesync> options.

Each of them specifies the expression to use for computing the lookup
table for the corresponding pixel component values.

The exact component associated to each of the c* options depends on the
format in inputs.

The expressions can contain the following constants:

w
h

    The input width and height.

x

    The first input value for the pixel component.

y

    The second input value for the pixel component.

bdx

    The first input video bit depth.

bdy

    The second input video bit depth.

All expressions default to "x".

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-112>
  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-110>


        30.154.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands> except option |d|.


        30.154.2 Examples

  * Highlight differences between two RGB video streams:

    lut2='ifnot(x-y,0,pow(2,bdx)-1):ifnot(x-y,0,pow(2,bdx)-1):ifnot(x-y,0,pow(2,bdx)-1)'

  * Highlight differences between two YUV video streams:

    lut2='ifnot(x-y,0,pow(2,bdx)-1):ifnot(x-y,pow(2,bdx-1),pow(2,bdx)-1):ifnot(x-y,pow(2,bdx-1),pow(2,bdx)-1)'

  * Show max difference between two video streams:

    lut2='if(lt(x,y),0,if(gt(x,y),pow(2,bdx)-1,pow(2,bdx-1))):if(lt(x,y),0,if(gt(x,y),pow(2,bdx)-1,pow(2,bdx-1))):if(lt(x,y),0,if(gt(x,y),pow(2,bdx)-1,pow(2,bdx-1)))'


      30.155 maskedclamp

Clamp the first input stream with the second input and third input stream.

Returns the value of first stream to be between second input stream -
|undershoot| and third input stream + |overshoot|.

This filter accepts the following options:

undershoot

    Default value is |0|.

overshoot

    Default value is |0|.

planes

    Set which planes will be processed as bitmap, unprocessed planes
    will be copied from first stream. By default value 0xf, all planes
    will be processed.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-113>


        30.155.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.156 maskedmax

Merge the second and third input stream into output stream using
absolute differences between second input stream and first input stream
and absolute difference between third input stream and first input
stream. The picked value will be from second input stream if second
absolute difference is greater than first one or from third input stream
otherwise.

This filter accepts the following options:

planes

    Set which planes will be processed as bitmap, unprocessed planes
    will be copied from first stream. By default value 0xf, all planes
    will be processed.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-114>


        30.156.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.157 maskedmerge

Merge the first input stream with the second input stream using per
pixel weights in the third input stream.

A value of 0 in the third stream pixel component means that pixel
component from first stream is returned unchanged, while maximum value
(eg. 255 for 8-bit videos) means that pixel component from second stream
is returned unchanged. Intermediate values define the amount of merging
between both input stream’s pixel components.

This filter accepts the following options:

planes

    Set which planes will be processed as bitmap, unprocessed planes
    will be copied from first stream. By default value 0xf, all planes
    will be processed.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-115>


        30.157.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.158 maskedmin

Merge the second and third input stream into output stream using
absolute differences between second input stream and first input stream
and absolute difference between third input stream and first input
stream. The picked value will be from second input stream if second
absolute difference is less than first one or from third input stream
otherwise.

This filter accepts the following options:

planes

    Set which planes will be processed as bitmap, unprocessed planes
    will be copied from first stream. By default value 0xf, all planes
    will be processed.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-116>


        30.158.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.159 maskedthreshold

Pick pixels comparing absolute difference of two video streams with
fixed threshold.

If absolute difference between pixel component of first and second video
stream is equal or lower than user supplied threshold than pixel
component from first video stream is picked, otherwise pixel component
from second video stream is picked.

This filter accepts the following options:

threshold

    Set threshold used when picking pixels from absolute difference from
    two input video streams.

planes

    Set which planes will be processed as bitmap, unprocessed planes
    will be copied from second stream. By default value 0xf, all planes
    will be processed.

mode

    Set mode of filter operation. Can be |abs| or |diff|. Default is |abs|.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-117>


        30.159.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.160 maskfun

Create mask from input video.

For example it is useful to create motion masks after |tblend| filter.

This filter accepts the following options:

low

    Set low threshold. Any pixel component lower or exact than this
    value will be set to 0.

high

    Set high threshold. Any pixel component higher than this value will
    be set to max value allowed for current pixel format.

planes

    Set planes to filter, by default all available planes are filtered.

fill

    Fill all frame pixels with this value.

sum

    Set max average pixel value for frame. If sum of all pixel
    components is higher that this average, output frame will be
    completely filled with value set by fill option. Typically useful
    for scene changes when used in combination with |tblend| filter.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-118>


        30.160.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.161 mcdeint

Apply motion-compensation deinterlacing.

It needs one field per frame as input and must thus be used together
with yadif=1/3 or equivalent.

This filter accepts the following options:

mode

    Set the deinterlacing mode.

    It accepts one of the following values:

    ‘fast’
    ‘medium’
    ‘slow’

        use iterative motion estimation

    ‘extra_slow’

        like ‘slow’, but use multiple reference frames.

    Default value is ‘fast’.

parity

    Set the picture field parity assumed for the input video. It must be
    one of the following values:

    ‘0, tff’

        assume top field first

    ‘1, bff’

        assume bottom field first

    Default value is ‘bff’.

qp

    Set per-block quantization parameter (QP) used by the internal encoder.

    Higher values should result in a smoother motion vector field but
    less optimal individual vectors. Default value is 1.


      30.162 median

Pick median pixel from certain rectangle defined by radius.

This filter accepts the following options:

radius

    Set horizontal radius size. Default value is |1|. Allowed range is
    integer from 1 to 127.

planes

    Set which planes to process. Default is |15|, which is all available
    planes.

radiusV

    Set vertical radius size. Default value is |0|. Allowed range is
    integer from 0 to 127. If it is 0, value will be picked from
    horizontal |radius| option.

percentile

    Set median percentile. Default value is |0.5|. Default value of
    |0.5| will pick always median values, while |0| will pick minimum
    values, and |1| maximum values.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-119>


        30.162.1 Commands

This filter supports same
commands

<#commands> as options. The command accepts the same syntax of the
corresponding option.

If the specified expression is not valid, it is kept at its current value.


      30.163 mergeplanes

Merge color channel components from several video streams.

The filter accepts up to 4 input streams, and merge selected input
planes to the output video.

This filter accepts the following options:

mapping

    Set input to output plane mapping. Default is |0|.

    The mappings is specified as a bitmap. It should be specified as a
    hexadecimal number in the form 0xAa[Bb[Cc[Dd]]]. ’Aa’ describes the
    mapping for the first plane of the output stream. ’A’ sets the
    number of the input stream to use (from 0 to 3), and ’a’ the plane
    number of the corresponding input to use (from 0 to 3). The rest of
    the mappings is similar, ’Bb’ describes the mapping for the output
    stream second plane, ’Cc’ describes the mapping for the output
    stream third plane and ’Dd’ describes the mapping for the output
    stream fourth plane.

format

    Set output pixel format. Default is |yuva444p|.

map0s
map1s
map2s
map3s

    Set input to output stream mapping for output Nth plane. Default is
    |0|.

map0p
map1p
map2p
map3p

    Set input to output plane mapping for output Nth plane. Default is |0|.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-111>


        30.163.1 Examples

  * Merge three gray video streams of same width and height into single
    video stream:

    [a0][a1][a2]mergeplanes=0x001020:yuv444p

  * Merge 1st yuv444p stream and 2nd gray video stream into yuva444p
    video stream:

    [a0][a1]mergeplanes=0x00010210:yuva444p

  * Swap Y and A plane in yuva444p stream:

    format=yuva444p,mergeplanes=0x03010200:yuva444p

  * Swap U and V plane in yuv420p stream:

    format=yuv420p,mergeplanes=0x000201:yuv420p

  * Cast a rgb24 clip to yuv444p:

    format=rgb24,mergeplanes=0x000102:yuv444p


      30.164 mestimate

Estimate and export motion vectors using block matching algorithms.
Motion vectors are stored in frame side data to be used by other filters.

This filter accepts the following options:

method

    Specify the motion estimation method. Accepts one of the following
    values:

    ‘esa’

        Exhaustive search algorithm.

    ‘tss’

        Three step search algorithm.

    ‘tdls’

        Two dimensional logarithmic search algorithm.

    ‘ntss’

        New three step search algorithm.

    ‘fss’

        Four step search algorithm.

    ‘ds’

        Diamond search algorithm.

    ‘hexbs’

        Hexagon-based search algorithm.

    ‘epzs’

        Enhanced predictive zonal search algorithm.

    ‘umh’

        Uneven multi-hexagon search algorithm.

    Default value is ‘esa’.

mb_size

    Macroblock size. Default |16|.

search_param

    Search parameter. Default |7|.


      30.165 midequalizer

Apply Midway Image Equalization effect using two video streams.

Midway Image Equalization adjusts a pair of images to have the same
histogram, while maintaining their dynamics as much as possible. It’s
useful for e.g. matching exposures from a pair of stereo cameras.

This filter has two inputs and one output, which must be of same pixel
format, but may be of different sizes. The output of filter is first
input adjusted with midway histogram of both inputs.

This filter accepts the following option:

planes

    Set which planes to process. Default is |15|, which is all available
    planes.


      30.166 minterpolate

Convert the video to specified frame rate using motion interpolation.

This filter accepts the following options:

fps

    Specify the output frame rate. This can be rational e.g.
    |60000/1001|. Frames are dropped if fps is lower than source fps.
    Default |60|.

mi_mode

    Motion interpolation mode. Following values are accepted:

    ‘dup’

        Duplicate previous or next frame for interpolating new ones.

    ‘blend’

        Blend source frames. Interpolated frame is mean of previous and
        next frames.

    ‘mci’

        Motion compensated interpolation. Following options are
        effective when this mode is selected:

        ‘mc_mode’

            Motion compensation mode. Following values are accepted:

            ‘obmc’

                Overlapped block motion compensation.

            ‘aobmc’

                Adaptive overlapped block motion compensation. Window
                weighting coefficients are controlled adaptively
                according to the reliabilities of the neighboring motion
                vectors to reduce oversmoothing.

            Default mode is ‘obmc’.

        ‘me_mode’

            Motion estimation mode. Following values are accepted:

            ‘bidir’

                Bidirectional motion estimation. Motion vectors are
                estimated for each source frame in both forward and
                backward directions.

            ‘bilat’

                Bilateral motion estimation. Motion vectors are
                estimated directly for interpolated frame.

            Default mode is ‘bilat’.

        ‘me’

            The algorithm to be used for motion estimation. Following
            values are accepted:

            ‘esa’

                Exhaustive search algorithm.

            ‘tss’

                Three step search algorithm.

            ‘tdls’

                Two dimensional logarithmic search algorithm.

            ‘ntss’

                New three step search algorithm.

            ‘fss’

                Four step search algorithm.

            ‘ds’

                Diamond search algorithm.

            ‘hexbs’

                Hexagon-based search algorithm.

            ‘epzs’

                Enhanced predictive zonal search algorithm.

            ‘umh’

                Uneven multi-hexagon search algorithm.

            Default algorithm is ‘epzs’.

        ‘mb_size’

            Macroblock size. Default |16|.

        ‘search_param’

            Motion estimation search parameter. Default |32|.

        ‘vsbmc’

            Enable variable-size block motion compensation. Motion
            estimation is applied with smaller block sizes at object
            boundaries in order to make the them less blur. Default is
            |0| (disabled).

scd

    Scene change detection method. Scene change leads motion vectors to
    be in random direction. Scene change detection replace interpolated
    frames by duplicate ones. May not be needed for other modes.
    Following values are accepted:

    ‘none’

        Disable scene change detection.

    ‘fdiff’

        Frame difference. Corresponding pixel values are compared and if
        it satisfies scd_threshold scene change is detected.

    Default method is ‘fdiff’.

scd_threshold

    Scene change detection threshold. Default is |10.|.


      30.167 mix

Mix several video input streams into one video stream.

A description of the accepted options follows.

inputs

    The number of inputs. If unspecified, it defaults to 2.

weights

    Specify weight of each input video stream as sequence. Each weight
    is separated by space. If number of weights is smaller than number
    of frames last specified weight will be used for all remaining unset
    weights.

scale

    Specify scale, if it is set it will be multiplied with sum of each
    weight multiplied with pixel values to give final destination pixel
    value. By default scale is auto scaled to sum of weights.

planes

    Set which planes to filter. Default is all. Allowed range is from 0
    to 15.

duration

    Specify how end of stream is determined.

    ‘longest’

        The duration of the longest input. (default)

    ‘shortest’

        The duration of the shortest input.

    ‘first’

        The duration of the first input.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-120>


        30.167.1 Commands

This filter supports the following commands:

weights
scale
planes

    Syntax is same as option with same name.


      30.168 monochrome

Convert video to gray using custom color filter.

A description of the accepted options follows.

cb

    Set the chroma blue spot. Allowed range is from -1 to 1. Default
    value is 0.

cr

    Set the chroma red spot. Allowed range is from -1 to 1. Default
    value is 0.

size

    Set the color filter size. Allowed range is from .1 to 10. Default
    value is 1.

high

    Set the highlights strength. Allowed range is from 0 to 1. Default
    value is 0.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-121>


        30.168.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.169 morpho

This filter allows to apply main morphological grayscale transforms,
erode and dilate with arbitrary structures set in second input stream.

Unlike naive implementation and much slower performance in
erosion

<#erosion> and
dilation

<#dilation> filters, when speed is critical |morpho| filter should be
used instead.

A description of accepted options follows,

mode

    Set morphological transform to apply, can be:

    ‘erode’
    ‘dilate’
    ‘open’
    ‘close’
    ‘gradient’
    ‘tophat’
    ‘blackhat’

    Default is |erode|.

planes

    Set planes to filter, by default all planes except alpha are filtered.

structure

    Set which structure video frames will be processed from second input
    stream, can be first or all. Default is all.

The |morpho| filter also supports the
framesync

<#framesync> options.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-122>


        30.169.1 Commands

This filter supports same
commands

<#commands> as options.


      30.170 mpdecimate

Drop frames that do not differ greatly from the previous frame in order
to reduce frame rate.

The main use of this filter is for very-low-bitrate encoding (e.g.
streaming over dialup modem), but it could in theory be used for fixing
movies that were inverse-telecined incorrectly.

A description of the accepted options follows.

max

    Set the maximum number of consecutive frames which can be dropped
    (if positive), or the minimum interval between dropped frames (if
    negative). If the value is 0, the frame is dropped disregarding the
    number of previous sequentially dropped frames.

    Default value is 0.

keep

    Set the maximum number of consecutive similar frames to ignore
    before to start dropping them. If the value is 0, the frame is
    dropped disregarding the number of previous sequentially similar
    frames.

    Default value is 0.

hi
lo
frac

    Set the dropping threshold values.

    Values for hi and lo are for 8x8 pixel blocks and represent actual
    pixel value differences, so a threshold of 64 corresponds to 1 unit
    of difference for each pixel, or the same spread out differently
    over the block.

    A frame is a candidate for dropping if no 8x8 blocks differ by more
    than a threshold of hi, and if no more than frac blocks (1 meaning
    the whole image) differ by more than a threshold of lo.

    Default value for hi is 64*12, default value for lo is 64*5, and
    default value for frac is 0.33.


      30.171 msad

Obtain the MSAD (Mean Sum of Absolute Differences) between two input
videos.

This filter takes two input videos.

Both input videos must have the same resolution and pixel format for
this filter to work correctly. Also it assumes that both inputs have the
same number of frames, which are compared one by one.

The obtained per component, average, min and max MSAD is printed through
the logging system.

The filter stores the calculated MSAD of each frame in frame metadata.

This filter also supports the
framesync

<#framesync> options.

In the below example the input file main.mpg being processed is compared
with the reference file ref.mpg.

ffmpeg -i main.mpg -i ref.mpg -lavfi msad -f null -


      30.172 multiply

Multiply first video stream pixels values with second video stream
pixels values.

The filter accepts the following options:

scale

    Set the scale applied to second video stream. By default is |1|.
    Allowed range is from |0| to |9|.

offset

    Set the offset applied to second video stream. By default is |0.5|.
    Allowed range is from |-1| to |1|.

planes

    Specify planes from input video stream that will be processed. By
    default all planes are processed.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-123>


        30.172.1 Commands

This filter supports same
commands

<#commands> as options.


      30.173 negate

Negate (invert) the input video.

It accepts the following option:

components

    Set components to negate.

    Available values for components are:

    ‘y’
    ‘u’
    ‘v’
    ‘a’
    ‘r’
    ‘g’
    ‘b’

negate_alpha

    With value 1, it negates the alpha component, if present. Default
    value is 0.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-124>


        30.173.1 Commands

This filter supports same
commands

<#commands> as options.


      30.174 nlmeans

Denoise frames using Non-Local Means algorithm.

Each pixel is adjusted by looking for other pixels with similar
contexts. This context similarity is defined by comparing their
surrounding patches of size pxp. Patches are searched in an area of rxr
around the pixel.

Note that the research area defines centers for patches, which means
some patches will be made of pixels outside that research area.

The filter accepts the following options.

s

    Set denoising strength. Default is 1.0. Must be in range [1.0, 30.0].

p

    Set patch size. Default is 7. Must be odd number in range [0, 99].

pc

    Same as p but for chroma planes.

    The default value is 0 and means automatic.

r

    Set research size. Default is 15. Must be odd number in range [0, 99].

rc

    Same as r but for chroma planes.

    The default value is 0 and means automatic.


      30.175 nnedi

Deinterlace video using neural network edge directed interpolation.

This filter accepts the following options:

weights

    Mandatory option, without binary file filter can not work. Currently
    file can be found here:
    https://github.com/dubhater/vapoursynth-nnedi3/blob/master/src/nnedi3_weights.bin


deint

    Set which frames to deinterlace, by default it is |all|. Can be
    |all| or |interlaced|.

field

    Set mode of operation.

    Can be one of the following:

    ‘af’

        Use frame flags, both fields.

    ‘a’

        Use frame flags, single field.

    ‘t’

        Use top field only.

    ‘b’

        Use bottom field only.

    ‘tf’

        Use both fields, top first.

    ‘bf’

        Use both fields, bottom first.

planes

    Set which planes to process, by default filter process all frames.

nsize

    Set size of local neighborhood around each pixel, used by the
    predictor neural network.

    Can be one of the following:

    ‘s8x6’
    ‘s16x6’
    ‘s32x6’
    ‘s48x6’
    ‘s8x4’
    ‘s16x4’
    ‘s32x4’

nns

    Set the number of neurons in predictor neural network. Can be one of
    the following:

    ‘n16’
    ‘n32’
    ‘n64’
    ‘n128’
    ‘n256’

qual

    Controls the number of different neural network predictions that are
    blended together to compute the final output value. Can be |fast|,
    default or |slow|.

etype

    Set which set of weights to use in the predictor. Can be one of the
    following:

    ‘a, abs’

        weights trained to minimize absolute error

    ‘s, mse’

        weights trained to minimize squared error

pscrn

    Controls whether or not the prescreener neural network is used to
    decide which pixels should be processed by the predictor neural
    network and which can be handled by simple cubic interpolation. The
    prescreener is trained to know whether cubic interpolation will be
    sufficient for a pixel or whether it should be predicted by the
    predictor nn. The computational complexity of the prescreener nn is
    much less than that of the predictor nn. Since most pixels can be
    handled by cubic interpolation, using the prescreener generally
    results in much faster processing. The prescreener is pretty
    accurate, so the difference between using it and not using it is
    almost always unnoticeable.

    Can be one of the following:

    ‘none’
    ‘original’
    ‘new’
    ‘new2’
    ‘new3’

    Default is |new|.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-125>


        30.175.1 Commands

This filter supports same
commands

<#commands> as options, excluding weights option.


      30.176 noformat

Force libavfilter not to use any of the specified pixel formats for the
input to the next filter.

It accepts the following parameters:

pix_fmts

    A ’|’-separated list of pixel format names, such as
    pix_fmts=yuv420p|monow|rgb24".

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-112>


        30.176.1 Examples

  * Force libavfilter to use a format different from yuv420p for the
    input to the vflip filter:

    noformat=pix_fmts=yuv420p,vflip

  * Convert the input video to any of the formats not contained in the
    list:

    noformat=yuv420p|yuv444p|yuv410p


      30.177 noise

Add noise on video input frame.

The filter accepts the following options:

all_seed
c0_seed
c1_seed
c2_seed
c3_seed

    Set noise seed for specific pixel component or all pixel components
    in case of all_seed. Default value is |123457|.

all_strength, alls
c0_strength, c0s
c1_strength, c1s
c2_strength, c2s
c3_strength, c3s

    Set noise strength for specific pixel component or all pixel
    components in case all_strength. Default value is |0|. Allowed range
    is [0, 100].

all_flags, allf
c0_flags, c0f
c1_flags, c1f
c2_flags, c2f
c3_flags, c3f

    Set pixel component flags or set flags for all components if
    all_flags. Available values for component flags are:

    ‘a’

        averaged temporal noise (smoother)

    ‘p’

        mix random noise with a (semi)regular pattern

    ‘t’

        temporal noise (noise pattern changes between frames)

    ‘u’

        uniform noise (gaussian otherwise)

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-113>


        30.177.1 Examples

Add temporal and uniform noise to input video:

noise=alls=20:allf=t+u


      30.178 normalize

Normalize RGB video (aka histogram stretching, contrast stretching).
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normalization_(image_processing)

For each channel of each frame, the filter computes the input range and
maps it linearly to the user-specified output range. The output range
defaults to the full dynamic range from pure black to pure white.

Temporal smoothing can be used on the input range to reduce flickering
(rapid changes in brightness) caused when small dark or bright objects
enter or leave the scene. This is similar to the auto-exposure
(automatic gain control) on a video camera, and, like a video camera, it
may cause a period of over- or under-exposure of the video.

The R,G,B channels can be normalized independently, which may cause some
color shifting, or linked together as a single channel, which prevents
color shifting. Linked normalization preserves hue. Independent
normalization does not, so it can be used to remove some color casts.
Independent and linked normalization can be combined in any ratio.

The normalize filter accepts the following options:

blackpt
whitept

    Colors which define the output range. The minimum input value is
    mapped to the blackpt. The maximum input value is mapped to the
    whitept. The defaults are black and white respectively. Specifying
    white for blackpt and black for whitept will give color-inverted,
    normalized video. Shades of grey can be used to reduce the dynamic
    range (contrast). Specifying saturated colors here can create some
    interesting effects.

smoothing

    The number of previous frames to use for temporal smoothing. The
    input range of each channel is smoothed using a rolling average over
    the current frame and the smoothing previous frames. The default is
    0 (no temporal smoothing).

independence

    Controls the ratio of independent (color shifting) channel
    normalization to linked (color preserving) normalization. 0.0 is
    fully linked, 1.0 is fully independent. Defaults to 1.0 (fully
    independent).

strength

    Overall strength of the filter. 1.0 is full strength. 0.0 is a
    rather expensive no-op. Defaults to 1.0 (full strength).

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-126>
  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-114>


        30.178.1 Commands

This filter supports same
commands

<#commands> as options, excluding smoothing option. The command accepts
the same syntax of the corresponding option.

If the specified expression is not valid, it is kept at its current value.


        30.178.2 Examples

Stretch video contrast to use the full dynamic range, with no temporal
smoothing; may flicker depending on the source content:

normalize=blackpt=black:whitept=white:smoothing=0

As above, but with 50 frames of temporal smoothing; flicker should be
reduced, depending on the source content:

normalize=blackpt=black:whitept=white:smoothing=50

As above, but with hue-preserving linked channel normalization:

normalize=blackpt=black:whitept=white:smoothing=50:independence=0

As above, but with half strength:

normalize=blackpt=black:whitept=white:smoothing=50:independence=0:strength=0.5

Map the darkest input color to red, the brightest input color to cyan:

normalize=blackpt=red:whitept=cyan


      30.179 null

Pass the video source unchanged to the output.


      30.180 ocr

Optical Character Recognition

This filter uses Tesseract for optical character recognition. To enable
compilation of this filter, you need to configure FFmpeg with
|--enable-libtesseract|.

It accepts the following options:

datapath

    Set datapath to tesseract data. Default is to use whatever was set
    at installation.

language

    Set language, default is "eng".

whitelist

    Set character whitelist.

blacklist

    Set character blacklist.

The filter exports recognized text as the frame metadata
|lavfi.ocr.text|. The filter exports confidence of recognized words as
the frame metadata |lavfi.ocr.confidence|.


      30.181 ocv

Apply a video transform using libopencv.

To enable this filter, install the libopencv library and headers and
configure FFmpeg with |--enable-libopencv|.

It accepts the following parameters:

filter_name

    The name of the libopencv filter to apply.

filter_params

    The parameters to pass to the libopencv filter. If not specified,
    the default values are assumed.

Refer to the official libopencv documentation for more precise information:
http://docs.opencv.org/master/modules/imgproc/doc/filtering.html

Several libopencv filters are supported; see the following subsections.

  *
    dilate

    <#dilate-1>
  *
    erode

    <#erode>
  *
    smooth

    <#smooth>


        30.181.1 dilate

Dilate an image by using a specific structuring element. It corresponds
to the libopencv function |cvDilate|.

It accepts the parameters: struct_el|nb_iterations.

struct_el represents a structuring element, and has the syntax:
colsxrows+anchor_xxanchor_y/shape

cols and rows represent the number of columns and rows of the
structuring element, anchor_x and anchor_y the anchor point, and shape
the shape for the structuring element. shape must be "rect", "cross",
"ellipse", or "custom".

If the value for shape is "custom", it must be followed by a string of
the form "=filename". The file with name filename is assumed to
represent a binary image, with each printable character corresponding to
a bright pixel. When a custom shape is used, cols and rows are ignored,
the number or columns and rows of the read file are assumed instead.

The default value for struct_el is "3x3+0x0/rect".

nb_iterations specifies the number of times the transform is applied to
the image, and defaults to 1.

Some examples:

# Use the default values
ocv=dilate

# Dilate using a structuring element with a 5x5 cross, iterating two times
ocv=filter_name=dilate:filter_params=5x5+2x2/cross|2

# Read the shape from the file diamond.shape, iterating two times.
# The file diamond.shape may contain a pattern of characters like this
#   *
#  ***
# *****
#  ***
#   *
# The specified columns and rows are ignored
# but the anchor point coordinates are not
ocv=dilate:0x0+2x2/custom=diamond.shape|2


        30.181.2 erode

Erode an image by using a specific structuring element. It corresponds
to the libopencv function |cvErode|.

It accepts the parameters: struct_el:nb_iterations, with the same syntax
and semantics as the
dilate

<#dilate> filter.


        30.181.3 smooth

Smooth the input video.

The filter takes the following parameters:
type|param1|param2|param3|param4.

type is the type of smooth filter to apply, and must be one of the
following values: "blur", "blur_no_scale", "median", "gaussian", or
"bilateral". The default value is "gaussian".

The meaning of param1, param2, param3, and param4 depends on the smooth
type. param1 and param2 accept integer positive values or 0. param3 and
param4 accept floating point values.

The default value for param1 is 3. The default value for the other
parameters is 0.

These parameters correspond to the parameters assigned to the libopencv
function |cvSmooth|.


      30.182 oscilloscope

2D Video Oscilloscope.

Useful to measure spatial impulse, step responses, chroma delays, etc.

It accepts the following parameters:

x

    Set scope center x position.

y

    Set scope center y position.

s

    Set scope size, relative to frame diagonal.

t

    Set scope tilt/rotation.

o

    Set trace opacity.

tx

    Set trace center x position.

ty

    Set trace center y position.

tw

    Set trace width, relative to width of frame.

th

    Set trace height, relative to height of frame.

c

    Set which components to trace. By default it traces first three
    components.

g

    Draw trace grid. By default is enabled.

st

    Draw some statistics. By default is enabled.

sc

    Draw scope. By default is enabled.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-127>
  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-115>


        30.182.1 Commands

This filter supports same
commands

<#commands> as options. The command accepts the same syntax of the
corresponding option.

If the specified expression is not valid, it is kept at its current value.


        30.182.2 Examples

  * Inspect full first row of video frame.

    oscilloscope=x=0.5:y=0:s=1

  * Inspect full last row of video frame.

    oscilloscope=x=0.5:y=1:s=1

  * Inspect full 5th line of video frame of height 1080.

    oscilloscope=x=0.5:y=5/1080:s=1

  * Inspect full last column of video frame.

    oscilloscope=x=1:y=0.5:s=1:t=1


      30.183 overlay

Overlay one video on top of another.

It takes two inputs and has one output. The first input is the "main"
video on which the second input is overlaid.

It accepts the following parameters:

A description of the accepted options follows.

x
y

    Set the expression for the x and y coordinates of the overlaid video
    on the main video. Default value is "0" for both expressions. In
    case the expression is invalid, it is set to a huge value (meaning
    that the overlay will not be displayed within the output visible area).

eof_action

    See
    framesync

    <#framesync>.

eval

    Set when the expressions for x, and y are evaluated.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘init’

        only evaluate expressions once during the filter initialization
        or when a command is processed

    ‘frame’

        evaluate expressions for each incoming frame

    Default value is ‘frame’.

shortest

    See
    framesync

    <#framesync>.

format

    Set the format for the output video.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘yuv420’

        force YUV 4:2:0 8-bit planar output

    ‘yuv420p10’

        force YUV 4:2:0 10-bit planar output

    ‘yuv422’

        force YUV 4:2:2 8-bit planar output

    ‘yuv422p10’

        force YUV 4:2:2 10-bit planar output

    ‘yuv444’

        force YUV 4:4:4 8-bit planar output

    ‘yuv444p10’

        force YUV 4:4:4 10-bit planar output

    ‘rgb’

        force RGB 8-bit packed output

    ‘gbrp’

        force RGB 8-bit planar output

    ‘auto’

        automatically pick format

    Default value is ‘yuv420’.

repeatlast

    See
    framesync

    <#framesync>.

alpha

    Set format of alpha of the overlaid video, it can be straight or
    premultiplied. Default is straight.

The x, and y expressions can contain the following parameters.

main_w, W
main_h, H

    The main input width and height.

overlay_w, w
overlay_h, h

    The overlay input width and height.

x
y

    The computed values for x and y. They are evaluated for each new frame.

hsub
vsub

    horizontal and vertical chroma subsample values of the output
    format. For example for the pixel format "yuv422p" hsub is 2 and
    vsub is 1.

n

    the number of input frame, starting from 0

pos

    the position in the file of the input frame, NAN if unknown;
    deprecated, do not use

t

    The timestamp, expressed in seconds. It’s NAN if the input timestamp
    is unknown.

This filter also supports the
framesync

<#framesync> options.

Note that the n, t variables are available only when evaluation is done
/per frame/, and will evaluate to NAN when eval is set to ‘init’.

Be aware that frames are taken from each input video in timestamp order,
hence, if their initial timestamps differ, it is a good idea to pass the
two inputs through a setpts=PTS-STARTPTS filter to have them begin in
the same zero timestamp, as the example for the movie filter does.

You can chain together more overlays but you should test the efficiency
of such approach.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-128>
  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-116>


        30.183.1 Commands

This filter supports the following commands:

x
y

    Modify the x and y of the overlay input. The command accepts the
    same syntax of the corresponding option.

    If the specified expression is not valid, it is kept at its current
    value.


        30.183.2 Examples

  * Draw the overlay at 10 pixels from the bottom right corner of the
    main video:

    overlay=main_w-overlay_w-10:main_h-overlay_h-10

    Using named options the example above becomes:

    overlay=x=main_w-overlay_w-10:y=main_h-overlay_h-10

  * Insert a transparent PNG logo in the bottom left corner of the
    input, using the |ffmpeg| tool with the |-filter_complex| option:

    ffmpeg -i input -i logo -filter_complex 'overlay=10:main_h-overlay_h-10' output

  * Insert 2 different transparent PNG logos (second logo on bottom
    right corner) using the |ffmpeg| tool:

    ffmpeg -i input -i logo1 -i logo2 -filter_complex 'overlay=x=10:y=H-h-10,overlay=x=W-w-10:y=H-h-10' output

  * Add a transparent color layer on top of the main video; |WxH| must
    specify the size of the main input to the overlay filter:

    color=color=red@.3:size=WxH [over]; [in][over] overlay [out]

  * Play an original video and a filtered version (here with the deshake
    filter) side by side using the |ffplay| tool:

    ffplay input.avi -vf 'split[a][b]; [a]pad=iw*2:ih[src]; [b]deshake[filt]; [src][filt]overlay=w'

    The above command is the same as:

    ffplay input.avi -vf 'split[b], pad=iw*2[src], [b]deshake, [src]overlay=w'

  * Make a sliding overlay appearing from the left to the right top part
    of the screen starting since time 2:

    overlay=x='if(gte(t,2), -w+(t-2)*20, NAN)':y=0

  * Compose output by putting two input videos side to side:

    ffmpeg -i left.avi -i right.avi -filter_complex "
    nullsrc=size=200x100 [background];
    [0:v] setpts=PTS-STARTPTS, scale=100x100 [left];
    [1:v] setpts=PTS-STARTPTS, scale=100x100 [right];
    [background][left]       overlay=shortest=1       [background+left];
    [background+left][right] overlay=shortest=1:x=100 [left+right]
    "

  * Mask 10-20 seconds of a video by applying the delogo filter to a
    section

    ffmpeg -i test.avi -codec:v:0 wmv2 -ar 11025 -b:v 9000k
    -vf '[in]split[split_main][split_delogo];[split_delogo]trim=start=360:end=371,delogo=0:0:640:480[delogoed];[split_main][delogoed]overlay=eof_action=pass[out]'
    masked.avi

  * Chain several overlays in cascade:

    nullsrc=s=200x200 [bg];
    testsrc=s=100x100, split=4 [in0][in1][in2][in3];
    [in0] lutrgb=r=0, [bg]   overlay=0:0     [mid0];
    [in1] lutrgb=g=0, [mid0] overlay=100:0   [mid1];
    [in2] lutrgb=b=0, [mid1] overlay=0:100   [mid2];
    [in3] null,       [mid2] overlay=100:100 [out0]


      30.184 overlay_cuda

Overlay one video on top of another.

This is the CUDA variant of the
overlay

<#overlay> filter. It only accepts CUDA frames. The underlying input
pixel formats have to match.

It takes two inputs and has one output. The first input is the "main"
video on which the second input is overlaid.

It accepts the following parameters:

x
y

    Set expressions for the x and y coordinates of the overlaid video on
    the main video.

    They can contain the following parameters:

    main_w, W
    main_h, H

        The main input width and height.

    overlay_w, w
    overlay_h, h

        The overlay input width and height.

    x
    y

        The computed values for x and y. They are evaluated for each new
        frame.

    n

        The ordinal index of the main input frame, starting from 0.

    pos

        The byte offset position in the file of the main input frame,
        NAN if unknown. Deprecated, do not use.

    t

        The timestamp of the main input frame, expressed in seconds, NAN
        if unknown.

    Default value is "0" for both expressions.

eval

    Set when the expressions for x and y are evaluated.

    It accepts the following values:

    init

        Evaluate expressions once during filter initialization or when a
        command is processed.

    frame

        Evaluate expressions for each incoming frame

    Default value is frame.

eof_action

    See
    framesync

    <#framesync>.

shortest

    See
    framesync

    <#framesync>.

repeatlast

    See
    framesync

    <#framesync>.

This filter also supports the
framesync

<#framesync> options.


      30.185 owdenoise

Apply Overcomplete Wavelet denoiser.

The filter accepts the following options:

depth

    Set depth.

    Larger depth values will denoise lower frequency components more,
    but slow down filtering.

    Must be an int in the range 8-16, default is |8|.

luma_strength, ls

    Set luma strength.

    Must be a double value in the range 0-1000, default is |1.0|.

chroma_strength, cs

    Set chroma strength.

    Must be a double value in the range 0-1000, default is |1.0|.


      30.186 pad

Add paddings to the input image, and place the original input at the
provided x, y coordinates.

It accepts the following parameters:

width, w
height, h

    Specify an expression for the size of the output image with the
    paddings added. If the value for width or height is 0, the
    corresponding input size is used for the output.

    The width expression can reference the value set by the height
    expression, and vice versa.

    The default value of width and height is 0.

x
y

    Specify the offsets to place the input image at within the padded
    area, with respect to the top/left border of the output image.

    The x expression can reference the value set by the y expression,
    and vice versa.

    The default value of x and y is 0.

    If x or y evaluate to a negative number, they’ll be changed so the
    input image is centered on the padded area.

color

    Specify the color of the padded area. For the syntax of this option,
    check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Color" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#color-syntax>.


    The default value of color is "black".

eval

    Specify when to evaluate width, height, x and y expression.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘init’

        Only evaluate expressions once during the filter initialization
        or when a command is processed.

    ‘frame’

        Evaluate expressions for each incoming frame.

    Default value is ‘init’.

aspect

    Pad to aspect instead to a resolution.

The value for the width, height, x, and y options are expressions
containing the following constants:

in_w
in_h

    The input video width and height.

iw
ih

    These are the same as in_w and in_h.

out_w
out_h

    The output width and height (the size of the padded area), as
    specified by the width and height expressions.

ow
oh

    These are the same as out_w and out_h.

x
y

    The x and y offsets as specified by the x and y expressions, or NAN
    if not yet specified.

a

    same as iw / ih

sar

    input sample aspect ratio

dar

    input display aspect ratio, it is the same as (iw / ih) * sar

hsub
vsub

    The horizontal and vertical chroma subsample values. For example for
    the pixel format "yuv422p" hsub is 2 and vsub is 1.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-117>


        30.186.1 Examples

  * Add paddings with the color "violet" to the input video. The output
    video size is 640x480, and the top-left corner of the input video is
    placed at column 0, row 40

    pad=640:480:0:40:violet

    The example above is equivalent to the following command:

    pad=width=640:height=480:x=0:y=40:color=violet

  * Pad the input to get an output with dimensions increased by 3/2, and
    put the input video at the center of the padded area:

    pad="3/2*iw:3/2*ih:(ow-iw)/2:(oh-ih)/2"

  * Pad the input to get a squared output with size equal to the maximum
    value between the input width and height, and put the input video at
    the center of the padded area:

    pad="max(iw\,ih):ow:(ow-iw)/2:(oh-ih)/2"

  * Pad the input to get a final w/h ratio of 16:9:

    pad="ih*16/9:ih:(ow-iw)/2:(oh-ih)/2"

  * In case of anamorphic video, in order to set the output display
    aspect correctly, it is necessary to use sar in the expression,
    according to the relation:

    (ih * X / ih) * sar = output_dar
    X = output_dar / sar

    Thus the previous example needs to be modified to:

    pad="ih*16/9/sar:ih:(ow-iw)/2:(oh-ih)/2"

  * Double the output size and put the input video in the bottom-right
    corner of the output padded area:

    pad="2*iw:2*ih:ow-iw:oh-ih"


      30.187 palettegen

Generate one palette for a whole video stream.

It accepts the following options:

max_colors

    Set the maximum number of colors to quantize in the palette. Note:
    the palette will still contain 256 colors; the unused palette
    entries will be black.

reserve_transparent

    Create a palette of 255 colors maximum and reserve the last one for
    transparency. Reserving the transparency color is useful for GIF
    optimization. If not set, the maximum of colors in the palette will
    be 256. You probably want to disable this option for a standalone
    image. Set by default.

transparency_color

    Set the color that will be used as background for transparency.

stats_mode

    Set statistics mode.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘full’

        Compute full frame histograms.

    ‘diff’

        Compute histograms only for the part that differs from previous
        frame. This might be relevant to give more importance to the
        moving part of your input if the background is static.

    ‘single’

        Compute new histogram for each frame.

    Default value is full.

The filter also exports the frame metadata |lavfi.color_quant_ratio|
(|nb_color_in / nb_color_out|) which you can use to evaluate the degree
of color quantization of the palette. This information is also visible
at info logging level.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-118>


        30.187.1 Examples

  * Generate a representative palette of a given video using |ffmpeg|:

    ffmpeg -i input.mkv -vf palettegen palette.png


      30.188 paletteuse

Use a palette to downsample an input video stream.

The filter takes two inputs: one video stream and a palette. The palette
must be a 256 pixels image.

It accepts the following options:

dither

    Select dithering mode. Available algorithms are:

    ‘bayer’

        Ordered 8x8 bayer dithering (deterministic)

    ‘heckbert’

        Dithering as defined by Paul Heckbert in 1982 (simple error
        diffusion). Note: this dithering is sometimes considered "wrong"
        and is included as a reference.

    ‘floyd_steinberg’

        Floyd and Steingberg dithering (error diffusion)

    ‘sierra2’

        Frankie Sierra dithering v2 (error diffusion)

    ‘sierra2_4a’

        Frankie Sierra dithering v2 "Lite" (error diffusion)

    ‘sierra3’

        Frankie Sierra dithering v3 (error diffusion)

    ‘burkes’

        Burkes dithering (error diffusion)

    ‘atkinson’

        Atkinson dithering by Bill Atkinson at Apple Computer (error
        diffusion)

    ‘none’

        Disable dithering.

    Default is sierra2_4a.

bayer_scale

    When bayer dithering is selected, this option defines the scale of
    the pattern (how much the crosshatch pattern is visible). A low
    value means more visible pattern for less banding, and higher value
    means less visible pattern at the cost of more banding.

    The option must be an integer value in the range [0,5]. Default is 2.

diff_mode

    If set, define the zone to process

    ‘rectangle’

        Only the changing rectangle will be reprocessed. This is similar
        to GIF cropping/offsetting compression mechanism. This option
        can be useful for speed if only a part of the image is changing,
        and has use cases such as limiting the scope of the error
        diffusal dither to the rectangle that bounds the moving scene
        (it leads to more deterministic output if the scene doesn’t
        change much, and as a result less moving noise and better GIF
        compression).

    Default is none.

new

    Take new palette for each output frame.

alpha_threshold

    Sets the alpha threshold for transparency. Alpha values above this
    threshold will be treated as completely opaque, and values below
    this threshold will be treated as completely transparent.

    The option must be an integer value in the range [0,255]. Default is
    128.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-119>


        30.188.1 Examples

  * Use a palette (generated for example with
    palettegen

    <#palettegen>) to encode a GIF using |ffmpeg|:

    ffmpeg -i input.mkv -i palette.png -lavfi paletteuse output.gif


      30.189 perspective

Correct perspective of video not recorded perpendicular to the screen.

A description of the accepted parameters follows.

x0
y0
x1
y1
x2
y2
x3
y3

    Set coordinates expression for top left, top right, bottom left and
    bottom right corners. Default values are |0:0:W:0:0:H:W:H| with
    which perspective will remain unchanged. If the |sense| option is
    set to |source|, then the specified points will be sent to the
    corners of the destination. If the |sense| option is set to
    |destination|, then the corners of the source will be sent to the
    specified coordinates.

    The expressions can use the following variables:

    W
    H

        the width and height of video frame.

    in

        Input frame count.

    on

        Output frame count.

interpolation

    Set interpolation for perspective correction.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘linear’
    ‘cubic’

    Default value is ‘linear’.

sense

    Set interpretation of coordinate options.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘0, source’

        Send point in the source specified by the given coordinates to
        the corners of the destination.

    ‘1, destination’

        Send the corners of the source to the point in the destination
        specified by the given coordinates.

        Default value is ‘source’.

eval

    Set when the expressions for coordinates x0,y0,...x3,y3 are evaluated.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘init’

        only evaluate expressions once during the filter initialization
        or when a command is processed

    ‘frame’

        evaluate expressions for each incoming frame

    Default value is ‘init’.


      30.190 phase

Delay interlaced video by one field time so that the field order changes.

The intended use is to fix PAL movies that have been captured with the
opposite field order to the film-to-video transfer.

A description of the accepted parameters follows.

mode

    Set phase mode.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘t’

        Capture field order top-first, transfer bottom-first. Filter
        will delay the bottom field.

    ‘b’

        Capture field order bottom-first, transfer top-first. Filter
        will delay the top field.

    ‘p’

        Capture and transfer with the same field order. This mode only
        exists for the documentation of the other options to refer to,
        but if you actually select it, the filter will faithfully do
        nothing.

    ‘a’

        Capture field order determined automatically by field flags,
        transfer opposite. Filter selects among ‘t’ and ‘b’ modes on a
        frame by frame basis using field flags. If no field information
        is available, then this works just like ‘u’.

    ‘u’

        Capture unknown or varying, transfer opposite. Filter selects
        among ‘t’ and ‘b’ on a frame by frame basis by analyzing the
        images and selecting the alternative that produces best match
        between the fields.

    ‘T’

        Capture top-first, transfer unknown or varying. Filter selects
        among ‘t’ and ‘p’ using image analysis.

    ‘B’

        Capture bottom-first, transfer unknown or varying. Filter
        selects among ‘b’ and ‘p’ using image analysis.

    ‘A’

        Capture determined by field flags, transfer unknown or varying.
        Filter selects among ‘t’, ‘b’ and ‘p’ using field flags and
        image analysis. If no field information is available, then this
        works just like ‘U’. This is the default mode.

    ‘U’

        Both capture and transfer unknown or varying. Filter selects
        among ‘t’, ‘b’ and ‘p’ using image analysis only.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-129>


        30.190.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.191 photosensitivity

Reduce various flashes in video, so to help users with epilepsy.

It accepts the following options:

frames, f

    Set how many frames to use when filtering. Default is 30.

threshold, t

    Set detection threshold factor. Default is 1. Lower is stricter.

skip

    Set how many pixels to skip when sampling frames. Default is 1.
    Allowed range is from 1 to 1024.

bypass

    Leave frames unchanged. Default is disabled.


      30.192 pixdesctest

Pixel format descriptor test filter, mainly useful for internal testing.
The output video should be equal to the input video.

For example:

format=monow, pixdesctest

can be used to test the monowhite pixel format descriptor definition.


      30.193 pixelize

Apply pixelization to video stream.

The filter accepts the following options:

width, w
height, h

    Set block dimensions that will be used for pixelization. Default
    value is |16|.

mode, m

    Set the mode of pixelization used.

    Possible values are:

    ‘avg’
    ‘min’
    ‘max’

    Default value is |avg|.

planes, p

    Set what planes to filter. Default is to filter all planes.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-130>


        30.193.1 Commands

This filter supports all options as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.194 pixscope

Display sample values of color channels. Mainly useful for checking
color and levels. Minimum supported resolution is 640x480.

The filters accept the following options:

x

    Set scope X position, relative offset on X axis.

y

    Set scope Y position, relative offset on Y axis.

w

    Set scope width.

h

    Set scope height.

o

    Set window opacity. This window also holds statistics about pixel area.

wx

    Set window X position, relative offset on X axis.

wy

    Set window Y position, relative offset on Y axis.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-131>


        30.194.1 Commands

This filter supports same
commands

<#commands> as options.


      30.195 pp

Enable the specified chain of postprocessing subfilters using
libpostproc. This library should be automatically selected with a GPL
build (|--enable-gpl|). Subfilters must be separated by ’/’ and can be
disabled by prepending a ’-’. Each subfilter and some options have a
short and a long name that can be used interchangeably, i.e. dr/dering
are the same.

The filters accept the following options:

subfilters

    Set postprocessing subfilters string.

All subfilters share common options to determine their scope:

a/autoq

    Honor the quality commands for this subfilter.

c/chrom

    Do chrominance filtering, too (default).

y/nochrom

    Do luma filtering only (no chrominance).

n/noluma

    Do chrominance filtering only (no luma).

These options can be appended after the subfilter name, separated by a ’|’.

Available subfilters are:

hb/hdeblock[|difference[|flatness]]

    Horizontal deblocking filter

    difference

        Difference factor where higher values mean more deblocking
        (default: |32|).

    flatness

        Flatness threshold where lower values mean more deblocking
        (default: |39|).

vb/vdeblock[|difference[|flatness]]

    Vertical deblocking filter

    difference

        Difference factor where higher values mean more deblocking
        (default: |32|).

    flatness

        Flatness threshold where lower values mean more deblocking
        (default: |39|).

ha/hadeblock[|difference[|flatness]]

    Accurate horizontal deblocking filter

    difference

        Difference factor where higher values mean more deblocking
        (default: |32|).

    flatness

        Flatness threshold where lower values mean more deblocking
        (default: |39|).

va/vadeblock[|difference[|flatness]]

    Accurate vertical deblocking filter

    difference

        Difference factor where higher values mean more deblocking
        (default: |32|).

    flatness

        Flatness threshold where lower values mean more deblocking
        (default: |39|).

The horizontal and vertical deblocking filters share the difference and
flatness values so you cannot set different horizontal and vertical
thresholds.

h1/x1hdeblock

    Experimental horizontal deblocking filter

v1/x1vdeblock

    Experimental vertical deblocking filter

dr/dering

    Deringing filter

tn/tmpnoise[|threshold1[|threshold2[|threshold3]]], temporal noise reducer

    threshold1

        larger -> stronger filtering

    threshold2

        larger -> stronger filtering

    threshold3

        larger -> stronger filtering

al/autolevels[:f/fullyrange], automatic brightness / contrast correction

    f/fullyrange

        Stretch luma to |0-255|.

lb/linblenddeint

    Linear blend deinterlacing filter that deinterlaces the given block
    by filtering all lines with a |(1 2 1)| filter.

li/linipoldeint

    Linear interpolating deinterlacing filter that deinterlaces the
    given block by linearly interpolating every second line.

ci/cubicipoldeint

    Cubic interpolating deinterlacing filter deinterlaces the given
    block by cubically interpolating every second line.

md/mediandeint

    Median deinterlacing filter that deinterlaces the given block by
    applying a median filter to every second line.

fd/ffmpegdeint

    FFmpeg deinterlacing filter that deinterlaces the given block by
    filtering every second line with a |(-1 4 2 4 -1)| filter.

l5/lowpass5

    Vertically applied FIR lowpass deinterlacing filter that
    deinterlaces the given block by filtering all lines with a |(-1 2 6
    2 -1)| filter.

fq/forceQuant[|quantizer]

    Overrides the quantizer table from the input with the constant
    quantizer you specify.

    quantizer

        Quantizer to use

de/default

    Default pp filter combination (|hb|a,vb|a,dr|a|)

fa/fast

    Fast pp filter combination (|h1|a,v1|a,dr|a|)

ac

    High quality pp filter combination (|ha|a|128|7,va|a,dr|a|)

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-120>


        30.195.1 Examples

  * Apply horizontal and vertical deblocking, deringing and automatic
    brightness/contrast:

    pp=hb/vb/dr/al

  * Apply default filters without brightness/contrast correction:

    pp=de/-al

  * Apply default filters and temporal denoiser:

    pp=default/tmpnoise|1|2|3

  * Apply deblocking on luma only, and switch vertical deblocking on or
    off automatically depending on available CPU time:

    pp=hb|y/vb|a


      30.196 pp7

Apply Postprocessing filter 7. It is variant of the
spp

<#spp> filter, similar to spp = 6 with 7 point DCT, where only the
center sample is used after IDCT.

The filter accepts the following options:

qp

    Force a constant quantization parameter. It accepts an integer in
    range 0 to 63. If not set, the filter will use the QP from the video
    stream (if available).

mode

    Set thresholding mode. Available modes are:

    ‘hard’

        Set hard thresholding.

    ‘soft’

        Set soft thresholding (better de-ringing effect, but likely
        blurrier).

    ‘medium’

        Set medium thresholding (good results, default).


      30.197 premultiply

Apply alpha premultiply effect to input video stream using first plane
of second stream as alpha.

Both streams must have same dimensions and same pixel format.

The filter accepts the following option:

planes

    Set which planes will be processed, unprocessed planes will be
    copied. By default value 0xf, all planes will be processed.

inplace

    Do not require 2nd input for processing, instead use alpha plane
    from input stream.


      30.198 prewitt

Apply prewitt operator to input video stream.

The filter accepts the following option:

planes

    Set which planes will be processed, unprocessed planes will be
    copied. By default value 0xf, all planes will be processed.

scale

    Set value which will be multiplied with filtered result.

delta

    Set value which will be added to filtered result.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-132>


        30.198.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.199 pseudocolor

Alter frame colors in video with pseudocolors.

This filter accepts the following options:

c0

    set pixel first component expression

c1

    set pixel second component expression

c2

    set pixel third component expression

c3

    set pixel fourth component expression, corresponds to the alpha
    component

index, i

    set component to use as base for altering colors

preset, p

    Pick one of built-in LUTs. By default is set to none.

    Available LUTs:

    ‘magma’
    ‘inferno’
    ‘plasma’
    ‘viridis’
    ‘turbo’
    ‘cividis’
    ‘range1’
    ‘range2’
    ‘shadows’
    ‘highlights’
    ‘solar’
    ‘nominal’
    ‘preferred’
    ‘total’
    ‘spectral’
    ‘cool’
    ‘heat’
    ‘fiery’
    ‘blues’
    ‘green’
    ‘helix’

opacity

    Set opacity of output colors. Allowed range is from 0 to 1. Default
    value is set to 1.

Each of the expression options specifies the expression to use for
computing the lookup table for the corresponding pixel component values.

The expressions can contain the following constants and functions:

w
h

    The input width and height.

val

    The input value for the pixel component.

ymin, umin, vmin, amin

    The minimum allowed component value.

ymax, umax, vmax, amax

    The maximum allowed component value.

All expressions default to "val".

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-133>
  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-121>


        30.199.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


        30.199.2 Examples

  * Change too high luma values to gradient:

    pseudocolor="'if(between(val,ymax,amax),lerp(ymin,ymax,(val-ymax)/(amax-ymax)),-1):if(between(val,ymax,amax),lerp(umax,umin,(val-ymax)/(amax-ymax)),-1):if(between(val,ymax,amax),lerp(vmin,vmax,(val-ymax)/(amax-ymax)),-1):-1'"


      30.200 psnr

Obtain the average, maximum and minimum PSNR (Peak Signal to Noise
Ratio) between two input videos.

This filter takes in input two input videos, the first input is
considered the "main" source and is passed unchanged to the output. The
second input is used as a "reference" video for computing the PSNR.

Both video inputs must have the same resolution and pixel format for
this filter to work correctly. Also it assumes that both inputs have the
same number of frames, which are compared one by one.

The obtained average PSNR is printed through the logging system.

The filter stores the accumulated MSE (mean squared error) of each
frame, and at the end of the processing it is averaged across all frames
equally, and the following formula is applied to obtain the PSNR:

PSNR = 10*log10(MAX^2/MSE)

Where MAX is the average of the maximum values of each component of the
image.

The description of the accepted parameters follows.

stats_file, f

    If specified the filter will use the named file to save the PSNR of
    each individual frame. When filename equals "-" the data is sent to
    standard output.

stats_version

    Specifies which version of the stats file format to use. Details of
    each format are written below. Default value is 1.

stats_add_max

    Determines whether the max value is output to the stats log. Default
    value is 0. Requires stats_version >= 2. If this is set and
    stats_version < 2, the filter will return an error.

This filter also supports the
framesync

<#framesync> options.

The file printed if stats_file is selected, contains a sequence of
key/value pairs of the form key:value for each compared couple of frames.

If a stats_version greater than 1 is specified, a header line precedes
the list of per-frame-pair stats, with key value pairs following the
frame format with the following parameters:

psnr_log_version

    The version of the log file format. Will match stats_version.

fields

    A comma separated list of the per-frame-pair parameters included in
    the log.

A description of each shown per-frame-pair parameter follows:

n

    sequential number of the input frame, starting from 1

mse_avg

    Mean Square Error pixel-by-pixel average difference of the compared
    frames, averaged over all the image components.

mse_y, mse_u, mse_v, mse_r, mse_g, mse_b, mse_a

    Mean Square Error pixel-by-pixel average difference of the compared
    frames for the component specified by the suffix.

psnr_y, psnr_u, psnr_v, psnr_r, psnr_g, psnr_b, psnr_a

    Peak Signal to Noise ratio of the compared frames for the component
    specified by the suffix.

max_avg, max_y, max_u, max_v

    Maximum allowed value for each channel, and average over all channels.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-122>


        30.200.1 Examples

  * For example:

    movie=ref_movie.mpg, setpts=PTS-STARTPTS [main];
    [main][ref] psnr="stats_file=stats.log" [out]

    On this example the input file being processed is compared with the
    reference file ref_movie.mpg. The PSNR of each individual frame is
    stored in stats.log.

  * Another example with different containers:

    ffmpeg -i main.mpg -i ref.mkv -lavfi  "[0:v]settb=AVTB,setpts=PTS-STARTPTS[main];[1:v]settb=AVTB,setpts=PTS-STARTPTS[ref];[main][ref]psnr" -f null -


      30.201 pullup

Pulldown reversal (inverse telecine) filter, capable of handling mixed
hard-telecine, 24000/1001 fps progressive, and 30000/1001 fps
progressive content.

The pullup filter is designed to take advantage of future context in
making its decisions. This filter is stateless in the sense that it does
not lock onto a pattern to follow, but it instead looks forward to the
following fields in order to identify matches and rebuild progressive
frames.

To produce content with an even framerate, insert the fps filter after
pullup, use |fps=24000/1001| if the input frame rate is 29.97fps,
|fps=24| for 30fps and the (rare) telecined 25fps input.

The filter accepts the following options:

jl
jr
jt
jb

    These options set the amount of "junk" to ignore at the left, right,
    top, and bottom of the image, respectively. Left and right are in
    units of 8 pixels, while top and bottom are in units of 2 lines. The
    default is 8 pixels on each side.

sb

    Set the strict breaks. Setting this option to 1 will reduce the
    chances of filter generating an occasional mismatched frame, but it
    may also cause an excessive number of frames to be dropped during
    high motion sequences. Conversely, setting it to -1 will make filter
    match fields more easily. This may help processing of video where
    there is slight blurring between the fields, but may also cause
    there to be interlaced frames in the output. Default value is |0|.

mp

    Set the metric plane to use. It accepts the following values:

    ‘l’

        Use luma plane.

    ‘u’

        Use chroma blue plane.

    ‘v’

        Use chroma red plane.

    This option may be set to use chroma plane instead of the default
    luma plane for doing filter’s computations. This may improve
    accuracy on very clean source material, but more likely will
    decrease accuracy, especially if there is chroma noise (rainbow
    effect) or any grayscale video. The main purpose of setting mp to a
    chroma plane is to reduce CPU load and make pullup usable in
    realtime on slow machines.

For best results (without duplicated frames in the output file) it is
necessary to change the output frame rate. For example, to inverse
telecine NTSC input:

ffmpeg -i input -vf pullup -r 24000/1001 ...


      30.202 qp

Change video quantization parameters (QP).

The filter accepts the following option:

qp

    Set expression for quantization parameter.

The expression is evaluated through the eval API and can contain, among
others, the following constants:

known

    1 if index is not 129, 0 otherwise.

qp

    Sequential index starting from -129 to 128.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-123>


        30.202.1 Examples

  * Some equation like:

    qp=2+2*sin(PI*qp)


      30.203 random

Flush video frames from internal cache of frames into a random order. No
frame is discarded. Inspired by
frei0r

<#frei0r> nervous filter.

frames

    Set size in number of frames of internal cache, in range from |2| to
    |512|. Default is |30|.

seed

    Set seed for random number generator, must be an integer included
    between |0| and |UINT32_MAX|. If not specified, or if explicitly set
    to less than |0|, the filter will try to use a good random seed on a
    best effort basis.


      30.204 readeia608

Read closed captioning (EIA-608) information from the top lines of a
video frame.

This filter adds frame metadata for |lavfi.readeia608.X.cc| and
|lavfi.readeia608.X.line|, where |X| is the number of the identified
line with EIA-608 data (starting from 0). A description of each metadata
value follows:

lavfi.readeia608.X.cc

    The two bytes stored as EIA-608 data (printed in hexadecimal).

lavfi.readeia608.X.line

    The number of the line on which the EIA-608 data was identified and
    read.

This filter accepts the following options:

scan_min

    Set the line to start scanning for EIA-608 data. Default is |0|.

scan_max

    Set the line to end scanning for EIA-608 data. Default is |29|.

spw

    Set the ratio of width reserved for sync code detection. Default is
    |0.27|. Allowed range is |[0.1 - 0.7]|.

chp

    Enable checking the parity bit. In the event of a parity error, the
    filter will output |0x00| for that character. Default is false.

lp

    Lowpass lines prior to further processing. Default is enabled.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-134>
  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-124>


        30.204.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


        30.204.2 Examples

  * Output a csv with presentation time and the first two lines of
    identified EIA-608 captioning data.

    ffprobe -f lavfi -i movie=captioned_video.mov,readeia608 -show_entries frame=pts_time:frame_tags=lavfi.readeia608.0.cc,lavfi.readeia608.1.cc -of csv


      30.205 readvitc

Read vertical interval timecode (VITC) information from the top lines of
a video frame.

The filter adds frame metadata key |lavfi.readvitc.tc_str| with the
timecode value, if a valid timecode has been detected. Further metadata
key |lavfi.readvitc.found| is set to 0/1 depending on whether timecode
data has been found or not.

This filter accepts the following options:

scan_max

    Set the maximum number of lines to scan for VITC data. If the value
    is set to |-1| the full video frame is scanned. Default is |45|.

thr_b

    Set the luma threshold for black. Accepts float numbers in the range
    [0.0,1.0], default value is |0.2|. The value must be equal or less
    than |thr_w|.

thr_w

    Set the luma threshold for white. Accepts float numbers in the range
    [0.0,1.0], default value is |0.6|. The value must be equal or
    greater than |thr_b|.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-125>


        30.205.1 Examples

  * Detect and draw VITC data onto the video frame; if no valid VITC is
    detected, draw |--:--:--:--| as a placeholder:

    ffmpeg -i input.avi -filter:v 'readvitc,drawtext=fontfile=FreeMono.ttf:text=%{metadata\\:lavfi.readvitc.tc_str\\:--\\\\\\:--\\\\\\:--\\\\\\:--}:x=(w-tw)/2:y=400-ascent'


      30.206 remap

Remap pixels using 2nd: Xmap and 3rd: Ymap input video stream.

Destination pixel at position (X, Y) will be picked from source (x, y)
position where x = Xmap(X, Y) and y = Ymap(X, Y). If mapping values are
out of range, zero value for pixel will be used for destination pixel.

Xmap and Ymap input video streams must be of same dimensions. Output
video stream will have Xmap/Ymap video stream dimensions. Xmap and Ymap
input video streams are 16bit depth, single channel.

format

    Specify pixel format of output from this filter. Can be |color| or
    |gray|. Default is |color|.

fill

    Specify the color of the unmapped pixels. For the syntax of this
    option, check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Color" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#color-syntax>.
    Default color is |black|.


      30.207 removegrain

The removegrain filter is a spatial denoiser for progressive video.

m0

    Set mode for the first plane.

m1

    Set mode for the second plane.

m2

    Set mode for the third plane.

m3

    Set mode for the fourth plane.

Range of mode is from 0 to 24. Description of each mode follows:

0

    Leave input plane unchanged. Default.

1

    Clips the pixel with the minimum and maximum of the 8 neighbour pixels.

2

    Clips the pixel with the second minimum and maximum of the 8
    neighbour pixels.

3

    Clips the pixel with the third minimum and maximum of the 8
    neighbour pixels.

4

    Clips the pixel with the fourth minimum and maximum of the 8
    neighbour pixels. This is equivalent to a median filter.

5

    Line-sensitive clipping giving the minimal change.

6

    Line-sensitive clipping, intermediate.

7

    Line-sensitive clipping, intermediate.

8

    Line-sensitive clipping, intermediate.

9

    Line-sensitive clipping on a line where the neighbours pixels are
    the closest.

10

    Replaces the target pixel with the closest neighbour.

11

    [1 2 1] horizontal and vertical kernel blur.

12

    Same as mode 11.

13

    Bob mode, interpolates top field from the line where the neighbours
    pixels are the closest.

14

    Bob mode, interpolates bottom field from the line where the
    neighbours pixels are the closest.

15

    Bob mode, interpolates top field. Same as 13 but with a more
    complicated interpolation formula.

16

    Bob mode, interpolates bottom field. Same as 14 but with a more
    complicated interpolation formula.

17

    Clips the pixel with the minimum and maximum of respectively the
    maximum and minimum of each pair of opposite neighbour pixels.

18

    Line-sensitive clipping using opposite neighbours whose greatest
    distance from the current pixel is minimal.

19

    Replaces the pixel with the average of its 8 neighbours.

20

    Averages the 9 pixels ([1 1 1] horizontal and vertical blur).

21

    Clips pixels using the averages of opposite neighbour.

22

    Same as mode 21 but simpler and faster.

23

    Small edge and halo removal, but reputed useless.

24

    Similar as 23.


      30.208 removelogo

Suppress a TV station logo, using an image file to determine which
pixels comprise the logo. It works by filling in the pixels that
comprise the logo with neighboring pixels.

The filter accepts the following options:

filename, f

    Set the filter bitmap file, which can be any image format supported
    by libavformat. The width and height of the image file must match
    those of the video stream being processed.

Pixels in the provided bitmap image with a value of zero are not
considered part of the logo, non-zero pixels are considered part of the
logo. If you use white (255) for the logo and black (0) for the rest,
you will be safe. For making the filter bitmap, it is recommended to
take a screen capture of a black frame with the logo visible, and then
using a threshold filter followed by the erode filter once or twice.

If needed, little splotches can be fixed manually. Remember that if logo
pixels are not covered, the filter quality will be much reduced. Marking
too many pixels as part of the logo does not hurt as much, but it will
increase the amount of blurring needed to cover over the image and will
destroy more information than necessary, and extra pixels will slow
things down on a large logo.


      30.209 repeatfields

This filter uses the repeat_field flag from the Video ES headers and
hard repeats fields based on its value.


      30.210 reverse

Reverse a video clip.

Warning: This filter requires memory to buffer the entire clip, so
trimming is suggested.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-126>


        30.210.1 Examples

  * Take the first 5 seconds of a clip, and reverse it.

    trim=end=5,reverse


      30.211 rgbashift

Shift R/G/B/A pixels horizontally and/or vertically.

The filter accepts the following options:

rh

    Set amount to shift red horizontally.

rv

    Set amount to shift red vertically.

gh

    Set amount to shift green horizontally.

gv

    Set amount to shift green vertically.

bh

    Set amount to shift blue horizontally.

bv

    Set amount to shift blue vertically.

ah

    Set amount to shift alpha horizontally.

av

    Set amount to shift alpha vertically.

edge

    Set edge mode, can be smear, default, or warp.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-135>


        30.211.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.212 roberts

Apply roberts cross operator to input video stream.

The filter accepts the following option:

planes

    Set which planes will be processed, unprocessed planes will be
    copied. By default value 0xf, all planes will be processed.

scale

    Set value which will be multiplied with filtered result.

delta

    Set value which will be added to filtered result.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-136>


        30.212.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.213 rotate

Rotate video by an arbitrary angle expressed in radians.

The filter accepts the following options:

A description of the optional parameters follows.

angle, a

    Set an expression for the angle by which to rotate the input video
    clockwise, expressed as a number of radians. A negative value will
    result in a counter-clockwise rotation. By default it is set to "0".

    This expression is evaluated for each frame.

out_w, ow

    Set the output width expression, default value is "iw". This
    expression is evaluated just once during configuration.

out_h, oh

    Set the output height expression, default value is "ih". This
    expression is evaluated just once during configuration.

bilinear

    Enable bilinear interpolation if set to 1, a value of 0 disables it.
    Default value is 1.

fillcolor, c

    Set the color used to fill the output area not covered by the
    rotated image. For the general syntax of this option, check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Color" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#color-syntax>.
    If the special value "none" is selected then no background is
    printed (useful for example if the background is never shown).

    Default value is "black".

The expressions for the angle and the output size can contain the
following constants and functions:

n

    sequential number of the input frame, starting from 0. It is always
    NAN before the first frame is filtered.

t

    time in seconds of the input frame, it is set to 0 when the filter
    is configured. It is always NAN before the first frame is filtered.

hsub
vsub

    horizontal and vertical chroma subsample values. For example for the
    pixel format "yuv422p" hsub is 2 and vsub is 1.

in_w, iw
in_h, ih

    the input video width and height

out_w, ow
out_h, oh

    the output width and height, that is the size of the padded area as
    specified by the width and height expressions

rotw(a)
roth(a)

    the minimal width/height required for completely containing the
    input video rotated by a radians.

    These are only available when computing the out_w and out_h
    expressions.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-127>
  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-137>


        30.213.1 Examples

  * Rotate the input by PI/6 radians clockwise:

    rotate=PI/6

  * Rotate the input by PI/6 radians counter-clockwise:

    rotate=-PI/6

  * Rotate the input by 45 degrees clockwise:

    rotate=45*PI/180

  * Apply a constant rotation with period T, starting from an angle of
    PI/3:

    rotate=PI/3+2*PI*t/T

  * Make the input video rotation oscillating with a period of T seconds
    and an amplitude of A radians:

    rotate=A*sin(2*PI/T*t)

  * Rotate the video, output size is chosen so that the whole rotating
    input video is always completely contained in the output:

    rotate='2*PI*t:ow=hypot(iw,ih):oh=ow'

  * Rotate the video, reduce the output size so that no background is
    ever shown:

    rotate=2*PI*t:ow='min(iw,ih)/sqrt(2)':oh=ow:c=none


        30.213.2 Commands

The filter supports the following commands:

a, angle

    Set the angle expression. The command accepts the same syntax of the
    corresponding option.

    If the specified expression is not valid, it is kept at its current
    value.


      30.214 sab

Apply Shape Adaptive Blur.

The filter accepts the following options:

luma_radius, lr

    Set luma blur filter strength, must be a value in range 0.1-4.0,
    default value is 1.0. A greater value will result in a more blurred
    image, and in slower processing.

luma_pre_filter_radius, lpfr

    Set luma pre-filter radius, must be a value in the 0.1-2.0 range,
    default value is 1.0.

luma_strength, ls

    Set luma maximum difference between pixels to still be considered,
    must be a value in the 0.1-100.0 range, default value is 1.0.

chroma_radius, cr

    Set chroma blur filter strength, must be a value in range -0.9-4.0.
    A greater value will result in a more blurred image, and in slower
    processing.

chroma_pre_filter_radius, cpfr

    Set chroma pre-filter radius, must be a value in the -0.9-2.0 range.

chroma_strength, cs

    Set chroma maximum difference between pixels to still be considered,
    must be a value in the -0.9-100.0 range.

Each chroma option value, if not explicitly specified, is set to the
corresponding luma option value.


      30.215 scale

Scale (resize) the input video, using the libswscale library.

The scale filter forces the output display aspect ratio to be the same
of the input, by changing the output sample aspect ratio.

If the input image format is different from the format requested by the
next filter, the scale filter will convert the input to the requested
format.

  *
    Options

    <#Options-37>
  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-128>
  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-138>


        30.215.1 Options

The filter accepts the following options, or any of the options
supported by the libswscale scaler.

See
(ffmpeg-scaler)the ffmpeg-scaler manual

<file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-scaler.html#scaler_005foptions>
for the complete list of scaler options.

width, w
height, h

    Set the output video dimension expression. Default value is the
    input dimension.

    If the width or w value is 0, the input width is used for the
    output. If the height or h value is 0, the input height is used for
    the output.

    If one and only one of the values is -n with n >= 1, the scale
    filter will use a value that maintains the aspect ratio of the input
    image, calculated from the other specified dimension. After that it
    will, however, make sure that the calculated dimension is divisible
    by n and adjust the value if necessary.

    If both values are -n with n >= 1, the behavior will be identical to
    both values being set to 0 as previously detailed.

    See below for the list of accepted constants for use in the
    dimension expression.

eval

    Specify when to evaluate width and height expression. It accepts the
    following values:

    ‘init’

        Only evaluate expressions once during the filter initialization
        or when a command is processed.

    ‘frame’

        Evaluate expressions for each incoming frame.

    Default value is ‘init’.

interl

    Set the interlacing mode. It accepts the following values:

    ‘1’

        Force interlaced aware scaling.

    ‘0’

        Do not apply interlaced scaling.

    ‘-1’

        Select interlaced aware scaling depending on whether the source
        frames are flagged as interlaced or not.

    Default value is ‘0’.

flags

    Set libswscale scaling flags. See
    (ffmpeg-scaler)the ffmpeg-scaler manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-scaler.html#sws_005fflags>
    for the complete list of values. If not explicitly specified the
    filter applies the default flags.

param0, param1

    Set libswscale input parameters for scaling algorithms that need
    them. See
    (ffmpeg-scaler)the ffmpeg-scaler manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-scaler.html#sws_005fparams>
    for the complete documentation. If not explicitly specified the
    filter applies empty parameters.

size, s

    Set the video size. For the syntax of this option, check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Video size" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#video-size-syntax>.


in_color_matrix
out_color_matrix

    Set in/output YCbCr color space type.

    This allows the autodetected value to be overridden as well as
    allows forcing a specific value used for the output and encoder.

    If not specified, the color space type depends on the pixel format.

    Possible values:

    ‘auto’

        Choose automatically.

    ‘bt709’

        Format conforming to International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
        Recommendation BT.709.

    ‘fcc’

        Set color space conforming to the United States Federal
        Communications Commission (FCC) Code of Federal Regulations
        (CFR) Title 47 (2003) 73.682 (a).

    ‘bt601’
    ‘bt470’
    ‘smpte170m’

        Set color space conforming to:

          * ITU Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) Recommendation BT.601
          * ITU-R Rec. BT.470-6 (1998) Systems B, B1, and G
          * Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE)
            ST 170:2004 

    ‘smpte240m’

        Set color space conforming to SMPTE ST 240:1999.

    ‘bt2020’

        Set color space conforming to ITU-R BT.2020 non-constant
        luminance system.

in_range
out_range

    Set in/output YCbCr sample range.

    This allows the autodetected value to be overridden as well as
    allows forcing a specific value used for the output and encoder. If
    not specified, the range depends on the pixel format. Possible values:

    ‘auto/unknown’

        Choose automatically.

    ‘jpeg/full/pc’

        Set full range (0-255 in case of 8-bit luma).

    ‘mpeg/limited/tv’

        Set "MPEG" range (16-235 in case of 8-bit luma).

force_original_aspect_ratio

    Enable decreasing or increasing output video width or height if
    necessary to keep the original aspect ratio. Possible values:

    ‘disable’

        Scale the video as specified and disable this feature.

    ‘decrease’

        The output video dimensions will automatically be decreased if
        needed.

    ‘increase’

        The output video dimensions will automatically be increased if
        needed.

    One useful instance of this option is that when you know a specific
    device’s maximum allowed resolution, you can use this to limit the
    output video to that, while retaining the aspect ratio. For example,
    device A allows 1280x720 playback, and your video is 1920x800. Using
    this option (set it to decrease) and specifying 1280x720 to the
    command line makes the output 1280x533.

    Please note that this is a different thing than specifying -1 for w
    or h, you still need to specify the output resolution for this
    option to work.

force_divisible_by

    Ensures that both the output dimensions, width and height, are
    divisible by the given integer when used together with
    force_original_aspect_ratio. This works similar to using |-n| in the
    w and h options.

    This option respects the value set for force_original_aspect_ratio,
    increasing or decreasing the resolution accordingly. The video’s
    aspect ratio may be slightly modified.

    This option can be handy if you need to have a video fit within or
    exceed a defined resolution using force_original_aspect_ratio but
    also have encoder restrictions on width or height divisibility.

The values of the w and h options are expressions containing the
following constants:

in_w
in_h

    The input width and height

iw
ih

    These are the same as in_w and in_h.

out_w
out_h

    The output (scaled) width and height

ow
oh

    These are the same as out_w and out_h

a

    The same as iw / ih

sar

    input sample aspect ratio

dar

    The input display aspect ratio. Calculated from |(iw / ih) * sar|.

hsub
vsub

    horizontal and vertical input chroma subsample values. For example
    for the pixel format "yuv422p" hsub is 2 and vsub is 1.

ohsub
ovsub

    horizontal and vertical output chroma subsample values. For example
    for the pixel format "yuv422p" hsub is 2 and vsub is 1.

n

    The (sequential) number of the input frame, starting from 0. Only
    available with |eval=frame|.

t

    The presentation timestamp of the input frame, expressed as a number
    of seconds. Only available with |eval=frame|.

pos

    The position (byte offset) of the frame in the input stream, or NaN
    if this information is unavailable and/or meaningless (for example
    in case of synthetic video). Only available with |eval=frame|.
    Deprecated, do not use.


        30.215.2 Examples

  * Scale the input video to a size of 200x100

    scale=w=200:h=100

    This is equivalent to:

    scale=200:100

    or:

    scale=200x100

  * Specify a size abbreviation for the output size:

    scale=qcif

    which can also be written as:

    scale=size=qcif

  * Scale the input to 2x:

    scale=w=2*iw:h=2*ih

  * The above is the same as:

    scale=2*in_w:2*in_h

  * Scale the input to 2x with forced interlaced scaling:

    scale=2*iw:2*ih:interl=1

  * Scale the input to half size:

    scale=w=iw/2:h=ih/2

  * Increase the width, and set the height to the same size:

    scale=3/2*iw:ow

  * Seek Greek harmony:

    scale=iw:1/PHI*iw
    scale=ih*PHI:ih

  * Increase the height, and set the width to 3/2 of the height:

    scale=w=3/2*oh:h=3/5*ih

  * Increase the size, making the size a multiple of the chroma
    subsample values:

    scale="trunc(3/2*iw/hsub)*hsub:trunc(3/2*ih/vsub)*vsub"

  * Increase the width to a maximum of 500 pixels, keeping the same
    aspect ratio as the input:

    scale=w='min(500\, iw*3/2):h=-1'

  * Make pixels square by combining scale and setsar:

    scale='trunc(ih*dar):ih',setsar=1/1

  * Make pixels square by combining scale and setsar, making sure the
    resulting resolution is even (required by some codecs):

    scale='trunc(ih*dar/2)*2:trunc(ih/2)*2',setsar=1/1


        30.215.3 Commands

This filter supports the following commands:

width, w
height, h

    Set the output video dimension expression. The command accepts the
    same syntax of the corresponding option.

    If the specified expression is not valid, it is kept at its current
    value.


      30.216 scale_cuda

Scale (resize) and convert (pixel format) the input video, using
accelerated CUDA kernels. Setting the output width and height works in
the same way as for the
scale

<#scale> filter.

The filter accepts the following options:

w
h

    Set the output video dimension expression. Default value is the
    input dimension.

    Allows for the same expressions as the
    scale

    <#scale> filter.

interp_algo

    Sets the algorithm used for scaling:

    nearest

        Nearest neighbour

        Used by default if input parameters match the desired output.

    bilinear

        Bilinear

    bicubic

        Bicubic

        This is the default.

    lanczos

        Lanczos

format

    Controls the output pixel format. By default, or if none is
    specified, the input pixel format is used.

    The filter does not support converting between YUV and RGB pixel
    formats.

passthrough

    If set to 0, every frame is processed, even if no conversion is
    neccesary. This mode can be useful to use the filter as a buffer for
    a downstream frame-consumer that exhausts the limited decoder frame
    pool.

    If set to 1, frames are passed through as-is if they match the
    desired output parameters. This is the default behaviour.

param

    Algorithm-Specific parameter.

    Affects the curves of the bicubic algorithm.

force_original_aspect_ratio
force_divisible_by

    Work the same as the identical
    scale

    <#scale> filter options.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-129>


        30.216.1 Examples

  * Scale input to 720p, keeping aspect ratio and ensuring the output is
    yuv420p.

    scale_cuda=-2:720:format=yuv420p

  * Upscale to 4K using nearest neighbour algorithm.

    scale_cuda=4096:2160:interp_algo=nearest

  * Don’t do any conversion or scaling, but copy all input frames into
    newly allocated ones. This can be useful to deal with a filter and
    encode chain that otherwise exhausts the decoders frame pool.

    scale_cuda=passthrough=0


      30.217 scale_npp

Use the NVIDIA Performance Primitives (libnpp) to perform scaling and/or
pixel format conversion on CUDA video frames. Setting the output width
and height works in the same way as for the scale filter.

The following additional options are accepted:

format

    The pixel format of the output CUDA frames. If set to the string
    "same" (the default), the input format will be kept. Note that
    automatic format negotiation and conversion is not yet supported for
    hardware frames

interp_algo

    The interpolation algorithm used for resizing. One of the following:

    nn

        Nearest neighbour.

    linear
    cubic
    cubic2p_bspline

        2-parameter cubic (B=1, C=0)

    cubic2p_catmullrom

        2-parameter cubic (B=0, C=1/2)

    cubic2p_b05c03

        2-parameter cubic (B=1/2, C=3/10)

    super

        Supersampling

    lanczos

force_original_aspect_ratio

    Enable decreasing or increasing output video width or height if
    necessary to keep the original aspect ratio. Possible values:

    ‘disable’

        Scale the video as specified and disable this feature.

    ‘decrease’

        The output video dimensions will automatically be decreased if
        needed.

    ‘increase’

        The output video dimensions will automatically be increased if
        needed.

    One useful instance of this option is that when you know a specific
    device’s maximum allowed resolution, you can use this to limit the
    output video to that, while retaining the aspect ratio. For example,
    device A allows 1280x720 playback, and your video is 1920x800. Using
    this option (set it to decrease) and specifying 1280x720 to the
    command line makes the output 1280x533.

    Please note that this is a different thing than specifying -1 for w
    or h, you still need to specify the output resolution for this
    option to work.

force_divisible_by

    Ensures that both the output dimensions, width and height, are
    divisible by the given integer when used together with
    force_original_aspect_ratio. This works similar to using |-n| in the
    w and h options.

    This option respects the value set for force_original_aspect_ratio,
    increasing or decreasing the resolution accordingly. The video’s
    aspect ratio may be slightly modified.

    This option can be handy if you need to have a video fit within or
    exceed a defined resolution using force_original_aspect_ratio but
    also have encoder restrictions on width or height divisibility.

eval

    Specify when to evaluate width and height expression. It accepts the
    following values:

    ‘init’

        Only evaluate expressions once during the filter initialization
        or when a command is processed.

    ‘frame’

        Evaluate expressions for each incoming frame.

The values of the w and h options are expressions containing the
following constants:

in_w
in_h

    The input width and height

iw
ih

    These are the same as in_w and in_h.

out_w
out_h

    The output (scaled) width and height

ow
oh

    These are the same as out_w and out_h

a

    The same as iw / ih

sar

    input sample aspect ratio

dar

    The input display aspect ratio. Calculated from |(iw / ih) * sar|.

n

    The (sequential) number of the input frame, starting from 0. Only
    available with |eval=frame|.

t

    The presentation timestamp of the input frame, expressed as a number
    of seconds. Only available with |eval=frame|.

pos

    The position (byte offset) of the frame in the input stream, or NaN
    if this information is unavailable and/or meaningless (for example
    in case of synthetic video). Only available with |eval=frame|.
    Deprecated, do not use.


      30.218 scale2ref

Scale (resize) the input video, based on a reference video.

See the scale filter for available options, scale2ref supports the same
but uses the reference video instead of the main input as basis.
scale2ref also supports the following additional constants for the w and
h options:

main_w
main_h

    The main input video’s width and height

main_a

    The same as main_w / main_h

main_sar

    The main input video’s sample aspect ratio

main_dar, mdar

    The main input video’s display aspect ratio. Calculated from
    |(main_w / main_h) * main_sar|.

main_hsub
main_vsub

    The main input video’s horizontal and vertical chroma subsample
    values. For example for the pixel format "yuv422p" hsub is 2 and
    vsub is 1.

main_n

    The (sequential) number of the main input frame, starting from 0.
    Only available with |eval=frame|.

main_t

    The presentation timestamp of the main input frame, expressed as a
    number of seconds. Only available with |eval=frame|.

main_pos

    The position (byte offset) of the frame in the main input stream, or
    NaN if this information is unavailable and/or meaningless (for
    example in case of synthetic video). Only available with |eval=frame|.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-130>
  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-139>


        30.218.1 Examples

  * Scale a subtitle stream (b) to match the main video (a) in size
    before overlaying

    'scale2ref[b][a];[a][b]overlay'

  * Scale a logo to 1/10th the height of a video, while preserving its
    display aspect ratio.

    [logo-in][video-in]scale2ref=w=oh*mdar:h=ih/10[logo-out][video-out]


        30.218.2 Commands

This filter supports the following commands:

width, w
height, h

    Set the output video dimension expression. The command accepts the
    same syntax of the corresponding option.

    If the specified expression is not valid, it is kept at its current
    value.


      30.219 scale2ref_npp

Use the NVIDIA Performance Primitives (libnpp) to scale (resize) the
input video, based on a reference video.

See the
scale_npp

<#scale_005fnpp> filter for available options, scale2ref_npp supports
the same but uses the reference video instead of the main input as
basis. scale2ref_npp also supports the following additional constants
for the w and h options:

main_w
main_h

    The main input video’s width and height

main_a

    The same as main_w / main_h

main_sar

    The main input video’s sample aspect ratio

main_dar, mdar

    The main input video’s display aspect ratio. Calculated from
    |(main_w / main_h) * main_sar|.

main_n

    The (sequential) number of the main input frame, starting from 0.
    Only available with |eval=frame|.

main_t

    The presentation timestamp of the main input frame, expressed as a
    number of seconds. Only available with |eval=frame|.

main_pos

    The position (byte offset) of the frame in the main input stream, or
    NaN if this information is unavailable and/or meaningless (for
    example in case of synthetic video). Only available with |eval=frame|.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-131>


        30.219.1 Examples

  * Scale a subtitle stream (b) to match the main video (a) in size
    before overlaying

    'scale2ref_npp[b][a];[a][b]overlay_cuda'

  * Scale a logo to 1/10th the height of a video, while preserving its
    display aspect ratio.

    [logo-in][video-in]scale2ref_npp=w=oh*mdar:h=ih/10[logo-out][video-out]


      30.220 scale_vt

Scale and convert the color parameters using VTPixelTransferSession.

The filter accepts the following options:

w
h

    Set the output video dimension expression. Default value is the
    input dimension.

color_matrix

    Set the output colorspace matrix.

color_primaries

    Set the output color primaries.

color_transfer

    Set the output transfer characteristics.


      30.221 scharr

Apply scharr operator to input video stream.

The filter accepts the following option:

planes

    Set which planes will be processed, unprocessed planes will be
    copied. By default value 0xf, all planes will be processed.

scale

    Set value which will be multiplied with filtered result.

delta

    Set value which will be added to filtered result.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-140>


        30.221.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.222 scroll

Scroll input video horizontally and/or vertically by constant speed.

The filter accepts the following options:

horizontal, h

    Set the horizontal scrolling speed. Default is 0. Allowed range is
    from -1 to 1. Negative values changes scrolling direction.

vertical, v

    Set the vertical scrolling speed. Default is 0. Allowed range is
    from -1 to 1. Negative values changes scrolling direction.

hpos

    Set the initial horizontal scrolling position. Default is 0. Allowed
    range is from 0 to 1.

vpos

    Set the initial vertical scrolling position. Default is 0. Allowed
    range is from 0 to 1.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-141>


        30.222.1 Commands

This filter supports the following
commands

<#commands>:

horizontal, h

    Set the horizontal scrolling speed.

vertical, v

    Set the vertical scrolling speed.


      30.223 scdet

Detect video scene change.

This filter sets frame metadata with mafd between frame, the scene
score, and forward the frame to the next filter, so they can use these
metadata to detect scene change or others.

In addition, this filter logs a message and sets frame metadata when it
detects a scene change by threshold.

|lavfi.scd.mafd| metadata keys are set with mafd for every frame.

|lavfi.scd.score| metadata keys are set with scene change score for
every frame to detect scene change.

|lavfi.scd.time| metadata keys are set with current filtered frame time
which detect scene change with threshold.

The filter accepts the following options:

threshold, t

    Set the scene change detection threshold as a percentage of maximum
    change. Good values are in the |[8.0, 14.0]| range. The range for
    threshold is |[0., 100.]|.

    Default value is |10.|.

sc_pass, s

    Set the flag to pass scene change frames to the next filter. Default
    value is |0| You can enable it if you want to get snapshot of scene
    change frames only.


      30.224 selectivecolor

Adjust cyan, magenta, yellow and black (CMYK) to certain ranges of
colors (such as "reds", "yellows", "greens", "cyans", ...). The
adjustment range is defined by the "purity" of the color (that is, how
saturated it already is).

This filter is similar to the Adobe Photoshop Selective Color tool.

The filter accepts the following options:

correction_method

    Select color correction method.

    Available values are:

    ‘absolute’

        Specified adjustments are applied "as-is" (added/subtracted to
        original pixel component value).

    ‘relative’

        Specified adjustments are relative to the original component value.

    Default is |absolute|.

reds

    Adjustments for red pixels (pixels where the red component is the
    maximum)

yellows

    Adjustments for yellow pixels (pixels where the blue component is
    the minimum)

greens

    Adjustments for green pixels (pixels where the green component is
    the maximum)

cyans

    Adjustments for cyan pixels (pixels where the red component is the
    minimum)

blues

    Adjustments for blue pixels (pixels where the blue component is the
    maximum)

magentas

    Adjustments for magenta pixels (pixels where the green component is
    the minimum)

whites

    Adjustments for white pixels (pixels where all components are
    greater than 128)

neutrals

    Adjustments for all pixels except pure black and pure white

blacks

    Adjustments for black pixels (pixels where all components are lesser
    than 128)

psfile

    Specify a Photoshop selective color file (|.asv|) to import the
    settings from.

All the adjustment settings (reds, yellows, ...) accept up to 4 space
separated floating point adjustment values in the [-1,1] range,
respectively to adjust the amount of cyan, magenta, yellow and black for
the pixels of its range.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-132>


        30.224.1 Examples

  * Increase cyan by 50% and reduce yellow by 33% in every green areas,
    and increase magenta by 27% in blue areas:

    selectivecolor=greens=.5 0 -.33 0:blues=0 .27

  * Use a Photoshop selective color preset:

    selectivecolor=psfile=MySelectiveColorPresets/Misty.asv


      30.225 separatefields

The |separatefields| takes a frame-based video input and splits each
frame into its components fields, producing a new half height clip with
twice the frame rate and twice the frame count.

This filter use field-dominance information in frame to decide which of
each pair of fields to place first in the output. If it gets it wrong use
setfield

<#setfield> filter before |separatefields| filter.


      30.226 setdar, setsar

The |setdar| filter sets the Display Aspect Ratio for the filter output
video.

This is done by changing the specified Sample (aka Pixel) Aspect Ratio,
according to the following equation:

DAR = HORIZONTAL_RESOLUTION / VERTICAL_RESOLUTION * SAR

Keep in mind that the |setdar| filter does not modify the pixel
dimensions of the video frame. Also, the display aspect ratio set by
this filter may be changed by later filters in the filterchain, e.g. in
case of scaling or if another "setdar" or a "setsar" filter is applied.

The |setsar| filter sets the Sample (aka Pixel) Aspect Ratio for the
filter output video.

Note that as a consequence of the application of this filter, the output
display aspect ratio will change according to the equation above.

Keep in mind that the sample aspect ratio set by the |setsar| filter may
be changed by later filters in the filterchain, e.g. if another "setsar"
or a "setdar" filter is applied.

It accepts the following parameters:

r, ratio, dar (|setdar| only), sar (|setsar| only)

    Set the aspect ratio used by the filter.

    The parameter can be a floating point number string, or an
    expression. If the parameter is not specified, the value "0" is
    assumed, meaning that the same input value is used.

max

    Set the maximum integer value to use for expressing numerator and
    denominator when reducing the expressed aspect ratio to a rational.
    Default value is |100|.

The parameter sar is an expression containing the following constants:

w, h

    The input width and height.

a

    Same as w / h.

sar

    The input sample aspect ratio.

dar

    The input display aspect ratio. It is the same as (w / h) * sar.

hsub, vsub

    Horizontal and vertical chroma subsample values. For example, for
    the pixel format "yuv422p" hsub is 2 and vsub is 1.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-133>


        30.226.1 Examples

  * To change the display aspect ratio to 16:9, specify one of the
    following:

    setdar=dar=1.77777
    setdar=dar=16/9

  * To change the sample aspect ratio to 10:11, specify:

    setsar=sar=10/11

  * To set a display aspect ratio of 16:9, and specify a maximum integer
    value of 1000 in the aspect ratio reduction, use the command:

    setdar=ratio=16/9:max=1000


      30.227 setfield

Force field for the output video frame.

The |setfield| filter marks the interlace type field for the output
frames. It does not change the input frame, but only sets the
corresponding property, which affects how the frame is treated by
following filters (e.g. |fieldorder| or |yadif|).

The filter accepts the following options:

mode

    Available values are:

    ‘auto’

        Keep the same field property.

    ‘bff’

        Mark the frame as bottom-field-first.

    ‘tff’

        Mark the frame as top-field-first.

    ‘prog’

        Mark the frame as progressive.


      30.228 setparams

Force frame parameter for the output video frame.

The |setparams| filter marks interlace and color range for the output
frames. It does not change the input frame, but only sets the
corresponding property, which affects how the frame is treated by
filters/encoders.

field_mode

    Available values are:

    ‘auto’

        Keep the same field property (default).

    ‘bff’

        Mark the frame as bottom-field-first.

    ‘tff’

        Mark the frame as top-field-first.

    ‘prog’

        Mark the frame as progressive.

range

    Available values are:

    ‘auto’

        Keep the same color range property (default).

    ‘unspecified, unknown’

        Mark the frame as unspecified color range.

    ‘limited, tv, mpeg’

        Mark the frame as limited range.

    ‘full, pc, jpeg’

        Mark the frame as full range.

color_primaries

    Set the color primaries. Available values are:

    ‘auto’

        Keep the same color primaries property (default).

    ‘bt709’
    ‘unknown’
    ‘bt470m’
    ‘bt470bg’
    ‘smpte170m’
    ‘smpte240m’
    ‘film’
    ‘bt2020’
    ‘smpte428’
    ‘smpte431’
    ‘smpte432’
    ‘jedec-p22’

color_trc

    Set the color transfer. Available values are:

    ‘auto’

        Keep the same color trc property (default).

    ‘bt709’
    ‘unknown’
    ‘bt470m’
    ‘bt470bg’
    ‘smpte170m’
    ‘smpte240m’
    ‘linear’
    ‘log100’
    ‘log316’
    ‘iec61966-2-4’
    ‘bt1361e’
    ‘iec61966-2-1’
    ‘bt2020-10’
    ‘bt2020-12’
    ‘smpte2084’
    ‘smpte428’
    ‘arib-std-b67’

colorspace

    Set the colorspace. Available values are:

    ‘auto’

        Keep the same colorspace property (default).

    ‘gbr’
    ‘bt709’
    ‘unknown’
    ‘fcc’
    ‘bt470bg’
    ‘smpte170m’
    ‘smpte240m’
    ‘ycgco’
    ‘bt2020nc’
    ‘bt2020c’
    ‘smpte2085’
    ‘chroma-derived-nc’
    ‘chroma-derived-c’
    ‘ictcp’


      30.229 sharpen_npp

Use the NVIDIA Performance Primitives (libnpp) to perform image
sharpening with border control.

The following additional options are accepted:

border_type

    Type of sampling to be used ad frame borders. One of the following:

    replicate

        Replicate pixel values.


      30.230 shear

Apply shear transform to input video.

This filter supports the following options:

shx

    Shear factor in X-direction. Default value is 0. Allowed range is
    from -2 to 2.

shy

    Shear factor in Y-direction. Default value is 0. Allowed range is
    from -2 to 2.

fillcolor, c

    Set the color used to fill the output area not covered by the
    transformed video. For the general syntax of this option, check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Color" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#color-syntax>.
    If the special value "none" is selected then no background is
    printed (useful for example if the background is never shown).

    Default value is "black".

interp

    Set interpolation type. Can be |bilinear| or |nearest|. Default is
    |bilinear|.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-142>


        30.230.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.231 showinfo

Show a line containing various information for each input video frame.
The input video is not modified.

This filter supports the following options:

checksum

    Calculate checksums of each plane. By default enabled.

The shown line contains a sequence of key/value pairs of the form
key:value.

The following values are shown in the output:

n

    The (sequential) number of the input frame, starting from 0.

pts

    The Presentation TimeStamp of the input frame, expressed as a number
    of time base units. The time base unit depends on the filter input pad.

pts_time

    The Presentation TimeStamp of the input frame, expressed as a number
    of seconds.

fmt

    The pixel format name.

sar

    The sample aspect ratio of the input frame, expressed in the form
    num/den.

s

    The size of the input frame. For the syntax of this option, check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Video size" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#video-size-syntax>.


i

    The type of interlaced mode ("P" for "progressive", "T" for top
    field first, "B" for bottom field first).

iskey

    This is 1 if the frame is a key frame, 0 otherwise.

type

    The picture type of the input frame ("I" for an I-frame, "P" for a
    P-frame, "B" for a B-frame, or "?" for an unknown type). Also refer
    to the documentation of the |AVPictureType| enum and of the
    |av_get_picture_type_char| function defined in libavutil/avutil.h.

checksum

    The Adler-32 checksum (printed in hexadecimal) of all the planes of
    the input frame.

plane_checksum

    The Adler-32 checksum (printed in hexadecimal) of each plane of the
    input frame, expressed in the form "[c0 c1 c2 c3]".

mean

    The mean value of pixels in each plane of the input frame, expressed
    in the form "[mean0 mean1 mean2 mean3]".

stdev

    The standard deviation of pixel values in each plane of the input
    frame, expressed in the form "[stdev0 stdev1 stdev2 stdev3]".


      30.232 showpalette

Displays the 256 colors palette of each frame. This filter is only
relevant for pal8 pixel format frames.

It accepts the following option:

s

    Set the size of the box used to represent one palette color entry.
    Default is |30| (for a |30x30| pixel box).


      30.233 shuffleframes

Reorder and/or duplicate and/or drop video frames.

It accepts the following parameters:

mapping

    Set the destination indexes of input frames. This is space or ’|’
    separated list of indexes that maps input frames to output frames.
    Number of indexes also sets maximal value that each index may have.
    ’-1’ index have special meaning and that is to drop frame.

The first frame has the index 0. The default is to keep the input
unchanged.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-134>


        30.233.1 Examples

  * Swap second and third frame of every three frames of the input:

    ffmpeg -i INPUT -vf "shuffleframes=0 2 1" OUTPUT

  * Swap 10th and 1st frame of every ten frames of the input:

    ffmpeg -i INPUT -vf "shuffleframes=9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0" OUTPUT


      30.234 shufflepixels

Reorder pixels in video frames.

This filter accepts the following options:

direction, d

    Set shuffle direction. Can be forward or inverse direction. Default
    direction is forward.

mode, m

    Set shuffle mode. Can be horizontal, vertical or block mode.

width, w
height, h

    Set shuffle block_size. In case of horizontal shuffle mode only
    width part of size is used, and in case of vertical shuffle mode
    only height part of size is used.

seed, s

    Set random seed used with shuffling pixels. Mainly useful to set to
    be able to reverse filtering process to get original input. For
    example, to reverse forward shuffle you need to use same parameters
    and exact same seed and to set direction to inverse.


      30.235 shuffleplanes

Reorder and/or duplicate video planes.

It accepts the following parameters:

map0

    The index of the input plane to be used as the first output plane.

map1

    The index of the input plane to be used as the second output plane.

map2

    The index of the input plane to be used as the third output plane.

map3

    The index of the input plane to be used as the fourth output plane.

The first plane has the index 0. The default is to keep the input
unchanged.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-135>


        30.235.1 Examples

  * Swap the second and third planes of the input:

    ffmpeg -i INPUT -vf shuffleplanes=0:2:1:3 OUTPUT


      30.236 signalstats

Evaluate various visual metrics that assist in determining issues
associated with the digitization of analog video media.

By default the filter will log these metadata values:

YMIN

    Display the minimal Y value contained within the input frame.
    Expressed in range of [0-255].

YLOW

    Display the Y value at the 10% percentile within the input frame.
    Expressed in range of [0-255].

YAVG

    Display the average Y value within the input frame. Expressed in
    range of [0-255].

YHIGH

    Display the Y value at the 90% percentile within the input frame.
    Expressed in range of [0-255].

YMAX

    Display the maximum Y value contained within the input frame.
    Expressed in range of [0-255].

UMIN

    Display the minimal U value contained within the input frame.
    Expressed in range of [0-255].

ULOW

    Display the U value at the 10% percentile within the input frame.
    Expressed in range of [0-255].

UAVG

    Display the average U value within the input frame. Expressed in
    range of [0-255].

UHIGH

    Display the U value at the 90% percentile within the input frame.
    Expressed in range of [0-255].

UMAX

    Display the maximum U value contained within the input frame.
    Expressed in range of [0-255].

VMIN

    Display the minimal V value contained within the input frame.
    Expressed in range of [0-255].

VLOW

    Display the V value at the 10% percentile within the input frame.
    Expressed in range of [0-255].

VAVG

    Display the average V value within the input frame. Expressed in
    range of [0-255].

VHIGH

    Display the V value at the 90% percentile within the input frame.
    Expressed in range of [0-255].

VMAX

    Display the maximum V value contained within the input frame.
    Expressed in range of [0-255].

SATMIN

    Display the minimal saturation value contained within the input
    frame. Expressed in range of [0-~181.02].

SATLOW

    Display the saturation value at the 10% percentile within the input
    frame. Expressed in range of [0-~181.02].

SATAVG

    Display the average saturation value within the input frame.
    Expressed in range of [0-~181.02].

SATHIGH

    Display the saturation value at the 90% percentile within the input
    frame. Expressed in range of [0-~181.02].

SATMAX

    Display the maximum saturation value contained within the input
    frame. Expressed in range of [0-~181.02].

HUEMED

    Display the median value for hue within the input frame. Expressed
    in range of [0-360].

HUEAVG

    Display the average value for hue within the input frame. Expressed
    in range of [0-360].

YDIF

    Display the average of sample value difference between all values of
    the Y plane in the current frame and corresponding values of the
    previous input frame. Expressed in range of [0-255].

UDIF

    Display the average of sample value difference between all values of
    the U plane in the current frame and corresponding values of the
    previous input frame. Expressed in range of [0-255].

VDIF

    Display the average of sample value difference between all values of
    the V plane in the current frame and corresponding values of the
    previous input frame. Expressed in range of [0-255].

YBITDEPTH

    Display bit depth of Y plane in current frame. Expressed in range of
    [0-16].

UBITDEPTH

    Display bit depth of U plane in current frame. Expressed in range of
    [0-16].

VBITDEPTH

    Display bit depth of V plane in current frame. Expressed in range of
    [0-16].

The filter accepts the following options:

stat
out

    stat specify an additional form of image analysis. out output video
    with the specified type of pixel highlighted.

    Both options accept the following values:

    ‘tout’

        Identify temporal outliers pixels. A temporal outlier is a pixel
        unlike the neighboring pixels of the same field. Examples of
        temporal outliers include the results of video dropouts, head
        clogs, or tape tracking issues.

    ‘vrep’

        Identify vertical line repetition. Vertical line repetition
        includes similar rows of pixels within a frame. In born-digital
        video vertical line repetition is common, but this pattern is
        uncommon in video digitized from an analog source. When it
        occurs in video that results from the digitization of an analog
        source it can indicate concealment from a dropout compensator.

    ‘brng’

        Identify pixels that fall outside of legal broadcast range.

color, c

    Set the highlight color for the out option. The default color is
    yellow.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-136>


        30.236.1 Examples

  * Output data of various video metrics:

    ffprobe -f lavfi movie=example.mov,signalstats="stat=tout+vrep+brng" -show_frames

  * Output specific data about the minimum and maximum values of the Y
    plane per frame:

    ffprobe -f lavfi movie=example.mov,signalstats -show_entries frame_tags=lavfi.signalstats.YMAX,lavfi.signalstats.YMIN

  * Playback video while highlighting pixels that are outside of
    broadcast range in red.

    ffplay example.mov -vf signalstats="out=brng:color=red"

  * Playback video with signalstats metadata drawn over the frame.

    ffplay example.mov -vf signalstats=stat=brng+vrep+tout,drawtext=fontfile=FreeSerif.ttf:textfile=signalstat_drawtext.txt

    The contents of signalstat_drawtext.txt used in the command are:

    time %{pts:hms}
    Y (%{metadata:lavfi.signalstats.YMIN}-%{metadata:lavfi.signalstats.YMAX})
    U (%{metadata:lavfi.signalstats.UMIN}-%{metadata:lavfi.signalstats.UMAX})
    V (%{metadata:lavfi.signalstats.VMIN}-%{metadata:lavfi.signalstats.VMAX})
    saturation maximum: %{metadata:lavfi.signalstats.SATMAX}


      30.237 signature

Calculates the MPEG-7 Video Signature. The filter can handle more than
one input. In this case the matching between the inputs can be
calculated additionally. The filter always passes through the first
input. The signature of each stream can be written into a file.

It accepts the following options:

detectmode

    Enable or disable the matching process.

    Available values are:

    ‘off’

        Disable the calculation of a matching (default).

    ‘full’

        Calculate the matching for the whole video and output whether
        the whole video matches or only parts.

    ‘fast’

        Calculate only until a matching is found or the video ends.
        Should be faster in some cases.

nb_inputs

    Set the number of inputs. The option value must be a non negative
    integer. Default value is 1.

filename

    Set the path to which the output is written. If there is more than
    one input, the path must be a prototype, i.e. must contain %d or
    %0nd (where n is a positive integer), that will be replaced with the
    input number. If no filename is specified, no output will be
    written. This is the default.

format

    Choose the output format.

    Available values are:

    ‘binary’

        Use the specified binary representation (default).

    ‘xml’

        Use the specified xml representation.

th_d

    Set threshold to detect one word as similar. The option value must
    be an integer greater than zero. The default value is 9000.

th_dc

    Set threshold to detect all words as similar. The option value must
    be an integer greater than zero. The default value is 60000.

th_xh

    Set threshold to detect frames as similar. The option value must be
    an integer greater than zero. The default value is 116.

th_di

    Set the minimum length of a sequence in frames to recognize it as
    matching sequence. The option value must be a non negative integer
    value. The default value is 0.

th_it

    Set the minimum relation, that matching frames to all frames must
    have. The option value must be a double value between 0 and 1. The
    default value is 0.5.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-137>


        30.237.1 Examples

  * To calculate the signature of an input video and store it in
    signature.bin:

    ffmpeg -i input.mkv -vf signature=filename=signature.bin -map 0:v -f null -

  * To detect whether two videos match and store the signatures in XML
    format in signature0.xml and signature1.xml:

    ffmpeg -i input1.mkv -i input2.mkv -filter_complex "[0:v][1:v] signature=nb_inputs=2:detectmode=full:format=xml:filename=signature%d.xml" -map :v -f null -


      30.238 siti

Calculate Spatial Information (SI) and Temporal Information (TI) scores
for a video, as defined in ITU-T Rec. P.910 (11/21): Subjective video
quality assessment methods for multimedia applications. Available PDF at
https://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-P.910-202111-S/en

. Note that this is a legacy implementation that corresponds to a
superseded recommendation. Refer to ITU-T Rec. P.910 (07/22) for the
latest version:
https://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-P.910-202207-I/en

It accepts the following option:

print_summary

    If set to 1, Summary statistics will be printed to the console.
    Default 0.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-138>


        30.238.1 Examples

  * To calculate SI/TI metrics and print summary:

    ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf siti=print_summary=1 -f null -


      30.239 smartblur

Blur the input video without impacting the outlines.

It accepts the following options:

luma_radius, lr

    Set the luma radius. The option value must be a float number in the
    range [0.1,5.0] that specifies the variance of the gaussian filter
    used to blur the image (slower if larger). Default value is 1.0.

luma_strength, ls

    Set the luma strength. The option value must be a float number in
    the range [-1.0,1.0] that configures the blurring. A value included
    in [0.0,1.0] will blur the image whereas a value included in
    [-1.0,0.0] will sharpen the image. Default value is 1.0.

luma_threshold, lt

    Set the luma threshold used as a coefficient to determine whether a
    pixel should be blurred or not. The option value must be an integer
    in the range [-30,30]. A value of 0 will filter all the image, a
    value included in [0,30] will filter flat areas and a value included
    in [-30,0] will filter edges. Default value is 0.

chroma_radius, cr

    Set the chroma radius. The option value must be a float number in
    the range [0.1,5.0] that specifies the variance of the gaussian
    filter used to blur the image (slower if larger). Default value is
    luma_radius.

chroma_strength, cs

    Set the chroma strength. The option value must be a float number in
    the range [-1.0,1.0] that configures the blurring. A value included
    in [0.0,1.0] will blur the image whereas a value included in
    [-1.0,0.0] will sharpen the image. Default value is luma_strength.

chroma_threshold, ct

    Set the chroma threshold used as a coefficient to determine whether
    a pixel should be blurred or not. The option value must be an
    integer in the range [-30,30]. A value of 0 will filter all the
    image, a value included in [0,30] will filter flat areas and a value
    included in [-30,0] will filter edges. Default value is luma_threshold.

If a chroma option is not explicitly set, the corresponding luma value
is set.


      30.240 sobel

Apply sobel operator to input video stream.

The filter accepts the following option:

planes

    Set which planes will be processed, unprocessed planes will be
    copied. By default value 0xf, all planes will be processed.

scale

    Set value which will be multiplied with filtered result.

delta

    Set value which will be added to filtered result.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-143>


        30.240.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.241 spp

Apply a simple postprocessing filter that compresses and decompresses
the image at several (or - in the case of quality level |6| - all)
shifts and average the results.

The filter accepts the following options:

quality

    Set quality. This option defines the number of levels for averaging.
    It accepts an integer in the range 0-6. If set to |0|, the filter
    will have no effect. A value of |6| means the higher quality. For
    each increment of that value the speed drops by a factor of
    approximately 2. Default value is |3|.

qp

    Force a constant quantization parameter. If not set, the filter will
    use the QP from the video stream (if available).

mode

    Set thresholding mode. Available modes are:

    ‘hard’

        Set hard thresholding (default).

    ‘soft’

        Set soft thresholding (better de-ringing effect, but likely
        blurrier).

use_bframe_qp

    Enable the use of the QP from the B-Frames if set to |1|. Using this
    option may cause flicker since the B-Frames have often larger QP.
    Default is |0| (not enabled).

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-144>


        30.241.1 Commands

This filter supports the following commands:

quality, level

    Set quality level. The value |max| can be used to set the maximum
    level, currently |6|.


      30.242 sr

Scale the input by applying one of the super-resolution methods based on
convolutional neural networks. Supported models:

  * Super-Resolution Convolutional Neural Network model (SRCNN). See
    https://arxiv.org/abs/1501.00092

    .
  * Efficient Sub-Pixel Convolutional Neural Network model (ESPCN). See
    https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.05158

    . 

Training scripts as well as scripts for model file (.pb) saving can be
found at
https://github.com/XueweiMeng/sr/tree/sr_dnn_native

. Original repository is at
https://github.com/HighVoltageRocknRoll/sr.git

.

The filter accepts the following options:

dnn_backend

    Specify which DNN backend to use for model loading and execution.
    This option accepts the following values:

    ‘tensorflow’

        TensorFlow backend. To enable this backend you need to install
        the TensorFlow for C library (see
        https://www.tensorflow.org/install/lang_c

        ) and configure FFmpeg with |--enable-libtensorflow|

model

    Set path to model file specifying network architecture and its
    parameters. Note that different backends use different file formats.
    TensorFlow, OpenVINO backend can load files for only its format.

scale_factor

    Set scale factor for SRCNN model. Allowed values are |2|, |3| and
    |4|. Default value is |2|. Scale factor is necessary for SRCNN
    model, because it accepts input upscaled using bicubic upscaling
    with proper scale factor.

To get full functionality (such as async execution), please use the
dnn_processing

<#dnn_005fprocessing> filter.


      30.243 ssim

Obtain the SSIM (Structural SImilarity Metric) between two input videos.

This filter takes in input two input videos, the first input is
considered the "main" source and is passed unchanged to the output. The
second input is used as a "reference" video for computing the SSIM.

Both video inputs must have the same resolution and pixel format for
this filter to work correctly. Also it assumes that both inputs have the
same number of frames, which are compared one by one.

The filter stores the calculated SSIM of each frame.

The description of the accepted parameters follows.

stats_file, f

    If specified the filter will use the named file to save the SSIM of
    each individual frame. When filename equals "-" the data is sent to
    standard output.

The file printed if stats_file is selected, contains a sequence of
key/value pairs of the form key:value for each compared couple of frames.

A description of each shown parameter follows:

n

    sequential number of the input frame, starting from 1

Y, U, V, R, G, B

    SSIM of the compared frames for the component specified by the suffix.

All

    SSIM of the compared frames for the whole frame.

dB

    Same as above but in dB representation.

This filter also supports the
framesync

<#framesync> options.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-139>


        30.243.1 Examples

  * For example:

    movie=ref_movie.mpg, setpts=PTS-STARTPTS [main];
    [main][ref] ssim="stats_file=stats.log" [out]

    On this example the input file being processed is compared with the
    reference file ref_movie.mpg. The SSIM of each individual frame is
    stored in stats.log.

  * Another example with both psnr and ssim at same time:

    ffmpeg -i main.mpg -i ref.mpg -lavfi  "ssim;[0:v][1:v]psnr" -f null -

  * Another example with different containers:

    ffmpeg -i main.mpg -i ref.mkv -lavfi  "[0:v]settb=AVTB,setpts=PTS-STARTPTS[main];[1:v]settb=AVTB,setpts=PTS-STARTPTS[ref];[main][ref]ssim" -f null -


      30.244 stereo3d

Convert between different stereoscopic image formats.

The filters accept the following options:

in

    Set stereoscopic image format of input.

    Available values for input image formats are:

    ‘sbsl’

        side by side parallel (left eye left, right eye right)

    ‘sbsr’

        side by side crosseye (right eye left, left eye right)

    ‘sbs2l’

        side by side parallel with half width resolution (left eye left,
        right eye right)

    ‘sbs2r’

        side by side crosseye with half width resolution (right eye
        left, left eye right)

    ‘abl’
    ‘tbl’

        above-below (left eye above, right eye below)

    ‘abr’
    ‘tbr’

        above-below (right eye above, left eye below)

    ‘ab2l’
    ‘tb2l’

        above-below with half height resolution (left eye above, right
        eye below)

    ‘ab2r’
    ‘tb2r’

        above-below with half height resolution (right eye above, left
        eye below)

    ‘al’

        alternating frames (left eye first, right eye second)

    ‘ar’

        alternating frames (right eye first, left eye second)

    ‘irl’

        interleaved rows (left eye has top row, right eye starts on next
        row)

    ‘irr’

        interleaved rows (right eye has top row, left eye starts on next
        row)

    ‘icl’

        interleaved columns, left eye first

    ‘icr’

        interleaved columns, right eye first

        Default value is ‘sbsl’.

out

    Set stereoscopic image format of output.

    ‘sbsl’

        side by side parallel (left eye left, right eye right)

    ‘sbsr’

        side by side crosseye (right eye left, left eye right)

    ‘sbs2l’

        side by side parallel with half width resolution (left eye left,
        right eye right)

    ‘sbs2r’

        side by side crosseye with half width resolution (right eye
        left, left eye right)

    ‘abl’
    ‘tbl’

        above-below (left eye above, right eye below)

    ‘abr’
    ‘tbr’

        above-below (right eye above, left eye below)

    ‘ab2l’
    ‘tb2l’

        above-below with half height resolution (left eye above, right
        eye below)

    ‘ab2r’
    ‘tb2r’

        above-below with half height resolution (right eye above, left
        eye below)

    ‘al’

        alternating frames (left eye first, right eye second)

    ‘ar’

        alternating frames (right eye first, left eye second)

    ‘irl’

        interleaved rows (left eye has top row, right eye starts on next
        row)

    ‘irr’

        interleaved rows (right eye has top row, left eye starts on next
        row)

    ‘arbg’

        anaglyph red/blue gray (red filter on left eye, blue filter on
        right eye)

    ‘argg’

        anaglyph red/green gray (red filter on left eye, green filter on
        right eye)

    ‘arcg’

        anaglyph red/cyan gray (red filter on left eye, cyan filter on
        right eye)

    ‘arch’

        anaglyph red/cyan half colored (red filter on left eye, cyan
        filter on right eye)

    ‘arcc’

        anaglyph red/cyan color (red filter on left eye, cyan filter on
        right eye)

    ‘arcd’

        anaglyph red/cyan color optimized with the least squares
        projection of dubois (red filter on left eye, cyan filter on
        right eye)

    ‘agmg’

        anaglyph green/magenta gray (green filter on left eye, magenta
        filter on right eye)

    ‘agmh’

        anaglyph green/magenta half colored (green filter on left eye,
        magenta filter on right eye)

    ‘agmc’

        anaglyph green/magenta colored (green filter on left eye,
        magenta filter on right eye)

    ‘agmd’

        anaglyph green/magenta color optimized with the least squares
        projection of dubois (green filter on left eye, magenta filter
        on right eye)

    ‘aybg’

        anaglyph yellow/blue gray (yellow filter on left eye, blue
        filter on right eye)

    ‘aybh’

        anaglyph yellow/blue half colored (yellow filter on left eye,
        blue filter on right eye)

    ‘aybc’

        anaglyph yellow/blue colored (yellow filter on left eye, blue
        filter on right eye)

    ‘aybd’

        anaglyph yellow/blue color optimized with the least squares
        projection of dubois (yellow filter on left eye, blue filter on
        right eye)

    ‘ml’

        mono output (left eye only)

    ‘mr’

        mono output (right eye only)

    ‘chl’

        checkerboard, left eye first

    ‘chr’

        checkerboard, right eye first

    ‘icl’

        interleaved columns, left eye first

    ‘icr’

        interleaved columns, right eye first

    ‘hdmi’

        HDMI frame pack

    Default value is ‘arcd’.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-140>


        30.244.1 Examples

  * Convert input video from side by side parallel to anaglyph
    yellow/blue dubois:

    stereo3d=sbsl:aybd

  * Convert input video from above below (left eye above, right eye
    below) to side by side crosseye.

    stereo3d=abl:sbsr


      30.245 streamselect, astreamselect

Select video or audio streams.

The filter accepts the following options:

inputs

    Set number of inputs. Default is 2.

map

    Set input indexes to remap to outputs.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-145>
  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-141>


        30.245.1 Commands

The |streamselect| and |astreamselect| filter supports the following
commands:

map

    Set input indexes to remap to outputs.


        30.245.2 Examples

  * Select first 5 seconds 1st stream and rest of time 2nd stream:

    sendcmd='5.0 streamselect map 1',streamselect=inputs=2:map=0

  * Same as above, but for audio:

    asendcmd='5.0 astreamselect map 1',astreamselect=inputs=2:map=0


      30.246 subtitles

Draw subtitles on top of input video using the libass library.

To enable compilation of this filter you need to configure FFmpeg with
|--enable-libass|. This filter also requires a build with libavcodec and
libavformat to convert the passed subtitles file to ASS (Advanced
Substation Alpha) subtitles format.

The filter accepts the following options:

filename, f

    Set the filename of the subtitle file to read. It must be specified.

original_size

    Specify the size of the original video, the video for which the ASS
    file was composed. For the syntax of this option, check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Video size" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#video-size-syntax>.
    Due to a misdesign in ASS aspect ratio arithmetic, this is necessary
    to correctly scale the fonts if the aspect ratio has been changed.

fontsdir

    Set a directory path containing fonts that can be used by the
    filter. These fonts will be used in addition to whatever the font
    provider uses.

alpha

    Process alpha channel, by default alpha channel is untouched.

charenc

    Set subtitles input character encoding. |subtitles| filter only.
    Only useful if not UTF-8.

stream_index, si

    Set subtitles stream index. |subtitles| filter only.

force_style

    Override default style or script info parameters of the subtitles.
    It accepts a string containing ASS style format |KEY=VALUE| couples
    separated by ",".

wrap_unicode

    Break lines according to the Unicode Line Breaking Algorithm.
    Availability requires at least libass release 0.17.0 (or
    LIBASS_VERSION 0x01600010), /and/ libass must have been built with
    libunibreak.

    The option is enabled by default except for native ASS.

If the first key is not specified, it is assumed that the first value
specifies the filename.

For example, to render the file sub.srt on top of the input video, use
the command:

subtitles=sub.srt

which is equivalent to:

subtitles=filename=sub.srt

To render the default subtitles stream from file video.mkv, use:

subtitles=video.mkv

To render the second subtitles stream from that file, use:

subtitles=video.mkv:si=1

To make the subtitles stream from sub.srt appear in 80% transparent blue
|DejaVu Serif|, use:

subtitles=sub.srt:force_style='Fontname=DejaVu Serif,PrimaryColour=&HCCFF0000'


      30.247 super2xsai

Scale the input by 2x and smooth using the Super2xSaI (Scale and
Interpolate) pixel art scaling algorithm.

Useful for enlarging pixel art images without reducing sharpness.


      30.248 swaprect

Swap two rectangular objects in video.

This filter accepts the following options:

w

    Set object width.

h

    Set object height.

x1

    Set 1st rect x coordinate.

y1

    Set 1st rect y coordinate.

x2

    Set 2nd rect x coordinate.

y2

    Set 2nd rect y coordinate.

    All expressions are evaluated once for each frame.

The all options are expressions containing the following constants:

w
h

    The input width and height.

a

    same as w / h

sar

    input sample aspect ratio

dar

    input display aspect ratio, it is the same as (w / h) * sar

n

    The number of the input frame, starting from 0.

t

    The timestamp expressed in seconds. It’s NAN if the input timestamp
    is unknown.

pos

    the position in the file of the input frame, NAN if unknown;
    deprecated, do not use

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-146>


        30.248.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.249 swapuv

Swap U & V plane.


      30.250 tblend

Blend successive video frames.

See
blend

<#blend>


      30.251 telecine

Apply telecine process to the video.

This filter accepts the following options:

first_field

    ‘top, t’

        top field first

    ‘bottom, b’

        bottom field first The default value is |top|.

pattern

    A string of numbers representing the pulldown pattern you wish to
    apply. The default value is |23|.

Some typical patterns:

NTSC output (30i):
27.5p: 32222
24p: 23 (classic)
24p: 2332 (preferred)
20p: 33
18p: 334
16p: 3444

PAL output (25i):
27.5p: 12222
24p: 222222222223 ("Euro pulldown")
16.67p: 33
16p: 33333334


      30.252 thistogram

Compute and draw a color distribution histogram for the input video
across time.

Unlike
histogram

<#histogram> video filter which only shows histogram of single input
frame at certain time, this filter shows also past histograms of number
of frames defined by |width| option.

The computed histogram is a representation of the color component
distribution in an image.

The filter accepts the following options:

width, w

    Set width of single color component output. Default value is |0|.
    Value of |0| means width will be picked from input video. This also
    set number of passed histograms to keep. Allowed range is [0, 8192].

display_mode, d

    Set display mode. It accepts the following values:

    ‘stack’

        Per color component graphs are placed below each other.

    ‘parade’

        Per color component graphs are placed side by side.

    ‘overlay’

        Presents information identical to that in the |parade|, except
        that the graphs representing color components are superimposed
        directly over one another.

    Default is |stack|.

levels_mode, m

    Set mode. Can be either |linear|, or |logarithmic|. Default is
    |linear|.

components, c

    Set what color components to display. Default is |7|.

bgopacity, b

    Set background opacity. Default is |0.9|.

envelope, e

    Show envelope. Default is disabled.

ecolor, ec

    Set envelope color. Default is |gold|.

slide

    Set slide mode.

    Available values for slide is:

    ‘frame’

        Draw new frame when right border is reached.

    ‘replace’

        Replace old columns with new ones.

    ‘scroll’

        Scroll from right to left.

    ‘rscroll’

        Scroll from left to right.

    ‘picture’

        Draw single picture.

    Default is |replace|.


      30.253 threshold

Apply threshold effect to video stream.

This filter needs four video streams to perform thresholding. First
stream is stream we are filtering. Second stream is holding threshold
values, third stream is holding min values, and last, fourth stream is
holding max values.

The filter accepts the following option:

planes

    Set which planes will be processed, unprocessed planes will be
    copied. By default value 0xf, all planes will be processed.

For example if first stream pixel’s component value is less then
threshold value of pixel component from 2nd threshold stream, third
stream value will picked, otherwise fourth stream pixel component value
will be picked.

Using color source filter one can perform various types of thresholding:

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-147>
  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-142>


        30.253.1 Commands

This filter supports the all options as
commands

<#commands>.


        30.253.2 Examples

  * Binary threshold, using gray color as threshold:

    ffmpeg -i 320x240.avi -f lavfi -i color=gray -f lavfi -i color=black -f lavfi -i color=white -lavfi threshold output.avi

  * Inverted binary threshold, using gray color as threshold:

    ffmpeg -i 320x240.avi -f lavfi -i color=gray -f lavfi -i color=white -f lavfi -i color=black -lavfi threshold output.avi

  * Truncate binary threshold, using gray color as threshold:

    ffmpeg -i 320x240.avi -f lavfi -i color=gray -i 320x240.avi -f lavfi -i color=gray -lavfi threshold output.avi

  * Threshold to zero, using gray color as threshold:

    ffmpeg -i 320x240.avi -f lavfi -i color=gray -f lavfi -i color=white -i 320x240.avi -lavfi threshold output.avi

  * Inverted threshold to zero, using gray color as threshold:

    ffmpeg -i 320x240.avi -f lavfi -i color=gray -i 320x240.avi -f lavfi -i color=white -lavfi threshold output.avi


      30.254 thumbnail

Select the most representative frame in a given sequence of consecutive
frames.

The filter accepts the following options:

n

    Set the frames batch size to analyze; in a set of n frames, the
    filter will pick one of them, and then handle the next batch of n
    frames until the end. Default is |100|.

log

    Set the log level to display picked frame stats. Default is |info|.

Since the filter keeps track of the whole frames sequence, a bigger n
value will result in a higher memory usage, so a high value is not
recommended.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-143>


        30.254.1 Examples

  * Extract one picture each 50 frames:

    thumbnail=50

  * Complete example of a thumbnail creation with |ffmpeg|:

    ffmpeg -i in.avi -vf thumbnail,scale=300:200 -frames:v 1 out.png


      30.255 tile

Tile several successive frames together.

The
untile

<#untile> filter can do the reverse.

The filter accepts the following options:

layout

    Set the grid size in the form |COLUMNSxROWS|. Range is upto UINT_MAX
    cells. Default is |6x5|.

nb_frames

    Set the maximum number of frames to render in the given area. It
    must be less than or equal to wxh. The default value is |0|, meaning
    all the area will be used.

margin

    Set the outer border margin in pixels. Range is 0 to 1024. Default
    is |0|.

padding

    Set the inner border thickness (i.e. the number of pixels between
    frames). For more advanced padding options (such as having different
    values for the edges), refer to the pad video filter. Range is 0 to
    1024. Default is |0|.

color

    Specify the color of the unused area. For the syntax of this option,
    check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Color" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#color-syntax>.
    The default value of color is "black".

overlap

    Set the number of frames to overlap when tiling several successive
    frames together. The value must be between |0| and nb_frames - 1.
    Default is |0|.

init_padding

    Set the number of frames to initially be empty before displaying
    first output frame. This controls how soon will one get first output
    frame. The value must be between |0| and nb_frames - 1. Default is |0|.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-144>


        30.255.1 Examples

  * Produce 8x8 PNG tiles of all keyframes (-skip_frame nokey) in a movie:

    ffmpeg -skip_frame nokey -i file.avi -vf 'scale=128:72,tile=8x8' -an -vsync 0 keyframes%03d.png

    The -vsync 0 is necessary to prevent |ffmpeg| from duplicating each
    output frame to accommodate the originally detected frame rate.

  * Display |5| pictures in an area of |3x2| frames, with |7| pixels
    between them, and |2| pixels of initial margin, using mixed flat and
    named options:

    tile=3x2:nb_frames=5:padding=7:margin=2


      30.256 tinterlace

Perform various types of temporal field interlacing.

Frames are counted starting from 1, so the first input frame is
considered odd.

The filter accepts the following options:

mode

    Specify the mode of the interlacing. This option can also be
    specified as a value alone. See below for a list of values for this
    option.

    Available values are:

    ‘merge, 0’

        Move odd frames into the upper field, even into the lower field,
        generating a double height frame at half frame rate.

         ------> time
        Input:
        Frame 1         Frame 2         Frame 3         Frame 4

        11111           22222           33333           44444
        11111           22222           33333           44444
        11111           22222           33333           44444
        11111           22222           33333           44444

        Output:
        11111                           33333
        22222                           44444
        11111                           33333
        22222                           44444
        11111                           33333
        22222                           44444
        11111                           33333
        22222                           44444

    ‘drop_even, 1’

        Only output odd frames, even frames are dropped, generating a
        frame with unchanged height at half frame rate.

         ------> time
        Input:
        Frame 1         Frame 2         Frame 3         Frame 4

        11111           22222           33333           44444
        11111           22222           33333           44444
        11111           22222           33333           44444
        11111           22222           33333           44444

        Output:
        11111                           33333
        11111                           33333
        11111                           33333
        11111                           33333

    ‘drop_odd, 2’

        Only output even frames, odd frames are dropped, generating a
        frame with unchanged height at half frame rate.

         ------> time
        Input:
        Frame 1         Frame 2         Frame 3         Frame 4

        11111           22222           33333           44444
        11111           22222           33333           44444
        11111           22222           33333           44444
        11111           22222           33333           44444

        Output:
                        22222                           44444
                        22222                           44444
                        22222                           44444
                        22222                           44444

    ‘pad, 3’

        Expand each frame to full height, but pad alternate lines with
        black, generating a frame with double height at the same input
        frame rate.

         ------> time
        Input:
        Frame 1         Frame 2         Frame 3         Frame 4

        11111           22222           33333           44444
        11111           22222           33333           44444
        11111           22222           33333           44444
        11111           22222           33333           44444

        Output:
        11111           .....           33333           .....
        .....           22222           .....           44444
        11111           .....           33333           .....
        .....           22222           .....           44444
        11111           .....           33333           .....
        .....           22222           .....           44444
        11111           .....           33333           .....
        .....           22222           .....           44444

    ‘interleave_top, 4’

        Interleave the upper field from odd frames with the lower field
        from even frames, generating a frame with unchanged height at
        half frame rate.

         ------> time
        Input:
        Frame 1         Frame 2         Frame 3         Frame 4

        11111<-         22222           33333<-         44444
        11111           22222<-         33333           44444<-
        11111<-         22222           33333<-         44444
        11111           22222<-         33333           44444<-

        Output:
        11111                           33333
        22222                           44444
        11111                           33333
        22222                           44444

    ‘interleave_bottom, 5’

        Interleave the lower field from odd frames with the upper field
        from even frames, generating a frame with unchanged height at
        half frame rate.

         ------> time
        Input:
        Frame 1         Frame 2         Frame 3         Frame 4

        11111           22222<-         33333           44444<-
        11111<-         22222           33333<-         44444
        11111           22222<-         33333           44444<-
        11111<-         22222           33333<-         44444

        Output:
        22222                           44444
        11111                           33333
        22222                           44444
        11111                           33333

    ‘interlacex2, 6’

        Double frame rate with unchanged height. Frames are inserted
        each containing the second temporal field from the previous
        input frame and the first temporal field from the next input
        frame. This mode relies on the top_field_first flag. Useful for
        interlaced video displays with no field synchronisation.

         ------> time
        Input:
        Frame 1         Frame 2         Frame 3         Frame 4

        11111           22222           33333           44444
         11111           22222           33333           44444
        11111           22222           33333           44444
         11111           22222           33333           44444

        Output:
        11111   22222   22222   33333   33333   44444   44444
         11111   11111   22222   22222   33333   33333   44444
        11111   22222   22222   33333   33333   44444   44444
         11111   11111   22222   22222   33333   33333   44444

    ‘mergex2, 7’

        Move odd frames into the upper field, even into the lower field,
        generating a double height frame at same frame rate.

         ------> time
        Input:
        Frame 1         Frame 2         Frame 3         Frame 4

        11111           22222           33333           44444
        11111           22222           33333           44444
        11111           22222           33333           44444
        11111           22222           33333           44444

        Output:
        11111           33333           33333           55555
        22222           22222           44444           44444
        11111           33333           33333           55555
        22222           22222           44444           44444
        11111           33333           33333           55555
        22222           22222           44444           44444
        11111           33333           33333           55555
        22222           22222           44444           44444

    Numeric values are deprecated but are accepted for backward
    compatibility reasons.

    Default mode is |merge|.

flags

    Specify flags influencing the filter process.

    Available value for flags is:

    low_pass_filter, vlpf

        Enable linear vertical low-pass filtering in the filter.
        Vertical low-pass filtering is required when creating an
        interlaced destination from a progressive source which contains
        high-frequency vertical detail. Filtering will reduce interlace
        ’twitter’ and Moire patterning.

    complex_filter, cvlpf

        Enable complex vertical low-pass filtering. This will slightly
        less reduce interlace ’twitter’ and Moire patterning but better
        retain detail and subjective sharpness impression.

    bypass_il

        Bypass already interlaced frames, only adjust the frame rate.

    Vertical low-pass filtering and bypassing already interlaced frames
    can only be enabled for mode interleave_top and interleave_bottom.


      30.257 tmedian

Pick median pixels from several successive input video frames.

The filter accepts the following options:

radius

    Set radius of median filter. Default is 1. Allowed range is from 1
    to 127.

planes

    Set which planes to filter. Default value is |15|, by which all
    planes are processed.

percentile

    Set median percentile. Default value is |0.5|. Default value of
    |0.5| will pick always median values, while |0| will pick minimum
    values, and |1| maximum values.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-148>


        30.257.1 Commands

This filter supports all above options as
commands

<#commands>, excluding option |radius|.


      30.258 tmidequalizer

Apply Temporal Midway Video Equalization effect.

Midway Video Equalization adjusts a sequence of video frames to have the
same histograms, while maintaining their dynamics as much as possible.
It’s useful for e.g. matching exposures from a video frames sequence.

This filter accepts the following option:

radius

    Set filtering radius. Default is |5|. Allowed range is from 1 to 127.

sigma

    Set filtering sigma. Default is |0.5|. This controls strength of
    filtering. Setting this option to 0 effectively does nothing.

planes

    Set which planes to process. Default is |15|, which is all available
    planes.


      30.259 tmix

Mix successive video frames.

A description of the accepted options follows.

frames

    The number of successive frames to mix. If unspecified, it defaults
    to 3.

weights

    Specify weight of each input video frame. Each weight is separated
    by space. If number of weights is smaller than number of frames last
    specified weight will be used for all remaining unset weights.

scale

    Specify scale, if it is set it will be multiplied with sum of each
    weight multiplied with pixel values to give final destination pixel
    value. By default scale is auto scaled to sum of weights.

planes

    Set which planes to filter. Default is all. Allowed range is from 0
    to 15.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-145>
  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-149>


        30.259.1 Examples

  * Average 7 successive frames:

    tmix=frames=7:weights="1 1 1 1 1 1 1"

  * Apply simple temporal convolution:

    tmix=frames=3:weights="-1 3 -1"

  * Similar as above but only showing temporal differences:

    tmix=frames=3:weights="-1 2 -1":scale=1


        30.259.2 Commands

This filter supports the following commands:

weights
scale
planes

    Syntax is same as option with same name.


      30.260 tonemap

Tone map colors from different dynamic ranges.

This filter expects data in single precision floating point, as it needs
to operate on (and can output) out-of-range values. Another filter, such as
zscale

<#zscale>, is needed to convert the resulting frame to a usable format.

The tonemapping algorithms implemented only work on linear light, so
input data should be linearized beforehand (and possibly correctly tagged).

ffmpeg -i INPUT -vf zscale=transfer=linear,tonemap=clip,zscale=transfer=bt709,format=yuv420p OUTPUT

  *
    Options

    <#Options-38>


        30.260.1 Options

The filter accepts the following options.

tonemap

    Set the tone map algorithm to use.

    Possible values are:

    none

        Do not apply any tone map, only desaturate overbright pixels.

    clip

        Hard-clip any out-of-range values. Use it for perfect color
        accuracy for in-range values, while distorting out-of-range values.

    linear

        Stretch the entire reference gamut to a linear multiple of the
        display.

    gamma

        Fit a logarithmic transfer between the tone curves.

    reinhard

        Preserve overall image brightness with a simple curve, using
        nonlinear contrast, which results in flattening details and
        degrading color accuracy.

    hable

        Preserve both dark and bright details better than reinhard, at
        the cost of slightly darkening everything. Use it when detail
        preservation is more important than color and brightness accuracy.

    mobius

        Smoothly map out-of-range values, while retaining contrast and
        colors for in-range material as much as possible. Use it when
        color accuracy is more important than detail preservation.

    Default is none.

param

    Tune the tone mapping algorithm.

    This affects the following algorithms:

    none

        Ignored.

    linear

        Specifies the scale factor to use while stretching. Default to 1.0.

    gamma

        Specifies the exponent of the function. Default to 1.8.

    clip

        Specify an extra linear coefficient to multiply into the signal
        before clipping. Default to 1.0.

    reinhard

        Specify the local contrast coefficient at the display peak.
        Default to 0.5, which means that in-gamut values will be about
        half as bright as when clipping.

    hable

        Ignored.

    mobius

        Specify the transition point from linear to mobius transform.
        Every value below this point is guaranteed to be mapped 1:1. The
        higher the value, the more accurate the result will be, at the
        cost of losing bright details. Default to 0.3, which due to the
        steep initial slope still preserves in-range colors fairly
        accurately.

desat

    Apply desaturation for highlights that exceed this level of
    brightness. The higher the parameter, the more color information
    will be preserved. This setting helps prevent unnaturally blown-out
    colors for super-highlights, by (smoothly) turning into white
    instead. This makes images feel more natural, at the cost of
    reducing information about out-of-range colors.

    The default of 2.0 is somewhat conservative and will mostly just
    apply to skies or directly sunlit surfaces. A setting of 0.0
    disables this option.

    This option works only if the input frame has a supported color tag.

peak

    Override signal/nominal/reference peak with this value. Useful when
    the embedded peak information in display metadata is not reliable or
    when tone mapping from a lower range to a higher range.


      30.261 tpad

Temporarily pad video frames.

The filter accepts the following options:

start

    Specify number of delay frames before input video stream. Default is 0.

stop

    Specify number of padding frames after input video stream. Set to -1
    to pad indefinitely. Default is 0.

start_mode

    Set kind of frames added to beginning of stream. Can be either add
    or clone. With add frames of solid-color are added. With clone
    frames are clones of first frame. Default is add.

stop_mode

    Set kind of frames added to end of stream. Can be either add or
    clone. With add frames of solid-color are added. With clone frames
    are clones of last frame. Default is add.

start_duration, stop_duration

    Specify the duration of the start/stop delay. See
    (ffmpeg-utils)the Time duration section in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#time-duration-syntax>
    for the accepted syntax. These options override start and stop.
    Default is 0.

color

    Specify the color of the padded area. For the syntax of this option,
    check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Color" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#color-syntax>.


    The default value of color is "black".


      30.262 transpose

Transpose rows with columns in the input video and optionally flip it.

It accepts the following parameters:

dir

    Specify the transposition direction.

    Can assume the following values:

    ‘0, 4, cclock_flip’

        Rotate by 90 degrees counterclockwise and vertically flip
        (default), that is:

        L.R     L.l
        . . ->  . .
        l.r     R.r

    ‘1, 5, clock’

        Rotate by 90 degrees clockwise, that is:

        L.R     l.L
        . . ->  . .
        l.r     r.R

    ‘2, 6, cclock’

        Rotate by 90 degrees counterclockwise, that is:

        L.R     R.r
        . . ->  . .
        l.r     L.l

    ‘3, 7, clock_flip’

        Rotate by 90 degrees clockwise and vertically flip, that is:

        L.R     r.R
        . . ->  . .
        l.r     l.L

    For values between 4-7, the transposition is only done if the input
    video geometry is portrait and not landscape. These values are
    deprecated, the |passthrough| option should be used instead.

    Numerical values are deprecated, and should be dropped in favor of
    symbolic constants.

passthrough

    Do not apply the transposition if the input geometry matches the one
    specified by the specified value. It accepts the following values:

    ‘none’

        Always apply transposition.

    ‘portrait’

        Preserve portrait geometry (when height >= width).

    ‘landscape’

        Preserve landscape geometry (when width >= height).

    Default value is |none|.

For example to rotate by 90 degrees clockwise and preserve portrait layout:

transpose=dir=1:passthrough=portrait

The command above can also be specified as:

transpose=1:portrait


      30.263 transpose_npp

Transpose rows with columns in the input video and optionally flip it.
For more in depth examples see the
transpose

<#transpose> video filter, which shares mostly the same options.

It accepts the following parameters:

dir

    Specify the transposition direction.

    Can assume the following values:

    ‘cclock_flip’

        Rotate by 90 degrees counterclockwise and vertically flip.
        (default)

    ‘clock’

        Rotate by 90 degrees clockwise.

    ‘cclock’

        Rotate by 90 degrees counterclockwise.

    ‘clock_flip’

        Rotate by 90 degrees clockwise and vertically flip.

passthrough

    Do not apply the transposition if the input geometry matches the one
    specified by the specified value. It accepts the following values:

    ‘none’

        Always apply transposition. (default)

    ‘portrait’

        Preserve portrait geometry (when height >= width).

    ‘landscape’

        Preserve landscape geometry (when width >= height).


      30.264 trim

Trim the input so that the output contains one continuous subpart of the
input.

It accepts the following parameters:

start

    Specify the time of the start of the kept section, i.e. the frame
    with the timestamp start will be the first frame in the output.

end

    Specify the time of the first frame that will be dropped, i.e. the
    frame immediately preceding the one with the timestamp end will be
    the last frame in the output.

start_pts

    This is the same as start, except this option sets the start
    timestamp in timebase units instead of seconds.

end_pts

    This is the same as end, except this option sets the end timestamp
    in timebase units instead of seconds.

duration

    The maximum duration of the output in seconds.

start_frame

    The number of the first frame that should be passed to the output.

end_frame

    The number of the first frame that should be dropped.

start, end, and duration are expressed as time duration specifications; see
(ffmpeg-utils)the Time duration section in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual

<file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#time-duration-syntax>
for the accepted syntax.

Note that the first two sets of the start/end options and the duration
option look at the frame timestamp, while the _frame variants simply
count the frames that pass through the filter. Also note that this
filter does not modify the timestamps. If you wish for the output
timestamps to start at zero, insert a setpts filter after the trim filter.

If multiple start or end options are set, this filter tries to be greedy
and keep all the frames that match at least one of the specified
constraints. To keep only the part that matches all the constraints at
once, chain multiple trim filters.

The defaults are such that all the input is kept. So it is possible to
set e.g. just the end values to keep everything before the specified time.

Examples:

  * Drop everything except the second minute of input:

    ffmpeg -i INPUT -vf trim=60:120

  * Keep only the first second:

    ffmpeg -i INPUT -vf trim=duration=1


      30.265 unpremultiply

Apply alpha unpremultiply effect to input video stream using first plane
of second stream as alpha.

Both streams must have same dimensions and same pixel format.

The filter accepts the following option:

planes

    Set which planes will be processed, unprocessed planes will be
    copied. By default value 0xf, all planes will be processed.

    If the format has 1 or 2 components, then luma is bit 0. If the
    format has 3 or 4 components: for RGB formats bit 0 is green, bit 1
    is blue and bit 2 is red; for YUV formats bit 0 is luma, bit 1 is
    chroma-U and bit 2 is chroma-V. If present, the alpha channel is
    always the last bit.

inplace

    Do not require 2nd input for processing, instead use alpha plane
    from input stream.


      30.266 unsharp

Sharpen or blur the input video.

It accepts the following parameters:

luma_msize_x, lx

    Set the luma matrix horizontal size. It must be an odd integer
    between 3 and 23. The default value is 5.

luma_msize_y, ly

    Set the luma matrix vertical size. It must be an odd integer between
    3 and 23. The default value is 5.

luma_amount, la

    Set the luma effect strength. It must be a floating point number,
    reasonable values lay between -1.5 and 1.5.

    Negative values will blur the input video, while positive values
    will sharpen it, a value of zero will disable the effect.

    Default value is 1.0.

chroma_msize_x, cx

    Set the chroma matrix horizontal size. It must be an odd integer
    between 3 and 23. The default value is 5.

chroma_msize_y, cy

    Set the chroma matrix vertical size. It must be an odd integer
    between 3 and 23. The default value is 5.

chroma_amount, ca

    Set the chroma effect strength. It must be a floating point number,
    reasonable values lay between -1.5 and 1.5.

    Negative values will blur the input video, while positive values
    will sharpen it, a value of zero will disable the effect.

    Default value is 0.0.

alpha_msize_x, ax

    Set the alpha matrix horizontal size. It must be an odd integer
    between 3 and 23. The default value is 5.

alpha_msize_y, ay

    Set the alpha matrix vertical size. It must be an odd integer
    between 3 and 23. The default value is 5.

alpha_amount, aa

    Set the alpha effect strength. It must be a floating point number,
    reasonable values lay between -1.5 and 1.5.

    Negative values will blur the input video, while positive values
    will sharpen it, a value of zero will disable the effect.

    Default value is 0.0.

All parameters are optional and default to the equivalent of the string
’5:5:1.0:5:5:0.0’.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-146>


        30.266.1 Examples

  * Apply strong luma sharpen effect:

    unsharp=luma_msize_x=7:luma_msize_y=7:luma_amount=2.5

  * Apply a strong blur of both luma and chroma parameters:

    unsharp=7:7:-2:7:7:-2


      30.267 untile

Decompose a video made of tiled images into the individual images.

The frame rate of the output video is the frame rate of the input video
multiplied by the number of tiles.

This filter does the reverse of
tile

<#tile>.

The filter accepts the following options:

layout

    Set the grid size (i.e. the number of lines and columns). For the
    syntax of this option, check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Video size" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#video-size-syntax>.


  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-147>


        30.267.1 Examples

  * Produce a 1-second video from a still image file made of 25 frames
    stacked vertically, like an analogic film reel:

    ffmpeg -r 1 -i image.jpg -vf untile=1x25 movie.mkv


      30.268 uspp

Apply ultra slow/simple postprocessing filter that compresses and
decompresses the image at several (or - in the case of quality level |8|
- all) shifts and average the results.

The way this differs from the behavior of spp is that uspp actually
encodes & decodes each case with libavcodec Snow, whereas spp uses a
simplified intra only 8x8 DCT similar to MJPEG.

This filter is only available in ffmpeg version 4.4 or earlier.

The filter accepts the following options:

quality

    Set quality. This option defines the number of levels for averaging.
    It accepts an integer in the range 0-8. If set to |0|, the filter
    will have no effect. A value of |8| means the higher quality. For
    each increment of that value the speed drops by a factor of
    approximately 2. Default value is |3|.

qp

    Force a constant quantization parameter. If not set, the filter will
    use the QP from the video stream (if available).

codec

    Use specified codec instead of snow.


      30.269 v360

Convert 360 videos between various formats.

The filter accepts the following options:

input
output

    Set format of the input/output video.

    Available formats:

    ‘e’
    ‘equirect’

        Equirectangular projection.

    ‘c3x2’
    ‘c6x1’
    ‘c1x6’

        Cubemap with 3x2/6x1/1x6 layout.

        Format specific options:

        in_pad
        out_pad

            Set padding proportion for the input/output cubemap. Values
            in decimals.

            Example values:

            ‘0’

                No padding.

            ‘0.01’

                1% of face is padding. For example, with 1920x1280
                resolution face size would be 640x640 and padding would
                be 3 pixels from each side. (640 * 0.01 = 6 pixels)

            Default value is *‘0’*. Maximum value is *‘0.1’*.

        fin_pad
        fout_pad

            Set fixed padding for the input/output cubemap. Values in
            pixels.

            Default value is *‘0’*. If greater than zero it overrides
            other padding options.

        in_forder
        out_forder

            Set order of faces for the input/output cubemap. Choose one
            direction for each position.

            Designation of directions:

            ‘r’

                right

            ‘l’

                left

            ‘u’

                up

            ‘d’

                down

            ‘f’

                forward

            ‘b’

                back

            Default value is *‘rludfb’*.

        in_frot
        out_frot

            Set rotation of faces for the input/output cubemap. Choose
            one angle for each position.

            Designation of angles:

            ‘0’

                0 degrees clockwise

            ‘1’

                90 degrees clockwise

            ‘2’

                180 degrees clockwise

            ‘3’

                270 degrees clockwise

            Default value is *‘000000’*.

    ‘eac’

        Equi-Angular Cubemap.

    ‘flat’
    ‘gnomonic’
    ‘rectilinear’

        Regular video.

        Format specific options:

        h_fov
        v_fov
        d_fov

            Set output horizontal/vertical/diagonal field of view.
            Values in degrees.

            If diagonal field of view is set it overrides horizontal and
            vertical field of view.

        ih_fov
        iv_fov
        id_fov

            Set input horizontal/vertical/diagonal field of view. Values
            in degrees.

            If diagonal field of view is set it overrides horizontal and
            vertical field of view.

    ‘dfisheye’

        Dual fisheye.

        Format specific options:

        h_fov
        v_fov
        d_fov

            Set output horizontal/vertical/diagonal field of view.
            Values in degrees.

            If diagonal field of view is set it overrides horizontal and
            vertical field of view.

        ih_fov
        iv_fov
        id_fov

            Set input horizontal/vertical/diagonal field of view. Values
            in degrees.

            If diagonal field of view is set it overrides horizontal and
            vertical field of view.

    ‘barrel’
    ‘fb’
    ‘barrelsplit’

        Facebook’s 360 formats.

    ‘sg’

        Stereographic format.

        Format specific options:

        h_fov
        v_fov
        d_fov

            Set output horizontal/vertical/diagonal field of view.
            Values in degrees.

            If diagonal field of view is set it overrides horizontal and
            vertical field of view.

        ih_fov
        iv_fov
        id_fov

            Set input horizontal/vertical/diagonal field of view. Values
            in degrees.

            If diagonal field of view is set it overrides horizontal and
            vertical field of view.

    ‘mercator’

        Mercator format.

    ‘ball’

        Ball format, gives significant distortion toward the back.

    ‘hammer’

        Hammer-Aitoff map projection format.

    ‘sinusoidal’

        Sinusoidal map projection format.

    ‘fisheye’

        Fisheye projection.

        Format specific options:

        h_fov
        v_fov
        d_fov

            Set output horizontal/vertical/diagonal field of view.
            Values in degrees.

            If diagonal field of view is set it overrides horizontal and
            vertical field of view.

        ih_fov
        iv_fov
        id_fov

            Set input horizontal/vertical/diagonal field of view. Values
            in degrees.

            If diagonal field of view is set it overrides horizontal and
            vertical field of view.

    ‘pannini’

        Pannini projection.

        Format specific options:

        h_fov

            Set output pannini parameter.

        ih_fov

            Set input pannini parameter.

    ‘cylindrical’

        Cylindrical projection.

        Format specific options:

        h_fov
        v_fov
        d_fov

            Set output horizontal/vertical/diagonal field of view.
            Values in degrees.

            If diagonal field of view is set it overrides horizontal and
            vertical field of view.

        ih_fov
        iv_fov
        id_fov

            Set input horizontal/vertical/diagonal field of view. Values
            in degrees.

            If diagonal field of view is set it overrides horizontal and
            vertical field of view.

    ‘perspective’

        Perspective projection. /(output only)/

        Format specific options:

        v_fov

            Set perspective parameter.

    ‘tetrahedron’

        Tetrahedron projection.

    ‘tsp’

        Truncated square pyramid projection.

    ‘he’
    ‘hequirect’

        Half equirectangular projection.

    ‘equisolid’

        Equisolid format.

        Format specific options:

        h_fov
        v_fov
        d_fov

            Set output horizontal/vertical/diagonal field of view.
            Values in degrees.

            If diagonal field of view is set it overrides horizontal and
            vertical field of view.

        ih_fov
        iv_fov
        id_fov

            Set input horizontal/vertical/diagonal field of view. Values
            in degrees.

            If diagonal field of view is set it overrides horizontal and
            vertical field of view.

    ‘og’

        Orthographic format.

        Format specific options:

        h_fov
        v_fov
        d_fov

            Set output horizontal/vertical/diagonal field of view.
            Values in degrees.

            If diagonal field of view is set it overrides horizontal and
            vertical field of view.

        ih_fov
        iv_fov
        id_fov

            Set input horizontal/vertical/diagonal field of view. Values
            in degrees.

            If diagonal field of view is set it overrides horizontal and
            vertical field of view.

    ‘octahedron’

        Octahedron projection.

    ‘cylindricalea’

        Cylindrical Equal Area projection.

interp

    Set interpolation method.
    /Note: more complex interpolation methods require much more memory
    to run./

    Available methods:

    ‘near’
    ‘nearest’

        Nearest neighbour.

    ‘line’
    ‘linear’

        Bilinear interpolation.

    ‘lagrange9’

        Lagrange9 interpolation.

    ‘cube’
    ‘cubic’

        Bicubic interpolation.

    ‘lanc’
    ‘lanczos’

        Lanczos interpolation.

    ‘sp16’
    ‘spline16’

        Spline16 interpolation.

    ‘gauss’
    ‘gaussian’

        Gaussian interpolation.

    ‘mitchell’

        Mitchell interpolation.

    Default value is *‘line’*.

w
h

    Set the output video resolution.

    Default resolution depends on formats.

in_stereo
out_stereo

    Set the input/output stereo format.

    ‘2d’

        2D mono

    ‘sbs’

        Side by side

    ‘tb’

        Top bottom

    Default value is *‘2d’* for input and output format.

yaw
pitch
roll

    Set rotation for the output video. Values in degrees.

rorder

    Set rotation order for the output video. Choose one item for each
    position.

    ‘y, Y’

        yaw

    ‘p, P’

        pitch

    ‘r, R’

        roll

    Default value is *‘ypr’*.

h_flip
v_flip
d_flip

    Flip the output video horizontally(swaps
    left-right)/vertically(swaps up-down)/in-depth(swaps back-forward).
    Boolean values.

ih_flip
iv_flip

    Set if input video is flipped horizontally/vertically. Boolean values.

in_trans

    Set if input video is transposed. Boolean value, by default disabled.

out_trans

    Set if output video needs to be transposed. Boolean value, by
    default disabled.

h_offset
v_offset

    Set output horizontal/vertical off-axis offset. Default is set to 0.
    Allowed range is from -1 to 1.

alpha_mask

    Build mask in alpha plane for all unmapped pixels by marking them
    fully transparent. Boolean value, by default disabled.

reset_rot

    Reset rotation of output video. Boolean value, by default disabled.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-148>
  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-150>


        30.269.1 Examples

  * Convert equirectangular video to cubemap with 3x2 layout and 1%
    padding using bicubic interpolation:

    ffmpeg -i input.mkv -vf v360=e:c3x2:cubic:out_pad=0.01 output.mkv

  * Extract back view of Equi-Angular Cubemap:

    ffmpeg -i input.mkv -vf v360=eac:flat:yaw=180 output.mkv

  * Convert transposed and horizontally flipped Equi-Angular Cubemap in
    side-by-side stereo format to equirectangular top-bottom stereo format:

    v360=eac:equirect:in_stereo=sbs:in_trans=1:ih_flip=1:out_stereo=tb


        30.269.2 Commands

This filter supports subset of above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.270 vaguedenoiser

Apply a wavelet based denoiser.

It transforms each frame from the video input into the wavelet domain,
using Cohen-Daubechies-Feauveau 9/7. Then it applies some filtering to
the obtained coefficients. It does an inverse wavelet transform after.
Due to wavelet properties, it should give a nice smoothed result, and
reduced noise, without blurring picture features.

This filter accepts the following options:

threshold

    The filtering strength. The higher, the more filtered the video will
    be. Hard thresholding can use a higher threshold than soft
    thresholding before the video looks overfiltered. Default value is 2.

method

    The filtering method the filter will use.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘hard’

        All values under the threshold will be zeroed.

    ‘soft’

        All values under the threshold will be zeroed. All values above
        will be reduced by the threshold.

    ‘garrote’

        Scales or nullifies coefficients - intermediary between (more)
        soft and (less) hard thresholding.

    Default is garrote.

nsteps

    Number of times, the wavelet will decompose the picture. Picture
    can’t be decomposed beyond a particular point (typically, 8 for a
    640x480 frame - as 2^9 = 512 > 480). Valid values are integers
    between 1 and 32. Default value is 6.

percent

    Partial of full denoising (limited coefficients shrinking), from 0
    to 100. Default value is 85.

planes

    A list of the planes to process. By default all planes are processed.

type

    The threshold type the filter will use.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘universal’

        Threshold used is same for all decompositions.

    ‘bayes’

        Threshold used depends also on each decomposition coefficients.

    Default is universal.


      30.271 varblur

Apply variable blur filter by using 2nd video stream to set blur radius.
The 2nd stream must have the same dimensions.

This filter accepts the following options:

min_r

    Set min allowed radius. Allowed range is from 0 to 254. Default is 0.

max_r

    Set max allowed radius. Allowed range is from 1 to 255. Default is 8.

planes

    Set which planes to process. By default, all are used.

The |varblur| filter also supports the
framesync

<#framesync> options.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-151>


        30.271.1 Commands

This filter supports all the above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.272 vectorscope

Display 2 color component values in the two dimensional graph (which is
called a vectorscope).

This filter accepts the following options:

mode, m

    Set vectorscope mode.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘gray’
    ‘tint’

        Gray values are displayed on graph, higher brightness means more
        pixels have same component color value on location in graph.
        This is the default mode.

    ‘color’

        Gray values are displayed on graph. Surrounding pixels values
        which are not present in video frame are drawn in gradient of 2
        color components which are set by option |x| and |y|. The 3rd
        color component is static.

    ‘color2’

        Actual color components values present in video frame are
        displayed on graph.

    ‘color3’

        Similar as color2 but higher frequency of same values |x| and
        |y| on graph increases value of another color component, which
        is luminance by default values of |x| and |y|.

    ‘color4’

        Actual colors present in video frame are displayed on graph. If
        two different colors map to same position on graph then color
        with higher value of component not present in graph is picked.

    ‘color5’

        Gray values are displayed on graph. Similar to |color| but with
        3rd color component picked from radial gradient.

x

    Set which color component will be represented on X-axis. Default is
    |1|.

y

    Set which color component will be represented on Y-axis. Default is
    |2|.

intensity, i

    Set intensity, used by modes: gray, color, color3 and color5 for
    increasing brightness of color component which represents frequency
    of (X, Y) location in graph.

envelope, e

    ‘none’

        No envelope, this is default.

    ‘instant’

        Instant envelope, even darkest single pixel will be clearly
        highlighted.

    ‘peak’

        Hold maximum and minimum values presented in graph over time.
        This way you can still spot out of range values without
        constantly looking at vectorscope.

    ‘peak+instant’

        Peak and instant envelope combined together.

graticule, g

    Set what kind of graticule to draw.

    ‘none’
    ‘green’
    ‘color’
    ‘invert’

opacity, o

    Set graticule opacity.

flags, f

    Set graticule flags.

    ‘white’

        Draw graticule for white point.

    ‘black’

        Draw graticule for black point.

    ‘name’

        Draw color points short names.

bgopacity, b

    Set background opacity.

lthreshold, l

    Set low threshold for color component not represented on X or Y
    axis. Values lower than this value will be ignored. Default is 0.
    Note this value is multiplied with actual max possible value one
    pixel component can have. So for 8-bit input and low threshold value
    of 0.1 actual threshold is 0.1 * 255 = 25.

hthreshold, h

    Set high threshold for color component not represented on X or Y
    axis. Values higher than this value will be ignored. Default is 1.
    Note this value is multiplied with actual max possible value one
    pixel component can have. So for 8-bit input and high threshold
    value of 0.9 actual threshold is 0.9 * 255 = 230.

colorspace, c

    Set what kind of colorspace to use when drawing graticule.

    ‘auto’
    ‘601’
    ‘709’

    Default is auto.

tint0, t0
tint1, t1

    Set color tint for gray/tint vectorscope mode. By default both
    options are zero. This means no tint, and output will remain gray.


      30.273 vidstabdetect

Analyze video stabilization/deshaking. Perform pass 1 of 2, see
vidstabtransform

<#vidstabtransform> for pass 2.

This filter generates a file with relative translation and rotation
transform information about subsequent frames, which is then used by the
vidstabtransform

<#vidstabtransform> filter.

To enable compilation of this filter you need to configure FFmpeg with
|--enable-libvidstab|.

This filter accepts the following options:

result

    Set the path to the file used to write the transforms information.
    Default value is transforms.trf.

shakiness

    Set how shaky the video is and how quick the camera is. It accepts
    an integer in the range 1-10, a value of 1 means little shakiness, a
    value of 10 means strong shakiness. Default value is 5.

accuracy

    Set the accuracy of the detection process. It must be a value in the
    range 1-15. A value of 1 means low accuracy, a value of 15 means
    high accuracy. Default value is 15.

stepsize

    Set stepsize of the search process. The region around minimum is
    scanned with 1 pixel resolution. Default value is 6.

mincontrast

    Set minimum contrast. Below this value a local measurement field is
    discarded. Must be a floating point value in the range 0-1. Default
    value is 0.3.

tripod

    Set reference frame number for tripod mode.

    If enabled, the motion of the frames is compared to a reference
    frame in the filtered stream, identified by the specified number.
    The idea is to compensate all movements in a more-or-less static
    scene and keep the camera view absolutely still.

    If set to 0, it is disabled. The frames are counted starting from 1.

show

    Show fields and transforms in the resulting frames. It accepts an
    integer in the range 0-2. Default value is 0, which disables any
    visualization.

fileformat

    Format for the transforms data file to be written. Acceptable values
    are

    ‘ascii’

        Human-readable plain text

    ‘binary’

        Binary format, roughly 40% smaller than |ascii|. (/default/)

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-149>


        30.273.1 Examples

  * Use default values:

    vidstabdetect

  * Analyze strongly shaky movie and put the results in file
    mytransforms.trf:

    vidstabdetect=shakiness=10:accuracy=15:result="mytransforms.trf"

  * Visualize the result of internal transformations in the resulting
    video:

    vidstabdetect=show=1

  * Analyze a video with medium shakiness using |ffmpeg|:

    ffmpeg -i input -vf vidstabdetect=shakiness=5:show=1 dummy.avi


      30.274 vidstabtransform

Video stabilization/deshaking: pass 2 of 2, see
vidstabdetect

<#vidstabdetect> for pass 1.

Read a file with transform information for each frame and
apply/compensate them. Together with the
vidstabdetect

<#vidstabdetect> filter this can be used to deshake videos. See also
http://public.hronopik.de/vid.stab

. It is important to also use the
unsharp

<#unsharp> filter, see below.

To enable compilation of this filter you need to configure FFmpeg with
|--enable-libvidstab|.

  *
    Options

    <#Options-39>
  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-150>


        30.274.1 Options

input

    Set path to the file used to read the transforms. Default value is
    transforms.trf.

smoothing

    Set the number of frames (value*2 + 1) used for lowpass filtering
    the camera movements. Default value is 10.

    For example a number of 10 means that 21 frames are used (10 in the
    past and 10 in the future) to smoothen the motion in the video. A
    larger value leads to a smoother video, but limits the acceleration
    of the camera (pan/tilt movements). 0 is a special case where a
    static camera is simulated.

optalgo

    Set the camera path optimization algorithm.

    Accepted values are:

    ‘gauss’

        gaussian kernel low-pass filter on camera motion (default)

    ‘avg’

        averaging on transformations

maxshift

    Set maximal number of pixels to translate frames. Default value is
    -1, meaning no limit.

maxangle

    Set maximal angle in radians (degree*PI/180) to rotate frames.
    Default value is -1, meaning no limit.

crop

    Specify how to deal with borders that may be visible due to movement
    compensation.

    Available values are:

    ‘keep’

        keep image information from previous frame (default)

    ‘black’

        fill the border black

invert

    Invert transforms if set to 1. Default value is 0.

relative

    Consider transforms as relative to previous frame if set to 1,
    absolute if set to 0. Default value is 0.

zoom

    Set percentage to zoom. A positive value will result in a zoom-in
    effect, a negative value in a zoom-out effect. Default value is 0
    (no zoom).

optzoom

    Set optimal zooming to avoid borders.

    Accepted values are:

    ‘0’

        disabled

    ‘1’

        optimal static zoom value is determined (only very strong
        movements will lead to visible borders) (default)

    ‘2’

        optimal adaptive zoom value is determined (no borders will be
        visible), see zoomspeed

    Note that the value given at zoom is added to the one calculated here.

zoomspeed

    Set percent to zoom maximally each frame (enabled when optzoom is
    set to 2). Range is from 0 to 5, default value is 0.25.

interpol

    Specify type of interpolation.

    Available values are:

    ‘no’

        no interpolation

    ‘linear’

        linear only horizontal

    ‘bilinear’

        linear in both directions (default)

    ‘bicubic’

        cubic in both directions (slow)

tripod

    Enable virtual tripod mode if set to 1, which is equivalent to
    |relative=0:smoothing=0|. Default value is 0.

    Use also |tripod| option of
    vidstabdetect

    <#vidstabdetect>.

debug

    Increase log verbosity if set to 1. Also the detected global motions
    are written to the temporary file global_motions.trf. Default value
    is 0.


        30.274.2 Examples

  * Use |ffmpeg| for a typical stabilization with default values:

    ffmpeg -i inp.mpeg -vf vidstabtransform,unsharp=5:5:0.8:3:3:0.4 inp_stabilized.mpeg

    Note the use of the
    unsharp

    <#unsharp> filter which is always recommended.

  * Zoom in a bit more and load transform data from a given file:

    vidstabtransform=zoom=5:input="mytransforms.trf"

  * Smoothen the video even more:

    vidstabtransform=smoothing=30


      30.275 vflip

Flip the input video vertically.

For example, to vertically flip a video with |ffmpeg|:

ffmpeg -i in.avi -vf "vflip" out.avi


      30.276 vfrdet

Detect variable frame rate video.

This filter tries to detect if the input is variable or constant frame
rate.

At end it will output number of frames detected as having variable delta
pts, and ones with constant delta pts. If there was frames with variable
delta, than it will also show min, max and average delta encountered.


      30.277 vibrance

Boost or alter saturation.

The filter accepts the following options:

intensity

    Set strength of boost if positive value or strength of alter if
    negative value. Default is 0. Allowed range is from -2 to 2.

rbal

    Set the red balance. Default is 1. Allowed range is from -10 to 10.

gbal

    Set the green balance. Default is 1. Allowed range is from -10 to 10.

bbal

    Set the blue balance. Default is 1. Allowed range is from -10 to 10.

rlum

    Set the red luma coefficient.

glum

    Set the green luma coefficient.

blum

    Set the blue luma coefficient.

alternate

    If |intensity| is negative and this is set to 1, colors will change,
    otherwise colors will be less saturated, more towards gray.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-152>


        30.277.1 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      30.278 vif

Obtain the average VIF (Visual Information Fidelity) between two input
videos.

This filter takes two input videos.

Both input videos must have the same resolution and pixel format for
this filter to work correctly. Also it assumes that both inputs have the
same number of frames, which are compared one by one.

The obtained average VIF score is printed through the logging system.

The filter stores the calculated VIF score of each frame.

This filter also supports the
framesync

<#framesync> options.

In the below example the input file main.mpg being processed is compared
with the reference file ref.mpg.

ffmpeg -i main.mpg -i ref.mpg -lavfi vif -f null -


      30.279 vignette

Make or reverse a natural vignetting effect.

The filter accepts the following options:

angle, a

    Set lens angle expression as a number of radians.

    The value is clipped in the |[0,PI/2]| range.

    Default value: |"PI/5"|

x0
y0

    Set center coordinates expressions. Respectively |"w/2"| and |"h/2"|
    by default.

mode

    Set forward/backward mode.

    Available modes are:

    ‘forward’

        The larger the distance from the central point, the darker the
        image becomes.

    ‘backward’

        The larger the distance from the central point, the brighter the
        image becomes. This can be used to reverse a vignette effect,
        though there is no automatic detection to extract the lens angle
        and other settings (yet). It can also be used to create a
        burning effect.

    Default value is ‘forward’.

eval

    Set evaluation mode for the expressions (angle, x0, y0).

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘init’

        Evaluate expressions only once during the filter initialization.

    ‘frame’

        Evaluate expressions for each incoming frame. This is way slower
        than the ‘init’ mode since it requires all the scalers to be
        re-computed, but it allows advanced dynamic expressions.

    Default value is ‘init’.

dither

    Set dithering to reduce the circular banding effects. Default is |1|
    (enabled).

aspect

    Set vignette aspect. This setting allows one to adjust the shape of
    the vignette. Setting this value to the SAR of the input will make a
    rectangular vignetting following the dimensions of the video.

    Default is |1/1|.

  *
    Expressions

    <#Expressions>
  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-151>


        30.279.1 Expressions

The alpha, x0 and y0 expressions can contain the following parameters.

w
h

    input width and height

n

    the number of input frame, starting from 0

pts

    the PTS (Presentation TimeStamp) time of the filtered video frame,
    expressed in TB units, NAN if undefined

r

    frame rate of the input video, NAN if the input frame rate is unknown

t

    the PTS (Presentation TimeStamp) of the filtered video frame,
    expressed in seconds, NAN if undefined

tb

    time base of the input video


        30.279.2 Examples

  * Apply simple strong vignetting effect:

    vignette=PI/4

  * Make a flickering vignetting:

    vignette='PI/4+random(1)*PI/50':eval=frame


      30.280 vmafmotion

Obtain the average VMAF motion score of a video. It is one of the
component metrics of VMAF.

The obtained average motion score is printed through the logging system.

The filter accepts the following options:

stats_file

    If specified, the filter will use the named file to save the motion
    score of each frame with respect to the previous frame. When
    filename equals "-" the data is sent to standard output.

Example:

ffmpeg -i ref.mpg -vf vmafmotion -f null -


      30.281 vstack

Stack input videos vertically.

All streams must be of same pixel format and of same width.

Note that this filter is faster than using
overlay

<#overlay> and
pad

<#pad> filter to create same output.

The filter accepts the following options:

inputs

    Set number of input streams. Default is 2.

shortest

    If set to 1, force the output to terminate when the shortest input
    terminates. Default value is 0.


      30.282 w3fdif

Deinterlace the input video ("w3fdif" stands for "Weston 3 Field
Deinterlacing Filter").

Based on the process described by Martin Weston for BBC R&D, and
implemented based on the de-interlace algorithm written by Jim
Easterbrook for BBC R&D, the Weston 3 field deinterlacing filter uses
filter coefficients calculated by BBC R&D.

This filter uses field-dominance information in frame to decide which of
each pair of fields to place first in the output. If it gets it wrong use
setfield

<#setfield> filter before |w3fdif| filter.

There are two sets of filter coefficients, so called "simple" and
"complex". Which set of filter coefficients is used can be set by
passing an optional parameter:

filter

    Set the interlacing filter coefficients. Accepts one of the
    following values:

    ‘simple’

        Simple filter coefficient set.

    ‘complex’

        More-complex filter coefficient set.

    Default value is ‘complex’.

mode

    The interlacing mode to adopt. It accepts one of the following values:

    frame

        Output one frame for each frame.

    field

        Output one frame for each field.

    The default value is |field|.

parity

    The picture field parity assumed for the input interlaced video. It
    accepts one of the following values:

    tff

        Assume the top field is first.

    bff

        Assume the bottom field is first.

    auto

        Enable automatic detection of field parity.

    The default value is |auto|. If the interlacing is unknown or the
    decoder does not export this information, top field first will be
    assumed.

deint

    Specify which frames to deinterlace. Accepts one of the following
    values:

    ‘all’

        Deinterlace all frames,

    ‘interlaced’

        Only deinterlace frames marked as interlaced.

    Default value is ‘all’.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-153>


        30.282.1 Commands

This filter supports same
commands

<#commands> as options.


      30.283 waveform

Video waveform monitor.

The waveform monitor plots color component intensity. By default luma
only. Each column of the waveform corresponds to a column of pixels in
the source video.

It accepts the following options:

mode, m

    Can be either |row|, or |column|. Default is |column|. In row mode,
    the graph on the left side represents color component value 0 and
    the right side represents value = 255. In column mode, the top side
    represents color component value = 0 and bottom side represents
    value = 255.

intensity, i

    Set intensity. Smaller values are useful to find out how many values
    of the same luminance are distributed across input rows/columns.
    Default value is |0.04|. Allowed range is [0, 1].

mirror, r

    Set mirroring mode. |0| means unmirrored, |1| means mirrored. In
    mirrored mode, higher values will be represented on the left side
    for |row| mode and at the top for |column| mode. Default is |1|
    (mirrored).

display, d

    Set display mode. It accepts the following values:

    ‘overlay’

        Presents information identical to that in the |parade|, except
        that the graphs representing color components are superimposed
        directly over one another.

        This display mode makes it easier to spot relative differences
        or similarities in overlapping areas of the color components
        that are supposed to be identical, such as neutral whites,
        grays, or blacks.

    ‘stack’

        Display separate graph for the color components side by side in
        |row| mode or one below the other in |column| mode.

    ‘parade’

        Display separate graph for the color components side by side in
        |column| mode or one below the other in |row| mode.

        Using this display mode makes it easy to spot color casts in the
        highlights and shadows of an image, by comparing the contours of
        the top and the bottom graphs of each waveform. Since whites,
        grays, and blacks are characterized by exactly equal amounts of
        red, green, and blue, neutral areas of the picture should
        display three waveforms of roughly equal width/height. If not,
        the correction is easy to perform by making level adjustments
        the three waveforms.

    Default is |stack|.

components, c

    Set which color components to display. Default is 1, which means
    only luma or red color component if input is in RGB colorspace. If
    is set for example to 7 it will display all 3 (if) available color
    components.

envelope, e

    ‘none’

        No envelope, this is default.

    ‘instant’

        Instant envelope, minimum and maximum values presented in graph
        will be easily visible even with small |step| value.

    ‘peak’

        Hold minimum and maximum values presented in graph across time.
        This way you can still spot out of range values without
        constantly looking at waveforms.

    ‘peak+instant’

        Peak and instant envelope combined together.

filter, f

    ‘lowpass’

        No filtering, this is default.

    ‘flat’

        Luma and chroma combined together.

    ‘aflat’

        Similar as above, but shows difference between blue and red chroma.

    ‘xflat’

        Similar as above, but use different colors.

    ‘yflat’

        Similar as above, but again with different colors.

    ‘chroma’

        Displays only chroma.

    ‘color’

        Displays actual color value on waveform.

    ‘acolor’

        Similar as above, but with luma showing frequency of chroma values.

graticule, g

    Set which graticule to display.

    ‘none’

        Do not display graticule.

    ‘green’

        Display green graticule showing legal broadcast ranges.

    ‘orange’

        Display orange graticule showing legal broadcast ranges.

    ‘invert’

        Display invert graticule showing legal broadcast ranges.

opacity, o

    Set graticule opacity.

flags, fl

    Set graticule flags.

    ‘numbers’

        Draw numbers above lines. By default enabled.

    ‘dots’

        Draw dots instead of lines.

scale, s

    Set scale used for displaying graticule.

    ‘digital’
    ‘millivolts’
    ‘ire’

    Default is digital.

bgopacity, b

    Set background opacity.

tint0, t0
tint1, t1

    Set tint for output. Only used with lowpass filter and when display
    is not overlay and input pixel formats are not RGB.

fitmode, fm

    Set sample aspect ratio of video output frames. Can be used to
    configure waveform so it is not streched too much in one of directions.

    ‘none’

        Set sample aspect ration to 1/1.

    ‘size’

        Set sample aspect ratio to match input size of video

    Default is ‘none’.

input

    Set input formats for filter to pick from. Can be ‘all’, for
    selecting from all available formats, or ‘first’, for selecting
    first available format. Default is ‘first’.


      30.284 weave, doubleweave

The |weave| takes a field-based video input and join each two sequential
fields into single frame, producing a new double height clip with half
the frame rate and half the frame count.

The |doubleweave| works same as |weave| but without halving frame rate
and frame count.

It accepts the following option:

first_field

    Set first field. Available values are:

    ‘top, t’

        Set the frame as top-field-first.

    ‘bottom, b’

        Set the frame as bottom-field-first.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-152>


        30.284.1 Examples

  * Interlace video using
    select

    <#select> and
    separatefields

    <#separatefields> filter:

    separatefields,select=eq(mod(n,4),0)+eq(mod(n,4),3),weave


      30.285 xbr

Apply the xBR high-quality magnification filter which is designed for
pixel art. It follows a set of edge-detection rules, see
https://forums.libretro.com/t/xbr-algorithm-tutorial/123

.

It accepts the following option:

n

    Set the scaling dimension: |2| for |2xBR|, |3| for |3xBR| and |4|
    for |4xBR|. Default is |3|.


      30.286 xcorrelate

Apply normalized cross-correlation between first and second input video
stream.

Second input video stream dimensions must be lower than first input
video stream.

The filter accepts the following options:

planes

    Set which planes to process.

secondary

    Set which secondary video frames will be processed from second input
    video stream, can be first or all. Default is all.

The |xcorrelate| filter also supports the
framesync

<#framesync> options.


      30.287 xfade

Apply cross fade from one input video stream to another input video
stream. The cross fade is applied for specified duration.

Both inputs must be constant frame-rate and have the same resolution,
pixel format, frame rate and timebase.

The filter accepts the following options:

transition

    Set one of available transition effects:

    ‘custom’
    ‘fade’
    ‘wipeleft’
    ‘wiperight’
    ‘wipeup’
    ‘wipedown’
    ‘slideleft’
    ‘slideright’
    ‘slideup’
    ‘slidedown’
    ‘circlecrop’
    ‘rectcrop’
    ‘distance’
    ‘fadeblack’
    ‘fadewhite’
    ‘radial’
    ‘smoothleft’
    ‘smoothright’
    ‘smoothup’
    ‘smoothdown’
    ‘circleopen’
    ‘circleclose’
    ‘vertopen’
    ‘vertclose’
    ‘horzopen’
    ‘horzclose’
    ‘dissolve’
    ‘pixelize’
    ‘diagtl’
    ‘diagtr’
    ‘diagbl’
    ‘diagbr’
    ‘hlslice’
    ‘hrslice’
    ‘vuslice’
    ‘vdslice’
    ‘hblur’
    ‘fadegrays’
    ‘wipetl’
    ‘wipetr’
    ‘wipebl’
    ‘wipebr’
    ‘squeezeh’
    ‘squeezev’
    ‘zoomin’
    ‘fadefast’
    ‘fadeslow’
    ‘hlwind’
    ‘hrwind’
    ‘vuwind’
    ‘vdwind’
    ‘coverleft’
    ‘coverright’
    ‘coverup’
    ‘coverdown’
    ‘revealleft’
    ‘revealright’
    ‘revealup’
    ‘revealdown’

    Default transition effect is fade.

duration

    Set cross fade duration in seconds. Range is 0 to 60 seconds.
    Default duration is 1 second.

offset

    Set cross fade start relative to first input stream in seconds.
    Default offset is 0.

expr

    Set expression for custom transition effect.

    The expressions can use the following variables and functions:

    X
    Y

        The coordinates of the current sample.

    W
    H

        The width and height of the image.

    P

        Progress of transition effect.

    PLANE

        Currently processed plane.

    A

        Return value of first input at current location and plane.

    B

        Return value of second input at current location and plane.

    a0(x, y)
    a1(x, y)
    a2(x, y)
    a3(x, y)

        Return the value of the pixel at location (x,y) of the
        first/second/third/fourth component of first input.

    b0(x, y)
    b1(x, y)
    b2(x, y)
    b3(x, y)

        Return the value of the pixel at location (x,y) of the
        first/second/third/fourth component of second input.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-153>


        30.287.1 Examples

  * Cross fade from one input video to another input video, with fade
    transition and duration of transition of 2 seconds starting at
    offset of 5 seconds:

    ffmpeg -i first.mp4 -i second.mp4 -filter_complex xfade=transition=fade:duration=2:offset=5 output.mp4


      30.288 xmedian

Pick median pixels from several input videos.

The filter accepts the following options:

inputs

    Set number of inputs. Default is 3. Allowed range is from 3 to 255.
    If number of inputs is even number, than result will be mean value
    between two median values.

planes

    Set which planes to filter. Default value is |15|, by which all
    planes are processed.

percentile

    Set median percentile. Default value is |0.5|. Default value of
    |0.5| will pick always median values, while |0| will pick minimum
    values, and |1| maximum values.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-154>


        30.288.1 Commands

This filter supports all above options as
commands

<#commands>, excluding option |inputs|.


      30.289 xstack

Stack video inputs into custom layout.

All streams must be of same pixel format.

The filter accepts the following options:

inputs

    Set number of input streams. Default is 2.

layout

    Specify layout of inputs. This option requires the desired layout
    configuration to be explicitly set by the user. This sets position
    of each video input in output. Each input is separated by ’|’. The
    first number represents the column, and the second number represents
    the row. Numbers start at 0 and are separated by ’_’. Optionally one
    can use wX and hX, where X is video input from which to take width
    or height. Multiple values can be used when separated by ’+’. In
    such case values are summed together.

    Note that if inputs are of different sizes gaps may appear, as not
    all of the output video frame will be filled. Similarly, videos can
    overlap each other if their position doesn’t leave enough space for
    the full frame of adjoining videos.

    For 2 inputs, a default layout of |0_0|w0_0| (equivalent to
    |grid=2x1|) is set. In all other cases, a layout or a grid must be
    set by the user. Either |grid| or |layout| can be specified at a
    time. Specifying both will result in an error.

grid

    Specify a fixed size grid of inputs. This option is used to create a
    fixed size grid of the input streams. Set the grid size in the form
    |COLUMNSxROWS|. There must be |ROWS * COLUMNS| input streams and
    they will be arranged as a grid with |ROWS| rows and |COLUMNS|
    columns. When using this option, each input stream within a row must
    have the same height and all the rows must have the same width.

    If |grid| is set, then |inputs| option is ignored and is implicitly
    set to |ROWS * COLUMNS|.

    For 2 inputs, a default grid of |2x1| (equivalent to
    |layout=0_0|w0_0|) is set. In all other cases, a layout or a grid
    must be set by the user. Either |grid| or |layout| can be specified
    at a time. Specifying both will result in an error.

shortest

    If set to 1, force the output to terminate when the shortest input
    terminates. Default value is 0.

fill

    If set to valid color, all unused pixels will be filled with that
    color. By default fill is set to none, so it is disabled.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-154>


        30.289.1 Examples

  * Display 4 inputs into 2x2 grid.

    Layout:

    input1(0, 0)  | input3(w0, 0)
    input2(0, h0) | input4(w0, h0)

    xstack=inputs=4:layout=0_0|0_h0|w0_0|w0_h0

    Note that if inputs are of different sizes, gaps or overlaps may occur.

  * Display 4 inputs into 1x4 grid.

    Layout:

    input1(0, 0)
    input2(0, h0)
    input3(0, h0+h1)
    input4(0, h0+h1+h2)

    xstack=inputs=4:layout=0_0|0_h0|0_h0+h1|0_h0+h1+h2

    Note that if inputs are of different widths, unused space will appear.

  * Display 9 inputs into 3x3 grid.

    Layout:

    input1(0, 0)       | input4(w0, 0)      | input7(w0+w3, 0)
    input2(0, h0)      | input5(w0, h0)     | input8(w0+w3, h0)
    input3(0, h0+h1)   | input6(w0, h0+h1)  | input9(w0+w3, h0+h1)

    xstack=inputs=9:layout=0_0|0_h0|0_h0+h1|w0_0|w0_h0|w0_h0+h1|w0+w3_0|w0+w3_h0|w0+w3_h0+h1

    Note that if inputs are of different sizes, gaps or overlaps may occur.

  * Display 16 inputs into 4x4 grid.

    Layout:

    input1(0, 0)       | input5(w0, 0)       | input9 (w0+w4, 0)       | input13(w0+w4+w8, 0)
    input2(0, h0)      | input6(w0, h0)      | input10(w0+w4, h0)      | input14(w0+w4+w8, h0)
    input3(0, h0+h1)   | input7(w0, h0+h1)   | input11(w0+w4, h0+h1)   | input15(w0+w4+w8, h0+h1)
    input4(0, h0+h1+h2)| input8(w0, h0+h1+h2)| input12(w0+w4, h0+h1+h2)| input16(w0+w4+w8, h0+h1+h2)

    xstack=inputs=16:layout=0_0|0_h0|0_h0+h1|0_h0+h1+h2|w0_0|w0_h0|w0_h0+h1|w0_h0+h1+h2|w0+w4_0|
    w0+w4_h0|w0+w4_h0+h1|w0+w4_h0+h1+h2|w0+w4+w8_0|w0+w4+w8_h0|w0+w4+w8_h0+h1|w0+w4+w8_h0+h1+h2

    Note that if inputs are of different sizes, gaps or overlaps may occur.


      30.290 yadif

Deinterlace the input video ("yadif" means "yet another deinterlacing
filter").

It accepts the following parameters:

mode

    The interlacing mode to adopt. It accepts one of the following values:

    0, send_frame

        Output one frame for each frame.

    1, send_field

        Output one frame for each field.

    2, send_frame_nospatial

        Like |send_frame|, but it skips the spatial interlacing check.

    3, send_field_nospatial

        Like |send_field|, but it skips the spatial interlacing check.

    The default value is |send_frame|.

parity

    The picture field parity assumed for the input interlaced video. It
    accepts one of the following values:

    0, tff

        Assume the top field is first.

    1, bff

        Assume the bottom field is first.

    -1, auto

        Enable automatic detection of field parity.

    The default value is |auto|. If the interlacing is unknown or the
    decoder does not export this information, top field first will be
    assumed.

deint

    Specify which frames to deinterlace. Accepts one of the following
    values:

    0, all

        Deinterlace all frames.

    1, interlaced

        Only deinterlace frames marked as interlaced.

    The default value is |all|.


      30.291 yadif_cuda

Deinterlace the input video using the
yadif

<#yadif> algorithm, but implemented in CUDA so that it can work as part
of a GPU accelerated pipeline with nvdec and/or nvenc.

It accepts the following parameters:

mode

    The interlacing mode to adopt. It accepts one of the following values:

    0, send_frame

        Output one frame for each frame.

    1, send_field

        Output one frame for each field.

    2, send_frame_nospatial

        Like |send_frame|, but it skips the spatial interlacing check.

    3, send_field_nospatial

        Like |send_field|, but it skips the spatial interlacing check.

    The default value is |send_frame|.

parity

    The picture field parity assumed for the input interlaced video. It
    accepts one of the following values:

    0, tff

        Assume the top field is first.

    1, bff

        Assume the bottom field is first.

    -1, auto

        Enable automatic detection of field parity.

    The default value is |auto|. If the interlacing is unknown or the
    decoder does not export this information, top field first will be
    assumed.

deint

    Specify which frames to deinterlace. Accepts one of the following
    values:

    0, all

        Deinterlace all frames.

    1, interlaced

        Only deinterlace frames marked as interlaced.

    The default value is |all|.


      30.292 yaepblur

Apply blur filter while preserving edges ("yaepblur" means "yet another
edge preserving blur filter"). The algorithm is described in "J. S. Lee,
Digital image enhancement and noise filtering by use of local
statistics, IEEE Trans. Pattern Anal. Mach. Intell. PAMI-2, 1980."

It accepts the following parameters:

radius, r

    Set the window radius. Default value is 3.

planes, p

    Set which planes to filter. Default is only the first plane.

sigma, s

    Set blur strength. Default value is 128.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-155>


        30.292.1 Commands

This filter supports same
commands

<#commands> as options.


      30.293 zoompan

Apply Zoom & Pan effect.

This filter accepts the following options:

zoom, z

    Set the zoom expression. Range is 1-10. Default is 1.

x
y

    Set the x and y expression. Default is 0.

d

    Set the duration expression in number of frames. This sets for how
    many number of frames effect will last for single input image.
    Default is 90.

s

    Set the output image size, default is ’hd720’.

fps

    Set the output frame rate, default is ’25’.

Each expression can contain the following constants:

in_w, iw

    Input width.

in_h, ih

    Input height.

out_w, ow

    Output width.

out_h, oh

    Output height.

in

    Input frame count.

on

    Output frame count.

in_time, it

    The input timestamp expressed in seconds. It’s NAN if the input
    timestamp is unknown.

out_time, time, ot

    The output timestamp expressed in seconds.

x
y

    Last calculated ’x’ and ’y’ position from ’x’ and ’y’ expression for
    current input frame.

px
py

    ’x’ and ’y’ of last output frame of previous input frame or 0 when
    there was not yet such frame (first input frame).

zoom

    Last calculated zoom from ’z’ expression for current input frame.

pzoom

    Last calculated zoom of last output frame of previous input frame.

duration

    Number of output frames for current input frame. Calculated from ’d’
    expression for each input frame.

pduration

    number of output frames created for previous input frame

a

    Rational number: input width / input height

sar

    sample aspect ratio

dar

    display aspect ratio

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-155>


        30.293.1 Examples

  * Zoom in up to 1.5x and pan at same time to some spot near center of
    picture:

    zoompan=z='min(zoom+0.0015,1.5)':d=700:x='if(gte(zoom,1.5),x,x+1/a)':y='if(gte(zoom,1.5),y,y+1)':s=640x360

  * Zoom in up to 1.5x and pan always at center of picture:

    zoompan=z='min(zoom+0.0015,1.5)':d=700:x='iw/2-(iw/zoom/2)':y='ih/2-(ih/zoom/2)'

  * Same as above but without pausing:

    zoompan=z='min(max(zoom,pzoom)+0.0015,1.5)':d=1:x='iw/2-(iw/zoom/2)':y='ih/2-(ih/zoom/2)'

  * Zoom in 2x into center of picture only for the first second of the
    input video:

    zoompan=z='if(between(in_time,0,1),2,1)':d=1:x='iw/2-(iw/zoom/2)':y='ih/2-(ih/zoom/2)'


      30.294 zscale

Scale (resize) the input video, using the z.lib library:
https://github.com/sekrit-twc/zimg

. To enable compilation of this filter, you need to configure FFmpeg
with |--enable-libzimg|.

The zscale filter forces the output display aspect ratio to be the same
as the input, by changing the output sample aspect ratio.

If the input image format is different from the format requested by the
next filter, the zscale filter will convert the input to the requested
format.

  *
    Options

    <#Options-40>
  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-156>


        30.294.1 Options

The filter accepts the following options.

width, w
height, h

    Set the output video dimension expression. Default value is the
    input dimension.

    If the width or w value is 0, the input width is used for the
    output. If the height or h value is 0, the input height is used for
    the output.

    If one and only one of the values is -n with n >= 1, the zscale
    filter will use a value that maintains the aspect ratio of the input
    image, calculated from the other specified dimension. After that it
    will, however, make sure that the calculated dimension is divisible
    by n and adjust the value if necessary.

    If both values are -n with n >= 1, the behavior will be identical to
    both values being set to 0 as previously detailed.

    See below for the list of accepted constants for use in the
    dimension expression.

size, s

    Set the video size. For the syntax of this option, check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Video size" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#video-size-syntax>.


dither, d

    Set the dither type.

    Possible values are:

    none
    ordered
    random
    error_diffusion

    Default is none.

filter, f

    Set the resize filter type.

    Possible values are:

    point
    bilinear
    bicubic
    spline16
    spline36
    lanczos

    Default is bilinear.

range, r

    Set the color range.

    Possible values are:

    input
    limited
    full

    Default is same as input.

primaries, p

    Set the color primaries.

    Possible values are:

    input
    709
    unspecified
    170m
    240m
    2020

    Default is same as input.

transfer, t

    Set the transfer characteristics.

    Possible values are:

    input
    709
    unspecified
    601
    linear
    2020_10
    2020_12
    smpte2084
    iec61966-2-1
    arib-std-b67

    Default is same as input.

matrix, m

    Set the colorspace matrix.

    Possible value are:

    input
    709
    unspecified
    470bg
    170m
    2020_ncl
    2020_cl

    Default is same as input.

rangein, rin

    Set the input color range.

    Possible values are:

    input
    limited
    full

    Default is same as input.

primariesin, pin

    Set the input color primaries.

    Possible values are:

    input
    709
    unspecified
    170m
    240m
    2020

    Default is same as input.

transferin, tin

    Set the input transfer characteristics.

    Possible values are:

    input
    709
    unspecified
    601
    linear
    2020_10
    2020_12

    Default is same as input.

matrixin, min

    Set the input colorspace matrix.

    Possible value are:

    input
    709
    unspecified
    470bg
    170m
    2020_ncl
    2020_cl

chromal, c

    Set the output chroma location.

    Possible values are:

    input
    left
    center
    topleft
    top
    bottomleft
    bottom

chromalin, cin

    Set the input chroma location.

    Possible values are:

    input
    left
    center
    topleft
    top
    bottomleft
    bottom

npl

    Set the nominal peak luminance.

param_a

    Parameter A for scaling filters. Parameter "b" for bicubic, and the
    number of filter taps for lanczos.

param_b

    Parameter B for scaling filters. Parameter "c" for bicubic.

The values of the w and h options are expressions containing the
following constants:

in_w
in_h

    The input width and height

iw
ih

    These are the same as in_w and in_h.

out_w
out_h

    The output (scaled) width and height

ow
oh

    These are the same as out_w and out_h

a

    The same as iw / ih

sar

    input sample aspect ratio

dar

    The input display aspect ratio. Calculated from |(iw / ih) * sar|.

hsub
vsub

    horizontal and vertical input chroma subsample values. For example
    for the pixel format "yuv422p" hsub is 2 and vsub is 1.

ohsub
ovsub

    horizontal and vertical output chroma subsample values. For example
    for the pixel format "yuv422p" hsub is 2 and vsub is 1.


        30.294.2 Commands

This filter supports the following commands:

width, w
height, h

    Set the output video dimension expression. The command accepts the
    same syntax of the corresponding option.

    If the specified expression is not valid, it is kept at its current
    value.


    31 OpenCL Video Filters

Below is a description of the currently available OpenCL video filters.

To enable compilation of these filters you need to configure FFmpeg with
|--enable-opencl|.

Running OpenCL filters requires you to initialize a hardware device and
to pass that device to all filters in any filter graph.

-init_hw_device opencl[=name][:device[,key=value...]]

    Initialise a new hardware device of type opencl called name, using
    the given device parameters.

-filter_hw_device name

    Pass the hardware device called name to all filters in any filter
    graph.

For more detailed information see
https://www.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.html#Advanced-Video-options

  * Example of choosing the first device on the second platform and
    running avgblur_opencl filter with default parameters on it.

    -init_hw_device opencl=gpu:1.0 -filter_hw_device gpu -i INPUT -vf "hwupload, avgblur_opencl, hwdownload" OUTPUT

Since OpenCL filters are not able to access frame data in normal memory,
all frame data needs to be uploaded(
hwupload

<#hwupload>) to hardware surfaces connected to the appropriate device
before being used and then downloaded(
hwdownload

<#hwdownload>) back to normal memory. Note that
hwupload

<#hwupload> will upload to a surface with the same layout as the
software frame, so it may be necessary to add a
format

<#format> filter immediately before to get the input into the right
format and
hwdownload

<#hwdownload> does not support all formats on the output - it may be
necessary to insert an additional
format

<#format> filter immediately following in the graph to get the output in
a supported format.

  *
    avgblur_opencl

    <#avgblur_005fopencl>
  *
    boxblur_opencl

    <#boxblur_005fopencl>
  *
    colorkey_opencl

    <#colorkey_005fopencl>
  *
    convolution_opencl

    <#convolution_005fopencl>
  *
    erosion_opencl

    <#erosion_005fopencl>
  *
    deshake_opencl

    <#deshake_005fopencl>
  *
    dilation_opencl

    <#dilation_005fopencl>
  *
    nlmeans_opencl

    <#nlmeans_005fopencl-1>
  *
    overlay_opencl

    <#overlay_005fopencl>
  *
    pad_opencl

    <#pad_005fopencl>
  *
    prewitt_opencl

    <#prewitt_005fopencl>
  *
    program_opencl

    <#program_005fopencl-1>
  *
    remap_opencl

    <#remap_005fopencl>
  *
    roberts_opencl

    <#roberts_005fopencl>
  *
    sobel_opencl

    <#sobel_005fopencl>
  *
    tonemap_opencl

    <#tonemap_005fopencl>
  *
    unsharp_opencl

    <#unsharp_005fopencl>
  *
    xfade_opencl

    <#xfade_005fopencl>


      31.1 avgblur_opencl

Apply average blur filter.

The filter accepts the following options:

sizeX

    Set horizontal radius size. Range is |[1, 1024]| and default value
    is |1|.

planes

    Set which planes to filter. Default value is |0xf|, by which all
    planes are processed.

sizeY

    Set vertical radius size. Range is |[1, 1024]| and default value is
    |0|. If zero, |sizeX| value will be used.

  *
    Example

    <#Example>


        31.1.1 Example

  * Apply average blur filter with horizontal and vertical size of 3,
    setting each pixel of the output to the average value of the 7x7
    region centered on it in the input. For pixels on the edges of the
    image, the region does not extend beyond the image boundaries, and
    so out-of-range coordinates are not used in the calculations.

    -i INPUT -vf "hwupload, avgblur_opencl=3, hwdownload" OUTPUT


      31.2 boxblur_opencl

Apply a boxblur algorithm to the input video.

It accepts the following parameters:

luma_radius, lr
luma_power, lp
chroma_radius, cr
chroma_power, cp
alpha_radius, ar
alpha_power, ap

A description of the accepted options follows.

luma_radius, lr
chroma_radius, cr
alpha_radius, ar

    Set an expression for the box radius in pixels used for blurring the
    corresponding input plane.

    The radius value must be a non-negative number, and must not be
    greater than the value of the expression |min(w,h)/2| for the luma
    and alpha planes, and of |min(cw,ch)/2| for the chroma planes.

    Default value for luma_radius is "2". If not specified,
    chroma_radius and alpha_radius default to the corresponding value
    set for luma_radius.

    The expressions can contain the following constants:

    w
    h

        The input width and height in pixels.

    cw
    ch

        The input chroma image width and height in pixels.

    hsub
    vsub

        The horizontal and vertical chroma subsample values. For
        example, for the pixel format "yuv422p", hsub is 2 and vsub is 1.

luma_power, lp
chroma_power, cp
alpha_power, ap

    Specify how many times the boxblur filter is applied to the
    corresponding plane.

    Default value for luma_power is 2. If not specified, chroma_power
    and alpha_power default to the corresponding value set for luma_power.

    A value of 0 will disable the effect.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-156>


        31.2.1 Examples

Apply boxblur filter, setting each pixel of the output to the average
value of box-radiuses luma_radius, chroma_radius, alpha_radius for each
plane respectively. The filter will apply luma_power, chroma_power,
alpha_power times onto the corresponding plane. For pixels on the edges
of the image, the radius does not extend beyond the image boundaries,
and so out-of-range coordinates are not used in the calculations.

  * Apply a boxblur filter with the luma, chroma, and alpha radius set
    to 2 and luma, chroma, and alpha power set to 3. The filter will run
    3 times with box-radius set to 2 for every plane of the image.

    -i INPUT -vf "hwupload, boxblur_opencl=luma_radius=2:luma_power=3, hwdownload" OUTPUT
    -i INPUT -vf "hwupload, boxblur_opencl=2:3, hwdownload" OUTPUT

  * Apply a boxblur filter with luma radius set to 2, luma_power to 1,
    chroma_radius to 4, chroma_power to 5, alpha_radius to 3 and
    alpha_power to 7.

    For the luma plane, a 2x2 box radius will be run once.

    For the chroma plane, a 4x4 box radius will be run 5 times.

    For the alpha plane, a 3x3 box radius will be run 7 times.

    -i INPUT -vf "hwupload, boxblur_opencl=2:1:4:5:3:7, hwdownload" OUTPUT


      31.3 colorkey_opencl

RGB colorspace color keying.

The filter accepts the following options:

color

    The color which will be replaced with transparency.

similarity

    Similarity percentage with the key color.

    0.01 matches only the exact key color, while 1.0 matches everything.

blend

    Blend percentage.

    0.0 makes pixels either fully transparent, or not transparent at all.

    Higher values result in semi-transparent pixels, with a higher
    transparency the more similar the pixels color is to the key color.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-157>


        31.3.1 Examples

  * Make every semi-green pixel in the input transparent with some
    slight blending:

    -i INPUT -vf "hwupload, colorkey_opencl=green:0.3:0.1, hwdownload" OUTPUT


      31.4 convolution_opencl

Apply convolution of 3x3, 5x5, 7x7 matrix.

The filter accepts the following options:

0m
1m
2m
3m

    Set matrix for each plane. Matrix is sequence of 9, 25 or 49 signed
    numbers. Default value for each plane is |0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0|.

0rdiv
1rdiv
2rdiv
3rdiv

    Set multiplier for calculated value for each plane. If unset or 0,
    it will be sum of all matrix elements. The option value must be a
    float number greater or equal to |0.0|. Default value is |1.0|.

0bias
1bias
2bias
3bias

    Set bias for each plane. This value is added to the result of the
    multiplication. Useful for making the overall image brighter or
    darker. The option value must be a float number greater or equal to
    |0.0|. Default value is |0.0|.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-158>


        31.4.1 Examples

  * Apply sharpen:

    -i INPUT -vf "hwupload, convolution_opencl=0 -1 0 -1 5 -1 0 -1 0:0 -1 0 -1 5 -1 0 -1 0:0 -1 0 -1 5 -1 0 -1 0:0 -1 0 -1 5 -1 0 -1 0, hwdownload" OUTPUT

  * Apply blur:

    -i INPUT -vf "hwupload, convolution_opencl=1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1:1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1:1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1:1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1:1/9:1/9:1/9:1/9, hwdownload" OUTPUT

  * Apply edge enhance:

    -i INPUT -vf "hwupload, convolution_opencl=0 0 0 -1 1 0 0 0 0:0 0 0 -1 1 0 0 0 0:0 0 0 -1 1 0 0 0 0:0 0 0 -1 1 0 0 0 0:5:1:1:1:0:128:128:128, hwdownload" OUTPUT

  * Apply edge detect:

    -i INPUT -vf "hwupload, convolution_opencl=0 1 0 1 -4 1 0 1 0:0 1 0 1 -4 1 0 1 0:0 1 0 1 -4 1 0 1 0:0 1 0 1 -4 1 0 1 0:5:5:5:1:0:128:128:128, hwdownload" OUTPUT

  * Apply laplacian edge detector which includes diagonals:

    -i INPUT -vf "hwupload, convolution_opencl=1 1 1 1 -8 1 1 1 1:1 1 1 1 -8 1 1 1 1:1 1 1 1 -8 1 1 1 1:1 1 1 1 -8 1 1 1 1:5:5:5:1:0:128:128:0, hwdownload" OUTPUT

  * Apply emboss:

    -i INPUT -vf "hwupload, convolution_opencl=-2 -1 0 -1 1 1 0 1 2:-2 -1 0 -1 1 1 0 1 2:-2 -1 0 -1 1 1 0 1 2:-2 -1 0 -1 1 1 0 1 2, hwdownload" OUTPUT


      31.5 erosion_opencl

Apply erosion effect to the video.

This filter replaces the pixel by the local(3x3) minimum.

It accepts the following options:

threshold0
threshold1
threshold2
threshold3

    Limit the maximum change for each plane. Range is |[0, 65535]| and
    default value is |65535|. If |0|, plane will remain unchanged.

coordinates

    Flag which specifies the pixel to refer to. Range is |[0, 255]| and
    default value is |255|, i.e. all eight pixels are used.

    Flags to local 3x3 coordinates region centered on |x|:

    1 2 3

    4 x 5

    6 7 8

  *
    Example

    <#Example-1>


        31.5.1 Example

  * Apply erosion filter with threshold0 set to 30, threshold1 set 40,
    threshold2 set to 50 and coordinates set to 231, setting each pixel
    of the output to the local minimum between pixels: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8
    of the 3x3 region centered on it in the input. If the difference
    between input pixel and local minimum is more then threshold of the
    corresponding plane, output pixel will be set to input pixel -
    threshold of corresponding plane.

    -i INPUT -vf "hwupload, erosion_opencl=30:40:50:coordinates=231, hwdownload" OUTPUT


      31.6 deshake_opencl

Feature-point based video stabilization filter.

The filter accepts the following options:

tripod

    Simulates a tripod by preventing any camera movement whatsoever from
    the original frame. Defaults to |0|.

debug

    Whether or not additional debug info should be displayed, both in
    the processed output and in the console.

    Note that in order to see console debug output you will also need to
    pass |-v verbose| to ffmpeg.

    Viewing point matches in the output video is only supported for RGB
    input.

    Defaults to |0|.

adaptive_crop

    Whether or not to do a tiny bit of cropping at the borders to cut
    down on the amount of mirrored pixels.

    Defaults to |1|.

refine_features

    Whether or not feature points should be refined at a sub-pixel level.

    This can be turned off for a slight performance gain at the cost of
    precision.

    Defaults to |1|.

smooth_strength

    The strength of the smoothing applied to the camera path from |0.0|
    to |1.0|.

    |1.0| is the maximum smoothing strength while values less than that
    result in less smoothing.

    |0.0| causes the filter to adaptively choose a smoothing strength on
    a per-frame basis.

    Defaults to |0.0|.

smooth_window_multiplier

    Controls the size of the smoothing window (the number of frames
    buffered to determine motion information from).

    The size of the smoothing window is determined by multiplying the
    framerate of the video by this number.

    Acceptable values range from |0.1| to |10.0|.

    Larger values increase the amount of motion data available for
    determining how to smooth the camera path, potentially improving
    smoothness, but also increase latency and memory usage.

    Defaults to |2.0|.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-159>


        31.6.1 Examples

  * Stabilize a video with a fixed, medium smoothing strength:

    -i INPUT -vf "hwupload, deshake_opencl=smooth_strength=0.5, hwdownload" OUTPUT

  * Stabilize a video with debugging (both in console and in rendered
    video):

    -i INPUT -filter_complex "[0:v]format=rgba, hwupload, deshake_opencl=debug=1, hwdownload, format=rgba, format=yuv420p" -v verbose OUTPUT


      31.7 dilation_opencl

Apply dilation effect to the video.

This filter replaces the pixel by the local(3x3) maximum.

It accepts the following options:

threshold0
threshold1
threshold2
threshold3

    Limit the maximum change for each plane. Range is |[0, 65535]| and
    default value is |65535|. If |0|, plane will remain unchanged.

coordinates

    Flag which specifies the pixel to refer to. Range is |[0, 255]| and
    default value is |255|, i.e. all eight pixels are used.

    Flags to local 3x3 coordinates region centered on |x|:

    1 2 3

    4 x 5

    6 7 8

  *
    Example

    <#Example-2>


        31.7.1 Example

  * Apply dilation filter with threshold0 set to 30, threshold1 set 40,
    threshold2 set to 50 and coordinates set to 231, setting each pixel
    of the output to the local maximum between pixels: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8
    of the 3x3 region centered on it in the input. If the difference
    between input pixel and local maximum is more then threshold of the
    corresponding plane, output pixel will be set to input pixel +
    threshold of corresponding plane.

    -i INPUT -vf "hwupload, dilation_opencl=30:40:50:coordinates=231, hwdownload" OUTPUT


      31.8 nlmeans_opencl

Non-local Means denoise filter through OpenCL, this filter accepts same
options as
nlmeans

<#nlmeans>.


      31.9 overlay_opencl

Overlay one video on top of another.

It takes two inputs and has one output. The first input is the "main"
video on which the second input is overlaid. This filter requires same
memory layout for all the inputs. So, format conversion may be needed.

The filter accepts the following options:

x

    Set the x coordinate of the overlaid video on the main video.
    Default value is |0|.

y

    Set the y coordinate of the overlaid video on the main video.
    Default value is |0|.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-160>


        31.9.1 Examples

  * Overlay an image LOGO at the top-left corner of the INPUT video.
    Both inputs are yuv420p format.

    -i INPUT -i LOGO -filter_complex "[0:v]hwupload[a], [1:v]format=yuv420p, hwupload[b], [a][b]overlay_opencl, hwdownload" OUTPUT

  * The inputs have same memory layout for color channels , the overlay
    has additional alpha plane, like INPUT is yuv420p, and the LOGO is
    yuva420p.

    -i INPUT -i LOGO -filter_complex "[0:v]hwupload[a], [1:v]format=yuva420p, hwupload[b], [a][b]overlay_opencl, hwdownload" OUTPUT


      31.10 pad_opencl

Add paddings to the input image, and place the original input at the
provided x, y coordinates.

It accepts the following options:

width, w
height, h

    Specify an expression for the size of the output image with the
    paddings added. If the value for width or height is 0, the
    corresponding input size is used for the output.

    The width expression can reference the value set by the height
    expression, and vice versa.

    The default value of width and height is 0.

x
y

    Specify the offsets to place the input image at within the padded
    area, with respect to the top/left border of the output image.

    The x expression can reference the value set by the y expression,
    and vice versa.

    The default value of x and y is 0.

    If x or y evaluate to a negative number, they’ll be changed so the
    input image is centered on the padded area.

color

    Specify the color of the padded area. For the syntax of this option,
    check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Color" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#color-syntax>.


aspect

    Pad to an aspect instead to a resolution.

The value for the width, height, x, and y options are expressions
containing the following constants:

in_w
in_h

    The input video width and height.

iw
ih

    These are the same as in_w and in_h.

out_w
out_h

    The output width and height (the size of the padded area), as
    specified by the width and height expressions.

ow
oh

    These are the same as out_w and out_h.

x
y

    The x and y offsets as specified by the x and y expressions, or NAN
    if not yet specified.

a

    same as iw / ih

sar

    input sample aspect ratio

dar

    input display aspect ratio, it is the same as (iw / ih) * sar


      31.11 prewitt_opencl

Apply the Prewitt operator (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prewitt_operator

) to input video stream.

The filter accepts the following option:

planes

    Set which planes to filter. Default value is |0xf|, by which all
    planes are processed.

scale

    Set value which will be multiplied with filtered result. Range is
    |[0.0, 65535]| and default value is |1.0|.

delta

    Set value which will be added to filtered result. Range is |[-65535,
    65535]| and default value is |0.0|.

  *
    Example

    <#Example-3>


        31.11.1 Example

  * Apply the Prewitt operator with scale set to 2 and delta set to 10.

    -i INPUT -vf "hwupload, prewitt_opencl=scale=2:delta=10, hwdownload" OUTPUT


      31.12 program_opencl

Filter video using an OpenCL program.

source

    OpenCL program source file.

kernel

    Kernel name in program.

inputs

    Number of inputs to the filter. Defaults to 1.

size, s

    Size of output frames. Defaults to the same as the first input.

The |program_opencl| filter also supports the
framesync

<#framesync> options.

The program source file must contain a kernel function with the given
name, which will be run once for each plane of the output. Each run on a
plane gets enqueued as a separate 2D global NDRange with one work-item
for each pixel to be generated. The global ID offset for each work-item
is therefore the coordinates of a pixel in the destination image.

The kernel function needs to take the following arguments:

  * Destination image, __write_only image2d_t.

    This image will become the output; the kernel should write all of it.

  * Frame index, unsigned int.

    This is a counter starting from zero and increasing by one for each
    frame.

  * Source images, __read_only image2d_t.

    These are the most recent images on each input. The kernel may read
    from them to generate the output, but they can’t be written to.

Example programs:

  * Copy the input to the output (output must be the same size as the
    input).

    __kernel void copy(__write_only image2d_t destination,
                       unsigned int index,
                       __read_only  image2d_t source)
    {
        const sampler_t sampler = CLK_NORMALIZED_COORDS_FALSE;

        int2 location = (int2)(get_global_id(0), get_global_id(1));

        float4 value = read_imagef(source, sampler, location);

        write_imagef(destination, location, value);
    }

  * Apply a simple transformation, rotating the input by an amount
    increasing with the index counter. Pixel values are linearly
    interpolated by the sampler, and the output need not have the same
    dimensions as the input.

    __kernel void rotate_image(__write_only image2d_t dst,
                               unsigned int index,
                               __read_only  image2d_t src)
    {
        const sampler_t sampler = (CLK_NORMALIZED_COORDS_FALSE |
                                   CLK_FILTER_LINEAR);

        float angle = (float)index / 100.0f;

        float2 dst_dim = convert_float2(get_image_dim(dst));
        float2 src_dim = convert_float2(get_image_dim(src));

        float2 dst_cen = dst_dim / 2.0f;
        float2 src_cen = src_dim / 2.0f;

        int2   dst_loc = (int2)(get_global_id(0), get_global_id(1));

        float2 dst_pos = convert_float2(dst_loc) - dst_cen;
        float2 src_pos = {
            cos(angle) * dst_pos.x - sin(angle) * dst_pos.y,
            sin(angle) * dst_pos.x + cos(angle) * dst_pos.y
        };
        src_pos = src_pos * src_dim / dst_dim;

        float2 src_loc = src_pos + src_cen;

        if (src_loc.x < 0.0f      || src_loc.y < 0.0f ||
            src_loc.x > src_dim.x || src_loc.y > src_dim.y)
            write_imagef(dst, dst_loc, 0.5f);
        else
            write_imagef(dst, dst_loc, read_imagef(src, sampler, src_loc));
    }

  * Blend two inputs together, with the amount of each input used
    varying with the index counter.

    __kernel void blend_images(__write_only image2d_t dst,
                               unsigned int index,
                               __read_only  image2d_t src1,
                               __read_only  image2d_t src2)
    {
        const sampler_t sampler = (CLK_NORMALIZED_COORDS_FALSE |
                                   CLK_FILTER_LINEAR);

        float blend = (cos((float)index / 50.0f) + 1.0f) / 2.0f;

        int2  dst_loc = (int2)(get_global_id(0), get_global_id(1));
        int2 src1_loc = dst_loc * get_image_dim(src1) / get_image_dim(dst);
        int2 src2_loc = dst_loc * get_image_dim(src2) / get_image_dim(dst);

        float4 val1 = read_imagef(src1, sampler, src1_loc);
        float4 val2 = read_imagef(src2, sampler, src2_loc);

        write_imagef(dst, dst_loc, val1 * blend + val2 * (1.0f - blend));
    }


      31.13 remap_opencl

Remap pixels using 2nd: Xmap and 3rd: Ymap input video stream.

Destination pixel at position (X, Y) will be picked from source (x, y)
position where x = Xmap(X, Y) and y = Ymap(X, Y). If mapping values are
out of range, zero value for pixel will be used for destination pixel.

Xmap and Ymap input video streams must be of same dimensions. Output
video stream will have Xmap/Ymap video stream dimensions. Xmap and Ymap
input video streams are 32bit float pixel format, single channel.

interp

    Specify interpolation used for remapping of pixels. Allowed values
    are |near| and |linear|. Default value is |linear|.

fill

    Specify the color of the unmapped pixels. For the syntax of this
    option, check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Color" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#color-syntax>.
    Default color is |black|.


      31.14 roberts_opencl

Apply the Roberts cross operator (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberts_cross

) to input video stream.

The filter accepts the following option:

planes

    Set which planes to filter. Default value is |0xf|, by which all
    planes are processed.

scale

    Set value which will be multiplied with filtered result. Range is
    |[0.0, 65535]| and default value is |1.0|.

delta

    Set value which will be added to filtered result. Range is |[-65535,
    65535]| and default value is |0.0|.

  *
    Example

    <#Example-4>


        31.14.1 Example

  * Apply the Roberts cross operator with scale set to 2 and delta set
    to 10

    -i INPUT -vf "hwupload, roberts_opencl=scale=2:delta=10, hwdownload" OUTPUT


      31.15 sobel_opencl

Apply the Sobel operator (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobel_operator

) to input video stream.

The filter accepts the following option:

planes

    Set which planes to filter. Default value is |0xf|, by which all
    planes are processed.

scale

    Set value which will be multiplied with filtered result. Range is
    |[0.0, 65535]| and default value is |1.0|.

delta

    Set value which will be added to filtered result. Range is |[-65535,
    65535]| and default value is |0.0|.

  *
    Example

    <#Example-5>


        31.15.1 Example

  * Apply sobel operator with scale set to 2 and delta set to 10

    -i INPUT -vf "hwupload, sobel_opencl=scale=2:delta=10, hwdownload" OUTPUT


      31.16 tonemap_opencl

Perform HDR(PQ/HLG) to SDR conversion with tone-mapping.

It accepts the following parameters:

tonemap

    Specify the tone-mapping operator to be used. Same as tonemap option in
    tonemap

    <#tonemap>.

param

    Tune the tone mapping algorithm. same as param option in
    tonemap

    <#tonemap>.

desat

    Apply desaturation for highlights that exceed this level of
    brightness. The higher the parameter, the more color information
    will be preserved. This setting helps prevent unnaturally blown-out
    colors for super-highlights, by (smoothly) turning into white
    instead. This makes images feel more natural, at the cost of
    reducing information about out-of-range colors.

    The default value is 0.5, and the algorithm here is a little
    different from the cpu version tonemap currently. A setting of 0.0
    disables this option.

threshold

    The tonemapping algorithm parameters is fine-tuned per each scene.
    And a threshold is used to detect whether the scene has changed or
    not. If the distance between the current frame average brightness
    and the current running average exceeds a threshold value, we would
    re-calculate scene average and peak brightness. The default value is
    0.2.

format

    Specify the output pixel format.

    Currently supported formats are:

    p010
    nv12

range, r

    Set the output color range.

    Possible values are:

    tv/mpeg
    pc/jpeg

    Default is same as input.

primaries, p

    Set the output color primaries.

    Possible values are:

    bt709
    bt2020

    Default is same as input.

transfer, t

    Set the output transfer characteristics.

    Possible values are:

    bt709
    bt2020

    Default is bt709.

matrix, m

    Set the output colorspace matrix.

    Possible value are:

    bt709
    bt2020

    Default is same as input.

  *
    Example

    <#Example-6>


        31.16.1 Example

  * Convert HDR(PQ/HLG) video to bt2020-transfer-characteristic p010
    format using linear operator.

    -i INPUT -vf "format=p010,hwupload,tonemap_opencl=t=bt2020:tonemap=linear:format=p010,hwdownload,format=p010" OUTPUT


      31.17 unsharp_opencl

Sharpen or blur the input video.

It accepts the following parameters:

luma_msize_x, lx

    Set the luma matrix horizontal size. Range is |[1, 23]| and default
    value is |5|.

luma_msize_y, ly

    Set the luma matrix vertical size. Range is |[1, 23]| and default
    value is |5|.

luma_amount, la

    Set the luma effect strength. Range is |[-10, 10]| and default value
    is |1.0|.

    Negative values will blur the input video, while positive values
    will sharpen it, a value of zero will disable the effect.

chroma_msize_x, cx

    Set the chroma matrix horizontal size. Range is |[1, 23]| and
    default value is |5|.

chroma_msize_y, cy

    Set the chroma matrix vertical size. Range is |[1, 23]| and default
    value is |5|.

chroma_amount, ca

    Set the chroma effect strength. Range is |[-10, 10]| and default
    value is |0.0|.

    Negative values will blur the input video, while positive values
    will sharpen it, a value of zero will disable the effect.

All parameters are optional and default to the equivalent of the string
’5:5:1.0:5:5:0.0’.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-161>


        31.17.1 Examples

  * Apply strong luma sharpen effect:

    -i INPUT -vf "hwupload, unsharp_opencl=luma_msize_x=7:luma_msize_y=7:luma_amount=2.5, hwdownload" OUTPUT

  * Apply a strong blur of both luma and chroma parameters:

    -i INPUT -vf "hwupload, unsharp_opencl=7:7:-2:7:7:-2, hwdownload" OUTPUT


      31.18 xfade_opencl

Cross fade two videos with custom transition effect by using OpenCL.

It accepts the following options:

transition

    Set one of possible transition effects.

    custom

        Select custom transition effect, the actual transition
        description will be picked from source and kernel options.

    fade
    wipeleft
    wiperight
    wipeup
    wipedown
    slideleft
    slideright
    slideup
    slidedown

        Default transition is fade.

source

    OpenCL program source file for custom transition.

kernel

    Set name of kernel to use for custom transition from program source
    file.

duration

    Set duration of video transition.

offset

    Set time of start of transition relative to first video.

The program source file must contain a kernel function with the given
name, which will be run once for each plane of the output. Each run on a
plane gets enqueued as a separate 2D global NDRange with one work-item
for each pixel to be generated. The global ID offset for each work-item
is therefore the coordinates of a pixel in the destination image.

The kernel function needs to take the following arguments:

  * Destination image, __write_only image2d_t.

    This image will become the output; the kernel should write all of it.

  * First Source image, __read_only image2d_t. Second Source image,
    __read_only image2d_t.

    These are the most recent images on each input. The kernel may read
    from them to generate the output, but they can’t be written to.

  * Transition progress, float. This value is always between 0 and 1
    inclusive. 

Example programs:

  * Apply dots curtain transition effect:

    __kernel void blend_images(__write_only image2d_t dst,
                               __read_only  image2d_t src1,
                               __read_only  image2d_t src2,
                               float progress)
    {
        const sampler_t sampler = (CLK_NORMALIZED_COORDS_FALSE |
                                   CLK_FILTER_LINEAR);
        int2  p = (int2)(get_global_id(0), get_global_id(1));
        float2 rp = (float2)(get_global_id(0), get_global_id(1));
        float2 dim = (float2)(get_image_dim(src1).x, get_image_dim(src1).y);
        rp = rp / dim;

        float2 dots = (float2)(20.0, 20.0);
        float2 center = (float2)(0,0);
        float2 unused;

        float4 val1 = read_imagef(src1, sampler, p);
        float4 val2 = read_imagef(src2, sampler, p);
        bool next = distance(fract(rp * dots, &unused), (float2)(0.5, 0.5)) < (progress / distance(rp, center));

        write_imagef(dst, p, next ? val1 : val2);
    }


    32 VAAPI Video Filters

VAAPI Video filters are usually used with VAAPI decoder and VAAPI
encoder. Below is a description of VAAPI video filters.

To enable compilation of these filters you need to configure FFmpeg with
|--enable-vaapi|.

To use vaapi filters, you need to setup the vaapi device correctly. For
more information, please read
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Hardware/VAAPI

  *
    overlay_vaapi

    <#overlay_005fvaapi>
  *
    tonemap_vaapi

    <#tonemap_005fvaapi>
  *
    hstack_vaapi

    <#hstack_005fvaapi>
  *
    vstack_vaapi

    <#vstack_005fvaapi>
  *
    xstack_vaapi

    <#xstack_005fvaapi>


      32.1 overlay_vaapi

Overlay one video on the top of another.

It takes two inputs and has one output. The first input is the "main"
video on which the second input is overlaid.

The filter accepts the following options:

x
y

    Set expressions for the x and y coordinates of the overlaid video on
    the main video.

    Default value is "0" for both expressions.

w
h

    Set expressions for the width and height the overlaid video on the
    main video.

    Default values are ’overlay_iw’ for ’w’ and
    ’overlay_ih*w/overlay_iw’ for ’h’.

    The expressions can contain the following parameters:

    main_w, W
    main_h, H

        The main input width and height.

    overlay_iw
    overlay_ih

        The overlay input width and height.

    overlay_w, w
    overlay_h, h

        The overlay output width and height.

    overlay_x, x
    overlay_y, y

        Position of the overlay layer inside of main

alpha

    Set transparency of overlaid video. Allowed range is 0.0 to 1.0.
    Higher value means lower transparency. Default value is |1.0|.

eof_action

    See
    framesync

    <#framesync>.

shortest

    See
    framesync

    <#framesync>.

repeatlast

    See
    framesync

    <#framesync>.

This filter also supports the
framesync

<#framesync> options.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-162>


        32.1.1 Examples

  * Overlay an image LOGO at the top-left corner of the INPUT video.
    Both inputs for this filter are yuv420p format.

    -i INPUT -i LOGO -filter_complex "[0:v]hwupload[a], [1:v]format=yuv420p, hwupload[b], [a][b]overlay_vaapi" OUTPUT

  * Overlay an image LOGO at the offset (200, 100) from the top-left
    corner of the INPUT video. The inputs have same memory layout for
    color channels, the overlay has additional alpha plane, like INPUT
    is yuv420p, and the LOGO is yuva420p.

    -i INPUT -i LOGO -filter_complex "[0:v]hwupload[a], [1:v]format=yuva420p, hwupload[b], [a][b]overlay_vaapi=x=200:y=100:w=400:h=300:alpha=1.0, hwdownload, format=nv12" OUTPUT


      32.2 tonemap_vaapi

Perform HDR(High Dynamic Range) to SDR(Standard Dynamic Range)
conversion with tone-mapping. It maps the dynamic range of HDR10 content
to the SDR content. It currently only accepts HDR10 as input.

It accepts the following parameters:

format

    Specify the output pixel format.

    Currently supported formats are:

    p010
    nv12

    Default is nv12.

primaries, p

    Set the output color primaries.

    Default is same as input.

transfer, t

    Set the output transfer characteristics.

    Default is bt709.

matrix, m

    Set the output colorspace matrix.

    Default is same as input.

  *
    Example

    <#Example-7>


        32.2.1 Example

  * Convert HDR(HDR10) video to bt2020-transfer-characteristic p010 format

    tonemap_vaapi=format=p010:t=bt2020-10


      32.3 hstack_vaapi

Stack input videos horizontally.

This is the VA-API variant of the
hstack

<#hstack> filter, each input stream may have different height, this
filter will scale down/up each input stream while keeping the orignal
aspect.

It accepts the following options:

inputs

    See
    hstack

    <#hstack>.

shortest

    See
    hstack

    <#hstack>.

height

    Set height of output. If set to 0, this filter will set height of
    output to height of the first input stream. Default value is 0.


      32.4 vstack_vaapi

Stack input videos vertically.

This is the VA-API variant of the
vstack

<#vstack> filter, each input stream may have different width, this
filter will scale down/up each input stream while keeping the orignal
aspect.

It accepts the following options:

inputs

    See
    vstack

    <#vstack>.

shortest

    See
    vstack

    <#vstack>.

width

    Set width of output. If set to 0, this filter will set width of
    output to width of the first input stream. Default value is 0.


      32.5 xstack_vaapi

Stack video inputs into custom layout.

This is the VA-API variant of the
xstack

<#xstack> filter, each input stream may have different size, this filter
will scale down/up each input stream to the given output size, or the
size of the first input stream.

It accepts the following options:

inputs

    See
    xstack

    <#xstack>.

shortest

    See
    xstack

    <#xstack>.

layout

    See
    xstack

    <#xstack>. Moreover, this permits the user to supply output size for
    each input stream.

    xstack_vaapi=inputs=4:layout=0_0_1920x1080|0_h0_1920x1080|w0_0_1920x1080|w0_h0_1920x1080

grid

    See
    xstack

    <#xstack>.

grid_tile_size

    Set output size for each input stream when grid is set. If this
    option is not set, this filter will set output size by default to
    the size of the first input stream. For the syntax of this option,
    check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Video size" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#video-size-syntax>.


fill

    See
    xstack

    <#xstack>.


    33 Vulkan Video Filters

Below is a description of the currently available Vulkan video filters.

To enable compilation of these filters you need to configure FFmpeg with
|--enable-vulkan| and either |--enable-libglslang| or
|--enable-libshaderc|.

Running Vulkan filters requires you to initialize a hardware device and
to pass that device to all filters in any filter graph.

-init_hw_device vulkan[=name][:device[,key=value...]]

    Initialise a new hardware device of type vulkan called name, using
    the given device parameters and options in key=value. The following
    options are supported:

    debug

        Switches validation layers on if set to 1.

    linear_images

        Allocates linear images. Does not apply to decoding.

    disable_multiplane

        Disables multiplane images. Does not apply to decoding.

-filter_hw_device name

    Pass the hardware device called name to all filters in any filter
    graph.

For more detailed information see
https://www.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.html#Advanced-Video-options

  * Example of choosing the first device and running nlmeans_vulkan
    filter with default parameters on it.

    -init_hw_device vulkan=vk:0 -filter_hw_device vk -i INPUT -vf "hwupload,nlmeans_vulkan,hwdownload" OUTPUT

As Vulkan filters are not able to access frame data in normal memory,
all frame data needs to be uploaded (
hwupload

<#hwupload>) to hardware surfaces connected to the appropriate device
before being used and then downloaded (
hwdownload

<#hwdownload>) back to normal memory. Note that
hwupload

<#hwupload> will upload to a frame with the same layout as the software
frame, so it may be necessary to add a
format

<#format> filter immediately before to get the input into the right
format and
hwdownload

<#hwdownload> does not support all formats on the output - it is usually
necessary to insert an additional
format

<#format> filter immediately following in the graph to get the output in
a supported format.

  *
    avgblur_vulkan

    <#avgblur_005fvulkan>
  *
    blend_vulkan

    <#blend_005fvulkan>
  *
    bwdif_vulkan

    <#bwdif_005fvulkan>
  *
    chromaber_vulkan

    <#chromaber_005fvulkan>
  *
    color_vulkan

    <#color_005fvulkan>
  *
    vflip_vulkan

    <#vflip_005fvulkan>
  *
    hflip_vulkan

    <#hflip_005fvulkan>
  *
    flip_vulkan

    <#flip_005fvulkan>
  *
    gblur_vulkan

    <#gblur_005fvulkan>
  *
    nlmeans_vulkan

    <#nlmeans_005fvulkan>
  *
    overlay_vulkan

    <#overlay_005fvulkan>
  *
    transpose_vt

    <#transpose_005fvt>
  *
    transpose_vulkan

    <#transpose_005fvulkan>


      33.1 avgblur_vulkan

Apply an average blur filter, implemented on the GPU using Vulkan.

The filter accepts the following options:

sizeX

    Set horizontal radius size. Range is |[1, 32]| and default value is
    |3|.

sizeY

    Set vertical radius size. Range is |[1, 32]| and default value is |3|.

planes

    Set which planes to filter. Default value is |0xf|, by which all
    planes are processed.


      33.2 blend_vulkan

Blend two Vulkan frames into each other.

The |blend| filter takes two input streams and outputs one stream, the
first input is the "top" layer and second input is "bottom" layer. By
default, the output terminates when the longest input terminates.

A description of the accepted options follows.

c0_mode
c1_mode
c2_mode
c3_mode
all_mode

    Set blend mode for specific pixel component or all pixel components
    in case of all_mode. Default value is |normal|.

    Available values for component modes are:

    ‘normal’
    ‘multiply’


      33.3 bwdif_vulkan

Deinterlacer using
bwdif

<#bwdif>, the "Bob Weaver Deinterlacing Filter" algorithm, implemented
on the GPU using Vulkan.

It accepts the following parameters:

mode

    The interlacing mode to adopt. It accepts one of the following values:

    0, send_frame

        Output one frame for each frame.

    1, send_field

        Output one frame for each field.

    The default value is |send_field|.

parity

    The picture field parity assumed for the input interlaced video. It
    accepts one of the following values:

    0, tff

        Assume the top field is first.

    1, bff

        Assume the bottom field is first.

    -1, auto

        Enable automatic detection of field parity.

    The default value is |auto|. If the interlacing is unknown or the
    decoder does not export this information, top field first will be
    assumed.

deint

    Specify which frames to deinterlace. Accepts one of the following
    values:

    0, all

        Deinterlace all frames.

    1, interlaced

        Only deinterlace frames marked as interlaced.

    The default value is |all|.


      33.4 chromaber_vulkan

Apply an effect that emulates chromatic aberration. Works best with RGB
inputs, but provides a similar effect with YCbCr inputs too.

dist_x

    Horizontal displacement multiplier. Each chroma pixel’s position
    will be multiplied by this amount, starting from the center of the
    image. Default is |0|.

dist_y

    Similarly, this sets the vertical displacement multiplier. Default
    is |0|.


      33.5 color_vulkan

Video source that creates a Vulkan frame of a solid color. Useful for
benchmarking, or overlaying.

It accepts the following parameters:

color

    The color to use. Either a name, or a hexadecimal value. The default
    value is |black|.

size

    The size of the output frame. Default value is |1920x1080|.

rate

    The framerate to output at. Default value is |60| frames per second.

duration

    The video duration. Default value is |-0.000001|.

sar

    The video signal aspect ratio. Default value is |1/1|.

format

    The pixel format of the output Vulkan frames. Default value is
    |yuv444p|.

out_range

    Set the output YCbCr sample range.

    This allows the autodetected value to be overridden as well as
    allows forcing a specific value used for the output and encoder. If
    not specified, the range depends on the pixel format. Possible values:

    ‘auto/unknown’

        Choose automatically.

    ‘jpeg/full/pc’

        Set full range (0-255 in case of 8-bit luma).

    ‘mpeg/limited/tv’

        Set "MPEG" range (16-235 in case of 8-bit luma).


      33.6 vflip_vulkan

Flips an image vertically.


      33.7 hflip_vulkan

Flips an image horizontally.


      33.8 flip_vulkan

Flips an image along both the vertical and horizontal axis.


      33.9 gblur_vulkan

Apply Gaussian blur filter on Vulkan frames.

The filter accepts the following options:

sigma

    Set horizontal sigma, standard deviation of Gaussian blur. Default
    is |0.5|.

sigmaV

    Set vertical sigma, if negative it will be same as |sigma|. Default
    is |-1|.

planes

    Set which planes to filter. By default all planes are filtered.

size

    Set the kernel size along the horizontal axis. Default is |19|.

sizeV

    Set the kernel size along the vertical axis. Default is |0|, which
    sets to use the same value as size.


      33.10 nlmeans_vulkan

Denoise frames using Non-Local Means algorithm, implemented on the GPU
using Vulkan. Supports more pixel formats than
nlmeans

<#nlmeans> or
nlmeans_opencl

<#nlmeans_005fopencl>, including alpha channel support.

The filter accepts the following options.

s

    Set denoising strength for all components. Default is 1.0. Must be
    in range [1.0, 100.0].

p

    Set patch size for all planes. Default is 7. Must be odd number in
    range [0, 99].

r

    Set research size. Default is 15. Must be odd number in range [0, 99].

t

    Set parallelism. Default is 36. Must be a number in the range [1,
    168]. Larger values may speed up processing, at the cost of more
    VRAM. Lower values will slow it down, reducing VRAM usage. Only
    supported on GPUs with atomic float operations (RDNA3+, Ampere+).

s0
s1
s2
s3

    Set denoising strength for a specific component. Default is 1, equal
    to s. Must be odd number in range [1, 100].

p0
p1
p2
p3

    Set patch size for a specific component. Default is 7, equal to p.
    Must be odd number in range [0, 99].


      33.11 overlay_vulkan

Overlay one video on top of another.

It takes two inputs and has one output. The first input is the "main"
video on which the second input is overlaid. This filter requires all
inputs to use the same pixel format. So, format conversion may be needed.

The filter accepts the following options:

x

    Set the x coordinate of the overlaid video on the main video.
    Default value is |0|.

y

    Set the y coordinate of the overlaid video on the main video.
    Default value is |0|.


      33.12 transpose_vt

Transpose rows with columns in the input video and optionally flip it.
For more in depth examples see the
transpose

<#transpose> video filter, which shares mostly the same options.

It accepts the following parameters:

dir

    Specify the transposition direction.

    Can assume the following values:

    ‘cclock_flip’

        Rotate by 90 degrees counterclockwise and vertically flip.
        (default)

    ‘clock’

        Rotate by 90 degrees clockwise.

    ‘cclock’

        Rotate by 90 degrees counterclockwise.

    ‘clock_flip’

        Rotate by 90 degrees clockwise and vertically flip.

    ‘hflip’

        Flip the input video horizontally.

    ‘vflip’

        Flip the input video vertically.

passthrough

    Do not apply the transposition if the input geometry matches the one
    specified by the specified value. It accepts the following values:

    ‘none’

        Always apply transposition. (default)

    ‘portrait’

        Preserve portrait geometry (when height >= width).

    ‘landscape’

        Preserve landscape geometry (when width >= height).


      33.13 transpose_vulkan

Transpose rows with columns in the input video and optionally flip it.
For more in depth examples see the
transpose

<#transpose> video filter, which shares mostly the same options.

It accepts the following parameters:

dir

    Specify the transposition direction.

    Can assume the following values:

    ‘cclock_flip’

        Rotate by 90 degrees counterclockwise and vertically flip.
        (default)

    ‘clock’

        Rotate by 90 degrees clockwise.

    ‘cclock’

        Rotate by 90 degrees counterclockwise.

    ‘clock_flip’

        Rotate by 90 degrees clockwise and vertically flip.

passthrough

    Do not apply the transposition if the input geometry matches the one
    specified by the specified value. It accepts the following values:

    ‘none’

        Always apply transposition. (default)

    ‘portrait’

        Preserve portrait geometry (when height >= width).

    ‘landscape’

        Preserve landscape geometry (when width >= height).


    34 QSV Video Filters

Below is a description of the currently available QSV video filters.

To enable compilation of these filters you need to configure FFmpeg with
|--enable-libmfx| or |--enable-libvpl|.

To use QSV filters, you need to setup the QSV device correctly. For more
information, please read
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Hardware/QuickSync

  *
    hstack_qsv

    <#hstack_005fqsv>
  *
    vstack_qsv

    <#vstack_005fqsv>
  *
    xstack_qsv

    <#xstack_005fqsv>


      34.1 hstack_qsv

Stack input videos horizontally.

This is the QSV variant of the
hstack

<#hstack> filter, each input stream may have different height, this
filter will scale down/up each input stream while keeping the orignal
aspect.

It accepts the following options:

inputs

    See
    hstack

    <#hstack>.

shortest

    See
    hstack

    <#hstack>.

height

    Set height of output. If set to 0, this filter will set height of
    output to height of the first input stream. Default value is 0.


      34.2 vstack_qsv

Stack input videos vertically.

This is the QSV variant of the
vstack

<#vstack> filter, each input stream may have different width, this
filter will scale down/up each input stream while keeping the orignal
aspect.

It accepts the following options:

inputs

    See
    vstack

    <#vstack>.

shortest

    See
    vstack

    <#vstack>.

width

    Set width of output. If set to 0, this filter will set width of
    output to width of the first input stream. Default value is 0.


      34.3 xstack_qsv

Stack video inputs into custom layout.

This is the QSV variant of the
xstack

<#xstack> filter.

It accepts the following options:

inputs

    See
    xstack

    <#xstack>.

shortest

    See
    xstack

    <#xstack>.

layout

    See
    xstack

    <#xstack>. Moreover, this permits the user to supply output size for
    each input stream.

    xstack_qsv=inputs=4:layout=0_0_1920x1080|0_h0_1920x1080|w0_0_1920x1080|w0_h0_1920x1080

grid

    See
    xstack

    <#xstack>.

grid_tile_size

    Set output size for each input stream when grid is set. If this
    option is not set, this filter will set output size by default to
    the size of the first input stream. For the syntax of this option,
    check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Video size" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#video-size-syntax>.


fill

    See
    xstack

    <#xstack>.


    35 Video Sources

Below is a description of the currently available video sources.

  *
    buffer

    <#buffer>
  *
    cellauto

    <#cellauto>
  *
    coreimagesrc

    <#coreimagesrc-1>
  *
    ddagrab

    <#ddagrab>
  *
    gradients

    <#gradients>
  *
    mandelbrot

    <#mandelbrot>
  *
    mptestsrc

    <#mptestsrc>
  *
    frei0r_src

    <#frei0r_005fsrc>
  *
    life

    <#life>
  *
    allrgb, allyuv, color, colorchart, colorspectrum, haldclutsrc,
    nullsrc, pal75bars, pal100bars, rgbtestsrc, smptebars, smptehdbars,
    testsrc, testsrc2, yuvtestsrc

    <#allrgb_002c-allyuv_002c-color_002c-colorchart_002c-colorspectrum_002c-haldclutsrc_002c-nullsrc_002c-pal75bars_002c-pal100bars_002c-rgbtestsrc_002c-smptebars_002c-smptehdbars_002c-testsrc_002c-testsrc2_002c-yuvtestsrc>
  *
    openclsrc

    <#openclsrc>
  *
    sierpinski

    <#sierpinski>
  *
    zoneplate

    <#zoneplate>


      35.1 buffer

Buffer video frames, and make them available to the filter chain.

This source is mainly intended for a programmatic use, in particular
through the interface defined in libavfilter/buffersrc.h.

It accepts the following parameters:

video_size

    Specify the size (width and height) of the buffered video frames.
    For the syntax of this option, check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Video size" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#video-size-syntax>.


width

    The input video width.

height

    The input video height.

pix_fmt

    A string representing the pixel format of the buffered video frames.
    It may be a number corresponding to a pixel format, or a pixel
    format name.

time_base

    Specify the timebase assumed by the timestamps of the buffered frames.

frame_rate

    Specify the frame rate expected for the video stream.

pixel_aspect, sar

    The sample (pixel) aspect ratio of the input video.

hw_frames_ctx

    When using a hardware pixel format, this should be a reference to an
    AVHWFramesContext describing input frames.

For example:

buffer=width=320:height=240:pix_fmt=yuv410p:time_base=1/24:sar=1

will instruct the source to accept video frames with size 320x240 and
with format "yuv410p", assuming 1/24 as the timestamps timebase and
square pixels (1:1 sample aspect ratio). Since the pixel format with
name "yuv410p" corresponds to the number 6 (check the enum AVPixelFormat
definition in libavutil/pixfmt.h), this example corresponds to:

buffer=size=320x240:pixfmt=6:time_base=1/24:pixel_aspect=1/1

Alternatively, the options can be specified as a flat string, but this
syntax is deprecated:

width:height:pix_fmt:time_base.num:time_base.den:pixel_aspect.num:pixel_aspect.den



      35.2 cellauto

Create a pattern generated by an elementary cellular automaton.

The initial state of the cellular automaton can be defined through the
filename and pattern options. If such options are not specified an
initial state is created randomly.

At each new frame a new row in the video is filled with the result of
the cellular automaton next generation. The behavior when the whole
frame is filled is defined by the scroll option.

This source accepts the following options:

filename, f

    Read the initial cellular automaton state, i.e. the starting row,
    from the specified file. In the file, each non-whitespace character
    is considered an alive cell, a newline will terminate the row, and
    further characters in the file will be ignored.

pattern, p

    Read the initial cellular automaton state, i.e. the starting row,
    from the specified string.

    Each non-whitespace character in the string is considered an alive
    cell, a newline will terminate the row, and further characters in
    the string will be ignored.

rate, r

    Set the video rate, that is the number of frames generated per
    second. Default is 25.

random_fill_ratio, ratio

    Set the random fill ratio for the initial cellular automaton row. It
    is a floating point number value ranging from 0 to 1, defaults to
    1/PHI.

    This option is ignored when a file or a pattern is specified.

random_seed, seed

    Set the seed for filling randomly the initial row, must be an
    integer included between 0 and UINT32_MAX. If not specified, or if
    explicitly set to -1, the filter will try to use a good random seed
    on a best effort basis.

rule

    Set the cellular automaton rule, it is a number ranging from 0 to
    255. Default value is 110.

size, s

    Set the size of the output video. For the syntax of this option,
    check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Video size" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#video-size-syntax>.


    If filename or pattern is specified, the size is set by default to
    the width of the specified initial state row, and the height is set
    to width * PHI.

    If size is set, it must contain the width of the specified pattern
    string, and the specified pattern will be centered in the larger row.

    If a filename or a pattern string is not specified, the size value
    defaults to "320x518" (used for a randomly generated initial state).

scroll

    If set to 1, scroll the output upward when all the rows in the
    output have been already filled. If set to 0, the new generated row
    will be written over the top row just after the bottom row is
    filled. Defaults to 1.

start_full, full

    If set to 1, completely fill the output with generated rows before
    outputting the first frame. This is the default behavior, for
    disabling set the value to 0.

stitch

    If set to 1, stitch the left and right row edges together. This is
    the default behavior, for disabling set the value to 0.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-163>


        35.2.1 Examples

  * Read the initial state from pattern, and specify an output of size
    200x400.

    cellauto=f=pattern:s=200x400

  * Generate a random initial row with a width of 200 cells, with a fill
    ratio of 2/3:

    cellauto=ratio=2/3:s=200x200

  * Create a pattern generated by rule 18 starting by a single alive
    cell centered on an initial row with width 100:

    cellauto=p=@:s=100x400:full=0:rule=18

  * Specify a more elaborated initial pattern:

    cellauto=p='@@ @ @@':s=100x400:full=0:rule=18


      35.3 coreimagesrc

Video source generated on GPU using Apple’s CoreImage API on OSX.

This video source is a specialized version of the
coreimage

<#coreimage> video filter. Use a core image generator at the beginning
of the applied filterchain to generate the content.

The coreimagesrc video source accepts the following options:

list_generators

    List all available generators along with all their respective
    options as well as possible minimum and maximum values along with
    the default values.

    list_generators=true

size, s

    Specify the size of the sourced video. For the syntax of this
    option, check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Video size" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#video-size-syntax>.
    The default value is |320x240|.

rate, r

    Specify the frame rate of the sourced video, as the number of frames
    generated per second. It has to be a string in the format
    frame_rate_num/frame_rate_den, an integer number, a floating point
    number or a valid video frame rate abbreviation. The default value
    is "25".

sar

    Set the sample aspect ratio of the sourced video.

duration, d

    Set the duration of the sourced video. See
    (ffmpeg-utils)the Time duration section in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#time-duration-syntax>
    for the accepted syntax.

    If not specified, or the expressed duration is negative, the video
    is supposed to be generated forever.

Additionally, all options of the
coreimage

<#coreimage> video filter are accepted. A complete filterchain can be
used for further processing of the generated input without CPU-HOST
transfer. See
coreimage

<#coreimage> documentation and examples for details.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-164>


        35.3.1 Examples

  * Use CIQRCodeGenerator to create a QR code for the FFmpeg homepage,
    given as complete and escaped command-line for Apple’s standard bash
    shell:

    ffmpeg -f lavfi -i coreimagesrc=s=100x100:filter=CIQRCodeGenerator@inputMessage=https\\\\\://FFmpeg.org/@inputCorrectionLevel=H -frames:v 1 QRCode.png

    This example is equivalent to the QRCode example of
    coreimage

    <#coreimage> without the need for a nullsrc video source.


      35.4 ddagrab

Captures the Windows Desktop via Desktop Duplication API.

The filter exclusively returns D3D11 Hardware Frames, for on-gpu
encoding or processing. So an explicit
hwdownload

<#hwdownload> is needed for any kind of software processing.

It accepts the following options:

output_idx

    DXGI Output Index to capture.

    Usually corresponds to the index Windows has given the screen minus
    one, so it’s starting at 0.

    Defaults to output 0.

draw_mouse

    Whether to draw the mouse cursor.

    Defaults to true.

    Only affects hardware cursors. If a game or application renders its
    own cursor, it’ll always be captured.

framerate

    Framerate at which the desktop will be captured.

    Defaults to 30 FPS.

video_size

    Specify the size of the captured video.

    Defaults to the full size of the screen.

    Cropped from the bottom/right if smaller than screen size.

offset_x

    Horizontal offset of the captured video.

offset_y

    Vertical offset of the captured video.

output_fmt

    Desired filter output format. Defaults to 8 Bit BGRA.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘auto’

        Passes all supported output formats to DDA and returns what DDA
        decides to use.

    ‘8bit’
    ‘bgra’

        8 Bit formats always work, and DDA will convert to them if
        neccesary.

    ‘10bit’
    ‘x2bgr10’

        Filter initialization will fail if 10 bit format is requested
        but unavailable.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-165>


        35.4.1 Examples

Capture primary screen and encode using nvenc:

ffmpeg -f lavfi -i ddagrab -c:v h264_nvenc -cq 18 output.mp4

You can also skip the lavfi device and directly use the filter. Also
demonstrates downloading the frame and encoding with libx264. Explicit
output format specification is required in this case:

ffmpeg -filter_complex ddagrab=output_idx=1:framerate=60,hwdownload,format=bgra -c:v libx264 -crf 18 output.mp4

If you want to capture only a subsection of the desktop, this can be
achieved by specifying a smaller size and its offsets into the screen:

ddagrab=video_size=800x600:offset_x=100:offset_y=100


      35.5 gradients

Generate several gradients.

size, s

    Set frame size. For the syntax of this option, check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Video size" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#video-size-syntax>.
    Default value is "640x480".

rate, r

    Set frame rate, expressed as number of frames per second. Default
    value is "25".

c0, c1, c2, c3, c4, c5, c6, c7

    Set 8 colors. Default values for colors is to pick random one.

x0, y0, y0, y1

    Set gradient line source and destination points. If negative or out
    of range, random ones are picked.

nb_colors, n

    Set number of colors to use at once. Allowed range is from 2 to 8.
    Default value is 2.

seed

    Set seed for picking gradient line points.

duration, d

    Set the duration of the sourced video. See
    (ffmpeg-utils)the Time duration section in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#time-duration-syntax>
    for the accepted syntax.

    If not specified, or the expressed duration is negative, the video
    is supposed to be generated forever.

speed

    Set speed of gradients rotation.

type, t

    Set type of gradients, can be |linear| or |radial| or |circular| or
    |spiral|.


      35.6 mandelbrot

Generate a Mandelbrot set fractal, and progressively zoom towards the
point specified with start_x and start_y.

This source accepts the following options:

end_pts

    Set the terminal pts value. Default value is 400.

end_scale

    Set the terminal scale value. Must be a floating point value.
    Default value is 0.3.

inner

    Set the inner coloring mode, that is the algorithm used to draw the
    Mandelbrot fractal internal region.

    It shall assume one of the following values:

    black

        Set black mode.

    convergence

        Show time until convergence.

    mincol

        Set color based on point closest to the origin of the iterations.

    period

        Set period mode.

    Default value is mincol.

bailout

    Set the bailout value. Default value is 10.0.

maxiter

    Set the maximum of iterations performed by the rendering algorithm.
    Default value is 7189.

outer

    Set outer coloring mode. It shall assume one of following values:

    iteration_count

        Set iteration count mode.

    normalized_iteration_count

        set normalized iteration count mode.

    Default value is normalized_iteration_count.

rate, r

    Set frame rate, expressed as number of frames per second. Default
    value is "25".

size, s

    Set frame size. For the syntax of this option, check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Video size" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#video-size-syntax>.
    Default value is "640x480".

start_scale

    Set the initial scale value. Default value is 3.0.

start_x

    Set the initial x position. Must be a floating point value between
    -100 and 100. Default value is -0.743643887037158704752191506114774.

start_y

    Set the initial y position. Must be a floating point value between
    -100 and 100. Default value is -0.131825904205311970493132056385139.


      35.7 mptestsrc

Generate various test patterns, as generated by the MPlayer test filter.

The size of the generated video is fixed, and is 256x256. This source is
useful in particular for testing encoding features.

This source accepts the following options:

rate, r

    Specify the frame rate of the sourced video, as the number of frames
    generated per second. It has to be a string in the format
    frame_rate_num/frame_rate_den, an integer number, a floating point
    number or a valid video frame rate abbreviation. The default value
    is "25".

duration, d

    Set the duration of the sourced video. See
    (ffmpeg-utils)the Time duration section in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#time-duration-syntax>
    for the accepted syntax.

    If not specified, or the expressed duration is negative, the video
    is supposed to be generated forever.

test, t

    Set the number or the name of the test to perform. Supported tests are:

    dc_luma
    dc_chroma
    freq_luma
    freq_chroma
    amp_luma
    amp_chroma
    cbp
    mv
    ring1
    ring2
    all
    max_frames, m

        Set the maximum number of frames generated for each test,
        default value is 30.

    Default value is "all", which will cycle through the list of all tests.

Some examples:

mptestsrc=t=dc_luma

will generate a "dc_luma" test pattern.


      35.8 frei0r_src

Provide a frei0r source.

To enable compilation of this filter you need to install the frei0r
header and configure FFmpeg with |--enable-frei0r|.

This source accepts the following parameters:

size

    The size of the video to generate. For the syntax of this option,
    check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Video size" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#video-size-syntax>.


framerate

    The framerate of the generated video. It may be a string of the form
    num/den or a frame rate abbreviation.

filter_name

    The name to the frei0r source to load. For more information
    regarding frei0r and how to set the parameters, read the
    frei0r

    <#frei0r> section in the video filters documentation.

filter_params

    A ’|’-separated list of parameters to pass to the frei0r source.

For example, to generate a frei0r partik0l source with size 200x200 and
frame rate 10 which is overlaid on the overlay filter main input:

frei0r_src=size=200x200:framerate=10:filter_name=partik0l:filter_params=1234 [overlay]; [in][overlay] overlay


      35.9 life

Generate a life pattern.

This source is based on a generalization of John Conway’s life game.

The sourced input represents a life grid, each pixel represents a cell
which can be in one of two possible states, alive or dead. Every cell
interacts with its eight neighbours, which are the cells that are
horizontally, vertically, or diagonally adjacent.

At each interaction the grid evolves according to the adopted rule,
which specifies the number of neighbor alive cells which will make a
cell stay alive or born. The rule option allows one to specify the rule
to adopt.

This source accepts the following options:

filename, f

    Set the file from which to read the initial grid state. In the file,
    each non-whitespace character is considered an alive cell, and
    newline is used to delimit the end of each row.

    If this option is not specified, the initial grid is generated
    randomly.

rate, r

    Set the video rate, that is the number of frames generated per
    second. Default is 25.

random_fill_ratio, ratio

    Set the random fill ratio for the initial random grid. It is a
    floating point number value ranging from 0 to 1, defaults to 1/PHI.
    It is ignored when a file is specified.

random_seed, seed

    Set the seed for filling the initial random grid, must be an integer
    included between 0 and UINT32_MAX. If not specified, or if
    explicitly set to -1, the filter will try to use a good random seed
    on a best effort basis.

rule

    Set the life rule.

    A rule can be specified with a code of the kind "SNS/BNB", where NS
    and NB are sequences of numbers in the range 0-8, NS specifies the
    number of alive neighbor cells which make a live cell stay alive,
    and NB the number of alive neighbor cells which make a dead cell to
    become alive (i.e. to "born"). "s" and "b" can be used in place of
    "S" and "B", respectively.

    Alternatively a rule can be specified by an 18-bits integer. The 9
    high order bits are used to encode the next cell state if it is
    alive for each number of neighbor alive cells, the low order bits
    specify the rule for "borning" new cells. Higher order bits encode
    for an higher number of neighbor cells. For example the number 6153
    = |(12<<9)+9| specifies a stay alive rule of 12 and a born rule of
    9, which corresponds to "S23/B03".

    Default value is "S23/B3", which is the original Conway’s game of
    life rule, and will keep a cell alive if it has 2 or 3 neighbor
    alive cells, and will born a new cell if there are three alive cells
    around a dead cell.

size, s

    Set the size of the output video. For the syntax of this option,
    check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Video size" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#video-size-syntax>.


    If filename is specified, the size is set by default to the same
    size of the input file. If size is set, it must contain the size
    specified in the input file, and the initial grid defined in that
    file is centered in the larger resulting area.

    If a filename is not specified, the size value defaults to "320x240"
    (used for a randomly generated initial grid).

stitch

    If set to 1, stitch the left and right grid edges together, and the
    top and bottom edges also. Defaults to 1.

mold

    Set cell mold speed. If set, a dead cell will go from death_color to
    mold_color with a step of mold. mold can have a value from 0 to 255.

life_color

    Set the color of living (or new born) cells.

death_color

    Set the color of dead cells. If mold is set, this is the first color
    used to represent a dead cell.

mold_color

    Set mold color, for definitely dead and moldy cells.

    For the syntax of these 3 color options, check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Color" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#color-syntax>.


  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-166>


        35.9.1 Examples

  * Read a grid from pattern, and center it on a grid of size 300x300
    pixels:

    life=f=pattern:s=300x300

  * Generate a random grid of size 200x200, with a fill ratio of 2/3:

    life=ratio=2/3:s=200x200

  * Specify a custom rule for evolving a randomly generated grid:

    life=rule=S14/B34

  * Full example with slow death effect (mold) using |ffplay|:

    ffplay -f lavfi life=s=300x200:mold=10:r=60:ratio=0.1:death_color=#C83232:life_color=#00ff00,scale=1200:800:flags=16


      35.10 allrgb, allyuv, color, colorchart, colorspectrum,
      haldclutsrc, nullsrc, pal75bars, pal100bars, rgbtestsrc,
      smptebars, smptehdbars, testsrc, testsrc2, yuvtestsrc

The |allrgb| source returns frames of size 4096x4096 of all rgb colors.

The |allyuv| source returns frames of size 4096x4096 of all yuv colors.

The |color| source provides an uniformly colored input.

The |colorchart| source provides a colors checker chart.

The |colorspectrum| source provides a color spectrum input.

The |haldclutsrc| source provides an identity Hald CLUT. See also
haldclut

<#haldclut> filter.

The |nullsrc| source returns unprocessed video frames. It is mainly
useful to be employed in analysis / debugging tools, or as the source
for filters which ignore the input data.

The |pal75bars| source generates a color bars pattern, based on EBU PAL
recommendations with 75% color levels.

The |pal100bars| source generates a color bars pattern, based on EBU PAL
recommendations with 100% color levels.

The |rgbtestsrc| source generates an RGB test pattern useful for
detecting RGB vs BGR issues. You should see a red, green and blue stripe
from top to bottom.

The |smptebars| source generates a color bars pattern, based on the
SMPTE Engineering Guideline EG 1-1990.

The |smptehdbars| source generates a color bars pattern, based on the
SMPTE RP 219-2002.

The |testsrc| source generates a test video pattern, showing a color
pattern, a scrolling gradient and a timestamp. This is mainly intended
for testing purposes.

The |testsrc2| source is similar to testsrc, but supports more pixel
formats instead of just |rgb24|. This allows using it as an input for
other tests without requiring a format conversion.

The |yuvtestsrc| source generates an YUV test pattern. You should see a
y, cb and cr stripe from top to bottom.

The sources accept the following parameters:

level

    Specify the level of the Hald CLUT, only available in the
    |haldclutsrc| source. A level of |N| generates a picture of |N*N*N|
    by |N*N*N| pixels to be used as identity matrix for 3D lookup
    tables. Each component is coded on a |1/(N*N)| scale.

color, c

    Specify the color of the source, only available in the |color|
    source. For the syntax of this option, check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Color" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#color-syntax>.


size, s

    Specify the size of the sourced video. For the syntax of this
    option, check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Video size" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#video-size-syntax>.
    The default value is |320x240|.

    This option is not available with the |allrgb|, |allyuv|, and
    |haldclutsrc| filters.

rate, r

    Specify the frame rate of the sourced video, as the number of frames
    generated per second. It has to be a string in the format
    frame_rate_num/frame_rate_den, an integer number, a floating point
    number or a valid video frame rate abbreviation. The default value
    is "25".

duration, d

    Set the duration of the sourced video. See
    (ffmpeg-utils)the Time duration section in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#time-duration-syntax>
    for the accepted syntax.

    If not specified, or the expressed duration is negative, the video
    is supposed to be generated forever.

    Since the frame rate is used as time base, all frames including the
    last one will have their full duration. If the specified duration is
    not a multiple of the frame duration, it will be rounded up.

sar

    Set the sample aspect ratio of the sourced video.

alpha

    Specify the alpha (opacity) of the background, only available in the
    |testsrc2| source. The value must be between 0 (fully transparent)
    and 255 (fully opaque, the default).

decimals, n

    Set the number of decimals to show in the timestamp, only available
    in the |testsrc| source.

    The displayed timestamp value will correspond to the original
    timestamp value multiplied by the power of 10 of the specified
    value. Default value is 0.

type

    Set the type of the color spectrum, only available in the
    |colorspectrum| source. Can be one of the following:

    ‘black’
    ‘white’
    ‘all’

patch_size

    Set patch size of single color patch, only available in the
    |colorchart| source. Default is |64x64|.

preset

    Set colorchecker colors preset, only available in the |colorchart|
    source.

    Available values are:

    ‘reference’
    ‘skintones’

    Default value is |reference|.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-167>
  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-157>


        35.10.1 Examples

  * Generate a video with a duration of 5.3 seconds, with size 176x144
    and a frame rate of 10 frames per second:

    testsrc=duration=5.3:size=qcif:rate=10

  * The following graph description will generate a red source with an
    opacity of 0.2, with size "qcif" and a frame rate of 10 frames per
    second:

    color=c=red@0.2:s=qcif:r=10

  * If the input content is to be ignored, |nullsrc| can be used. The
    following command generates noise in the luma plane by employing the
    |geq| filter:

    nullsrc=s=256x256, geq=random(1)*255:128:128


        35.10.2 Commands

The |color| source supports the following commands:

c, color

    Set the color of the created image. Accepts the same syntax of the
    corresponding color option.


      35.11 openclsrc

Generate video using an OpenCL program.

source

    OpenCL program source file.

kernel

    Kernel name in program.

size, s

    Size of frames to generate. This must be set.

format

    Pixel format to use for the generated frames. This must be set.

rate, r

    Number of frames generated every second. Default value is ’25’.

For details of how the program loading works, see the
program_opencl

<#program_005fopencl> filter.

Example programs:

  * Generate a colour ramp by setting pixel values from the position of
    the pixel in the output image. (Note that this will work with all
    pixel formats, but the generated output will not be the same.)

    __kernel void ramp(__write_only image2d_t dst,
                       unsigned int index)
    {
        int2 loc = (int2)(get_global_id(0), get_global_id(1));

        float4 val;
        val.xy = val.zw = convert_float2(loc) / convert_float2(get_image_dim(dst));

        write_imagef(dst, loc, val);
    }

  * Generate a Sierpinski carpet pattern, panning by a single pixel each
    frame.

    __kernel void sierpinski_carpet(__write_only image2d_t dst,
                                    unsigned int index)
    {
        int2 loc = (int2)(get_global_id(0), get_global_id(1));

        float4 value = 0.0f;
        int x = loc.x + index;
        int y = loc.y + index;
        while (x > 0 || y > 0) {
            if (x % 3 == 1 && y % 3 == 1) {
                value = 1.0f;
                break;
            }
            x /= 3;
            y /= 3;
        }

        write_imagef(dst, loc, value);
    }


      35.12 sierpinski

Generate a Sierpinski carpet/triangle fractal, and randomly pan around.

This source accepts the following options:

size, s

    Set frame size. For the syntax of this option, check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Video size" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#video-size-syntax>.
    Default value is "640x480".

rate, r

    Set frame rate, expressed as number of frames per second. Default
    value is "25".

seed

    Set seed which is used for random panning.

jump

    Set max jump for single pan destination. Allowed range is from 1 to
    10000.

type

    Set fractal type, can be default |carpet| or |triangle|.


      35.13 zoneplate

Generate a zoneplate test video pattern.

This source accepts the following options:

size, s

    Set frame size. For the syntax of this option, check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Video size" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#video-size-syntax>.
    Default value is "320x240".

rate, r

    Set frame rate, expressed as number of frames per second. Default
    value is "25".

duration, d

    Set the duration of the sourced video. See
    (ffmpeg-utils)the Time duration section in the ffmpeg-utils(1) manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#time-duration-syntax>
    for the accepted syntax.

    If not specified, or the expressed duration is negative, the video
    is supposed to be generated forever.

sar

    Set the sample aspect ratio of the sourced video.

precision

    Set precision in bits for look-up table for sine calculations.
    Default value is 10. Allowed range is from 4 to 16.

xo

    Set horizontal axis offset for output signal. Default value is 0.

yo

    Set vertical axis offset for output signal. Default value is 0.

to

    Set time axis offset for output signal. Default value is 0.

k0

    Set 0-order, constant added to signal phase. Default value is 0.

kx

    Set 1-order, phase factor multiplier for horizontal axis. Default
    value is 0.

ky

    Set 1-order, phase factor multiplier for vertical axis. Default
    value is 0.

kt

    Set 1-order, phase factor multiplier for time axis. Default value is 0.

kxt, kyt, kxy

    Set phase factor multipliers for combination of spatial and temporal
    axis. Default value is 0.

kx2

    Set 2-order, phase factor multiplier for horizontal axis. Default
    value is 0.

ky2

    Set 2-order, phase factor multiplier for vertical axis. Default
    value is 0.

kt2

    Set 2-order, phase factor multiplier for time axis. Default value is 0.

ku

    Set the constant added to final phase to produce chroma-blue
    component of signal. Default value is 0.

kv

    Set the constant added to final phase to produce chroma-red
    component of signal. Default value is 0.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-158>
  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-168>


        35.13.1 Commands

This source supports the some above options as
commands

<#commands>.


        35.13.2 Examples

  * Generate horizontal color sine sweep:

    zoneplate=ku=512:kv=0:kt2=0:kx2=256:s=wvga:xo=-426:kt=11

  * Generate vertical color sine sweep:

    zoneplate=ku=512:kv=0:kt2=0:ky2=156:s=wvga:yo=-240:kt=11

  * Generate circular zone-plate:

    zoneplate=ku=512:kv=100:kt2=0:ky2=256:kx2=556:s=wvga:yo=0:kt=11


    36 Video Sinks

Below is a description of the currently available video sinks.

  *
    buffersink

    <#buffersink>
  *
    nullsink

    <#nullsink>


      36.1 buffersink

Buffer video frames, and make them available to the end of the filter
graph.

This sink is mainly intended for programmatic use, in particular through
the interface defined in libavfilter/buffersink.h or the options system.

It accepts a pointer to an AVBufferSinkContext structure, which defines
the incoming buffers’ formats, to be passed as the opaque parameter to
|avfilter_init_filter| for initialization.


      36.2 nullsink

Null video sink: do absolutely nothing with the input video. It is
mainly useful as a template and for use in analysis / debugging tools.


    37 Multimedia Filters

Below is a description of the currently available multimedia filters.

  *
    a3dscope

    <#a3dscope>
  *
    abitscope

    <#abitscope>
  *
    adrawgraph

    <#adrawgraph>
  *
    agraphmonitor

    <#agraphmonitor>
  *
    ahistogram

    <#ahistogram>
  *
    aphasemeter

    <#aphasemeter>
  *
    avectorscope

    <#avectorscope>
  *
    bench, abench

    <#bench_002c-abench>
  *
    concat

    <#concat-3>
  *
    ebur128

    <#ebur128-1>
  *
    interleave, ainterleave

    <#interleave_002c-ainterleave>
  *
    latency, alatency

    <#latency_002c-alatency>
  *
    metadata, ametadata

    <#metadata_002c-ametadata>
  *
    perms, aperms

    <#perms_002c-aperms>
  *
    realtime, arealtime

    <#realtime_002c-arealtime>
  *
    segment, asegment

    <#segment_002c-asegment>
  *
    select, aselect

    <#select_002c-aselect>
  *
    sendcmd, asendcmd

    <#sendcmd_002c-asendcmd>
  *
    setpts, asetpts

    <#setpts_002c-asetpts>
  *
    setrange

    <#setrange>
  *
    settb, asettb

    <#settb_002c-asettb>
  *
    showcqt

    <#showcqt>
  *
    showcwt

    <#showcwt>
  *
    showfreqs

    <#showfreqs>
  *
    showspatial

    <#showspatial>
  *
    showspectrum

    <#showspectrum-1>
  *
    showspectrumpic

    <#showspectrumpic>
  *
    showvolume

    <#showvolume>
  *
    showwaves

    <#showwaves>
  *
    showwavespic

    <#showwavespic>
  *
    sidedata, asidedata

    <#sidedata_002c-asidedata>
  *
    spectrumsynth

    <#spectrumsynth>
  *
    split, asplit

    <#split_002c-asplit>
  *
    zmq, azmq

    <#zmq_002c-azmq>


      37.1 a3dscope

Convert input audio to 3d scope video output.

The filter accepts the following options:

rate, r

    Set frame rate, expressed as number of frames per second. Default
    value is "25".

size, s

    Specify the video size for the output. For the syntax of this
    option, check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Video size" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#video-size-syntax>.
    Default value is |hd720|.

fov

    Set the camera field of view. Default is 90 degrees. Allowed range
    is from 40 to 150.

roll

    Set the camera roll.

pitch

    Set the camera pitch.

yaw

    Set the camera yaw.

xzoom

    Set the camera zoom on X-axis.

yzoom

    Set the camera zoom on Y-axis.

zzoom

    Set the camera zoom on Z-axis.

xpos

    Set the camera position on X-axis.

ypos

    Set the camera position on Y-axis.

zpos

    Set the camera position on Z-axis.

length

    Set the length of displayed audio waves in number of frames.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-159>


        37.1.1 Commands

Filter supports the some above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      37.2 abitscope

Convert input audio to a video output, displaying the audio bit scope.

The filter accepts the following options:

rate, r

    Set frame rate, expressed as number of frames per second. Default
    value is "25".

size, s

    Specify the video size for the output. For the syntax of this
    option, check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Video size" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#video-size-syntax>.
    Default value is |1024x256|.

colors

    Specify list of colors separated by space or by ’|’ which will be
    used to draw channels. Unrecognized or missing colors will be
    replaced by white color.

mode, m

    Set output mode. Can be |bars| or |trace|. Default is |bars|.


      37.3 adrawgraph

Draw a graph using input audio metadata.

See
drawgraph

<#drawgraph>


      37.4 agraphmonitor

See
graphmonitor

<#graphmonitor>.


      37.5 ahistogram

Convert input audio to a video output, displaying the volume histogram.

The filter accepts the following options:

dmode

    Specify how histogram is calculated.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘single’

        Use single histogram for all channels.

    ‘separate’

        Use separate histogram for each channel.

    Default is |single|.

rate, r

    Set frame rate, expressed as number of frames per second. Default
    value is "25".

size, s

    Specify the video size for the output. For the syntax of this
    option, check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Video size" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#video-size-syntax>.
    Default value is |hd720|.

scale

    Set display scale.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘log’

        logarithmic

    ‘sqrt’

        square root

    ‘cbrt’

        cubic root

    ‘lin’

        linear

    ‘rlog’

        reverse logarithmic

    Default is |log|.

ascale

    Set amplitude scale.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘log’

        logarithmic

    ‘lin’

        linear

    Default is |log|.

acount

    Set how much frames to accumulate in histogram. Default is 1.
    Setting this to -1 accumulates all frames.

rheight

    Set histogram ratio of window height.

slide

    Set sonogram sliding.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘replace’

        replace old rows with new ones.

    ‘scroll’

        scroll from top to bottom.

    Default is |replace|.

hmode

    Set histogram mode.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘abs’

        Use absolute values of samples.

    ‘sign’

        Use untouched values of samples.

    Default is |abs|.


      37.6 aphasemeter

Measures phase of input audio, which is exported as metadata
|lavfi.aphasemeter.phase|, representing mean phase of current audio
frame. A video output can also be produced and is enabled by default.
The audio is passed through as first output.

Audio will be rematrixed to stereo if it has a different channel layout.
Phase value is in range |[-1, 1]| where |-1| means left and right
channels are completely out of phase and |1| means channels are in phase.

The filter accepts the following options, all related to its video output:

rate, r

    Set the output frame rate. Default value is |25|.

size, s

    Set the video size for the output. For the syntax of this option,
    check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Video size" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#video-size-syntax>.
    Default value is |800x400|.

rc
gc
bc

    Specify the red, green, blue contrast. Default values are |2|, |7|
    and |1|. Allowed range is |[0, 255]|.

mpc

    Set color which will be used for drawing median phase. If color is
    |none| which is default, no median phase value will be drawn.

video

    Enable video output. Default is enabled.

  *
    phasing detection

    <#phasing-detection>
  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-169>


        37.6.1 phasing detection

The filter also detects out of phase and mono sequences in stereo
streams. It logs the sequence start, end and duration when it lasts
longer or as long as the minimum set.

The filter accepts the following options for this detection:

phasing

    Enable mono and out of phase detection. Default is disabled.

tolerance, t

    Set phase tolerance for mono detection, in amplitude ratio. Default
    is |0|. Allowed range is |[0, 1]|.

angle, a

    Set angle threshold for out of phase detection, in degree. Default
    is |170|. Allowed range is |[90, 180]|.

duration, d

    Set mono or out of phase duration until notification, expressed in
    seconds. Default is |2|.


        37.6.2 Examples

  * Complete example with |ffmpeg| to detect 1 second of mono with 0.001
    phase tolerance:

    ffmpeg -i stereo.wav -af aphasemeter=video=0:phasing=1:duration=1:tolerance=0.001 -f null -


      37.7 avectorscope

Convert input audio to a video output, representing the audio vector scope.

The filter is used to measure the difference between channels of stereo
audio stream. A monaural signal, consisting of identical left and right
signal, results in straight vertical line. Any stereo separation is
visible as a deviation from this line, creating a Lissajous figure. If
the straight (or deviation from it) but horizontal line appears this
indicates that the left and right channels are out of phase.

The filter accepts the following options:

mode, m

    Set the vectorscope mode.

    Available values are:

    ‘lissajous’

        Lissajous rotated by 45 degrees.

    ‘lissajous_xy’

        Same as above but not rotated.

    ‘polar’

        Shape resembling half of circle.

    Default value is ‘lissajous’.

size, s

    Set the video size for the output. For the syntax of this option,
    check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Video size" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#video-size-syntax>.
    Default value is |400x400|.

rate, r

    Set the output frame rate. Default value is |25|.

rc
gc
bc
ac

    Specify the red, green, blue and alpha contrast. Default values are
    |40|, |160|, |80| and |255|. Allowed range is |[0, 255]|.

rf
gf
bf
af

    Specify the red, green, blue and alpha fade. Default values are
    |15|, |10|, |5| and |5|. Allowed range is |[0, 255]|.

zoom

    Set the zoom factor. Default value is |1|. Allowed range is |[0,
    10]|. Values lower than 1 will auto adjust zoom factor to maximal
    possible value.

draw

    Set the vectorscope drawing mode.

    Available values are:

    ‘dot’

        Draw dot for each sample.

    ‘line’

        Draw line between previous and current sample.

    ‘aaline’

        Draw anti-aliased line between previous and current sample.

    Default value is ‘dot’.

scale

    Specify amplitude scale of audio samples.

    Available values are:

    ‘lin’

        Linear.

    ‘sqrt’

        Square root.

    ‘cbrt’

        Cubic root.

    ‘log’

        Logarithmic.

swap

    Swap left channel axis with right channel axis.

mirror

    Mirror axis.

    ‘none’

        No mirror.

    ‘x’

        Mirror only x axis.

    ‘y’

        Mirror only y axis.

    ‘xy’

        Mirror both axis.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-170>
  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-160>


        37.7.1 Examples

  * Complete example using |ffplay|:

    ffplay -f lavfi 'amovie=input.mp3, asplit [a][out1];
                 [a] avectorscope=zoom=1.3:rc=2:gc=200:bc=10:rf=1:gf=8:bf=7 [out0]'


        37.7.2 Commands

This filter supports the all above options as commands except options
|size| and |rate|.


      37.8 bench, abench

Benchmark part of a filtergraph.

The filter accepts the following options:

action

    Start or stop a timer.

    Available values are:

    ‘start’

        Get the current time, set it as frame metadata (using the key
        |lavfi.bench.start_time|), and forward the frame to the next
        filter.

    ‘stop’

        Get the current time and fetch the |lavfi.bench.start_time|
        metadata from the input frame metadata to get the time
        difference. Time difference, average, maximum and minimum time
        (respectively |t|, |avg|, |max| and |min|) are then printed. The
        timestamps are expressed in seconds.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-171>


        37.8.1 Examples

  * Benchmark
    selectivecolor

    <#selectivecolor> filter:

    bench=start,selectivecolor=reds=-.2 .12 -.49,bench=stop


      37.9 concat

Concatenate audio and video streams, joining them together one after the
other.

The filter works on segments of synchronized video and audio streams.
All segments must have the same number of streams of each type, and that
will also be the number of streams at output.

The filter accepts the following options:

n

    Set the number of segments. Default is 2.

v

    Set the number of output video streams, that is also the number of
    video streams in each segment. Default is 1.

a

    Set the number of output audio streams, that is also the number of
    audio streams in each segment. Default is 0.

unsafe

    Activate unsafe mode: do not fail if segments have a different format.

The filter has v+a outputs: first v video outputs, then a audio outputs.

There are nx(v+a) inputs: first the inputs for the first segment, in the
same order as the outputs, then the inputs for the second segment, etc.

Related streams do not always have exactly the same duration, for
various reasons including codec frame size or sloppy authoring. For that
reason, related synchronized streams (e.g. a video and its audio track)
should be concatenated at once. The concat filter will use the duration
of the longest stream in each segment (except the last one), and if
necessary pad shorter audio streams with silence.

For this filter to work correctly, all segments must start at timestamp 0.

All corresponding streams must have the same parameters in all segments;
the filtering system will automatically select a common pixel format for
video streams, and a common sample format, sample rate and channel
layout for audio streams, but other settings, such as resolution, must
be converted explicitly by the user.

Different frame rates are acceptable but will result in variable frame
rate at output; be sure to configure the output file to handle it.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-172>
  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-161>


        37.9.1 Examples

  * Concatenate an opening, an episode and an ending, all in bilingual
    version (video in stream 0, audio in streams 1 and 2):

    ffmpeg -i opening.mkv -i episode.mkv -i ending.mkv -filter_complex \
      '[0:0] [0:1] [0:2] [1:0] [1:1] [1:2] [2:0] [2:1] [2:2]
       concat=n=3:v=1:a=2 [v] [a1] [a2]' \
      -map '[v]' -map '[a1]' -map '[a2]' output.mkv

  * Concatenate two parts, handling audio and video separately, using
    the (a)movie sources, and adjusting the resolution:

    movie=part1.mp4, scale=512:288 [v1] ; amovie=part1.mp4 [a1] ;
    movie=part2.mp4, scale=512:288 [v2] ; amovie=part2.mp4 [a2] ;
    [v1] [v2] concat [outv] ; [a1] [a2] concat=v=0:a=1 [outa]

    Note that a desync will happen at the stitch if the audio and video
    streams do not have exactly the same duration in the first file.


        37.9.2 Commands

This filter supports the following commands:

next

    Close the current segment and step to the next one


      37.10 ebur128

EBU R128 scanner filter. This filter takes an audio stream and analyzes
its loudness level. By default, it logs a message at a frequency of 10Hz
with the Momentary loudness (identified by |M|), Short-term loudness
(|S|), Integrated loudness (|I|) and Loudness Range (|LRA|).

The filter can only analyze streams which have sample format is
double-precision floating point. The input stream will be converted to
this specification, if needed. Users may need to insert aformat and/or
aresample filters after this filter to obtain the original parameters.

The filter also has a video output (see the video option) with a real
time graph to observe the loudness evolution. The graphic contains the
logged message mentioned above, so it is not printed anymore when this
option is set, unless the verbose logging is set. The main graphing area
contains the short-term loudness (3 seconds of analysis), and the gauge
on the right is for the momentary loudness (400 milliseconds), but can
optionally be configured to instead display short-term loudness (see
gauge).

The green area marks a +/- 1LU target range around the target loudness
(-23LUFS by default, unless modified through target).

More information about the Loudness Recommendation EBU R128 on
http://tech.ebu.ch/loudness

.

The filter accepts the following options:

video

    Activate the video output. The audio stream is passed unchanged
    whether this option is set or no. The video stream will be the first
    output stream if activated. Default is |0|.

size

    Set the video size. This option is for video only. For the syntax of
    this option, check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Video size" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#video-size-syntax>.
    Default and minimum resolution is |640x480|.

meter

    Set the EBU scale meter. Default is |9|. Common values are |9| and
    |18|, respectively for EBU scale meter +9 and EBU scale meter +18.
    Any other integer value between this range is allowed.

metadata

    Set metadata injection. If set to |1|, the audio input will be
    segmented into 100ms output frames, each of them containing various
    loudness information in metadata. All the metadata keys are prefixed
    with |lavfi.r128.|.

    Default is |0|.

framelog

    Force the frame logging level.

    Available values are:

    ‘quiet’

        logging disabled

    ‘info’

        information logging level

    ‘verbose’

        verbose logging level

    By default, the logging level is set to info. If the video or the
    metadata options are set, it switches to verbose.

peak

    Set peak mode(s).

    Available modes can be cumulated (the option is a |flag| type).
    Possible values are:

    ‘none’

        Disable any peak mode (default).

    ‘sample’

        Enable sample-peak mode.

        Simple peak mode looking for the higher sample value. It logs a
        message for sample-peak (identified by |SPK|).

    ‘true’

        Enable true-peak mode.

        If enabled, the peak lookup is done on an over-sampled version
        of the input stream for better peak accuracy. It logs a message
        for true-peak. (identified by |TPK|) and true-peak per frame
        (identified by |FTPK|). This mode requires a build with
        |libswresample|.

dualmono

    Treat mono input files as "dual mono". If a mono file is intended
    for playback on a stereo system, its EBU R128 measurement will be
    perceptually incorrect. If set to |true|, this option will
    compensate for this effect. Multi-channel input files are not
    affected by this option.

panlaw

    Set a specific pan law to be used for the measurement of dual mono
    files. This parameter is optional, and has a default value of -3.01dB.

target

    Set a specific target level (in LUFS) used as relative zero in the
    visualization. This parameter is optional and has a default value of
    -23LUFS as specified by EBU R128. However, material published online
    may prefer a level of -16LUFS (e.g. for use with podcasts or video
    platforms).

gauge

    Set the value displayed by the gauge. Valid values are |momentary|
    and s |shortterm|. By default the momentary value will be used, but
    in certain scenarios it may be more useful to observe the short term
    value instead (e.g. live mixing).

scale

    Sets the display scale for the loudness. Valid parameters are
    |absolute| (in LUFS) or |relative| (LU) relative to the target. This
    only affects the video output, not the summary or continuous log
    output.

integrated

    Read-only exported value for measured integrated loudness, in LUFS.

range

    Read-only exported value for measured loudness range, in LU.

lra_low

    Read-only exported value for measured LRA low, in LUFS.

lra_high

    Read-only exported value for measured LRA high, in LUFS.

sample_peak

    Read-only exported value for measured sample peak, in dBFS.

true_peak

    Read-only exported value for measured true peak, in dBFS.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-173>


        37.10.1 Examples

  * Real-time graph using |ffplay|, with a EBU scale meter +18:

    ffplay -f lavfi -i "amovie=input.mp3,ebur128=video=1:meter=18 [out0][out1]"

  * Run an analysis with |ffmpeg|:

    ffmpeg -nostats -i input.mp3 -filter_complex ebur128 -f null -


      37.11 interleave, ainterleave

Temporally interleave frames from several inputs.

|interleave| works with video inputs, |ainterleave| with audio.

These filters read frames from several inputs and send the oldest queued
frame to the output.

Input streams must have well defined, monotonically increasing frame
timestamp values.

In order to submit one frame to output, these filters need to enqueue at
least one frame for each input, so they cannot work in case one input is
not yet terminated and will not receive incoming frames.

For example consider the case when one input is a |select| filter which
always drops input frames. The |interleave| filter will keep reading
from that input, but it will never be able to send new frames to output
until the input sends an end-of-stream signal.

Also, depending on inputs synchronization, the filters will drop frames
in case one input receives more frames than the other ones, and the
queue is already filled.

These filters accept the following options:

nb_inputs, n

    Set the number of different inputs, it is 2 by default.

duration

    How to determine the end-of-stream.

    longest

        The duration of the longest input. (default)

    shortest

        The duration of the shortest input.

    first

        The duration of the first input.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-174>


        37.11.1 Examples

  * Interleave frames belonging to different streams using |ffmpeg|:

    ffmpeg -i bambi.avi -i pr0n.mkv -filter_complex "[0:v][1:v] interleave" out.avi

  * Add flickering blur effect:

    select='if(gt(random(0), 0.2), 1, 2)':n=2 [tmp], boxblur=2:2, [tmp] interleave


      37.12 latency, alatency

Measure filtering latency.

Report previous filter filtering latency, delay in number of audio
samples for audio filters or number of video frames for video filters.

On end of input stream, filter will report min and max measured latency
for previous running filter in filtergraph.


      37.13 metadata, ametadata

Manipulate frame metadata.

This filter accepts the following options:

mode

    Set mode of operation of the filter.

    Can be one of the following:

    ‘select’

        If both |value| and |key| is set, select frames which have such
        metadata. If only |key| is set, select every frame that has such
        key in metadata.

    ‘add’

        Add new metadata |key| and |value|. If key is already available
        do nothing.

    ‘modify’

        Modify value of already present key.

    ‘delete’

        If |value| is set, delete only keys that have such value.
        Otherwise, delete key. If |key| is not set, delete all metadata
        values in the frame.

    ‘print’

        Print key and its value if metadata was found. If |key| is not
        set print all metadata values available in frame.

key

    Set key used with all modes. Must be set for all modes except
    |print| and |delete|.

value

    Set metadata value which will be used. This option is mandatory for
    |modify| and |add| mode.

function

    Which function to use when comparing metadata value and |value|.

    Can be one of following:

    ‘same_str’

        Values are interpreted as strings, returns true if metadata
        value is same as |value|.

    ‘starts_with’

        Values are interpreted as strings, returns true if metadata
        value starts with the |value| option string.

    ‘less’

        Values are interpreted as floats, returns true if metadata value
        is less than |value|.

    ‘equal’

        Values are interpreted as floats, returns true if |value| is
        equal with metadata value.

    ‘greater’

        Values are interpreted as floats, returns true if metadata value
        is greater than |value|.

    ‘expr’

        Values are interpreted as floats, returns true if expression
        from option |expr| evaluates to true.

    ‘ends_with’

        Values are interpreted as strings, returns true if metadata
        value ends with the |value| option string.

expr

    Set expression which is used when |function| is set to |expr|. The
    expression is evaluated through the eval API and can contain the
    following constants:

    VALUE1, FRAMEVAL

        Float representation of |value| from metadata key.

    VALUE2, USERVAL

        Float representation of |value| as supplied by user in |value|
        option.

file

    If specified in |print| mode, output is written to the named file.
    Instead of plain filename any writable url can be specified.
    Filename “-” is a shorthand for standard output. If |file| option is
    not set, output is written to the log with AV_LOG_INFO loglevel.

direct

    Reduces buffering in print mode when output is written to a URL set
    using file.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-175>


        37.13.1 Examples

  * Print all metadata values for frames with key
    |lavfi.signalstats.YDIF| with values between 0 and 1.

    signalstats,metadata=print:key=lavfi.signalstats.YDIF:value=0:function=expr:expr='between(VALUE1,0,1)'

  * Print silencedetect output to file metadata.txt.

    silencedetect,ametadata=mode=print:file=metadata.txt

  * Direct all metadata to a pipe with file descriptor 4.

    metadata=mode=print:file='pipe\:4'


      37.14 perms, aperms

Set read/write permissions for the output frames.

These filters are mainly aimed at developers to test direct path in the
following filter in the filtergraph.

The filters accept the following options:

mode

    Select the permissions mode.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘none’

        Do nothing. This is the default.

    ‘ro’

        Set all the output frames read-only.

    ‘rw’

        Set all the output frames directly writable.

    ‘toggle’

        Make the frame read-only if writable, and writable if read-only.

    ‘random’

        Set each output frame read-only or writable randomly.

seed

    Set the seed for the random mode, must be an integer included
    between |0| and |UINT32_MAX|. If not specified, or if explicitly set
    to |-1|, the filter will try to use a good random seed on a best
    effort basis.

Note: in case of auto-inserted filter between the permission filter and
the following one, the permission might not be received as expected in
that following filter. Inserting a
format

<#format> or
aformat

<#aformat> filter before the perms/aperms filter can avoid this problem.


      37.15 realtime, arealtime

Slow down filtering to match real time approximately.

These filters will pause the filtering for a variable amount of time to
match the output rate with the input timestamps. They are similar to the
re option to |ffmpeg|.

They accept the following options:

limit

    Time limit for the pauses. Any pause longer than that will be
    considered a timestamp discontinuity and reset the timer. Default is
    2 seconds.

speed

    Speed factor for processing. The value must be a float larger than
    zero. Values larger than 1.0 will result in faster than realtime
    processing, smaller will slow processing down. The limit is
    automatically adapted accordingly. Default is 1.0.

    A processing speed faster than what is possible without these
    filters cannot be achieved.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-162>


        37.15.1 Commands

Both filters supports the all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      37.16 segment, asegment

Split single input stream into multiple streams.

This filter does opposite of concat filters.

|segment| works on video frames, |asegment| on audio samples.

This filter accepts the following options:

timestamps

    Timestamps of output segments separated by ’|’. The first segment
    will run from the beginning of the input stream. The last segment
    will run until the end of the input stream

frames, samples

    Exact frame/sample count to split the segments.

In all cases, prefixing an each segment with ’+’ will make it relative
to the previous segment.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-176>


        37.16.1 Examples

  * Split input audio stream into three output audio streams, starting
    at start of input audio stream and storing that in 1st output audio
    stream, then following at 60th second and storing than in 2nd output
    audio stream, and last after 150th second of input audio stream
    store in 3rd output audio stream:

    asegment=timestamps="60|150"


      37.17 select, aselect

Select frames to pass in output.

This filter accepts the following options:

expr, e

    Set expression, which is evaluated for each input frame.

    If the expression is evaluated to zero, the frame is discarded.

    If the evaluation result is negative or NaN, the frame is sent to
    the first output; otherwise it is sent to the output with index
    |ceil(val)-1|, assuming that the input index starts from 0.

    For example a value of |1.2| corresponds to the output with index
    |ceil(1.2)-1 = 2-1 = 1|, that is the second output.

outputs, n

    Set the number of outputs. The output to which to send the selected
    frame is based on the result of the evaluation. Default value is 1.

The expression can contain the following constants:

n

    The (sequential) number of the filtered frame, starting from 0.

selected_n

    The (sequential) number of the selected frame, starting from 0.

prev_selected_n

    The sequential number of the last selected frame. It’s NAN if
    undefined.

TB

    The timebase of the input timestamps.

pts

    The PTS (Presentation TimeStamp) of the filtered frame, expressed in
    TB units. It’s NAN if undefined.

t

    The PTS of the filtered frame, expressed in seconds. It’s NAN if
    undefined.

prev_pts

    The PTS of the previously filtered frame. It’s NAN if undefined.

prev_selected_pts

    The PTS of the last previously filtered frame. It’s NAN if undefined.

prev_selected_t

    The PTS of the last previously selected frame, expressed in seconds.
    It’s NAN if undefined.

start_pts

    The first PTS in the stream which is not NAN. It remains NAN if not
    found.

start_t

    The first PTS, in seconds, in the stream which is not NAN. It
    remains NAN if not found.

pict_type /(video only)/

    The type of the filtered frame. It can assume one of the following
    values:

    I
    P
    B
    S
    SI
    SP
    BI

interlace_type /(video only)/

    The frame interlace type. It can assume one of the following values:

    PROGRESSIVE

        The frame is progressive (not interlaced).

    TOPFIRST

        The frame is top-field-first.

    BOTTOMFIRST

        The frame is bottom-field-first.

consumed_sample_n /(audio only)/

    the number of selected samples before the current frame

samples_n /(audio only)/

    the number of samples in the current frame

sample_rate /(audio only)/

    the input sample rate

key

    This is 1 if the filtered frame is a key-frame, 0 otherwise.

pos

    the position in the file of the filtered frame, -1 if the
    information is not available (e.g. for synthetic video); deprecated,
    do not use

scene /(video only)/

    value between 0 and 1 to indicate a new scene; a low value reflects
    a low probability for the current frame to introduce a new scene,
    while a higher value means the current frame is more likely to be
    one (see the example below)

concatdec_select

    The concat demuxer can select only part of a concat input file by
    setting an inpoint and an outpoint, but the output packets may not
    be entirely contained in the selected interval. By using this
    variable, it is possible to skip frames generated by the concat
    demuxer which are not exactly contained in the selected interval.

    This works by comparing the frame pts against the
    lavf.concat.start_time and the lavf.concat.duration packet metadata
    values which are also present in the decoded frames.

    The concatdec_select variable is -1 if the frame pts is at least
    start_time and either the duration metadata is missing or the frame
    pts is less than start_time + duration, 0 otherwise, and NaN if the
    start_time metadata is missing.

    That basically means that an input frame is selected if its pts is
    within the interval set by the concat demuxer.

The default value of the select expression is "1".

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-177>


        37.17.1 Examples

  * Select all frames in input:

    select

    The example above is the same as:

    select=1

  * Skip all frames:

    select=0

  * Select only I-frames:

    select='eq(pict_type\,I)'

  * Select one frame every 100:

    select='not(mod(n\,100))'

  * Select only frames contained in the 10-20 time interval:

    select=between(t\,10\,20)

  * Select only I-frames contained in the 10-20 time interval:

    select=between(t\,10\,20)*eq(pict_type\,I)

  * Select frames with a minimum distance of 10 seconds:

    select='isnan(prev_selected_t)+gte(t-prev_selected_t\,10)'

  * Use aselect to select only audio frames with samples number > 100:

    aselect='gt(samples_n\,100)'

  * Create a mosaic of the first scenes:

    ffmpeg -i video.avi -vf select='gt(scene\,0.4)',scale=160:120,tile -frames:v 1 preview.png

    Comparing scene against a value between 0.3 and 0.5 is generally a
    sane choice.

  * Send even and odd frames to separate outputs, and compose them:

    select=n=2:e='mod(n, 2)+1' [odd][even]; [odd] pad=h=2*ih [tmp]; [tmp][even] overlay=y=h

  * Select useful frames from an ffconcat file which is using inpoints
    and outpoints but where the source files are not intra frame only.

    ffmpeg -copyts -vsync 0 -segment_time_metadata 1 -i input.ffconcat -vf select=concatdec_select -af aselect=concatdec_select output.avi


      37.18 sendcmd, asendcmd

Send commands to filters in the filtergraph.

These filters read commands to be sent to other filters in the filtergraph.

|sendcmd| must be inserted between two video filters, |asendcmd| must be
inserted between two audio filters, but apart from that they act the
same way.

The specification of commands can be provided in the filter arguments
with the commands option, or in a file specified by the filename option.

These filters accept the following options:

commands, c

    Set the commands to be read and sent to the other filters.

filename, f

    Set the filename of the commands to be read and sent to the other
    filters.

  *
    Commands syntax

    <#Commands-syntax>
  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-178>


        37.18.1 Commands syntax

A commands description consists of a sequence of interval
specifications, comprising a list of commands to be executed when a
particular event related to that interval occurs. The occurring event is
typically the current frame time entering or leaving a given time interval.

An interval is specified by the following syntax:

START[-END] COMMANDS;

The time interval is specified by the START and END times. END is
optional and defaults to the maximum time.

The current frame time is considered within the specified interval if it
is included in the interval [START, END), that is when the time is
greater or equal to START and is lesser than END.

COMMANDS consists of a sequence of one or more command specifications,
separated by ",", relating to that interval. The syntax of a command
specification is given by:

[FLAGS] TARGET COMMAND ARG

FLAGS is optional and specifies the type of events relating to the time
interval which enable sending the specified command, and must be a
non-null sequence of identifier flags separated by "+" or "|" and
enclosed between "[" and "]".

The following flags are recognized:

enter

    The command is sent when the current frame timestamp enters the
    specified interval. In other words, the command is sent when the
    previous frame timestamp was not in the given interval, and the
    current is.

leave

    The command is sent when the current frame timestamp leaves the
    specified interval. In other words, the command is sent when the
    previous frame timestamp was in the given interval, and the current
    is not.

expr

    The command ARG is interpreted as expression and result of
    expression is passed as ARG.

    The expression is evaluated through the eval API and can contain the
    following constants:

    POS

        Original position in the file of the frame, or undefined if
        undefined for the current frame. Deprecated, do not use.

    PTS

        The presentation timestamp in input.

    N

        The count of the input frame for video or audio, starting from 0.

    T

        The time in seconds of the current frame.

    TS

        The start time in seconds of the current command interval.

    TE

        The end time in seconds of the current command interval.

    TI

        The interpolated time of the current command interval, TI = (T -
        TS) / (TE - TS).

    W

        The video frame width.

    H

        The video frame height.

If FLAGS is not specified, a default value of |[enter]| is assumed.

TARGET specifies the target of the command, usually the name of the
filter class or a specific filter instance name.

COMMAND specifies the name of the command for the target filter.

ARG is optional and specifies the optional list of argument for the
given COMMAND.

Between one interval specification and another, whitespaces, or
sequences of characters starting with |#| until the end of line, are
ignored and can be used to annotate comments.

A simplified BNF description of the commands specification syntax follows:

COMMAND_FLAG  ::= "enter" | "leave"
COMMAND_FLAGS ::= COMMAND_FLAG [(+|"|")COMMAND_FLAG]
COMMAND       ::= ["[" COMMAND_FLAGS "]"] TARGET COMMAND [ARG]
COMMANDS      ::= COMMAND [,COMMANDS]
INTERVAL      ::= START[-END] COMMANDS
INTERVALS     ::= INTERVAL[;INTERVALS]


        37.18.2 Examples

  * Specify audio tempo change at second 4:

    asendcmd=c='4.0 atempo tempo 1.5',atempo

  * Target a specific filter instance:

    asendcmd=c='4.0 atempo@my tempo 1.5',atempo@my

  * Specify a list of drawtext and hue commands in a file.

    # show text in the interval 5-10
    5.0-10.0 [enter] drawtext reinit 'fontfile=FreeSerif.ttf:text=hello world',
             [leave] drawtext reinit 'fontfile=FreeSerif.ttf:text=';

    # desaturate the image in the interval 15-20
    15.0-20.0 [enter] hue s 0,
              [enter] drawtext reinit 'fontfile=FreeSerif.ttf:text=nocolor',
              [leave] hue s 1,
              [leave] drawtext reinit 'fontfile=FreeSerif.ttf:text=color';

    # apply an exponential saturation fade-out effect, starting from time 25
    25 [enter] hue s exp(25-t)

    A filtergraph allowing to read and process the above command list
    stored in a file test.cmd, can be specified with:

    sendcmd=f=test.cmd,drawtext=fontfile=FreeSerif.ttf:text='',hue


      37.19 setpts, asetpts

Change the PTS (presentation timestamp) of the input frames.

|setpts| works on video frames, |asetpts| on audio frames.

This filter accepts the following options:

expr

    The expression which is evaluated for each frame to construct its
    timestamp.

The expression is evaluated through the eval API and can contain the
following constants:

FRAME_RATE, FR

    frame rate, only defined for constant frame-rate video

PTS

    The presentation timestamp in input

N

    The count of the input frame for video or the number of consumed
    samples, not including the current frame for audio, starting from 0.

NB_CONSUMED_SAMPLES

    The number of consumed samples, not including the current frame
    (only audio)

NB_SAMPLES, S

    The number of samples in the current frame (only audio)

SAMPLE_RATE, SR

    The audio sample rate.

STARTPTS

    The PTS of the first frame.

STARTT

    the time in seconds of the first frame

INTERLACED

    State whether the current frame is interlaced.

T

    the time in seconds of the current frame

POS

    original position in the file of the frame, or undefined if
    undefined for the current frame; deprecated, do not use

PREV_INPTS

    The previous input PTS.

PREV_INT

    previous input time in seconds

PREV_OUTPTS

    The previous output PTS.

PREV_OUTT

    previous output time in seconds

RTCTIME

    The wallclock (RTC) time in microseconds. This is deprecated, use
    time(0) instead.

RTCSTART

    The wallclock (RTC) time at the start of the movie in microseconds.

TB

    The timebase of the input timestamps.

T_CHANGE

    Time of the first frame after command was applied or time of the
    first frame if no commands.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-179>
  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-163>


        37.19.1 Examples

  * Start counting PTS from zero

    setpts=PTS-STARTPTS

  * Apply fast motion effect:

    setpts=0.5*PTS

  * Apply slow motion effect:

    setpts=2.0*PTS

  * Set fixed rate of 25 frames per second:

    setpts=N/(25*TB)

  * Set fixed rate 25 fps with some jitter:

    setpts='1/(25*TB) * (N + 0.05 * sin(N*2*PI/25))'

  * Apply an offset of 10 seconds to the input PTS:

    setpts=PTS+10/TB

  * Generate timestamps from a "live source" and rebase onto the current
    timebase:

    setpts='(RTCTIME - RTCSTART) / (TB * 1000000)'

  * Generate timestamps by counting samples:

    asetpts=N/SR/TB


        37.19.2 Commands

Both filters support all above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      37.20 setrange

Force color range for the output video frame.

The |setrange| filter marks the color range property for the output
frames. It does not change the input frame, but only sets the
corresponding property, which affects how the frame is treated by
following filters.

The filter accepts the following options:

range

    Available values are:

    ‘auto’

        Keep the same color range property.

    ‘unspecified, unknown’

        Set the color range as unspecified.

    ‘limited, tv, mpeg’

        Set the color range as limited.

    ‘full, pc, jpeg’

        Set the color range as full.


      37.21 settb, asettb

Set the timebase to use for the output frames timestamps. It is mainly
useful for testing timebase configuration.

It accepts the following parameters:

expr, tb

    The expression which is evaluated into the output timebase.

The value for tb is an arithmetic expression representing a rational.
The expression can contain the constants "AVTB" (the default timebase),
"intb" (the input timebase) and "sr" (the sample rate, audio only).
Default value is "intb".

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-180>


        37.21.1 Examples

  * Set the timebase to 1/25:

    settb=expr=1/25

  * Set the timebase to 1/10:

    settb=expr=0.1

  * Set the timebase to 1001/1000:

    settb=1+0.001

  * Set the timebase to 2*intb:

    settb=2*intb

  * Set the default timebase value:

    settb=AVTB


      37.22 showcqt

Convert input audio to a video output representing frequency spectrum
logarithmically using Brown-Puckette constant Q transform algorithm with
direct frequency domain coefficient calculation (but the transform
itself is not really constant Q, instead the Q factor is actually
variable/clamped), with musical tone scale, from E0 to D#10.

The filter accepts the following options:

size, s

    Specify the video size for the output. It must be even. For the
    syntax of this option, check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Video size" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#video-size-syntax>.
    Default value is |1920x1080|.

fps, rate, r

    Set the output frame rate. Default value is |25|.

bar_h

    Set the bargraph height. It must be even. Default value is |-1|
    which computes the bargraph height automatically.

axis_h

    Set the axis height. It must be even. Default value is |-1| which
    computes the axis height automatically.

sono_h

    Set the sonogram height. It must be even. Default value is |-1|
    which computes the sonogram height automatically.

fullhd

    Set the fullhd resolution. This option is deprecated, use size, s
    instead. Default value is |1|.

sono_v, volume

    Specify the sonogram volume expression. It can contain variables:

    bar_v

        the bar_v evaluated expression

    frequency, freq, f

        the frequency where it is evaluated

    timeclamp, tc

        the value of timeclamp option

    and functions:

    a_weighting(f)

        A-weighting of equal loudness

    b_weighting(f)

        B-weighting of equal loudness

    c_weighting(f)

        C-weighting of equal loudness.

    Default value is |16|.

bar_v, volume2

    Specify the bargraph volume expression. It can contain variables:

    sono_v

        the sono_v evaluated expression

    frequency, freq, f

        the frequency where it is evaluated

    timeclamp, tc

        the value of timeclamp option

    and functions:

    a_weighting(f)

        A-weighting of equal loudness

    b_weighting(f)

        B-weighting of equal loudness

    c_weighting(f)

        C-weighting of equal loudness.

    Default value is |sono_v|.

sono_g, gamma

    Specify the sonogram gamma. Lower gamma makes the spectrum more
    contrast, higher gamma makes the spectrum having more range. Default
    value is |3|. Acceptable range is |[1, 7]|.

bar_g, gamma2

    Specify the bargraph gamma. Default value is |1|. Acceptable range
    is |[1, 7]|.

bar_t

    Specify the bargraph transparency level. Lower value makes the
    bargraph sharper. Default value is |1|. Acceptable range is |[0, 1]|.

timeclamp, tc

    Specify the transform timeclamp. At low frequency, there is
    trade-off between accuracy in time domain and frequency domain. If
    timeclamp is lower, event in time domain is represented more
    accurately (such as fast bass drum), otherwise event in frequency
    domain is represented more accurately (such as bass guitar).
    Acceptable range is |[0.002, 1]|. Default value is |0.17|.

attack

    Set attack time in seconds. The default is |0| (disabled).
    Otherwise, it limits future samples by applying asymmetric windowing
    in time domain, useful when low latency is required. Accepted range
    is |[0, 1]|.

basefreq

    Specify the transform base frequency. Default value is
    |20.01523126408007475|, which is frequency 50 cents below E0.
    Acceptable range is |[10, 100000]|.

endfreq

    Specify the transform end frequency. Default value is
    |20495.59681441799654|, which is frequency 50 cents above D#10.
    Acceptable range is |[10, 100000]|.

coeffclamp

    This option is deprecated and ignored.

tlength

    Specify the transform length in time domain. Use this option to
    control accuracy trade-off between time domain and frequency domain
    at every frequency sample. It can contain variables:

    frequency, freq, f

        the frequency where it is evaluated

    timeclamp, tc

        the value of timeclamp option.

    Default value is |384*tc/(384+tc*f)|.

count

    Specify the transform count for every video frame. Default value is
    |6|. Acceptable range is |[1, 30]|.

fcount

    Specify the transform count for every single pixel. Default value is
    |0|, which makes it computed automatically. Acceptable range is |[0,
    10]|.

fontfile

    Specify font file for use with freetype to draw the axis. If not
    specified, use embedded font. Note that drawing with font file or
    embedded font is not implemented with custom basefreq and endfreq,
    use axisfile option instead.

font

    Specify fontconfig pattern. This has lower priority than fontfile.
    The |:| in the pattern may be replaced by ||| to avoid unnecessary
    escaping.

fontcolor

    Specify font color expression. This is arithmetic expression that
    should return integer value 0xRRGGBB. It can contain variables:

    frequency, freq, f

        the frequency where it is evaluated

    timeclamp, tc

        the value of timeclamp option

    and functions:

    midi(f)

        midi number of frequency f, some midi numbers: E0(16), C1(24),
        C2(36), A4(69)

    r(x), g(x), b(x)

        red, green, and blue value of intensity x.

    Default value is |st(0, (midi(f)-59.5)/12); st(1,
    if(between(ld(0),0,1), 0.5-0.5*cos(2*PI*ld(0)), 0)); r(1-ld(1)) +
    b(ld(1))|.

axisfile

    Specify image file to draw the axis. This option override fontfile
    and fontcolor option.

axis, text

    Enable/disable drawing text to the axis. If it is set to |0|,
    drawing to the axis is disabled, ignoring fontfile and axisfile
    option. Default value is |1|.

csp

    Set colorspace. The accepted values are:

    ‘unspecified’

        Unspecified (default)

    ‘bt709’

        BT.709

    ‘fcc’

        FCC

    ‘bt470bg’

        BT.470BG or BT.601-6 625

    ‘smpte170m’

        SMPTE-170M or BT.601-6 525

    ‘smpte240m’

        SMPTE-240M

    ‘bt2020ncl’

        BT.2020 with non-constant luminance

cscheme

    Set spectrogram color scheme. This is list of floating point values
    with format |left_r|left_g|left_b|right_r|right_g|right_b|. The
    default is |1|0.5|0|0|0.5|1|.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-181>


        37.22.1 Examples

  * Playing audio while showing the spectrum:

    ffplay -f lavfi 'amovie=a.mp3, asplit [a][out1]; [a] showcqt [out0]'

  * Same as above, but with frame rate 30 fps:

    ffplay -f lavfi 'amovie=a.mp3, asplit [a][out1]; [a] showcqt=fps=30:count=5 [out0]'

  * Playing at 1280x720:

    ffplay -f lavfi 'amovie=a.mp3, asplit [a][out1]; [a] showcqt=s=1280x720:count=4 [out0]'

  * Disable sonogram display:

    sono_h=0

  * A1 and its harmonics: A1, A2, (near)E3, A3:

    ffplay -f lavfi 'aevalsrc=0.1*sin(2*PI*55*t)+0.1*sin(4*PI*55*t)+0.1*sin(6*PI*55*t)+0.1*sin(8*PI*55*t),
                     asplit[a][out1]; [a] showcqt [out0]'

  * Same as above, but with more accuracy in frequency domain:

    ffplay -f lavfi 'aevalsrc=0.1*sin(2*PI*55*t)+0.1*sin(4*PI*55*t)+0.1*sin(6*PI*55*t)+0.1*sin(8*PI*55*t),
                     asplit[a][out1]; [a] showcqt=timeclamp=0.5 [out0]'

  * Custom volume:

    bar_v=10:sono_v=bar_v*a_weighting(f)

  * Custom gamma, now spectrum is linear to the amplitude.

    bar_g=2:sono_g=2

  * Custom tlength equation:

    tc=0.33:tlength='st(0,0.17); 384*tc / (384 / ld(0) + tc*f /(1-ld(0))) + 384*tc / (tc*f / ld(0) + 384 /(1-ld(0)))'

  * Custom fontcolor and fontfile, C-note is colored green, others are
    colored blue:

    fontcolor='if(mod(floor(midi(f)+0.5),12), 0x0000FF, g(1))':fontfile=myfont.ttf

  * Custom font using fontconfig:

    font='Courier New,Monospace,mono|bold'

  * Custom frequency range with custom axis using image file:

    axisfile=myaxis.png:basefreq=40:endfreq=10000


      37.23 showcwt

Convert input audio to video output representing frequency spectrum
using Continuous Wavelet Transform and Morlet wavelet.

The filter accepts the following options:

size, s

    Specify the video size for the output. For the syntax of this
    option, check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Video size" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#video-size-syntax>.
    Default value is |640x512|.

rate, r

    Set the output frame rate. Default value is |25|.

scale

    Set the frequency scale used. Allowed values are:

    linear
    log
    bark
    mel
    erbs
    sqrt
    cbrt
    qdrt

    Default value is |linear|.

iscale

    Set the intensity scale used. Allowed values are:

    linear
    log
    sqrt
    cbrt
    qdrt

    Default value is |log|.

min

    Set the minimum frequency that will be used in output. Default is
    |20| Hz.

max

    Set the maximum frequency that will be used in output. Default is
    |20000| Hz. The real frequency upper limit depends on input audio’s
    sample rate and such will be enforced on this value when it is set
    to value greater than Nyquist frequency.

imin

    Set the minimum intensity that will be used in output.

imax

    Set the maximum intensity that will be used in output.

logb

    Set the logarithmic basis for brightness strength when mapping
    calculated magnitude values to pixel values. Allowed range is from
    |0| to |1|. Default value is |0.0001|.

deviation

    Set the frequency deviation. Lower values than |1| are more
    frequency oriented, while higher values than |1| are more time
    oriented. Allowed range is from |0| to |10|. Default value is |1|.

pps

    Set the number of pixel output per each second in one row. Allowed
    range is from |1| to |1024|. Default value is |64|.

mode

    Set the output visual mode. Allowed values are:

    magnitude

        Show magnitude.

    phase

        Show only phase.

    magphase

        Show combination of magnitude and phase. Magnitude is mapped to
        brightness and phase to color.

    channel

        Show unique color per channel magnitude.

    stereo

        Show unique color per stereo difference.

    Default value is |magnitude|.

slide

    Set the output slide method. Allowed values are:

    replace
    scroll
    frame

direction

    Set the direction method for output slide method. Allowed values are:

    lr

        Direction from left to right.

    rl

        Direction from right to left.

    ud

        Direction from up to down.

    du

        Direction from down to up.

bar

    Set the ratio of bargraph display to display size. Default is 0.

rotation

    Set color rotation, must be in [-1.0, 1.0] range. Default value is |0|.


      37.24 showfreqs

Convert input audio to video output representing the audio power
spectrum. Audio amplitude is on Y-axis while frequency is on X-axis.

The filter accepts the following options:

size, s

    Specify size of video. For the syntax of this option, check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Video size" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#video-size-syntax>.
    Default is |1024x512|.

rate, r

    Set video rate. Default is |25|.

mode

    Set display mode. This set how each frequency bin will be represented.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘line’
    ‘bar’
    ‘dot’

    Default is |bar|.

ascale

    Set amplitude scale.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘lin’

        Linear scale.

    ‘sqrt’

        Square root scale.

    ‘cbrt’

        Cubic root scale.

    ‘log’

        Logarithmic scale.

    Default is |log|.

fscale

    Set frequency scale.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘lin’

        Linear scale.

    ‘log’

        Logarithmic scale.

    ‘rlog’

        Reverse logarithmic scale.

    Default is |lin|.

win_size

    Set window size. Allowed range is from 16 to 65536.

    Default is |2048|

win_func

    Set windowing function.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘rect’
    ‘bartlett’
    ‘hanning’
    ‘hamming’
    ‘blackman’
    ‘welch’
    ‘flattop’
    ‘bharris’
    ‘bnuttall’
    ‘bhann’
    ‘sine’
    ‘nuttall’
    ‘lanczos’
    ‘gauss’
    ‘tukey’
    ‘dolph’
    ‘cauchy’
    ‘parzen’
    ‘poisson’
    ‘bohman’
    ‘kaiser’

    Default is |hanning|.

overlap

    Set window overlap. In range |[0, 1]|. Default is |1|, which means
    optimal overlap for selected window function will be picked.

averaging

    Set time averaging. Setting this to 0 will display current maximal
    peaks. Default is |1|, which means time averaging is disabled.

colors

    Specify list of colors separated by space or by ’|’ which will be
    used to draw channel frequencies. Unrecognized or missing colors
    will be replaced by white color.

cmode

    Set channel display mode.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘combined’
    ‘separate’

    Default is |combined|.

minamp

    Set minimum amplitude used in |log| amplitude scaler.

data

    Set data display mode.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘magnitude’
    ‘phase’
    ‘delay’

    Default is |magnitude|.

channels

    Set channels to use when processing audio. By default all are
    processed.


      37.25 showspatial

Convert stereo input audio to a video output, representing the spatial
relationship between two channels.

The filter accepts the following options:

size, s

    Specify the video size for the output. For the syntax of this
    option, check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Video size" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#video-size-syntax>.
    Default value is |512x512|.

win_size

    Set window size. Allowed range is from 1024 to 65536. Default size
    is 4096.

win_func

    Set window function.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘rect’
    ‘bartlett’
    ‘hann’
    ‘hanning’
    ‘hamming’
    ‘blackman’
    ‘welch’
    ‘flattop’
    ‘bharris’
    ‘bnuttall’
    ‘bhann’
    ‘sine’
    ‘nuttall’
    ‘lanczos’
    ‘gauss’
    ‘tukey’
    ‘dolph’
    ‘cauchy’
    ‘parzen’
    ‘poisson’
    ‘bohman’
    ‘kaiser’

    Default value is |hann|.

rate, r

    Set output framerate.


      37.26 showspectrum

Convert input audio to a video output, representing the audio frequency
spectrum.

The filter accepts the following options:

size, s

    Specify the video size for the output. For the syntax of this
    option, check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Video size" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#video-size-syntax>.
    Default value is |640x512|.

slide

    Specify how the spectrum should slide along the window.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘replace’

        the samples start again on the left when they reach the right

    ‘scroll’

        the samples scroll from right to left

    ‘fullframe’

        frames are only produced when the samples reach the right

    ‘rscroll’

        the samples scroll from left to right

    ‘lreplace’

        the samples start again on the right when they reach the left

    Default value is |replace|.

mode

    Specify display mode.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘combined’

        all channels are displayed in the same row

    ‘separate’

        all channels are displayed in separate rows

    Default value is ‘combined’.

color

    Specify display color mode.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘channel’

        each channel is displayed in a separate color

    ‘intensity’

        each channel is displayed using the same color scheme

    ‘rainbow’

        each channel is displayed using the rainbow color scheme

    ‘moreland’

        each channel is displayed using the moreland color scheme

    ‘nebulae’

        each channel is displayed using the nebulae color scheme

    ‘fire’

        each channel is displayed using the fire color scheme

    ‘fiery’

        each channel is displayed using the fiery color scheme

    ‘fruit’

        each channel is displayed using the fruit color scheme

    ‘cool’

        each channel is displayed using the cool color scheme

    ‘magma’

        each channel is displayed using the magma color scheme

    ‘green’

        each channel is displayed using the green color scheme

    ‘viridis’

        each channel is displayed using the viridis color scheme

    ‘plasma’

        each channel is displayed using the plasma color scheme

    ‘cividis’

        each channel is displayed using the cividis color scheme

    ‘terrain’

        each channel is displayed using the terrain color scheme

    Default value is ‘channel’.

scale

    Specify scale used for calculating intensity color values.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘lin’

        linear

    ‘sqrt’

        square root, default

    ‘cbrt’

        cubic root

    ‘log’

        logarithmic

    ‘4thrt’

        4th root

    ‘5thrt’

        5th root

    Default value is ‘sqrt’.

fscale

    Specify frequency scale.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘lin’

        linear

    ‘log’

        logarithmic

    Default value is ‘lin’.

saturation

    Set saturation modifier for displayed colors. Negative values
    provide alternative color scheme. |0| is no saturation at all.
    Saturation must be in [-10.0, 10.0] range. Default value is |1|.

win_func

    Set window function.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘rect’
    ‘bartlett’
    ‘hann’
    ‘hanning’
    ‘hamming’
    ‘blackman’
    ‘welch’
    ‘flattop’
    ‘bharris’
    ‘bnuttall’
    ‘bhann’
    ‘sine’
    ‘nuttall’
    ‘lanczos’
    ‘gauss’
    ‘tukey’
    ‘dolph’
    ‘cauchy’
    ‘parzen’
    ‘poisson’
    ‘bohman’
    ‘kaiser’

    Default value is |hann|.

orientation

    Set orientation of time vs frequency axis. Can be |vertical| or
    |horizontal|. Default is |vertical|.

overlap

    Set ratio of overlap window. Default value is |0|. When value is |1|
    overlap is set to recommended size for specific window function
    currently used.

gain

    Set scale gain for calculating intensity color values. Default value
    is |1|.

data

    Set which data to display. Can be |magnitude|, default or |phase|,
    or unwrapped phase: |uphase|.

rotation

    Set color rotation, must be in [-1.0, 1.0] range. Default value is |0|.

start

    Set start frequency from which to display spectrogram. Default is |0|.

stop

    Set stop frequency to which to display spectrogram. Default is |0|.

fps

    Set upper frame rate limit. Default is |auto|, unlimited.

legend

    Draw time and frequency axes and legends. Default is disabled.

drange

    Set dynamic range used to calculate intensity color values. Default
    is 120 dBFS. Allowed range is from 10 to 200.

limit

    Set upper limit of input audio samples volume in dBFS. Default is 0
    dBFS. Allowed range is from -100 to 100.

opacity

    Set opacity strength when using pixel format output with alpha
    component.

The usage is very similar to the showwaves filter; see the examples in
that section.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-182>


        37.26.1 Examples

  * Large window with logarithmic color scaling:

    showspectrum=s=1280x480:scale=log

  * Complete example for a colored and sliding spectrum per channel
    using |ffplay|:

    ffplay -f lavfi 'amovie=input.mp3, asplit [a][out1];
                 [a] showspectrum=mode=separate:color=intensity:slide=1:scale=cbrt [out0]'


      37.27 showspectrumpic

Convert input audio to a single video frame, representing the audio
frequency spectrum.

The filter accepts the following options:

size, s

    Specify the video size for the output. For the syntax of this
    option, check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Video size" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#video-size-syntax>.
    Default value is |4096x2048|.

mode

    Specify display mode.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘combined’

        all channels are displayed in the same row

    ‘separate’

        all channels are displayed in separate rows

    Default value is ‘combined’.

color

    Specify display color mode.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘channel’

        each channel is displayed in a separate color

    ‘intensity’

        each channel is displayed using the same color scheme

    ‘rainbow’

        each channel is displayed using the rainbow color scheme

    ‘moreland’

        each channel is displayed using the moreland color scheme

    ‘nebulae’

        each channel is displayed using the nebulae color scheme

    ‘fire’

        each channel is displayed using the fire color scheme

    ‘fiery’

        each channel is displayed using the fiery color scheme

    ‘fruit’

        each channel is displayed using the fruit color scheme

    ‘cool’

        each channel is displayed using the cool color scheme

    ‘magma’

        each channel is displayed using the magma color scheme

    ‘green’

        each channel is displayed using the green color scheme

    ‘viridis’

        each channel is displayed using the viridis color scheme

    ‘plasma’

        each channel is displayed using the plasma color scheme

    ‘cividis’

        each channel is displayed using the cividis color scheme

    ‘terrain’

        each channel is displayed using the terrain color scheme

    Default value is ‘intensity’.

scale

    Specify scale used for calculating intensity color values.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘lin’

        linear

    ‘sqrt’

        square root, default

    ‘cbrt’

        cubic root

    ‘log’

        logarithmic

    ‘4thrt’

        4th root

    ‘5thrt’

        5th root

    Default value is ‘log’.

fscale

    Specify frequency scale.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘lin’

        linear

    ‘log’

        logarithmic

    Default value is ‘lin’.

saturation

    Set saturation modifier for displayed colors. Negative values
    provide alternative color scheme. |0| is no saturation at all.
    Saturation must be in [-10.0, 10.0] range. Default value is |1|.

win_func

    Set window function.

    It accepts the following values:

    ‘rect’
    ‘bartlett’
    ‘hann’
    ‘hanning’
    ‘hamming’
    ‘blackman’
    ‘welch’
    ‘flattop’
    ‘bharris’
    ‘bnuttall’
    ‘bhann’
    ‘sine’
    ‘nuttall’
    ‘lanczos’
    ‘gauss’
    ‘tukey’
    ‘dolph’
    ‘cauchy’
    ‘parzen’
    ‘poisson’
    ‘bohman’
    ‘kaiser’

    Default value is |hann|.

orientation

    Set orientation of time vs frequency axis. Can be |vertical| or
    |horizontal|. Default is |vertical|.

gain

    Set scale gain for calculating intensity color values. Default value
    is |1|.

legend

    Draw time and frequency axes and legends. Default is enabled.

rotation

    Set color rotation, must be in [-1.0, 1.0] range. Default value is |0|.

start

    Set start frequency from which to display spectrogram. Default is |0|.

stop

    Set stop frequency to which to display spectrogram. Default is |0|.

drange

    Set dynamic range used to calculate intensity color values. Default
    is 120 dBFS. Allowed range is from 10 to 200.

limit

    Set upper limit of input audio samples volume in dBFS. Default is 0
    dBFS. Allowed range is from -100 to 100.

opacity

    Set opacity strength when using pixel format output with alpha
    component.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-183>


        37.27.1 Examples

  * Extract an audio spectrogram of a whole audio track in a 1024x1024
    picture using |ffmpeg|:

    ffmpeg -i audio.flac -lavfi showspectrumpic=s=1024x1024 spectrogram.png


      37.28 showvolume

Convert input audio volume to a video output.

The filter accepts the following options:

rate, r

    Set video rate.

b

    Set border width, allowed range is [0, 5]. Default is 1.

w

    Set channel width, allowed range is [80, 8192]. Default is 400.

h

    Set channel height, allowed range is [1, 900]. Default is 20.

f

    Set fade, allowed range is [0, 1]. Default is 0.95.

c

    Set volume color expression.

    The expression can use the following variables:

    VOLUME

        Current max volume of channel in dB.

    PEAK

        Current peak.

    CHANNEL

        Current channel number, starting from 0.

t

    If set, displays channel names. Default is enabled.

v

    If set, displays volume values. Default is enabled.

o

    Set orientation, can be horizontal: |h| or vertical: |v|, default is
    |h|.

s

    Set step size, allowed range is [0, 5]. Default is 0, which means
    step is disabled.

p

    Set background opacity, allowed range is [0, 1]. Default is 0.

m

    Set metering mode, can be peak: |p| or rms: |r|, default is |p|.

ds

    Set display scale, can be linear: |lin| or log: |log|, default is
    |lin|.

dm

    In second. If set to > 0., display a line for the max level in the
    previous seconds. default is disabled: |0.|

dmc

    The color of the max line. Use when |dm| option is set to > 0.
    default is: |orange|


      37.29 showwaves

Convert input audio to a video output, representing the samples waves.

The filter accepts the following options:

size, s

    Specify the video size for the output. For the syntax of this
    option, check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Video size" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#video-size-syntax>.
    Default value is |600x240|.

mode

    Set display mode.

    Available values are:

    ‘point’

        Draw a point for each sample.

    ‘line’

        Draw a vertical line for each sample.

    ‘p2p’

        Draw a point for each sample and a line between them.

    ‘cline’

        Draw a centered vertical line for each sample.

    Default value is |point|.

n

    Set the number of samples which are printed on the same column. A
    larger value will decrease the frame rate. Must be a positive
    integer. This option can be set only if the value for rate is not
    explicitly specified.

rate, r

    Set the (approximate) output frame rate. This is done by setting the
    option n. Default value is "25".

split_channels

    Set if channels should be drawn separately or overlap. Default value
    is 0.

colors

    Set colors separated by ’|’ which are going to be used for drawing
    of each channel.

scale

    Set amplitude scale.

    Available values are:

    ‘lin’

        Linear.

    ‘log’

        Logarithmic.

    ‘sqrt’

        Square root.

    ‘cbrt’

        Cubic root.

    Default is linear.

draw

    Set the draw mode. This is mostly useful to set for high n.

    Available values are:

    ‘scale’

        Scale pixel values for each drawn sample.

    ‘full’

        Draw every sample directly.

    Default value is |scale|.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-184>


        37.29.1 Examples

  * Output the input file audio and the corresponding video
    representation at the same time:

    amovie=a.mp3,asplit[out0],showwaves[out1]

  * Create a synthetic signal and show it with showwaves, forcing a
    frame rate of 30 frames per second:

    aevalsrc=sin(1*2*PI*t)*sin(880*2*PI*t):cos(2*PI*200*t),asplit[out0],showwaves=r=30[out1]


      37.30 showwavespic

Convert input audio to a single video frame, representing the samples
waves.

The filter accepts the following options:

size, s

    Specify the video size for the output. For the syntax of this
    option, check the
    (ffmpeg-utils)"Video size" section in the ffmpeg-utils manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html#video-size-syntax>.
    Default value is |600x240|.

split_channels

    Set if channels should be drawn separately or overlap. Default value
    is 0.

colors

    Set colors separated by ’|’ which are going to be used for drawing
    of each channel.

scale

    Set amplitude scale.

    Available values are:

    ‘lin’

        Linear.

    ‘log’

        Logarithmic.

    ‘sqrt’

        Square root.

    ‘cbrt’

        Cubic root.

    Default is linear.

draw

    Set the draw mode.

    Available values are:

    ‘scale’

        Scale pixel values for each drawn sample.

    ‘full’

        Draw every sample directly.

    Default value is |scale|.

filter

    Set the filter mode.

    Available values are:

    ‘average’

        Use average samples values for each drawn sample.

    ‘peak’

        Use peak samples values for each drawn sample.

    Default value is |average|.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-185>


        37.30.1 Examples

  * Extract a channel split representation of the wave form of a whole
    audio track in a 1024x800 picture using |ffmpeg|:

    ffmpeg -i audio.flac -lavfi showwavespic=split_channels=1:s=1024x800 waveform.png


      37.31 sidedata, asidedata

Delete frame side data, or select frames based on it.

This filter accepts the following options:

mode

    Set mode of operation of the filter.

    Can be one of the following:

    ‘select’

        Select every frame with side data of |type|.

    ‘delete’

        Delete side data of |type|. If |type| is not set, delete all
        side data in the frame.

type

    Set side data type used with all modes. Must be set for |select|
    mode. For the list of frame side data types, refer to the
    |AVFrameSideDataType| enum in libavutil/frame.h. For example, to
    choose |AV_FRAME_DATA_PANSCAN| side data, you must specify |PANSCAN|.


      37.32 spectrumsynth

Synthesize audio from 2 input video spectrums, first input stream
represents magnitude across time and second represents phase across
time. The filter will transform from frequency domain as displayed in
videos back to time domain as presented in audio output.

This filter is primarily created for reversing processed
showspectrum

<#showspectrum> filter outputs, but can synthesize sound from other
spectrograms too. But in such case results are going to be poor if the
phase data is not available, because in such cases phase data need to be
recreated, usually it’s just recreated from random noise. For best
results use gray only output (|channel| color mode in
showspectrum

<#showspectrum> filter) and |log| scale for magnitude video and |lin|
scale for phase video. To produce phase, for 2nd video, use |data|
option. Inputs videos should generally use |fullframe| slide mode as
that saves resources needed for decoding video.

The filter accepts the following options:

sample_rate

    Specify sample rate of output audio, the sample rate of audio from
    which spectrum was generated may differ.

channels

    Set number of channels represented in input video spectrums.

scale

    Set scale which was used when generating magnitude input spectrum.
    Can be |lin| or |log|. Default is |log|.

slide

    Set slide which was used when generating inputs spectrums. Can be
    |replace|, |scroll|, |fullframe| or |rscroll|. Default is |fullframe|.

win_func

    Set window function used for resynthesis.

overlap

    Set window overlap. In range |[0, 1]|. Default is |1|, which means
    optimal overlap for selected window function will be picked.

orientation

    Set orientation of input videos. Can be |vertical| or |horizontal|.
    Default is |vertical|.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-186>


        37.32.1 Examples

  * First create magnitude and phase videos from audio, assuming audio
    is stereo with 44100 sample rate, then resynthesize videos back to
    audio with spectrumsynth:

    ffmpeg -i input.flac -lavfi showspectrum=mode=separate:scale=log:overlap=0.875:color=channel:slide=fullframe:data=magnitude -an -c:v rawvideo magnitude.nut
    ffmpeg -i input.flac -lavfi showspectrum=mode=separate:scale=lin:overlap=0.875:color=channel:slide=fullframe:data=phase -an -c:v rawvideo phase.nut
    ffmpeg -i magnitude.nut -i phase.nut -lavfi spectrumsynth=channels=2:sample_rate=44100:win_func=hann:overlap=0.875:slide=fullframe output.flac


      37.33 split, asplit

Split input into several identical outputs.

|asplit| works with audio input, |split| with video.

The filter accepts a single parameter which specifies the number of
outputs. If unspecified, it defaults to 2.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-187>


        37.33.1 Examples

  * Create two separate outputs from the same input:

    [in] split [out0][out1]

  * To create 3 or more outputs, you need to specify the number of
    outputs, like in:

    [in] asplit=3 [out0][out1][out2]

  * Create two separate outputs from the same input, one cropped and one
    padded:

    [in] split [splitout1][splitout2];
    [splitout1] crop=100:100:0:0    [cropout];
    [splitout2] pad=200:200:100:100 [padout];

  * Create 5 copies of the input audio with |ffmpeg|:

    ffmpeg -i INPUT -filter_complex asplit=5 OUTPUT


      37.34 zmq, azmq

Receive commands sent through a libzmq client, and forward them to
filters in the filtergraph.

|zmq| and |azmq| work as a pass-through filters. |zmq| must be inserted
between two video filters, |azmq| between two audio filters. Both are
capable to send messages to any filter type.

To enable these filters you need to install the libzmq library and
headers and configure FFmpeg with |--enable-libzmq|.

For more information about libzmq see:
http://www.zeromq.org/

The |zmq| and |azmq| filters work as a libzmq server, which receives
messages sent through a network interface defined by the bind_address
(or the abbreviation "b") option. Default value of this option is
tcp://localhost:5555. You may want to alter this value to your needs,
but do not forget to escape any ’:’ signs (see
filtergraph escaping

<#filtergraph-escaping>).

The received message must be in the form:

TARGET COMMAND [ARG]

TARGET specifies the target of the command, usually the name of the
filter class or a specific filter instance name. The default filter
instance name uses the pattern ‘Parsed_<filter_name>_<index>’, but you
can override this by using the ‘filter_name@id’ syntax (see
Filtergraph syntax

<#Filtergraph-syntax>).

COMMAND specifies the name of the command for the target filter.

ARG is optional and specifies the optional argument list for the given
COMMAND.

Upon reception, the message is processed and the corresponding command
is injected into the filtergraph. Depending on the result, the filter
will send a reply to the client, adopting the format:

ERROR_CODE ERROR_REASON
MESSAGE

MESSAGE is optional.

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-188>


        37.34.1 Examples

Look at tools/zmqsend for an example of a zmq client which can be used
to send commands processed by these filters.

Consider the following filtergraph generated by |ffplay|. In this
example the last overlay filter has an instance name. All other filters
will have default instance names.

ffplay -dumpgraph 1 -f lavfi "
color=s=100x100:c=red  [l];
color=s=100x100:c=blue [r];
nullsrc=s=200x100, zmq [bg];
[bg][l]   overlay     [bg+l];
[bg+l][r] overlay@my=x=100 "

To change the color of the left side of the video, the following command
can be used:

echo Parsed_color_0 c yellow | tools/zmqsend

To change the right side:

echo Parsed_color_1 c pink | tools/zmqsend

To change the position of the right side:

echo overlay@my x 150 | tools/zmqsend


    38 Multimedia Sources

Below is a description of the currently available multimedia sources.

  *
    amovie

    <#amovie>
  *
    avsynctest

    <#avsynctest>
  *
    movie

    <#movie-1>


      38.1 amovie

This is the same as
movie

<#movie> source, except it selects an audio stream by default.


      38.2 avsynctest

Generate an Audio/Video Sync Test.

Generated stream periodically shows flash video frame and emits beep in
audio. Useful to inspect A/V sync issues.

It accepts the following options:

size, s

    Set output video size. Default value is |hd720|.

framerate, fr

    Set output video frame rate. Default value is |30|.

samplerate, sr

    Set output audio sample rate. Default value is |44100|.

amplitude, a

    Set output audio beep amplitude. Default value is |0.7|.

period, p

    Set output audio beep period in seconds. Default value is |3|.

delay, dl

    Set output video flash delay in number of frames. Default value is |0|.

cycle, c

    Enable cycling of video delays, by default is disabled.

duration, d

    Set stream output duration. By default duration is unlimited.

fg, bg, ag

    Set foreground/background/additional color.

  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-164>


        38.2.1 Commands

This source supports the some above options as
commands

<#commands>.


      38.3 movie

Read audio and/or video stream(s) from a movie container.

It accepts the following parameters:

filename

    The name of the resource to read (not necessarily a file; it can
    also be a device or a stream accessed through some protocol).

format_name, f

    Specifies the format assumed for the movie to read, and can be
    either the name of a container or an input device. If not specified,
    the format is guessed from movie_name or by probing.

seek_point, sp

    Specifies the seek point in seconds. The frames will be output
    starting from this seek point. The parameter is evaluated with
    |av_strtod|, so the numerical value may be suffixed by an IS
    postfix. The default value is "0".

streams, s

    Specifies the streams to read. Several streams can be specified,
    separated by "+". The source will then have as many outputs, in the
    same order. The syntax is explained in the
    (ffmpeg)"Stream specifiers" section in the ffmpeg manual

    <file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg.html#Stream-specifiers>.
    Two special names, "dv" and "da" specify respectively the default
    (best suited) video and audio stream. Default is "dv", or "da" if
    the filter is called as "amovie".

stream_index, si

    Specifies the index of the video stream to read. If the value is -1,
    the most suitable video stream will be automatically selected. The
    default value is "-1". Deprecated. If the filter is called "amovie",
    it will select audio instead of video.

loop

    Specifies how many times to read the stream in sequence. If the
    value is 0, the stream will be looped infinitely. Default value is "1".

    Note that when the movie is looped the source timestamps are not
    changed, so it will generate non monotonically increasing timestamps.

discontinuity

    Specifies the time difference between frames above which the point
    is considered a timestamp discontinuity which is removed by
    adjusting the later timestamps.

dec_threads

    Specifies the number of threads for decoding

format_opts

    Specify format options for the opened file. Format options can be
    specified as a list of key=value pairs separated by ’:’. The
    following example shows how to add protocol_whitelist and
    protocol_blacklist options:

    ffplay -f lavfi
    "movie=filename='1.sdp':format_opts='protocol_whitelist=file,rtp,udp\:protocol_blacklist=http'"

It allows overlaying a second video on top of the main input of a
filtergraph, as shown in this graph:

input -----------> deltapts0 --> overlay --> output
                                    ^
                                    |
movie --> scale--> deltapts1 -------+

  *
    Examples

    <#Examples-189>
  *
    Commands

    <#Commands-165>


        38.3.1 Examples

  * Skip 3.2 seconds from the start of the AVI file in.avi, and overlay
    it on top of the input labelled "in":

    movie=in.avi:seek_point=3.2, scale=180:-1, setpts=PTS-STARTPTS [over];
    [in] setpts=PTS-STARTPTS [main];
    [main][over] overlay=16:16 [out]

  * Read from a video4linux2 device, and overlay it on top of the input
    labelled "in":

    movie=/dev/video0:f=video4linux2, scale=180:-1, setpts=PTS-STARTPTS [over];
    [in] setpts=PTS-STARTPTS [main];
    [main][over] overlay=16:16 [out]

  * Read the first video stream and the audio stream with id 0x81 from
    dvd.vob; the video is connected to the pad named "video" and the
    audio is connected to the pad named "audio":

    movie=dvd.vob:s=v:0+#0x81 [video] [audio]


        38.3.2 Commands

Both movie and amovie support the following commands:

seek

    Perform seek using "av_seek_frame". The syntax is: seek
    stream_index|timestamp|flags

      * stream_index: If stream_index is -1, a default stream is
        selected, and timestamp is automatically converted from
        AV_TIME_BASE units to the stream specific time_base.
      * timestamp: Timestamp in AVStream.time_base units or, if no
        stream is specified, in AV_TIME_BASE units.
      * flags: Flags which select direction and seeking mode. 

get_duration

    Get movie duration in AV_TIME_BASE units.


    39 External libraries

FFmpeg can be hooked up with a number of external libraries to add
support for more formats. None of them are used by default, their use
has to be explicitly requested by passing the appropriate flags to
|./configure|.

  *
    Alliance for Open Media (AOM)

    <#Alliance-for-Open-Media-_0028AOM_0029>
  *
    AMD AMF/VCE

    <#AMD-AMF_002fVCE>
  *
    AviSynth

    <#AviSynth>
  *
    Chromaprint

    <#Chromaprint>
  *
    codec2

    <#codec2>
  *
    dav1d

    <#dav1d>
  *
    davs2

    <#davs2>
  *
    uavs3d

    <#uavs3d>
  *
    Game Music Emu

    <#Game-Music-Emu>
  *
    Intel QuickSync Video

    <#Intel-QuickSync-Video>
  *
    Kvazaar

    <#Kvazaar>
  *
    LAME

    <#LAME>
  *
    libilbc

    <#libilbc-1>
  *
    libjxl

    <#libjxl>
  *
    libvpx

    <#libvpx>
  *
    ModPlug

    <#ModPlug>
  *
    OpenCORE, VisualOn, and Fraunhofer libraries

    <#OpenCORE_002c-VisualOn_002c-and-Fraunhofer-libraries>
  *
    OpenH264

    <#OpenH264>
  *
    OpenJPEG

    <#OpenJPEG>
  *
    rav1e

    <#rav1e>
  *
    SVT-AV1

    <#SVT_002dAV1>
  *
    TwoLAME

    <#TwoLAME>
  *
    VapourSynth

    <#VapourSynth>
  *
    x264

    <#x264>
  *
    x265

    <#x265>
  *
    xavs

    <#xavs>
  *
    xavs2

    <#xavs2>
  *
    ZVBI

    <#ZVBI>


      39.1 Alliance for Open Media (AOM)

FFmpeg can make use of the AOM library for AV1 decoding and encoding.

Go to
http://aomedia.org/

and follow the instructions for installing the library. Then pass
|--enable-libaom| to configure to enable it.


      39.2 AMD AMF/VCE

FFmpeg can use the AMD Advanced Media Framework library for accelerated
H.264 and HEVC(only windows) encoding on hardware with Video Coding
Engine (VCE).

To enable support you must obtain the AMF framework header files(version
1.4.9+) from
https://github.com/GPUOpen-LibrariesAndSDKs/AMF.git

.

Create an |AMF/| directory in the system include path. Copy the contents
of |AMF/amf/public/include/| into that directory. Then configure FFmpeg
with |--enable-amf|.

Initialization of amf encoder occurs in this order: 1) trying to
initialize through dx11(only windows) 2) trying to initialize through
dx9(only windows) 3) trying to initialize through vulkan

To use h.264(AMD VCE) encoder on linux amdgru-pro version 19.20+ and
amf-amdgpu-pro package(amdgru-pro contains, but does not install
automatically) are required.

This driver can be installed using amdgpu-pro-install script in official
amd driver archive.


      39.3 AviSynth

FFmpeg can read AviSynth scripts as input. To enable support, pass
|--enable-avisynth| to configure after installing the headers provided by
AviSynth+

<https://github.com/AviSynth/AviSynthPlus>. AviSynth+ can be configured
to install only the headers by either passing |-DHEADERS_ONLY:bool=on|
to the normal CMake-based build system, or by using the supplied
|GNUmakefile|.

For Windows, supported AviSynth variants are
AviSynth 2.6 RC1 or higher

<http://avisynth.nl/> for 32-bit builds and
AviSynth+ r1718 or higher

<http://avisynth.nl/index.php/AviSynth+> for 32-bit and 64-bit builds.

For Linux, macOS, and BSD, the only supported AviSynth variant is
AviSynth+

<https://github.com/AviSynth/AviSynthPlus>, starting with version 3.5.

In 2016, AviSynth+ added support for building with GCC. However, due to
the eccentricities of Windows’ calling conventions, 32-bit GCC builds of
AviSynth+ are not compatible with typical 32-bit builds of FFmpeg.

By default, FFmpeg assumes compatibility with 32-bit MSVC builds of
AviSynth+ since that is the most widely-used and entrenched build
configuration. Users can override this and enable support for 32-bit GCC
builds of AviSynth+ by passing |-DAVSC_WIN32_GCC32| to |--extra-cflags|
when configuring FFmpeg.

64-bit builds of FFmpeg are not affected, and can use either MSVC or GCC
builds of AviSynth+ without any special flags.

AviSynth(+) is loaded dynamically. Distributors can build FFmpeg with
|--enable-avisynth|, and the binaries will work regardless of the end
user having AviSynth installed. If/when an end user would like to use
AviSynth scripts, then they can install AviSynth(+) and FFmpeg will be
able to find and use it to open scripts.


      39.4 Chromaprint

FFmpeg can make use of the Chromaprint library for generating audio
fingerprints. Pass |--enable-chromaprint| to configure to enable it. See
https://acoustid.org/chromaprint

.


      39.5 codec2

FFmpeg can make use of the codec2 library for codec2 decoding and
encoding. There is currently no native decoder, so libcodec2 must be
used for decoding.

Go to
http://freedv.org/

, download "Codec 2 source archive". Build and install using CMake.
Debian users can install the libcodec2-dev package instead. Once
libcodec2 is installed you can pass |--enable-libcodec2| to configure to
enable it.

The easiest way to use codec2 is with .c2 files, since they contain the
mode information required for decoding. To encode such a file, use a .c2
file extension and give the libcodec2 encoder the -mode option: |ffmpeg
-i input.wav -mode 700C output.c2|. Playback is as simple as |ffplay
output.c2|. For a list of supported modes, run |ffmpeg -h
encoder=libcodec2|. Raw codec2 files are also supported. To make sense
of them the mode in use needs to be specified as a format option:
|ffmpeg -f codec2raw -mode 1300 -i input.raw output.wav|.


      39.6 dav1d

FFmpeg can make use of the dav1d library for AV1 video decoding.

Go to
https://code.videolan.org/videolan/dav1d

and follow the instructions for installing the library. Then pass
|--enable-libdav1d| to configure to enable it.


      39.7 davs2

FFmpeg can make use of the davs2 library for AVS2-P2/IEEE1857.4 video
decoding.

Go to
https://github.com/pkuvcl/davs2

and follow the instructions for installing the library. Then pass
|--enable-libdavs2| to configure to enable it.

libdavs2 is under the GNU Public License Version 2 or later (see
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html

for details), you must upgrade FFmpeg’s license to GPL in order to use it.


      39.8 uavs3d

FFmpeg can make use of the uavs3d library for AVS3-P2/IEEE1857.10 video
decoding.

Go to
https://github.com/uavs3/uavs3d

and follow the instructions for installing the library. Then pass
|--enable-libuavs3d| to configure to enable it.


      39.9 Game Music Emu

FFmpeg can make use of the Game Music Emu library to read audio from
supported video game music file formats. Pass |--enable-libgme| to
configure to enable it. See
https://bitbucket.org/mpyne/game-music-emu/overview

.


      39.10 Intel QuickSync Video

FFmpeg can use Intel QuickSync Video (QSV) for accelerated decoding and
encoding of multiple codecs. To use QSV, FFmpeg must be linked against
the |libmfx| dispatcher, which loads the actual decoding libraries.

The dispatcher is open source and can be downloaded from
https://github.com/lu-zero/mfx_dispatch.git

. FFmpeg needs to be configured with the |--enable-libmfx| option and
|pkg-config| needs to be able to locate the dispatcher’s |.pc| files.


      39.11 Kvazaar

FFmpeg can make use of the Kvazaar library for HEVC encoding.

Go to
https://github.com/ultravideo/kvazaar

and follow the instructions for installing the library. Then pass
|--enable-libkvazaar| to configure to enable it.


      39.12 LAME

FFmpeg can make use of the LAME library for MP3 encoding.

Go to
http://lame.sourceforge.net/

and follow the instructions for installing the library. Then pass
|--enable-libmp3lame| to configure to enable it.


      39.13 libilbc

iLBC is a narrowband speech codec that has been made freely available by
Google as part of the WebRTC project. libilbc is a packaging friendly
copy of the iLBC codec. FFmpeg can make use of the libilbc library for
iLBC decoding and encoding.

Go to
https://github.com/TimothyGu/libilbc

and follow the instructions for installing the library. Then pass
|--enable-libilbc| to configure to enable it.


      39.14 libjxl

JPEG XL is an image format intended to fully replace legacy JPEG for an
extended period of life. See
https://jpegxl.info/

for more information, and see
https://github.com/libjxl/libjxl

for the library source. You can pass |--enable-libjxl| to configure in
order enable the libjxl wrapper.


      39.15 libvpx

FFmpeg can make use of the libvpx library for VP8/VP9 decoding and
encoding.

Go to
http://www.webmproject.org/

and follow the instructions for installing the library. Then pass
|--enable-libvpx| to configure to enable it.


      39.16 ModPlug

FFmpeg can make use of this library, originating in Modplug-XMMS, to
read from MOD-like music files. See
https://github.com/Konstanty/libmodplug

. Pass |--enable-libmodplug| to configure to enable it.


      39.17 OpenCORE, VisualOn, and Fraunhofer libraries

Spun off Google Android sources, OpenCore, VisualOn and Fraunhofer
libraries provide encoders for a number of audio codecs.

OpenCORE and VisualOn libraries are under the Apache License 2.0 (see
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

for details), which is incompatible to the LGPL version 2.1 and GPL
version 2. You have to upgrade FFmpeg’s license to LGPL version 3 (or if
you have enabled GPL components, GPL version 3) by passing
|--enable-version3| to configure in order to use it.

The license of the Fraunhofer AAC library is incompatible with the GPL.
Therefore, for GPL builds, you have to pass |--enable-nonfree| to
configure in order to use it. To the best of our knowledge, it is
compatible with the LGPL.

  *
    OpenCORE AMR

    <#OpenCORE-AMR>
  *
    VisualOn AMR-WB encoder library

    <#VisualOn-AMR_002dWB-encoder-library>
  *
    Fraunhofer AAC library

    <#Fraunhofer-AAC-library>


        39.17.1 OpenCORE AMR

FFmpeg can make use of the OpenCORE libraries for AMR-NB
decoding/encoding and AMR-WB decoding.

Go to
http://sourceforge.net/projects/opencore-amr/

and follow the instructions for installing the libraries. Then pass
|--enable-libopencore-amrnb| and/or |--enable-libopencore-amrwb| to
configure to enable them.


        39.17.2 VisualOn AMR-WB encoder library

FFmpeg can make use of the VisualOn AMR-WBenc library for AMR-WB encoding.

Go to
http://sourceforge.net/projects/opencore-amr/

and follow the instructions for installing the library. Then pass
|--enable-libvo-amrwbenc| to configure to enable it.


        39.17.3 Fraunhofer AAC library

FFmpeg can make use of the Fraunhofer AAC library for AAC decoding &
encoding.

Go to
http://sourceforge.net/projects/opencore-amr/

and follow the instructions for installing the library. Then pass
|--enable-libfdk-aac| to configure to enable it.


      39.18 OpenH264

FFmpeg can make use of the OpenH264 library for H.264 decoding and
encoding.

Go to
http://www.openh264.org/

and follow the instructions for installing the library. Then pass
|--enable-libopenh264| to configure to enable it.

For decoding, this library is much more limited than the built-in
decoder in libavcodec; currently, this library lacks support for
decoding B-frames and some other main/high profile features. (It
currently only supports constrained baseline profile and CABAC.) Using
it is mostly useful for testing and for taking advantage of Cisco’s
patent portfolio license (
http://www.openh264.org/BINARY_LICENSE.txt

).


      39.19 OpenJPEG

FFmpeg can use the OpenJPEG libraries for decoding/encoding J2K videos.
Go to
http://www.openjpeg.org/

to get the libraries and follow the installation instructions. To enable
using OpenJPEG in FFmpeg, pass |--enable-libopenjpeg| to ./configure.


      39.20 rav1e

FFmpeg can make use of rav1e (Rust AV1 Encoder) via its C bindings to
encode videos. Go to
https://github.com/xiph/rav1e/

and follow the instructions to build the C library. To enable using
rav1e in FFmpeg, pass |--enable-librav1e| to ./configure.


      39.21 SVT-AV1

FFmpeg can make use of the Scalable Video Technology for AV1 library for
AV1 encoding.

Go to
https://gitlab.com/AOMediaCodec/SVT-AV1/

and follow the instructions for installing the library. Then pass
|--enable-libsvtav1| to configure to enable it.


      39.22 TwoLAME

FFmpeg can make use of the TwoLAME library for MP2 encoding.

Go to
http://www.twolame.org/

and follow the instructions for installing the library. Then pass
|--enable-libtwolame| to configure to enable it.


      39.23 VapourSynth

FFmpeg can read VapourSynth scripts as input. To enable support, pass
|--enable-vapoursynth| to configure. Vapoursynth is detected via
|pkg-config|. Versions 42 or greater supported. See
http://www.vapoursynth.com/

.

Due to security concerns, Vapoursynth scripts will not be autodetected
so the input format has to be forced. For ff* CLI tools, add |-f
vapoursynth| before the input |-i yourscript.vpy|.


      39.24 x264

FFmpeg can make use of the x264 library for H.264 encoding.

Go to
http://www.videolan.org/developers/x264.html

and follow the instructions for installing the library. Then pass
|--enable-libx264| to configure to enable it.

x264 is under the GNU Public License Version 2 or later (see
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html

for details), you must upgrade FFmpeg’s license to GPL in order to use it.


      39.25 x265

FFmpeg can make use of the x265 library for HEVC encoding.

Go to
http://x265.org/developers.html

and follow the instructions for installing the library. Then pass
|--enable-libx265| to configure to enable it.

x265 is under the GNU Public License Version 2 or later (see
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html

for details), you must upgrade FFmpeg’s license to GPL in order to use it.


      39.26 xavs

FFmpeg can make use of the xavs library for AVS encoding.

Go to
http://xavs.sf.net/

and follow the instructions for installing the library. Then pass
|--enable-libxavs| to configure to enable it.


      39.27 xavs2

FFmpeg can make use of the xavs2 library for AVS2-P2/IEEE1857.4 video
encoding.

Go to
https://github.com/pkuvcl/xavs2

and follow the instructions for installing the library. Then pass
|--enable-libxavs2| to configure to enable it.

libxavs2 is under the GNU Public License Version 2 or later (see
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html

for details), you must upgrade FFmpeg’s license to GPL in order to use it.


      39.28 ZVBI

ZVBI is a VBI decoding library which can be used by FFmpeg to decode DVB
teletext pages and DVB teletext subtitles.

Go to
http://sourceforge.net/projects/zapping/

and follow the instructions for installing the library. Then pass
|--enable-libzvbi| to configure to enable it.


    40 Supported File Formats, Codecs or Features

You can use the |-formats| and |-codecs| options to have an exhaustive
list.

  *
    File Formats

    <#File-Formats>
  *
    Image Formats

    <#Image-Formats>
  *
    Video Codecs

    <#Video-Codecs>
  *
    Audio Codecs

    <#Audio-Codecs>
  *
    Subtitle Formats

    <#Subtitle-Formats>
  *
    Network Protocols

    <#Network-Protocols>
  *
    Input/Output Devices

    <#Input_002fOutput-Devices>
  *
    Timecode

    <#Timecode>


      40.1 File Formats

FFmpeg supports the following file formats through the |libavformat|
library:

Name

	Encoding

	Decoding

	Comments

3dostr

	

	X

4xm

	

	X

	4X Technologies format, used in some games.

8088flex TMV

	

	X

AAX

	

	X

	Audible Enhanced Audio format, used in audiobooks.

AA

	

	X

	Audible Format 2, 3, and 4, used in audiobooks.

ACT Voice

	

	X

	contains G.729 audio

Adobe Filmstrip

	X

	X

Audio IFF (AIFF)

	X

	X

American Laser Games MM

	

	X

	Multimedia format used in games like Mad Dog McCree.

3GPP AMR

	X

	X

Amazing Studio Packed Animation File

	

	X

	Multimedia format used in game Heart Of Darkness.

Apple HTTP Live Streaming

	

	X

Artworx Data Format

	

	X

Interplay ACM

	

	X

	Audio only format used in some Interplay games.

ADP

	

	X

	Audio format used on the Nintendo Gamecube.

AFC

	

	X

	Audio format used on the Nintendo Gamecube.

ADS/SS2

	

	X

	Audio format used on the PS2.

APNG

	X

	X

ASF

	X

	X

	Advanced / Active Streaming Format.

AST

	X

	X

	Audio format used on the Nintendo Wii.

AVI

	X

	X

AviSynth

	

	X

AVR

	

	X

	Audio format used on Mac.

AVS

	

	X

	Multimedia format used by the Creature Shock game.

Beam Software SIFF

	

	X

	Audio and video format used in some games by Beam Software.

Bethesda Softworks VID

	

	X

	Used in some games from Bethesda Softworks.

Binary text

	

	X

Bink

	

	X

	Multimedia format used by many games.

Bink Audio

	

	X

	Audio only multimedia format used by some games.

Bitmap Brothers JV

	

	X

	Used in Z and Z95 games.

BRP

	

	X

	Argonaut Games format.

Brute Force & Ignorance

	

	X

	Used in the game Flash Traffic: City of Angels.

BFSTM

	

	X

	Audio format used on the Nintendo WiiU (based on BRSTM).

BRSTM

	

	X

	Audio format used on the Nintendo Wii.

BW64

	

	X

	Broadcast Wave 64bit.

BWF

	X

	X

codec2 (raw)

	X

	X

	Must be given -mode format option to decode correctly.

codec2 (.c2 files)

	X

	X

	Contains header with version and mode info, simplifying playback.

CRI ADX

	X

	X

	Audio-only format used in console video games.

CRI AIX

	

	X

CRI HCA

	

	X

	Audio-only format used in console video games.

Discworld II BMV

	

	X

Interplay C93

	

	X

	Used in the game Cyberia from Interplay.

Delphine Software International CIN

	

	X

	Multimedia format used by Delphine Software games.

Digital Speech Standard (DSS)

	

	X

CD+G

	

	X

	Video format used by CD+G karaoke disks

Phantom Cine

	

	X

Commodore CDXL

	

	X

	Amiga CD video format

Core Audio Format

	X

	X

	Apple Core Audio Format

CRC testing format

	X

	

Creative Voice

	X

	X

	Created for the Sound Blaster Pro.

CRYO APC

	

	X

	Audio format used in some games by CRYO Interactive Entertainment.

D-Cinema audio

	X

	X

Deluxe Paint Animation

	

	X

DCSTR

	

	X

DFA

	

	X

	This format is used in Chronomaster game

DirectDraw Surface

	

	X

DSD Stream File (DSF)

	

	X

DV video

	X

	X

DXA

	

	X

	This format is used in the non-Windows version of the Feeble Files game
and different game cutscenes repacked for use with ScummVM.

Electronic Arts cdata

	

	X

Electronic Arts Multimedia

	

	X

	Used in various EA games; files have extensions like WVE and UV2.

Ensoniq Paris Audio File

	

	X

FFM (FFserver live feed)

	X

	X

Flash (SWF)

	X

	X

Flash 9 (AVM2)

	X

	X

	Only embedded audio is decoded.

FLI/FLC/FLX animation

	

	X

	.fli/.flc files

Flash Video (FLV)

	X

	X

	Macromedia Flash video files

framecrc testing format

	X

	

FunCom ISS

	

	X

	Audio format used in various games from FunCom like The Longest Journey.

G.723.1

	X

	X

G.726

	

	X

	Both left- and right-justified.

G.729 BIT

	X

	X

G.729 raw

	

	X

GENH

	

	X

	Audio format for various games.

GIF Animation

	X

	X

GXF

	X

	X

	General eXchange Format SMPTE 360M, used by Thomson Grass Valley
playout servers.

HNM

	

	X

	Only version 4 supported, used in some games from Cryo Interactive

iCEDraw File

	

	X

ICO

	X

	X

	Microsoft Windows ICO

id Quake II CIN video

	

	X

id RoQ

	X

	X

	Used in Quake III, Jedi Knight 2 and other computer games.

IEC61937 encapsulation

	X

	X

IFF

	

	X

	Interchange File Format

IFV

	

	X

	A format used by some old CCTV DVRs.

iLBC

	X

	X

Interplay MVE

	

	X

	Format used in various Interplay computer games.

Iterated Systems ClearVideo

	

	X

	I-frames only

IV8

	

	X

	A format generated by IndigoVision 8000 video server.

IVF (On2)

	X

	X

	A format used by libvpx

Internet Video Recording

	

	X

IRCAM

	X

	X

LAF

	

	X

	Limitless Audio Format

LATM

	X

	X

LMLM4

	

	X

	Used by Linux Media Labs MPEG-4 PCI boards

LOAS

	

	X

	contains LATM multiplexed AAC audio

LRC

	X

	X

LVF

	

	X

LXF

	

	X

	VR native stream format, used by Leitch/Harris’ video servers.

Magic Lantern Video (MLV)

	

	X

Matroska

	X

	X

Matroska audio

	X

	

FFmpeg metadata

	X

	X

	Metadata in text format.

MAXIS XA

	

	X

	Used in Sim City 3000; file extension .xa.

MCA

	

	X

	Used in some games from Capcom; file extension .mca.

MD Studio

	

	X

Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes

	

	X

Megalux Frame

	

	X

	Used by Megalux Ultimate Paint

MobiClip MODS

	

	X

MobiClip MOFLEX

	

	X

Mobotix .mxg

	

	X

Monkey’s Audio

	

	X

Motion Pixels MVI

	

	X

MOV/QuickTime/MP4

	X

	X

	3GP, 3GP2, PSP, iPod variants supported

MP2

	X

	X

MP3

	X

	X

MPEG-1 System

	X

	X

	muxed audio and video, VCD format supported

MPEG-PS (program stream)

	X

	X

	also known as |VOB| file, SVCD and DVD format supported

MPEG-TS (transport stream)

	X

	X

	also known as DVB Transport Stream

MPEG-4

	X

	X

	MPEG-4 is a variant of QuickTime.

MSF

	

	X

	Audio format used on the PS3.

Mirillis FIC video

	

	X

	No cursor rendering.

MIDI Sample Dump Standard

	

	X

MIME multipart JPEG

	X

	

MSN TCP webcam

	

	X

	Used by MSN Messenger webcam streams.

MTV

	

	X

Musepack

	

	X

Musepack SV8

	

	X

Material eXchange Format (MXF)

	X

	X

	SMPTE 377M, used by D-Cinema, broadcast industry.

Material eXchange Format (MXF), D-10 Mapping

	X

	X

	SMPTE 386M, D-10/IMX Mapping.

NC camera feed

	

	X

	NC (AVIP NC4600) camera streams

NIST SPeech HEader REsources

	

	X

Computerized Speech Lab NSP

	

	X

NTT TwinVQ (VQF)

	

	X

	Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation TwinVQ.

Nullsoft Streaming Video

	

	X

NuppelVideo

	

	X

NUT

	X

	X

	NUT Open Container Format

Ogg

	X

	X

Playstation Portable PMP

	

	X

Portable Voice Format

	

	X

RK Audio (RKA)

	

	X

TechnoTrend PVA

	

	X

	Used by TechnoTrend DVB PCI boards.

QCP

	

	X

raw ADTS (AAC)

	X

	X

raw AC-3

	X

	X

raw AMR-NB

	

	X

raw AMR-WB

	

	X

raw APAC

	

	X

raw aptX

	X

	X

raw aptX HD

	X

	X

raw Bonk

	

	X

raw Chinese AVS video

	X

	X

raw DFPWM

	X

	X

raw Dirac

	X

	X

raw DNxHD

	X

	X

raw DTS

	X

	X

raw DTS-HD

	

	X

raw E-AC-3

	X

	X

raw FLAC

	X

	X

raw GSM

	

	X

raw H.261

	X

	X

raw H.263

	X

	X

raw H.264

	X

	X

raw HEVC

	X

	X

raw Ingenient MJPEG

	

	X

raw MJPEG

	X

	X

raw MLP

	

	X

raw MPEG

	

	X

raw MPEG-1

	

	X

raw MPEG-2

	

	X

raw MPEG-4

	X

	X

raw NULL

	X

	

raw video

	X

	X

raw id RoQ

	X

	

raw OBU

	X

	X

raw OSQ

	

	X

raw SBC

	X

	X

raw Shorten

	

	X

raw TAK

	

	X

raw TrueHD

	X

	X

raw VC-1

	X

	X

raw PCM A-law

	X

	X

raw PCM mu-law

	X

	X

raw PCM Archimedes VIDC

	X

	X

raw PCM signed 8 bit

	X

	X

raw PCM signed 16 bit big-endian

	X

	X

raw PCM signed 16 bit little-endian

	X

	X

raw PCM signed 24 bit big-endian

	X

	X

raw PCM signed 24 bit little-endian

	X

	X

raw PCM signed 32 bit big-endian

	X

	X

raw PCM signed 32 bit little-endian

	X

	X

raw PCM signed 64 bit big-endian

	X

	X

raw PCM signed 64 bit little-endian

	X

	X

raw PCM unsigned 8 bit

	X

	X

raw PCM unsigned 16 bit big-endian

	X

	X

raw PCM unsigned 16 bit little-endian

	X

	X

raw PCM unsigned 24 bit big-endian

	X

	X

raw PCM unsigned 24 bit little-endian

	X

	X

raw PCM unsigned 32 bit big-endian

	X

	X

raw PCM unsigned 32 bit little-endian

	X

	X

raw PCM 16.8 floating point little-endian

	

	X

raw PCM 24.0 floating point little-endian

	

	X

raw PCM floating-point 32 bit big-endian

	X

	X

raw PCM floating-point 32 bit little-endian

	X

	X

raw PCM floating-point 64 bit big-endian

	X

	X

raw PCM floating-point 64 bit little-endian

	X

	X

RDT

	

	X

REDCODE R3D

	

	X

	File format used by RED Digital cameras, contains JPEG 2000 frames and
PCM audio.

RealMedia

	X

	X

Redirector

	

	X

RedSpark

	

	X

Renderware TeXture Dictionary

	

	X

Resolume DXV

	

	X

RF64

	

	X

RL2

	

	X

	Audio and video format used in some games by Entertainment Software
Partners.

RPL/ARMovie

	

	X

Lego Mindstorms RSO

	X

	X

RSD

	

	X

RTMP

	X

	X

	Output is performed by publishing stream to RTMP server

RTP

	X

	X

RTSP

	X

	X

Sample Dump eXchange

	

	X

SAP

	X

	X

SBG

	

	X

SDNS

	

	X

SDP

	

	X

SER

	

	X

Digital Pictures SGA

	

	X

Sega FILM/CPK

	X

	X

	Used in many Sega Saturn console games.

Silicon Graphics Movie

	

	X

Sierra SOL

	

	X

	.sol files used in Sierra Online games.

Sierra VMD

	

	X

	Used in Sierra CD-ROM games.

Smacker

	

	X

	Multimedia format used by many games.

SMJPEG

	X

	X

	Used in certain Loki game ports.

SMPTE 337M encapsulation

	

	X

Smush

	

	X

	Multimedia format used in some LucasArts games.

Sony OpenMG (OMA)

	X

	X

	Audio format used in Sony Sonic Stage and Sony Vegas.

Sony PlayStation STR

	

	X

Sony Wave64 (W64)

	X

	X

SoX native format

	X

	X

SUN AU format

	X

	X

SUP raw PGS subtitles

	X

	X

SVAG

	

	X

	Audio format used in Konami PS2 games.

TDSC

	

	X

Text files

	

	X

THP

	

	X

	Used on the Nintendo GameCube.

Tiertex Limited SEQ

	

	X

	Tiertex .seq files used in the DOS CD-ROM version of the game Flashback.

True Audio

	X

	X

VAG

	

	X

	Audio format used in many Sony PS2 games.

VC-1 test bitstream

	X

	X

Vidvox Hap

	X

	X

Vivo

	

	X

VPK

	

	X

	Audio format used in Sony PS games.

Marble WADY

	

	X

WAV

	X

	X

Waveform Archiver

	

	X

WavPack

	X

	X

WebM

	X

	X

Windows Televison (WTV)

	X

	X

Wing Commander III movie

	

	X

	Multimedia format used in Origin’s Wing Commander III computer game.

Westwood Studios audio

	X

	X

	Multimedia format used in Westwood Studios games.

Westwood Studios VQA

	

	X

	Multimedia format used in Westwood Studios games.

Wideband Single-bit Data (WSD)

	

	X

WVE

	

	X

Konami XMD

	

	X

XMV

	

	X

	Microsoft video container used in Xbox games.

XVAG

	

	X

	Audio format used on the PS3.

xWMA

	

	X

	Microsoft audio container used by XAudio 2.

eXtended BINary text (XBIN)

	

	X

YUV4MPEG pipe

	X

	X

Psygnosis YOP

	

	X

|X| means that the feature in that column (encoding / decoding) is
supported.


      40.2 Image Formats

FFmpeg can read and write images for each frame of a video sequence. The
following image formats are supported:

Name

	Encoding

	Decoding

	Comments

.Y.U.V

	X

	X

	one raw file per component

Alias PIX

	X

	X

	Alias/Wavefront PIX image format

animated GIF

	X

	X

APNG

	X

	X

	Animated Portable Network Graphics

BMP

	X

	X

	Microsoft BMP image

BRender PIX

	

	X

	Argonaut BRender 3D engine image format.

CRI

	

	X

	Cintel RAW

DPX

	X

	X

	Digital Picture Exchange

EXR

	

	X

	OpenEXR

FITS

	X

	X

	Flexible Image Transport System

HDR

	X

	X

	Radiance HDR RGBE Image format

IMG

	

	X

	GEM Raster image

JPEG

	X

	X

	Progressive JPEG is not supported.

JPEG 2000

	X

	X

JPEG-LS

	X

	X

LJPEG

	X

	

	Lossless JPEG

Media 100

	

	X

MSP

	

	X

	Microsoft Paint image

PAM

	X

	X

	PAM is a PNM extension with alpha support.

PBM

	X

	X

	Portable BitMap image

PCD

	

	X

	PhotoCD

PCX

	X

	X

	PC Paintbrush

PFM

	X

	X

	Portable FloatMap image

PGM

	X

	X

	Portable GrayMap image

PGMYUV

	X

	X

	PGM with U and V components in YUV 4:2:0

PGX

	

	X

	PGX file decoder

PHM

	X

	X

	Portable HalfFloatMap image

PIC

	

	X

	Pictor/PC Paint

PNG

	X

	X

	Portable Network Graphics image

PPM

	X

	X

	Portable PixelMap image

PSD

	

	X

	Photoshop

PTX

	

	X

	V.Flash PTX format

QOI

	X

	X

	Quite OK Image format

SGI

	X

	X

	SGI RGB image format

Sun Rasterfile

	X

	X

	Sun RAS image format

TIFF

	X

	X

	YUV, JPEG and some extension is not supported yet.

Truevision Targa

	X

	X

	Targa (.TGA) image format

VBN

	X

	X

	Vizrt Binary Image format

WBMP

	X

	X

	Wireless Application Protocol Bitmap image format

WebP

	E

	X

	WebP image format, encoding supported through external library libwebp

XBM

	X

	X

	X BitMap image format

XFace

	X

	X

	X-Face image format

XPM

	

	X

	X PixMap image format

XWD

	X

	X

	X Window Dump image format

|X| means that the feature in that column (encoding / decoding) is
supported.

|E| means that support is provided through an external library.


      40.3 Video Codecs

Name

	Encoding

	Decoding

	Comments

4X Movie

	

	X

	Used in certain computer games.

8088flex TMV

	

	X

A64 multicolor

	X

	

	Creates video suitable to be played on a commodore 64 (multicolor mode).

Amazing Studio PAF Video

	

	X

American Laser Games MM

	

	X

	Used in games like Mad Dog McCree.

Amuse Graphics Movie

	

	X

AMV Video

	X

	X

	Used in Chinese MP3 players.

ANSI/ASCII art

	

	X

Apple Intermediate Codec

	

	X

Apple MJPEG-B

	

	X

Apple Pixlet

	

	X

Apple ProRes

	X

	X

	fourcc: apch,apcn,apcs,apco,ap4h,ap4x

Apple QuickDraw

	

	X

	fourcc: qdrw

Argonaut Video

	

	X

	Used in some Argonaut games.

Asus v1

	X

	X

	fourcc: ASV1

Asus v2

	X

	X

	fourcc: ASV2

ATI VCR1

	

	X

	fourcc: VCR1

ATI VCR2

	

	X

	fourcc: VCR2

Auravision Aura

	

	X

Auravision Aura 2

	

	X

Autodesk Animator Flic video

	

	X

Autodesk RLE

	

	X

	fourcc: AASC

AV1

	E

	E

	Supported through external libraries libaom, libdav1d, librav1e and
libsvtav1

Avid 1:1 10-bit RGB Packer

	X

	X

	fourcc: AVrp

AVS (Audio Video Standard) video

	

	X

	Video encoding used by the Creature Shock game.

AVS2-P2/IEEE1857.4

	E

	E

	Supported through external libraries libxavs2 and libdavs2

AVS3-P2/IEEE1857.10

	

	E

	Supported through external library libuavs3d

AYUV

	X

	X

	Microsoft uncompressed packed 4:4:4:4

Beam Software VB

	

	X

Bethesda VID video

	

	X

	Used in some games from Bethesda Softworks.

Bink Video

	

	X

BitJazz SheerVideo

	

	X

Bitmap Brothers JV video

	

	X

y41p Brooktree uncompressed 4:1:1 12-bit

	X

	X

Brooktree ProSumer Video

	

	X

	fourcc: BT20

Brute Force & Ignorance

	

	X

	Used in the game Flash Traffic: City of Angels.

C93 video

	

	X

	Codec used in Cyberia game.

CamStudio

	

	X

	fourcc: CSCD

CD+G

	

	X

	Video codec for CD+G karaoke disks

CDXL

	

	X

	Amiga CD video codec

Chinese AVS video

	E

	X

	AVS1-P2, JiZhun profile, encoding through external library libxavs

Delphine Software International CIN video

	

	X

	Codec used in Delphine Software International games.

Discworld II BMV Video

	

	X

CineForm HD

	X

	X

Canopus HQ

	

	X

Canopus HQA

	

	X

Canopus HQX

	

	X

Canopus Lossless Codec

	

	X

CDToons

	

	X

	Codec used in various Broderbund games.

Cinepak

	

	X

Cirrus Logic AccuPak

	X

	X

	fourcc: CLJR

CPiA Video Format

	

	X

Creative YUV (CYUV)

	

	X

DFA

	

	X

	Codec used in Chronomaster game.

Dirac

	E

	X

	supported though the native vc2 (Dirac Pro) encoder

Deluxe Paint Animation

	

	X

DNxHD

	X

	X

	aka SMPTE VC3

Duck TrueMotion 1.0

	

	X

	fourcc: DUCK

Duck TrueMotion 2.0

	

	X

	fourcc: TM20

Duck TrueMotion 2.0 RT

	

	X

	fourcc: TR20

DV (Digital Video)

	X

	X

Dxtory capture format

	

	X

Feeble Files/ScummVM DXA

	

	X

	Codec originally used in Feeble Files game.

Electronic Arts CMV video

	

	X

	Used in NHL 95 game.

Electronic Arts Madcow video

	

	X

Electronic Arts TGV video

	

	X

Electronic Arts TGQ video

	

	X

Electronic Arts TQI video

	

	X

Escape 124

	

	X

Escape 130

	

	X

FFmpeg video codec #1

	X

	X

	lossless codec (fourcc: FFV1)

Flash Screen Video v1

	X

	X

	fourcc: FSV1

Flash Screen Video v2

	X

	X

Flash Video (FLV)

	X

	X

	Sorenson H.263 used in Flash

FM Screen Capture Codec

	

	X

Forward Uncompressed

	

	X

Fraps

	

	X

Go2Meeting

	

	X

	fourcc: G2M2, G2M3

Go2Webinar

	

	X

	fourcc: G2M4

Gremlin Digital Video

	

	X

H.261

	X

	X

H.263 / H.263-1996

	X

	X

H.263+ / H.263-1998 / H.263 version 2

	X

	X

H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10

	E

	X

	encoding supported through external library libx264 and OpenH264

HEVC

	X

	X

	encoding supported through external library libx265 and libkvazaar

HNM version 4

	

	X

HuffYUV

	X

	X

HuffYUV FFmpeg variant

	X

	X

IBM Ultimotion

	

	X

	fourcc: ULTI

id Cinematic video

	

	X

	Used in Quake II.

id RoQ video

	X

	X

	Used in Quake III, Jedi Knight 2, other computer games.

IFF ILBM

	

	X

	IFF interleaved bitmap

IFF ByteRun1

	

	X

	IFF run length encoded bitmap

Infinity IMM4

	

	X

Intel H.263

	

	X

Intel Indeo 2

	

	X

Intel Indeo 3

	

	X

Intel Indeo 4

	

	X

Intel Indeo 5

	

	X

Interplay C93

	

	X

	Used in the game Cyberia from Interplay.

Interplay MVE video

	

	X

	Used in Interplay .MVE files.

J2K

	X

	X

Karl Morton’s video codec

	

	X

	Codec used in Worms games.

Kega Game Video (KGV1)

	

	X

	Kega emulator screen capture codec.

Lagarith

	

	X

LCL (LossLess Codec Library) MSZH

	

	X

LCL (LossLess Codec Library) ZLIB

	E

	E

LOCO

	

	X

LucasArts SANM/Smush

	

	X

	Used in LucasArts games / SMUSH animations.

lossless MJPEG

	X

	X

MagicYUV Video

	X

	X

Mandsoft Screen Capture Codec

	

	X

Microsoft ATC Screen

	

	X

	Also known as Microsoft Screen 3.

Microsoft Expression Encoder Screen

	

	X

	Also known as Microsoft Titanium Screen 2.

Microsoft RLE

	X

	X

Microsoft Screen 1

	

	X

	Also known as Windows Media Video V7 Screen.

Microsoft Screen 2

	

	X

	Also known as Windows Media Video V9 Screen.

Microsoft Video 1

	

	X

Mimic

	

	X

	Used in MSN Messenger Webcam streams.

Miro VideoXL

	

	X

	fourcc: VIXL

MJPEG (Motion JPEG)

	X

	X

Mobotix MxPEG video

	

	X

Motion Pixels video

	

	X

MPEG-1 video

	X

	X

MPEG-2 video

	X

	X

MPEG-4 part 2

	X

	X

	libxvidcore can be used alternatively for encoding.

MPEG-4 part 2 Microsoft variant version 1

	

	X

MPEG-4 part 2 Microsoft variant version 2

	X

	X

MPEG-4 part 2 Microsoft variant version 3

	X

	X

Newtek SpeedHQ

	X

	X

Nintendo Gamecube THP video

	

	X

NotchLC

	

	X

NuppelVideo/RTjpeg

	

	X

	Video encoding used in NuppelVideo files.

On2 VP3

	

	X

	still experimental

On2 VP4

	

	X

	fourcc: VP40

On2 VP5

	

	X

	fourcc: VP50

On2 VP6

	

	X

	fourcc: VP60,VP61,VP62

On2 VP7

	

	X

	fourcc: VP70,VP71

VP8

	E

	X

	fourcc: VP80, encoding supported through external library libvpx

VP9

	E

	X

	encoding supported through external library libvpx

Pinnacle TARGA CineWave YUV16

	

	X

	fourcc: Y216

Q-team QPEG

	

	X

	fourccs: QPEG, Q1.0, Q1.1

QuickTime 8BPS video

	

	X

QuickTime Animation (RLE) video

	X

	X

	fourcc: ’rle ’

QuickTime Graphics (SMC)

	X

	X

	fourcc: ’smc ’

QuickTime video (RPZA)

	X

	X

	fourcc: rpza

R10K AJA Kona 10-bit RGB Codec

	X

	X

R210 Quicktime Uncompressed RGB 10-bit

	X

	X

Raw Video

	X

	X

RealVideo 1.0

	X

	X

RealVideo 2.0

	X

	X

RealVideo 3.0

	

	X

	still far from ideal

RealVideo 4.0

	

	X

Renderware TXD (TeXture Dictionary)

	

	X

	Texture dictionaries used by the Renderware Engine.

RivaTuner Video

	

	X

	fourcc: ’RTV1’

RL2 video

	

	X

	used in some games by Entertainment Software Partners

ScreenPressor

	

	X

Screenpresso

	

	X

Screen Recorder Gold Codec

	

	X

Sierra VMD video

	

	X

	Used in Sierra VMD files.

Silicon Graphics Motion Video Compressor 1 (MVC1)

	

	X

Silicon Graphics Motion Video Compressor 2 (MVC2)

	

	X

Silicon Graphics RLE 8-bit video

	

	X

Smacker video

	

	X

	Video encoding used in Smacker.

SMPTE VC-1

	

	X

Snow

	X

	X

	experimental wavelet codec (fourcc: SNOW)

Sony PlayStation MDEC (Motion DECoder)

	

	X

Sorenson Vector Quantizer 1

	X

	X

	fourcc: SVQ1

Sorenson Vector Quantizer 3

	

	X

	fourcc: SVQ3

Sunplus JPEG (SP5X)

	

	X

	fourcc: SP5X

TechSmith Screen Capture Codec

	

	X

	fourcc: TSCC

TechSmith Screen Capture Codec 2

	

	X

	fourcc: TSC2

Theora

	E

	X

	encoding supported through external library libtheora

Tiertex Limited SEQ video

	

	X

	Codec used in DOS CD-ROM FlashBack game.

Ut Video

	X

	X

v210 QuickTime uncompressed 4:2:2 10-bit

	X

	X

v308 QuickTime uncompressed 4:4:4

	X

	X

v408 QuickTime uncompressed 4:4:4:4

	X

	X

v410 QuickTime uncompressed 4:4:4 10-bit

	X

	X

VBLE Lossless Codec

	

	X

vMix Video

	

	X

	fourcc: ’VMX1’

VMware Screen Codec / VMware Video

	

	X

	Codec used in videos captured by VMware.

Westwood Studios VQA (Vector Quantized Animation) video

	

	X

Windows Media Image

	

	X

Windows Media Video 7

	X

	X

Windows Media Video 8

	X

	X

Windows Media Video 9

	

	X

	not completely working

Wing Commander III / Xan

	

	X

	Used in Wing Commander III .MVE files.

Wing Commander IV / Xan

	

	X

	Used in Wing Commander IV.

Winnov WNV1

	

	X

WMV7

	X

	X

YAMAHA SMAF

	X

	X

Psygnosis YOP Video

	

	X

yuv4

	X

	X

	libquicktime uncompressed packed 4:2:0

ZeroCodec Lossless Video

	

	X

ZLIB

	X

	X

	part of LCL, encoder experimental

Zip Motion Blocks Video

	X

	X

	Encoder works only in PAL8.

|X| means that the feature in that column (encoding / decoding) is
supported.

|E| means that support is provided through an external library.


      40.4 Audio Codecs

Name

	Encoding

	Decoding

	Comments

8SVX exponential

	

	X

8SVX fibonacci

	

	X

AAC

	EX

	X

	encoding supported through internal encoder and external library libfdk-aac

AAC+

	E

	IX

	encoding supported through external library libfdk-aac

AC-3

	IX

	IX

ACELP.KELVIN

	

	X

ADPCM 4X Movie

	

	X

ADPCM Yamaha AICA

	

	X

ADPCM AmuseGraphics Movie

	

	X

ADPCM Argonaut Games

	X

	X

ADPCM CDROM XA

	

	X

ADPCM Creative Technology

	

	X

	16 -> 4, 8 -> 4, 8 -> 3, 8 -> 2

ADPCM Electronic Arts

	

	X

	Used in various EA titles.

ADPCM Electronic Arts Maxis CDROM XS

	

	X

	Used in Sim City 3000.

ADPCM Electronic Arts R1

	

	X

ADPCM Electronic Arts R2

	

	X

ADPCM Electronic Arts R3

	

	X

ADPCM Electronic Arts XAS

	

	X

ADPCM G.722

	X

	X

ADPCM G.726

	X

	X

ADPCM IMA Acorn Replay

	

	X

ADPCM IMA AMV

	X

	X

	Used in AMV files

ADPCM IMA Cunning Developments

	

	X

ADPCM IMA Electronic Arts EACS

	

	X

ADPCM IMA Electronic Arts SEAD

	

	X

ADPCM IMA Funcom

	

	X

ADPCM IMA High Voltage Software ALP

	X

	X

ADPCM IMA Mobiclip MOFLEX

	

	X

ADPCM IMA QuickTime

	X

	X

ADPCM IMA Simon & Schuster Interactive

	X

	X

ADPCM IMA Ubisoft APM

	X

	X

ADPCM IMA Loki SDL MJPEG

	

	X

ADPCM IMA WAV

	X

	X

ADPCM IMA Westwood

	

	X

ADPCM ISS IMA

	

	X

	Used in FunCom games.

ADPCM IMA Dialogic

	

	X

ADPCM IMA Duck DK3

	

	X

	Used in some Sega Saturn console games.

ADPCM IMA Duck DK4

	

	X

	Used in some Sega Saturn console games.

ADPCM IMA Radical

	

	X

ADPCM Microsoft

	X

	X

ADPCM MS IMA

	X

	X

ADPCM Nintendo Gamecube AFC

	

	X

ADPCM Nintendo Gamecube DTK

	

	X

ADPCM Nintendo THP

	

	X

ADPCM Playstation

	

	X

ADPCM QT IMA

	X

	X

ADPCM SEGA CRI ADX

	X

	X

	Used in Sega Dreamcast games.

ADPCM Shockwave Flash

	X

	X

ADPCM Sound Blaster Pro 2-bit

	

	X

ADPCM Sound Blaster Pro 2.6-bit

	

	X

ADPCM Sound Blaster Pro 4-bit

	

	X

ADPCM VIMA

	

	X

	Used in LucasArts SMUSH animations.

ADPCM Konami XMD

	

	X

ADPCM Westwood Studios IMA

	X

	X

	Used in Westwood Studios games like Command and Conquer.

ADPCM Yamaha

	X

	X

ADPCM Zork

	

	X

AMR-NB

	E

	X

	encoding supported through external library libopencore-amrnb

AMR-WB

	E

	X

	encoding supported through external library libvo-amrwbenc

Amazing Studio PAF Audio

	

	X

Apple lossless audio

	X

	X

	QuickTime fourcc ’alac’

aptX

	X

	X

	Used in Bluetooth A2DP

aptX HD

	X

	X

	Used in Bluetooth A2DP

ATRAC1

	

	X

ATRAC3

	

	X

ATRAC3+

	

	X

ATRAC9

	

	X

Bink Audio

	

	X

	Used in Bink and Smacker files in many games.

Bonk audio

	

	X

CELT

	

	E

	decoding supported through external library libcelt

codec2

	E

	E

	en/decoding supported through external library libcodec2

CRI HCA

	

	X

Delphine Software International CIN audio

	

	X

	Codec used in Delphine Software International games.

DFPWM

	X

	X

Digital Speech Standard - Standard Play mode (DSS SP)

	

	X

Discworld II BMV Audio

	

	X

COOK

	

	X

	All versions except 5.1 are supported.

DCA (DTS Coherent Acoustics)

	X

	X

	supported extensions: XCh, XXCH, X96, XBR, XLL, LBR (partially)

Dolby E

	

	X

DPCM Cuberoot-Delta-Exact

	

	X

	Used in few games.

DPCM Gremlin

	

	X

DPCM id RoQ

	X

	X

	Used in Quake III, Jedi Knight 2 and other computer games.

DPCM Marble WADY

	

	X

DPCM Interplay

	

	X

	Used in various Interplay computer games.

DPCM Squareroot-Delta-Exact

	

	X

	Used in various games.

DPCM Sierra Online

	

	X

	Used in Sierra Online game audio files.

DPCM Sol

	

	X

DPCM Xan

	

	X

	Used in Origin’s Wing Commander IV AVI files.

DPCM Xilam DERF

	

	X

DSD (Direct Stream Digital), least significant bit first

	

	X

DSD (Direct Stream Digital), most significant bit first

	

	X

DSD (Direct Stream Digital), least significant bit first, planar

	

	X

DSD (Direct Stream Digital), most significant bit first, planar

	

	X

DSP Group TrueSpeech

	

	X

DST (Direct Stream Transfer)

	

	X

DV audio

	

	X

Enhanced AC-3

	X

	X

EVRC (Enhanced Variable Rate Codec)

	

	X

FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec)

	X

	IX

FTR Voice

	

	X

G.723.1

	X

	X

G.729

	

	X

GSM

	E

	X

	encoding supported through external library libgsm

GSM Microsoft variant

	E

	X

	encoding supported through external library libgsm

IAC (Indeo Audio Coder)

	

	X

iLBC (Internet Low Bitrate Codec)

	E

	EX

	encoding and decoding supported through external library libilbc

IMC (Intel Music Coder)

	

	X

Interplay ACM

	

	X

MACE (Macintosh Audio Compression/Expansion) 3:1

	

	X

MACE (Macintosh Audio Compression/Expansion) 6:1

	

	X

Marian’s A-pac audio

	

	X

MI-SC4 (Micronas SC-4 Audio)

	

	X

MLP (Meridian Lossless Packing)

	X

	X

	Used in DVD-Audio discs.

Monkey’s Audio

	

	X

MP1 (MPEG audio layer 1)

	

	IX

MP2 (MPEG audio layer 2)

	IX

	IX

	encoding supported also through external library TwoLAME

MP3 (MPEG audio layer 3)

	E

	IX

	encoding supported through external library LAME, ADU MP3 and MP3onMP4
also supported

MPEG-4 Audio Lossless Coding (ALS)

	

	X

MobiClip FastAudio

	

	X

Musepack SV7

	

	X

Musepack SV8

	

	X

Nellymoser Asao

	X

	X

On2 AVC (Audio for Video Codec)

	

	X

Opus

	E

	X

	encoding supported through external library libopus

OSQ (Original Sound Quality)

	

	X

PCM A-law

	X

	X

PCM mu-law

	X

	X

PCM Archimedes VIDC

	X

	X

PCM signed 8-bit planar

	X

	X

PCM signed 16-bit big-endian planar

	X

	X

PCM signed 16-bit little-endian planar

	X

	X

PCM signed 24-bit little-endian planar

	X

	X

PCM signed 32-bit little-endian planar

	X

	X

PCM 32-bit floating point big-endian

	X

	X

PCM 32-bit floating point little-endian

	X

	X

PCM 64-bit floating point big-endian

	X

	X

PCM 64-bit floating point little-endian

	X

	X

PCM D-Cinema audio signed 24-bit

	X

	X

PCM signed 8-bit

	X

	X

PCM signed 16-bit big-endian

	X

	X

PCM signed 16-bit little-endian

	X

	X

PCM signed 24-bit big-endian

	X

	X

PCM signed 24-bit little-endian

	X

	X

PCM signed 32-bit big-endian

	X

	X

PCM signed 32-bit little-endian

	X

	X

PCM signed 16/20/24-bit big-endian in MPEG-TS

	

	X

PCM unsigned 8-bit

	X

	X

PCM unsigned 16-bit big-endian

	X

	X

PCM unsigned 16-bit little-endian

	X

	X

PCM unsigned 24-bit big-endian

	X

	X

PCM unsigned 24-bit little-endian

	X

	X

PCM unsigned 32-bit big-endian

	X

	X

PCM unsigned 32-bit little-endian

	X

	X

PCM SGA

	

	X

QCELP / PureVoice

	

	X

QDesign Music Codec 1

	

	X

QDesign Music Codec 2

	

	X

	There are still some distortions.

RealAudio 1.0 (14.4K)

	X

	X

	Real 14400 bit/s codec

RealAudio 2.0 (28.8K)

	

	X

	Real 28800 bit/s codec

RealAudio 3.0 (dnet)

	IX

	X

	Real low bitrate AC-3 codec

RealAudio Lossless

	

	X

RealAudio SIPR / ACELP.NET

	

	X

RK Audio (RKA)

	

	X

SBC (low-complexity subband codec)

	X

	X

	Used in Bluetooth A2DP

Shorten

	

	X

Sierra VMD audio

	

	X

	Used in Sierra VMD files.

Smacker audio

	

	X

SMPTE 302M AES3 audio

	X

	X

Sonic

	X

	X

	experimental codec

Sonic lossless

	X

	X

	experimental codec

Speex

	E

	EX

	supported through external library libspeex

TAK (Tom’s lossless Audio Kompressor)

	

	X

True Audio (TTA)

	X

	X

TrueHD

	X

	X

	Used in HD-DVD and Blu-Ray discs.

TwinVQ (VQF flavor)

	

	X

VIMA

	

	X

	Used in LucasArts SMUSH animations.

ViewQuest VQC

	

	X

Vorbis

	E

	X

	A native but very primitive encoder exists.

Voxware MetaSound

	

	X

Waveform Archiver

	

	X

WavPack

	X

	X

Westwood Audio (SND1)

	

	X

Windows Media Audio 1

	X

	X

Windows Media Audio 2

	X

	X

Windows Media Audio Lossless

	

	X

Windows Media Audio Pro

	

	X

Windows Media Audio Voice

	

	X

Xbox Media Audio 1

	

	X

Xbox Media Audio 2

	

	X

|X| means that the feature in that column (encoding / decoding) is
supported.

|E| means that support is provided through an external library.

|I| means that an integer-only version is available, too (ensures high
performance on systems without hardware floating point support).


      40.5 Subtitle Formats

Name

	Muxing

	Demuxing

	Encoding

	Decoding

3GPP Timed Text

	

	

	X

	X

AQTitle

	

	X

	

	X

DVB

	X

	X

	X

	X

DVB teletext

	

	X

	

	E

DVD

	X

	X

	X

	X

JACOsub

	X

	X

	

	X

MicroDVD

	X

	X

	

	X

MPL2

	

	X

	

	X

MPsub (MPlayer)

	

	X

	

	X

PGS

	

	

	

	X

PJS (Phoenix)

	

	X

	

	X

RealText

	

	X

	

	X

SAMI

	

	X

	

	X

Spruce format (STL)

	

	X

	

	X

SSA/ASS

	X

	X

	X

	X

SubRip (SRT)

	X

	X

	X

	X

SubViewer v1

	

	X

	

	X

SubViewer

	

	X

	

	X

TED Talks captions

	

	X

	

	X

TTML

	X

	

	X

	

VobSub (IDX+SUB)

	

	X

	

	X

VPlayer

	

	X

	

	X

WebVTT

	X

	X

	X

	X

XSUB

	

	

	X

	X

|X| means that the feature is supported.

|E| means that support is provided through an external library.


      40.6 Network Protocols

Name

	Support

AMQP

	E

file

	X

FTP

	X

Gopher

	X

Gophers

	X

HLS

	X

HTTP

	X

HTTPS

	X

Icecast

	X

MMSH

	X

MMST

	X

pipe

	X

Pro-MPEG FEC

	X

RTMP

	X

RTMPE

	X

RTMPS

	X

RTMPT

	X

RTMPTE

	X

RTMPTS

	X

RTP

	X

SAMBA

	E

SCTP

	X

SFTP

	E

TCP

	X

TLS

	X

UDP

	X

ZMQ

	E

|X| means that the protocol is supported.

|E| means that support is provided through an external library.


      40.7 Input/Output Devices

Name

	Input

	Output

ALSA

	X

	X

BKTR

	X

	

caca

	

	X

DV1394

	X

	

Lavfi virtual device

	X

	

Linux framebuffer

	X

	X

JACK

	X

	

LIBCDIO

	X

LIBDC1394

	X

	

OpenAL

	X

OpenGL

	

	X

OSS

	X

	X

PulseAudio

	X

	X

SDL

	

	X

Video4Linux2

	X

	X

VfW capture

	X

	

X11 grabbing

	X

	

Win32 grabbing

	X

	

|X| means that input/output is supported.


      40.8 Timecode

Codec/format

	Read

	Write

AVI

	X

	X

DV

	X

	X

GXF

	X

	X

MOV

	X

	X

MPEG1/2

	X

	X

MXF

	X

	X


    41 See Also

ffplay

<file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffplay.html>,
ffmpeg

<file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg.html>,
ffprobe

<file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffprobe.html>,
ffmpeg-utils

<file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-utils.html>,
ffmpeg-scaler

<file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-scaler.html>,
ffmpeg-resampler

<file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-resampler.html>,
ffmpeg-codecs

<file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-codecs.html>,
ffmpeg-bitstream-filters

<file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-bitstream-filters.html>,

ffmpeg-formats

<file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-formats.html>,
ffmpeg-devices

<file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-devices.html>,
ffmpeg-protocols

<file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-protocols.html>,
ffmpeg-filters

<file:///C:/Utils/ffmpeg-6.1.1-essentials_build/doc/ffmpeg-filters.html>


    42 Authors

The FFmpeg developers.

For details about the authorship, see the Git history of the project
(https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg), e.g. by typing the command |git log| in
the FFmpeg source directory, or browsing the online repository at
https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg

.

Maintainers for the specific components are listed in the file
MAINTAINERS in the source code tree.

This document was generated using
/makeinfo/

<https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/>.

