Understanding theFFmpeg Command Line

The FFmpeg command line is
pretty simple:

ffmpeg -i infile outfile

That's all there is to a basic
command. You list your input
file preceded by an -i flag.
You list your output file as the
last file on the command line.

To convert from one file format
to another, you do this:

ffmpeg -i infile.avi outfile.mpg


FFmpeg does its best to set defaults
for you. Of course, you can explicitly
override the defaults on the command
line.

See the ffmpeg man page for more
details.

Ed Abbott