Introduction to FFMPEG
By FFMPEG is a powerful command line application for Linux, Windows and Mac that allows users to convert, merge, and modify audio, video and image inputs easily. FFPEG allows developers to add video & audio modification capabilities to their applications and web sites.
This guide will provide the basic syntax of ffmpeg and ffprobe commands and will link to other related articles for more information on the different command options.
ffmpeg Functions
ffmpeg -i input.avi output.mp4
ffprobe
Ffprobe is a program to get the dimensions, length, encoding and more information for your media file in question.
General Usage:
ffprobe [OPTIONS] [INPUT_FILE]