FFMPEG command line options

Movie copy software Discuss, FFMPEG command line options at Software forum; I thought it might be useful to post all the command line options of FFMPEG then we can try to figure out what it corresponds to in the devices.ini Code:

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    I thought it might be useful to post all the command line options of FFMPEG then we can try to figure out what it corresponds to in the devices.ini

    Code:
    Main options:
    -L                  show license
    -h                  show help
    -version            show version
    -formats            show available formats, codecs, protocols, ...
    -f fmt              force format
    -img img_fmt        force image format
    -i filename         input file name
    -y                  overwrite output files
    -t duration         set the recording time
    -fs limit_size      set the limit file size
    -ss time_off        set the start time offset
    -itsoffset time_off  set the input ts offset
    -title string       set the title
    -timestamp time     set the timestamp
    -author string      set the author
    -copyright string   set the copyright
    -comment string     set the comment
    -v verbose          control amount of logging
    -target type        specify target file type ("vcd", "svcd", "dvd", "dv", "pal-vcd", "ntsc-svcd", ...)
    -dframes number     set the number of data frames to record
    -hq                 activate high quality settings
    -scodec codec       force subtitle codec ('copy' to copy stream)
    -newsubtitle        add a new subtitle stream to the current output stream
    -slang code         set the ISO 639 language code (3 letters) of the current subtitle stream
    
    Video options:
    -b bitrate          set video bitrate (in kbit/s)
    -vframes number     set the number of video frames to record
    -r rate             set frame rate (Hz value, fraction or abbreviation)
    -s size             set frame size (WxH or abbreviation)
    -aspect aspect      set aspect ratio (4:3, 16:9 or 1.3333, 1.7777)
    -fixaspect          fix aspect ratio
    -croptop size       set top crop band size (in pixels)
    -cropbottom size    set bottom crop band size (in pixels)
    -cropleft size      set left crop band size (in pixels)
    -cropright size     set right crop band size (in pixels)
    -padtop size        set top pad band size (in pixels)
    -padbottom size     set bottom pad band size (in pixels)
    -padleft size       set left pad band size (in pixels)
    -padright size      set right pad band size (in pixels)
    -padcolor color     set color of pad bands (Hex 000000 thru FFFFFF)
    -vn                 disable video
    -bt tolerance       set video bitrate tolerance (in kbit/s)
    -maxrate bitrate    set max video bitrate tolerance (in kbit/s)
    -minrate bitrate    set min video bitrate tolerance (in kbit/s)
    -bufsize size       set ratecontrol buffer size (in kByte)
    -vcodec codec       force video codec ('copy' to copy stream)
    -sameq              use same video quality as source (implies VBR)
    -pass n             select the pass number (1 or 2)
    -passlogfile file   select two pass log file name
    -newvideo           add a new video stream to the current output stream
    
    Advanced Video options:
    -pix_fmt format     set pixel format
    -g gop_size         set the group of picture size
    -intra              use only intra frames
    -vdt n              discard threshold
    -qscale q           use fixed video quantiser scale (VBR)
    -qmin q             min video quantiser scale (VBR)
    -qmax q             max video quantiser scale (VBR)
    -lmin lambda        min video lagrange factor (VBR)
    -lmax lambda        max video lagrange factor (VBR)
    -mblmin q           min macroblock quantiser scale (VBR)
    -mblmax q           max macroblock quantiser scale (VBR)
    -qdiff q            max difference between the quantiser scale (VBR)
    -qblur blur         video quantiser scale blur (VBR)
    -qsquish squish     how to keep quantiser between qmin and qmax (0 = clip, 1 = use differentiable function)
    -qcomp compression  video quantiser scale compression (VBR)
    -rc_init_cplx complexity  initial complexity for 1-pass encoding
    -b_qfactor factor   qp factor between p and b frames
    -i_qfactor factor   qp factor between p and i frames
    -b_qoffset offset   qp offset between p and b frames
    -i_qoffset offset   qp offset between p and i frames
    -ibias bias         intra quant bias
    -pbias bias         inter quant bias
    -rc_eq equation     set rate control equation
    -rc_override override  rate control override for specific intervals
    -me method          set motion estimation method
    -dct_algo algo      set dct algo
    -idct_algo algo     set idct algo
    -me_threshold       motion estimaton threshold
    -mb_threshold       macroblock threshold
    -er n               set error resilience
    -ec bit_mask        set error concealment
    -bf frames          use 'frames' B frames
    -mbd mode           macroblock decision
    -mbcmp cmp function  macroblock compare function
    -ildctcmp cmp function  ildct compare function
    -subcmp cmp function  subpel compare function
    -cmp cmp function   fullpel compare function
    -precmp cmp function  pre motion estimation compare function
    -preme              pre motion estimation
    -lelim elim         single coefficient elimination threshold for luminance (negative values also consider DC coefficient)
    -celim elim         single coefficient elimination threshold for chrominance (negative values also consider DC coefficient)
    -lumi_mask          luminance masking
    -dark_mask          darkness masking
    -scplx_mask         spatial complexity masking
    -tcplx_mask         temporal complexity masking
    -p_mask             inter masking
    -4mv                use four motion vector by macroblock (MPEG4)
    -obmc               use overlapped block motion compensation (h263+)
    -lf                 use loop filter (h263+)
    -part               use data partitioning (MPEG4)
    -bug param          workaround not auto detected encoder bugs
    -strict strictness  how strictly to follow the standards
    -deinterlace        deinterlace pictures
    -ildct              force interlaced dct support in encoder (MPEG2/MPEG4)
    -ilme               force interlaced me support in encoder (MPEG2/MPEG4)
    -psnr               calculate PSNR of compressed frames
    -vstats             dump video coding statistics to file
    -vhook module       insert video processing module
    -aic                enable Advanced intra coding (h263+)
    -aiv                enable Alternative inter vlc (h263+)
    -umv                enable Unlimited Motion Vector (h263+)
    -ssm                enable Slice Structured mode (h263+)
    -alt                enable alternate scantable (MPEG2/MPEG4)
    -qprd               
    -cbp                
    -trell              enable trellis quantization
    -mv0                try to encode each MB with MV=<0,0> and choose the better one (has no effect if mbd=0)
    -naq                normalize adaptive quantization
    -cgop               closed gop
    -sgop               strict gop
    -noout              skip bitstream encoding
    -scan_offset        enable SVCD Scan Offset placeholder
    -qpel               enable 1/4-pel
    -intra_matrix matrix  specify intra matrix coeffs
    -inter_matrix matrix  specify inter matrix coeffs
    -top                top=1/bottom=0/auto=-1 field first
    -nr                 noise reduction
    -qns                quantization noise shaping
    -sc_threshold threshold  scene change threshold
    -me_range range     limit motion vectors range (1023 for DivX player)
    -dc precision       intra_dc_precision
    -coder              coder type
    -context            context model
    -pred               prediction method
    -vprofile           profile
    -vlevel             level
    -nssew              weight
    -subq               
    -mepc factor (1.0 = 256)  motion estimation bitrate penalty compensation
    -lowres             
    -vtag fourcc/tag    force video tag/fourcc
    -skip_threshold threshold  frame skip threshold
    -skip_factor factor  frame skip factor
    -skip_exp exponent  frame skip exponent
    -skip_cmp compare function  frame skip compare function
    -gray               encode/decode grayscale
    
    Audio options:
    -aframes number     set the number of audio frames to record
    -ab bitrate         set audio bitrate (in kbit/s)
    -ar rate            set audio sampling rate (in Hz)
    -ac channels        set number of audio channels
    -an                 disable audio
    -acodec codec       force audio codec ('copy' to copy stream)
    -vol volume         change audio volume (256=normal)
    -newaudio           add a new audio stream to the current output stream
    -alang code         set the ISO 639 language code (3 letters) of the current audio stream
    
    Advanced Audio options:
    -atag fourcc/tag    force audio tag/fourcc
    
    Subtitle options:
    -scodec codec       force subtitle codec ('copy' to copy stream)
    -newsubtitle        add a new subtitle stream to the current output stream
    -slang code         set the ISO 639 language code (3 letters) of the current subtitle stream
    
    Audio/Video grab options:
    -vd device          set video grab device
    -vc channel         set video grab channel (DV1394 only)
    -tvstd standard     set television standard (NTSC, PAL (SECAM))
    -ad device          set audio device
    -grab format        request grabbing using
    -gd device          set grab device
    
    Advanced options:
    -map file:stream[:syncfile:syncstream]  set input stream mapping
    -map_****_data outfile:infile  set **** data information of outfile from infile
    -debug              print specific debug info
    -vismv              visualize motion vectors
    -benchmark          add timings for benchmarking
    -dump               dump each input packet
    -hex                when dumping packets, also dump the payload
    -bitexact           only use bit exact algorithms (for codec testing)
    -re                 read input at native frame rate
    -loop               loop (current only works with images)
    -loop_output        number of times to loop output in formats that support looping (0 loops forever)
    -threads count      thread count
    -vsync              video sync method
    -async              audio sync method
    -vglobal            video global header storage type
    -copyts             copy timestamps
    -shortest           finish encoding within shortest input
    -b_strategy strategy  dynamic b frame selection strategy
    -ps size            set packet size in bits
    -error rate         error rate
    -muxrate rate       set mux rate
    -packetsize size    set packet size
    -muxdelay seconds   set the maximum demux-decode delay
    -muxpreload seconds  set the initial demux-decode delay
    -muxab bitrate      set the audio bitrate in mux tag (in kbit/s)
    -muxvb bitrate      set the video bitrate in mux tag (in kbit/s)
    
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    And as Tom from Slysoft pointed out ffmpeg -formats shows all the codecs/file formats.

    Code:
    #ffmpeg -formats
    ffmpeg version CVS, build 4759, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
     configuration:  --enable-mp3lame --enable-faac --enable-faad --enable-amr_nb -
    -enable-amr_wb --disable-ffplay --enable-small --enable-memalign-hack --enable-g
    pl --enable-xvid --enable-dts --enable-a52 --disable-vhook --enable-pthread --en
    able-x264
     built on Oct 30 2005 01:30:25, gcc: 3.4.4 (cygming special) (gdc 0.12, using d
    md 0.125)
    File formats:
     E 3g2             3gp2 format
     E 3gp             3gp format
     D  4xm             4X Technologies format
     D  RoQ             Id RoQ format
     DE ac3             raw ac3
     DE alaw            pcm A law format
     DE amr             3gpp amr file format
     DE asf             asf format
     E asf_stream      asf format
     DE au              SUN AU Format
     DE audio_device    audio grab and output
     DE avi             avi format
     D  avs             Avisynth script
     E crc             crc testing format
     D  dts             raw dts
     DE dv              DV video format
     E dvd             MPEG2 PS format (DVD VOB)
     D  ea              Electronic Arts Multimedia Format
     DE ffm             ffm format
     D  film_cpk        Sega FILM/CPK format
     D  flic            FLI/FLC animation format
     DE flv             flv format
     DE gif             GIF Animation
     DE h261            raw h261
     DE h263            raw h263
     DE h264            raw H264 video format
     D  idcin           Id CIN format
     DE image           image sequence
     DE image2          image2 sequence
     DE image2pipe      piped image2 sequence
     DE imagepipe       piped image sequence
     D  ipmovie         Interplay MVE format
     DE m4v             raw MPEG4 video format
     D  matroska        Matroska file format
     DE mjpeg           MJPEG video
     DE mmf             mmf format
     E mov             mov format
     D  mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2 QuickTime/MPEG4 format
     E mp2             MPEG audio layer 2
     DE mp3             MPEG audio layer 3
     E mp4             mp4 format
     DE mpeg            MPEG1 System format
     E mpeg1video      MPEG video
     E mpeg2video      MPEG2 video
     DE mpegts          MPEG2 transport stream format
     D  mpegvideo       MPEG video
     E mpjpeg          Mime multipart JPEG format
     DE mulaw           pcm mu law format
     D  nsv             NullSoft Video format
     E null            null video format
     DE nut             nut format
     D  ogg             Ogg
     E psp             psp mp4 format
     D  psxstr          Sony Playstation STR format
     DE rawvideo        raw video format
     D  redir           Redirector format
     DE rm              rm format
     E rtp             RTP output format
     D  rtsp            RTSP input format
     DE s16be           pcm signed 16 bit big endian format
     DE s16le           pcm signed 16 bit little endian format
     DE s8              pcm signed 8 bit format
     D  sdp             SDP
     D  shn             raw shn
     D  sol             Sierra SOL Format
     E svcd            MPEG2 PS format (VOB)
     DE swf             Flash format
     DE u16be           pcm unsigned 16 bit big endian format
     DE u16le           pcm unsigned 16 bit little endian format
     DE u8              pcm unsigned 8 bit format
     E vcd             MPEG1 System format (VCD)
     D  vmd             Sierra VMD format
     E vob             MPEG2 PS format (VOB)
     DE wav             wav format
     D  wc3movie        Wing Commander III movie format
     D  wsaud           Westwood Studios audio format
     D  wsvqa           Westwood Studios VQA format
     DE yuv4mpegpipe    YUV4MPEG pipe format
    
    Image formats (filename extensions, if any, follow):
     DE gif    gif
    
    Codecs:
     D V    4xm
     D V D  8bps
     DEA    aac
     D V D  aasc
     DEA    ac3
     DEA    adpcm_4xm
     DEA    adpcm_adx
     DEA    adpcm_ct
     DEA    adpcm_ea
     DEA    adpcm_ima_dk3
     DEA    adpcm_ima_dk4
     DEA    adpcm_ima_qt
     DEA    adpcm_ima_smjpeg
     DEA    adpcm_ima_wav
     DEA    adpcm_ima_ws
     DEA    adpcm_ms
     DEA    adpcm_swf
     DEA    adpcm_xa
     DEA    adpcm_yamaha
     D A    alac
     DEA    amr_nb
     DEA    amr_wb
     DEV D  asv1
     DEV D  asv2
     D V D  camtasia
     D V D  cinepak
     D V D  cljr
     D V D  cyuv
     D A    dts
     DES    dvbsub
     D S    dvdsub
     DEV D  dvvideo
     DEV D  ffv1
     DEVSD  ffvhuff
     D A    flac
     D V D  flic
     DEVSD  flv
     D V D  fraps
     DEA    g726
     DEV D  h261
     DEVSDT h263
     D VSD  h263i
     EV    h263p
     DEV DT h264
     DEVSD  huffyuv
     D V D  idcinvideo
     D V D  indeo2
     D V    indeo3
     D A    interplay_dpcm
     D V D  interplayvideo
     EV    ljpeg
     D V D  loco
     D A    mace3
     D A    mace6
     D V D  mdec
     DEV D  mjpeg
     D V D  mjpegb
     DEA    mp2
     DEA    mp3
     D A    mp3adu
     D A    mp3on4
     DEVSDT mpeg1video
     DEVSDT mpeg2video
     DEVSDT mpeg4
     D A    mpeg4aac
     D VSDT mpegvideo
     DEVSD  msmpeg4
     DEVSD  msmpeg4v1
     DEVSD  msmpeg4v2
     D V D  msrle
     D V D  msvideo1
     D V D  mszh
     DEV    pam
     DEV    pbm
     DEA    pcm_alaw
     DEA    pcm_mulaw
     DEA    pcm_s16be
     DEA    pcm_s16le
     DEA    pcm_s8
     DEA    pcm_u16be
     DEA    pcm_u16le
     DEA    pcm_u8
     DEV    pgm
     DEV    pgmyuv
     DEV    png
     DEV    ppm
     D V D  qdraw
     D V D  qpeg
     D V D  qtrle
     DEV    rawvideo
     D A    real_144
     D A    real_288
     D A    roq_dpcm
     D V D  roqvideo
     D V D  rpza
     DEV D  rv10
     DEV D  rv20
     D A    shorten
     D V D  smc
     DEV    snow
     D A    sol_dpcm
     DEA    sonic
     EA    sonicls
     D V D  sp5x
     DEV D  svq1
     D VSD  svq3
     D V    theora
     D V D  truemotion1
     D V D  ultimotion
     D V    vc9
     D V D  vcr1
     D A    vmdaudio
     D V D  vmdvideo
     D A    vorbis
     D V    vp3
     D V D  vqavideo
     D A    wmav1
     D A    wmav2
     DEVSD  wmv1
     DEVSD  wmv2
     D V    wmv3
     D V D  wnv1
     D A    ws_snd1
     D A    xan_dpcm
     D V D  xan_wc3
     D V D  xl
     EV    xvid
     DEV D  zlib
    
    Supported file protocols:
     file: pipe: udp: rtp: tcp: http:
    Frame size, frame rate abbreviations:
     ntsc pal qntsc qpal sntsc spal film ntsc-film sqcif qcif cif 4cif
    Motion estimation methods:
     zero(fastest) full(slowest) log phods epzs(default) x1
    
    Note, the names of encoders and decoders dont always match, so there are
    several cases where the above table shows encoder only or decoder only entries
    even though both encoding and decoding are supported for example, the h263
    decoder corresponds to the h2
    
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    hello people, I've been looking for a post that contains all the available options ffmpeg has, since the documentation is incomplete, this is the most complete list I've found: http://www.itbroadcastanddigitalcine...peg_howto.html

    althougth it's still missing lots of stuff like:

    -vprofile SP (for simple profile)
    -profile 0 (profile 0)
    - level 2 (set profile level)
    - level 8 (you wont believe but this is for level 0 if profile 0 mpeg-4)

    I post it here couse it looks you're going to use them for something interesting, and this was hard to find, but VERY importante information, if this is not helpfull sorry, just tring to help

    as you might guess I'm converting videos to use them in my cell phone (sony ericsson w300 wich developer.SE.com says the best settings is XviD MPEG-4 Visual Simple, Modified Level 2) and I wish this info on the ffmpeg command line arguments/interface had been easier to find...

    TIA

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