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    Home»Linux Distributions»Debian»How to Install and Use FFmpeg on Debian 10

    How to Install and Use FFmpeg on Debian 10

    RahulBy RahulOctober 12, 20202 Mins Read

    FFmpeg is an open-source application used to work with audio, video, video streams and other multimedia files. You can use ffmpeg to convert video files, extract audio, reducing file size, convert file types. Using ffmpeg, we can also create a video stream from a video file publish over rtmp protocol.

    This tutorial will help you to install ffmpeg on Debian 10 Linux system.

    Install FFmpeg on Debian 10

    At the day of writing this article, the FFmpeg 4.1.6 is available under the default apt repositories. You can use the apt command line utility to install ffmpeg on your Debian 10 Linux system.

    sudo apt update 
    sudo apt install ffmpeg 
    

    Next check the installed version of ffmpeg on your Debian system.

    ffmpeg -version 
    

    Output:

    ffmpeg version 4.1.6-1~deb10u1 Copyright (c) 2000-2020 the FFmpeg developers
    built with gcc 8 (Debian 8.3.0-6)
    

    Working with FFmpeg

    The ffmpeg command line interface provides a large number of options to work with it. Below is the list of basic command line options used with ffmpeg.

    FFmpeg command examples
      ffmpeg -version: show version ffmpeg -formats: show available formats ffmpeg -codecs: show available codecs ffmpeg -decoders: show available decoders ffmpeg -encoders: show available encoders ffmpeg -bsfs: show available bit stream filters ffmpeg -protocols: show available protocols ffmpeg -filters: show available filters ffmpeg -pix_fmts: show available pixel formats ffmpeg -layouts: show standard channel layouts ffmpeg -sample_fmts: show available audio sample formats

    As as basic command line example, below command will reduce the size of a .mov file.

    Reduce .mov File Size:

    ffmpeg -i input.mov -c:v libx264 -c:a copy -crf 20 output.mov 
    

    You can also convert a file format using ffmpeg command line. Below example command will change .mov file to .mp4 video format.

    Convert .mov To .mp4

    ffmpeg -i input.mov -vcodec copy -acodec aac -strict experimental -ab 128k output.mp4 
    

    Conclusion

    This tutorial provides you instruction’s to how to install ffmpeg on debian 10 Linux system. You can also visit the official documentation page to learn more about ffmpeg uses on Linux system.

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