原始内容
name: ffmpeg-video-editor version: 1.0.0 description: > A complete FFmpeg-powered video editing agent. Use this skill whenever the user wants to do anything with video or audio files — trimming, cutting, transcoding, resizing, concatenating, adding subtitles, overlaying images or text, applying color grades or LUTs, normalizing audio levels, creating transitions, green-screen compositing, frame extraction, slideshows, or exporting for social media (TikTok, Reels, YouTube). Also use it for codec questions (H.264, H.265, VP9, AV1, ProRes, FFV1), hardware-accelerated encoding (NVIDIA NVENC, Intel QSV, VAAPI, Apple VideoToolbox), and any ffmpeg or ffprobe command construction. Even if the user just says "convert this video" or "make it smaller" or "add my logo" — reach for this skill. Reference documents in references/ cover filters, codecs, transitions, and hardware acceleration. Helper scripts in scripts/ handle probing, concatenation, and normalization. author: ffmpeg-video-editor contributors license: MIT requirements:
- ffmpeg >= 6.0
- ffprobe >= 6.0 tags:
- video
- audio
- ffmpeg
- transcoding
- editing
- color-grading
- normalization
FFmpeg Video Editor Agent Skill
You are an expert FFmpeg operator. Use this skill to answer any video/audio
editing request by constructing correct ffmpeg command lines. Always probe
input files first, then select the appropriate operation category below.
Probe Input Files
Run scripts/probe.sh <file> (make executable first with chmod +x scripts/*.sh if needed), or inspect manually:
ffprobe -v error -show_streams -show_format -of json input.mp4
Trim / Cut
# Fast stream-copy trim (no re-encode)
ffmpeg -ss 00:01:00 -to 00:02:30 -i input.mp4 -c copy out.mp4
# Precise trim (re-encode around keyframes)
ffmpeg -ss 00:01:00 -i input.mp4 -t 90 -c:v libx264 -crf 18 -c:a aac out.mp4
Transcode
# H.264 web-safe (pix_fmt ensures broad player compatibility)
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -c:v libx264 -crf 23 -preset slow \
-pix_fmt yuv420p -c:a aac -b:a 128k -movflags +faststart out.mp4
# H.265 (smaller files)
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -c:v libx265 -crf 28 -preset slow \
-pix_fmt yuv420p -c:a aac -b:a 128k out.mp4
# VP9 for web
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -c:v libvpx-vp9 -crf 33 -b:v 0 \
-c:a libopus -b:a 128k out.webm
# AV1 (best compression)
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -c:v libaom-av1 -crf 35 -cpu-used 4 \
-c:a libopus -b:a 128k out.mkv
See references/CODECS.md for full codec comparison.
Concatenate Files
# Using helper script
scripts/concat.sh out.mp4 clip1.mp4 clip2.mp4 clip3.mp4
# Manual concat demuxer
printf "file 'a.mp4'\nfile 'b.mp4'\n" > list.txt
ffmpeg -f concat -safe 0 -i list.txt -c copy out.mp4
Scale / Resize
# Scale to 1920×1080, keep aspect ratio, pad to fill
ffmpeg -i in.mp4 -vf "scale=1920:1080:force_original_aspect_ratio=decrease,\
pad=1920:1080:(ow-iw)/2:(oh-ih)/2:black" out.mp4
# Scale by width only (auto height)
ffmpeg -i in.mp4 -vf "scale=1280:-2" out.mp4
Crop
# Crop 640×360 starting at (100,50)
ffmpeg -i in.mp4 -vf "crop=640:360:100:50" out.mp4
# Center crop to 1:1 square
ffmpeg -i in.mp4 -vf "crop=min(iw\,ih):min(iw\,ih)" out.mp4
Overlay / Watermark
# Overlay image (top-right, 10px margin)
ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -i logo.png \
-filter_complex "[0:v][1:v] overlay=W-w-10:10" out.mp4
# PiP: small video on top of main
ffmpeg -i main.mp4 -i pip.mp4 \
-filter_complex "[1:v]scale=320:-2[small];[0:v][small]overlay=W-w-10:H-h-10" out.mp4
Draw Text / Titles
ffmpeg -i in.mp4 -vf \
"drawtext=text='My Title':fontfile=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf\
:fontsize=48:fontcolor=white:x=(w-text_w)/2:y=(h-text_h)/2\
:shadowx=2:shadowy=2" out.mp4
Burn Subtitles
# SRT subtitles (re-encode required)
ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -vf "subtitles=subs.srt" out.mp4
# ASS/SSA subtitles (preserves styling)
ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -vf "ass=subs.ass" out.mp4
Speed Change
# 2× speed (video + audio)
ffmpeg -i in.mp4 -vf "setpts=0.5*PTS" -af "atempo=2.0" out.mp4
# 0.5× speed (half speed)
ffmpeg -i in.mp4 -vf "setpts=2.0*PTS" -af "atempo=0.5" out.mp4
# >4×: chain atempo (max 2.0 per filter)
ffmpeg -i in.mp4 -vf "setpts=0.25*PTS" -af "atempo=2.0,atempo=2.0" out.mp4
# <0.5×: chain atempo (min 0.5 per filter)
ffmpeg -i in.mp4 -vf "setpts=4.0*PTS" -af "atempo=0.5,atempo=0.5" out.mp4
Reverse
ffmpeg -i in.mp4 -vf "reverse" -af "areverse" out.mp4
Transitions (xfade)
# Dissolve between two clips (1s overlap at t=5)
ffmpeg -i a.mp4 -i b.mp4 \
-filter_complex "[0:v][1:v]xfade=transition=dissolve:duration=1:offset=5[v];\
[0:a][1:a]acrossfade=d=1[a]" \
-map "[v]" -map "[a]" out.mp4
See references/TRANSITIONS.md for all 40+ xfade transition types.
Audio: Volume & Normalization
# Adjust volume
ffmpeg -i in.mp4 -af "volume=1.5" out.mp4
# EBU R128 normalization (two-pass)
scripts/normalize-audio.sh in.mp4 out.mp4
# One-pass loudnorm
ffmpeg -i in.mp4 -af "loudnorm=I=-16:TP=-1.5:LRA=11" out.mp4
Audio: Fade In/Out
# Fade in 2s at start, fade out 3s before end (total 60s)
ffmpeg -i in.mp4 -af "afade=t=in:d=2,afade=t=out:st=57:d=3" out.mp4
Mix / Combine Audio
# Mix two audio streams
ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -i music.mp3 \
-filter_complex "[0:a][1:a]amix=inputs=2:duration=first:weights=1 0.3[a]" \
-map 0:v -map "[a]" -c:v copy out.mp4
Color Grading
# Brightness/Contrast/Saturation
ffmpeg -i in.mp4 -vf "eq=brightness=0.05:contrast=1.2:saturation=1.3" out.mp4
# Hue shift
ffmpeg -i in.mp4 -vf "hue=h=30:s=1.1" out.mp4
# Apply 3D LUT (.cube)
ffmpeg -i in.mp4 -vf "lut3d=file=lut.cube" out.mp4
# Apply Hald CLUT PNG
ffmpeg -i in.mp4 -i lut.png \
-filter_complex "[0:v][1:v]haldclut" out.mp4
Chroma Key / Green Screen
# chromakey (color + similarity + blend)
ffmpeg -i foreground.mp4 -i background.mp4 \
-filter_complex "[0:v]chromakey=0x00FF00:0.3:0.2[fg];\
[1:v][fg]overlay" out.mp4
# colorkey (simpler, exact color)
ffmpeg -i in.mp4 -vf "colorkey=green:0.3:0.2" out.mp4
Frame Rate Conversion
# Convert to 30fps
ffmpeg -i in.mp4 -vf "fps=30" out.mp4
# Use motion interpolation (minterpolate)
ffmpeg -i in.mp4 -vf "minterpolate=fps=60:mi_mode=mci" out.mp4
Extract Frames / Create Slideshow
# Extract one frame per second as PNG
ffmpeg -i in.mp4 -vf "fps=1" frames/%04d.png
# Slideshow from images (3s per image, 30fps output)
ffmpeg -framerate 1/3 -i frames/%04d.png -c:v libx264 -r 30 out.mp4
Stacking / Grid Layout
# Side by side (hstack)
ffmpeg -i a.mp4 -i b.mp4 -filter_complex "[0:v][1:v]hstack=inputs=2" out.mp4
# Top-bottom (vstack)
ffmpeg -i a.mp4 -i b.mp4 -filter_complex "[0:v][1:v]vstack=inputs=2" out.mp4
# 2×2 grid (xstack)
ffmpeg -i a.mp4 -i b.mp4 -i c.mp4 -i d.mp4 \
-filter_complex "[0:v][1:v][2:v][3:v]xstack=inputs=4:layout=0_0|w0_0|0_h0|w0_h0" out.mp4
Hardware-Accelerated Encoding
# NVIDIA NVENC H.264
ffmpeg -hwaccel cuda -i in.mp4 -c:v h264_nvenc -preset p4 -cq 23 out.mp4
# Apple VideoToolbox H.265
ffmpeg -i in.mp4 -c:v hevc_videotoolbox -q:v 60 out.mp4
# Intel QuickSync H.264
ffmpeg -hwaccel qsv -i in.mp4 -c:v h264_qsv -global_quality 23 out.mp4
See references/HARDWARE-ACCEL.md for full GPU encoding guide.
Encoding Presets (assets/preset-profiles.json)
When the task maps to a named use case below, read assets/preset-profiles.json
and use the example field as the ready-made ffmpeg command.
| Profile | Codec | CRF | Use Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| web-optimized | H.264 | 23 | Browser streaming |
| high-quality | H.264 | 18 | Archive / master |
| social-media-vertical | H.264 | 23 | 9:16 TikTok/Reels |
| social-media-square | H.264 | 23 | 1:1 Instagram |
| fast-preview | H.264 | 28 | Proxy / review |
| lossless-intermediate | FFV1 | — | Post-production store |
Multi-Stream Filter Graph Pattern
ffmpeg \
-i input_video.mp4 \
-i overlay.png \
-i audio_bed.mp3 \
-filter_complex "
[0:v]scale=1920:1080,setsar=1[base];
[1:v]scale=200:-2,format=rgba,colorchannelmixer=aa=0.8[logo];
[base][logo]overlay=W-w-20:20[composited];
[0:a][2:a]amix=inputs=2:weights=1 0.2[audio_mix]
" \
-map "[composited]" -map "[audio_mix]" \
-c:v libx264 -crf 18 -preset slow \
-c:a aac -b:a 192k \
-movflags +faststart \
output.mp4
Common Options Reference
| Flag | Meaning |
|---|---|
-ss |
Seek/start time (before -i = fast seek) |
-to |
End time (absolute) |
-t |
Duration |
-c copy |
Stream copy (no re-encode) |
-crf |
Constant Rate Factor (lower = better) |
-preset |
Encoder speed/quality tradeoff |
-movflags +faststart |
Move moov atom to front (web streaming) |
-vf |
Video filter chain |
-af |
Audio filter chain |
-filter_complex |
Multi-input/output filter graph |
-map |
Select output streams explicitly |
-an |
Drop audio |
-vn |
Drop video |
-y |
Overwrite output without prompt |
Debugging Tips
# Dry-run: print filter graph without encoding
ffmpeg -i in.mp4 -vf "scale=1280:-2" -f null -
# Benchmark encode speed
ffmpeg -benchmark -i in.mp4 -c:v libx264 -f null -
# Show available encoders
ffmpeg -encoders | grep -E "^.V|^.A"
# Show filter options
ffmpeg -help filter=loudnorm