# rendi-api/ffmpeg-cheatsheet

A categorized collection of FFmpeg commands for video automation pipelines.

Repository: https://github.com/rendi-api/ffmpeg-cheatsheet
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ffmpeg-cheatsheet
Homepage: https://rendi.dev
License Family: other
Topics: automation, cheatsheet, ffmpeg, ffprobe, gist, video
Last push: 2026-04-29T19:44:19+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 54/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 79, release rhythm 35, longevity 33
- inputs: {"age_days": 471, "days_push": 126, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1738, forks 109 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:29.934970+00:00)

## What it is
A categorized markdown cheat sheet of tested FFmpeg and FFprobe commands aimed at video automation pipelines. It serves as a searchable reference with explanations, references, and runnable sample commands, designed to be used directly or fed into LLMs and AI agents.

## Use cases
- find ffmpeg commands for trimming and merging videos
- look up how to burn srt subtitles into a video
- get ffmpeg command to extract audio as mp3
- generate thumbnails from video with ffmpeg
- transcode mp4 to webm or h264 to vp9
- add watermark overlay to video with ffmpeg
- feed ffmpeg command reference into an llm or ai agent
- troubleshoot a broken ffmpeg filter command

## When to choose
- you need quick, tested FFmpeg command recipes for common video tasks
- you are building video automation pipelines and need a reference
- you want an LLM-friendly FFmpeg reference to index or query
- you are troubleshooting FFmpeg filters or flags

## When to avoid
- you need executable software or a library rather than documentation
- you need a GUI video editor
- you need guaranteed correctness under a maintained license or support contract

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: video-processing, documentation, developer-tools
- domain: media, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform, cli
- tags: ffmpeg, cheatsheet, ffprobe, video-automation, reference-guide, llm-friendly, video, automation

## Member repositories
- rendi-api/ffmpeg-cheatsheet (main) score 54

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:29.934970+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:30:36.999354+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rendi-api/ffmpeg-cheatsheet (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:29.934970+00:00, sha 5555be108e1f)
  - homepage: https://rendi.dev (fetched 2026-08-29T11:08:05.716814+00:00, sha 30a1102cbb1f)
  - site_page: https://www.rendi.dev/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T11:08:05.727237+00:00, sha 3b14909f2e4e)
  - site_page: https://www.rendi.dev/docs/examples (fetched 2026-08-29T11:08:05.735066+00:00, sha e54aa6579286)
  - site_page: https://www.rendi.dev/pricing (fetched 2026-08-29T11:08:05.729629+00:00, sha 031d52c16223)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.