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  1. @chapter Filtering Introduction
  2. @c man begin FILTERING INTRODUCTION
  3. Filtering in FFmpeg is enabled through the libavfilter library.
  4. Libavfilter is the filtering API of FFmpeg. It is the substitute of
  5. the now deprecated 'vhooks' and started as a Google Summer of Code
  6. project.
  7. Audio filtering integration into the main FFmpeg repository is a work in
  8. progress, so audio API and ABI should not be considered stable yet.
  9. In libavfilter, it is possible for filters to have multiple inputs and
  10. multiple outputs.
  11. To illustrate the sorts of things that are possible, we can
  12. use a complex filter graph. For example, the following one:
  13. @example
  14. input --> split ---------------------> overlay --> output
  15. | ^
  16. | |
  17. +-----> crop --> vflip -------+
  18. @end example
  19. splits the stream in two streams, sends one stream through the crop filter
  20. and the vflip filter before merging it back with the other stream by
  21. overlaying it on top. You can use the following command to achieve this:
  22. @example
  23. ffmpeg -i input -vf "[in] split [T1], [T2] overlay=0:H/2 [out]; [T1] crop=iw:ih/2:0:ih/2, vflip [T2]" output
  24. @end example
  25. The result will be that in output the top half of the video is mirrored
  26. onto the bottom half.
  27. Filters are loaded using the @var{-vf} or @var{-af} option passed to
  28. @command{ffmpeg} or to @command{ffplay}. Filters in the same linear
  29. chain are separated by commas. In our example, @var{split,
  30. overlay} are in one linear chain, and @var{crop, vflip} are in
  31. another. The points where the linear chains join are labeled by names
  32. enclosed in square brackets. In our example, that is @var{[T1]} and
  33. @var{[T2]}. The special labels @var{[in]} and @var{[out]} are the points
  34. where video is input and output.
  35. Some filters take in input a list of parameters: they are specified
  36. after the filter name and an equal sign, and are separated from each other
  37. by a colon.
  38. There exist so-called @var{source filters} that do not have an
  39. audio/video input, and @var{sink filters} that will not have audio/video
  40. output.
  41. @c man end FILTERING INTRODUCTION
  42. @chapter graph2dot
  43. @c man begin GRAPH2DOT
  44. The @file{graph2dot} program included in the FFmpeg @file{tools}
  45. directory can be used to parse a filter graph description and issue a
  46. corresponding textual representation in the dot language.
  47. Invoke the command:
  48. @example
  49. graph2dot -h
  50. @end example
  51. to see how to use @file{graph2dot}.
  52. You can then pass the dot description to the @file{dot} program (from
  53. the graphviz suite of programs) and obtain a graphical representation
  54. of the filter graph.
  55. For example the sequence of commands:
  56. @example
  57. echo @var{GRAPH_DESCRIPTION} | \
  58. tools/graph2dot -o graph.tmp && \
  59. dot -Tpng graph.tmp -o graph.png && \
  60. display graph.png
  61. @end example
  62. can be used to create and display an image representing the graph
  63. described by the @var{GRAPH_DESCRIPTION} string. Note that this string must be
  64. a complete self-contained graph, with its inputs and outputs explicitly defined.
  65. For example if your command line is of the form:
  66. @example
  67. ffmpeg -i infile -vf scale=640:360 outfile
  68. @end example
  69. your @var{GRAPH_DESCRIPTION} string will need to be of the form:
  70. @example
  71. nullsrc,scale=640:360,nullsink
  72. @end example
  73. you may also need to set the @var{nullsrc} parameters and add a @var{format}
  74. filter in order to simulate a specific input file.
  75. @c man end GRAPH2DOT
  76. @chapter Filtergraph description
  77. @c man begin FILTERGRAPH DESCRIPTION
  78. A filtergraph is a directed graph of connected filters. It can contain
  79. cycles, and there can be multiple links between a pair of
  80. filters. Each link has one input pad on one side connecting it to one
  81. filter from which it takes its input, and one output pad on the other
  82. side connecting it to the one filter accepting its output.
  83. Each filter in a filtergraph is an instance of a filter class
  84. registered in the application, which defines the features and the
  85. number of input and output pads of the filter.
  86. A filter with no input pads is called a "source", a filter with no
  87. output pads is called a "sink".
  88. @anchor{Filtergraph syntax}
  89. @section Filtergraph syntax
  90. A filtergraph can be represented using a textual representation, which is
  91. recognized by the @option{-filter}/@option{-vf} and @option{-filter_complex}
  92. options in @command{ffmpeg} and @option{-vf} in @command{ffplay}, and by the
  93. @code{avfilter_graph_parse()}/@code{avfilter_graph_parse2()} function defined in
  94. @file{libavfilter/avfiltergraph.h}.
  95. A filterchain consists of a sequence of connected filters, each one
  96. connected to the previous one in the sequence. A filterchain is
  97. represented by a list of ","-separated filter descriptions.
  98. A filtergraph consists of a sequence of filterchains. A sequence of
  99. filterchains is represented by a list of ";"-separated filterchain
  100. descriptions.
  101. A filter is represented by a string of the form:
  102. [@var{in_link_1}]...[@var{in_link_N}]@var{filter_name}=@var{arguments}[@var{out_link_1}]...[@var{out_link_M}]
  103. @var{filter_name} is the name of the filter class of which the
  104. described filter is an instance of, and has to be the name of one of
  105. the filter classes registered in the program.
  106. The name of the filter class is optionally followed by a string
  107. "=@var{arguments}".
  108. @var{arguments} is a string which contains the parameters used to
  109. initialize the filter instance, and are described in the filter
  110. descriptions below.
  111. The list of arguments can be quoted using the character "'" as initial
  112. and ending mark, and the character '\' for escaping the characters
  113. within the quoted text; otherwise the argument string is considered
  114. terminated when the next special character (belonging to the set
  115. "[]=;,") is encountered.
  116. The name and arguments of the filter are optionally preceded and
  117. followed by a list of link labels.
  118. A link label allows to name a link and associate it to a filter output
  119. or input pad. The preceding labels @var{in_link_1}
  120. ... @var{in_link_N}, are associated to the filter input pads,
  121. the following labels @var{out_link_1} ... @var{out_link_M}, are
  122. associated to the output pads.
  123. When two link labels with the same name are found in the
  124. filtergraph, a link between the corresponding input and output pad is
  125. created.
  126. If an output pad is not labelled, it is linked by default to the first
  127. unlabelled input pad of the next filter in the filterchain.
  128. For example in the filterchain:
  129. @example
  130. nullsrc, split[L1], [L2]overlay, nullsink
  131. @end example
  132. the split filter instance has two output pads, and the overlay filter
  133. instance two input pads. The first output pad of split is labelled
  134. "L1", the first input pad of overlay is labelled "L2", and the second
  135. output pad of split is linked to the second input pad of overlay,
  136. which are both unlabelled.
  137. In a complete filterchain all the unlabelled filter input and output
  138. pads must be connected. A filtergraph is considered valid if all the
  139. filter input and output pads of all the filterchains are connected.
  140. Libavfilter will automatically insert scale filters where format
  141. conversion is required. It is possible to specify swscale flags
  142. for those automatically inserted scalers by prepending
  143. @code{sws_flags=@var{flags};}
  144. to the filtergraph description.
  145. Follows a BNF description for the filtergraph syntax:
  146. @example
  147. @var{NAME} ::= sequence of alphanumeric characters and '_'
  148. @var{LINKLABEL} ::= "[" @var{NAME} "]"
  149. @var{LINKLABELS} ::= @var{LINKLABEL} [@var{LINKLABELS}]
  150. @var{FILTER_ARGUMENTS} ::= sequence of chars (eventually quoted)
  151. @var{FILTER} ::= [@var{LINKNAMES}] @var{NAME} ["=" @var{ARGUMENTS}] [@var{LINKNAMES}]
  152. @var{FILTERCHAIN} ::= @var{FILTER} [,@var{FILTERCHAIN}]
  153. @var{FILTERGRAPH} ::= [sws_flags=@var{flags};] @var{FILTERCHAIN} [;@var{FILTERGRAPH}]
  154. @end example
  155. @c man end FILTERGRAPH DESCRIPTION
  156. @chapter Audio Filters
  157. @c man begin AUDIO FILTERS
  158. When you configure your FFmpeg build, you can disable any of the
  159. existing filters using @code{--disable-filters}.
  160. The configure output will show the audio filters included in your
  161. build.
  162. Below is a description of the currently available audio filters.
  163. @section aconvert
  164. Convert the input audio format to the specified formats.
  165. The filter accepts a string of the form:
  166. "@var{sample_format}:@var{channel_layout}".
  167. @var{sample_format} specifies the sample format, and can be a string or the
  168. corresponding numeric value defined in @file{libavutil/samplefmt.h}. Use 'p'
  169. suffix for a planar sample format.
  170. @var{channel_layout} specifies the channel layout, and can be a string
  171. or the corresponding number value defined in @file{libavutil/audioconvert.h}.
  172. The special parameter "auto", signifies that the filter will
  173. automatically select the output format depending on the output filter.
  174. Some examples follow.
  175. @itemize
  176. @item
  177. Convert input to float, planar, stereo:
  178. @example
  179. aconvert=fltp:stereo
  180. @end example
  181. @item
  182. Convert input to unsigned 8-bit, automatically select out channel layout:
  183. @example
  184. aconvert=u8:auto
  185. @end example
  186. @end itemize
  187. @section aformat
  188. Convert the input audio to one of the specified formats. The framework will
  189. negotiate the most appropriate format to minimize conversions.
  190. The filter accepts the following named parameters:
  191. @table @option
  192. @item sample_fmts
  193. A comma-separated list of requested sample formats.
  194. @item sample_rates
  195. A comma-separated list of requested sample rates.
  196. @item channel_layouts
  197. A comma-separated list of requested channel layouts.
  198. @end table
  199. If a parameter is omitted, all values are allowed.
  200. For example to force the output to either unsigned 8-bit or signed 16-bit stereo:
  201. @example
  202. aformat=sample_fmts\=u8\,s16:channel_layouts\=stereo
  203. @end example
  204. @section amerge
  205. Merge two or more audio streams into a single multi-channel stream.
  206. The filter accepts the following named options:
  207. @table @option
  208. @item inputs
  209. Set the number of inputs. Default is 2.
  210. @end table
  211. If the channel layouts of the inputs are disjoint, and therefore compatible,
  212. the channel layout of the output will be set accordingly and the channels
  213. will be reordered as necessary. If the channel layouts of the inputs are not
  214. disjoint, the output will have all the channels of the first input then all
  215. the channels of the second input, in that order, and the channel layout of
  216. the output will be the default value corresponding to the total number of
  217. channels.
  218. For example, if the first input is in 2.1 (FL+FR+LF) and the second input
  219. is FC+BL+BR, then the output will be in 5.1, with the channels in the
  220. following order: a1, a2, b1, a3, b2, b3 (a1 is the first channel of the
  221. first input, b1 is the first channel of the second input).
  222. On the other hand, if both input are in stereo, the output channels will be
  223. in the default order: a1, a2, b1, b2, and the channel layout will be
  224. arbitrarily set to 4.0, which may or may not be the expected value.
  225. All inputs must have the same sample rate, and format.
  226. If inputs do not have the same duration, the output will stop with the
  227. shortest.
  228. Example: merge two mono files into a stereo stream:
  229. @example
  230. amovie=left.wav [l] ; amovie=right.mp3 [r] ; [l] [r] amerge
  231. @end example
  232. Example: multiple merges:
  233. @example
  234. ffmpeg -f lavfi -i "
  235. amovie=input.mkv:si=0 [a0];
  236. amovie=input.mkv:si=1 [a1];
  237. amovie=input.mkv:si=2 [a2];
  238. amovie=input.mkv:si=3 [a3];
  239. amovie=input.mkv:si=4 [a4];
  240. amovie=input.mkv:si=5 [a5];
  241. [a0][a1][a2][a3][a4][a5] amerge=inputs=6" -c:a pcm_s16le output.mkv
  242. @end example
  243. @section amix
  244. Mixes multiple audio inputs into a single output.
  245. For example
  246. @example
  247. ffmpeg -i INPUT1 -i INPUT2 -i INPUT3 -filter_complex amix=inputs=3:duration=first:dropout_transition=3 OUTPUT
  248. @end example
  249. will mix 3 input audio streams to a single output with the same duration as the
  250. first input and a dropout transition time of 3 seconds.
  251. The filter accepts the following named parameters:
  252. @table @option
  253. @item inputs
  254. Number of inputs. If unspecified, it defaults to 2.
  255. @item duration
  256. How to determine the end-of-stream.
  257. @table @option
  258. @item longest
  259. Duration of longest input. (default)
  260. @item shortest
  261. Duration of shortest input.
  262. @item first
  263. Duration of first input.
  264. @end table
  265. @item dropout_transition
  266. Transition time, in seconds, for volume renormalization when an input
  267. stream ends. The default value is 2 seconds.
  268. @end table
  269. @section anull
  270. Pass the audio source unchanged to the output.
  271. @section aresample
  272. Resample the input audio to the specified sample rate.
  273. The filter accepts exactly one parameter, the output sample rate. If not
  274. specified then the filter will automatically convert between its input
  275. and output sample rates.
  276. For example, to resample the input audio to 44100Hz:
  277. @example
  278. aresample=44100
  279. @end example
  280. @section asetnsamples
  281. Set the number of samples per each output audio frame.
  282. The last output packet may contain a different number of samples, as
  283. the filter will flush all the remaining samples when the input audio
  284. signal its end.
  285. The filter accepts parameters as a list of @var{key}=@var{value} pairs,
  286. separated by ":".
  287. @table @option
  288. @item nb_out_samples, n
  289. Set the number of frames per each output audio frame. The number is
  290. intended as the number of samples @emph{per each channel}.
  291. Default value is 1024.
  292. @item pad, p
  293. If set to 1, the filter will pad the last audio frame with zeroes, so
  294. that the last frame will contain the same number of samples as the
  295. previous ones. Default value is 1.
  296. @end table
  297. For example, to set the number of per-frame samples to 1234 and
  298. disable padding for the last frame, use:
  299. @example
  300. asetnsamples=n=1234:p=0
  301. @end example
  302. @section ashowinfo
  303. Show a line containing various information for each input audio frame.
  304. The input audio is not modified.
  305. The shown line contains a sequence of key/value pairs of the form
  306. @var{key}:@var{value}.
  307. A description of each shown parameter follows:
  308. @table @option
  309. @item n
  310. sequential number of the input frame, starting from 0
  311. @item pts
  312. presentation TimeStamp of the input frame, expressed as a number of
  313. time base units. The time base unit depends on the filter input pad, and
  314. is usually 1/@var{sample_rate}.
  315. @item pts_time
  316. presentation TimeStamp of the input frame, expressed as a number of
  317. seconds
  318. @item pos
  319. position of the frame in the input stream, -1 if this information in
  320. unavailable and/or meaningless (for example in case of synthetic audio)
  321. @item fmt
  322. sample format name
  323. @item chlayout
  324. channel layout description
  325. @item nb_samples
  326. number of samples (per each channel) contained in the filtered frame
  327. @item rate
  328. sample rate for the audio frame
  329. @item checksum
  330. Adler-32 checksum (printed in hexadecimal) of all the planes of the input frame
  331. @item plane_checksum
  332. Adler-32 checksum (printed in hexadecimal) for each input frame plane,
  333. expressed in the form "[@var{c0} @var{c1} @var{c2} @var{c3} @var{c4} @var{c5}
  334. @var{c6} @var{c7}]"
  335. @end table
  336. @section asplit
  337. Split input audio into several identical outputs.
  338. The filter accepts a single parameter which specifies the number of outputs. If
  339. unspecified, it defaults to 2.
  340. For example:
  341. @example
  342. [in] asplit [out0][out1]
  343. @end example
  344. will create two separate outputs from the same input.
  345. To create 3 or more outputs, you need to specify the number of
  346. outputs, like in:
  347. @example
  348. [in] asplit=3 [out0][out1][out2]
  349. @end example
  350. @example
  351. ffmpeg -i INPUT -filter_complex asplit=5 OUTPUT
  352. @end example
  353. will create 5 copies of the input audio.
  354. @section astreamsync
  355. Forward two audio streams and control the order the buffers are forwarded.
  356. The argument to the filter is an expression deciding which stream should be
  357. forwarded next: if the result is negative, the first stream is forwarded; if
  358. the result is positive or zero, the second stream is forwarded. It can use
  359. the following variables:
  360. @table @var
  361. @item b1 b2
  362. number of buffers forwarded so far on each stream
  363. @item s1 s2
  364. number of samples forwarded so far on each stream
  365. @item t1 t2
  366. current timestamp of each stream
  367. @end table
  368. The default value is @code{t1-t2}, which means to always forward the stream
  369. that has a smaller timestamp.
  370. Example: stress-test @code{amerge} by randomly sending buffers on the wrong
  371. input, while avoiding too much of a desynchronization:
  372. @example
  373. amovie=file.ogg [a] ; amovie=file.mp3 [b] ;
  374. [a] [b] astreamsync=(2*random(1))-1+tanh(5*(t1-t2)) [a2] [b2] ;
  375. [a2] [b2] amerge
  376. @end example
  377. @section atempo
  378. Adjust audio tempo.
  379. The filter accepts exactly one parameter, the audio tempo. If not
  380. specified then the filter will assume nominal 1.0 tempo. Tempo must
  381. be in the [0.5, 2.0] range.
  382. For example, to slow down audio to 80% tempo:
  383. @example
  384. atempo=0.8
  385. @end example
  386. For example, to speed up audio to 125% tempo:
  387. @example
  388. atempo=1.25
  389. @end example
  390. @section earwax
  391. Make audio easier to listen to on headphones.
  392. This filter adds `cues' to 44.1kHz stereo (i.e. audio CD format) audio
  393. so that when listened to on headphones the stereo image is moved from
  394. inside your head (standard for headphones) to outside and in front of
  395. the listener (standard for speakers).
  396. Ported from SoX.
  397. @section pan
  398. Mix channels with specific gain levels. The filter accepts the output
  399. channel layout followed by a set of channels definitions.
  400. This filter is also designed to remap efficiently the channels of an audio
  401. stream.
  402. The filter accepts parameters of the form:
  403. "@var{l}:@var{outdef}:@var{outdef}:..."
  404. @table @option
  405. @item l
  406. output channel layout or number of channels
  407. @item outdef
  408. output channel specification, of the form:
  409. "@var{out_name}=[@var{gain}*]@var{in_name}[+[@var{gain}*]@var{in_name}...]"
  410. @item out_name
  411. output channel to define, either a channel name (FL, FR, etc.) or a channel
  412. number (c0, c1, etc.)
  413. @item gain
  414. multiplicative coefficient for the channel, 1 leaving the volume unchanged
  415. @item in_name
  416. input channel to use, see out_name for details; it is not possible to mix
  417. named and numbered input channels
  418. @end table
  419. If the `=' in a channel specification is replaced by `<', then the gains for
  420. that specification will be renormalized so that the total is 1, thus
  421. avoiding clipping noise.
  422. @subsection Mixing examples
  423. For example, if you want to down-mix from stereo to mono, but with a bigger
  424. factor for the left channel:
  425. @example
  426. pan=1:c0=0.9*c0+0.1*c1
  427. @end example
  428. A customized down-mix to stereo that works automatically for 3-, 4-, 5- and
  429. 7-channels surround:
  430. @example
  431. pan=stereo: FL < FL + 0.5*FC + 0.6*BL + 0.6*SL : FR < FR + 0.5*FC + 0.6*BR + 0.6*SR
  432. @end example
  433. Note that @command{ffmpeg} integrates a default down-mix (and up-mix) system
  434. that should be preferred (see "-ac" option) unless you have very specific
  435. needs.
  436. @subsection Remapping examples
  437. The channel remapping will be effective if, and only if:
  438. @itemize
  439. @item gain coefficients are zeroes or ones,
  440. @item only one input per channel output,
  441. @end itemize
  442. If all these conditions are satisfied, the filter will notify the user ("Pure
  443. channel mapping detected"), and use an optimized and lossless method to do the
  444. remapping.
  445. For example, if you have a 5.1 source and want a stereo audio stream by
  446. dropping the extra channels:
  447. @example
  448. pan="stereo: c0=FL : c1=FR"
  449. @end example
  450. Given the same source, you can also switch front left and front right channels
  451. and keep the input channel layout:
  452. @example
  453. pan="5.1: c0=c1 : c1=c0 : c2=c2 : c3=c3 : c4=c4 : c5=c5"
  454. @end example
  455. If the input is a stereo audio stream, you can mute the front left channel (and
  456. still keep the stereo channel layout) with:
  457. @example
  458. pan="stereo:c1=c1"
  459. @end example
  460. Still with a stereo audio stream input, you can copy the right channel in both
  461. front left and right:
  462. @example
  463. pan="stereo: c0=FR : c1=FR"
  464. @end example
  465. @section silencedetect
  466. Detect silence in an audio stream.
  467. This filter logs a message when it detects that the input audio volume is less
  468. or equal to a noise tolerance value for a duration greater or equal to the
  469. minimum detected noise duration.
  470. The printed times and duration are expressed in seconds.
  471. @table @option
  472. @item duration, d
  473. Set silence duration until notification (default is 2 seconds).
  474. @item noise, n
  475. Set noise tolerance. Can be specified in dB (in case "dB" is appended to the
  476. specified value) or amplitude ratio. Default is -60dB, or 0.001.
  477. @end table
  478. Detect 5 seconds of silence with -50dB noise tolerance:
  479. @example
  480. silencedetect=n=-50dB:d=5
  481. @end example
  482. Complete example with @command{ffmpeg} to detect silence with 0.0001 noise
  483. tolerance in @file{silence.mp3}:
  484. @example
  485. ffmpeg -f lavfi -i amovie=silence.mp3,silencedetect=noise=0.0001 -f null -
  486. @end example
  487. @section volume
  488. Adjust the input audio volume.
  489. The filter accepts exactly one parameter @var{vol}, which expresses
  490. how the audio volume will be increased or decreased.
  491. Output values are clipped to the maximum value.
  492. If @var{vol} is expressed as a decimal number, the output audio
  493. volume is given by the relation:
  494. @example
  495. @var{output_volume} = @var{vol} * @var{input_volume}
  496. @end example
  497. If @var{vol} is expressed as a decimal number followed by the string
  498. "dB", the value represents the requested change in decibels of the
  499. input audio power, and the output audio volume is given by the
  500. relation:
  501. @example
  502. @var{output_volume} = 10^(@var{vol}/20) * @var{input_volume}
  503. @end example
  504. Otherwise @var{vol} is considered an expression and its evaluated
  505. value is used for computing the output audio volume according to the
  506. first relation.
  507. Default value for @var{vol} is 1.0.
  508. @subsection Examples
  509. @itemize
  510. @item
  511. Half the input audio volume:
  512. @example
  513. volume=0.5
  514. @end example
  515. The above example is equivalent to:
  516. @example
  517. volume=1/2
  518. @end example
  519. @item
  520. Decrease input audio power by 12 decibels:
  521. @example
  522. volume=-12dB
  523. @end example
  524. @end itemize
  525. @section volumedetect
  526. Detect the volume of the input video.
  527. The filter has no parameters. The input is not modified. Statistics about
  528. the volume will be printed in the log when the input stream end is reached.
  529. In particular it will show the mean volume (root mean square), maximum
  530. volume (on a per-sample basis), and the beginning of an histogram of the
  531. registered volume values (from the maximum value to a cumulated 1/1000 of
  532. the samples).
  533. All volumes are in decibels relative to the maximum PCM value.
  534. Here is an excerpt of the output:
  535. @example
  536. [Parsed_volumedetect_0 @ 0xa23120] mean_volume: -27 dB
  537. [Parsed_volumedetect_0 @ 0xa23120] max_volume: -4 dB
  538. [Parsed_volumedetect_0 @ 0xa23120] histogram_4db: 6
  539. [Parsed_volumedetect_0 @ 0xa23120] histogram_5db: 62
  540. [Parsed_volumedetect_0 @ 0xa23120] histogram_6db: 286
  541. [Parsed_volumedetect_0 @ 0xa23120] histogram_7db: 1042
  542. [Parsed_volumedetect_0 @ 0xa23120] histogram_8db: 2551
  543. [Parsed_volumedetect_0 @ 0xa23120] histogram_9db: 4609
  544. [Parsed_volumedetect_0 @ 0xa23120] histogram_10db: 8409
  545. @end example
  546. It means that:
  547. @itemize
  548. @item
  549. The mean square energy is approximately -27 dB, or 10^-2.7.
  550. @item
  551. The largest sample is at -4 dB, or more precisely between -4 dB and -5 dB.
  552. @item
  553. There are 6 samples at -4 dB, 62 at -5 dB, 286 at -6 dB, etc.
  554. @end itemize
  555. In other words, raising the volume by +4 dB does not cause any clipping,
  556. raising it by +5 dB causes clipping for 6 samples, etc.
  557. @section asyncts
  558. Synchronize audio data with timestamps by squeezing/stretching it and/or
  559. dropping samples/adding silence when needed.
  560. The filter accepts the following named parameters:
  561. @table @option
  562. @item compensate
  563. Enable stretching/squeezing the data to make it match the timestamps. Disabled
  564. by default. When disabled, time gaps are covered with silence.
  565. @item min_delta
  566. Minimum difference between timestamps and audio data (in seconds) to trigger
  567. adding/dropping samples. Default value is 0.1. If you get non-perfect sync with
  568. this filter, try setting this parameter to 0.
  569. @item max_comp
  570. Maximum compensation in samples per second. Relevant only with compensate=1.
  571. Default value 500.
  572. @item first_pts
  573. Assume the first pts should be this value.
  574. This allows for padding/trimming at the start of stream. By default, no
  575. assumption is made about the first frame's expected pts, so no padding or
  576. trimming is done. For example, this could be set to 0 to pad the beginning with
  577. silence if an audio stream starts after the video stream.
  578. @end table
  579. @section channelsplit
  580. Split each channel in input audio stream into a separate output stream.
  581. This filter accepts the following named parameters:
  582. @table @option
  583. @item channel_layout
  584. Channel layout of the input stream. Default is "stereo".
  585. @end table
  586. For example, assuming a stereo input MP3 file
  587. @example
  588. ffmpeg -i in.mp3 -filter_complex channelsplit out.mkv
  589. @end example
  590. will create an output Matroska file with two audio streams, one containing only
  591. the left channel and the other the right channel.
  592. To split a 5.1 WAV file into per-channel files
  593. @example
  594. ffmpeg -i in.wav -filter_complex
  595. 'channelsplit=channel_layout=5.1[FL][FR][FC][LFE][SL][SR]'
  596. -map '[FL]' front_left.wav -map '[FR]' front_right.wav -map '[FC]'
  597. front_center.wav -map '[LFE]' lfe.wav -map '[SL]' side_left.wav -map '[SR]'
  598. side_right.wav
  599. @end example
  600. @section channelmap
  601. Remap input channels to new locations.
  602. This filter accepts the following named parameters:
  603. @table @option
  604. @item channel_layout
  605. Channel layout of the output stream.
  606. @item map
  607. Map channels from input to output. The argument is a comma-separated list of
  608. mappings, each in the @code{@var{in_channel}-@var{out_channel}} or
  609. @var{in_channel} form. @var{in_channel} can be either the name of the input
  610. channel (e.g. FL for front left) or its index in the input channel layout.
  611. @var{out_channel} is the name of the output channel or its index in the output
  612. channel layout. If @var{out_channel} is not given then it is implicitly an
  613. index, starting with zero and increasing by one for each mapping.
  614. @end table
  615. If no mapping is present, the filter will implicitly map input channels to
  616. output channels preserving index.
  617. For example, assuming a 5.1+downmix input MOV file
  618. @example
  619. ffmpeg -i in.mov -filter 'channelmap=map=DL-FL\,DR-FR' out.wav
  620. @end example
  621. will create an output WAV file tagged as stereo from the downmix channels of
  622. the input.
  623. To fix a 5.1 WAV improperly encoded in AAC's native channel order
  624. @example
  625. ffmpeg -i in.wav -filter 'channelmap=1\,2\,0\,5\,3\,4:channel_layout=5.1' out.wav
  626. @end example
  627. @section join
  628. Join multiple input streams into one multi-channel stream.
  629. The filter accepts the following named parameters:
  630. @table @option
  631. @item inputs
  632. Number of input streams. Defaults to 2.
  633. @item channel_layout
  634. Desired output channel layout. Defaults to stereo.
  635. @item map
  636. Map channels from inputs to output. The argument is a comma-separated list of
  637. mappings, each in the @code{@var{input_idx}.@var{in_channel}-@var{out_channel}}
  638. form. @var{input_idx} is the 0-based index of the input stream. @var{in_channel}
  639. can be either the name of the input channel (e.g. FL for front left) or its
  640. index in the specified input stream. @var{out_channel} is the name of the output
  641. channel.
  642. @end table
  643. The filter will attempt to guess the mappings when those are not specified
  644. explicitly. It does so by first trying to find an unused matching input channel
  645. and if that fails it picks the first unused input channel.
  646. E.g. to join 3 inputs (with properly set channel layouts)
  647. @example
  648. ffmpeg -i INPUT1 -i INPUT2 -i INPUT3 -filter_complex join=inputs=3 OUTPUT
  649. @end example
  650. To build a 5.1 output from 6 single-channel streams:
  651. @example
  652. ffmpeg -i fl -i fr -i fc -i sl -i sr -i lfe -filter_complex
  653. 'join=inputs=6:channel_layout=5.1:map=0.0-FL\,1.0-FR\,2.0-FC\,3.0-SL\,4.0-SR\,5.0-LFE'
  654. out
  655. @end example
  656. @section resample
  657. Convert the audio sample format, sample rate and channel layout. This filter is
  658. not meant to be used directly.
  659. @c man end AUDIO FILTERS
  660. @chapter Audio Sources
  661. @c man begin AUDIO SOURCES
  662. Below is a description of the currently available audio sources.
  663. @section abuffer
  664. Buffer audio frames, and make them available to the filter chain.
  665. This source is mainly intended for a programmatic use, in particular
  666. through the interface defined in @file{libavfilter/asrc_abuffer.h}.
  667. It accepts the following mandatory parameters:
  668. @var{sample_rate}:@var{sample_fmt}:@var{channel_layout}
  669. @table @option
  670. @item sample_rate
  671. The sample rate of the incoming audio buffers.
  672. @item sample_fmt
  673. The sample format of the incoming audio buffers.
  674. Either a sample format name or its corresponging integer representation from
  675. the enum AVSampleFormat in @file{libavutil/samplefmt.h}
  676. @item channel_layout
  677. The channel layout of the incoming audio buffers.
  678. Either a channel layout name from channel_layout_map in
  679. @file{libavutil/audioconvert.c} or its corresponding integer representation
  680. from the AV_CH_LAYOUT_* macros in @file{libavutil/audioconvert.h}
  681. @end table
  682. For example:
  683. @example
  684. abuffer=44100:s16p:stereo
  685. @end example
  686. will instruct the source to accept planar 16bit signed stereo at 44100Hz.
  687. Since the sample format with name "s16p" corresponds to the number
  688. 6 and the "stereo" channel layout corresponds to the value 0x3, this is
  689. equivalent to:
  690. @example
  691. abuffer=44100:6:0x3
  692. @end example
  693. @section aevalsrc
  694. Generate an audio signal specified by an expression.
  695. This source accepts in input one or more expressions (one for each
  696. channel), which are evaluated and used to generate a corresponding
  697. audio signal.
  698. It accepts the syntax: @var{exprs}[::@var{options}].
  699. @var{exprs} is a list of expressions separated by ":", one for each
  700. separate channel. In case the @var{channel_layout} is not
  701. specified, the selected channel layout depends on the number of
  702. provided expressions.
  703. @var{options} is an optional sequence of @var{key}=@var{value} pairs,
  704. separated by ":".
  705. The description of the accepted options follows.
  706. @table @option
  707. @item channel_layout, c
  708. Set the channel layout. The number of channels in the specified layout
  709. must be equal to the number of specified expressions.
  710. @item duration, d
  711. Set the minimum duration of the sourced audio. See the function
  712. @code{av_parse_time()} for the accepted format.
  713. Note that the resulting duration may be greater than the specified
  714. duration, as the generated audio is always cut at the end of a
  715. complete frame.
  716. If not specified, or the expressed duration is negative, the audio is
  717. supposed to be generated forever.
  718. @item nb_samples, n
  719. Set the number of samples per channel per each output frame,
  720. default to 1024.
  721. @item sample_rate, s
  722. Specify the sample rate, default to 44100.
  723. @end table
  724. Each expression in @var{exprs} can contain the following constants:
  725. @table @option
  726. @item n
  727. number of the evaluated sample, starting from 0
  728. @item t
  729. time of the evaluated sample expressed in seconds, starting from 0
  730. @item s
  731. sample rate
  732. @end table
  733. @subsection Examples
  734. @itemize
  735. @item
  736. Generate silence:
  737. @example
  738. aevalsrc=0
  739. @end example
  740. @item
  741. Generate a sin signal with frequency of 440 Hz, set sample rate to
  742. 8000 Hz:
  743. @example
  744. aevalsrc="sin(440*2*PI*t)::s=8000"
  745. @end example
  746. @item
  747. Generate a two channels signal, specify the channel layout (Front
  748. Center + Back Center) explicitly:
  749. @example
  750. aevalsrc="sin(420*2*PI*t):cos(430*2*PI*t)::c=FC|BC"
  751. @end example
  752. @item
  753. Generate white noise:
  754. @example
  755. aevalsrc="-2+random(0)"
  756. @end example
  757. @item
  758. Generate an amplitude modulated signal:
  759. @example
  760. aevalsrc="sin(10*2*PI*t)*sin(880*2*PI*t)"
  761. @end example
  762. @item
  763. Generate 2.5 Hz binaural beats on a 360 Hz carrier:
  764. @example
  765. aevalsrc="0.1*sin(2*PI*(360-2.5/2)*t) : 0.1*sin(2*PI*(360+2.5/2)*t)"
  766. @end example
  767. @end itemize
  768. @section anullsrc
  769. Null audio source, return unprocessed audio frames. It is mainly useful
  770. as a template and to be employed in analysis / debugging tools, or as
  771. the source for filters which ignore the input data (for example the sox
  772. synth filter).
  773. It accepts an optional sequence of @var{key}=@var{value} pairs,
  774. separated by ":".
  775. The description of the accepted options follows.
  776. @table @option
  777. @item sample_rate, s
  778. Specify the sample rate, and defaults to 44100.
  779. @item channel_layout, cl
  780. Specify the channel layout, and can be either an integer or a string
  781. representing a channel layout. The default value of @var{channel_layout}
  782. is "stereo".
  783. Check the channel_layout_map definition in
  784. @file{libavcodec/audioconvert.c} for the mapping between strings and
  785. channel layout values.
  786. @item nb_samples, n
  787. Set the number of samples per requested frames.
  788. @end table
  789. Follow some examples:
  790. @example
  791. # set the sample rate to 48000 Hz and the channel layout to AV_CH_LAYOUT_MONO.
  792. anullsrc=r=48000:cl=4
  793. # same as
  794. anullsrc=r=48000:cl=mono
  795. @end example
  796. @section abuffer
  797. Buffer audio frames, and make them available to the filter chain.
  798. This source is not intended to be part of user-supplied graph descriptions but
  799. for insertion by calling programs through the interface defined in
  800. @file{libavfilter/buffersrc.h}.
  801. It accepts the following named parameters:
  802. @table @option
  803. @item time_base
  804. Timebase which will be used for timestamps of submitted frames. It must be
  805. either a floating-point number or in @var{numerator}/@var{denominator} form.
  806. @item sample_rate
  807. Audio sample rate.
  808. @item sample_fmt
  809. Name of the sample format, as returned by @code{av_get_sample_fmt_name()}.
  810. @item channel_layout
  811. Channel layout of the audio data, in the form that can be accepted by
  812. @code{av_get_channel_layout()}.
  813. @end table
  814. All the parameters need to be explicitly defined.
  815. @section flite
  816. Synthesize a voice utterance using the libflite library.
  817. To enable compilation of this filter you need to configure FFmpeg with
  818. @code{--enable-libflite}.
  819. Note that the flite library is not thread-safe.
  820. The source accepts parameters as a list of @var{key}=@var{value} pairs,
  821. separated by ":".
  822. The description of the accepted parameters follows.
  823. @table @option
  824. @item list_voices
  825. If set to 1, list the names of the available voices and exit
  826. immediately. Default value is 0.
  827. @item nb_samples, n
  828. Set the maximum number of samples per frame. Default value is 512.
  829. @item textfile
  830. Set the filename containing the text to speak.
  831. @item text
  832. Set the text to speak.
  833. @item voice, v
  834. Set the voice to use for the speech synthesis. Default value is
  835. @code{kal}. See also the @var{list_voices} option.
  836. @end table
  837. @subsection Examples
  838. @itemize
  839. @item
  840. Read from file @file{speech.txt}, and synthetize the text using the
  841. standard flite voice:
  842. @example
  843. flite=textfile=speech.txt
  844. @end example
  845. @item
  846. Read the specified text selecting the @code{slt} voice:
  847. @example
  848. flite=text='So fare thee well, poor devil of a Sub-Sub, whose commentator I am':voice=slt
  849. @end example
  850. @item
  851. Make @file{ffplay} speech the specified text, using @code{flite} and
  852. the @code{lavfi} device:
  853. @example
  854. ffplay -f lavfi flite='No more be grieved for which that thou hast done.'
  855. @end example
  856. @end itemize
  857. For more information about libflite, check:
  858. @url{http://www.speech.cs.cmu.edu/flite/}
  859. @c man end AUDIO SOURCES
  860. @chapter Audio Sinks
  861. @c man begin AUDIO SINKS
  862. Below is a description of the currently available audio sinks.
  863. @section abuffersink
  864. Buffer audio frames, and make them available to the end of filter chain.
  865. This sink is mainly intended for programmatic use, in particular
  866. through the interface defined in @file{libavfilter/buffersink.h}.
  867. It requires a pointer to an AVABufferSinkContext structure, which
  868. defines the incoming buffers' formats, to be passed as the opaque
  869. parameter to @code{avfilter_init_filter} for initialization.
  870. @section anullsink
  871. Null audio sink, do absolutely nothing with the input audio. It is
  872. mainly useful as a template and to be employed in analysis / debugging
  873. tools.
  874. @section abuffersink
  875. This sink is intended for programmatic use. Frames that arrive on this sink can
  876. be retrieved by the calling program using the interface defined in
  877. @file{libavfilter/buffersink.h}.
  878. This filter accepts no parameters.
  879. @c man end AUDIO SINKS
  880. @chapter Video Filters
  881. @c man begin VIDEO FILTERS
  882. When you configure your FFmpeg build, you can disable any of the
  883. existing filters using @code{--disable-filters}.
  884. The configure output will show the video filters included in your
  885. build.
  886. Below is a description of the currently available video filters.
  887. @section alphaextract
  888. Extract the alpha component from the input as a grayscale video. This
  889. is especially useful with the @var{alphamerge} filter.
  890. @section alphamerge
  891. Add or replace the alpha component of the primary input with the
  892. grayscale value of a second input. This is intended for use with
  893. @var{alphaextract} to allow the transmission or storage of frame
  894. sequences that have alpha in a format that doesn't support an alpha
  895. channel.
  896. For example, to reconstruct full frames from a normal YUV-encoded video
  897. and a separate video created with @var{alphaextract}, you might use:
  898. @example
  899. movie=in_alpha.mkv [alpha]; [in][alpha] alphamerge [out]
  900. @end example
  901. Since this filter is designed for reconstruction, it operates on frame
  902. sequences without considering timestamps, and terminates when either
  903. input reaches end of stream. This will cause problems if your encoding
  904. pipeline drops frames. If you're trying to apply an image as an
  905. overlay to a video stream, consider the @var{overlay} filter instead.
  906. @section ass
  907. Draw ASS (Advanced Substation Alpha) subtitles on top of input video
  908. using the libass library.
  909. To enable compilation of this filter you need to configure FFmpeg with
  910. @code{--enable-libass}.
  911. This filter accepts the syntax: @var{ass_filename}[:@var{options}],
  912. where @var{ass_filename} is the filename of the ASS file to read, and
  913. @var{options} is an optional sequence of @var{key}=@var{value} pairs,
  914. separated by ":".
  915. A description of the accepted options follows.
  916. @table @option
  917. @item original_size
  918. Specifies the size of the original video, the video for which the ASS file
  919. was composed. Due to a misdesign in ASS aspect ratio arithmetic, this is
  920. necessary to correctly scale the fonts if the aspect ratio has been changed.
  921. @end table
  922. For example, to render the file @file{sub.ass} on top of the input
  923. video, use the command:
  924. @example
  925. ass=sub.ass
  926. @end example
  927. @section bbox
  928. Compute the bounding box for the non-black pixels in the input frame
  929. luminance plane.
  930. This filter computes the bounding box containing all the pixels with a
  931. luminance value greater than the minimum allowed value.
  932. The parameters describing the bounding box are printed on the filter
  933. log.
  934. @section blackdetect
  935. Detect video intervals that are (almost) completely black. Can be
  936. useful to detect chapter transitions, commercials, or invalid
  937. recordings. Output lines contains the time for the start, end and
  938. duration of the detected black interval expressed in seconds.
  939. In order to display the output lines, you need to set the loglevel at
  940. least to the AV_LOG_INFO value.
  941. This filter accepts a list of options in the form of
  942. @var{key}=@var{value} pairs separated by ":". A description of the
  943. accepted options follows.
  944. @table @option
  945. @item black_min_duration, d
  946. Set the minimum detected black duration expressed in seconds. It must
  947. be a non-negative floating point number.
  948. Default value is 2.0.
  949. @item picture_black_ratio_th, pic_th
  950. Set the threshold for considering a picture "black".
  951. Express the minimum value for the ratio:
  952. @example
  953. @var{nb_black_pixels} / @var{nb_pixels}
  954. @end example
  955. for which a picture is considered black.
  956. Default value is 0.98.
  957. @item pixel_black_th, pix_th
  958. Set the threshold for considering a pixel "black".
  959. The threshold expresses the maximum pixel luminance value for which a
  960. pixel is considered "black". The provided value is scaled according to
  961. the following equation:
  962. @example
  963. @var{absolute_threshold} = @var{luminance_minimum_value} + @var{pixel_black_th} * @var{luminance_range_size}
  964. @end example
  965. @var{luminance_range_size} and @var{luminance_minimum_value} depend on
  966. the input video format, the range is [0-255] for YUV full-range
  967. formats and [16-235] for YUV non full-range formats.
  968. Default value is 0.10.
  969. @end table
  970. The following example sets the maximum pixel threshold to the minimum
  971. value, and detects only black intervals of 2 or more seconds:
  972. @example
  973. blackdetect=d=2:pix_th=0.00
  974. @end example
  975. @section blackframe
  976. Detect frames that are (almost) completely black. Can be useful to
  977. detect chapter transitions or commercials. Output lines consist of
  978. the frame number of the detected frame, the percentage of blackness,
  979. the position in the file if known or -1 and the timestamp in seconds.
  980. In order to display the output lines, you need to set the loglevel at
  981. least to the AV_LOG_INFO value.
  982. The filter accepts the syntax:
  983. @example
  984. blackframe[=@var{amount}:[@var{threshold}]]
  985. @end example
  986. @var{amount} is the percentage of the pixels that have to be below the
  987. threshold, and defaults to 98.
  988. @var{threshold} is the threshold below which a pixel value is
  989. considered black, and defaults to 32.
  990. @section boxblur
  991. Apply boxblur algorithm to the input video.
  992. This filter accepts the parameters:
  993. @var{luma_radius}:@var{luma_power}:@var{chroma_radius}:@var{chroma_power}:@var{alpha_radius}:@var{alpha_power}
  994. Chroma and alpha parameters are optional, if not specified they default
  995. to the corresponding values set for @var{luma_radius} and
  996. @var{luma_power}.
  997. @var{luma_radius}, @var{chroma_radius}, and @var{alpha_radius} represent
  998. the radius in pixels of the box used for blurring the corresponding
  999. input plane. They are expressions, and can contain the following
  1000. constants:
  1001. @table @option
  1002. @item w, h
  1003. the input width and height in pixels
  1004. @item cw, ch
  1005. the input chroma image width and height in pixels
  1006. @item hsub, vsub
  1007. horizontal and vertical chroma subsample values. For example for the
  1008. pixel format "yuv422p" @var{hsub} is 2 and @var{vsub} is 1.
  1009. @end table
  1010. The radius must be a non-negative number, and must not be greater than
  1011. the value of the expression @code{min(w,h)/2} for the luma and alpha planes,
  1012. and of @code{min(cw,ch)/2} for the chroma planes.
  1013. @var{luma_power}, @var{chroma_power}, and @var{alpha_power} represent
  1014. how many times the boxblur filter is applied to the corresponding
  1015. plane.
  1016. Some examples follow:
  1017. @itemize
  1018. @item
  1019. Apply a boxblur filter with luma, chroma, and alpha radius
  1020. set to 2:
  1021. @example
  1022. boxblur=2:1
  1023. @end example
  1024. @item
  1025. Set luma radius to 2, alpha and chroma radius to 0
  1026. @example
  1027. boxblur=2:1:0:0:0:0
  1028. @end example
  1029. @item
  1030. Set luma and chroma radius to a fraction of the video dimension
  1031. @example
  1032. boxblur=min(h\,w)/10:1:min(cw\,ch)/10:1
  1033. @end example
  1034. @end itemize
  1035. @section colormatrix
  1036. The colormatrix filter allows conversion between any of the following color
  1037. space: BT.709 (@var{bt709}), BT.601 (@var{bt601}), SMPTE-240M (@var{smpte240m})
  1038. and FCC (@var{fcc}).
  1039. The syntax of the parameters is @var{source}:@var{destination}:
  1040. @example
  1041. colormatrix=bt601:smpte240m
  1042. @end example
  1043. @section copy
  1044. Copy the input source unchanged to the output. Mainly useful for
  1045. testing purposes.
  1046. @section crop
  1047. Crop the input video to @var{out_w}:@var{out_h}:@var{x}:@var{y}:@var{keep_aspect}
  1048. The @var{keep_aspect} parameter is optional, if specified and set to a
  1049. non-zero value will force the output display aspect ratio to be the
  1050. same of the input, by changing the output sample aspect ratio.
  1051. The @var{out_w}, @var{out_h}, @var{x}, @var{y} parameters are
  1052. expressions containing the following constants:
  1053. @table @option
  1054. @item x, y
  1055. the computed values for @var{x} and @var{y}. They are evaluated for
  1056. each new frame.
  1057. @item in_w, in_h
  1058. the input width and height
  1059. @item iw, ih
  1060. same as @var{in_w} and @var{in_h}
  1061. @item out_w, out_h
  1062. the output (cropped) width and height
  1063. @item ow, oh
  1064. same as @var{out_w} and @var{out_h}
  1065. @item a
  1066. same as @var{iw} / @var{ih}
  1067. @item sar
  1068. input sample aspect ratio
  1069. @item dar
  1070. input display aspect ratio, it is the same as (@var{iw} / @var{ih}) * @var{sar}
  1071. @item hsub, vsub
  1072. horizontal and vertical chroma subsample values. For example for the
  1073. pixel format "yuv422p" @var{hsub} is 2 and @var{vsub} is 1.
  1074. @item n
  1075. the number of input frame, starting from 0
  1076. @item pos
  1077. the position in the file of the input frame, NAN if unknown
  1078. @item t
  1079. timestamp expressed in seconds, NAN if the input timestamp is unknown
  1080. @end table
  1081. The @var{out_w} and @var{out_h} parameters specify the expressions for
  1082. the width and height of the output (cropped) video. They are
  1083. evaluated just at the configuration of the filter.
  1084. The default value of @var{out_w} is "in_w", and the default value of
  1085. @var{out_h} is "in_h".
  1086. The expression for @var{out_w} may depend on the value of @var{out_h},
  1087. and the expression for @var{out_h} may depend on @var{out_w}, but they
  1088. cannot depend on @var{x} and @var{y}, as @var{x} and @var{y} are
  1089. evaluated after @var{out_w} and @var{out_h}.
  1090. The @var{x} and @var{y} parameters specify the expressions for the
  1091. position of the top-left corner of the output (non-cropped) area. They
  1092. are evaluated for each frame. If the evaluated value is not valid, it
  1093. is approximated to the nearest valid value.
  1094. The default value of @var{x} is "(in_w-out_w)/2", and the default
  1095. value for @var{y} is "(in_h-out_h)/2", which set the cropped area at
  1096. the center of the input image.
  1097. The expression for @var{x} may depend on @var{y}, and the expression
  1098. for @var{y} may depend on @var{x}.
  1099. Follow some examples:
  1100. @example
  1101. # crop the central input area with size 100x100
  1102. crop=100:100
  1103. # crop the central input area with size 2/3 of the input video
  1104. "crop=2/3*in_w:2/3*in_h"
  1105. # crop the input video central square
  1106. crop=in_h
  1107. # delimit the rectangle with the top-left corner placed at position
  1108. # 100:100 and the right-bottom corner corresponding to the right-bottom
  1109. # corner of the input image.
  1110. crop=in_w-100:in_h-100:100:100
  1111. # crop 10 pixels from the left and right borders, and 20 pixels from
  1112. # the top and bottom borders
  1113. "crop=in_w-2*10:in_h-2*20"
  1114. # keep only the bottom right quarter of the input image
  1115. "crop=in_w/2:in_h/2:in_w/2:in_h/2"
  1116. # crop height for getting Greek harmony
  1117. "crop=in_w:1/PHI*in_w"
  1118. # trembling effect
  1119. "crop=in_w/2:in_h/2:(in_w-out_w)/2+((in_w-out_w)/2)*sin(n/10):(in_h-out_h)/2 +((in_h-out_h)/2)*sin(n/7)"
  1120. # erratic camera effect depending on timestamp
  1121. "crop=in_w/2:in_h/2:(in_w-out_w)/2+((in_w-out_w)/2)*sin(t*10):(in_h-out_h)/2 +((in_h-out_h)/2)*sin(t*13)"
  1122. # set x depending on the value of y
  1123. "crop=in_w/2:in_h/2:y:10+10*sin(n/10)"
  1124. @end example
  1125. @section cropdetect
  1126. Auto-detect crop size.
  1127. Calculate necessary cropping parameters and prints the recommended
  1128. parameters through the logging system. The detected dimensions
  1129. correspond to the non-black area of the input video.
  1130. It accepts the syntax:
  1131. @example
  1132. cropdetect[=@var{limit}[:@var{round}[:@var{reset}]]]
  1133. @end example
  1134. @table @option
  1135. @item limit
  1136. Threshold, which can be optionally specified from nothing (0) to
  1137. everything (255), defaults to 24.
  1138. @item round
  1139. Value which the width/height should be divisible by, defaults to
  1140. 16. The offset is automatically adjusted to center the video. Use 2 to
  1141. get only even dimensions (needed for 4:2:2 video). 16 is best when
  1142. encoding to most video codecs.
  1143. @item reset
  1144. Counter that determines after how many frames cropdetect will reset
  1145. the previously detected largest video area and start over to detect
  1146. the current optimal crop area. Defaults to 0.
  1147. This can be useful when channel logos distort the video area. 0
  1148. indicates never reset and return the largest area encountered during
  1149. playback.
  1150. @end table
  1151. @section decimate
  1152. This filter drops frames that do not differ greatly from the previous
  1153. frame in order to reduce framerate. The main use of this filter is
  1154. for very-low-bitrate encoding (e.g. streaming over dialup modem), but
  1155. it could in theory be used for fixing movies that were
  1156. inverse-telecined incorrectly.
  1157. It accepts the following parameters:
  1158. @var{max}:@var{hi}:@var{lo}:@var{frac}.
  1159. @table @option
  1160. @item max
  1161. Set the maximum number of consecutive frames which can be dropped (if
  1162. positive), or the minimum interval between dropped frames (if
  1163. negative). If the value is 0, the frame is dropped unregarding the
  1164. number of previous sequentially dropped frames.
  1165. Default value is 0.
  1166. @item hi, lo, frac
  1167. Set the dropping threshold values.
  1168. Values for @var{hi} and @var{lo} are for 8x8 pixel blocks and
  1169. represent actual pixel value differences, so a threshold of 64
  1170. corresponds to 1 unit of difference for each pixel, or the same spread
  1171. out differently over the block.
  1172. A frame is a candidate for dropping if no 8x8 blocks differ by more
  1173. than a threshold of @var{hi}, and if no more than @var{frac} blocks (1
  1174. meaning the whole image) differ by more than a threshold of @var{lo}.
  1175. Default value for @var{hi} is 64*12, default value for @var{lo} is
  1176. 64*5, and default value for @var{frac} is 0.33.
  1177. @end table
  1178. @section delogo
  1179. Suppress a TV station logo by a simple interpolation of the surrounding
  1180. pixels. Just set a rectangle covering the logo and watch it disappear
  1181. (and sometimes something even uglier appear - your mileage may vary).
  1182. The filter accepts parameters as a string of the form
  1183. "@var{x}:@var{y}:@var{w}:@var{h}:@var{band}", or as a list of
  1184. @var{key}=@var{value} pairs, separated by ":".
  1185. The description of the accepted parameters follows.
  1186. @table @option
  1187. @item x, y
  1188. Specify the top left corner coordinates of the logo. They must be
  1189. specified.
  1190. @item w, h
  1191. Specify the width and height of the logo to clear. They must be
  1192. specified.
  1193. @item band, t
  1194. Specify the thickness of the fuzzy edge of the rectangle (added to
  1195. @var{w} and @var{h}). The default value is 4.
  1196. @item show
  1197. When set to 1, a green rectangle is drawn on the screen to simplify
  1198. finding the right @var{x}, @var{y}, @var{w}, @var{h} parameters, and
  1199. @var{band} is set to 4. The default value is 0.
  1200. @end table
  1201. Some examples follow.
  1202. @itemize
  1203. @item
  1204. Set a rectangle covering the area with top left corner coordinates 0,0
  1205. and size 100x77, setting a band of size 10:
  1206. @example
  1207. delogo=0:0:100:77:10
  1208. @end example
  1209. @item
  1210. As the previous example, but use named options:
  1211. @example
  1212. delogo=x=0:y=0:w=100:h=77:band=10
  1213. @end example
  1214. @end itemize
  1215. @section deshake
  1216. Attempt to fix small changes in horizontal and/or vertical shift. This
  1217. filter helps remove camera shake from hand-holding a camera, bumping a
  1218. tripod, moving on a vehicle, etc.
  1219. The filter accepts parameters as a string of the form
  1220. "@var{x}:@var{y}:@var{w}:@var{h}:@var{rx}:@var{ry}:@var{edge}:@var{blocksize}:@var{contrast}:@var{search}:@var{filename}"
  1221. A description of the accepted parameters follows.
  1222. @table @option
  1223. @item x, y, w, h
  1224. Specify a rectangular area where to limit the search for motion
  1225. vectors.
  1226. If desired the search for motion vectors can be limited to a
  1227. rectangular area of the frame defined by its top left corner, width
  1228. and height. These parameters have the same meaning as the drawbox
  1229. filter which can be used to visualise the position of the bounding
  1230. box.
  1231. This is useful when simultaneous movement of subjects within the frame
  1232. might be confused for camera motion by the motion vector search.
  1233. If any or all of @var{x}, @var{y}, @var{w} and @var{h} are set to -1
  1234. then the full frame is used. This allows later options to be set
  1235. without specifying the bounding box for the motion vector search.
  1236. Default - search the whole frame.
  1237. @item rx, ry
  1238. Specify the maximum extent of movement in x and y directions in the
  1239. range 0-64 pixels. Default 16.
  1240. @item edge
  1241. Specify how to generate pixels to fill blanks at the edge of the
  1242. frame. An integer from 0 to 3 as follows:
  1243. @table @option
  1244. @item 0
  1245. Fill zeroes at blank locations
  1246. @item 1
  1247. Original image at blank locations
  1248. @item 2
  1249. Extruded edge value at blank locations
  1250. @item 3
  1251. Mirrored edge at blank locations
  1252. @end table
  1253. The default setting is mirror edge at blank locations.
  1254. @item blocksize
  1255. Specify the blocksize to use for motion search. Range 4-128 pixels,
  1256. default 8.
  1257. @item contrast
  1258. Specify the contrast threshold for blocks. Only blocks with more than
  1259. the specified contrast (difference between darkest and lightest
  1260. pixels) will be considered. Range 1-255, default 125.
  1261. @item search
  1262. Specify the search strategy 0 = exhaustive search, 1 = less exhaustive
  1263. search. Default - exhaustive search.
  1264. @item filename
  1265. If set then a detailed log of the motion search is written to the
  1266. specified file.
  1267. @end table
  1268. @section drawbox
  1269. Draw a colored box on the input image.
  1270. It accepts the syntax:
  1271. @example
  1272. drawbox=@var{x}:@var{y}:@var{width}:@var{height}:@var{color}
  1273. @end example
  1274. @table @option
  1275. @item x, y
  1276. Specify the top left corner coordinates of the box. Default to 0.
  1277. @item width, height
  1278. Specify the width and height of the box, if 0 they are interpreted as
  1279. the input width and height. Default to 0.
  1280. @item color
  1281. Specify the color of the box to write, it can be the name of a color
  1282. (case insensitive match) or a 0xRRGGBB[AA] sequence.
  1283. @end table
  1284. Follow some examples:
  1285. @example
  1286. # draw a black box around the edge of the input image
  1287. drawbox
  1288. # draw a box with color red and an opacity of 50%
  1289. drawbox=10:20:200:60:red@@0.5"
  1290. @end example
  1291. @section drawtext
  1292. Draw text string or text from specified file on top of video using the
  1293. libfreetype library.
  1294. To enable compilation of this filter you need to configure FFmpeg with
  1295. @code{--enable-libfreetype}.
  1296. The filter also recognizes strftime() sequences in the provided text
  1297. and expands them accordingly. Check the documentation of strftime().
  1298. The filter accepts parameters as a list of @var{key}=@var{value} pairs,
  1299. separated by ":".
  1300. The description of the accepted parameters follows.
  1301. @table @option
  1302. @item box
  1303. Used to draw a box around text using background color.
  1304. Value should be either 1 (enable) or 0 (disable).
  1305. The default value of @var{box} is 0.
  1306. @item boxcolor
  1307. The color to be used for drawing box around text.
  1308. Either a string (e.g. "yellow") or in 0xRRGGBB[AA] format
  1309. (e.g. "0xff00ff"), possibly followed by an alpha specifier.
  1310. The default value of @var{boxcolor} is "white".
  1311. @item draw
  1312. Set an expression which specifies if the text should be drawn. If the
  1313. expression evaluates to 0, the text is not drawn. This is useful for
  1314. specifying that the text should be drawn only when specific conditions
  1315. are met.
  1316. Default value is "1".
  1317. See below for the list of accepted constants and functions.
  1318. @item fix_bounds
  1319. If true, check and fix text coords to avoid clipping.
  1320. @item fontcolor
  1321. The color to be used for drawing fonts.
  1322. Either a string (e.g. "red") or in 0xRRGGBB[AA] format
  1323. (e.g. "0xff000033"), possibly followed by an alpha specifier.
  1324. The default value of @var{fontcolor} is "black".
  1325. @item fontfile
  1326. The font file to be used for drawing text. Path must be included.
  1327. This parameter is mandatory.
  1328. @item fontsize
  1329. The font size to be used for drawing text.
  1330. The default value of @var{fontsize} is 16.
  1331. @item ft_load_flags
  1332. Flags to be used for loading the fonts.
  1333. The flags map the corresponding flags supported by libfreetype, and are
  1334. a combination of the following values:
  1335. @table @var
  1336. @item default
  1337. @item no_scale
  1338. @item no_hinting
  1339. @item render
  1340. @item no_bitmap
  1341. @item vertical_layout
  1342. @item force_autohint
  1343. @item crop_bitmap
  1344. @item pedantic
  1345. @item ignore_global_advance_width
  1346. @item no_recurse
  1347. @item ignore_transform
  1348. @item monochrome
  1349. @item linear_design
  1350. @item no_autohint
  1351. @item end table
  1352. @end table
  1353. Default value is "render".
  1354. For more information consult the documentation for the FT_LOAD_*
  1355. libfreetype flags.
  1356. @item shadowcolor
  1357. The color to be used for drawing a shadow behind the drawn text. It
  1358. can be a color name (e.g. "yellow") or a string in the 0xRRGGBB[AA]
  1359. form (e.g. "0xff00ff"), possibly followed by an alpha specifier.
  1360. The default value of @var{shadowcolor} is "black".
  1361. @item shadowx, shadowy
  1362. The x and y offsets for the text shadow position with respect to the
  1363. position of the text. They can be either positive or negative
  1364. values. Default value for both is "0".
  1365. @item tabsize
  1366. The size in number of spaces to use for rendering the tab.
  1367. Default value is 4.
  1368. @item timecode
  1369. Set the initial timecode representation in "hh:mm:ss[:;.]ff"
  1370. format. It can be used with or without text parameter. @var{timecode_rate}
  1371. option must be specified.
  1372. @item timecode_rate, rate, r
  1373. Set the timecode frame rate (timecode only).
  1374. @item text
  1375. The text string to be drawn. The text must be a sequence of UTF-8
  1376. encoded characters.
  1377. This parameter is mandatory if no file is specified with the parameter
  1378. @var{textfile}.
  1379. @item textfile
  1380. A text file containing text to be drawn. The text must be a sequence
  1381. of UTF-8 encoded characters.
  1382. This parameter is mandatory if no text string is specified with the
  1383. parameter @var{text}.
  1384. If both @var{text} and @var{textfile} are specified, an error is thrown.
  1385. @item x, y
  1386. The expressions which specify the offsets where text will be drawn
  1387. within the video frame. They are relative to the top/left border of the
  1388. output image.
  1389. The default value of @var{x} and @var{y} is "0".
  1390. See below for the list of accepted constants and functions.
  1391. @end table
  1392. The parameters for @var{x} and @var{y} are expressions containing the
  1393. following constants and functions:
  1394. @table @option
  1395. @item dar
  1396. input display aspect ratio, it is the same as (@var{w} / @var{h}) * @var{sar}
  1397. @item hsub, vsub
  1398. horizontal and vertical chroma subsample values. For example for the
  1399. pixel format "yuv422p" @var{hsub} is 2 and @var{vsub} is 1.
  1400. @item line_h, lh
  1401. the height of each text line
  1402. @item main_h, h, H
  1403. the input height
  1404. @item main_w, w, W
  1405. the input width
  1406. @item max_glyph_a, ascent
  1407. the maximum distance from the baseline to the highest/upper grid
  1408. coordinate used to place a glyph outline point, for all the rendered
  1409. glyphs.
  1410. It is a positive value, due to the grid's orientation with the Y axis
  1411. upwards.
  1412. @item max_glyph_d, descent
  1413. the maximum distance from the baseline to the lowest grid coordinate
  1414. used to place a glyph outline point, for all the rendered glyphs.
  1415. This is a negative value, due to the grid's orientation, with the Y axis
  1416. upwards.
  1417. @item max_glyph_h
  1418. maximum glyph height, that is the maximum height for all the glyphs
  1419. contained in the rendered text, it is equivalent to @var{ascent} -
  1420. @var{descent}.
  1421. @item max_glyph_w
  1422. maximum glyph width, that is the maximum width for all the glyphs
  1423. contained in the rendered text
  1424. @item n
  1425. the number of input frame, starting from 0
  1426. @item rand(min, max)
  1427. return a random number included between @var{min} and @var{max}
  1428. @item sar
  1429. input sample aspect ratio
  1430. @item t
  1431. timestamp expressed in seconds, NAN if the input timestamp is unknown
  1432. @item text_h, th
  1433. the height of the rendered text
  1434. @item text_w, tw
  1435. the width of the rendered text
  1436. @item x, y
  1437. the x and y offset coordinates where the text is drawn.
  1438. These parameters allow the @var{x} and @var{y} expressions to refer
  1439. each other, so you can for example specify @code{y=x/dar}.
  1440. @end table
  1441. If libavfilter was built with @code{--enable-fontconfig}, then
  1442. @option{fontfile} can be a fontconfig pattern or omitted.
  1443. Some examples follow.
  1444. @itemize
  1445. @item
  1446. Draw "Test Text" with font FreeSerif, using the default values for the
  1447. optional parameters.
  1448. @example
  1449. drawtext="fontfile=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeSerif.ttf: text='Test Text'"
  1450. @end example
  1451. @item
  1452. Draw 'Test Text' with font FreeSerif of size 24 at position x=100
  1453. and y=50 (counting from the top-left corner of the screen), text is
  1454. yellow with a red box around it. Both the text and the box have an
  1455. opacity of 20%.
  1456. @example
  1457. drawtext="fontfile=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeSerif.ttf: text='Test Text':\
  1458. x=100: y=50: fontsize=24: fontcolor=yellow@@0.2: box=1: boxcolor=red@@0.2"
  1459. @end example
  1460. Note that the double quotes are not necessary if spaces are not used
  1461. within the parameter list.
  1462. @item
  1463. Show the text at the center of the video frame:
  1464. @example
  1465. drawtext="fontsize=30:fontfile=FreeSerif.ttf:text='hello world':x=(w-text_w)/2:y=(h-text_h-line_h)/2"
  1466. @end example
  1467. @item
  1468. Show a text line sliding from right to left in the last row of the video
  1469. frame. The file @file{LONG_LINE} is assumed to contain a single line
  1470. with no newlines.
  1471. @example
  1472. drawtext="fontsize=15:fontfile=FreeSerif.ttf:text=LONG_LINE:y=h-line_h:x=-50*t"
  1473. @end example
  1474. @item
  1475. Show the content of file @file{CREDITS} off the bottom of the frame and scroll up.
  1476. @example
  1477. drawtext="fontsize=20:fontfile=FreeSerif.ttf:textfile=CREDITS:y=h-20*t"
  1478. @end example
  1479. @item
  1480. Draw a single green letter "g", at the center of the input video.
  1481. The glyph baseline is placed at half screen height.
  1482. @example
  1483. drawtext="fontsize=60:fontfile=FreeSerif.ttf:fontcolor=green:text=g:x=(w-max_glyph_w)/2:y=h/2-ascent"
  1484. @end example
  1485. @item
  1486. Show text for 1 second every 3 seconds:
  1487. @example
  1488. drawtext="fontfile=FreeSerif.ttf:fontcolor=white:x=100:y=x/dar:draw=lt(mod(t\\,3)\\,1):text='blink'"
  1489. @end example
  1490. @item
  1491. Use fontconfig to set the font. Note that the colons need to be escaped.
  1492. @example
  1493. drawtext='fontfile=Linux Libertine O-40\\:style=Semibold:text=FFmpeg'
  1494. @end example
  1495. @end itemize
  1496. For more information about libfreetype, check:
  1497. @url{http://www.freetype.org/}.
  1498. For more information about fontconfig, check:
  1499. @url{http://freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html}.
  1500. @section edgedetect
  1501. Detect and draw edges. The filter uses the Canny Edge Detection algorithm.
  1502. This filter accepts the following optional named parameters:
  1503. @table @option
  1504. @item low, high
  1505. Set low and high threshold values used by the Canny thresholding
  1506. algorithm.
  1507. The high threshold selects the "strong" edge pixels, which are then
  1508. connected through 8-connectivity with the "weak" edge pixels selected
  1509. by the low threshold.
  1510. @var{low} and @var{high} threshold values must be choosen in the range
  1511. [0,1], and @var{low} should be lesser or equal to @var{high}.
  1512. Default value for @var{low} is @code{20/255}, and default value for @var{high}
  1513. is @code{50/255}.
  1514. @end table
  1515. Example:
  1516. @example
  1517. edgedetect=low=0.1:high=0.4
  1518. @end example
  1519. @section fade
  1520. Apply fade-in/out effect to input video.
  1521. It accepts the parameters:
  1522. @var{type}:@var{start_frame}:@var{nb_frames}[:@var{options}]
  1523. @var{type} specifies if the effect type, can be either "in" for
  1524. fade-in, or "out" for a fade-out effect.
  1525. @var{start_frame} specifies the number of the start frame for starting
  1526. to apply the fade effect.
  1527. @var{nb_frames} specifies the number of frames for which the fade
  1528. effect has to last. At the end of the fade-in effect the output video
  1529. will have the same intensity as the input video, at the end of the
  1530. fade-out transition the output video will be completely black.
  1531. @var{options} is an optional sequence of @var{key}=@var{value} pairs,
  1532. separated by ":". The description of the accepted options follows.
  1533. @table @option
  1534. @item type, t
  1535. See @var{type}.
  1536. @item start_frame, s
  1537. See @var{start_frame}.
  1538. @item nb_frames, n
  1539. See @var{nb_frames}.
  1540. @item alpha
  1541. If set to 1, fade only alpha channel, if one exists on the input.
  1542. Default value is 0.
  1543. @end table
  1544. A few usage examples follow, usable too as test scenarios.
  1545. @example
  1546. # fade in first 30 frames of video
  1547. fade=in:0:30
  1548. # fade out last 45 frames of a 200-frame video
  1549. fade=out:155:45
  1550. # fade in first 25 frames and fade out last 25 frames of a 1000-frame video
  1551. fade=in:0:25, fade=out:975:25
  1552. # make first 5 frames black, then fade in from frame 5-24
  1553. fade=in:5:20
  1554. # fade in alpha over first 25 frames of video
  1555. fade=in:0:25:alpha=1
  1556. @end example
  1557. @section fieldorder
  1558. Transform the field order of the input video.
  1559. It accepts one parameter which specifies the required field order that
  1560. the input interlaced video will be transformed to. The parameter can
  1561. assume one of the following values:
  1562. @table @option
  1563. @item 0 or bff
  1564. output bottom field first
  1565. @item 1 or tff
  1566. output top field first
  1567. @end table
  1568. Default value is "tff".
  1569. Transformation is achieved by shifting the picture content up or down
  1570. by one line, and filling the remaining line with appropriate picture content.
  1571. This method is consistent with most broadcast field order converters.
  1572. If the input video is not flagged as being interlaced, or it is already
  1573. flagged as being of the required output field order then this filter does
  1574. not alter the incoming video.
  1575. This filter is very useful when converting to or from PAL DV material,
  1576. which is bottom field first.
  1577. For example:
  1578. @example
  1579. ffmpeg -i in.vob -vf "fieldorder=bff" out.dv
  1580. @end example
  1581. @section fifo
  1582. Buffer input images and send them when they are requested.
  1583. This filter is mainly useful when auto-inserted by the libavfilter
  1584. framework.
  1585. The filter does not take parameters.
  1586. @section format
  1587. Convert the input video to one of the specified pixel formats.
  1588. Libavfilter will try to pick one that is supported for the input to
  1589. the next filter.
  1590. The filter accepts a list of pixel format names, separated by ":",
  1591. for example "yuv420p:monow:rgb24".
  1592. Some examples follow:
  1593. @example
  1594. # convert the input video to the format "yuv420p"
  1595. format=yuv420p
  1596. # convert the input video to any of the formats in the list
  1597. format=yuv420p:yuv444p:yuv410p
  1598. @end example
  1599. @section fps
  1600. Convert the video to specified constant framerate by duplicating or dropping
  1601. frames as necessary.
  1602. This filter accepts the following named parameters:
  1603. @table @option
  1604. @item fps
  1605. Desired output framerate.
  1606. @end table
  1607. @section framestep
  1608. Select one frame every N.
  1609. This filter accepts in input a string representing a positive
  1610. integer. Default argument is @code{1}.
  1611. @anchor{frei0r}
  1612. @section frei0r
  1613. Apply a frei0r effect to the input video.
  1614. To enable compilation of this filter you need to install the frei0r
  1615. header and configure FFmpeg with @code{--enable-frei0r}.
  1616. The filter supports the syntax:
  1617. @example
  1618. @var{filter_name}[@{:|=@}@var{param1}:@var{param2}:...:@var{paramN}]
  1619. @end example
  1620. @var{filter_name} is the name to the frei0r effect to load. If the
  1621. environment variable @env{FREI0R_PATH} is defined, the frei0r effect
  1622. is searched in each one of the directories specified by the colon
  1623. separated list in @env{FREIOR_PATH}, otherwise in the standard frei0r
  1624. paths, which are in this order: @file{HOME/.frei0r-1/lib/},
  1625. @file{/usr/local/lib/frei0r-1/}, @file{/usr/lib/frei0r-1/}.
  1626. @var{param1}, @var{param2}, ... , @var{paramN} specify the parameters
  1627. for the frei0r effect.
  1628. A frei0r effect parameter can be a boolean (whose values are specified
  1629. with "y" and "n"), a double, a color (specified by the syntax
  1630. @var{R}/@var{G}/@var{B}, @var{R}, @var{G}, and @var{B} being float
  1631. numbers from 0.0 to 1.0) or by an @code{av_parse_color()} color
  1632. description), a position (specified by the syntax @var{X}/@var{Y},
  1633. @var{X} and @var{Y} being float numbers) and a string.
  1634. The number and kind of parameters depend on the loaded effect. If an
  1635. effect parameter is not specified the default value is set.
  1636. Some examples follow:
  1637. @itemize
  1638. @item
  1639. Apply the distort0r effect, set the first two double parameters:
  1640. @example
  1641. frei0r=distort0r:0.5:0.01
  1642. @end example
  1643. @item
  1644. Apply the colordistance effect, takes a color as first parameter:
  1645. @example
  1646. frei0r=colordistance:0.2/0.3/0.4
  1647. frei0r=colordistance:violet
  1648. frei0r=colordistance:0x112233
  1649. @end example
  1650. @item
  1651. Apply the perspective effect, specify the top left and top right image
  1652. positions:
  1653. @example
  1654. frei0r=perspective:0.2/0.2:0.8/0.2
  1655. @end example
  1656. @end itemize
  1657. For more information see:
  1658. @url{http://frei0r.dyne.org}
  1659. @section gradfun
  1660. Fix the banding artifacts that are sometimes introduced into nearly flat
  1661. regions by truncation to 8bit color depth.
  1662. Interpolate the gradients that should go where the bands are, and
  1663. dither them.
  1664. This filter is designed for playback only. Do not use it prior to
  1665. lossy compression, because compression tends to lose the dither and
  1666. bring back the bands.
  1667. The filter takes two optional parameters, separated by ':':
  1668. @var{strength}:@var{radius}
  1669. @var{strength} is the maximum amount by which the filter will change
  1670. any one pixel. Also the threshold for detecting nearly flat
  1671. regions. Acceptable values range from .51 to 255, default value is
  1672. 1.2, out-of-range values will be clipped to the valid range.
  1673. @var{radius} is the neighborhood to fit the gradient to. A larger
  1674. radius makes for smoother gradients, but also prevents the filter from
  1675. modifying the pixels near detailed regions. Acceptable values are
  1676. 8-32, default value is 16, out-of-range values will be clipped to the
  1677. valid range.
  1678. @example
  1679. # default parameters
  1680. gradfun=1.2:16
  1681. # omitting radius
  1682. gradfun=1.2
  1683. @end example
  1684. @section hflip
  1685. Flip the input video horizontally.
  1686. For example to horizontally flip the input video with @command{ffmpeg}:
  1687. @example
  1688. ffmpeg -i in.avi -vf "hflip" out.avi
  1689. @end example
  1690. @section hqdn3d
  1691. High precision/quality 3d denoise filter. This filter aims to reduce
  1692. image noise producing smooth images and making still images really
  1693. still. It should enhance compressibility.
  1694. It accepts the following optional parameters:
  1695. @var{luma_spatial}:@var{chroma_spatial}:@var{luma_tmp}:@var{chroma_tmp}
  1696. @table @option
  1697. @item luma_spatial
  1698. a non-negative float number which specifies spatial luma strength,
  1699. defaults to 4.0
  1700. @item chroma_spatial
  1701. a non-negative float number which specifies spatial chroma strength,
  1702. defaults to 3.0*@var{luma_spatial}/4.0
  1703. @item luma_tmp
  1704. a float number which specifies luma temporal strength, defaults to
  1705. 6.0*@var{luma_spatial}/4.0
  1706. @item chroma_tmp
  1707. a float number which specifies chroma temporal strength, defaults to
  1708. @var{luma_tmp}*@var{chroma_spatial}/@var{luma_spatial}
  1709. @end table
  1710. @section hue
  1711. Modify the hue and/or the saturation of the input.
  1712. This filter accepts the following optional named options:
  1713. @table @option
  1714. @item h
  1715. Specify the hue angle as a number of degrees. It accepts a float
  1716. number or an expression, and defaults to 0.0.
  1717. @item H
  1718. Specify the hue angle as a number of degrees. It accepts a float
  1719. number or an expression, and defaults to 0.0.
  1720. @item s
  1721. Specify the saturation in the [-10,10] range. It accepts a float number and
  1722. defaults to 1.0.
  1723. @end table
  1724. The @var{h}, @var{H} and @var{s} parameters are expressions containing the
  1725. following constants:
  1726. @table @option
  1727. @item n
  1728. frame count of the input frame starting from 0
  1729. @item pts
  1730. presentation timestamp of the input frame expressed in time base units
  1731. @item r
  1732. frame rate of the input video, NAN if the input frame rate is unknown
  1733. @item t
  1734. timestamp expressed in seconds, NAN if the input timestamp is unknown
  1735. @item tb
  1736. time base of the input video
  1737. @end table
  1738. The options can also be set using the syntax: @var{hue}:@var{saturation}
  1739. In this case @var{hue} is expressed in degrees.
  1740. Some examples follow:
  1741. @itemize
  1742. @item
  1743. Set the hue to 90 degrees and the saturation to 1.0:
  1744. @example
  1745. hue=h=90:s=1
  1746. @end example
  1747. @item
  1748. Same command but expressing the hue in radians:
  1749. @example
  1750. hue=H=PI/2:s=1
  1751. @end example
  1752. @item
  1753. Same command without named options, hue must be expressed in degrees:
  1754. @example
  1755. hue=90:1
  1756. @end example
  1757. @item
  1758. Note that "h:s" syntax does not support expressions for the values of
  1759. h and s, so the following example will issue an error:
  1760. @example
  1761. hue=PI/2:1
  1762. @end example
  1763. @item
  1764. Rotate hue and make the saturation swing between 0
  1765. and 2 over a period of 1 second:
  1766. @example
  1767. hue="H=2*PI*t: s=sin(2*PI*t)+1"
  1768. @end example
  1769. @item
  1770. Apply a 3 seconds saturation fade-in effect starting at 0:
  1771. @example
  1772. hue="s=min(t/3\,1)"
  1773. @end example
  1774. The general fade-in expression can be written as:
  1775. @example
  1776. hue="s=min(0\, max((t-START)/DURATION\, 1))"
  1777. @end example
  1778. @item
  1779. Apply a 3 seconds saturation fade-out effect starting at 5 seconds:
  1780. @example
  1781. hue="s=max(0\, min(1\, (8-t)/3))"
  1782. @end example
  1783. The general fade-out expression can be written as:
  1784. @example
  1785. hue="s=max(0\, min(1\, (START+DURATION-t)/DURATION))"
  1786. @end example
  1787. @end itemize
  1788. @subsection Commands
  1789. This filter supports the following command:
  1790. @table @option
  1791. @item reinit
  1792. Modify the hue and/or the saturation of the input video.
  1793. The command accepts the same named options and syntax than when calling the
  1794. filter from the command-line.
  1795. If a parameter is omitted, it is kept at its current value.
  1796. @end table
  1797. @section idet
  1798. Interlaceing detect filter. This filter tries to detect if the input is
  1799. interlaced or progressive. Top or bottom field first.
  1800. @section lut, lutrgb, lutyuv
  1801. Compute a look-up table for binding each pixel component input value
  1802. to an output value, and apply it to input video.
  1803. @var{lutyuv} applies a lookup table to a YUV input video, @var{lutrgb}
  1804. to an RGB input video.
  1805. These filters accept in input a ":"-separated list of options, which
  1806. specify the expressions used for computing the lookup table for the
  1807. corresponding pixel component values.
  1808. The @var{lut} filter requires either YUV or RGB pixel formats in
  1809. input, and accepts the options:
  1810. @table @option
  1811. @item c0
  1812. first pixel component
  1813. @item c1
  1814. second pixel component
  1815. @item c2
  1816. third pixel component
  1817. @item c3
  1818. fourth pixel component, corresponds to the alpha component
  1819. @end table
  1820. The exact component associated to each option depends on the format in
  1821. input.
  1822. The @var{lutrgb} filter requires RGB pixel formats in input, and
  1823. accepts the options:
  1824. @table @option
  1825. @item r
  1826. red component
  1827. @item g
  1828. green component
  1829. @item b
  1830. blue component
  1831. @item a
  1832. alpha component
  1833. @end table
  1834. The @var{lutyuv} filter requires YUV pixel formats in input, and
  1835. accepts the options:
  1836. @table @option
  1837. @item y
  1838. Y/luminance component
  1839. @item u
  1840. U/Cb component
  1841. @item v
  1842. V/Cr component
  1843. @item a
  1844. alpha component
  1845. @end table
  1846. The expressions can contain the following constants and functions:
  1847. @table @option
  1848. @item w, h
  1849. the input width and height
  1850. @item val
  1851. input value for the pixel component
  1852. @item clipval
  1853. the input value clipped in the @var{minval}-@var{maxval} range
  1854. @item maxval
  1855. maximum value for the pixel component
  1856. @item minval
  1857. minimum value for the pixel component
  1858. @item negval
  1859. the negated value for the pixel component value clipped in the
  1860. @var{minval}-@var{maxval} range , it corresponds to the expression
  1861. "maxval-clipval+minval"
  1862. @item clip(val)
  1863. the computed value in @var{val} clipped in the
  1864. @var{minval}-@var{maxval} range
  1865. @item gammaval(gamma)
  1866. the computed gamma correction value of the pixel component value
  1867. clipped in the @var{minval}-@var{maxval} range, corresponds to the
  1868. expression
  1869. "pow((clipval-minval)/(maxval-minval)\,@var{gamma})*(maxval-minval)+minval"
  1870. @end table
  1871. All expressions default to "val".
  1872. Some examples follow:
  1873. @example
  1874. # negate input video
  1875. lutrgb="r=maxval+minval-val:g=maxval+minval-val:b=maxval+minval-val"
  1876. lutyuv="y=maxval+minval-val:u=maxval+minval-val:v=maxval+minval-val"
  1877. # the above is the same as
  1878. lutrgb="r=negval:g=negval:b=negval"
  1879. lutyuv="y=negval:u=negval:v=negval"
  1880. # negate luminance
  1881. lutyuv=y=negval
  1882. # remove chroma components, turns the video into a graytone image
  1883. lutyuv="u=128:v=128"
  1884. # apply a luma burning effect
  1885. lutyuv="y=2*val"
  1886. # remove green and blue components
  1887. lutrgb="g=0:b=0"
  1888. # set a constant alpha channel value on input
  1889. format=rgba,lutrgb=a="maxval-minval/2"
  1890. # correct luminance gamma by a 0.5 factor
  1891. lutyuv=y=gammaval(0.5)
  1892. @end example
  1893. @section mp
  1894. Apply an MPlayer filter to the input video.
  1895. This filter provides a wrapper around most of the filters of
  1896. MPlayer/MEncoder.
  1897. This wrapper is considered experimental. Some of the wrapped filters
  1898. may not work properly and we may drop support for them, as they will
  1899. be implemented natively into FFmpeg. Thus you should avoid
  1900. depending on them when writing portable scripts.
  1901. The filters accepts the parameters:
  1902. @var{filter_name}[:=]@var{filter_params}
  1903. @var{filter_name} is the name of a supported MPlayer filter,
  1904. @var{filter_params} is a string containing the parameters accepted by
  1905. the named filter.
  1906. The list of the currently supported filters follows:
  1907. @table @var
  1908. @item denoise3d
  1909. @item detc
  1910. @item dint
  1911. @item divtc
  1912. @item down3dright
  1913. @item dsize
  1914. @item eq2
  1915. @item eq
  1916. @item field
  1917. @item fil
  1918. @item fixpts
  1919. @item fspp
  1920. @item geq
  1921. @item harddup
  1922. @item hqdn3d
  1923. @item il
  1924. @item ilpack
  1925. @item ivtc
  1926. @item kerndeint
  1927. @item mcdeint
  1928. @item noise
  1929. @item ow
  1930. @item palette
  1931. @item perspective
  1932. @item phase
  1933. @item pp7
  1934. @item pullup
  1935. @item qp
  1936. @item rectangle
  1937. @item sab
  1938. @item softpulldown
  1939. @item softskip
  1940. @item spp
  1941. @item telecine
  1942. @item tile
  1943. @item tinterlace
  1944. @item unsharp
  1945. @item uspp
  1946. @item yuvcsp
  1947. @item yvu9
  1948. @end table
  1949. The parameter syntax and behavior for the listed filters are the same
  1950. of the corresponding MPlayer filters. For detailed instructions check
  1951. the "VIDEO FILTERS" section in the MPlayer manual.
  1952. Some examples follow:
  1953. @itemize
  1954. @item
  1955. Adjust gamma, brightness, contrast:
  1956. @example
  1957. mp=eq2=1.0:2:0.5
  1958. @end example
  1959. @item
  1960. Add temporal noise to input video:
  1961. @example
  1962. mp=noise=20t
  1963. @end example
  1964. @end itemize
  1965. See also mplayer(1), @url{http://www.mplayerhq.hu/}.
  1966. @section negate
  1967. Negate input video.
  1968. This filter accepts an integer in input, if non-zero it negates the
  1969. alpha component (if available). The default value in input is 0.
  1970. @section noformat
  1971. Force libavfilter not to use any of the specified pixel formats for the
  1972. input to the next filter.
  1973. The filter accepts a list of pixel format names, separated by ":",
  1974. for example "yuv420p:monow:rgb24".
  1975. Some examples follow:
  1976. @example
  1977. # force libavfilter to use a format different from "yuv420p" for the
  1978. # input to the vflip filter
  1979. noformat=yuv420p,vflip
  1980. # convert the input video to any of the formats not contained in the list
  1981. noformat=yuv420p:yuv444p:yuv410p
  1982. @end example
  1983. @section null
  1984. Pass the video source unchanged to the output.
  1985. @section ocv
  1986. Apply video transform using libopencv.
  1987. To enable this filter install libopencv library and headers and
  1988. configure FFmpeg with @code{--enable-libopencv}.
  1989. The filter takes the parameters: @var{filter_name}@{:=@}@var{filter_params}.
  1990. @var{filter_name} is the name of the libopencv filter to apply.
  1991. @var{filter_params} specifies the parameters to pass to the libopencv
  1992. filter. If not specified the default values are assumed.
  1993. Refer to the official libopencv documentation for more precise
  1994. information:
  1995. @url{http://opencv.willowgarage.com/documentation/c/image_filtering.html}
  1996. Follows the list of supported libopencv filters.
  1997. @anchor{dilate}
  1998. @subsection dilate
  1999. Dilate an image by using a specific structuring element.
  2000. This filter corresponds to the libopencv function @code{cvDilate}.
  2001. It accepts the parameters: @var{struct_el}:@var{nb_iterations}.
  2002. @var{struct_el} represents a structuring element, and has the syntax:
  2003. @var{cols}x@var{rows}+@var{anchor_x}x@var{anchor_y}/@var{shape}
  2004. @var{cols} and @var{rows} represent the number of columns and rows of
  2005. the structuring element, @var{anchor_x} and @var{anchor_y} the anchor
  2006. point, and @var{shape} the shape for the structuring element, and
  2007. can be one of the values "rect", "cross", "ellipse", "custom".
  2008. If the value for @var{shape} is "custom", it must be followed by a
  2009. string of the form "=@var{filename}". The file with name
  2010. @var{filename} is assumed to represent a binary image, with each
  2011. printable character corresponding to a bright pixel. When a custom
  2012. @var{shape} is used, @var{cols} and @var{rows} are ignored, the number
  2013. or columns and rows of the read file are assumed instead.
  2014. The default value for @var{struct_el} is "3x3+0x0/rect".
  2015. @var{nb_iterations} specifies the number of times the transform is
  2016. applied to the image, and defaults to 1.
  2017. Follow some example:
  2018. @example
  2019. # use the default values
  2020. ocv=dilate
  2021. # dilate using a structuring element with a 5x5 cross, iterate two times
  2022. ocv=dilate=5x5+2x2/cross:2
  2023. # read the shape from the file diamond.shape, iterate two times
  2024. # the file diamond.shape may contain a pattern of characters like this:
  2025. # *
  2026. # ***
  2027. # *****
  2028. # ***
  2029. # *
  2030. # the specified cols and rows are ignored (but not the anchor point coordinates)
  2031. ocv=0x0+2x2/custom=diamond.shape:2
  2032. @end example
  2033. @subsection erode
  2034. Erode an image by using a specific structuring element.
  2035. This filter corresponds to the libopencv function @code{cvErode}.
  2036. The filter accepts the parameters: @var{struct_el}:@var{nb_iterations},
  2037. with the same syntax and semantics as the @ref{dilate} filter.
  2038. @subsection smooth
  2039. Smooth the input video.
  2040. The filter takes the following parameters:
  2041. @var{type}:@var{param1}:@var{param2}:@var{param3}:@var{param4}.
  2042. @var{type} is the type of smooth filter to apply, and can be one of
  2043. the following values: "blur", "blur_no_scale", "median", "gaussian",
  2044. "bilateral". The default value is "gaussian".
  2045. @var{param1}, @var{param2}, @var{param3}, and @var{param4} are
  2046. parameters whose meanings depend on smooth type. @var{param1} and
  2047. @var{param2} accept integer positive values or 0, @var{param3} and
  2048. @var{param4} accept float values.
  2049. The default value for @var{param1} is 3, the default value for the
  2050. other parameters is 0.
  2051. These parameters correspond to the parameters assigned to the
  2052. libopencv function @code{cvSmooth}.
  2053. @anchor{overlay}
  2054. @section overlay
  2055. Overlay one video on top of another.
  2056. It takes two inputs and one output, the first input is the "main"
  2057. video on which the second input is overlayed.
  2058. It accepts the parameters: @var{x}:@var{y}[:@var{options}].
  2059. @var{x} is the x coordinate of the overlayed video on the main video,
  2060. @var{y} is the y coordinate. @var{x} and @var{y} are expressions containing
  2061. the following parameters:
  2062. @table @option
  2063. @item main_w, main_h
  2064. main input width and height
  2065. @item W, H
  2066. same as @var{main_w} and @var{main_h}
  2067. @item overlay_w, overlay_h
  2068. overlay input width and height
  2069. @item w, h
  2070. same as @var{overlay_w} and @var{overlay_h}
  2071. @end table
  2072. @var{options} is an optional list of @var{key}=@var{value} pairs,
  2073. separated by ":".
  2074. The description of the accepted options follows.
  2075. @table @option
  2076. @item rgb
  2077. If set to 1, force the filter to accept inputs in the RGB
  2078. color space. Default value is 0.
  2079. @end table
  2080. Be aware that frames are taken from each input video in timestamp
  2081. order, hence, if their initial timestamps differ, it is a a good idea
  2082. to pass the two inputs through a @var{setpts=PTS-STARTPTS} filter to
  2083. have them begin in the same zero timestamp, as it does the example for
  2084. the @var{movie} filter.
  2085. Follow some examples:
  2086. @example
  2087. # draw the overlay at 10 pixels from the bottom right
  2088. # corner of the main video.
  2089. overlay=main_w-overlay_w-10:main_h-overlay_h-10
  2090. # insert a transparent PNG logo in the bottom left corner of the input
  2091. ffmpeg -i input -i logo -filter_complex 'overlay=10:main_h-overlay_h-10' output
  2092. # insert 2 different transparent PNG logos (second logo on bottom
  2093. # right corner):
  2094. ffmpeg -i input -i logo1 -i logo2 -filter_complex
  2095. 'overlay=10:H-h-10,overlay=W-w-10:H-h-10' output
  2096. # add a transparent color layer on top of the main video,
  2097. # WxH specifies the size of the main input to the overlay filter
  2098. color=red@.3:WxH [over]; [in][over] overlay [out]
  2099. # play an original video and a filtered version (here with the deshake filter)
  2100. # side by side
  2101. ffplay input.avi -vf 'split[a][b]; [a]pad=iw*2:ih[src]; [b]deshake[filt]; [src][filt]overlay=w'
  2102. # the previous example is the same as:
  2103. ffplay input.avi -vf 'split[b], pad=iw*2[src], [b]deshake, [src]overlay=w'
  2104. @end example
  2105. You can chain together more overlays but the efficiency of such
  2106. approach is yet to be tested.
  2107. @section pad
  2108. Add paddings to the input image, and places the original input at the
  2109. given coordinates @var{x}, @var{y}.
  2110. It accepts the following parameters:
  2111. @var{width}:@var{height}:@var{x}:@var{y}:@var{color}.
  2112. The parameters @var{width}, @var{height}, @var{x}, and @var{y} are
  2113. expressions containing the following constants:
  2114. @table @option
  2115. @item in_w, in_h
  2116. the input video width and height
  2117. @item iw, ih
  2118. same as @var{in_w} and @var{in_h}
  2119. @item out_w, out_h
  2120. the output width and height, that is the size of the padded area as
  2121. specified by the @var{width} and @var{height} expressions
  2122. @item ow, oh
  2123. same as @var{out_w} and @var{out_h}
  2124. @item x, y
  2125. x and y offsets as specified by the @var{x} and @var{y}
  2126. expressions, or NAN if not yet specified
  2127. @item a
  2128. same as @var{iw} / @var{ih}
  2129. @item sar
  2130. input sample aspect ratio
  2131. @item dar
  2132. input display aspect ratio, it is the same as (@var{iw} / @var{ih}) * @var{sar}
  2133. @item hsub, vsub
  2134. horizontal and vertical chroma subsample values. For example for the
  2135. pixel format "yuv422p" @var{hsub} is 2 and @var{vsub} is 1.
  2136. @end table
  2137. Follows the description of the accepted parameters.
  2138. @table @option
  2139. @item width, height
  2140. Specify the size of the output image with the paddings added. If the
  2141. value for @var{width} or @var{height} is 0, the corresponding input size
  2142. is used for the output.
  2143. The @var{width} expression can reference the value set by the
  2144. @var{height} expression, and vice versa.
  2145. The default value of @var{width} and @var{height} is 0.
  2146. @item x, y
  2147. Specify the offsets where to place the input image in the padded area
  2148. with respect to the top/left border of the output image.
  2149. The @var{x} expression can reference the value set by the @var{y}
  2150. expression, and vice versa.
  2151. The default value of @var{x} and @var{y} is 0.
  2152. @item color
  2153. Specify the color of the padded area, it can be the name of a color
  2154. (case insensitive match) or a 0xRRGGBB[AA] sequence.
  2155. The default value of @var{color} is "black".
  2156. @end table
  2157. @section Examples
  2158. @itemize
  2159. @item
  2160. Add paddings with color "violet" to the input video. Output video
  2161. size is 640x480, the top-left corner of the input video is placed at
  2162. column 0, row 40:
  2163. @example
  2164. pad=640:480:0:40:violet
  2165. @end example
  2166. @item
  2167. Pad the input to get an output with dimensions increased by 3/2,
  2168. and put the input video at the center of the padded area:
  2169. @example
  2170. pad="3/2*iw:3/2*ih:(ow-iw)/2:(oh-ih)/2"
  2171. @end example
  2172. @item
  2173. Pad the input to get a squared output with size equal to the maximum
  2174. value between the input width and height, and put the input video at
  2175. the center of the padded area:
  2176. @example
  2177. pad="max(iw\,ih):ow:(ow-iw)/2:(oh-ih)/2"
  2178. @end example
  2179. @item
  2180. Pad the input to get a final w/h ratio of 16:9:
  2181. @example
  2182. pad="ih*16/9:ih:(ow-iw)/2:(oh-ih)/2"
  2183. @end example
  2184. @item
  2185. In case of anamorphic video, in order to set the output display aspect
  2186. correctly, it is necessary to use @var{sar} in the expression,
  2187. according to the relation:
  2188. @example
  2189. (ih * X / ih) * sar = output_dar
  2190. X = output_dar / sar
  2191. @end example
  2192. Thus the previous example needs to be modified to:
  2193. @example
  2194. pad="ih*16/9/sar:ih:(ow-iw)/2:(oh-ih)/2"
  2195. @end example
  2196. @item
  2197. Double output size and put the input video in the bottom-right
  2198. corner of the output padded area:
  2199. @example
  2200. pad="2*iw:2*ih:ow-iw:oh-ih"
  2201. @end example
  2202. @end itemize
  2203. @section pixdesctest
  2204. Pixel format descriptor test filter, mainly useful for internal
  2205. testing. The output video should be equal to the input video.
  2206. For example:
  2207. @example
  2208. format=monow, pixdesctest
  2209. @end example
  2210. can be used to test the monowhite pixel format descriptor definition.
  2211. @section removelogo
  2212. Suppress a TV station logo, using an image file to determine which
  2213. pixels comprise the logo. It works by filling in the pixels that
  2214. comprise the logo with neighboring pixels.
  2215. This filter requires one argument which specifies the filter bitmap
  2216. file, which can be any image format supported by libavformat. The
  2217. width and height of the image file must match those of the video
  2218. stream being processed.
  2219. Pixels in the provided bitmap image with a value of zero are not
  2220. considered part of the logo, non-zero pixels are considered part of
  2221. the logo. If you use white (255) for the logo and black (0) for the
  2222. rest, you will be safe. For making the filter bitmap, it is
  2223. recommended to take a screen capture of a black frame with the logo
  2224. visible, and then using a threshold filter followed by the erode
  2225. filter once or twice.
  2226. If needed, little splotches can be fixed manually. Remember that if
  2227. logo pixels are not covered, the filter quality will be much
  2228. reduced. Marking too many pixels as part of the logo does not hurt as
  2229. much, but it will increase the amount of blurring needed to cover over
  2230. the image and will destroy more information than necessary, and extra
  2231. pixels will slow things down on a large logo.
  2232. @section scale
  2233. Scale the input video to @var{width}:@var{height}[:@var{interl}=@{1|-1@}] and/or convert the image format.
  2234. The scale filter forces the output display aspect ratio to be the same
  2235. of the input, by changing the output sample aspect ratio.
  2236. The parameters @var{width} and @var{height} are expressions containing
  2237. the following constants:
  2238. @table @option
  2239. @item in_w, in_h
  2240. the input width and height
  2241. @item iw, ih
  2242. same as @var{in_w} and @var{in_h}
  2243. @item out_w, out_h
  2244. the output (cropped) width and height
  2245. @item ow, oh
  2246. same as @var{out_w} and @var{out_h}
  2247. @item a
  2248. same as @var{iw} / @var{ih}
  2249. @item sar
  2250. input sample aspect ratio
  2251. @item dar
  2252. input display aspect ratio, it is the same as (@var{iw} / @var{ih}) * @var{sar}
  2253. @item hsub, vsub
  2254. horizontal and vertical chroma subsample values. For example for the
  2255. pixel format "yuv422p" @var{hsub} is 2 and @var{vsub} is 1.
  2256. @end table
  2257. If the input image format is different from the format requested by
  2258. the next filter, the scale filter will convert the input to the
  2259. requested format.
  2260. If the value for @var{width} or @var{height} is 0, the respective input
  2261. size is used for the output.
  2262. If the value for @var{width} or @var{height} is -1, the scale filter will
  2263. use, for the respective output size, a value that maintains the aspect
  2264. ratio of the input image.
  2265. The default value of @var{width} and @var{height} is 0.
  2266. Valid values for the optional parameter @var{interl} are:
  2267. @table @option
  2268. @item 1
  2269. force interlaced aware scaling
  2270. @item -1
  2271. select interlaced aware scaling depending on whether the source frames
  2272. are flagged as interlaced or not
  2273. @end table
  2274. Unless @var{interl} is set to one of the above options, interlaced scaling will not be used.
  2275. Some examples follow:
  2276. @example
  2277. # scale the input video to a size of 200x100.
  2278. scale=200:100
  2279. # scale the input to 2x
  2280. scale=2*iw:2*ih
  2281. # the above is the same as
  2282. scale=2*in_w:2*in_h
  2283. # scale the input to 2x with forced interlaced scaling
  2284. scale=2*iw:2*ih:interl=1
  2285. # scale the input to half size
  2286. scale=iw/2:ih/2
  2287. # increase the width, and set the height to the same size
  2288. scale=3/2*iw:ow
  2289. # seek for Greek harmony
  2290. scale=iw:1/PHI*iw
  2291. scale=ih*PHI:ih
  2292. # increase the height, and set the width to 3/2 of the height
  2293. scale=3/2*oh:3/5*ih
  2294. # increase the size, but make the size a multiple of the chroma
  2295. scale="trunc(3/2*iw/hsub)*hsub:trunc(3/2*ih/vsub)*vsub"
  2296. # increase the width to a maximum of 500 pixels, keep the same input aspect ratio
  2297. scale='min(500\, iw*3/2):-1'
  2298. @end example
  2299. @section select
  2300. Select frames to pass in output.
  2301. It accepts in input an expression, which is evaluated for each input
  2302. frame. If the expression is evaluated to a non-zero value, the frame
  2303. is selected and passed to the output, otherwise it is discarded.
  2304. The expression can contain the following constants:
  2305. @table @option
  2306. @item n
  2307. the sequential number of the filtered frame, starting from 0
  2308. @item selected_n
  2309. the sequential number of the selected frame, starting from 0
  2310. @item prev_selected_n
  2311. the sequential number of the last selected frame, NAN if undefined
  2312. @item TB
  2313. timebase of the input timestamps
  2314. @item pts
  2315. the PTS (Presentation TimeStamp) of the filtered video frame,
  2316. expressed in @var{TB} units, NAN if undefined
  2317. @item t
  2318. the PTS (Presentation TimeStamp) of the filtered video frame,
  2319. expressed in seconds, NAN if undefined
  2320. @item prev_pts
  2321. the PTS of the previously filtered video frame, NAN if undefined
  2322. @item prev_selected_pts
  2323. the PTS of the last previously filtered video frame, NAN if undefined
  2324. @item prev_selected_t
  2325. the PTS of the last previously selected video frame, NAN if undefined
  2326. @item start_pts
  2327. the PTS of the first video frame in the video, NAN if undefined
  2328. @item start_t
  2329. the time of the first video frame in the video, NAN if undefined
  2330. @item pict_type
  2331. the type of the filtered frame, can assume one of the following
  2332. values:
  2333. @table @option
  2334. @item I
  2335. @item P
  2336. @item B
  2337. @item S
  2338. @item SI
  2339. @item SP
  2340. @item BI
  2341. @end table
  2342. @item interlace_type
  2343. the frame interlace type, can assume one of the following values:
  2344. @table @option
  2345. @item PROGRESSIVE
  2346. the frame is progressive (not interlaced)
  2347. @item TOPFIRST
  2348. the frame is top-field-first
  2349. @item BOTTOMFIRST
  2350. the frame is bottom-field-first
  2351. @end table
  2352. @item key
  2353. 1 if the filtered frame is a key-frame, 0 otherwise
  2354. @item pos
  2355. the position in the file of the filtered frame, -1 if the information
  2356. is not available (e.g. for synthetic video)
  2357. @item scene
  2358. value between 0 and 1 to indicate a new scene; a low value reflects a low
  2359. probability for the current frame to introduce a new scene, while a higher
  2360. value means the current frame is more likely to be one (see the example below)
  2361. @end table
  2362. The default value of the select expression is "1".
  2363. Some examples follow:
  2364. @example
  2365. # select all frames in input
  2366. select
  2367. # the above is the same as:
  2368. select=1
  2369. # skip all frames:
  2370. select=0
  2371. # select only I-frames
  2372. select='eq(pict_type\,I)'
  2373. # select one frame every 100
  2374. select='not(mod(n\,100))'
  2375. # select only frames contained in the 10-20 time interval
  2376. select='gte(t\,10)*lte(t\,20)'
  2377. # select only I frames contained in the 10-20 time interval
  2378. select='gte(t\,10)*lte(t\,20)*eq(pict_type\,I)'
  2379. # select frames with a minimum distance of 10 seconds
  2380. select='isnan(prev_selected_t)+gte(t-prev_selected_t\,10)'
  2381. @end example
  2382. Complete example to create a mosaic of the first scenes:
  2383. @example
  2384. ffmpeg -i video.avi -vf select='gt(scene\,0.4)',scale=160:120,tile -frames:v 1 preview.png
  2385. @end example
  2386. Comparing @var{scene} against a value between 0.3 and 0.5 is generally a sane
  2387. choice.
  2388. @section setdar, setsar
  2389. The @code{setdar} filter sets the Display Aspect Ratio for the filter
  2390. output video.
  2391. This is done by changing the specified Sample (aka Pixel) Aspect
  2392. Ratio, according to the following equation:
  2393. @example
  2394. @var{DAR} = @var{HORIZONTAL_RESOLUTION} / @var{VERTICAL_RESOLUTION} * @var{SAR}
  2395. @end example
  2396. Keep in mind that the @code{setdar} filter does not modify the pixel
  2397. dimensions of the video frame. Also the display aspect ratio set by
  2398. this filter may be changed by later filters in the filterchain,
  2399. e.g. in case of scaling or if another "setdar" or a "setsar" filter is
  2400. applied.
  2401. The @code{setsar} filter sets the Sample (aka Pixel) Aspect Ratio for
  2402. the filter output video.
  2403. Note that as a consequence of the application of this filter, the
  2404. output display aspect ratio will change according to the equation
  2405. above.
  2406. Keep in mind that the sample aspect ratio set by the @code{setsar}
  2407. filter may be changed by later filters in the filterchain, e.g. if
  2408. another "setsar" or a "setdar" filter is applied.
  2409. The @code{setdar} and @code{setsar} filters accept a parameter string
  2410. which represents the wanted aspect ratio. The parameter can
  2411. be a floating point number string, an expression, or a string of the form
  2412. @var{num}:@var{den}, where @var{num} and @var{den} are the numerator
  2413. and denominator of the aspect ratio. If the parameter is not
  2414. specified, it is assumed the value "0:1".
  2415. For example to change the display aspect ratio to 16:9, specify:
  2416. @example
  2417. setdar=16:9
  2418. @end example
  2419. The example above is equivalent to:
  2420. @example
  2421. setdar=1.77777
  2422. @end example
  2423. To change the sample aspect ratio to 10:11, specify:
  2424. @example
  2425. setsar=10:11
  2426. @end example
  2427. @section setfield
  2428. Force field for the output video frame.
  2429. The @code{setfield} filter marks the interlace type field for the
  2430. output frames. It does not change the input frame, but only sets the
  2431. corresponding property, which affects how the frame is treated by
  2432. following filters (e.g. @code{fieldorder} or @code{yadif}).
  2433. It accepts a string parameter, which can assume the following values:
  2434. @table @samp
  2435. @item auto
  2436. Keep the same field property.
  2437. @item bff
  2438. Mark the frame as bottom-field-first.
  2439. @item tff
  2440. Mark the frame as top-field-first.
  2441. @item prog
  2442. Mark the frame as progressive.
  2443. @end table
  2444. @section showinfo
  2445. Show a line containing various information for each input video frame.
  2446. The input video is not modified.
  2447. The shown line contains a sequence of key/value pairs of the form
  2448. @var{key}:@var{value}.
  2449. A description of each shown parameter follows:
  2450. @table @option
  2451. @item n
  2452. sequential number of the input frame, starting from 0
  2453. @item pts
  2454. Presentation TimeStamp of the input frame, expressed as a number of
  2455. time base units. The time base unit depends on the filter input pad.
  2456. @item pts_time
  2457. Presentation TimeStamp of the input frame, expressed as a number of
  2458. seconds
  2459. @item pos
  2460. position of the frame in the input stream, -1 if this information in
  2461. unavailable and/or meaningless (for example in case of synthetic video)
  2462. @item fmt
  2463. pixel format name
  2464. @item sar
  2465. sample aspect ratio of the input frame, expressed in the form
  2466. @var{num}/@var{den}
  2467. @item s
  2468. size of the input frame, expressed in the form
  2469. @var{width}x@var{height}
  2470. @item i
  2471. interlaced mode ("P" for "progressive", "T" for top field first, "B"
  2472. for bottom field first)
  2473. @item iskey
  2474. 1 if the frame is a key frame, 0 otherwise
  2475. @item type
  2476. picture type of the input frame ("I" for an I-frame, "P" for a
  2477. P-frame, "B" for a B-frame, "?" for unknown type).
  2478. Check also the documentation of the @code{AVPictureType} enum and of
  2479. the @code{av_get_picture_type_char} function defined in
  2480. @file{libavutil/avutil.h}.
  2481. @item checksum
  2482. Adler-32 checksum (printed in hexadecimal) of all the planes of the input frame
  2483. @item plane_checksum
  2484. Adler-32 checksum (printed in hexadecimal) of each plane of the input frame,
  2485. expressed in the form "[@var{c0} @var{c1} @var{c2} @var{c3}]"
  2486. @end table
  2487. @section slicify
  2488. Pass the images of input video on to next video filter as multiple
  2489. slices.
  2490. @example
  2491. ffmpeg -i in.avi -vf "slicify=32" out.avi
  2492. @end example
  2493. The filter accepts the slice height as parameter. If the parameter is
  2494. not specified it will use the default value of 16.
  2495. Adding this in the beginning of filter chains should make filtering
  2496. faster due to better use of the memory cache.
  2497. @section smartblur
  2498. Blur the input video without impacting the outlines.
  2499. The filter accepts the following parameters:
  2500. @var{luma_radius}:@var{luma_strength}:@var{luma_threshold}[:@var{chroma_radius}:@var{chroma_strength}:@var{chroma_threshold}]
  2501. Parameters prefixed by @var{luma} indicate that they work on the
  2502. luminance of the pixels whereas parameters prefixed by @var{chroma}
  2503. refer to the chrominance of the pixels.
  2504. If the chroma parameters are not set, the luma parameters are used for
  2505. either the luminance and the chrominance of the pixels.
  2506. @var{luma_radius} or @var{chroma_radius} must be a float number in the
  2507. range [0.1,5.0] that specifies the variance of the gaussian filter
  2508. used to blur the image (slower if larger).
  2509. @var{luma_strength} or @var{chroma_strength} must be a float number in
  2510. the range [-1.0,1.0] that configures the blurring. A value included in
  2511. [0.0,1.0] will blur the image whereas a value included in [-1.0,0.0]
  2512. will sharpen the image.
  2513. @var{luma_threshold} or @var{chroma_threshold} must be an integer in
  2514. the range [-30,30] that is used as a coefficient to determine whether
  2515. a pixel should be blurred or not. A value of 0 will filter all the
  2516. image, a value included in [0,30] will filter flat areas and a value
  2517. included in [-30,0] will filter edges.
  2518. @section split
  2519. Split input video into several identical outputs.
  2520. The filter accepts a single parameter which specifies the number of outputs. If
  2521. unspecified, it defaults to 2.
  2522. For example
  2523. @example
  2524. ffmpeg -i INPUT -filter_complex split=5 OUTPUT
  2525. @end example
  2526. will create 5 copies of the input video.
  2527. For example:
  2528. @example
  2529. [in] split [splitout1][splitout2];
  2530. [splitout1] crop=100:100:0:0 [cropout];
  2531. [splitout2] pad=200:200:100:100 [padout];
  2532. @end example
  2533. will create two separate outputs from the same input, one cropped and
  2534. one padded.
  2535. @section super2xsai
  2536. Scale the input by 2x and smooth using the Super2xSaI (Scale and
  2537. Interpolate) pixel art scaling algorithm.
  2538. Useful for enlarging pixel art images without reducing sharpness.
  2539. @section swapuv
  2540. Swap U & V plane.
  2541. @section thumbnail
  2542. Select the most representative frame in a given sequence of consecutive frames.
  2543. It accepts as argument the frames batch size to analyze (default @var{N}=100);
  2544. in a set of @var{N} frames, the filter will pick one of them, and then handle
  2545. the next batch of @var{N} frames until the end.
  2546. Since the filter keeps track of the whole frames sequence, a bigger @var{N}
  2547. value will result in a higher memory usage, so a high value is not recommended.
  2548. The following example extract one picture each 50 frames:
  2549. @example
  2550. thumbnail=50
  2551. @end example
  2552. Complete example of a thumbnail creation with @command{ffmpeg}:
  2553. @example
  2554. ffmpeg -i in.avi -vf thumbnail,scale=300:200 -frames:v 1 out.png
  2555. @end example
  2556. @section tile
  2557. Tile several successive frames together.
  2558. It accepts as argument the tile size (i.e. the number of lines and columns)
  2559. in the form "@var{w}x@var{h}".
  2560. For example, produce 8x8 PNG tiles of all keyframes (@option{-skip_frame
  2561. nokey}) in a movie:
  2562. @example
  2563. ffmpeg -skip_frame nokey -i file.avi -vf 'scale=128:72,tile=8x8' -an -vsync 0 keyframes%03d.png
  2564. @end example
  2565. The @option{-vsync 0} is necessary to prevent @command{ffmpeg} from
  2566. duplicating each output frame to accomodate the originally detected frame
  2567. rate.
  2568. @section tinterlace
  2569. Perform various types of temporal field interlacing.
  2570. Frames are counted starting from 1, so the first input frame is
  2571. considered odd.
  2572. This filter accepts a single parameter specifying the mode. Available
  2573. modes are:
  2574. @table @samp
  2575. @item merge, 0
  2576. Move odd frames into the upper field, even into the lower field,
  2577. generating a double height frame at half framerate.
  2578. @item drop_odd, 1
  2579. Only output even frames, odd frames are dropped, generating a frame with
  2580. unchanged height at half framerate.
  2581. @item drop_even, 2
  2582. Only output odd frames, even frames are dropped, generating a frame with
  2583. unchanged height at half framerate.
  2584. @item pad, 3
  2585. Expand each frame to full height, but pad alternate lines with black,
  2586. generating a frame with double height at the same input framerate.
  2587. @item interleave_top, 4
  2588. Interleave the upper field from odd frames with the lower field from
  2589. even frames, generating a frame with unchanged height at half framerate.
  2590. @item interleave_bottom, 5
  2591. Interleave the lower field from odd frames with the upper field from
  2592. even frames, generating a frame with unchanged height at half framerate.
  2593. @item interlacex2, 6
  2594. Double frame rate with unchanged height. Frames are inserted each
  2595. containing the second temporal field from the previous input frame and
  2596. the first temporal field from the next input frame. This mode relies on
  2597. the top_field_first flag. Useful for interlaced video displays with no
  2598. field synchronisation.
  2599. @end table
  2600. Numeric values are deprecated but are accepted for backward
  2601. compatibility reasons.
  2602. Default mode is @code{merge}.
  2603. @section transpose
  2604. Transpose rows with columns in the input video and optionally flip it.
  2605. It accepts a parameter representing an integer, which can assume the
  2606. values:
  2607. @table @samp
  2608. @item 0, 4
  2609. Rotate by 90 degrees counterclockwise and vertically flip (default), that is:
  2610. @example
  2611. L.R L.l
  2612. . . -> . .
  2613. l.r R.r
  2614. @end example
  2615. @item 1, 5
  2616. Rotate by 90 degrees clockwise, that is:
  2617. @example
  2618. L.R l.L
  2619. . . -> . .
  2620. l.r r.R
  2621. @end example
  2622. @item 2, 6
  2623. Rotate by 90 degrees counterclockwise, that is:
  2624. @example
  2625. L.R R.r
  2626. . . -> . .
  2627. l.r L.l
  2628. @end example
  2629. @item 3, 7
  2630. Rotate by 90 degrees clockwise and vertically flip, that is:
  2631. @example
  2632. L.R r.R
  2633. . . -> . .
  2634. l.r l.L
  2635. @end example
  2636. @end table
  2637. For values between 4-7 transposition is only done if the input video
  2638. geometry is portrait and not landscape.
  2639. @section unsharp
  2640. Sharpen or blur the input video.
  2641. It accepts the following parameters:
  2642. @var{luma_msize_x}:@var{luma_msize_y}:@var{luma_amount}:@var{chroma_msize_x}:@var{chroma_msize_y}:@var{chroma_amount}
  2643. Negative values for the amount will blur the input video, while positive
  2644. values will sharpen. All parameters are optional and default to the
  2645. equivalent of the string '5:5:1.0:5:5:0.0'.
  2646. @table @option
  2647. @item luma_msize_x
  2648. Set the luma matrix horizontal size. It can be an integer between 3
  2649. and 13, default value is 5.
  2650. @item luma_msize_y
  2651. Set the luma matrix vertical size. It can be an integer between 3
  2652. and 13, default value is 5.
  2653. @item luma_amount
  2654. Set the luma effect strength. It can be a float number between -2.0
  2655. and 5.0, default value is 1.0.
  2656. @item chroma_msize_x
  2657. Set the chroma matrix horizontal size. It can be an integer between 3
  2658. and 13, default value is 5.
  2659. @item chroma_msize_y
  2660. Set the chroma matrix vertical size. It can be an integer between 3
  2661. and 13, default value is 5.
  2662. @item chroma_amount
  2663. Set the chroma effect strength. It can be a float number between -2.0
  2664. and 5.0, default value is 0.0.
  2665. @end table
  2666. @example
  2667. # Strong luma sharpen effect parameters
  2668. unsharp=7:7:2.5
  2669. # Strong blur of both luma and chroma parameters
  2670. unsharp=7:7:-2:7:7:-2
  2671. # Use the default values with @command{ffmpeg}
  2672. ffmpeg -i in.avi -vf "unsharp" out.mp4
  2673. @end example
  2674. @section vflip
  2675. Flip the input video vertically.
  2676. @example
  2677. ffmpeg -i in.avi -vf "vflip" out.avi
  2678. @end example
  2679. @section yadif
  2680. Deinterlace the input video ("yadif" means "yet another deinterlacing
  2681. filter").
  2682. It accepts the optional parameters: @var{mode}:@var{parity}:@var{auto}.
  2683. @var{mode} specifies the interlacing mode to adopt, accepts one of the
  2684. following values:
  2685. @table @option
  2686. @item 0
  2687. output 1 frame for each frame
  2688. @item 1
  2689. output 1 frame for each field
  2690. @item 2
  2691. like 0 but skips spatial interlacing check
  2692. @item 3
  2693. like 1 but skips spatial interlacing check
  2694. @end table
  2695. Default value is 0.
  2696. @var{parity} specifies the picture field parity assumed for the input
  2697. interlaced video, accepts one of the following values:
  2698. @table @option
  2699. @item 0
  2700. assume top field first
  2701. @item 1
  2702. assume bottom field first
  2703. @item -1
  2704. enable automatic detection
  2705. @end table
  2706. Default value is -1.
  2707. If interlacing is unknown or decoder does not export this information,
  2708. top field first will be assumed.
  2709. @var{auto} specifies if deinterlacer should trust the interlaced flag
  2710. and only deinterlace frames marked as interlaced
  2711. @table @option
  2712. @item 0
  2713. deinterlace all frames
  2714. @item 1
  2715. only deinterlace frames marked as interlaced
  2716. @end table
  2717. Default value is 0.
  2718. @c man end VIDEO FILTERS
  2719. @chapter Video Sources
  2720. @c man begin VIDEO SOURCES
  2721. Below is a description of the currently available video sources.
  2722. @section buffer
  2723. Buffer video frames, and make them available to the filter chain.
  2724. This source is mainly intended for a programmatic use, in particular
  2725. through the interface defined in @file{libavfilter/vsrc_buffer.h}.
  2726. It accepts a list of options in the form of @var{key}=@var{value} pairs
  2727. separated by ":". A descroption of the accepted options follows.
  2728. @table @option
  2729. @item video_size
  2730. Specify the size (width and height) of the buffered video frames.
  2731. @item pix_fmt
  2732. A string representing the pixel format of the buffered video frames.
  2733. It may be a number corresponding to a pixel format, or a pixel format
  2734. name.
  2735. @item time_base
  2736. Specify the timebase assumed by the timestamps of the buffered frames.
  2737. @item time_base
  2738. Specify the frame rate expected for the video stream.
  2739. @item pixel_aspect
  2740. Specify the sample aspect ratio assumed by the video frames.
  2741. @item sws_param
  2742. Specify the optional parameters to be used for the scale filter which
  2743. is automatically inserted when an input change is detected in the
  2744. input size or format.
  2745. @end table
  2746. For example:
  2747. @example
  2748. buffer=size=320x240:pix_fmt=yuv410p:time_base=1/24:pixel_aspect=1/1
  2749. @end example
  2750. will instruct the source to accept video frames with size 320x240 and
  2751. with format "yuv410p", assuming 1/24 as the timestamps timebase and
  2752. square pixels (1:1 sample aspect ratio).
  2753. Since the pixel format with name "yuv410p" corresponds to the number 6
  2754. (check the enum PixelFormat definition in @file{libavutil/pixfmt.h}),
  2755. this example corresponds to:
  2756. @example
  2757. buffer=size=320x240:pixfmt=6:time_base=1/24:pixel_aspect=1/1
  2758. @end example
  2759. Alternatively, the options can be specified as a flat string, but this
  2760. syntax is deprecated:
  2761. @var{width}:@var{height}:@var{pix_fmt}:@var{time_base.num}:@var{time_base.den}:@var{pixel_aspect.num}:@var{pixel_aspect.den}[:@var{sws_param}]
  2762. @section cellauto
  2763. Create a pattern generated by an elementary cellular automaton.
  2764. The initial state of the cellular automaton can be defined through the
  2765. @option{filename}, and @option{pattern} options. If such options are
  2766. not specified an initial state is created randomly.
  2767. At each new frame a new row in the video is filled with the result of
  2768. the cellular automaton next generation. The behavior when the whole
  2769. frame is filled is defined by the @option{scroll} option.
  2770. This source accepts a list of options in the form of
  2771. @var{key}=@var{value} pairs separated by ":". A description of the
  2772. accepted options follows.
  2773. @table @option
  2774. @item filename, f
  2775. Read the initial cellular automaton state, i.e. the starting row, from
  2776. the specified file.
  2777. In the file, each non-whitespace character is considered an alive
  2778. cell, a newline will terminate the row, and further characters in the
  2779. file will be ignored.
  2780. @item pattern, p
  2781. Read the initial cellular automaton state, i.e. the starting row, from
  2782. the specified string.
  2783. Each non-whitespace character in the string is considered an alive
  2784. cell, a newline will terminate the row, and further characters in the
  2785. string will be ignored.
  2786. @item rate, r
  2787. Set the video rate, that is the number of frames generated per second.
  2788. Default is 25.
  2789. @item random_fill_ratio, ratio
  2790. Set the random fill ratio for the initial cellular automaton row. It
  2791. is a floating point number value ranging from 0 to 1, defaults to
  2792. 1/PHI.
  2793. This option is ignored when a file or a pattern is specified.
  2794. @item random_seed, seed
  2795. Set the seed for filling randomly the initial row, must be an integer
  2796. included between 0 and UINT32_MAX. If not specified, or if explicitly
  2797. set to -1, the filter will try to use a good random seed on a best
  2798. effort basis.
  2799. @item rule
  2800. Set the cellular automaton rule, it is a number ranging from 0 to 255.
  2801. Default value is 110.
  2802. @item size, s
  2803. Set the size of the output video.
  2804. If @option{filename} or @option{pattern} is specified, the size is set
  2805. by default to the width of the specified initial state row, and the
  2806. height is set to @var{width} * PHI.
  2807. If @option{size} is set, it must contain the width of the specified
  2808. pattern string, and the specified pattern will be centered in the
  2809. larger row.
  2810. If a filename or a pattern string is not specified, the size value
  2811. defaults to "320x518" (used for a randomly generated initial state).
  2812. @item scroll
  2813. If set to 1, scroll the output upward when all the rows in the output
  2814. have been already filled. If set to 0, the new generated row will be
  2815. written over the top row just after the bottom row is filled.
  2816. Defaults to 1.
  2817. @item start_full, full
  2818. If set to 1, completely fill the output with generated rows before
  2819. outputting the first frame.
  2820. This is the default behavior, for disabling set the value to 0.
  2821. @item stitch
  2822. If set to 1, stitch the left and right row edges together.
  2823. This is the default behavior, for disabling set the value to 0.
  2824. @end table
  2825. @subsection Examples
  2826. @itemize
  2827. @item
  2828. Read the initial state from @file{pattern}, and specify an output of
  2829. size 200x400.
  2830. @example
  2831. cellauto=f=pattern:s=200x400
  2832. @end example
  2833. @item
  2834. Generate a random initial row with a width of 200 cells, with a fill
  2835. ratio of 2/3:
  2836. @example
  2837. cellauto=ratio=2/3:s=200x200
  2838. @end example
  2839. @item
  2840. Create a pattern generated by rule 18 starting by a single alive cell
  2841. centered on an initial row with width 100:
  2842. @example
  2843. cellauto=p=@@:s=100x400:full=0:rule=18
  2844. @end example
  2845. @item
  2846. Specify a more elaborated initial pattern:
  2847. @example
  2848. cellauto=p='@@@@ @@ @@@@':s=100x400:full=0:rule=18
  2849. @end example
  2850. @end itemize
  2851. @section mandelbrot
  2852. Generate a Mandelbrot set fractal, and progressively zoom towards the
  2853. point specified with @var{start_x} and @var{start_y}.
  2854. This source accepts a list of options in the form of
  2855. @var{key}=@var{value} pairs separated by ":". A description of the
  2856. accepted options follows.
  2857. @table @option
  2858. @item end_pts
  2859. Set the terminal pts value. Default value is 400.
  2860. @item end_scale
  2861. Set the terminal scale value.
  2862. Must be a floating point value. Default value is 0.3.
  2863. @item inner
  2864. Set the inner coloring mode, that is the algorithm used to draw the
  2865. Mandelbrot fractal internal region.
  2866. It shall assume one of the following values:
  2867. @table @option
  2868. @item black
  2869. Set black mode.
  2870. @item convergence
  2871. Show time until convergence.
  2872. @item mincol
  2873. Set color based on point closest to the origin of the iterations.
  2874. @item period
  2875. Set period mode.
  2876. @end table
  2877. Default value is @var{mincol}.
  2878. @item bailout
  2879. Set the bailout value. Default value is 10.0.
  2880. @item maxiter
  2881. Set the maximum of iterations performed by the rendering
  2882. algorithm. Default value is 7189.
  2883. @item outer
  2884. Set outer coloring mode.
  2885. It shall assume one of following values:
  2886. @table @option
  2887. @item iteration_count
  2888. Set iteration cound mode.
  2889. @item normalized_iteration_count
  2890. set normalized iteration count mode.
  2891. @end table
  2892. Default value is @var{normalized_iteration_count}.
  2893. @item rate, r
  2894. Set frame rate, expressed as number of frames per second. Default
  2895. value is "25".
  2896. @item size, s
  2897. Set frame size. Default value is "640x480".
  2898. @item start_scale
  2899. Set the initial scale value. Default value is 3.0.
  2900. @item start_x
  2901. Set the initial x position. Must be a floating point value between
  2902. -100 and 100. Default value is -0.743643887037158704752191506114774.
  2903. @item start_y
  2904. Set the initial y position. Must be a floating point value between
  2905. -100 and 100. Default value is -0.131825904205311970493132056385139.
  2906. @end table
  2907. @section mptestsrc
  2908. Generate various test patterns, as generated by the MPlayer test filter.
  2909. The size of the generated video is fixed, and is 256x256.
  2910. This source is useful in particular for testing encoding features.
  2911. This source accepts an optional sequence of @var{key}=@var{value} pairs,
  2912. separated by ":". The description of the accepted options follows.
  2913. @table @option
  2914. @item rate, r
  2915. Specify the frame rate of the sourced video, as the number of frames
  2916. generated per second. It has to be a string in the format
  2917. @var{frame_rate_num}/@var{frame_rate_den}, an integer number, a float
  2918. number or a valid video frame rate abbreviation. The default value is
  2919. "25".
  2920. @item duration, d
  2921. Set the video duration of the sourced video. The accepted syntax is:
  2922. @example
  2923. [-]HH:MM:SS[.m...]
  2924. [-]S+[.m...]
  2925. @end example
  2926. See also the function @code{av_parse_time()}.
  2927. If not specified, or the expressed duration is negative, the video is
  2928. supposed to be generated forever.
  2929. @item test, t
  2930. Set the number or the name of the test to perform. Supported tests are:
  2931. @table @option
  2932. @item dc_luma
  2933. @item dc_chroma
  2934. @item freq_luma
  2935. @item freq_chroma
  2936. @item amp_luma
  2937. @item amp_chroma
  2938. @item cbp
  2939. @item mv
  2940. @item ring1
  2941. @item ring2
  2942. @item all
  2943. @end table
  2944. Default value is "all", which will cycle through the list of all tests.
  2945. @end table
  2946. For example the following:
  2947. @example
  2948. testsrc=t=dc_luma
  2949. @end example
  2950. will generate a "dc_luma" test pattern.
  2951. @section frei0r_src
  2952. Provide a frei0r source.
  2953. To enable compilation of this filter you need to install the frei0r
  2954. header and configure FFmpeg with @code{--enable-frei0r}.
  2955. The source supports the syntax:
  2956. @example
  2957. @var{size}:@var{rate}:@var{src_name}[@{=|:@}@var{param1}:@var{param2}:...:@var{paramN}]
  2958. @end example
  2959. @var{size} is the size of the video to generate, may be a string of the
  2960. form @var{width}x@var{height} or a frame size abbreviation.
  2961. @var{rate} is the rate of the video to generate, may be a string of
  2962. the form @var{num}/@var{den} or a frame rate abbreviation.
  2963. @var{src_name} is the name to the frei0r source to load. For more
  2964. information regarding frei0r and how to set the parameters read the
  2965. section @ref{frei0r} in the description of the video filters.
  2966. For example, to generate a frei0r partik0l source with size 200x200
  2967. and frame rate 10 which is overlayed on the overlay filter main input:
  2968. @example
  2969. frei0r_src=200x200:10:partik0l=1234 [overlay]; [in][overlay] overlay
  2970. @end example
  2971. @section life
  2972. Generate a life pattern.
  2973. This source is based on a generalization of John Conway's life game.
  2974. The sourced input represents a life grid, each pixel represents a cell
  2975. which can be in one of two possible states, alive or dead. Every cell
  2976. interacts with its eight neighbours, which are the cells that are
  2977. horizontally, vertically, or diagonally adjacent.
  2978. At each interaction the grid evolves according to the adopted rule,
  2979. which specifies the number of neighbor alive cells which will make a
  2980. cell stay alive or born. The @option{rule} option allows to specify
  2981. the rule to adopt.
  2982. This source accepts a list of options in the form of
  2983. @var{key}=@var{value} pairs separated by ":". A description of the
  2984. accepted options follows.
  2985. @table @option
  2986. @item filename, f
  2987. Set the file from which to read the initial grid state. In the file,
  2988. each non-whitespace character is considered an alive cell, and newline
  2989. is used to delimit the end of each row.
  2990. If this option is not specified, the initial grid is generated
  2991. randomly.
  2992. @item rate, r
  2993. Set the video rate, that is the number of frames generated per second.
  2994. Default is 25.
  2995. @item random_fill_ratio, ratio
  2996. Set the random fill ratio for the initial random grid. It is a
  2997. floating point number value ranging from 0 to 1, defaults to 1/PHI.
  2998. It is ignored when a file is specified.
  2999. @item random_seed, seed
  3000. Set the seed for filling the initial random grid, must be an integer
  3001. included between 0 and UINT32_MAX. If not specified, or if explicitly
  3002. set to -1, the filter will try to use a good random seed on a best
  3003. effort basis.
  3004. @item rule
  3005. Set the life rule.
  3006. A rule can be specified with a code of the kind "S@var{NS}/B@var{NB}",
  3007. where @var{NS} and @var{NB} are sequences of numbers in the range 0-8,
  3008. @var{NS} specifies the number of alive neighbor cells which make a
  3009. live cell stay alive, and @var{NB} the number of alive neighbor cells
  3010. which make a dead cell to become alive (i.e. to "born").
  3011. "s" and "b" can be used in place of "S" and "B", respectively.
  3012. Alternatively a rule can be specified by an 18-bits integer. The 9
  3013. high order bits are used to encode the next cell state if it is alive
  3014. for each number of neighbor alive cells, the low order bits specify
  3015. the rule for "borning" new cells. Higher order bits encode for an
  3016. higher number of neighbor cells.
  3017. For example the number 6153 = @code{(12<<9)+9} specifies a stay alive
  3018. rule of 12 and a born rule of 9, which corresponds to "S23/B03".
  3019. Default value is "S23/B3", which is the original Conway's game of life
  3020. rule, and will keep a cell alive if it has 2 or 3 neighbor alive
  3021. cells, and will born a new cell if there are three alive cells around
  3022. a dead cell.
  3023. @item size, s
  3024. Set the size of the output video.
  3025. If @option{filename} is specified, the size is set by default to the
  3026. same size of the input file. If @option{size} is set, it must contain
  3027. the size specified in the input file, and the initial grid defined in
  3028. that file is centered in the larger resulting area.
  3029. If a filename is not specified, the size value defaults to "320x240"
  3030. (used for a randomly generated initial grid).
  3031. @item stitch
  3032. If set to 1, stitch the left and right grid edges together, and the
  3033. top and bottom edges also. Defaults to 1.
  3034. @item mold
  3035. Set cell mold speed. If set, a dead cell will go from @option{death_color} to
  3036. @option{mold_color} with a step of @option{mold}. @option{mold} can have a
  3037. value from 0 to 255.
  3038. @item life_color
  3039. Set the color of living (or new born) cells.
  3040. @item death_color
  3041. Set the color of dead cells. If @option{mold} is set, this is the first color
  3042. used to represent a dead cell.
  3043. @item mold_color
  3044. Set mold color, for definitely dead and moldy cells.
  3045. @end table
  3046. @subsection Examples
  3047. @itemize
  3048. @item
  3049. Read a grid from @file{pattern}, and center it on a grid of size
  3050. 300x300 pixels:
  3051. @example
  3052. life=f=pattern:s=300x300
  3053. @end example
  3054. @item
  3055. Generate a random grid of size 200x200, with a fill ratio of 2/3:
  3056. @example
  3057. life=ratio=2/3:s=200x200
  3058. @end example
  3059. @item
  3060. Specify a custom rule for evolving a randomly generated grid:
  3061. @example
  3062. life=rule=S14/B34
  3063. @end example
  3064. @item
  3065. Full example with slow death effect (mold) using @command{ffplay}:
  3066. @example
  3067. ffplay -f lavfi life=s=300x200:mold=10:r=60:ratio=0.1:death_color=#C83232:life_color=#00ff00,scale=1200:800:flags=16
  3068. @end example
  3069. @end itemize
  3070. @section color, nullsrc, rgbtestsrc, smptebars, testsrc
  3071. The @code{color} source provides an uniformly colored input.
  3072. The @code{nullsrc} source returns unprocessed video frames. It is
  3073. mainly useful to be employed in analysis / debugging tools, or as the
  3074. source for filters which ignore the input data.
  3075. The @code{rgbtestsrc} source generates an RGB test pattern useful for
  3076. detecting RGB vs BGR issues. You should see a red, green and blue
  3077. stripe from top to bottom.
  3078. The @code{smptebars} source generates a color bars pattern, based on
  3079. the SMPTE Engineering Guideline EG 1-1990.
  3080. The @code{testsrc} source generates a test video pattern, showing a
  3081. color pattern, a scrolling gradient and a timestamp. This is mainly
  3082. intended for testing purposes.
  3083. These sources accept an optional sequence of @var{key}=@var{value} pairs,
  3084. separated by ":". The description of the accepted options follows.
  3085. @table @option
  3086. @item color, c
  3087. Specify the color of the source, only used in the @code{color}
  3088. source. It can be the name of a color (case insensitive match) or a
  3089. 0xRRGGBB[AA] sequence, possibly followed by an alpha specifier. The
  3090. default value is "black".
  3091. @item size, s
  3092. Specify the size of the sourced video, it may be a string of the form
  3093. @var{width}x@var{height}, or the name of a size abbreviation. The
  3094. default value is "320x240".
  3095. @item rate, r
  3096. Specify the frame rate of the sourced video, as the number of frames
  3097. generated per second. It has to be a string in the format
  3098. @var{frame_rate_num}/@var{frame_rate_den}, an integer number, a float
  3099. number or a valid video frame rate abbreviation. The default value is
  3100. "25".
  3101. @item sar
  3102. Set the sample aspect ratio of the sourced video.
  3103. @item duration, d
  3104. Set the video duration of the sourced video. The accepted syntax is:
  3105. @example
  3106. [-]HH[:MM[:SS[.m...]]]
  3107. [-]S+[.m...]
  3108. @end example
  3109. See also the function @code{av_parse_time()}.
  3110. If not specified, or the expressed duration is negative, the video is
  3111. supposed to be generated forever.
  3112. @item decimals, n
  3113. Set the number of decimals to show in the timestamp, only used in the
  3114. @code{testsrc} source.
  3115. The displayed timestamp value will correspond to the original
  3116. timestamp value multiplied by the power of 10 of the specified
  3117. value. Default value is 0.
  3118. @end table
  3119. For example the following:
  3120. @example
  3121. testsrc=duration=5.3:size=qcif:rate=10
  3122. @end example
  3123. will generate a video with a duration of 5.3 seconds, with size
  3124. 176x144 and a frame rate of 10 frames per second.
  3125. The following graph description will generate a red source
  3126. with an opacity of 0.2, with size "qcif" and a frame rate of 10
  3127. frames per second.
  3128. @example
  3129. color=c=red@@0.2:s=qcif:r=10
  3130. @end example
  3131. If the input content is to be ignored, @code{nullsrc} can be used. The
  3132. following command generates noise in the luminance plane by employing
  3133. the @code{mp=geq} filter:
  3134. @example
  3135. nullsrc=s=256x256, mp=geq=random(1)*255:128:128
  3136. @end example
  3137. @c man end VIDEO SOURCES
  3138. @chapter Video Sinks
  3139. @c man begin VIDEO SINKS
  3140. Below is a description of the currently available video sinks.
  3141. @section buffersink
  3142. Buffer video frames, and make them available to the end of the filter
  3143. graph.
  3144. This sink is mainly intended for a programmatic use, in particular
  3145. through the interface defined in @file{libavfilter/buffersink.h}.
  3146. It does not require a string parameter in input, but you need to
  3147. specify a pointer to a list of supported pixel formats terminated by
  3148. -1 in the opaque parameter provided to @code{avfilter_init_filter}
  3149. when initializing this sink.
  3150. @section nullsink
  3151. Null video sink, do absolutely nothing with the input video. It is
  3152. mainly useful as a template and to be employed in analysis / debugging
  3153. tools.
  3154. @c man end VIDEO SINKS
  3155. @chapter Multimedia Filters
  3156. @c man begin MULTIMEDIA FILTERS
  3157. Below is a description of the currently available multimedia filters.
  3158. @section asendcmd, sendcmd
  3159. Send commands to filters in the filtergraph.
  3160. These filters read commands to be sent to other filters in the
  3161. filtergraph.
  3162. @code{asendcmd} must be inserted between two audio filters,
  3163. @code{sendcmd} must be inserted between two video filters, but apart
  3164. from that they act the same way.
  3165. The specification of commands can be provided in the filter arguments
  3166. with the @var{commands} option, or in a file specified by the
  3167. @var{filename} option.
  3168. These filters accept the following options:
  3169. @table @option
  3170. @item commands, c
  3171. Set the commands to be read and sent to the other filters.
  3172. @item filename, f
  3173. Set the filename of the commands to be read and sent to the other
  3174. filters.
  3175. @end table
  3176. @subsection Commands syntax
  3177. A commands description consists of a sequence of interval
  3178. specifications, comprising a list of commands to be executed when a
  3179. particular event related to that interval occurs. The occurring event
  3180. is typically the current frame time entering or leaving a given time
  3181. interval.
  3182. An interval is specified by the following syntax:
  3183. @example
  3184. @var{START}[-@var{END}] @var{COMMANDS};
  3185. @end example
  3186. The time interval is specified by the @var{START} and @var{END} times.
  3187. @var{END} is optional and defaults to the maximum time.
  3188. The current frame time is considered within the specified interval if
  3189. it is included in the interval [@var{START}, @var{END}), that is when
  3190. the time is greater or equal to @var{START} and is lesser than
  3191. @var{END}.
  3192. @var{COMMANDS} consists of a sequence of one or more command
  3193. specifications, separated by ",", relating to that interval. The
  3194. syntax of a command specification is given by:
  3195. @example
  3196. [@var{FLAGS}] @var{TARGET} @var{COMMAND} @var{ARG}
  3197. @end example
  3198. @var{FLAGS} is optional and specifies the type of events relating to
  3199. the time interval which enable sending the specified command, and must
  3200. be a non-null sequence of identifier flags separated by "+" or "|" and
  3201. enclosed between "[" and "]".
  3202. The following flags are recognized:
  3203. @table @option
  3204. @item enter
  3205. The command is sent when the current frame timestamp enters the
  3206. specified interval. In other words, the command is sent when the
  3207. previous frame timestamp was not in the given interval, and the
  3208. current is.
  3209. @item leave
  3210. The command is sent when the current frame timestamp leaves the
  3211. specified interval. In other words, the command is sent when the
  3212. previous frame timestamp was in the given interval, and the
  3213. current is not.
  3214. @end table
  3215. If @var{FLAGS} is not specified, a default value of @code{[enter]} is
  3216. assumed.
  3217. @var{TARGET} specifies the target of the command, usually the name of
  3218. the filter class or a specific filter instance name.
  3219. @var{COMMAND} specifies the name of the command for the target filter.
  3220. @var{ARG} is optional and specifies the optional list of argument for
  3221. the given @var{COMMAND}.
  3222. Between one interval specification and another, whitespaces, or
  3223. sequences of characters starting with @code{#} until the end of line,
  3224. are ignored and can be used to annotate comments.
  3225. A simplified BNF description of the commands specification syntax
  3226. follows:
  3227. @example
  3228. @var{COMMAND_FLAG} ::= "enter" | "leave"
  3229. @var{COMMAND_FLAGS} ::= @var{COMMAND_FLAG} [(+|"|")@var{COMMAND_FLAG}]
  3230. @var{COMMAND} ::= ["[" @var{COMMAND_FLAGS} "]"] @var{TARGET} @var{COMMAND} [@var{ARG}]
  3231. @var{COMMANDS} ::= @var{COMMAND} [,@var{COMMANDS}]
  3232. @var{INTERVAL} ::= @var{START}[-@var{END}] @var{COMMANDS}
  3233. @var{INTERVALS} ::= @var{INTERVAL}[;@var{INTERVALS}]
  3234. @end example
  3235. @subsection Examples
  3236. @itemize
  3237. @item
  3238. Specify audio tempo change at second 4:
  3239. @example
  3240. asendcmd=c='4.0 atempo tempo 1.5',atempo
  3241. @end example
  3242. @item
  3243. Specify a list of drawtext and hue commands in a file.
  3244. @example
  3245. # show text in the interval 5-10
  3246. 5.0-10.0 [enter] drawtext reinit 'fontfile=FreeSerif.ttf:text=hello world',
  3247. [leave] drawtext reinit 'fontfile=FreeSerif.ttf:text=';
  3248. # desaturate the image in the interval 15-20
  3249. 15.0-20.0 [enter] hue reinit s=0,
  3250. [enter] drawtext reinit 'fontfile=FreeSerif.ttf:text=nocolor',
  3251. [leave] hue reinit s=1,
  3252. [leave] drawtext reinit 'fontfile=FreeSerif.ttf:text=color';
  3253. # apply an exponential saturation fade-out effect, starting from time 25
  3254. 25 [enter] hue s=exp(t-25)
  3255. @end example
  3256. A filtergraph allowing to read and process the above command list
  3257. stored in a file @file{test.cmd}, can be specified with:
  3258. @example
  3259. sendcmd=f=test.cmd,drawtext=fontfile=FreeSerif.ttf:text='',hue
  3260. @end example
  3261. @end itemize
  3262. @section asetpts, setpts
  3263. Change the PTS (presentation timestamp) of the input frames.
  3264. @code{asetpts} works on audio frames, @code{setpts} on video frames.
  3265. Accept in input an expression evaluated through the eval API, which
  3266. can contain the following constants:
  3267. @table @option
  3268. @item FRAME_RATE
  3269. frame rate, only defined for constant frame-rate video
  3270. @item PTS
  3271. the presentation timestamp in input
  3272. @item N
  3273. the count of the input frame, starting from 0.
  3274. @item NB_CONSUMED_SAMPLES
  3275. the number of consumed samples, not including the current frame (only
  3276. audio)
  3277. @item NB_SAMPLES
  3278. the number of samples in the current frame (only audio)
  3279. @item SAMPLE_RATE
  3280. audio sample rate
  3281. @item STARTPTS
  3282. the PTS of the first frame
  3283. @item STARTT
  3284. the time in seconds of the first frame
  3285. @item INTERLACED
  3286. tell if the current frame is interlaced
  3287. @item T
  3288. the time in seconds of the current frame
  3289. @item TB
  3290. the time base
  3291. @item POS
  3292. original position in the file of the frame, or undefined if undefined
  3293. for the current frame
  3294. @item PREV_INPTS
  3295. previous input PTS
  3296. @item PREV_INT
  3297. previous input time in seconds
  3298. @item PREV_OUTPTS
  3299. previous output PTS
  3300. @item PREV_OUTT
  3301. previous output time in seconds
  3302. @end table
  3303. @subsection Examples
  3304. @itemize
  3305. @item
  3306. Start counting PTS from zero
  3307. @example
  3308. setpts=PTS-STARTPTS
  3309. @end example
  3310. @item
  3311. Apply fast motion effect:
  3312. @example
  3313. setpts=0.5*PTS
  3314. @end example
  3315. @item
  3316. Apply slow motion effect:
  3317. @example
  3318. setpts=2.0*PTS
  3319. @end example
  3320. @item
  3321. Set fixed rate of 25 frames per second:
  3322. @example
  3323. setpts=N/(25*TB)
  3324. @end example
  3325. @item
  3326. Set fixed rate 25 fps with some jitter:
  3327. @example
  3328. setpts='1/(25*TB) * (N + 0.05 * sin(N*2*PI/25))'
  3329. @end example
  3330. @item
  3331. Apply an offset of 10 seconds to the input PTS:
  3332. @example
  3333. setpts=PTS+10/TB
  3334. @end example
  3335. @end itemize
  3336. @section settb, asettb
  3337. Set the timebase to use for the output frames timestamps.
  3338. It is mainly useful for testing timebase configuration.
  3339. It accepts in input an arithmetic expression representing a rational.
  3340. The expression can contain the constants "AVTB" (the
  3341. default timebase), "intb" (the input timebase) and "sr" (the sample rate,
  3342. audio only).
  3343. The default value for the input is "intb".
  3344. @subsection Examples
  3345. @itemize
  3346. @item
  3347. Set the timebase to 1/25:
  3348. @example
  3349. settb=1/25
  3350. @end example
  3351. @item
  3352. Set the timebase to 1/10:
  3353. @example
  3354. settb=0.1
  3355. @end example
  3356. @item
  3357. Set the timebase to 1001/1000:
  3358. @example
  3359. settb=1+0.001
  3360. @end example
  3361. @item
  3362. Set the timebase to 2*intb:
  3363. @example
  3364. settb=2*intb
  3365. @end example
  3366. @item
  3367. Set the default timebase value:
  3368. @example
  3369. settb=AVTB
  3370. @end example
  3371. @end itemize
  3372. @section concat
  3373. Concatenate audio and video streams, joining them together one after the
  3374. other.
  3375. The filter works on segments of synchronized video and audio streams. All
  3376. segments must have the same number of streams of each type, and that will
  3377. also be the number of streams at output.
  3378. The filter accepts the following named parameters:
  3379. @table @option
  3380. @item n
  3381. Set the number of segments. Default is 2.
  3382. @item v
  3383. Set the number of output video streams, that is also the number of video
  3384. streams in each segment. Default is 1.
  3385. @item a
  3386. Set the number of output audio streams, that is also the number of video
  3387. streams in each segment. Default is 0.
  3388. @end table
  3389. The filter has @var{v}+@var{a} outputs: first @var{v} video outputs, then
  3390. @var{a} audio outputs.
  3391. There are @var{n}x(@var{v}+@var{a}) inputs: first the inputs for the first
  3392. segment, in the same order as the outputs, then the inputs for the second
  3393. segment, etc.
  3394. Related streams do not always have exactly the same duration, for various
  3395. reasons including codec frame size or sloppy authoring. For that reason,
  3396. related synchronized streams (e.g. a video and its audio track) should be
  3397. concatenated at once. The concat filter will use the duration of the longest
  3398. stream in each segment (except the last one), and if necessary pad shorter
  3399. audio streams with silence.
  3400. For this filter to work correctly, all segments must start at timestamp 0.
  3401. All corresponding streams must have the same parameters in all segments; the
  3402. filtering system will automatically select a common pixel format for video
  3403. streams, and a common sample format, sample rate and channel layout for
  3404. audio streams, but other settings, such as resolution, must be converted
  3405. explicitly by the user.
  3406. Different frame rates are acceptable but will result in variable frame rate
  3407. at output; be sure to configure the output file to handle it.
  3408. Examples:
  3409. @itemize
  3410. @item
  3411. Concatenate an opening, an episode and an ending, all in bilingual version
  3412. (video in stream 0, audio in streams 1 and 2):
  3413. @example
  3414. ffmpeg -i opening.mkv -i episode.mkv -i ending.mkv -filter_complex \
  3415. '[0:0] [0:1] [0:2] [1:0] [1:1] [1:2] [2:0] [2:1] [2:2]
  3416. concat=n=3:v=1:a=2 [v] [a1] [a2]' \
  3417. -map '[v]' -map '[a1]' -map '[a2]' output.mkv
  3418. @end example
  3419. @item
  3420. Concatenate two parts, handling audio and video separately, using the
  3421. (a)movie sources, and adjusting the resolution:
  3422. @example
  3423. movie=part1.mp4, scale=512:288 [v1] ; amovie=part1.mp4 [a1] ;
  3424. movie=part2.mp4, scale=512:288 [v2] ; amovie=part2.mp4 [a2] ;
  3425. [v1] [v2] concat [outv] ; [a1] [a2] concat=v=0:a=1 [outa]
  3426. @end example
  3427. Note that a desync will happen at the stitch if the audio and video streams
  3428. do not have exactly the same duration in the first file.
  3429. @end itemize
  3430. @section showspectrum
  3431. Convert input audio to a video output, representing the audio frequency
  3432. spectrum.
  3433. The filter accepts the following named parameters:
  3434. @table @option
  3435. @item size, s
  3436. Specify the video size for the output. Default value is @code{640x480}.
  3437. @end table
  3438. The usage is very similar to the showwaves filter; see the examples in that
  3439. section.
  3440. @section showwaves
  3441. Convert input audio to a video output, representing the samples waves.
  3442. The filter accepts the following named parameters:
  3443. @table @option
  3444. @item n
  3445. Set the number of samples which are printed on the same column. A
  3446. larger value will decrease the frame rate. Must be a positive
  3447. integer. This option can be set only if the value for @var{rate}
  3448. is not explicitly specified.
  3449. @item rate, r
  3450. Set the (approximate) output frame rate. This is done by setting the
  3451. option @var{n}. Default value is "25".
  3452. @item size, s
  3453. Specify the video size for the output. Default value is "600x240".
  3454. @end table
  3455. Some examples follow.
  3456. @itemize
  3457. @item
  3458. Output the input file audio and the corresponding video representation
  3459. at the same time:
  3460. @example
  3461. amovie=a.mp3,asplit[out0],showwaves[out1]
  3462. @end example
  3463. @item
  3464. Create a synthetic signal and show it with showwaves, forcing a
  3465. framerate of 30 frames per second:
  3466. @example
  3467. aevalsrc=sin(1*2*PI*t)*sin(880*2*PI*t):cos(2*PI*200*t),asplit[out0],showwaves=r=30[out1]
  3468. @end example
  3469. @end itemize
  3470. @c man end MULTIMEDIA FILTERS
  3471. @chapter Multimedia Sources
  3472. @c man begin MULTIMEDIA SOURCES
  3473. Below is a description of the currently available multimedia sources.
  3474. @section amovie
  3475. This is the same as @ref{src_movie} source, except it selects an audio
  3476. stream by default.
  3477. @anchor{src_movie}
  3478. @section movie
  3479. Read audio and/or video stream(s) from a movie container.
  3480. It accepts the syntax: @var{movie_name}[:@var{options}] where
  3481. @var{movie_name} is the name of the resource to read (not necessarily
  3482. a file but also a device or a stream accessed through some protocol),
  3483. and @var{options} is an optional sequence of @var{key}=@var{value}
  3484. pairs, separated by ":".
  3485. The description of the accepted options follows.
  3486. @table @option
  3487. @item format_name, f
  3488. Specifies the format assumed for the movie to read, and can be either
  3489. the name of a container or an input device. If not specified the
  3490. format is guessed from @var{movie_name} or by probing.
  3491. @item seek_point, sp
  3492. Specifies the seek point in seconds, the frames will be output
  3493. starting from this seek point, the parameter is evaluated with
  3494. @code{av_strtod} so the numerical value may be suffixed by an IS
  3495. postfix. Default value is "0".
  3496. @item streams, s
  3497. Specifies the streams to read. Several streams can be specified, separated
  3498. by "+". The source will then have as many outputs, in the same order. The
  3499. syntax is explained in the @ref{Stream specifiers} chapter. Two special
  3500. names, "dv" and "da" specify respectively the default (best suited) video
  3501. and audio stream. Default is "dv", or "da" if the filter is called as
  3502. "amovie".
  3503. @item stream_index, si
  3504. Specifies the index of the video stream to read. If the value is -1,
  3505. the best suited video stream will be automatically selected. Default
  3506. value is "-1". Deprecated. If the filter is called "amovie", it will select
  3507. audio instead of video.
  3508. @item loop
  3509. Specifies how many times to read the stream in sequence.
  3510. If the value is less than 1, the stream will be read again and again.
  3511. Default value is "1".
  3512. Note that when the movie is looped the source timestamps are not
  3513. changed, so it will generate non monotonically increasing timestamps.
  3514. @end table
  3515. This filter allows to overlay a second video on top of main input of
  3516. a filtergraph as shown in this graph:
  3517. @example
  3518. input -----------> deltapts0 --> overlay --> output
  3519. ^
  3520. |
  3521. movie --> scale--> deltapts1 -------+
  3522. @end example
  3523. Some examples follow.
  3524. @itemize
  3525. @item
  3526. Skip 3.2 seconds from the start of the avi file in.avi, and overlay it
  3527. on top of the input labelled as "in":
  3528. @example
  3529. movie=in.avi:seek_point=3.2, scale=180:-1, setpts=PTS-STARTPTS [movie];
  3530. [in] setpts=PTS-STARTPTS, [movie] overlay=16:16 [out]
  3531. @end example
  3532. @item
  3533. Read from a video4linux2 device, and overlay it on top of the input
  3534. labelled as "in":
  3535. @example
  3536. movie=/dev/video0:f=video4linux2, scale=180:-1, setpts=PTS-STARTPTS [movie];
  3537. [in] setpts=PTS-STARTPTS, [movie] overlay=16:16 [out]
  3538. @end example
  3539. @item
  3540. Read the first video stream and the audio stream with id 0x81 from
  3541. dvd.vob; the video is connected to the pad named "video" and the audio is
  3542. connected to the pad named "audio":
  3543. @example
  3544. movie=dvd.vob:s=v:0+#0x81 [video] [audio]
  3545. @end example
  3546. @end itemize
  3547. @c man end MULTIMEDIA SOURCES