avidemux1

Usage

Overview

Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. It supports many file types, including AVI, MPG (VCD, SVCD), DVD compatible MPEG, MP4 and ASF, using a variety of codecs. Tasks can be automated using projects, job queue and powerful scripting capabilities.

Homepage: http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/

Options

--nogui

run in silent mode

--listfilters

list all filters by name

--run script

load and run a script

--audio-normalize mode

activate normalization with mode

--audio-resample num

resample to num Hz

--filters filter

load a filter preset

--codec-conf config

load a codec configuration

--vcd-res

set to VCD resolution

--svcd-res

set to SVCD resolution

--dvd-res

set to DVD resolution

--halfd1-res

set to 1/2 DVD resolution

--save-jpg filename

save to a jpeg file

--begin frame

set start frame

--end frame

set end frame

--save-unpacked-vop filename

save as avi file, unpacking vop

--save-packed-vop filename

save as avi file, packing vop

--save-ogm filename

save as ogm file

--save-raw-audio filename

save audio as-is

--save-raw-video filename

save as raw video stream (mpeg/... )

--save-uncompressed-audio filename

save as uncompressed audio

--load filename

load video or workbench

--load-workbench filename

load workbench file

--append filename

append a video

--save filename

save as avi file

--save-workbench filename

save as workbench file

--force-b-frame

Force detection of bframe in next loaded file

--force-alt-h264

Force use of alternate read mode for h264

--force-unpack

Force detection of packed vop in next loaded file

--force-smart

Engage smart copy mode with CQ=3 at next save

--external-mp3 filename

load external mpeg audio as audio track

--external-ac3 filename

load external ac3 audio as audio track

--external-wav filename

load external wav audio as audio track

--no-audio

load external wav audio as audio track

--audio-delay +msec|-msec

set audio time shift in ms (+ or -)

--audio-map

build audio map (MP3 VBR)

--audio-bitrate bitrate

set audio encoding bitrate

--fps fps

set frames per second

--audio-codec codec

set audio codec (MP2/MP3/AC3/NONE (WAV PCM)/TWOLAME/COPY)

--video-codec codec

set video codec (Divx/Xvid/FFmpeg4/VCD/SVCD/DVD/XVCD/XSVCD/COPY)

--video-conf config

set video codec conf (cq=q|cbr=br|2pass=size)[,mbr=br][,matrix=(0|1|2|3)]

--reuse-2pass-log

reuse 2pass logfile if it exists

--set-pp value strength

set post processing default value, value (1=hdeblok|2=vdeblock|4=dering) and strength (0-5)

--vobsub vobfile vosubfile ifofile

Create vobsub file (vobfile vosubfile ifofile)

--autosplit num

split every num MBytes

--info

show information about loaded video and audio streams

--autoindex

try to generate required index files

--output-format format

set output format (AVI|OGM|ES|PS|AVI_DUAL|AVI_UNP|...), often named as container format

--rebuild-index

rebuild index with correct frame type

--var name=value

set a variable i.e. '--var myvar=3'

--help

print a quick help

--quit

exit the program quickly

--probePat probe

Probe for PAT//PMT..

Custom scripts

Custom encoding settings can be created with the scripting engine. Do the following steps:

1. Start avidemux and open any video file.

2. Configure you own encoding settings.

3. Save the settings as project (File -> Save project as...) with suffix ".js".

4. Quit avidemux.

5. Open the project file in a simple editor and delete useless lines.

* You need the first line "//AD" and the line "app = new Avidemux()"
* and the encoding settings beginning with "app.video.codec(...)".

6. Save this script file with suffix ".js" in the user directory "~/.avidemux/custom".

7. This custom script is now available in avidemux under the menu item "Custom".

Notes

For more information see Avidemux Wiki at http://www.avidemux.org/admWiki/ and Forum at http://www.avidemux.org/admForum/.

Avidemux sources and executables are available from the project web site at http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/.