FFmpeg options

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Main options:
-L                  show license
-h                  show help
-?                  show help
-help               show help
--help              show help
-version            show version
-formats            show available formats
-codecs             show available codecs
-bsfs               show available bit stream filters
-protocols          show available protocols
-filters            show available filters
-pix_fmts           show available pixel formats
-sample_fmts        show available audio sample formats
-loglevel loglevel  set libav* logging level
-v loglevel         set libav* logging level
-debug flags        set debug flags
-report             generate a report
-max_alloc bytes    set maximum size of a single allocated block
-f fmt              force format
-i filename         input file name
-y                  overwrite output files
-n                  do not overwrite output files
-c codec            codec name
-codec codec        codec name
-pre preset         preset name
-map_metadata outfile[,metadata]:infile[,metadata]  set metadata information of outfile from infile
-t duration         record or transcode "duration" seconds of audio/video
-fs limit_size      set the limit file size in bytes
-ss time_off        set the start time offset
-itsoffset time_off  set the input ts offset
-itsscale scale     set the input ts scale
-timestamp time     set the recording timestamp ('now' to set the current time)
-metadata string=string  add metadata
-dframes number     set the number of data frames to record
-timelimit limit    set max runtime in seconds
-target type        specify target file type ("vcd", "svcd", "dvd", "dv", "dv50", "pal-vcd", "ntsc-svcd", ...)
-xerror             exit on error
-frames number      set the number of frames to record
-tag fourcc/tag     force codec tag/fourcc
-filter filter_list  set stream filterchain
-stats              print progress report during encoding
-attach filename    add an attachment to the output file
-dump_attachment filename  extract an attachment into a file
-bsf bitstream_filters  A comma-separated list of bitstream filters
-dcodec codec       force data codec ('copy' to copy stream)

Advanced options:
-map [-]input_file_id[:stream_specifier][,sync_file_id[:stream_s  set input stream mapping
-map_channel file.stream.channel[:syncfile.syncstream]  map an audio channel from one stream to another
-map_chapters input_file_index  set chapters mapping
-benchmark          add timings for benchmarking
-dump               dump each input packet
-hex                when dumping packets, also dump the payload
-re                 read input at native frame rate
-loop_input         deprecated, use -loop
-loop_output        deprecated, use -loop
-vsync              video sync method
-async              audio sync method
-adrift_threshold threshold  audio drift threshold
-copyts             copy timestamps
-copytb source      copy input stream time base when stream copying
-shortest           finish encoding within shortest input
-dts_delta_threshold threshold  timestamp discontinuity delta threshold
-copyinkf           copy initial non-keyframes
-q q                use fixed quality scale (VBR)
-qscale q           use fixed quality scale (VBR)
-streamid streamIndex:value  set the value of an outfile streamid
-muxdelay seconds   set the maximum demux-decode delay
-muxpreload seconds  set the initial demux-decode delay
-fpre filename      set options from indicated preset file

Video options:
-vframes number     set the number of video frames to record
-r rate             set frame rate (Hz value, fraction or abbreviation)
-s size             set frame size (WxH or abbreviation)
-aspect aspect      set aspect ratio (4:3, 16:9 or 1.3333, 1.7777)
-bits_per_raw_sample number  set the number of bits per raw sample
-croptop size       Removed, use the crop filter instead
-cropbottom size    Removed, use the crop filter instead
-cropleft size      Removed, use the crop filter instead
-cropright size     Removed, use the crop filter instead
-padtop size        Removed, use the pad filter instead
-padbottom size     Removed, use the pad filter instead
-padleft size       Removed, use the pad filter instead
-padright size      Removed, use the pad filter instead
-padcolor color     Removed, use the pad filter instead
-vn                 disable video
-vcodec codec       force video codec ('copy' to copy stream)
-sameq              use same quantizer as source (implies VBR)
-same_quant         use same quantizer as source (implies VBR)
-pass n             select the pass number (1 or 2)
-passlogfile prefix  select two pass log file name prefix
-vf filter list     video filters
-b bitrate          video bitrate (please use -b:v)
-dn                 disable data

Advanced Video options:
-pix_fmt format     set pixel format
-intra              use only intra frames
-vdt n              discard threshold
-rc_override override  rate control override for specific intervals
-deinterlace        deinterlace pictures
-psnr               calculate PSNR of compressed frames
-vstats             dump video coding statistics to file
-vstats_file file   dump video coding statistics to file
-intra_matrix matrix  specify intra matrix coeffs
-inter_matrix matrix  specify inter matrix coeffs
-top                top=1/bottom=0/auto=-1 field first
-dc precision       intra_dc_precision
-vtag fourcc/tag    force video tag/fourcc
-qphist             show QP histogram
-force_fps          force the selected framerate, disable the best supported framerate selection
-force_key_frames timestamps  force key frames at specified timestamps
-vbsf video bitstream_filters  deprecated
-vpre preset        set the video options to the indicated preset

Audio options:
-aframes number     set the number of audio frames to record
-aq quality         set audio quality (codec-specific)
-ar rate            set audio sampling rate (in Hz)
-ac channels        set number of audio channels
-an                 disable audio
-acodec codec       force audio codec ('copy' to copy stream)
-vol volume         change audio volume (256=normal)
-rmvol volume       rematrix volume (as factor)