Edit videos locally using ffmpeg. Trim, concat, resize, speed, overlay, extract audio, compress, and convert. Use when: (1) Trimming or cutting video segments, (2) Concatenating multiple clips, (3) Resizing video for social platforms, (4) Extracting or replacing audio, (5) Compressing video, (6) Con

Video Edit Edit videos locally by running ffmpeg/ffprobe directly. No wrapper scripts needed. Prerequisites Install ffmpeg (includes ffprobe): Quick Reference Get video info Trim Concatenate clips Resize for platform Change speed Extract audio Replace audio Compress Convert format Add image overlay Platform Presets Platform Resolution Scale + pad filter TikTok 1080 x 1920 scale=1080:1920:force original aspect ratio=decrease,pad=1080:1920:(ow iw)/2:(oh ih)/2:black YouTube 1920 x 1080 scale=1920:1080:force original aspect ratio=decrease,pad=1920:1080:(ow iw)/2:(oh ih)/2:black Instagram 1080 x 1350 scale=1080:1350:force original aspect ratio=decrease,pad=1080:1350:(ow iw)/2:(oh ih)/2:black Square 1080 x 1080 scale=1080:1080:force original aspect ratio=decrease,pad=1080:1080:(ow iw)/2:(oh ih)/2:black Twitter/X 1920 x 1080 scale=1920:1080:force original aspect ratio=decrease,pad=1920:1080:(ow iw)/2:(oh ih)/2:black Use the filter with: ffmpeg y i input.mp4 vf "<filter " c:a copy output.mp4 Tips Always use y to overwrite output without prompting. Use c copy when you only need to cut/join (no re encoding, very fast). Lower CRF = better quality, larger file. Range 18 28 is typical; 23 is the default. For detailed recipes and flag explanations, see references/operations.md .

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