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Comment on Ask HN: I want to learn ffmpeg, where should I start?

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Pick something you want to do then google it.

For example, I batch recorded a bunch of videos. I wanted to slice them up with ffmpeg before I brought them into the video editor. To do this, I use the command

ffmpeg.exe -ss 00:00:05.00 -i input.MP4 -t 00:00:18.00 -acodec copy -vcodec copy output.mp4

-ss is the start point -t is the offset from that start point -acodec copy copies the audio codec -i is my original video file

-vcodec copy copies the video codec

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