`ffmpeg` is a free software project aimed at producing tools (libraries and programs) for handling multimedia data.

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How to grep standard error stream (stderr)?

I am using ffmpeg to get the meta info of an audio clip. But I am unable to grep it. $ ffmpeg -i 01-Daemon.mp3 |grep -i Duration FFmpeg version SVN-r15261, Copyright (c) 2000-2008 Fabrice ...
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How do I merge two *.avi files into one

I have two *.avi files: sequence1.avi sequence2.avi How do I merge these two files using a command-line or GUI?
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How to record my full screen with audio?

If I want to record my desktop, I use: ffmpeg -f x11grab -s `xdpyinfo | grep -i dimensions: | sed 's/[^0-9]*pixels.*(.*).*//' | sed 's/[^0-9x]*//'` -r 25 -i :0.0 -sameq valami.avi But it doesn't ...
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How get the best quality when converting from mp4 to avi with ffmpeg?

When I use this, the quality doesn't look bad. ffmpeg -same_quant -i video.mp4 video.avi In the ffmpeg documentation is written: "Note that this is NOT SAME QUALITY. Do not use this option unless ...
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ffmpeg and libmp3lame produces bad audio quality?

when I get a flash video from YouTube, why is the quality of the audio much worse than the origin video on YouTube? When I downloaded the flash movie, I convert it to avi like this: ffmpeg -i ...