Extract video section

ffmpeg -i input.MP4 -ss 0030 -to 0042 -c copy output.mp4

Meaning

• -i: select input file
• -ss: start second
• -to: end second
• -c copy copy all streams as original (audio, video, subs)
• end with file name of final file

Remove audio from clip

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -an -c copy output.mp4

Meaning

• -i: select input file
• -an: remove audio stream
• -c copy: copy every other stream as original
• end with file name of final file

Concat two clips

Create concat.txt file with input files

file 'input-1.mp4'
file 'input-2.mp4'

and then run

ffmpeg -f concat -i concat.txt -c copy output.mp4

Meaning

• -f concat: use concat ffmpeg function
• -i: select input file
• -c copy copy all streams as original (audio, video, subs)
• end with file name of final file

Extract single frames from clip

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -qscale:v 1 -r 1/60 -frames:v 3 output_%03d.jpg

Meaning

• -i: select input file
• -qscale:v: output quality (1: max quality - 31: lowest quality)
• -r: number of frame output per second
• -frames:v: maximum number of frames to output
• %03d: automatically generate the name of output files

Changelog

• Jul 2, 2025 : Add single frame generation