FFMSINDEX(1)

📦 version 5.0, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 FFMSINDEX 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the User commands corner of the manual, and today's main character is ffmsindex 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

ffmsindex — FFmpegSource2 indexing app 🦋

🌸 SYNOPOSIS 🌸

ffmsindex [OPTIONS] INPUTFILE [OUTPUTFILE]

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So like, ffmsindex creates an index file for the INPUTFILE you hand it. And if you don't give it an OUTPUTFILE? It just uses INPUTFILE.ffindex as the output file. slay, it's literally self-sufficient 💖

Now here's the whole menu of flags, no cap, all of them:

  • -f — Force overwriting of existing index file, if any (default: no). she will NOT be asking permission, she just goes 🔥
  • -v — Set FFmpeg verbosity level. Can be repeated for more verbosity. (default: no messages printed). stack them like bracelets for maximum yapping 🫶
  • -p — Disable progress reporting. (default: progress reporting on)
  • -c — Write timecodes for all video tracks to outputfile_track00.tc.txt (default: no)
  • -k — Write keyframes for all video tracks to outputfile_track00.kf.txt (default: no)
  • -t N — Set the audio indexing mask to N (-1 means index all tracks, 0 means index none, default: 0)
  • -d N — Set the audio decoding mask to N (mask syntax same as -t, default: 0)
  • -a NAME — Set the audio output base filename to NAME (default: input filename)
  • -s N — Set audio decoding error handling. See the documentation for details. (default: 0)
  • -m NAME — Force the use of demuxer NAME (default, lavf, matroska, haalimpeg, haaliogg)
ngl bestie, -m is giving "I know exactly which demuxer I want" energy. pick your fighter wisely 👑

👑 AUTHOR 👑

This manpage was written by Sebastian Ramacher. iconic behavior, honestly 🙈

k that's the whole thing, bestie — ffms2 2.19, December 2013, mwah, go index something pretty 💜✨

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