Frantisek Korbel is a Zend Certified Engineer and his work includes programming, video editing and web design. In 2004 he created a First Aid Basics freeware using Macromedia Flash and since then he often works with animations and video. Using Adobe AIR in 2009 he developed a Learning Periodic Table of chemical elements. Big part of his activities is devoted to the volunteering, mainly for educational and community projects in developing countries (Africa - nkolfoulou.org, oyoko.org), India (kidedu.org), etc. He participates in various projects by UN Volunteering and on WaterWiki.net website design coordinated by United Nations Development Programme. For this book he created a supporting website ffmpeg.tv.

The book will try to make you familiar with FFmpeg tools that are used by Facebook, Google and many other companies. You will learn how to:

● scale, pad, crop, flip, rotate, blur, sharpen and denoise video

● speed up or slow down audio and video

● create sounds with mathematical expressions

● generate refrain of winter song Jingle Bells

● let the computer to read the text with selected voice

● display and record input from your webcam

● record input from microphone or send it to loudspeakers

● convert video to images and images to video

● add static or dynamic text on video

● add, edit or delete file metadata

● preview modified input in 2, 3 or 4 windows

● include a logo or provide Picture in Picture

● simplify repeated tasks with batch jobs

● display input from 2 webcams in one window

● set the bitrate, frame rate, maximum file size and related options

● display FFmpeg help and information about its codecs, formats, protocols, etc.

● use various filters in filterchains and filtergraphs

● encode subtitles directly to the video stream

● join various file formats, modify streams and modify audio channels

● monetize uploads on video sharing websites

● and much more