Ffmpeg

FFmpeg installation and common audio/video tasks.

Jul 26, 2026 • 4 min read

How to Convert MP4 to MP3 with ffmpeg

Convert MP4 video to MP3 audio from the Linux command line with ffmpeg, including quality settings, lossless extraction, trimming, and batch conversion.

Converting and compressing video files in a Linux terminal with the ffmpeg command

Jul 5, 2026 • 9 min read

ffmpeg Command in Linux: Convert, Compress, and Extract Media

Practical ffmpeg examples for converting between formats, compressing video with CRF, extracting audio, trimming clips, resizing video, and batch processing files on Linux.

Sep 22, 2020 • 3 min read

How to Install and Use FFmpeg on Ubuntu 20.04

FFmpeg is a free and open-source collection of tools for handling multimedia files. This article describes how to install FFmpeg on Ubuntu 20.04.

May 18, 2020 • 3 min read

How to Install and Use FFmpeg on CentOS 7

FFmpeg is a free and open-source collection of tools for handling multimedia files. This tutorial walks you through installing FFmpeg on CentOS 7.

Mar 25, 2020 • 3 min read

How to Install and Use FFmpeg on Debian 10

FFmpeg is a free and open-source collection of tools for handling multimedia files. This article describes how to install FFmpeg on Debian 10.

Mar 12, 2020 • 3 min read

How to Install and Use FFmpeg on Debian 9

FFmpeg is a free and open-source command-line tool for transcoding multimedia files. This tutorial explains how to install FFmpeg on Debian 9.

Mar 12, 2020 • 3 min read

How to Install and Use FFmpeg on CentOS 8

FFmpeg is a free and open-source collection of tools for handling multimedia files. This article describes how to install FFmpeg on CentOS 8.

Dec 20, 2019 • 3 min read

How to Install and Use FFmpeg on Ubuntu 18.04

FFmpeg is a free and open-source command-line tool for transcoding multimedia files. In this tutorial we will show you how to install FFmpeg on Ubuntu 18.04.