What it does

Provides a comprehensive, practical reference for using FFmpeg from the command line to transcode, convert, stream, analyze, and batch-process audio and video. Includes notes on codecs (H.264, H.265, VP9, AV1), containers (MP4, MKV, WebM), common encoding patterns (CRF, two-pass), hardware acceleration (NVENC/QSV), streaming (RTMP/HLS), and filtering (scale, denoise, crop). The skill bundles example commands for format conversion, bitrate/CRF tuning, trimming, concatenation, audio extraction, thumbnail generation, and common troubleshooting steps.

When to use it

Use this skill whenever an agent needs to: convert media formats, prepare files for streaming, extract or normalize audio, resize or crop video, create HLS/DASH outputs, perform quality-vs-size trade-offs, or build batch conversion pipelines. Also useful for diagnosing media properties with ffprobe and advising on hardware-accelerated encoding.

What's included

Scripts: none detected in the repo (has_scripts=false) — however the SKILL.md contains many ready-to-run command examples and bash snippets.
References: none bundled, but the skill points to official FFmpeg docs and wiki.
Instructions: step-by-step examples for conversion, CRF encoding, two-pass bitrate targeting, streaming RTMP/HLS, trimming, concatenation, audio extraction, filter usage, and performance tips.