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Edit videos locally using ffmpeg. Trim, concat, resize, speed, overlay, extract audio, compress, and convert. Use when: (1) Trimming or cutting video segments, (2) Concatenating multiple clips, (3) Resizing video for social platforms, (4) Extracting or replacing audio, (5) Compressing video, (6) Converting video formats, (7) Getting video info.
npx skill4agent add heygen-com/skills video-edit# macOS
brew install ffmpeg
# Ubuntu/Debian
sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y ffmpeg
# Verify
ffmpeg -version && ffprobe -versionffprobe -v quiet -print_format json -show_format -show_streams video.mp4ffmpeg -y -ss 00:00:30 -to 00:01:45 -i video.mp4 -c copy trimmed.mp4# 1. Create a file list
printf "file '%s'\n" clip1.mp4 clip2.mp4 clip3.mp4 > list.txt
# 2. Concat with stream copy
ffmpeg -y -f concat -safe 0 -i list.txt -c copy joined.mp4ffmpeg -y -i video.mp4 \
-vf "scale=1080:1920:force_original_aspect_ratio=decrease,pad=1080:1920:(ow-iw)/2:(oh-ih)/2:black" \
-c:a copy tiktok.mp4# 2x faster
ffmpeg -y -i video.mp4 -filter:v "setpts=0.5*PTS" -filter:a "atempo=2.0" fast.mp4
# 0.5x (slow motion)
ffmpeg -y -i video.mp4 -filter:v "setpts=2.0*PTS" -filter:a "atempo=0.5" slow.mp4ffmpeg -y -i video.mp4 -vn -acodec libmp3lame audio.mp3ffmpeg -y -i video.mp4 -i audio.mp3 -c:v copy -map 0:v:0 -map 1:a:0 -shortest output.mp4ffmpeg -y -i video.mp4 -crf 23 -preset medium -c:a copy compressed.mp4ffmpeg -y -i video.mov output.mp4# Logo in top-right corner
ffmpeg -y -i video.mp4 -i logo.png \
-filter_complex "overlay=W-w-10:10" -c:a copy watermarked.mp4| Platform | Resolution | Scale + pad filter |
|---|---|---|
| TikTok | 1080 x 1920 | |
| YouTube | 1920 x 1080 | |
| 1080 x 1350 | | |
| Square | 1080 x 1080 | |
| Twitter/X | 1920 x 1080 | |
ffmpeg -y -i input.mp4 -vf "<filter>" -c:a copy output.mp4-y-c copyreferences/operations.md