# ffmpeg

## What is ffmpeg
ffmpeg is a tool to modify images with. It can do all sorts of stuff for example it can resize images or compress them.

## How do I use it?

### Playing videos and getting details
* To play a video using ffmpeg you can use `ffmpeg.ffplay <filename>`
* To see all details of a video you can use `ffmpeg.ffprobe <filename>`

### Compressing videos
Command to scale down a video
 
```bash
ffmpeg -i input_video.mp4 -s 800x800 -vcodec libx264 -b:v 1000k -an output_video.mp4
```
