# 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 ` * To see all details of a video you can use `ffmpeg.ffprobe ` ### 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 ```