FFMPEG is a command-line tool that converts audio or video to required formats, which handle multimedia data. It can also capture and encode in real-time.
FFMPEG (Fast Forward Moving Pictures Expert Group):
FFmpeg is a command line tool used for performing various conversion operations on audio and video files.
FFMPEG Installation:
FFmpeg is free and open source. You’ll be able to install it on your Windows PC as well as your Linux server.
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common python-software-properties
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kirillshkrogalev/ffmpeg-next
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ffmpegBasic Syntax:
The most basic form of an FFmpeg command
ffmpeg -i input_filename output_filename.extension"ffmpeg" reads from an arbitrary number of input "files", specified by the -i option, and writes to an arbitrary number of output "files", which are specified by output filename.
import os
Input_file_path = '/home/xyz/Input_file_path.mp3'
Output_file_path = '/home/xyz/'(Path to store converted file)
os.system("ffmpeg -i "+Input_file_path+" -strict experimental "+Output_file_path+".extension")This will convert the video/Audio to required formats.