Video on Linux

Linux

Video

Published

September 14, 2014

Modified

February 28, 2023

Formats

Install a broad selection of media formats

sudo dnf install -y \
  https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm \
  https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpmfusion
sudo dnf groupupdate multimedia --setop="install_weak_deps=False" --exclude=PackageKit-gstreamer-plugins
sudo dnf groupupdate sound-and-video

DVD

Install DVD support ¹:

sudo dnf install -y \
     https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm \
     https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm
sudo dnf install -y rpmfusion-free-release-tainted
sudo dnf install -y libdvdcss

Play DVD with the VLC player

OpenH264

Cisco provides an OpenH264 codec…

sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled fedora-cisco-openh264
sudo dnf install gstreamer1-plugin-openh264 mozilla-openh264

Transcode

FFmpeg …universal media converter

sudo dnf install -y ffmpeg-free

# ...convert a video
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 output.web

LosslessCut

…cross platform FFmpeg GUI
…lossless trimming and cutting of video and audio files

cd $HOME/bin
wget https://github.com/mifi/lossless-cut/releases/download/v3.56.0/LosslessCut-linux-x86_64.AppImage
# ...or...
flatpak install losslesscut

Handbrake ²

…cross platform video transcoder

…convert video to MP4, MKV, or WebM
…crop and resize video
…pass-through audio without conversion for certain audio types

sudo flatpak install handbrake
# ...or...
sudo dnf install -y \
  https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm
sudo dnf install handbrake handbrake-gui

For DVD encoding …x264/1080p

Preset **Supor HQ 1080p30 Surround
Video…
- RF 21 (rate factor)
- Constant quality & Constant Framerate (VFR)
- 2-Pass Encoding & Preset: “very slow” (quality over encoder speed)
- Tunse: “film” (optimize for movies)
- Profile “High” (CPU envelope) & Level 4.0 (bitrate, framerate & resolution constrains)
- More settings ref=5:bframes=5
Audio & Subtitle …add additional language tracks

`yt-dlp`

yt-dlp ³ is a fork of the original youtube-dl

sudo dnf install -y ffmpeg-free
pip install --upgrade yt-dlp
alias yt='yt-dlp -f "bv*+ba/b"'

WebCam

sudo modprobe v4l2loopback exclusive_caps=1
gphoto2 --stdout --capture-movie \
        | ffmpeg -i - -vcodec rawvideo -pix_fmt yuv420p -threads 0 -f v4l2 /dev/video0

libgphoto2 supported cameras
http://gphoto.org/proj/libgphoto2/support.php

v4l2loopback - a kernel module to create V4L2 loopback devices
https://github.com/umlaeute/v4l2loopback

Footnotes

The Open Movie Database
https://www.omdbapi.com ↩︎
HandBrake Project
https://handbrake.fr
https://handbrake.fr/docs ↩︎
yt-dlp, GitHuB
https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp?↩︎

--- title: Video on Linux categories: - Linux - Video date: 2014/09/14 date-modified: 2023/02/28 toc-expand: 3 --- ## Formats Install a broad selection of media formats ```bash sudo dnf install -y \ https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm \ https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpmfusion sudo dnf groupupdate multimedia --setop="install_weak_deps=False" --exclude=PackageKit-gstreamer-plugins sudo dnf groupupdate sound-and-video ``` ## DVD Install DVD support [^VHfid]: ```bash sudo dnf install -y \ https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm \ https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm sudo dnf install -y rpmfusion-free-release-tainted sudo dnf install -y libdvdcss ``` Play DVD with the VLC player [^VHfid]: The Open Movie Database <https://www.omdbapi.com> ## OpenH264 Cisco provides an OpenH264 codec... ```sh sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled fedora-cisco-openh264 sudo dnf install gstreamer1-plugin-openh264 mozilla-openh264 ``` ## Transcode [FFmpeg][sWgoi] ...universal media converter [sWgoi]: https://ffmpeg.org ```sh sudo dnf install -y ffmpeg-free # ...convert a video ffmpeg -i input.mp4 output.web ``` ### [LosslessCut][irab6] [irab6]: https://github.com/mifi/lossless-cut - ...cross platform FFmpeg GUI - ...lossless trimming and cutting of video and audio files ```sh cd $HOME/bin wget https://github.com/mifi/lossless-cut/releases/download/v3.56.0/LosslessCut-linux-x86_64.AppImage # ...or... flatpak install losslesscut ``` ### Handbrake [^ZHPEe] ...cross platform video transcoder [^ZHPEe]: HandBrake Project <https://handbrake.fr> <https://handbrake.fr/docs> - ...convert video to MP4, MKV, or WebM - ...crop and resize video - ...pass-through audio without conversion for certain audio types ```sh sudo flatpak install handbrake # ...or... sudo dnf install -y \ https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm sudo dnf install handbrake handbrake-gui ``` For DVD encoding …x264/1080p - Preset **Supor HQ 1080p30 Surround - Video… - **RF 21** (rate factor) - Constant quality & Constant Framerate (VFR) - 2-Pass Encoding & Preset: "very slow" (quality over encoder speed) - Tunse: "film" (optimize for movies) - Profile "High" (CPU envelope) & Level 4.0 (bitrate, framerate & resolution constrains) - More settings `ref=5:bframes=5` - Audio & Subtitle …add additional language tracks ## `yt-dlp` `yt-dlp` [^KRJYt] is a fork of the original `youtube-dl` [^KRJYt]: `yt-dlp`, GitHuB <https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp?> ```sh sudo dnf install -y ffmpeg-free pip install --upgrade yt-dlp alias yt='yt-dlp -f "bv*+ba/b"' ``` ## WebCam ```sh sudo modprobe v4l2loopback exclusive_caps=1 gphoto2 --stdout --capture-movie \ | ffmpeg -i - -vcodec rawvideo -pix_fmt yuv420p -threads 0 -f v4l2 /dev/video0 ``` libgphoto2 supported cameras <http://gphoto.org/proj/libgphoto2/support.php> v4l2loopback - a kernel module to create V4L2 loopback devices <https://github.com/umlaeute/v4l2loopback>