ffmpeg-progressbar-cli
ffmpeg-progressbar-cli is a colored progress bar for FFmpeg.
Simply use ffmpeg-bar
instead of ffmpeg
.
Contents
Installation
$ npm install --global ffmpeg-progressbar-cli
Usage
The installation process adds the ffmpeg-bar
command to your system.
This is a transparent wrapper, passing all commands to ffmpeg
.
To use it, simply launch ffmpeg-bar
instead of ffmpeg
, or replace ffmpeg
with ffmpeg-bar
inside your scripts.
As long as no errors are encountered, the output of ffmpeg-bar
will consist of a progress bar, the estimated time until process completion and a percentage.
Examples
$> ffmpeg-bar -i input.mp4 output.avi
$> ffmpeg-bar -i input.avi -b:v 64k -bufsize 64k output.avi
$> ffmpeg-bar -i in.mkv -map_metadata:s:a 0:g out.mkv
Configuration
For configuration purposes, ffmpeg-progressbar-cli
exposes these environmental variables:
BAR_FILENAME_LENGTH
The maximum number of characters of the filename label displayed next to the progress bar beam (default: 20)
Example
$> BAR_FILENAME_LENGTH=7 ffmpeg-bar -i in.mp4 output.mp4
BAR_BEAM_RATIO
The share of (available) horizontal display real estate the progress bar beam should occupy (default: 0.75)
Example
$> BAR_BAR_SIZE_RATIO=0.5 ffmpeg-bar -i in.mp4 output.mp4
Requirements
Compatibility
Tested on
- macOS 10.13, 10.14 Beta
- Windows 10 1803
- Ubuntu 18.04
Contribute
Read the contribution documentation.
License
MIT
Author
sidneys 2018