Creating proxy using FFMPEG

Table of content

• Context
• Using a FFMPEG Task
• FFMPEG task settings
• Command parameters
• Using another transcoder
• Sample Workflow

Context

FFMPEG is a very popular piece of software used to manipulate clips. A version of FFMPEG is automatically provided with Pulse-IT or Automate-IT in order, for example to create proxy files, transcode or scale clips.

Using a FFMPEG Task

FFMPEG task settings

local_file_path = source file local path

proxy_path = path where the proxy file will be saved

'"C:\\Program Files\\ffmpeg\\ffmpeg.exe" -y -i "{0}" -crf 25 -preset medium -pix_fmt yuv420p "{1}" '.format( local_file_path , proxy_path)

Command parameters

Using another transcoder

You may use Adobe Media encoder to create proxies. Found how with this article: Creating proxy with Media Encoder

Sample Workflow

Download and import the following workflow as a sample.

Other resources

To find your way into the enormous amount of ffpmpeg options, this small tool may help you. 

https://andrekr.github.io/ffmpeg-command-line-wizard/