LATEST VERSION OF FFMPEG DOWNLOADED 14DEC12 and installed on FreeBSD 10.0 CROPPING LATEST VERSION crop= ffmpeg -i GOPR0088.MP4 -vf "crop=852:480" gpr88.mpg Also ffmpeg -i GOPR0088.MP4 -vf "crop=852:480:50:25" may work This crops image to 852 x 480 starting at x = 50 and y = 25. EXTRACT TIME SEGMENT -ss -t ffmpeg -ss 7 -i GOPR0090.MP4 -t 3 gpr.mpg [Starts seven seconds in and records three seconds.] DISABLE SOUND -an ffmpeg -i GOPR0090.MP4 -an gpr.mov ---------- COMBINE AUDIO VIDEO ---------- ------------------ mp3 ------------------- ffmpeg -i xyzVid.mp4 -i abcAudio.mp3 -acodec aac -vcodec mpeg4 -strict -2 newVid.mp4 Note: My installation of ffmpeg on FBSD states it isn't set up for aac and to try -strict -2. I have installed libLameMp3 but it can't find it yet - path troubles. --------------- OGG Vorbis ----------------------- This ogg verstion of Audio/Video works ffmpeg -i CoffeeAndTea.ogg -i xyzVid.mp4 -acodec libvorbis -vcodec mpeg4 newVidOGG.mp4 Note: ffmpeg errored a lot with red text stating "incorrect timestamp" and "Queue input is backwards in time". --------------- OGG Vorbis ----------------------- This ogg verstion of Audio/Video works ffmpeg -i CoffeeAndTea.ogg -i xyzVid.mp4 -acodec libvorbis -vcodec mpeg4 newVidOGG.mp4 Note: ffmpeg errored a lot with red text stating "incorrect timestamp" and "Queue input is backwards in time". MP4 COMPILE -vcodec mpeg4 ffmpeg -ss 320 -i GOPR0171.MP4 -vcodec mpeg4 -s 960X528 SlueRide.mp4