A filter with no input pads is called a "source", a filter with no
output pads is called a "sink".
+@anchor{Filtergraph syntax}
@section Filtergraph syntax
-A filtergraph can be represented using a textual representation, which
-is recognized by the @code{-vf} and @code{-af} options of the ff*
-tools, and by the @code{av_parse_graph()} function defined in
-@file{libavfilter/avfiltergraph}.
+A filtergraph can be represented using a textual representation, which is
+recognized by the @option{-filter}/@option{-vf} and @option{-filter_complex}
+options in @command{avconv} and @option{-vf} in @command{avplay}, and by the
+@code{avfilter_graph_parse()}/@code{avfilter_graph_parse2()} function defined in
+@file{libavfilter/avfiltergraph.h}.
A filterchain consists of a sequence of connected filters, each one
connected to the previous one in the sequence. A filterchain is
pads must be connected. A filtergraph is considered valid if all the
filter input and output pads of all the filterchains are connected.
+Libavfilter will automatically insert scale filters where format
+conversion is required. It is possible to specify swscale flags
+for those automatically inserted scalers by prepending
+@code{sws_flags=@var{flags};}
+to the filtergraph description.
+
Follows a BNF description for the filtergraph syntax:
@example
@var{NAME} ::= sequence of alphanumeric characters and '_'
@var{FILTER_ARGUMENTS} ::= sequence of chars (eventually quoted)
@var{FILTER} ::= [@var{LINKNAMES}] @var{NAME} ["=" @var{ARGUMENTS}] [@var{LINKNAMES}]
@var{FILTERCHAIN} ::= @var{FILTER} [,@var{FILTERCHAIN}]
-@var{FILTERGRAPH} ::= @var{FILTERCHAIN} [;@var{FILTERGRAPH}]
+@var{FILTERGRAPH} ::= [sws_flags=@var{flags};] @var{FILTERCHAIN} [;@var{FILTERGRAPH}]
@end example
@c man end FILTERGRAPH DESCRIPTION
Below is a description of the currently available audio filters.
+@section aformat
+
+Convert the input audio to one of the specified formats. The framework will
+negotiate the most appropriate format to minimize conversions.
+
+The filter accepts the following named parameters:
+@table @option
+
+@item sample_fmts
+A comma-separated list of requested sample formats.
+
+@item sample_rates
+A comma-separated list of requested sample rates.
+
+@item channel_layouts
+A comma-separated list of requested channel layouts.
+
+@end table
+
+If a parameter is omitted, all values are allowed.
+
+For example to force the output to either unsigned 8-bit or signed 16-bit stereo:
+@example
+aformat=sample_fmts\=u8\,s16:channel_layouts\=stereo
+@end example
+
+@section amix
+
+Mixes multiple audio inputs into a single output.
+
+For example
+@example
+avconv -i INPUT1 -i INPUT2 -i INPUT3 -filter_complex amix=inputs=3:duration=first:dropout_transition=3 OUTPUT
+@end example
+will mix 3 input audio streams to a single output with the same duration as the
+first input and a dropout transition time of 3 seconds.
+
+The filter accepts the following named parameters:
+@table @option
+
+@item inputs
+Number of inputs. If unspecified, it defaults to 2.
+
+@item duration
+How to determine the end-of-stream.
+@table @option
+
+@item longest
+Duration of longest input. (default)
+
+@item shortest
+Duration of shortest input.
+
+@item first
+Duration of first input.
+
+@end table
+
+@item dropout_transition
+Transition time, in seconds, for volume renormalization when an input
+stream ends. The default value is 2 seconds.
+
+@end table
+
@section anull
Pass the audio source unchanged to the output.
+@section asplit
+
+Split input audio into several identical outputs.
+
+The filter accepts a single parameter which specifies the number of outputs. If
+unspecified, it defaults to 2.
+
+For example
+@example
+avconv -i INPUT -filter_complex asplit=5 OUTPUT
+@end example
+will create 5 copies of the input audio.
+
+@section asyncts
+Synchronize audio data with timestamps by squeezing/stretching it and/or
+dropping samples/adding silence when needed.
+
+The filter accepts the following named parameters:
+@table @option
+
+@item compensate
+Enable stretching/squeezing the data to make it match the timestamps.
+
+@item min_delta
+Minimum difference between timestamps and audio data (in seconds) to trigger
+adding/dropping samples.
+
+@item max_comp
+Maximum compensation in samples per second.
+
+@item first_pts
+Assume the first pts should be this value.
+This allows for padding/trimming at the start of stream. By default, no
+assumption is made about the first frame's expected pts, so no padding or
+trimming is done. For example, this could be set to 0 to pad the beginning with
+silence if an audio stream starts after the video stream.
+
+@end table
+
+@section channelsplit
+Split each channel in input audio stream into a separate output stream.
+
+This filter accepts the following named parameters:
+@table @option
+@item channel_layout
+Channel layout of the input stream. Default is "stereo".
+@end table
+
+For example, assuming a stereo input MP3 file
+@example
+avconv -i in.mp3 -filter_complex channelsplit out.mkv
+@end example
+will create an output Matroska file with two audio streams, one containing only
+the left channel and the other the right channel.
+
+To split a 5.1 WAV file into per-channel files
+@example
+avconv -i in.wav -filter_complex
+'channelsplit=channel_layout=5.1[FL][FR][FC][LFE][SL][SR]'
+-map '[FL]' front_left.wav -map '[FR]' front_right.wav -map '[FC]'
+front_center.wav -map '[LFE]' lfe.wav -map '[SL]' side_left.wav -map '[SR]'
+side_right.wav
+@end example
+
+@section channelmap
+Remap input channels to new locations.
+
+This filter accepts the following named parameters:
+@table @option
+@item channel_layout
+Channel layout of the output stream.
+
+@item map
+Map channels from input to output. The argument is a comma-separated list of
+mappings, each in the @code{@var{in_channel}-@var{out_channel}} or
+@var{in_channel} form. @var{in_channel} can be either the name of the input
+channel (e.g. FL for front left) or its index in the input channel layout.
+@var{out_channel} is the name of the output channel or its index in the output
+channel layout. If @var{out_channel} is not given then it is implicitly an
+index, starting with zero and increasing by one for each mapping.
+@end table
+
+If no mapping is present, the filter will implicitly map input channels to
+output channels preserving index.
+
+For example, assuming a 5.1+downmix input MOV file
+@example
+avconv -i in.mov -filter 'channelmap=map=DL-FL\,DR-FR' out.wav
+@end example
+will create an output WAV file tagged as stereo from the downmix channels of
+the input.
+
+To fix a 5.1 WAV improperly encoded in AAC's native channel order
+@example
+avconv -i in.wav -filter 'channelmap=1\,2\,0\,5\,3\,4:channel_layout=5.1' out.wav
+@end example
+
+@section join
+Join multiple input streams into one multi-channel stream.
+
+The filter accepts the following named parameters:
+@table @option
+
+@item inputs
+Number of input streams. Defaults to 2.
+
+@item channel_layout
+Desired output channel layout. Defaults to stereo.
+
+@item map
+Map channels from inputs to output. The argument is a comma-separated list of
+mappings, each in the @code{@var{input_idx}.@var{in_channel}-@var{out_channel}}
+form. @var{input_idx} is the 0-based index of the input stream. @var{in_channel}
+can be either the name of the input channel (e.g. FL for front left) or its
+index in the specified input stream. @var{out_channel} is the name of the output
+channel.
+@end table
+
+The filter will attempt to guess the mappings when those are not specified
+explicitly. It does so by first trying to find an unused matching input channel
+and if that fails it picks the first unused input channel.
+
+E.g. to join 3 inputs (with properly set channel layouts)
+@example
+avconv -i INPUT1 -i INPUT2 -i INPUT3 -filter_complex join=inputs=3 OUTPUT
+@end example
+
+To build a 5.1 output from 6 single-channel streams:
+@example
+avconv -i fl -i fr -i fc -i sl -i sr -i lfe -filter_complex
+'join=inputs=6:channel_layout=5.1:map=0.0-FL\,1.0-FR\,2.0-FC\,3.0-SL\,4.0-SR\,5.0-LFE'
+out
+@end example
+
+@section resample
+Convert the audio sample format, sample rate and channel layout. This filter is
+not meant to be used directly, it is inserted automatically by libavfilter
+whenever conversion is needed. Use the @var{aformat} filter to force a specific
+conversion.
+
@c man end AUDIO FILTERS
@chapter Audio Sources
anullsrc=48000:mono
@end example
+@section abuffer
+Buffer audio frames, and make them available to the filter chain.
+
+This source is not intended to be part of user-supplied graph descriptions but
+for insertion by calling programs through the interface defined in
+@file{libavfilter/buffersrc.h}.
+
+It accepts the following named parameters:
+@table @option
+
+@item time_base
+Timebase which will be used for timestamps of submitted frames. It must be
+either a floating-point number or in @var{numerator}/@var{denominator} form.
+
+@item sample_rate
+Audio sample rate.
+
+@item sample_fmt
+Name of the sample format, as returned by @code{av_get_sample_fmt_name()}.
+
+@item channel_layout
+Channel layout of the audio data, in the form that can be accepted by
+@code{av_get_channel_layout()}.
+@end table
+
+All the parameters need to be explicitly defined.
+
@c man end AUDIO SOURCES
@chapter Audio Sinks
mainly useful as a template and to be employed in analysis / debugging
tools.
+@section abuffersink
+This sink is intended for programmatic use. Frames that arrive on this sink can
+be retrieved by the calling program using the interface defined in
+@file{libavfilter/buffersink.h}.
+
+This filter accepts no parameters.
+
@c man end AUDIO SINKS
@chapter Video Filters
@var{threshold} is the threshold below which a pixel value is
considered black, and defaults to 32.
+@section boxblur
+
+Apply boxblur algorithm to the input video.
+
+This filter accepts the parameters:
+@var{luma_power}:@var{luma_radius}:@var{chroma_radius}:@var{chroma_power}:@var{alpha_radius}:@var{alpha_power}
+
+Chroma and alpha parameters are optional, if not specified they default
+to the corresponding values set for @var{luma_radius} and
+@var{luma_power}.
+
+@var{luma_radius}, @var{chroma_radius}, and @var{alpha_radius} represent
+the radius in pixels of the box used for blurring the corresponding
+input plane. They are expressions, and can contain the following
+constants:
+@table @option
+@item w, h
+the input width and height in pixels
+
+@item cw, ch
+the input chroma image width and height in pixels
+
+@item hsub, vsub
+horizontal and vertical chroma subsample values. For example for the
+pixel format "yuv422p" @var{hsub} is 2 and @var{vsub} is 1.
+@end table
+
+The radius must be a non-negative number, and must not be greater than
+the value of the expression @code{min(w,h)/2} for the luma and alpha planes,
+and of @code{min(cw,ch)/2} for the chroma planes.
+
+@var{luma_power}, @var{chroma_power}, and @var{alpha_power} represent
+how many times the boxblur filter is applied to the corresponding
+plane.
+
+Some examples follow:
+
+@itemize
+
+@item
+Apply a boxblur filter with luma, chroma, and alpha radius
+set to 2:
+@example
+boxblur=2:1
+@end example
+
+@item
+Set luma radius to 2, alpha and chroma radius to 0
+@example
+boxblur=2:1:0:0:0:0
+@end example
+
+@item
+Set luma and chroma radius to a fraction of the video dimension
+@example
+boxblur=min(h\,w)/10:1:min(cw\,ch)/10:1
+@end example
+
+@end itemize
+
@section copy
Copy the input source unchanged to the output. Mainly useful for
playback.
@end table
+@section delogo
+
+Suppress a TV station logo by a simple interpolation of the surrounding
+pixels. Just set a rectangle covering the logo and watch it disappear
+(and sometimes something even uglier appear - your mileage may vary).
+
+The filter accepts parameters as a string of the form
+"@var{x}:@var{y}:@var{w}:@var{h}:@var{band}", or as a list of
+@var{key}=@var{value} pairs, separated by ":".
+
+The description of the accepted parameters follows.
+
+@table @option
+
+@item x, y
+Specify the top left corner coordinates of the logo. They must be
+specified.
+
+@item w, h
+Specify the width and height of the logo to clear. They must be
+specified.
+
+@item band, t
+Specify the thickness of the fuzzy edge of the rectangle (added to
+@var{w} and @var{h}). The default value is 4.
+
+@item show
+When set to 1, a green rectangle is drawn on the screen to simplify
+finding the right @var{x}, @var{y}, @var{w}, @var{h} parameters, and
+@var{band} is set to 4. The default value is 0.
+
+@end table
+
+Some examples follow.
+
+@itemize
+
+@item
+Set a rectangle covering the area with top left corner coordinates 0,0
+and size 100x77, setting a band of size 10:
+@example
+delogo=0:0:100:77:10
+@end example
+
+@item
+As the previous example, but use named options:
+@example
+delogo=x=0:y=0:w=100:h=77:band=10
+@end example
+
+@end itemize
+
@section drawbox
Draw a colored box on the input image.
Draw text string or text from specified file on top of video using the
libfreetype library.
-To enable compilation of this filter you need to configure FFmpeg with
+To enable compilation of this filter you need to configure Libav with
@code{--enable-libfreetype}.
The filter also recognizes strftime() sequences in the provided text
@item x, y
The offsets where text will be drawn within the video frame.
Relative to the top/left border of the output image.
+They accept expressions similar to the @ref{overlay} filter:
+@table @option
+
+@item x, y
+the computed values for @var{x} and @var{y}. They are evaluated for
+each new frame.
+
+@item main_w, main_h
+main input width and height
+
+@item W, H
+same as @var{main_w} and @var{main_h}
+
+@item text_w, text_h
+rendered text width and height
+
+@item w, h
+same as @var{text_w} and @var{text_h}
+
+@item n
+the number of frames processed, starting from 0
+
+@item t
+timestamp expressed in seconds, NAN if the input timestamp is unknown
+
+@end table
The default value of @var{x} and @var{y} is 0.
@item tabsize
The size in number of spaces to use for rendering the tab.
Default value is 4.
+
+@item fix_bounds
+If true, check and fix text coords to avoid clipping.
@end table
For example the command:
For example:
@example
-./ffmpeg -i in.vob -vf "fieldorder=bff" out.dv
+./avconv -i in.vob -vf "fieldorder=bff" out.dv
@end example
@section fifo
format=yuv420p:yuv444p:yuv410p
@end example
+@section fps
+
+Convert the video to specified constant framerate by duplicating or dropping
+frames as necessary.
+
+This filter accepts the following named parameters:
+@table @option
+
+@item fps
+Desired output framerate.
+
+@end table
+
@anchor{frei0r}
@section frei0r
Flip the input video horizontally.
-For example to horizontally flip the video in input with
-@file{ffmpeg}:
+For example to horizontally flip the input video with @command{avconv}:
@example
-ffmpeg -i in.avi -vf "hflip" out.avi
+avconv -i in.avi -vf "hflip" out.avi
@end example
@section hqdn3d
(euler number), pi (greek PI), PHI (golden ratio)
@item w, h
-the input width and heigth
+the input width and height
@item val
input value for the pixel component
lutyuv=y=gammaval(0.5)
@end example
-@section noformat
+@section negate
+
+Negate input video.
+
+This filter accepts an integer in input, if non-zero it negates the
+alpha component (if available). The default value in input is 0.
Force libavfilter not to use any of the specified pixel formats for the
input to the next filter.
filter. If not specified the default values are assumed.
Refer to the official libopencv documentation for more precise
-informations:
+information:
@url{http://opencv.willowgarage.com/documentation/c/image_filtering.html}
Follows the list of supported libopencv filters.
@var{struct_el} represents a structuring element, and has the syntax:
@var{cols}x@var{rows}+@var{anchor_x}x@var{anchor_y}/@var{shape}
-@var{cols} and @var{rows} represent the number of colums and rows of
+@var{cols} and @var{rows} represent the number of columns and rows of
the structuring element, @var{anchor_x} and @var{anchor_y} the anchor
point, and @var{shape} the shape for the structuring element, and
can be one of the values "rect", "cross", "ellipse", "custom".
These parameters correspond to the parameters assigned to the
libopencv function @code{cvSmooth}.
+@anchor{overlay}
@section overlay
Overlay one video on top of another.
overlay=main_w-overlay_w-10:main_h-overlay_h-10
# insert a transparent PNG logo in the bottom left corner of the input
-movie=logo.png [logo];
-[in][logo] overlay=10:main_h-overlay_h-10 [out]
+avconv -i input -i logo -filter_complex 'overlay=10:main_h-overlay_h-10' output
# insert 2 different transparent PNG logos (second logo on bottom
# right corner):
-movie=logo1.png [logo1];
-movie=logo2.png [logo2];
-[in][logo1] overlay=10:H-h-10 [in+logo1];
-[in+logo1][logo2] overlay=W-w-10:H-h-10 [out]
+avconv -i input -i logo1 -i logo2 -filter_complex
+'overlay=10:H-h-10,overlay=W-w-10:H-h-10' output
# add a transparent color layer on top of the main video,
# WxH specifies the size of the main input to the overlay filter
color=red@.3:WxH [over]; [in][over] overlay [out]
@end example
-You can chain togheter more overlays but the efficiency of such
+You can chain together more overlays but the efficiency of such
approach is yet to be tested.
@section pad
is used for the output.
The @var{width} expression can reference the value set by the
-@var{height} expression, and viceversa.
+@var{height} expression, and vice versa.
The default value of @var{width} and @var{height} is 0.
with respect to the top/left border of the output image.
The @var{x} expression can reference the value set by the @var{y}
-expression, and viceversa.
+expression, and vice versa.
The default value of @var{x} and @var{y} is 0.
@item pos
position of the frame in the input stream, -1 if this information in
-unavailable and/or meanigless (for example in case of synthetic video)
+unavailable and/or meaningless (for example in case of synthetic video)
@item fmt
pixel format name
slices.
@example
-./ffmpeg -i in.avi -vf "slicify=32" out.avi
+./avconv -i in.avi -vf "slicify=32" out.avi
@end example
The filter accepts the slice height as parameter. If the parameter is
Adding this in the beginning of filter chains should make filtering
faster due to better use of the memory cache.
+@section split
+
+Split input video into several identical outputs.
+
+The filter accepts a single parameter which specifies the number of outputs. If
+unspecified, it defaults to 2.
+
+For example
+@example
+avconv -i INPUT -filter_complex split=5 OUTPUT
+@end example
+will create 5 copies of the input video.
+
@section transpose
Transpose rows with columns in the input video and optionally flip it.
# Strong blur of both luma and chroma parameters
unsharp=7:7:-2:7:7:-2
-# Use the default values with @command{ffmpeg}
-./ffmpeg -i in.avi -vf "unsharp" out.mp4
+# Use the default values with @command{avconv}
+./avconv -i in.avi -vf "unsharp" out.mp4
@end example
@section vflip
Flip the input video vertically.
@example
-./ffmpeg -i in.avi -vf "vflip" out.avi
+./avconv -i in.avi -vf "vflip" out.avi
@end example
@section yadif
If interlacing is unknown or decoder does not export this information,
top field first will be assumed.
-@var{auto] specifies if deinterlacer should trust the interlaced flag
+@var{auto} specifies if deinterlacer should trust the interlaced flag
and only deinterlace frames marked as interlaced
@table @option
It accepts the following parameters:
@var{width}:@var{height}:@var{pix_fmt_string}:@var{timebase_num}:@var{timebase_den}:@var{sample_aspect_ratio_num}:@var{sample_aspect_ratio.den}
-All the parameters need to be explicitely defined.
+All the parameters need to be explicitly defined.
Follows the list of the accepted parameters.
Read a video stream from a movie container.
+Note that this source is a hack that bypasses the standard input path. It can be
+useful in applications that do not support arbitrary filter graphs, but its use
+is discouraged in those that do. Specifically in @command{avconv} this filter
+should never be used, the @option{-filter_complex} option fully replaces it.
+
It accepts the syntax: @var{movie_name}[:@var{options}] where
@var{movie_name} is the name of the resource to read (not necessarily
a file but also a device or a stream accessed through some protocol),
frei0r_src=200x200:10:partik0l=1234 [overlay]; [in][overlay] overlay
@end example
+@section rgbtestsrc, testsrc
+
+The @code{rgbtestsrc} source generates an RGB test pattern useful for
+detecting RGB vs BGR issues. You should see a red, green and blue
+stripe from top to bottom.
+
+The @code{testsrc} source generates a test video pattern, showing a
+color pattern, a scrolling gradient and a timestamp. This is mainly
+intended for testing purposes.
+
+Both sources accept an optional sequence of @var{key}=@var{value} pairs,
+separated by ":". The description of the accepted options follows.
+
+@table @option
+
+@item size, s
+Specify the size of the sourced video, it may be a string of the form
+@var{width}x@var{height}, or the name of a size abbreviation. The
+default value is "320x240".
+
+@item rate, r
+Specify the frame rate of the sourced video, as the number of frames
+generated per second. It has to be a string in the format
+@var{frame_rate_num}/@var{frame_rate_den}, an integer number, a float
+number or a valid video frame rate abbreviation. The default value is
+"25".
+
+@item sar
+Set the sample aspect ratio of the sourced video.
+
+@item duration
+Set the video duration of the sourced video. The accepted syntax is:
+@example
+[-]HH[:MM[:SS[.m...]]]
+[-]S+[.m...]
+@end example
+See also the function @code{av_parse_time()}.
+
+If not specified, or the expressed duration is negative, the video is
+supposed to be generated forever.
+@end table
+
+For example the following:
+@example
+testsrc=duration=5.3:size=qcif:rate=10
+@end example
+
+will generate a video with a duration of 5.3 seconds, with size
+176x144 and a framerate of 10 frames per second.
+
@c man end VIDEO SOURCES
@chapter Video Sinks
Below is a description of the currently available video sinks.
+@section buffersink
+
+Buffer video frames, and make them available to the end of the filter
+graph.
+
+This sink is intended for a programmatic use through the interface defined in
+@file{libavfilter/buffersink.h}.
+
@section nullsink
Null video sink, do absolutely nothing with the input video. It is
tools.
@c man end VIDEO SINKS
-