FFtools

FFMPEG-based toolkit for easy media manipulation

FFtools is a FFmpeg command spawner made in Rust that focuses on simplicity in different common tasks (such as trim, optimize, merge, etc.).

In addition, it has several improvements, like automatic stream copy detection (which allows a faster coding) or media optimization via TBN (which can reduce file size with not much loss of quality).

Table of contents

• Usage example
• Wiki
• Installation
  • Dependencies
  • Standalone (Using Cargo)
  • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Debian/Ubuntu
  • Windows
    • Manual
  • Manual
• Development
• Release history
• License
• Contribute

Usage example

Convert to lossless GIF

fftools gif -i video.mp4 output.gif

showcase-gif.mp4

Optimizing video at 5k TBN

fftools optimize -i video.mp4 output.mp4 5k

showcase-optimize.mp4

You can use flags to extend command functionalities. All commands and arguments are available in the FFtools Wiki.

Wiki

If you want to see an extended documentation about commands, options and usage, please go to FFtools Wiki.

Installation

Dependencies

• ffmpeg

Standalone (Using Cargo)

cargo install fftools

Linux

Arch Linux

FFtools is available via AUR.

yay -S fftools-bin
# or
paru -S fftools-bin

Debian/Ubuntu

For Debian, Ubuntu and Debian-based distros, download the .deb in Releases. Then install it with DPKG.

sudo dpkg -i fftools_1.0.0_amd64.deb

Windows

FFtools is also available on Windows.

Manual

1. Install FFmpeg.
2. Download the .exe in Releases.
3. Add it to PATH. If you don't know how to do it, read this post.

Note: There will be Scoop support soon...

Manual

If you want to edit code or install it manually you can run these commands.

git clone https://github.com/gatomo-oficial/fftools.git
cd fftools
cargo build --release

Development

Clone the repository, install dependencies and run it.

git clone https://github.com/gatomo-oficial/fftools.git
cd fftools
cargo run

Release history

• 1.0.0
  • Initial release

License

FFtools is licensed under the Apache 2.0 license.

Contribute

Any PR is welcome! Is a small project, so the guideline is to follow the code style and not make insane purposes.

Gátomo - Apache 2.0 license