ffmpeg-generator
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Generate multi-resolution FFmpeg HLS commands from any .mp4 file via a smart CLI. Auto-detects streams, builds playlists, and speeds up your video pipeline.
Generate multi-resolution FFmpeg HLS commands from any .mp4 file via a smart CLI. Auto-detects streams, builds playlists, and speeds up your video pipeline.
CLI tool to generate high-quality FFmpeg HLS commands — fast, smart, and stream-ready ⚡
ffmpeg-generator?ffmpeg-generator is a fast, developer-friendly CLI tool to generate and run complex FFmpeg commands for HLS transcoding. It auto-scales videos to multiple resolutions, handles audio streams, and outputs a fully functional master.m3u8 playlist — ready for streaming 🚀
.mp4 to multi-quality .m3u8 (HLS)ffprobe checks before processinginquirer--logo)--speed)
Supports: placebo, slow, medium, fast, faster, veryfast (default), superfast, ultrafast--hls-time option (default: 6 seconds)❗ Warning: Make sure you have ffmpeg installed and available in your PATH.
npm install -g ffmpeg-generator
ffgen <input-file> <output-dir> [optional-subfolder]
ffgen input.mp4 output-folder-path
Q: Do I need FFmpeg installed? A: Yes, both ffmpeg and ffprobe must be in your PATH.
Q: Is it open-source? A: MIT license. Steal it. Fork it. Build on it.
Built with ❤️ by @sirojbek
“If you manually write FFmpeg commands in 2025… you need this CLI and a vacation 😭”
MIT © 2025 Feel free to remix, extend, or publish your own variant.
Linked In: sirojbekmaqsudov
Made with ☕, bugs, and ffmpeg rage by Sirojbek, Smash that ⭐ on GitHub
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Generate multi-resolution FFmpeg HLS commands from any .mp4 file via a smart CLI. Auto-detects streams, builds playlists, and speeds up your video pipeline.
The npm package ffmpeg-generator receives a total of 41 weekly downloads. As such, ffmpeg-generator popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that ffmpeg-generator demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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