Young Sheldon S06e09 — Ffmpeg ((top))

ffmpeg -i football.avi -filter_complex "[0:v]drawtext=text='Sheldon was right':fontcolor=white:fontsize=24" -ss 01:15:30 -to 01:30:00 final_highlight.mkv

(Deep breath) "Imagine your VCR could also teleport scenes, remove your mother-in-law's commentary, fix the aspect ratio, and convert the final result into a Betamax tape while simultaneously uploading it to the nascent World Wide Web . That is FFmpeg. The 'ff' stands for 'Fast Forward' – though purists say 'Fabulous Frightening.'"

He picks up a marker. On the whiteboard, he writes: young sheldon s06e09 ffmpeg

"I eventually learned that most people prefer buttons. But that week, I successfully edited the church video. Pastor Jeff’s cough was removed. My piano solo was flawless. And my father, for the first time, watched a football game without a single commercial break. He never asked how it worked. Which, in retrospect, was the highest compliment an engineer can receive. FFmpeg remains, to this day, the most reliable tool I’ve ever used. Unlike my family."

"So… it’s like a smarter VCR?"

He sighs happily.

(Ignoring her) "FFmpeg is the answer. It’s a free, open-source software project that can decode, encode, transcode, mux, demux, stream, filter, and play virtually any multimedia file invented. It runs on a command line. No mouse. No mercy." ffmpeg -i football

Sheldon turns slowly, aghast.