This CLI really just makes my life easier. It may not be for everyone. If you are feeling adventurous, you may continue.

Among other things, this tool can convert videos among all sorts of formats, apply luts, batch conversions, and desktop recordings.

This project requires Node.JS. Install that first. That part is up to you to figure out. I like using all the fancy language bits though, so install the latest version of it.

To install the package once, you can get the latest version like this:

npm install --global https://github.com/catdad/video-tools/tarball/master

If you prefer to work with the repository directly, you can clone it:

git clone git@github.com:catdad/video-tools.git cd video-tools npm install # add this tool to your path npm link

In both cases, this will create a global CLI named vid that you can use to access all the functionality of this utility.

This project uses ffmpeg and ffprobe to deliver its functionality. It will fetch a copy of the necessary binaries at install time.

I am not going to keep this README up to date. Instead, once you install it, execute vid --help to get all the details. These are the commands you'll have:

vid <command> Commands: vid batch <command> [globs..] execute any other command on a glob of files vid container <input> [options] switch format container without transcoding vid desktop [options] capture screen video vid ffmpeg [options] ffmpeg passthrough vid ffprobe [options] ffprode passthrough vid gif <input> [options] create a gif from a video vid image <input> [options] extract still image from video vid info <input> show ffprobe info vid lut <input> apply a LUT to a video or image vid x264 <input> [options] transcode video to x264 mp4

From here, you can check the help of each command, such as vid x264 --help.

If something is missing, feel free to submit a PR.