Scenario: You have a raw or compressed video file of Outlander Season 1, Episode 2 ("Castle Leoch") and need to prepare it for archival, editing, or playback optimization. Input Assumption: outlander_s01e02.mkv (high-bitrate H.264, DTS audio, 1080p) 1. Lossless Stream Copy – Remove Unwanted Audio/Subtitle Tracks Keep only English audio + English subtitles, strip others.
ffmpeg -i outlander_s01e02.mkv \ -vf "drawtext=text='Outlander S01E02 - Castle Leoch':fontcolor=white:fontsize=24:x=w-tw-10:y=h-th-10:box=1:boxcolor=black@0.5" \ -c:a copy \ outlander_s01e02_titled.mp4 Verify no corruption after transcoding. outlander s01e02 ffmpeg
ffmpeg -i outlander_s01e02.mkv \ -ss 00:12:30 -to 00:14:45 \ -vf "subtitles=outlander_s01e02.mkv:si=0" \ -c:v libx264 -crf 20 -c:a aac \ jamie_claire_clip.mp4 Apply loudnorm (EBU R128) to match broadcast levels. Scenario: You have a raw or compressed video
ffmpeg -i outlander_s01e02.mkv \ -ss 00:05:00 -t 6 \ -vf "fps=10,scale=854:-1:flags=lanczos,split[s0][s1];[s0]palettegen[p];[s1][p]paletteuse" \ -loop 0 \ castle_leoch_arrival.gif For episode indexing or chapter preview. ffmpeg -i outlander_s01e02
echo "Done: $OUTPUT_DIR/outlander_s01e02_final.mkv" The episode has a mix of dark castle interiors (banding risk) and bright Scottish highlands. If using H.265, add -x265-params "deblock=-1,-1" to reduce blocking in shadows.
ffmpeg -i original.mkv -i transcoded.mp4 \ -lavfi "psnr" -f null - #!/bin/bash INPUT="outlander_s01e02.mkv" OUTPUT_DIR="./processed" mkdir -p "$OUTPUT_DIR" HEVC transcode with subs + normalized audio ffmpeg -i "$INPUT" -c:v libx265 -crf 19 -preset slower -c:a aac -b:a 256k -af loudnorm -c:s copy -metadata title="Outlander S01E02 - Castle Leoch" "$OUTPUT_DIR/outlander_s01e02_final.mkv"