ffzap ⚡ is a simple, fast command-line tool for processing media files with ffmpeg. As it's multithreaded and can run as many tasks in parallel as your system can handle, it's perfect for converting, compressing, or editing audio and video files quickly and efficiently.

Because it uses ffmpeg under the hood, it supports any media file processing that ffmpeg can handle.

Installation

To install ffzap, clone the repository and build the project:

git clone https://github.com/CodeF0x/ffzap
cd ffzap
cargo build --release

Alternatively, you can install it from crates.io.

cargo install ffzap

Usage

ffzap's usage is almost identical to ffmpeg, consider this simple example:

ffzap -i vids/test-1.webm -f "-c:v libx264 -b:v 1000k" -o transcoded.mp4

Mind that the ffmpeg processing options go into the -f argument (short for --ffmpeg-options), need to be passed as a string and without the file name.

With a single file it doesn't really make sense to use ffzap, so consider this more advanced example:

ffzap -i "vids/**/*.{mp4,mkv}" -f "-c:v libx264 -b:v 1000k" -o transcoded/{{name}}.mp4 -t 4

This command takes all videos in vids and its subfolders ending in .mp4 and .mkv, processes them using the options provided by -f and saves them to a (new) directory called transcoded, keeping the original filename and changing the file extension to .mp4 while processing 4 files in parallel.

Notice that, when using glob patterns, -i (short for --input-directory) needs to be a string so that ffzap executes the glob pattern and not your shell. Otherwise, the command will fail.

For more -o (short for --output-directory) options, run ffzap --help. For more ffmpeg options, visit ffmpeg's documentation.

Requirements

• a working installation of ffmpeg
• (just for installing / building) a working installation of the Rust programming language

License

You are free to:

• Use: You can use this software for any purpose.
• Modify: You can modify the software as you like.
• Distribute: You can distribute the original or lightly modified software only if you credit the original author ( Tobias "CodeF0x" Oettl). Selling of the original or lightly modified versions is not allowed.
• Sell or redistribute substantially modified versions: If you make significant changes to this software, you may redistribute or sell the modified version without crediting the original author.

Conditions:

• No selling of this software in its original form or with minor modifications.
• Credit must be given to the original author (Tobias "CodeF0x" Oettl) if redistributing unmodified or minimally modified versions.