ffmpeg-progressbar-cli is a colored progress bar for FFmpeg.
Simply use ffmpeg-bar instead of ffmpeg.

1. Installation
2. Usage
3. Configuration
4. Requirements
5. Compatibility
6. Contribute
7. Author

$ npm install --global ffmpeg-progressbar-cli

The installation process adds the ffmpeg-bar command to your system.
This is a transparent wrapper, passing all commands to ffmpeg.

To use it, simply launch ffmpeg-bar instead of ffmpeg, or replace ffmpeg with ffmpeg-bar inside your scripts.

As long as no errors are encountered, the output of ffmpeg-bar will consist of a progress bar, the estimated time until process completion and a percentage.

$> ffmpeg-bar -i input.mp4 output.avi

$> ffmpeg-bar -i input.avi -b:v 64k -bufsize 64k output.avi

$> ffmpeg-bar -i in.mkv -map_metadata:s:a 0:g out.mkv

For configuration purposes, ffmpeg-progressbar-cli exposes these environmental variables:

The maximum number of characters of the filename label displayed next to the progress bar beam (default: 20)

$> BAR_FILENAME_LENGTH=7 ffmpeg-bar -i in.mp4 output.mp4

The share of (available) horizontal display real estate the progress bar beam should occupy (default: 0.75)

$> BAR_BAR_SIZE_RATIO=0.5 ffmpeg-bar -i in.mp4 output.mp4

• Node.js, v8.11 or later
• FFmpeg, installed correctly

Tested on

• macOS 10.13, 10.14 Beta
• Windows 10 1803
• Ubuntu 18.04

Read the contribution documentation.

MIT

sidneys 2018