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Burn Subtitles into Video with FFmpeg
Burn SRT or ASS subtitles into video with FFmpeg, change the font, size and position, or add soft subtitles that viewers can turn off. With an API option.
Xora Blog & Guides
Technical guides, tutorials, and architectural deep dives for cloud media processing and high-performance FFmpeg engineering.
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How to Concatenate Videos with FFmpeg
Join videos with FFmpeg: the concat demuxer for files with the same format, the concat filter for files that differ, and the same job as one API call.
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Self-Hosted FFmpeg in Docker vs. a Hosted FFmpeg API
Run FFmpeg in your own Docker container or call a hosted FFmpeg API? A fair comparison of setup, scaling, security, limits and cost, with a Dockerfile to start from.
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Extract Audio from Video with FFmpeg or an API
Extract audio from video with FFmpeg: copy the track with no quality loss, convert to MP3 or WAV, make audio for transcription, and do it with one API call.
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How to Run FFmpeg in Make.com Scenarios
Run FFmpeg from Make.com with no server: send the job with the HTTP Make a request module, get the result in a Custom webhook, and map the output URL.
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How to Resize Video with FFmpeg
Resize video with FFmpeg: scale to a width or height and keep the aspect ratio, fit into a box with padding, crop to vertical, and do it with one API call.
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How to Trim and Cut Video with FFmpeg (Without Re-encoding)
Trim video with FFmpeg: a fast cut with -c copy, a frame-accurate cut with a re-encode, -t versus -to, and the same job as one API call with no FFmpeg install.
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Add an FFmpeg Tool to Your AI Agent (Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, LangChain)
Give an AI agent an FFmpeg tool in a few lines: connect the Xora MCP server from the Claude Agent SDK, the OpenAI Agents SDK or LangChain, with code for each.
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Convert Video to GIF with FFmpeg
Convert video to GIF with FFmpeg: a good-quality one-line command with a palette, how to keep the file small, and the same job as one API call.
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How to Process Video with FFmpeg in Zapier
Process video with FFmpeg from a Zap: send the job with Webhooks by Zapier, catch the result with Catch Hook, and pass the output link to the next step.
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ffprobe API: Get Video Metadata from a URL
Get duration, resolution, codecs and audio info from a video URL with one API call. Raw ffprobe JSON plus ready flags such as hasAudio, with no ffprobe install.
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Convert MOV to MP4 with FFmpeg or One API Call
Convert MOV to MP4 with FFmpeg: a fast remux when the codecs allow it, a re-encode for HEVC and ProRes, and the same job as one API call with no FFmpeg install.
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How to Compress Video with FFmpeg (Locally and with an API)
Compress video with FFmpeg: the CRF and preset flags that matter, how to hit a target file size, and the same job as one API call with no FFmpeg install.
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Can You Run FFmpeg on Cloudflare Workers?
Workers cannot run the native FFmpeg binary. Here are the real options — WebAssembly, Media Transformations, Containers or an FFmpeg API — and their limits.
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FFmpeg on AWS Lambda: Limits, Layers and When to Offload
How to run FFmpeg on AWS Lambda with a layer or container image, the limits that break video jobs (15 minutes, /tmp, 6 MB payloads), and when to offload.
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FFmpeg in AI Agent Sandboxes: Disk, CPU and Timeout Limits
Why video jobs fail in AI agent sandboxes — 1 CPU, a few GB of disk, no network, session limits — and how to let the agent run FFmpeg outside the sandbox.
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FFmpeg on Vercel Functions: What Breaks and What to Do
Running FFmpeg in a Vercel Function: the 4.5 MB body limit, timeouts, /tmp space and bundle size that break video jobs, with fixes and when to offload.
llm ffmpeg commands
LLMs Write Good FFmpeg Commands. Now Give Them a Place to Run.
Language models are good at writing FFmpeg commands. Where they still go wrong, and how to let them run commands safely: arg arrays, probe first, structured errors.
ffmpeg cheat sheet
FFmpeg Cheat Sheet: Common Commands and the Same Job as an API Call
The FFmpeg commands you use most — convert, compress, resize, trim, extract audio, thumbnails, GIFs, watermarks — each with the same job as one API call.
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How to Run FFmpeg in the Cloud: VM, Docker, Serverless or API
Four ways to run FFmpeg in the cloud — a VM, a container, a serverless function or an FFmpeg API — with real platform limits, trade-offs and when to pick each.
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Run FFmpeg Jobs from Cursor with MCP
Add the Xora FFmpeg MCP server to Cursor with one mcp.json entry. The agent writes FFmpeg args, runs them in the cloud, and turns working jobs into code.
claude ffmpeg mcp
How to Give Claude FFmpeg with an MCP Server
Connect Claude Code, claude.ai or Claude Desktop to a remote FFmpeg MCP server. Claude writes the FFmpeg args, Xora runs the job and returns a signed URL.
ffmpeg in n8n
How to Run FFmpeg Commands in n8n Workflows
Compress, trim and make thumbnails in n8n without installing FFmpeg on your server: one HTTP Request node, a webhook for the result, or an AI Agent with MCP.
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Generate Video Thumbnails from a URL (Even from a 2 GB File)
Extract JPEG and PNG frames from video URLs at exact timestamps with one API call, using byte-range reads so a large source never has to be downloaded first.
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Add a Watermark to Video Programmatically with FFmpeg
Add text and logo watermarks to video programmatically: FFmpeg drawtext and overlay filters, placement for any resolution, and one API call per video.
web ready video format
Web-Ready Video: Encoding Settings That Play Everywhere
The video settings that play in every browser: MP4, H.264, AAC, yuv420p and faststart. When to remux and when to re-encode, with FFmpeg commands and one API call.
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