Complete list of ffmpeg commands and description

Getting help:
    -h :- print basic options
    -h long :- print more options
    -h full :- print all options (including all format and codec specific options, very                long)
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Print help / information / capabilities:
-L :- show license
-h :- topic show help
-? :- topic show help
-help :- topic show help
-version :- show version
-buildconf :- show build configuration
-formats :- show available formats
-codecs :- show available codecs
-decoders :- show available decoders
-encoders :- show available encoders
-bsfs :- show available bit stream filters
-protocols :- show available protocols
-filters :- show available filters
-pix_fmts :- show available pixel formats
-layouts :- show standard channel layouts
-sample_fmts :- show available audio sample formats
-colors :- show available color names
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Global options (affect whole program instead of just one file):
-loglevel :- loglevel set logging level
-v loglevel :- set logging level
-report :- generate a report
-max_alloc bytes :- set maximum size of a single allocated block
-y :- overwrite output files
-n :- never overwrite output files
-stats :- print progress report during encoding
-max_error_rate :- ratio of errors (0.0: no errors, 1.0: 100% error maximum error rate
-bits_per_raw_sample :- number set the number of bits per raw sample
-vol :- volume change audio volume (256=normal)

Advanced global options:
-cpuflags flags force specific cpu flags
-hide_banner hide_banner do not show program banner
-benchmark add timings for benchmarking
-benchmark_all add timings for each task
-progress url write program-readable progress information
-stdin enable or disable interaction on standard input
-timelimit limit set max runtime in seconds
-dump dump each input packet
-hex when dumping packets, also dump the payload
-vsync video sync method
-async audio sync method
-adrift_threshold threshold audio drift threshold
-copyts copy timestamps
-copytb mode copy input stream time base when stream copying
-dts_delta_threshold threshold timestamp discontinuity delta threshold
-dts_error_threshold threshold timestamp error delta threshold
-xerror error exit on error
-filter_complex graph_description create a complex filtergraph
-lavfi graph_description create a complex filtergraph
-filter_complex_script filename read complex filtergraph description from a file
-debug_ts print timestamp debugging info
-intra deprecated use -g 1
-vdt n discard threshold
-sameq Removed
-same_quant Removed
-deinterlace this option is deprecated, use the yadif filter instead
-psnr calculate PSNR of compressed frames
-vstats dump video coding statistics to file
-vstats_file file dump video coding statistics to file
-dc precision intra_dc_precision
-qphist show QP histogram
-vc channel deprecated, use -channel
-tvstd standard deprecated, use -standard
-isync this option is deprecated and does nothing
-override_ffserver override the options from ffserver

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