Complete FFmpeg Setup on Mac (2026) — Install, Trim, Convert, Compress

FFmpeg on macOS — install, probe, trim, convert, compress, and extract audio. Full toolkit in under 90 seconds.

CHAPTERS:
0:00 Intro
0:03 Install FFmpeg (Homebrew)
0:13 Video Info with ffprobe
0:23 Trim Without Re-encoding
0:32 Convert Formats (MOV to MP4)
0:45 Compress with CRF
0:58 Extract Audio

All commands used in this video:

# Install
brew install ffmpeg
ffmpeg -version

# Probe
ffprobe -v quiet -show_format -show_streams video.mp4
ffprobe -v quiet -print_format json -show_format video.mp4

# Trim (lossless — no re-encoding)
ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -ss 00:01:00 -t 00:00:30 -c copy clip.mp4

# Convert (remux)
ffmpeg -i input.mov -c copy output.mp4

# Convert (transcode)
ffmpeg -i input.mov -c:v libx264 -c:a aac output.mp4

# Compress
ffmpeg -i big.mp4 -c:v libx264 -crf 23 -preset medium small.mp4

# Extract audio
ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -vn -c:a copy audio.m4a

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