How do I loop video ffmpeg?
Repeats a clip a fixed number of times using the stream loop input option.
Loop a video with FFmpeg
Repeats a clip a fixed number of times using the stream loop input option.
ffmpeg -stream_loop 2 -i https://cdn.rendobar.com/assets/examples/sample.mp4 -c copy -t 12 out.mp4- Encode
- 55 ms
- Output
- 811.7 KB
- Cost
- $0.0015
- Result
- 1280x720
job_cd3d202916d14bf0
The part everyone gets wrong
-stream_loop is an INPUT option, so it must appear before -i. Placed after, it is ignored silently and you get one copy. The count is repeats rather than total plays, so -stream_loop 2 yields three passes, and -1 loops forever.
Frequently asked questions
What goes wrong most often?
-stream_loop is an INPUT option, so it must appear before -i. Placed after, it is ignored silently and you get one copy. The count is repeats rather than total plays, so -stream_loop 2 yields three passes, and -1 loops forever.
Do I need FFmpeg installed?
Not with Rendobar. The command on this page ran through the API against a URL, with no local FFmpeg and no server. The job id below it is the job that produced these numbers.
More recipes, all measured
Trim a video without re-encoding Cuts a section out of a video by copying streams, which is effectively instant and lossless. Remove audio from a video Strips the audio track and copies the video untouched, so there is no quality loss and almost no work. Resize a video with FFmpeg Scales to a target width while computing a height that stays even, which H.264 requires. Rotate a video with FFmpeg Rotates the picture in 90-degree steps and clears the rotation metadata so players do not rotate it again.
Run this without installing FFmpeg
This exact command ran through the API against a URL.