[Libav-user] shell based video composition

[Tomas Härdin]

On 2014-05-25 20:45, Deron wrote:
> I'm looking to generate video on a linux-based server which has far 
> better processing power than my desktop does. I'm considering doing 
> this myself based on libav, but before I do so I thought maybe some 
> existing product already exists that I might use or contribute to.
>
> Basically, some kind of EDL that describes start/stop points in video 
> and audio files, graphic/text overlay, and maybe some fades between 
> and then let the server generate the video.
>
> If you know of some existing software, please let me know. Thanks!

melt will do this, see http://mltframework.org

(it's *possible* to do things like this with ffmpeg, but in my 
experience melt is better suited for it)

/Tomas