FFmpeg is to video what Sheldon is to physics: uncompromising, hyper-specific, terrifying to outsiders, and incredibly powerful when you learn the syntax. In an alternate universe, S07E01 is just 20 minutes of Sheldon typing:
But what if Sheldon had access to a modern command-line tool? What if, instead of lecturing about the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, he lectured about ?
ffmpeg -i life.mp4 -filter_complex "[0:v]crop=texas:germany,setpts=PTS-1.5/TB" happy_ending.mkv
Sheldon would re-encode the video stream with a constant rate factor (CRF) to balance quality and bandwidth.
Map the video from one file and the audio from another.
In Young Sheldon S07E01, "A Little Snip and Teaching Old Dogs," Sheldon is stuck in Germany, desperately trying to communicate with Mary back in Medford, Texas. The emotional latency is high, the video quality is grainy (it is 1994, after all), and Georgie is no help.
ffmpeg -i family_video.avi -metadata title="S07E01 - Dad's Health Crisis" -metadata artist="The Coopers" -metadata genre="Tragicomedy" organized_family_file.mkv