bash-ffmpeg-completion

Bash completion support and custom macro substitution for ffmpeg options.

Check that bash-сompletion is connected to your shell before installing

$ complete -p
complete -F _longopt mv
complete -F _root_command gksudo
complete -F _command nice
complete -F _longopt tr
complete -F _longopt head
complete -F _longopt sha256sum
...

if you encounter any errors, then use the installation instructions bash-сompletion for your system and only then proceed with the installation.

Installation

Global:

git clone https://github.com/Tygrain/bash-ffmpeg-completion.git
sudo cp ./bash-ffmpeg-completion/ffmpeg-completion /etc/bash_completion.d/ffmpeg-completion

Local:

git clone https://github.com/Tygrain/bash-ffmpeg-completion.git
[ -d "$HOME/bash_completion.d" ] || mkdir ~/bash_completion.d
cp ./bash-ffmpeg-completion/ffmpeg-completion ~/bash_completion.d/ffmpeg-completion
echo "" >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'if [ -f "$HOME/bash_completion.d/ffmpeg-completion" ] ; then' >> ~/.bashrc
echo '    source $HOME/bash_completion.d/ffmpeg-completion' >> ~/.bashrc
echo "fi" >> ~/.bashrc

Usage

To complete option:

$ ffmpeg -i in.mp4 -cod[TAB]
-codec   -codecs  -colors

To list ffmpeg's options:

$ ffmpeg -[TAB][TAB]

To complete video or audio codec:

$ ffmpeg -i in.mp4 -c:v libx[TAB]
libx264     libx264rgb  libx265     libxvid

To list ffmpeg's video or audio codecs:

$ ffmpeg -i in.mp4 -c:v [TAB][TAB]
a64multi         flv              libwebp          pam              targa
a64multi5        gif              libwebp_anim     pbm              tiff
...

Custom parameter substitutions

Create new substitution:

ffmpeg-macros-ci add macroname

Use substitution in ffmpeg parameter string:

ffmpeg -i in.mp4 @macroname[TAB]

Remove macro:

ffmpeg-macros-ci remove macroname

Thanks to ANNiMON for the idea of custom macros in the parameter line :)