For the practical Outlander fan:
ffmpeg -i outlander_s04e05_mountains.mkv -vf "zscale=transfer=linear,tonemap=hable,zscale=transfer=bt709,format=yuv420p" -c:v libx264 -crf 18 -preset slow fraser_ridge_sdr.mp4 Result: The blue ridge mountains actually look blue. outlander s04 ffmpeg
You’ve just ripped your Outlander Season 4 Blu-ray. You have 13 episodes of muddy colonial roads, fiery standing stones, and Roger Mac’s anguished face at 50 gigabytes each. The raw .mkv file from MakeMKV is beautiful but unwieldy. You need to tame it. The raw
for episode in *.mkv; do ffmpeg -i "$episode" \ -vf "yadif=1,scale=1280:720" \ -c:v libx264 -crf 22 \ -c:a aac -b:a 128k \ -movflags +faststart \ "streaming_${episode%.mkv}.mp4" echo "Processed ${episode} — dinna fash yerself." done Fast as a tomahawk
ffmpeg -i ian_stays.mkv -ss 00:45:30 -to 00:52:10 -c copy ian_mohawk_chapter.mkv (No re-encoding. Fast as a tomahawk.)
Outlander S04: Fraser’s Ridge Cuts – A Guide to Processing Digital Land Grants with FFmpeg