Optimized images with FFmpeg?

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Google PageSpeed recommends the images on my web page could be optimized. The lossless compression would save an average of 11%, however my images are created with the following FFmpeg command: ``` ffmpeg -i '$video_path' -vcodec mjpeg -vframes 1 -an -f rawvideo -ss 00:00:20 -s 145*108 $thumb_image ``` Is there a way I can optimize these images?

Accepted Answer

First of all `-s 145*108` is not a valid ffmpeg option; it should be `-s 145x108`. For proper scaling of your images see the answer to How to create thumbnail image from .flv video by using ffmpeg? for some examples that will keep your aspect ratio. You did not specify your image type, so I'll assume you are outputting to jpeg. You can change the output quality with `-qscale:v` (or `-qscale` if using old ffmpeg syntax). Range for jpeg is a linear scale of 1-31 where 1 is best quality and 31 is worst quality.

JPG

As for losslessly optimizing jpeg, you can use `jpgcrush` or `jpegtran`:

```
jpegtran -optimize -copy none -perfect -v input.jpg > output.jpg
```

I've noticed that Opera doesn't properly display images processed with `jpgcrush` but this was some time ago that I checked.

PNG

For png you have a variety of tools including `pngcrush`, `optipng`, and `advpng` among several others:

```
optipng -o7 input.png
```

Remember that FFmpeg usage questions are better suited for superuser.

Optimized images with FFmpeg?

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