Whenever I search for ffmpeg commands, there is always some person suggesting an 8 liner with 25 arguments, and next to that someone suggesting a command with two -i and one -o argument. On visual inspection both do the same, but I’m always left with the feeling that I did something wrong or just “got lucky” with the shorter command.

I would love a “unless you’re a pro with hyper specific needs, forget these 90% of arguments and only use this 10% in this way” type of guide.