Maybe your download is in the wrong format, the audio is out of sync, or you want to clip that beautiful Scottish landscape shot. FFmpeg is the Swiss Army knife for video, and it’s completely free.
Compress with H.265 (HEVC) for better quality at smaller size.
Convert MKV to MP4 (without losing quality, because FFmpeg just repackages the video). outlander s05e06 ffmpeg
ffmpeg -i Outlander.S05E06.mkv -ss 00:25:30 -t 60 -c:v libx264 -c:a aac perfect_clip.mp4 The episode is huge (over 4GB) and you want to put it on an older phone.
If you’ve found this post, you’re likely in a specific niche: you love Outlander (specifically the tense, emotional episode “Better to Marry Than to Burn”), and you need a technical tool called FFmpeg to handle the video file. Maybe your download is in the wrong format,
ffmpeg -i Outlander.S05E06.mkv -itsoffset 0.5 -i Outlander.S05E06.mkv -map 0:v -map 1:a -c copy Outlander.S05E06_fixed.mkv Pro tip: Experiment with 0.2 (200ms) or 0.8 (800ms) until it looks right. Maybe you want to clip the wedding argument or the bonfire scene. Let’s extract 60 seconds starting from 25 minutes and 30 seconds into the episode.
Delay the audio by 0.5 seconds (use -0.5 to advance audio instead). Convert MKV to MP4 (without losing quality, because
Enjoy the episode (and keep tissues nearby – it’s a heavy one).