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FFmpeg rendering was not run. · source: https://github.com/the-media-vampire/veyrul-integrations/blob/0dc5ead8bb5ae92611f402b2343da54e88be3f59/examples/ffmpeg-filter-chain/test_compose.py\n\nRights:\n- code: license=MIT hosting=permitted redistribution=permitted modification=permitted training=unknown · Original helper and prose; linked primary material retains its own terms. · evidence: https://github.com/the-media-vampire/veyrul-integrations/blob/0dc5ead8bb5ae92611f402b2343da54e88be3f59/LICENSE\n\n## Saved content\nA source-backed repair for wrappers that append multiple -vf options. Compose one ordered video filter chain, use an argument list, preserve inputs, and distinguish shell safety from filtergraph escaping. Includes tested command-building code; rendering not tested.\n{\n  \"text\": \"# Compose one FFmpeg video filter chain\\n\\nWhen separate wrapper stages each append `-vf` for the same output stream, the options do not compose: the last matching option wins. Build one ordered chain instead. FFmpeg's `-vf` is an alias for `-filter:v`; comma-separated filters form a connected chain. Multiple inputs, branching and several outputs need a deliberate complex graph.\\n\\nFor a measured 1920×1080 source, the intended order is:\\n\\n```text\\ncrop=1080:1080:(iw-ow)/2:(ih-oh)/2,scale=720:720,subtitles=filename=captions.ass\\n```\\n\\nCropping happens before resizing; captions are laid out against the resized output. Inspect the ASS script's resolution, fonts and styling before rendering.\\n\\nThe [standard-library command builder](https://github.com/the-media-vampire/veyrul-integrations/blob/0dc5ead8bb5ae92611f402b2343da54e88be3f59/examples/ffmpeg-filter-chain/compose_filters.py) emits a JSON argument list and **does not execute FFmpeg**:\\n\\n```sh\\npython3 compose_filters.py input.mov output-new.mp4 --source-width 1920 --source-height 1080 --crop-width 1080 --crop-height 1080 --width 720 --height 720\\npython3 -B test_compose.py\\n```\\n\\nThe example selects the first video and optional first audio stream, encodes H.264/AAC, and intentionally omits source metadata and chapters. Choose and verify a different mapping or metadata policy when the task requires it. Do not use this default for spatial audio, all-track preservation, HDR mastering, interlaced content or non-square-pixel inputs. No codec, subtitle renderer or font availability is promised.\\n\\nPass the resulting list to a subprocess without a shell only after inspection and authorization. Shell avoidance does not eliminate FFmpeg filtergraph escaping. This small example therefore accepts only a simple `.ass` basename; stage an authorized copy under that name in the command's working directory. Arbitrary subtitle paths and filter expressions are refused. Input and output paths are resolved separately; `-n` refuses existing outputs. Read the actual source dimensions first.\\n\\n## Evidence and limits\\n\\nThree deterministic test groups exercise exact order, changed dimensions, path-as-one-argument behavior, overwrite refusal, impossible crops and filter-syntax rejection. The builder was run; no production video or visual comparison was rendered. The first check exposed a test expectation about macOS `/var` path normalization; its corrected expectation uses the resolved path. Input preservation and error cases pass.\\n\\nPrimary source inspection is pinned to FFmpeg 8.1:\\n\\n- [Option matching and `-vf` alias](https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/9047fa1b084f76b1b4d065af2d743df1b40dfb56/fftools/ffmpeg_opt.c)\\n- [Simple filtergraph and stream selection documentation](https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/9047fa1b084f76b1b4d065af2d743df1b40dfb56/doc/ffmpeg.texi)\\n- [Filterchain syntax, escaping, crop, scale and subtitles](https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/9047fa1b084f76b1b4d065af2d743df1b40dfb56/doc/filters.texi)\\n\\nUse the [media pilots](https://github.com/the-media-vampire/veyrul-integrations/tree/0dc5ead8bb5ae92611f402b2343da54e88be3f59/examples/media-pilots) for caption timing, beat grids and audio handoff. Inspect saved sources, report only permitted observed results, and reread corrections on the next related task. This is founder-operated engineering evidence, not independent user adoption.\\n\\nReusable code: https://github.com/the-media-vampire/veyrul-integrations/blob/0dc5ead8bb5ae92611f402b2343da54e88be3f59/examples/ffmpeg-filter-chain/compose_filters.py\\nChecks: https://github.com/the-media-vampire/veyrul-integrations/blob/0dc5ead8bb5ae92611f402b2343da54e88be3f59/examples/ffmpeg-filter-chain/test_compose.py\\nFounder-operated guide. 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Upstream papers, tutorials, code, models, weights and media retain their separate terms; no source-text/media redistribution right is implied.\n\n## Saved content\nffmpeg-python is a Python wrapper for FFmpeg that the README says handles both simple and complex signal graphs, where other wrappers lack complex filter support. It lets you express trims, concatenation, overlays and drawing as chained Python calls instead of long -filter_complex command lines, and the README links examples such as converting video to NumPy arrays, making thumbnails, reading raw PCM audio through a pipe and streaming into Tensorflow.\n{\n  \"text\": \"What it supplies: ffmpeg-python is a Python wrapper for FFmpeg that the README says handles both simple and complex signal graphs, where other wrappers lack complex filter support. It lets you express trims, concatenation, overlays and drawing as chained Python calls instead of long -filter_complex command lines, and the README links examples such as converting video to NumPy arrays, making thumbnails, reading raw PCM audio through a pipe and streaming into Tensorflow.\\n\\nUseful for: - Script repetitive edits like trimming, concatenating, flipping and overlaying clips.\\n- Generate thumbnails or extract frames for analysis.\\n- Pipe decoded frames into NumPy or ML code.\\n\\nFirst action: - Install FFmpeg and make sure it is on the PATH.\\n- Run pip install ffmpeg-python.\\n- Try the README's quickstart: ffmpeg.input('input.mp4'), then hflip, output and run.\\n\\nPrerequisites and limits: FFmpeg must be installed and accessible through the PATH environment variable before use. The README gives no Python version in the text read.\\n\\n- It builds command lines for FFmpeg rather than reimplementing it, so FFmpeg's own behaviour and codecs apply.\\n- The README shows no active-maintenance statement in the text read.\\n\\nThis README does not state a licence in the text read here, so check the repository's licence file; FFmpeg itself has its own licence terms. Media you process carries its own rights.\\n\\nWritten from the README text only. 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This is general practice, not in the manual.\\n\\n## Steps\\n\\n- Add graphmonitor to the graph you want to inspect; the manual gives the filter's purpose but no placement example, so build the monitoring branch yourself.\\n- Set size for the output (default hd720) and opacity for the overlay (default 0.9, range 0 to 1).\\n- Pick mode: full applies no filtering and is the default; compact shows only filters with queued frames; nozero shows only filters with non-zero stats; noeof shows only filters with a non-eof stat; nodisabled shows only filters enabled in the timeline.\\n- Choose flags for the stats to display: queue (queued frames per link), frame_count_in and frame_count_out with frame_count_delta, pts and pts_delta, format, and disabled for timeline status, among others. The manual also lists none and all.\\n- Cap the output frame rate with rate (default 25) so the stat video does not exceed it.\\n- Run the graph and watch which links show growing queues; start with the compact mode and the queue flag. That ordering is our suggestion.\\n- Remove graphmonitor from the production graph once the problem is understood.\\n\\n## Worked example\\n\\nA hypothetical overlay graph that slows to a crawl: add graphmonitor with the compact mode and the queue flag and see which link accumulates frames. Nothing was run, so no stats were seen, and the manual gives no worked example.\\n\\n## Expected checks\\n\\n- The monitor output has the size you set and is at most the rate limit.\\n- Compact mode lists only filters with queued frames.\\n- Delta flags show the difference between frames in and out.\\n\\n## If it fails\\n\\n- Symptom: the overlay is unreadable. Cause: low opacity or a small size. Fix: raise opacity or size.\\n- Symptom: too many filters listed. Cause: full mode. Fix: use compact or nozero.\\n- Symptom: a stat is missing. Cause: its flag is off. Fix: add it to flags, or use all.\\n\\n## Evidence status\\n\\n| Step | Status |\\n| --- | --- |\\n| Purpose, size, opacity, modes, the listed flags, rate limit | Source-documented |\\n| Graph placement, display method, and debugging order | General practice or our suggestion |\\n| Any real result | Untested |\\n\\n## Limits\\n- Documentary review only: the manual was read as text and no command was run, so no output, timing or visual result is reported.\\n- The manual states no page version; check against your FFmpeg build.\\n- The manual gives no examples and does not show how to attach the monitor to a graph.\\n- This is source-based desk curation, not independent formal verification.\",\n  \"citations\": [\n    {\n      \"url\": \"https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html\",\n      \"note\": \"FFmpeg project, FFmpeg Filters Documentation, captured 2026-11-07, sections cited in the guide, read as text.\"\n    }\n  ]\n}","content_truncated":false,"resources":[{"kind":"external_link","url":"https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html","label":"FFmpeg project, FFmpeg Filters Documentation, captured 2026-11-07, sections cited in the guide, read as text.","relation":"citation","availability":"unknown","checked_at":null,"access":"external_conditions_unknown"}],"resources_truncated":false,"found_by":"search"}],"relationships":[],"limits":{"root_limit":3,"related_limit":3,"content_characters":4000,"response_bytes":65536},"truncated":false,"search_window":{"version":"bounded-search/1","candidate_limit":1000,"candidates":3,"truncated":true,"statistics":"public-maintained/1","semantic":{"model":"bge-small-en-v1.5/ea104da/ort1.30/256/cls/chunks-v1","state":"insufficient_cache","candidate_limit":50,"current_embeddings":1,"score":"lexical component; array order follows hybrid fusion when applied"},"task_lookup":{"query":"FFmpeg video filter chain composition","window":{"version":"bounded-search/1","candidate_limit":1000,"candidates":3,"truncated":true,"statistics":"public-maintained/1"}},"identifier_coverage":{"scope":"returned_root_excerpts","terms":[{"term":"FFmpeg","record_ids":["art_01M6MKQ2Q6VP53CQV04JAC0NN9","src_01M6VBE4ADCK0YWMB3FEXPJJEG","art_01M6W2CE0X74YWFJCQDQ538GPY"]}],"missing":[],"joint_match_record_ids":["art_01M6MKQ2Q6VP53CQV04JAC0NN9","src_01M6VBE4ADCK0YWMB3FEXPJJEG","art_01M6W2CE0X74YWFJCQDQ538GPY"],"interpretation":"Literal mentions only; neither presence nor co-occurrence establishes capability, compatibility or execution. 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