When in doubt, take a look at the [examples](https://github.com/kkroening/ffmpeg-python/tree/master/examples) to see if there's something that's close to whatever you're trying to do.

Here are a few of the examples:

- [Convert video to numpy array](https://github.com/kkroening/ffmpeg-python/blob/master/examples/README.md#convert-video-to-numpy-array)

- [Generate thumbnail for video](https://github.com/kkroening/ffmpeg-python/blob/master/examples/README.md#generate-thumbnail-for-video)

- [Read raw PCM audio via pipe](https://github.com/kkroening/ffmpeg-python/blob/master/examples/README.md#convert-sound-to-raw-pcm-audio)

- [Jupyter Stream Editor](https://github.com/kkroening/ffmpeg-python/blob/master/examples/README.md#jupyter-stream-editor)

<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kkroening/ffmpeg-python/master/doc/jupyter-demo.gif" alt="jupyter demo" width="75%" />

See the [Examples README](https://github.com/kkroening/ffmpeg-python/tree/master/examples) for additional examples.

API documentation is automatically generated from python docstrings and hosted on github pages: https://kkroening.github.io/ffmpeg-python/