If you only want the audio for your playlist, you can extract the audio stream :
ffmpeg -i "input.mp4" -c:v libx264 -crf 18 output.mp4 rick and morty s02e05 ffmpeg
Replace timestamps ( 00:10:30 ) with actual timestamps from your episode. Use ffprobe to find exact timestamps if needed: If you only want the audio for your
ffmpeg -i "input.mp4" -ss 00:00:00 -t 00:22:30 -c copy output.mp4 rick and morty s02e05 ffmpeg
# Extract frames from episode intro (0-1:30) ffmpeg -i "Rick_and_Morty_S02E05.mkv" -ss 0 -t 90 \ -vf "fps=1" frames/frame_%04d.png
# For Twitter (max 2:20, 1280x720) ffmpeg -i "Rick_and_Morty_S02E05.mkv" -t 140 \ -vf "scale=1280:720" -c:v libx264 -c:a aac \ -b:v 2M -b:a 128k for_twitter.mp4