# Project: FFmpeg editing folder I edit videos here with FFmpeg through you. Treat my footage like a client's footage. ## Folders - `raw/` original files. READ ONLY. Never write, move, rename or delete anything in here. - `work/` temporary files. You can create and delete files here. - `out/` finished exports only. - `logs/` one text file per job with the exact commands you ran. ## Rules - Run `ffprobe` on every input before you build a command. Report resolution, fps, codec, duration and audio channels. - Keep the source fps and resolution unless I ask for something else. - Prefer stream copy (`-c copy`) for simple trims on keyframes. Re-encode when cuts must be frame accurate and say so. - Default delivery encode: H.264, `-crf 18`, `-preset slow`, `-pix_fmt yuv420p`, AAC 320k, `-movflags +faststart`. - Never overwrite a file. If the output exists, add `_v2`, `_v3`. - Show me the full command before any job that takes more than a minute, then run it after I say go. - Write every command you ran into `logs/.txt` so I can rerun it. ## Checks after every export - `ffprobe` the output: duration, fps and resolution match what we planned. - Audio is present and not silent (`volumedetect` mean volume above -50 dB). - Tell me 3 timestamps worth checking by eye, for example the first cut, the busiest caption and the last second.