av-studio

name	av-studio
description	Audio/video studio production — multi-track editing, color grading, motion graphics, compositing, live streaming, screen recording, YouTube publishing.
activationKeywords	["video editing","color grading","color correction","motion graphics","compositing","green screen","chroma key","screen recording","screencast","OBS","streaming","live stream","YouTube upload","YouTube publish","render","timeline","keyframe","transition","fade","crossfade","title card","lower third","intro","outro","B-roll","cutaway","jump cut","montage","timelapse","slow motion","stabilization","aspect ratio","letterbox","pip","picture in picture"]
type	skill
category	media
status	stable
origin	tibsfox
modified	false
first_seen	"2026-04-11T00:00:00.000Z"
first_path	examples/skills/media/av-studio/SKILL.md
superseded_by	null

AV Studio Production Skill

Combines ffmpeg-media (codecs/formats), audio-engineering (mastering/mixing), and gource-visualizer (repo visualization) into a unified production toolkit for video content creation, live streaming, and multimedia publishing.

Production Templates

YouTube Video Pipeline

# 1. Screen recording (with audio)
ffmpeg -f x11grab -video_size 1920x1080 -framerate 30 -i :0.0 \
  -f pulse -i default \
  -c:v libx264 -preset ultrafast -crf 18 \
  -c:a aac -b:a 192k \
  raw_recording.mkv

# 2. Trim to content
ffmpeg -ss 00:00:05 -i raw_recording.mkv -to 00:45:00 -c copy trimmed.mkv

# 3. Add intro + outro
cat > concat.txt << EOF
file 'intro.mp4'
file 'trimmed.mkv'
file 'outro.mp4'
EOF
ffmpeg -f concat -safe 0 -i concat.txt -c:v libx264 -c:a aac assembled.mp4

# 4. Color grade + normalize audio
ffmpeg -i assembled.mp4 \
  -vf "eq=brightness=0.04:contrast=1.1:saturation=1.15,unsharp=5:5:0.5" \
  -af "loudnorm=I=-14:TP=-1:LRA=11" \
  -c:v libx264 -preset medium -crf 20 -pix_fmt yuv420p \
  -c:a aac -b:a 192k \
  -movflags +faststart \
  final.mp4

# 5. Generate thumbnail
ffmpeg -i final.mp4 -ss 00:00:30 -frames:v 1 \
  -vf "scale=1280:720" thumbnail.jpg

Presentation Recording

# Record screen + webcam PiP
ffmpeg -f x11grab -video_size 1920x1080 -framerate 30 -i :0.0 \
  -f v4l2 -video_size 320x240 -framerate 30 -i /dev/video0 \
  -f pulse -i default \
  -filter_complex "[0:v][1:v]overlay=W-w-20:H-h-20[out]" \
  -map "[out]" -map 2:a \
  -c:v libx264 -preset fast -crf 22 \
  -c:a aac -b:a 128k \
  presentation.mp4

Tutorial / Screencast

# Record with mouse cursor highlight
ffmpeg -f x11grab -video_size 1920x1080 -framerate 30 \
  -draw_mouse 1 -i :0.0 \
  -f pulse -i default \
  -c:v libx264 -preset fast -crf 20 \
  -c:a aac -b:a 128k \
  tutorial.mp4

# Add chapter markers (for YouTube)
ffmpeg -i tutorial.mp4 -c copy \
  -metadata:c:0 title="Introduction" \
  -metadata:c:0 timebase=1/1000 \
  chaptered.mp4

Color Grading

LUT Application

# Apply a 3D LUT (cube format)
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf  graded.mp4


ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vf  graded.mp4