# ffmpeg-api-compose

FFmpeg API Compose merges video, audio, and image tracks into one timeline-based clip, ideal for developers automating video composition workflows.

## API Information

- **Model Slug:** ffmpeg-api-compose
- **Branded URL:** https://www.eachlabs.ai/ffmpeg-api/ffmpeg/ffmpeg-api-compose
- **Provider:** Ffmpeg Api
- **Category:** Video to Video
- **Output Type:** video
- **Status:** active
- **Base Cost:** $0.0002 per second
- **Estimated Processing Time:** 60 seconds
- **Interactive Demo:** https://www.eachlabs.ai/ai-models/ffmpeg-api-compose

## Pricing

- **Charge Type:** dynamic
- **Estimate:** $0.0002 per second
- **Pricing Details:** default: $0.0002

## Input Schema

| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Constraints | Description |
|-----------|------|----------|---------|-------------|-------------|
| tracks | array | Yes | - | - | Timeline tracks to compose into the final video. Each track contains video, audio, or image keyframes. |

## Example Request

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.eachlabs.ai/v1/prediction/ \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "model": "ffmpeg-api-compose",
  "input": {
    "tracks": [
      {
        "id": "Video1",
        "type": "video",
        "keyframes": [
          {
            "url": "https://cdn-us.eachlabs.ai/defaults/e3fd3b0157af4773801f1ed8b90b5fb3.mp4",
            "duration": 5000,
            "timestamp": 0
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "Audio1",
        "type": "audio",
        "keyframes": [
          {
            "url": "https://cdn-us.eachlabs.ai/defaults/9cf1d78015d4492db8576b5536a799cc.mp3",
            "duration": 5000,
            "timestamp": 0
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}'
```

## Output Schema

Response returned by `GET /v1/prediction/{id}` when the job completes:

```json
{
  "status": "success",
  "predictionID": "string",
  "output": "string (URL of generated video)",
  "metrics": {
    "predict_time": "number (seconds)"
  }
}
```

## Polling

```bash
curl https://api.eachlabs.ai/v1/prediction/{PREDICTION_ID} \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
```

| Status | Meaning |
|--------|---------|
| `processing` | Still running — poll again |
| `success` | Done — read `output` |
| `error` | Failed — read `message` / `details` |

## Webhook (alternative to polling)

Pass `"webhook_url": "https://your.host/path"` in the create request. Eachlabs POSTs this payload when the job ends:

```json
{
  "exec_id": "prediction-uuid",
  "status": "succeeded",
  "output": "https://...",
  "error": ""
}
```

`status` is `"succeeded"` or `"failed"`. `exec_id` equals the `predictionID` from create. Return 2xx within 30 seconds.

## Errors

Error body: `{ "status": "error", "message": "...", "details": "..." }`

| Code | Meaning |
|------|---------|
| `400` | Invalid input |
| `401` | Missing / invalid `Authorization` bearer token |
| `404` | Unknown model or prediction id |
| `429` | Rate limit — 100 creates / min, 10 concurrent per key |
| `5xx` | Retry with backoff |

## Overview

**ffmpeg-api-compose Overview**

The **ffmpeg-api-compose** model from **Ffmpeg Api** is a timeline-based video composition API that programmatically merges video, audio, and image tracks into a single rendered clip. Built on the proven **ffmpeg** toolchain, it focuses on deterministic, scriptable video-to-video assembly rather than generative synthesis. This makes ffmpeg-api-compose ideal for developers who need to automate complex editing tasks such as layering multiple assets, trimming, positioning overlays, and syncing sound without opening a traditional NLE. Within the **Ffmpeg Api video-to-video** family, its primary differentiator is precise track-level control through a simple HTTP API, enabling repeatable, infrastructure-ready workflows that integrate cleanly into backends, batch jobs, and microservices at scale.

## Usage Notes

- API Base URL: `https://api.eachlabs.ai/v1`
- Authentication: send `Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY`. Generate a key from the Eachlabs dashboard at https://www.eachlabs.ai/dashboard/api-keys.
- File-typed parameters (`*_url`, `image_url`, `video_url`, `audio_url`, etc.) accept publicly-reachable HTTPS URLs only. Upload your asset first (GCS / S3 / your CDN) and pass the resulting URL. Data-URIs and localhost URLs are rejected.
- For structured parameters (arrays / objects) send real JSON values, not stringified payloads.
- Monetary values are reported in USD; per-token / per-megapixel rates may be billed in micro-cents internally.
- Prefer `webhook_url` over polling for long-running predictions — see the Webhook Callback section.