$ffmpeg = FFMpegFFMpeg::create(array(
         'ffmpeg.binaries'  => '/usr/local/Cellar/ffmpeg/2.1.3/bin/ffmpeg',
         'ffprobe.binaries' => '/usr/local/Cellar/ffmpeg/2.1.3/bin/ffprobe',
         'timeout'          => 3600, // The timeout for the underlying process
         'ffmpeg.threads'   => 12,   // The number of threads that FFMpeg should use
));

// set the path of the video file, which you might consider to get the input from the user
$video = $ffmpeg->open('video.mpg');

// apply filters to resize the clip
$video
  ->filters()
  ->resize(new FFMpegCoordinateDimension(320, 240))
  ->synchronize();

// crop a frame from a particular timecode
$video
  ->frame(FFMpegCoordinateTimeCode::fromSeconds(10))
  ->save('frame.jpg');

//transcode clip
$video
  ->save(new FFMpegFormatVideoX264(), 'export-x264.mp4');