For advanced users, consider containerizing with Docker and an Alpine-based FFmpeg image (as low as 5 MB) to achieve the ultimate min install footprint. Need to adapt this workflow to your own [project][number][langsub] convert[timestamp] min install pattern? Substitute the variables and reuse the same logic.

ffmpeg -ss $START_TIME -i "$INPUT" -t $DURATION -vf "subtitles=$INPUT:si=0" -c:v libx264 -preset ultrafast -crf 28 -c:a aac -b:a 96k -movflags +faststart "$OUTPUT"

ffmpeg -ss 00:02:00.06 -i jur153.mkv -t 60 -c copy jur153_60sec_clip.mkv This extracts a 60-second clip starting at 02:00.06 without re-encoding (super fast, minimal CPU). Create a bash script named convert020006_min.sh :

echo "Done: $OUTPUT"