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5 ffmpeg to convert many formats to dvd compatable files - ID: 1573017

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ffmpeg is a hyperfast cross-platform video converter.

This is the command line I use to convert my movies
into a format acceptable to DVDStyler.

ffmpeg.exe -v 2 -i <infile> -er 4 -s 720x480 -r 29.97
-bufsize 224 -maxrate 8000 -vcodec mpeg2video -b <video
bitrate> <video output file> -acodec ac3 -ab <audio
bitrate> <audio output file>

As you can see it gives me a mpeg2 video file and an
AC3 (Dolby Surround Sound compatable) audio file which
are a DVD standard. Then I use DVDStyler to do the rest.

ffmpeg converts in 25% of the time of most other
converters, on my system. One hour of video took 2
hours to convert with a name brand converter while it
took ffmpeg just over 30 minutes with better quality.
Two pass encoding on ffmpeg is about half the time of
one pass encoding by the same unnamed converter. As
ussual, you're milage may vary.

(It can multiplex, demultiplex, add multiple audio and
multiple subtitle streams.)

I'm bulding a ffmpeg GUI at the moment and would be
happy to help. It's been a long long time since I
programmed in c++ but concepts are still concepts,
regardless of language. Send me a private message and
I'd be happy to put together some suedo code for you.

you can download a win32 binary of ffmpeg here:
http://arrozcru.no-ip.org/ffmpeg_builds/

(-bufsize 224 and -maxrate 8000 prevent the scr and dts
errors from mplex.)

Submitted:

David93244 ( david93244 ) - 2006-10-08 04:51

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Comments ( 4 )

Date: 2009-01-13 16:14 Sender: pablorosatti MENCODER is far better and faster than ffmpeg, i use it to convert almost any video file to dvd-compliant video file, this is a batch file (for windows OS) i use: @echo off mencoder -priority belownormal -vf format=bgr24,expand=:::::1.333 -vf-add scale=720:576,harddup -srate 48000 -af lavcresample=48000 -oac lavc -ovc lavc -of mpeg -mpegopts format=dvd:tsaf:vframerate=25 -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg2video:vrc_buf_size=1835:vrc_maxrate=4500:vbitrate=3500:keyint=30:vstrict=0:acodec=ac3:abitrate=224:aspect=4/3 -ofps 25 -o output-video.mpeg input-video.avi avi is one of 239 video codecs that mencoder support. MENCODER is able to convert windows directshow supported files through win32 codecs or avisynth. MENCODER is able to convert 117 audio formats, by using a null-video-file as input and "-audiofile audio.ext -ovc frameno -of rawaudio" because MENCODER don't support and audio file as input file. But i consider that audio conversion is better using ffmpeg.
Date: 2007-04-16 22:23 Sender: buergi would be absolutely the coolest feature!! please please please i think it's really not difficult to include. just include the lib or execute the cmd program if you try to import an unknown video file format.
Date: 2006-10-12 00:16 Sender: david93244 Logged In: YES user_id=1532328 No offense taken, and no offense meant. The only reason I requested it, is that being able to do a full conversion from just about about any format to iso and then burning in one program is always nice. I wasn't suggesting that you make a whole gui for it, just enough usage to convert to AC3 and MPEG2.
Date: 2006-10-11 13:02 Sender: gsgresik Logged In: YES user_id=1615494 I mean no offense, but there already is a GUI for ffmpeg called (appropriately enough) gui4ffmpeg. I have found it quite helpful as well.

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status_id	Open	2009-03-18 16:52	ntalex
allow_comments	1	2009-03-18 16:52	ntalex
close_date	-	2009-03-18 16:52	ntalex

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