Firstly thanks for all your input, Several people have suggested handbrake, I did try this but gave up when it wanted to take 7-8 hours to do the conversion, I know my notebook is not particularly quick, but I thought that was a bit excessive, hence the search for something else.
Dave On Sun, 9 Dec 2018 at 10:21, Ian Macdonald <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Dave, > > Have you tried handbrake? > > https://handbrake.fr > > Cheers > > Ian > > On Sun, 9 Dec 2018 at 08:55, Dave Widgery <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> I am trying to convert some .ts files to mp4 (created on a key from a >> basic terrestrial digibox), this is not something that I normally want >> to do so I don't wish to spend any money on fancy conversion software. >> I have tried several "FREE" converters that after all the effort to >> install them I discover that they are not free but just trial versions >> that are either length prohibited or put watermarks on the video. >> another one didn't appear to have any restrictions but said that it >> was going to take about 10 hours to convert (an hour and a half >> program). >> >> I then relised that get_iplayer does some video conversion and >> wondered if I already have the means of doing what I want, I am not >> worried about doing any conversion on frame size or rate, just basic >> .ts to mp4 conversion, if there is the option to crop that is a bonus. >> >> Regards >> Dave >> >> _______________________________________________ >> get_iplayer mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
