Examples...
Simply convert the existing video from MOV to MP4. ffmpeg.exe -i IMG_0551.MOV -c:a copy copy.mp4 Convert from MOV to MP4 and also scale it to 1280x720 (don't know what the original resolution was, but you get the idea; replace with 480 if you want even smaller). ffmpeg.exe -i IMG_0551.MOV -c:a copy -vf scale=-1:720 copy.mp4 If original resolution is slightly non-standard and not evenly divisible by 2 and you're getting errors with the above command, this one gets around odd resolutions. ffmpeg.exe -i IMG_0551.MOV -c:a copy -vf "scale=1280:trunc(ow/a/2)*2" copy.mp4 Cheers. -----Original Message----- From: PLUG-discuss [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of sean Sent: Mon, 2017 Jul 10 15:44 To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: OT: Best way to shrink size of video? ffmpeg Sorry, no examples off the top of my head, but ffmpeg is the answer. -----Original Message----- From: PLUG-discuss [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Mon, 2017 Jul 10 15:20 To: [email protected] Subject: OT: Best way to shrink size of video? What is the best (quickest and most efficient) way to shrink the size of a video? Someone sent a 11-second ".MOV" video that was 25-megabyte. I first tried to use mencoder to convert it, but it did not work. So I used https://cloudconvert.com/mov-to-mp4 to convert it from .mov to .mp4 and that cut the size to about half. Then I used www.videosmaller.com/ to convert it to a smaller mp4. Surely there must be a quicker, more efficient, single-step way to get the best possible result that still has "reasonably" good quality video. -rw-r--r--25385488 Jul 9 17:40 IMG_0551.MOV -rw-r--r-- 8525047 Jul 9 18:22 buff.mov -rw-r--r--13196515 Jul 9 20:04 buffb4.mp4 -rw-r--r-- 7594494 Jul 9 20:07 buff.mp4 I uploaded the current 7.5-meg result here: http://upquick.com/temp/buff.mp4 --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
