Re: Using vlc to Transcode mpeg2 File to mp4

[Martin McCormick]

jdd  writes:
> I tried to answer from my android phone, but I don't see my message,
> forgive me if this is a duplicate (I'm now at home)
> 
> 
> the best mp4 converter is handbrake and it have GUI and CLI

First, thanks to all who responded. I did receive a reply
from jdd . It was addressed to me but did not
appear to CC to the list which is probably why you didn't see it.

After doing some more digging, I did find out about
handbreak, both the GUI and CLI versions and have installed them.
I also ran across a script that somebody wrote which uses
handbrakecli to do precisely what I needed to do. By late last
night, the sleep monster got to me and it is now a new day.
Unless something totally unexpected happens, handbreakcli will be
the tool of choice.

Thanks to all.

Martin

Re: Using vlc to Transcode mpeg2 File to mp4

[jdd]

Le 10/02/2016 14:32, Martin McCormick a écrit :


Unless something totally unexpected happens, handbreakcli will be
the tool of choice.



this script is the one I use, and it's able to produce html5/mp4 good 
quality video, readable approximately with every browser (not always 
with firefox)


#!/bin/bash
# echo usage: movtomp4-html5.sh *.MOV

mkdir html5

for a ; do
b=`echo "$a" | cut -d'.' -f1` ;

#(on only one line:)

HandBrakeCLI  -i "$a" -t 1 --angle 1 -c 1 -o "html5/$b.mp4"  -f mp4  -O 
 -w 960 --crop 0:0:0:0 --loose-anamorphic  --modulus 2 -e x264 -q 22 -r 
30 --pfr -a 1 -E av_aac -6 dpl2 -R Auto -B 160 -D 0 --gain 0 
--audio-fallback ac3 --encoder-level="3.1"  --encoder-profile=high 
--verbose=1




done
exit

Re: Using vlc to Transcode mpeg2 File to mp4

[jdd]

Le 09/02/2016 23:34, Martin McCormick a écrit :

I have been pounding my head against this wall for a
couple of days.


I tried to answer from my android phone, but I don't see my message, 
forgive me if this is a duplicate (I'm now at home)


the best mp4 converter is handbrake and it have GUI and CLI

jdd

Re: Using vlc to Transcode mpeg2 File to mp4

[Jude DaShiell]

Why not try:
http://mailman.videolan.org/listinfo/vlc
On Tue, 9 Feb 2016, Martin 
McCormick wrote:



Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2016 17:34:14
From: Martin McCormick 
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Using vlc to Transcode mpeg2 File to mp4
Resent-Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 01:07:53 + (UTC)
Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org

I have been pounding my head against this wall for a
couple of days. The mpeg2 streams come from a HDHomerun_prime box
which produces DLNA streams. I am trying to convert them using
vlc to mp4 files to play on an AppleTV and I just haven't got
anything to work yet except that my shell script does run but the
file it produces is garbage and neither vlc nor mplayer will play
it so I am still doing something wrong.

There is a vlc forum but I have not been successful in
registering to post.

Here is what the script looks like right now. In vlc, the
demux module does have some flags one can set or unset but the
muxer looks to me like it really doesn't need much attention. If
anybody has an example, I would greatly appreciate the
information.

Many thanks in advance. Here is the script that almost works:

#!/bin/sh
vlc --play-and-exit -I dummy  \
--sout "#transcode{avcodec=ts}:std{access=file,mux=mux_mp4,dst=testfile.mp4}" 
~/streamwork/ktul.ts

ktul.ts is a stream I recorded from a cable channel we receive.
vlc plays the .ts file.

Martin McCormick




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Re: Using vlc to Transcode mpeg2 File to mp4

[Chris Bannister]

On Tue, Feb 09, 2016 at 04:34:14PM -0600, Martin McCormick wrote:
>   I have been pounding my head against this wall for a
> couple of days. The mpeg2 streams come from a HDHomerun_prime box
> which produces DLNA streams. I am trying to convert them using
> vlc to mp4 files to play on an AppleTV and I just haven't got
> anything to work yet except that my shell script does run but the
> file it produces is garbage and neither vlc nor mplayer will play
> it so I am still doing something wrong.

Or you could try avconv or ffmpeg and do it on the command line.

e.g.

avconv -i inputfile output.mp4

The .mp4 suffix is sufficient to tell it you want mp4.

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