Re: [FFmpeg-user] How to use ffmpeg in batch mode?

2019-10-21 Thread arthur brogard via ffmpeg-user
Thank you for that. It worked perfectly.  And thank you for the book - it looks like there's realms of good stuff in it.  Looks like a text book to me..  probably won't be able to read it but will have to dip in and out of it to find things when I need them. Congratulations on it... wish I'd

Re: [FFmpeg-user] How to use ffmpeg in batch mode?

2019-10-21 Thread Phil Rhodes via ffmpeg-user
Personally I tend to do this sort of thing with JScript on Windows. It's not the loveliest interpreter, but then at least you have something approaching a real programming language to do all your string manipulation! P On Monday, 21 October 2019, 09:45:12 BST, Goran Obal wrote: Silly

Re: [FFmpeg-user] How to use ffmpeg in batch mode?

2019-10-21 Thread Goran Obal
Silly me, it's the other way around (mkv to mp4)... ffmpeg -i %1 -y %~n1.mp4 or ffmpeg -i %1 -y -c copy %~n1.mp4 On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 10:34 AM Goran Obal wrote: > Sorry, forgot the extensions for output. ;) > ffmpeg -i %1 -y %~n1.mkv > or > ffmpeg -i %1 -y -c copy %~n1.mkv > > On Mon, Oct

Re: [FFmpeg-user] How to use ffmpeg in batch mode?

2019-10-21 Thread Goran Obal
Michael, you could use this: %~ni <- this means the filename without the extension, so instead of renaming, just use: ffmpeg -i %1 -y %~n1 or ffmpeg -i %1 -y -c copy %~n1 On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 10:28 AM Michael Koch wrote: > > > > > set OUT=%IN:mkv=mp4% > > please note that this renaming will

Re: [FFmpeg-user] How to use ffmpeg in batch mode?

2019-10-21 Thread Michael Koch
set OUT=%IN:mkv=mp4% please note that this renaming will give unexpected results if "mkv" is also part of the filename, for example aamkv.mkv will be renamed to aamp4.mp4 If someone knows a solution to this problem, please let us know. Michael

Re: [FFmpeg-user] How to use ffmpeg in batch mode?

2019-10-21 Thread Goran Obal
Hi. If you are only changing the container and don't want to transcode the contents, be sure to add -c copy in the ffmpeg line of the example (haven't tested it but it seems fine), so it looks like this: ffmpeg -i %IN% -y -c copy %OUT% Br. On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 9:14 AM Michael Koch wrote: >

Re: [FFmpeg-user] How to use ffmpeg in batch mode?

2019-10-21 Thread Michael Koch
Am 20.10.2019 um 23:56 schrieb arthur brogard via ffmpeg-user: I have been trying to convert a bunch of mkv files to mp4 using ffmpeg in batch mode via a .bat file but I can't get it right. I've followed a number of suggested commands from various hits I've got on google but none of them work.