Hi folks,
I'm working with this as an input file format:
[tcprobe] MPEG program stream (PS)
[tcprobe] summary for
./videos_to_convert/1071_20090930235900-edited.mpg, (*) = not default, 0
= not detected
import frame size: -g 1280x720 [720x576] (*)
aspect ratio: 16:9 (*)
frame rate: -f 59.940 [25.000] frc=7 (*)
PTS=0.3459, frame_time=16ms bitrate=19392 kbps
audio track: -a 0 [0] -e 48000,16,2 [48000,16,2] -n 0x2000 [0x2000]
PTS=0.4092, bitrate=448 kbps
-D -3 --av_fine_ms -13 (frames & ms) [0] [0]
I would like to use transcode to encode this file into a matroska (mkv)
container with h.264 as the video codec and a direct copy of the audio
(no transcoding of the a52 stream). There are three options that I know
of so far:
1. Use transcode selecting x264 as the video codec for -y
2. Use transcode specifying ffmpeg as the backend
3. Directly using ffmpeg and skipping the use of transcode.
I would like to try 2-pass encoding for best overall quality. The
expense of encoding time is of no real consequence to me, as I can
simply batch these up and run them overnight.
What is the best option above to encode, and what are the parameters I'd
need to set? This does not seem to work like with xvid4, which would
simply look for its settings in the xvid4.cfg file in the current
working directory.
Thanks for tips!
-Mishehu
