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From: Poutnik on 8 Jan 2010 13:56 In article <MPG.25b00ec1b0f7e2359896d4(a)news.eternal-september.org>, al(a)aohell.com says... > > Need "small" free program that will batch convert avi's to wmv's, or any > other format that might be smaller in size than the original file. > Thanks. > video size is not surprisingly connected to used multimedia format ( AVI, WMV, MP4, MKV ) and extension at all. What does matter is what video format is used in given mmedia container and what settings are used for encoding. There is many possible solutions, depending, if you prefer automation or quality. One of more latter solutions is AvideMux, available at multiple platforms. It is primarily editor and encoder, but usable for transcoding too. The best choise will be, withing Avidemux, encoding by superior H.264/MPEG-4 AVC encoder X264, preferably to MKV or MP4 container. http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/ http://forum.doom9.org/forumdisplay.php?f=22 -- Poutnik The best depends on how the best is defined.
From: M.L. on 8 Jan 2010 19:28 >> Need "small" free program that will batch convert avi's to wmv's, or any >> other format that might be smaller in size than the original file. >> Thanks. >> >video size is not surprisingly connected to used multimedia format >( AVI, WMV, MP4, MKV ) and extension at all. > >What does matter is what video format is used >in given mmedia container and what settings are used for encoding. > >There is many possible solutions, depending, if you prefer >automation or quality. > >One of more latter solutions is AvideMux, >available at multiple platforms. > >It is primarily editor and encoder, but usable for transcoding too. >The best choise will be, withing Avidemux, >encoding by superior H.264/MPEG-4 AVC encoder X264, >preferably to MKV or MP4 container. > >http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/ >http://forum.doom9.org/forumdisplay.php?f=22 Avidemux certainly has its advantages but it does not do batch conversions, although it allows you to merge files one by one, then convert.
From: Poutnik on 9 Jan 2010 02:31 In article <f1jfk557gqkal7928thvlaemhlae5vckf1(a)4ax.com>, me(a)privacy.invalid says... > > >There is many possible solutions, depending, if you prefer > >automation or quality. > > > >One of more latter solutions is AvideMux, > >available at multiple platforms. > > > > Avidemux certainly has its advantages but it does not do batch > conversions, although it allows you to merge files one by one, then > convert. It allows batch conversion by job management, or better by using CLI version. http://avidemux.org/admWiki/index.php?title=Command_line_usage -- Poutnik The best depends on how the best is defined.
From: M.L. on 9 Jan 2010 10:54
>> >There is many possible solutions, depending, if you prefer >> >automation or quality. >> > >> >One of more latter solutions is AvideMux, >> >available at multiple platforms. >> Avidemux certainly has its advantages but it does not do batch >> conversions, although it allows you to merge files one by one, then >> convert. > >It allows batch conversion by job management, >or better by using CLI version. > >http://avidemux.org/admWiki/index.php?title=Command_line_usage Couldn't find any info on Avidemux job management. But you're quite correct that Avidemux can do batch conversions via command line. However, I wonder if the OP had scripting in mind. Avidemux command line example for batch conversion of mp4 to avi: ************************************** #!/bin/bash VAR="files.txt" ls *.mp4 | sort > $VAR # Collect the files in the current directory cat $VAR | while read line; do # Loop read the filenames from the file INPUT=$(echo ${line}) # Grab the nxt new filename OUTPUT=${INPUT%.*4} # Remove shortest match of characters between the '. ' and the '4' at end of string OUTPUT+=".avi" # Append new extension avidemux2 --force-alt-h264 --load "$INPUT" --save "$OUTPUT" --output-format AVI --quit done rm $VAR # Remove the text file with the file names ************************************** There are easier GUI solutions. |