Trying to convert .flv to .mp4

[HiImTye]

here's the script I made for converting videos

#!/bin/bash
if [ -z "$rate" ]; then
 rate="29.985"
fi
echo rate="$rate"

if [ -z "$flags" ]; then
 flags="+aic+mv4"
fi
echo flags="$flags"

# new file name
F="converted/${1%.*}.mp4"
if [ ! -d "converted" ]; then
 mkdir converted
fi

if [ ! -f "$F" ]; then    
 ffmpeg -i "$1" -r "$rate" -acodec libvo_aacenc -b 128k -vcodec mpeg4 -b 1200k -flags "$flags" "$F"
fi

make a new folder called Scripts in your home folder, then save it as '2mp4' (with no extension) in that folder. open a terminal and paste the following into it:

cd Scripts; chmod +x 2mp4; echo "PATH=$PATH:$HOME/Scripts" >> $HOME/.bashrc

then when you want to convrrt a file, simply type

2mp4 <file>

from the same folder and the .mp4 will be in the 'converted' folder. if you want to specify a framerate, then prefix the command, like so

rate=25 2mp4 <file>

when I want to convert an entire foldrr, I do this (which is why it outputs to a 'converted' folder)

while read -r f; do 2mp4 "$f"; done< <(ls)

[dre3]

here's the script I made for converting videos

#!/bin/bash
if [ -z "$rate" ]; then
 rate="29.985"
fi
echo rate="$rate"

if [ -z "$flags" ]; then
 flags="+aic+mv4"
fi
echo flags="$flags"

# new file name
F="converted/${1%.*}.mp4"
if [ ! -d "converted" ]; then
 mkdir converted
fi

if [ ! -f "$F" ]; then    
 ffmpeg -i "$1" -r "$rate" -acodec libvo_aacenc -b 128k -vcodec mpeg4 -b 1200k -flags "$flags" "$F"
fi

make a new folder called Scripts in your home folder, then save it as '2mp4' (with no extension) in that folder. open a terminal and paste the following into it:

cd Scripts; chmod +x 2mp4; echo "PATH=$PATH:$HOME/Scripts" >> $HOME/.bashrc

then when you want to convrrt a file, simply type

2mp4 <file>

from the same folder and the .mp4 will be in the 'converted' folder. if you want to specify a framerate, then prefix the command, like so

rate=25 2mp4 <file>

when I want to convert an entire foldrr, I do this (which is why it outputs to a 'converted' folder)

while read -r f; do 2mp4 "$f"; done< <(ls)

I'm not sure how to get the scripts in the home folder. I made folder (scripts) in the home folder but right now stuck on how to get it in da folder.

[FakeOutdoorsman]

here's the script I made for converting videos

ffmpeg -i "$1" -r "$rate" -acodec libvo_aacenc -b 128k -vcodec mpeg4 -b 1200k -flags "$flags" "$F"

Some thoughts:

• -b is shown twice and ffmpeg may ignore one. It is recommended to explicitly tell ffmpeg which bitrate goes where with -b:a (audio) or -b:v (video), or with -vb and -ab with ancient ffmpeg.
• Consider using -qscale:v (or -qscale with ancient ffmpeg) instead of -b:v for this encoder (mpeg4). A good range is 2-5 where 2 is probably going to be visually lossless or close to it.
• libvo_aacenc is probably the worst, in terms of quality per bitrate, of the four AAC-LC encoders usable by ffmpeg. Unfortunately most are "non-free" and you will have to compile ffmpeg to take advantage of better encoders. See Compile FFmpeg on Ubuntu and FFmpeg and AAC Encoding Guide.
• These days H.264 video is usually preferred for MP4 container. See the FFmpeg and x264 Encoding Guide.

[dre3]

Some thoughts:

• -b is shown twice and ffmpeg may ignore one. It is recommended to explicitly tell ffmpeg which bitrate goes where with -b:a (audio) or -b:v (video), or with -vb and -ab with ancient ffmpeg.
• Consider using -qscale:v (or -qscale with ancient ffmpeg) instead of -b:v for this encoder (mpeg4). A good range is 2-5 where 2 is probably going to be visually lossless or close to it.
• libvo_aacenc is probably the worst, in terms of quality per bitrate, of the four AAC-LC encoders usable by ffmpeg. Unfortunately most are "non-free" and you will have to compile ffmpeg to take advantage of better encoders. See Compile FFmpeg on Ubuntu and FFmpeg and AAC Encoding Guide.
• These days H.264 video is usually preferred for MP4 container. See the FFmpeg and x264 Encoding Guide.

Hi FakeOutDoor, I did go and to the Ubuntu Compilation page and follow everything on da page and have files on my home folder, understand I don't know how to compile or anything like that so i have the ffmpeg, yasm, and lame folders sitting in my home folder and don't what to do with them, at a complete loss here.

[HiImTye]

@FakeOutdoorsmen, -b is specified after each outout type and works fine as a result, the script is meant to work on as many ffmpeg versions as possible, from the repos, requiring only adding restricted extras and ffmpeg to simplify getting it to work relatively simply, as it's only written to play on devices that don't support .avi, etc.

@dre3, either use gedit (text editor) and save it in the folder, or go to the foldrr in the terminal, type

nano 2mp4

paste (shift+ins, or just middle click into the terminal window with it highlighted in thid window)and save the file (using the key combination shown at the bottom - ^ means ctrl), then run the script above to make it executable and add Scripts to your PATH making it executable from any folder. also, thebfolder should be called 'Scripts' (with an uppercase S) or you'll need to modify the script before you run it

[dre3]

@FakeOutdoorsmen, -b is specified after each outout type and works fine as a result, the script is meant to work on as many ffmpeg versions as possible, from the repos, requiring only adding restricted extras and ffmpeg to simplify getting it to work relatively simply, as it's only written to play on devices that don't support .avi, etc. @dre3, either use gedit (text editor) and save it in the folder, or go to the foldrr in the terminal, type

nano 2mp4

paste (shift+ins, or just middle click into the terminal window with it highlighted in thid window)and save the file (using the key combination shown at the bottom - ^ means ctrl), then run the script above to make it executable and add Scripts to your PATH making it executable from any folder. also, thebfolder should be called 'Scripts' (with an uppercase S) or you'll need to modify the script before you run it

Ok i have the Scripts folder with the 2mp4 exe in it, i just try to convert a .flv file and got this ajohn@johnson-laptop:~$ 2mp4 file:///home/ajohn/Videos/.SWH/1947709_Monters.flv rate=29.985 flags=+aic+mv4 ffmpeg version git-2012-03-29-282ec72 Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the FFmpeg developers built on Mar 29 2012 10:16:20 with gcc 4.4.3 configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-libfaac --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-nonfree --enable-version3 --enable-x11grab libavutil 51. 44.100 / 51. 44.100 libavcodec 54. 12.100 / 54. 12.100 libavformat 54. 3.100 / 54. 3.100 libavdevice 53. 4.100 / 53. 4.100 libavfilter 2. 66.101 / 2. 66.101 libswscale 2. 1.100 / 2. 1.100 libswresample 0. 10.100 / 0. 10.100 libpostproc 52. 0.100 / 52. 0.100 Input #0, flv, from 'file:///home/ajohn/Videos/.SWH/1947709_Monters.flv': Metadata: audiosize : 8778481 canSeekToEnd : true datasize : 85624965 hasAudio : true hasCuePoints : false hasKeyframes : true hasMetadata : true hasVideo : true lasttimestamp : 1177 metadatacreator : flvtool++ (Facebook, Motion project, dweatherford) totalframes : 35290 videosize : 75517391 Duration: 00:19:37.40, start: 0.033000, bitrate: 581 kb/s Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (High), yuv420p, 320x240 [SAR 1:1 DAR 4:3], 525 kb/s, 29.97 tbr, 1k tbn, 59.94 tbc Stream #0:1: Audio: aac, 44100 Hz, stereo, s16, 61 kb/s Please use -b:a or -b:v, -b is ambiguous Last message repeated 1 times Unknown encoder 'libvo_aacenc' ajohn@johnson-laptop:~$ Don't know if in the right direction or still way off? Thanks with all the help so far.

[HiImTye]

you're not using ffmpeg from the repos, you'll have to change the file to match the git vrrsions format requirements, in this case, run in the terminal

 sed -ie 's|b 128k|b:a 128k|;s|b 1200k|b:v 1200k|' $HOME/Scripts/2mp4

this should fix it

edit: you'll also need to change the audio encoder, as you don't have 'libvo_aacenc'
run this command and look for one with a capital E at the start

ffmpeg -codec | grep aac

you'll need to substitude this codec in this script:

sed -ie 's|libvo_aacenc|CodecGoesHere|' $HOME/Scripts/2mp4

[dre3]

you're not using ffmpeg from the repos, you'll have to change the file to match the git vrrsions format requirements, in this case, run in the terminal

 sed -ie 's|b 128k|b:a 128k|;s|b 1200k|b:v 1200k|' $HOME/Scripts/2mp4

this should fix it edit: you'll also need to change the audio encoder, as you don't have 'libvo_aacenc' run this command and look for one with a capital E at the start

ffmpeg -codec | grep aac

you'll need to substitude this codec in this script:

sed -ie 's|libvo_aacenc|CodecGoesHere|' $HOME/Scripts/2mp4

I ran the command didnt see anything with a capital E, this is what i got: ajohn@johnson-laptop:~$ ffmpeg -codec | grep aac ffmpeg version git-2012-03-29-282ec72 Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the FFmpeg developers built on Mar 29 2012 10:16:20 with gcc 4.4.3 configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-libfaac --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-nonfree --enable-version3 --enable-x11grab libavutil 51. 44.100 / 51. 44.100 libavcodec 54. 12.100 / 54. 12.100 libavformat 54. 3.100 / 54. 3.100 libavdevice 53. 4.100 / 53. 4.100 libavfilter 2. 66.101 / 2. 66.101 libswscale 2. 1.100 / 2. 1.100 libswresample 0. 10.100 / 0. 10.100 libpostproc 52. 0.100 / 52. 0.100 Missing argument for option 'code

[HiImTye]

whoops, that should be

ffmpeg -codecs | grep aac

[andrew.46]

Syntax has changed for the most recent FFmpeg:

andrew@skamandros~$ ffmpeg -encoders 2>/dev/null | grep aac
 A..X.. aac                  AAC (Advanced Audio Coding)
 A..... libfaac              libfaac AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) (codec aac)
 A..... libfdk_aac           Fraunhofer FDK AAC (codec aac)

The key for the letters at the beginning:

Encoders:
 V..... = Video
 A..... = Audio
 S..... = Subtitle
 .F.... = Frame-level multithreading
 ..S... = Slice-level multithreading
 ...X.. = Codec is experimental
 ....B. = Supports draw_horiz_band
 .....D = Supports direct rendering method 1

This is of course if you decide to go with FakeOutdoorsman's wiki page...