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vincent_x

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Dec 21, 2007 19:03

I like macports.org. ffmpeg downloaded and compiled nicely, and I think that all of the libraries that I'll need came down with it too. Now I need to play with it to see if I can get some nice mpeg2 to h.264 on the command line ( Read more... )

ffmpeg, transcoding, macports.org

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ireneadler December 22 2007, 03:31:52 UTC

So my laptop has finally bit the dust so I ordered a MacBook at last. Very Exciting.

porsupah December 27 2007, 04:29:58 UTC

Or cheat, and open the application bundle for ffmpegX to reveal all the CLI utilities within. =:) But yes, MacPorts and Fink are wonderful.

Though, if you're going from DVD file structures, or actual DVDs, HandBrake's H.264 support is excellent - go to the advanced options, and voilà! All the tweaks, handily exposed, with helpful (if ephemeral) tooltips for each.

vincent_x December 27 2007, 11:38:07 UTC

I have tried ffmpegX several times and never got out of it what I wanted, well, actually I never got anything, even using the presets. I drag my MPEG2 file onto the input and then select a preset and the progress bar instantly hits 'Done' and I have an empty file. Also, the tools that come with the most recent ffmpegX that I can find (0.0.9x from ffmpegx.com) are also PPC, so not really too useful to me. I do wonder if the ffmpegX project is dead or not.

Handbrake has recently become very nice though, not only supporting DVDs but also allowing you to use plain MPEG2 files as well. I just need to play a bit more to try and get better results, probably shrinking the frame size that I have a little bit (I have slightly lossy compression from Japanese TV).