Probably a dumb question but I cant work out what the differences are with FFMPEG, MPLAYER, and MENCODER or which one I should use.
They all seem to be from the same company, but Im not quite sure why the different software. Some sites say use FFMPEG for conversions and other say use MPLAYER, but then there is also MENCODER
What I would like to do is I have a directory on my server with around 100 videos of all different formats. I would like something where I can batch convert all these videos for use on my video ipod. I can of course download them and do it that way locally, but would prefer to do it server side so other people can access them as well.
I have played around with ffmpeg having read various posts and this is what I have come up with.
I am a linux dummie - so this could possibly be much better - let me know if it could be please
find . -exec ffmpeg -i {} -f mp4 -vcodec mpeg4 -maxrate 2000 -b 1500 -qmin 3 -qmax 5 -bufsize 4096 -g 300 -acodec aac -ar 44100 -ab 128 -s 320×240 -aspect 4:3 converted/{}.mp4 \;
The problem with the above is that it only say converts about 1/3 of the videos successfully, and wont change the file extension - eg angus.mov becomes angus.mov.mp4
Any constructive feedback would be GREATLY appreciated. Its doing my head in
