Reencode avi files

funnsoup · 08-04-2013, 08:56 PM

Hello all,

I have a collection of Sony Bluray players that will not play some avi files that I have. The files are not corrupted and will play on a computer fine. I have tried to use ffmpeg and handbrake to reencode these files into another format but so far no luck.

Here is a sample of the ffmpeg batch conversion that I am trying to do.

for name in *.avi; do ffmpeg -vcodec libx264 -i "$name" "${name/.avi/.mp4}"; done;

Needless to say it is not working...

Thanks!

frankbell · 08-04-2013, 09:17 PM

What error messages, if any, do you get when you run this?

funnsoup · 08-04-2013, 09:53 PM

Sorry I thought I posted that.

ffmpeg version 0.8.6-4:0.8.6-0ubuntu0.12.04.1, Copyright (c) 2000-2013 the Libav developers
built on Apr 2 2013 17:02:36 with gcc 4.6.3
*** THIS PROGRAM IS DEPRECATED ***
This program is only provided for compatibility and will be removed in a future release. Please use avconv instead.
Unknown decoder 'libx264'

jdkaye · 08-05-2013, 12:12 AM

Quote:

This program is only provided for compatibility and will be removed in a future release. Please use avconv instead.

So I have you tried doing that?
jdk

funnsoup · 08-05-2013, 02:24 AM

avconv is just going to replace ffmpeg as far as I know but at this point it is just as functional.

Anyway I have been testing on a single file with the following witch gives a working mp4 file however nothing that I can play from my dlna server to my blurays.

avconv -i ./'Cancun 2006'.avi -r 23.98 -vcodec libx264 -acodec libvo_aacenc -ab 128 ./'Cancun 2006'.mp4

Any thoughts?

H_TeXMeX_H · 08-05-2013, 04:08 AM

You should look in the manual for the player and see what codecs and formats it supports.

funnsoup · 08-05-2013, 07:32 PM

From the manual...

MPEG-4 AVC (.mkv, .mp4, .m4v, .m2ts, .mts)

I have been trying to get the results of the reencoded avi file to match up to a pull from a dvd using ffprobe or avprobe. Getting close but so far the dlna bluray players are still not liking the files.

The libx264 is compliant with mpeg4 avc so I am not sure of the hangup

Here is the most recent command.

avconv -i ./'Cancun 2006'.avi -r 23.98 -s 720x360 -c:v libx264 -preset slow -crf 22 -c:a libvo_aacenc -ar 48000 -ac 2 -ab 128 ./'Cancun 2006'.mp4

Thanks!

H_TeXMeX_H · 08-06-2013, 03:09 AM

Try the .mkv container. You may also want to try constant bitrate if the manual states any such limits.

funnsoup · 08-07-2013, 12:59 AM

It didn't say but I needed a constrained baseline not the main as it was defaulting to using.

Thanks for all the help!