Transcode while you are Downloading

[mreccentric]

I'm trying to find something that can trans code the Video Codec and Audio Codec of a file that i'm going to download from a website, with a specific url. The problem is that i have a really slow internet speed, i can use this time in transcoding (decoding and encoding) that file from H264 to MPEG4, so that it can be played on my media player.

So, i'm requesting for an Download and Transcode at-the-same-time type of solution. I did hear about one of that kind, but it doesn't work, which i tried long ago.

[Selur]

should be possible with vlc: http://2buntu.com/1383/downloading-youtube-videos-and-format-conversion-with-vlc/

[mreccentric]

that was nice, but doesn't show the progress. any other alternatives?
but where does it dump the temp files?

Isn't seems like working for me though.

[Selur]

> Isn't seems like working for me though.
Used it years ago and it worked then.

>but where does it dump the temp files?
no, clue probably inside the system temp folder or inside the system memory

> any other alternatives?
ffmpeg is probably able to do the same, but you would have to read up an ffmpegs syntax
http://sonnati.wordpress.com/2011/07/11/ffmpeg-the-swiss-army-knife-of-internet-streaming-part-i/ (part 1 to 6) and http://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.html are a good start to understand the basics of ffmpeg.


As a side note: at least to me it's unclear what your target format is, since H.264 already is a video format which is part of MPEG-4. (H.264 = MPEG-4 AVC)

[mreccentric]

my media player supports MPEG4, and not the later versions of it.

Will try the latest version of VLC and then come back here.

[mreccentric]

Having problem with it. It does not encode properly to MPEG4. Moreover, should i check the deinterlace button to encode from h264?

[poisondeathray]

Create custom profile .

In the convert dialog box, right beside profile, there will be a button (looks like a wrench and screwdriverm, if you mouse over it , it will say "edit selected profile") . Push that and select what you want. Eg. Encapsulation => AVI, Video Codec => Divx3 or MPEG4 (not sure which one will work for you) , Audio => MP3 and your options like bitrate

You usually don't need to deinterlace videos hat are streamed from the web (they are already progressive)

[mreccentric]

hi,
i have a .mov files and .mkv files on a server, i'm trying download it. So, it's not a streaming video. BTW, they are 100's of MB big. How do i know whether the video requires to be deinterlaced or not.

[poisondeathray]

You may decide to deinterlace it if the video is interlaced. Or you might keep it interlaced. There is no way to tell the nature of the video accurately without examining at the video. Very unlikely the mkv is interlaced, and it's pretty unlikely the mov is interlaced

[mreccentric]

it might sound insane, but this vlc stream and convert isn't working properly for me.