How to convert mov to m4v?

[rstuff]

I took some videos with my camera, a Finepix hs25exr, that came out in the mov format. When recording the videos the count down time would only give me 29 minutes and I would have to restart the video. I am using a 32 Gb sd card so space should not have been a problem. I was able to get the mov files converted to m4v using HandBrake and the m4v files play ok but when I merged the m4v files using mp4box the audio was wrong. The audio did not sound fast or slow but it sounded like I got the wrong audio with video.

Is there a better way to compress and merge these mov files? I saw where this camera was able to save as mov or h.264 but I have not found where to change it yet. Would h.264 have been a better format? I am using linux mint.

Thank you

[Bernix]

Hi,
afaik MOV is container and h.264 is codec standard. You can post Mediainfo, but I think you recording to MOV which contains h264 codec.
You can post it here as text.
You can try Mkvtoolnix to merge files together and make MKV file. Maybe you will have better results.
Isnt the camera bit hot after the 30 mins. of recording ? Maybe therefore the limit. Or it is because of container size limits.

Bernix

[rstuff]

The camera does not get hot when recording video. I just stop and restart it but I have to watch for a good break point. From what I can find out is it looks like Europe taxes video cameras more and if it can take 30 minutes of video then they consider it a video camera. Most camera makers just make one camera instead of making a separate one for Europe with a shorter record time.

I wasn't familiar with the MKV format. I thought that h.264 was the standard. I will do some research on the MKV format. I wanted a format with good compression that everyone could use.

Thank you

[Bernix]

With Mkvtoolnix you only merge the two files together. Test if audio is o.k. and then you can use for recommpressing f.e. Avidemux or Handbrake. To x264 and your bitrate depends on your desired resolution of the final video. If is it 1920x1080 I would try Constant RF about 18-20. Lower number better quality but bigger file.
If I were you I would use avidemux. You can setup encoder here as you wish with graphical interface. Handbrake latest versions dont gave you this possibility. At least AFAIK.
MKV container is very good and universal, so I would keep it in this container.

Bernix

[El Heggunte]

FWIW, L-Smash remuxer supports the M4V format.

Caveat: L-Smash is incredibly "picky", and expects the input files are "compliant-enough".