How to batch convert/multiplex any files with ffmpeg

[canizes]

Thank you very very much Sneaker!

It worked!!!!

Thanks once again!

[windranger]

Good!

[Gmn466]

Hello,

Could someone possibly help me with a code for converting 10bit 265 to 8bit 265? I have tried a ton of things and i can’t get it to work. This is for the ffmpeg Batch converter. Thanks in advance.

[ProWo]

Could someone possibly help me with a code for converting 10bit 265 to 8bit 265? I have tried a ton of things and i can’t get it to work. This is for the ffmpeg Batch converter. Thanks in advance.

Try my clever-FFmpeg-GUI

[Gmn466]

Is this an entire new app? I can’t just plug the code into the ffmpeg batch

[Eibol]

Is this an entire new app? I can’t just plug the code into the ffmpeg batch

Hi, have you tried something like this:

-map 0 -c:v libx265 -profile main -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:a copy -c:s copy

Cheers
Eibol

[Gmn466]

Is this an entire new app? I can’t just plug the code into the ffmpeg batch

Hi, have you tried something like this:

-map 0 -c:v libx265 -profile main -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:a copy -c:s copy

Cheers
Eibol

THANK YOU. I wasn’t even close to this.


Is the 420p section of that code the quality level?

[jagabo]

Is the 420p section of that code the quality level?

No, it's the conversion from 10 bit to 8 bit.

[Eibol]

Is this an entire new app? I can’t just plug the code into the ffmpeg batch

Hi, have you tried something like this:

-map 0 -c:v libx265 -profile main -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:a copy -c:s copy

Cheers
Eibol

THANK YOU. I wasn’t even close to this.


Is the 420p section of that code the quality level?

Hi, I forgot to add some quality parameter. -crf 23 should generate a good quality/size ratio.

-map 0 -c:v libx265 -crf 23 -profile main -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:a copy -c:s copy

[emcodem]

@Baldrick
you want to change the zeranoe link on the first post to something like https://github.com/BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds/releases ?

[Baldrick]

@Baldrick
you want to change the zeranoe link on the first post to something like https://github.com/BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds/releases ?

Nope, but to https://www.videohelp.com/software/ffmpeg

[Guernsey]

Do you have an updated version of this batch method? Or does it still work for every version FFMPEG?

[SF01]

OK, I have this:
for %A in ("*.*") do ffmpeg -i "input\%~nA.*" -c:v libx264 -profile:v main -crf 16 -filter:v "crop=702:576:9:0,scale=768:576,setsar=1" -c:a aac -b:a 384k "output\%~nA.mp4"
And it spews out this error:
C:\Users\HP\Documents\xxx- miniDV\ffmpeg.*: Invalid argument
C:\Users\HP\Documents\xxx- miniDV\ffplay.*: Invalid argument
C:\Users\HP\Documents\xxx- miniDV\ffprobe.*: Invalid argument
or
C:\Users\HP\Documents\xxx- miniDV\ffmpeg: No such file or directory
C:\Users\HP\Documents\xxx- miniDV\ffplay: No such file or directory
C:\Users\HP\Documents\xxx- miniDV\ffprobe: No such file or directory
Any ideas?

[Eibol]

Maybe blank spaces in the path, no idea. Anyway, you may wish to try with with FFmpeg Batch AV Converter, batch ffmpeg made easy (for Windows).

OK, I have this:
for %A in ("*.*") do ffmpeg -i "input\%~nA.*" -c:v libx264 -profile:v main -crf 16 -filter:v "crop=702:576:9:0,scale=768:576,setsar=1" -c:a aac -b:a 384k "output\%~nA.mp4"
And it spews out this error:
C:\Users\HP\Documents\xxx- miniDV\ffmpeg.*: Invalid argument
C:\Users\HP\Documents\xxx- miniDV\ffplay.*: Invalid argument
C:\Users\HP\Documents\xxx- miniDV\ffprobe.*: Invalid argument
or
C:\Users\HP\Documents\xxx- miniDV\ffmpeg: No such file or directory
C:\Users\HP\Documents\xxx- miniDV\ffplay: No such file or directory
C:\Users\HP\Documents\xxx- miniDV\ffprobe: No such file or directory
Any ideas?

[SF01]

Blank spaces are dealt with by using "" in the paths.
I don't need another piece of software, if this one as working fine.

[Baldrick]

Where do you have ffmpeg.exe ?

[SF01]

In ffmpeg folder, I go there first:
cd "C:\Users\HP\Downloads\ffmpeg-20180828-26dc763-win64-static\bin"

[vidcutter]

Hello!

FFmpeg Butch AV converter is a great tool.
But I miss many functions which are good to work with in the console.

Especially the function SPLITT is missing in parts!
Split in time and size (MB) is available, but how can I split a directory with multiple videos e.g. into 6 parts???


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Also I miss the function to cut out a part of e.g. 1 minute from the video in the middle.
With TRIM I can only cut the beginning and end, but how can I cut exactly from the time at the beginning a part of e.g. 1 minute after?

Maybe someone can help.

[Eibol]

Hi, the trim feature allows to cut from specific time markers, for example from 00:01:00 to 00:02:00 for every file on the list. You need to uncheck "Start/end" below.

The split feature cannot trim yet by specific numbre of chunks. I can't find a case in which this coul be useful, depending on source file size, output chunks will be of different sizes.

Hello!

FFmpeg Butch AV converter is a great tool.
But I miss many functions which are good to work with in the console.

Especially the function SPLITT is missing in parts!
Split in time and size (MB) is available, but how can I split a directory with multiple videos e.g. into 6 parts???


[Attachment 62376 - Click to enlarge]

Also I miss the function to cut out a part of e.g. 1 minute from the video in the middle.
With TRIM I can only cut the beginning and end, but how can I cut exactly from the time at the beginning a part of e.g. 1 minute after?

Maybe someone can help.

[FilipinDuMatin]

I need something big... I need to merge like 2 audios in just one, mono, but using batch and converting these in subdirectores

I have this to make conversion in subdirectores, using batch file:
@echo off & setlocal
FOR /r %%i in (*.ogg) do ffmpeg -i "%%~fi" "%%~dpni666.ogg"
pause

I have this to merge two audios
ffmpeg -i "%%~fi" drums.ogg -i "%%~fi" guitar.ogg -filter_complex amix=inputs=2:duration=longest -ac 1 -ar 44100 -vol 1500 "%%~dpni666.ogg"
But when I use it with the previous command it doesn't work properly, I think it happens due to the subdirectores conversion. What can I do?

[SF01]

So you have audios?
And not using DAW?
Multiple directories could be problematic.

[jagabo]

I need something big... I need to merge like 2 audios in just one, mono, but using batch and converting these in subdirectores

So each folder has a file called drums.ogg and another file called guitar.ogg? And you want to mix them to a new file in the same folder? LIke:

C:\Folder 1\drums.ogg
C:\Folder 1\guitar.ogg
C:\Folder 1\mix.ogg

[iKron]

can someone please help me to make a batch script for following condition.

i have bunch of mkv files, some audio bitrate may be 640kbps some might have 128kbps. i want to create a batch script if audio bitrate is higher than 256kbps batch script will run.

for %%a in ("*.*") do ffmpeg -i "%%a" -c:v libx264 -preset slow -crf 20 -c:a libvo_aacenc -b:a 256k "newfiles\%%~na.mp4"
pause

[Bigo2]

Hello everybody - I would like to ask please:
Using the MKVToolNix in the Global tag -> Global options there is a possibility to put on the Tag file line a special text xml file, which when muxed in the mkv video file it will appear in the MediaInfo program, General, as a new text line.
My question is: can this be done (and how) using the FFmped?
Thanks
Regards

[kamalakar108]

Thank you very much sir. Using this thread i am able to split all files in my folder into multiple files based on time stamp.

for %%a in ("*.*") do ffmpeg -i "%%a" -f segment -segment_time 60 -c copy "splitfiles\%%~na%%02d.amr"

Regards
kamalakar

[DarrellS]

I'm assuming that ffmpeg does not support h264.

[SF01]

I'm assuming that ffmpeg does not support h264.

Why?
I batch convert stuff to mp4 with libx264 in ffmpeg.

[hydra3333]

I'm assuming that ffmpeg does not support h264.

Why?
I batch convert stuff to mp4 with libx264 in ffmpeg.

Is that using the non-free version of ffmpeg ?
There's the free openh264 codec in it I suppose.

[jagabo]

I'm assuming that ffmpeg does not support h264.

ffmpeg includes several h.264 encoders and decoders.

https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-codecs.html

To get a list of supported codecs in your build:

ffmpeg -codecs

To get a list of options specific to libx264:

ffmpeg -? encoder=libx264

Etc.

[DarrellS]

I've tried using FFMPEG Batch AV Converter to copy my mkv files to avi so I can open them in Gif Movie Gear but it does not work. I've tried four or five batch files and none of them have worked.

I was able to extract the the mkv files as h264 AVI with separate mp3 files and .h264 files with MKVcleaver but I cannot find a way to batch mux the avi and mp3 files into an avi container. The tutorial I tried used a mkvmerge GUI that muxed to AVI but that old GUI is nowhere to be found on the internet. I tried the mux batch file on the 1st page but it failed on every file also.

I've been trying to find a solution for this problem for a week. Hoping to convert all the files at once but it is looking like I will just have to use avidemux or Virtualdub to mux each file one at a time. I probably would be done by now if I had started a week ago.