Converting video of any format to MOV or MP4 Linux/Debian

[lordshadow]

Hi all, am new here so hello to everyone!!

I discovered this link: https://forum.videohelp.com/topic355179.html

But I am wondering if there is a Linux alternative, preferably one that will run on Debian?

I am using the Darwin Streaming Server and was wondering what tools there might be to convert my videos to MOV and MP4?

They need to be hinted aswell so not sure what to do really.

Any advise would be great thanks!!!

Also for rtsp streaming what ports do I need to open on my NAT? Don't know if is Darwin specific or rtsp protocol specific? Thanks again!

[Baldrick]

Use ffmpeg and convert to h264 with aac into a mp4. Maybe not as good as the x264 converter though.

See http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:TK96XlO5grYJ:rob.opendot.cl/index.php/useful-stuf...ient=firefox-a

[lordshadow]

hmm wierd, I attempted pass 1 with code:

ffmpeg -i Wargames.avi -an -pass 1 -vcodec libx264 -b BIT_RATE -flags +loop -cmp +chroma -partitions +parti4x4+partp8x8+partb8x8 -me epzs -subq 1 -trellis 0 -refs 1 -bf 16 -b_strategy 1 -coder 1 -me_range 16 -g 250 -keyint_min 25 -sc_threshold 40 -i_qfactor 0.71 -bt BIT_RATE -rc_eq 'blurCplx^(1-qComp)' -qcomp 0.6 -qmin 10 -qmax 51 -qdiff 4 wargames.mp4

and got the result:

FFmpeg version SVN-rUNKNOWN, Copyright (c) 2000-2007 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
  configuration: --prefix=/usr --libdir=${prefix}/lib --shlibdir=${prefix}/lib --incdir=${prefix}/include/ffmpeg --enable-shared --enable-libmp3lame --enable-gpl --enable-libfaad --mandir=${prefix}/share/man --enable-libvorbis --enable-pthreads --enable-libfaac --enable-xvid --enable-libdts --enable-amr_nb --enable-amr_wb --enable-pp --enable-libogg --enable-libgsm --enable-x264 --enable-liba52 --enable-libtheora --extra-cflags=-Wall -g -fPIC -DPIC --cc=ccache cc --enable-swscaler
  libavutil version: 49.4.0
  libavcodec version: 51.40.2
  libavformat version: 51.11.0
  built on Feb  4 2008 14:45:57, gcc: 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)

Seems stream 0 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 23.98 (65535/2733) -> 23.98 (2997/125)
Input #0, avi, from 'Wargames.avi':
  Duration: 01:52:45.8, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1850 kb/s
  Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 720x400, 23.98 fps(r)
  Stream #0.1: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5:1, 384 kb/s
Unknown codec 'libx264'

I'm not sure why it doesn't have the codec?

[lordshadow]

Ok I figured out the codec; that was h265 on my system

However the whole code:

ffmpeg -i INPUT -an -pass 1 -vcodec libx264 -b BIT_RATE -flags +loop -cmp +chroma -partitions +parti4x4+partp8x8+partb8x8 -me epzs -subq 1 -trellis 0 -refs 1 -bf 16 -b_strategy 1 -coder 1 -me_range 16 -g 250 -keyint_min 25 -sc_threshold 40 -i_qfactor 0.71 -bt BIT_RATE -rc_eq 'blurCplx^(1-qComp)' -qcomp 0.6 -qmin 10 -qmax 51 -qdiff 4 OUTPUT.mp4

from the link is giving me errors??

Unknown option -b unrecognized option -bt? am gona keep trying to take the unrecognized stuff out but I fear it wont transcode then!

[lordshadow]

hmm without the -b and -bt options it seemed to work?

Do I need the options?

[lordshadow]

Right more bad news I'm afraid;

after pass one of the mp4 encode everyhting worked fine, I transferred the file over to my streaming server and again Darwin Streaming server didn't like it?

I don't know what to do anymore

[Baldrick]

What formats that does the darwin streaming server support? Maybe must you use another mp4muxer.

[lordshadow]

Supports MOV and MP4 formats

However I recall reading somewhere that they have to be hinted?

[Baldrick]

You can hint using mp4creator,
http://streaming411.com/wiki/index.php?title=Encoding_prerecorded_video#Hinting_mp4_files

[lordshadow]

I had a look at that before I posted here, it is meant to come with the mpeg4ip suite right?

In Debian I downloaded mpeg4ip which gives me these packages:

libmpeg4ip-0 - end-to-end system to explore streaming multimedia
libmpeg4ip-dev - end-to-end system to explore streaming multimedia
libmpeg4ip-doc - end-to-end system to explore streaming multimedia - documentation
mpeg4ip-server - end-to-end system to explore streaming multimedia
mpeg4ip-utils - end-to-end system to explore streaming multimedia

I got the mpeg4-utils package and the mpeg4-server package however mp4creator didn't seem to be amongst them at all??

I'm confused!

[lordshadow]

If I have to compile it from source:

the project doesn't seem to have any downloads http://mpeg4ip.sourceforge.net/downloads/index.php

All it says is that the tarball is corrupt.

Where can I get it from then?

[lordshadow]

hmm after more google'ing i found V. 1.5

however it's not compiling properly.

I typed the make and make install commands after issuing the ./bootstrap as suggested by the website documentation but the make keeps exiting for some reason?