Need help converting batch video files!

[tcarp]

Hello everyone! I am brand new to this forum, so thanks again for any help!!

So anyways I have like 1000 video files, in.mov format.

I need to convert the .mov to .mp4 and generate 30 second videos previews starting from around the 1 minute mark of each video till about a minute and a half. I have heard about ffmpeg but I have no idea how to use it.

How can I do that ? Is there any solution?

I really appreciate if anyone can help me out.

Thanks!!
Tom

[Baldrick]

https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/356314-How-to-batch-convert-multiplex-any-files-with-ffmpeg

and the command to cut,

-ss 00:01:00 -t 00:00:30

So

for %%a in ("*.mov") do ffmpeg -i "%%a" -vcodec copy -acodec copy -ss 00:01:00 -t 00:00:30  "newfiles\%%~na.mp4"
pause

[Baldrick]

THis is for windows but it shouldn't be that difficult to make a similar batch for mac. THe ffmpeg command is the same.

[tcarp]

thanks so much really appreciate it!!