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  1. is there any command convert 720p video to lower bitrate 480p using ffmpeg CMD
    Last edited by grabyea; 28th Sep 2021 at 20:52.
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    yes there is. Any reason you require FFmpeg?
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  3. The basic command is:
    Code:
    ffmpeg -i source.mp4 -vf scale=-4:480 -c:v libx264 -b:v X -c:a copy output.mp4
    Change the video bitrate (-b:v X) to something lower than the source bitrate. For example, if your source has a video bitrate of 3000k, using "-b:v 1500k" will get a video stream that's half the size of the source video stream (the file may not be half the size because the size of the audio isn't changing).
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  4. bad section. this is Video Streaming Downloading section.
    for your question is better Video Conversion or Editing section.
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  5. Originally Posted by jagabo View Post
    The basic command is:
    Code:
    ffmpeg -i source.mp4 -vf scale=-4:480 -c:v libx264 -b:v X -c:a copy output.mp4
    Change the video bitrate (-b:v X) to something lower than the source bitrate. For example, if your source has a video bitrate of 3000k, using "-b:v 1500k" will get a video stream that's half the size of the source video stream (the file may not be half the size because the size of the audio isn't changing).

    THANKS its worked

    also check this thread
    https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/403271-convert-ts-to-mp4-using-ffmpeg
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  6. bad section. this is Video Streaming Downloading section.
    for your question is better Video Conversion or Editing section.
    Indeed. “Video conversion” or “Newbies / General discussions” (no editing issue here).

    ffmpeg -i source.mp4 -vf scale=-4:480 -c:v libx264 -b:v X -c:a copy output.mp4
    Unless you have specific size constraints, it's more efficient to use a CRF setting (“Constant Rate Factor”), which is basically a target quality setting. That way you don't have to guesstimate the optimal bitrate for each video and each set of parameters, the encoder does it on its own, and the quality will be consistent when processing various files with the same CRF setting. (For instance, if a whole season of a television series is processed with the same target bitrate, and some episodes have little action and a good lighting, while others are full of action-packed scenes shot at night with heavy rain, the resulting quality of the latter videos will be significantly worse, because those characteristics intrinsically increase the frames' complexity and therefore the bitrate requirement.) A CRF value of 20 is usually considered a good compromise between compression and quality preservation (a lower value like 18 yields a slightly better quality but larger files, a higher value like 22 yields smaller files but the quality loss is slightly higher — the threshold between what is acceptable and what is egregiously overcompressed is highly variable depending on who you ask). Also you can specify a “preset”, which will affect both the resulting quality and the encoding time. If you're not in a hurry and/or have a powerful computer, using “slower” or “veryslow” should yield smaller files and/or a better encoding quality ; if you have an old computer and/or want to use the file ASAP, using “faster” or “veryfast” should speed up the encoding a great deal, but the compression will be less optimized with regards to the size and/or quality (the default being “medium”, which is supposedly a good compromize between speed / size / quality with a current mid-range machine).
    Code:
    ffmpeg -i "source.mp4" -vf scale=-4:480 -c:v libx264 -crf 20 -preset slower -c:a copy output.mp4
    Last edited by abolibibelot; 4th Oct 2021 at 13:19.
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  7. Originally Posted by jagabo View Post
    The basic command is:
    Code:
    ffmpeg -i source.mp4 -vf scale=-4:480 -c:v libx264 -b:v X -c:a copy output.mp4
    Change the video bitrate (-b:v X) to something lower than the source bitrate. For example, if your source has a video bitrate of 3000k, using "-b:v 1500k" will get a video stream that's half the size of the source video stream (the file may not be half the size because the size of the audio isn't changing).
    and 1080p to 720p? command?
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  8. replace -vf scale=-4:480 with -vf scale=-1:720
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  9. With "-vf scale=X:Y" the first number (X) is the desired width, the second number (Y) the desired height. If the value is a negative number ffmpeg will automatically calculate the value based on the other dimension but will be rounded to the nearest multiple of -N. Progressive YV12 video requires mod2 widths and heights, interlaced YV12 requires mod 4 heights, mod2 widths. Some players require mod4 for both width and height. I recommend you stick with mod4 to be safe (even though it may give a small aspect ratio error).

    For example, if you start with a 1920x1080 video and downscale to 900 pixels wide with "-vf scale=900:-4" ffmpeg will calculate the height to nearest mod4 value (integer multiple of 4, ie 4, 8, 12, 16, 20...). The perfect height would be 506.25 but the height has to be an integer. The nearest integer is 506 but that is mod2, not mod4 (506/4=126.5). 508 is the nearest mod4 value to 506.25 (508/4=127). That results in about a 1/2 percent aspect ratio error -- but you won't notice that small an error upon viewing the new video.
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  10. @lomero
    @jagabo

    THANKS
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  11. @lomero
    @jagabo

    from last few days if i try to download live strea =m m38 url in streamlink its giving this error but when i uninstall and install streamlink again it only works 1 time and than again eror any idea whats wrong?

    Could Not Find C:\Program Files (x86)\Streamlink\Python\VCRUNTIME140.dll.dat
    File "J:\Streamlink\bin\streamlink.exe", line 1
    SyntaxError: Non-UTF-8 code starting with '\x90' in file J:\Streamlink\bin\streamlink.exe on line 1, but no encoding declared; see http://python.org/dev/peps/pep-0263/ for details

    i have tried all streamlink version new and

    im using this command since long time never had issue but now

    streamlink "m3u8 link" best -o video.ts
    Last edited by grabyea; 24th Nov 2021 at 20:25.
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  12. Try (re)installing Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Runtime: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=48145
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  13. Originally Posted by grabyea View Post
    @lomero
    @jagabo

    from last few days if i try to download live strea =m m38 url in streamlink its giving this error but when i uninstall and install streamlink again it only works 1 time and than again eror any idea whats wrong?

    Could Not Find C:\Program Files (x86)\Streamlink\Python\VCRUNTIME140.dll.dat
    File "J:\Streamlink\bin\streamlink.exe", line 1
    SyntaxError: Non-UTF-8 code starting with '\x90' in file J:\Streamlink\bin\streamlink.exe on line 1, but no encoding declared; see http://python.org/dev/peps/pep-0263/ for details

    i have tried all streamlink version new and

    im using this command since long time never had issue but now

    streamlink "m3u8 link" best -o video.ts
    You've answered your own question without realising it.
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  14. Originally Posted by lomero View Post
    replace -vf scale=-4:480 with -vf scale=-1:720
    lomero and 720p to 1080p command?
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  15. This was already explained in post #9.

    replace -vf scale=-4:480 with -vf scale=-4:1080
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  16. Originally Posted by jagabo View Post
    This was already explained in post #9.

    replace -vf scale=-4:480 with -vf scale=-4:1080
    jagabo i use this replace -vf scale=-4:480 with -vf scale=-1:1080


    4:1080 is important? or can i also use 1:1080
    Last edited by grabyea; 5th Nov 2022 at 19:33.
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  17. Never allow mod 1 with subsampled chroma (4:1:1, 4:2:0, 4:2:2). I prefer to use mod 4 instead of mod 2 because some old players have problems with mod 2. And interlaced video must be mod 4 vertically.
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  18. Originally Posted by jagabo View Post
    Never allow mod 1 with subsampled chroma (4:1:1, 4:2:0, 4:2:2). I prefer to use mod 4 instead of mod 2 because some old players have problems with mod 2. And interlaced video must be mod 4 vertically.

    ok and final

    1080p to 720

    replace -vf scale=-4:480 with -vf scale=-1:720 fine or 4:720 ?
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  19. The scale filter resizes any input size to the specified output size. Once again, I prefer to use mod 4 sizes.
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