Formatting For PS4 Pro

[Spottedfeather]

Any idea about if it's possible to change an H.265 file to H.264 ? I used that code, or a similar one, to convert an mkv file to mp4 so that my PS4 could see it, but it still won't play because even though the video is now mp4, it's still H.265, and not H.264.

Use clever FFmpeg-GUI.
Start it an follow the instructions.
Then load your carol.mkv and follow the steps shown below.


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okay. I was able to encode the file, but I must have done something wrong because there was no sound. Looks like ANOTHER day of multiple hours of trying to figure this out...

[johns0]

You don't need to re-encode again,just use the program to join the original audio with the encoded video.

[ProWo]

okay. I was able to encode the file, but I must have done something wrong because there was no sound. Looks like ANOTHER day of multiple hours of trying to figure this out...

You did everything right.

The rest is done in minutes.
You just have to mux the other streams with the new video stream.

To do this, load your 4k carol.mkv, click main page, click multiplex.
You will see all streams (video, audio and subtitles) of your original video in light blue color.
Now drag & drop the newly encoded video into the multiplex grid.
It will be displayed in turquoise. Now deselect the light blue video stream (on the left-hand side).
All other streams should remain selected.
Select mp4 as container at the bottom and click multiplex.
Done.

If the new video still cannot be played on your PS4, change the profile level.
This is also an operation that takes very little time and does not result in any loss of quality.
To do this, load your newly muxed video, click main page, click various, click Change P-Level.
Select 4.2 (at set new level) and click Change.
This will change the entire video. You can use the output directly, without other operations.

[Spottedfeather]

You don't need to re-encode again,just use the program to join the original audio with the encoded video.

I kind of DO have to encode again, as I thought the file was defective and deleted it. Nobody told me the audio would be separate. It wasn't in the cmd version of ffmpeg...

[ProWo]

I kind of DO have to encode again, as I thought the file was defective and deleted it. Nobody told me the audio would be separate. It wasn't in the cmd version of ffmpeg...

If you encode the videostream again, if finished, click on mutiplex.
The new encoded stream is alreday present (in green color).
No need to import anything else.
Follow the instructions from my previous post.

[Spottedfeather]

[QUOTE=ProWo;2755376]

I kind of DO have to encode again, as I thought the file was defective and deleted it. Nobody told me the audio would be separate. It wasn't in the cmd version of ffmpeg...

If you encode the videostream again, if finished, click on mutiplex.
The new encoded stream is alreday present (in green color).
No need to import anything else.
Follow the instructions from my previous post.

that seems to have worked. The only problem is that the subtitles are on by default. Any idea of how to change that ?

[ProWo]

Post a mediainfo report (text mode) from the new video here.

[Spottedfeather]

Post a mediainfo report (text mode) from the new video here.

Don't think that there's a need for that. After I last posted, I did some more searching and found a program called MkvDefaultTrackChanger. This lets you change the default subtitle track on mkv files. It seems to have worked.

Man, I wish I knew more about tech stuff. This has been a lot more complicated than it probably should have been...