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vlc="/usr/bin/vlc" | vlc="/usr/bin/vlc" | ||
fmt="VOB" | fmt="VOB" | ||
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for a in *$fmt; do | for a in *$fmt; do | ||
| − | $vlc -I dummy -vvv "$a" --sout "#transcode{vcodec=$vcodec,vb=$bitrate,acodec=$acodec,ab=$arate,channels=6}:standard{mux=$mux,dst=\"$a.$ext\",access=file}" vlc:quit | + | $vlc -I dummy -vvv "./$a" --sout "#transcode{vcodec=$vcodec,vb=$bitrate,acodec=$acodec,ab=$arate,channels=6}:standard{mux=$mux,dst=\"$dst$a.$ext\",access=file}" vlc:quit |
done | done | ||
Revision as of 00:00, 31 May 2007
Idea
The idea is to use VLC to do some batch work to encode or transcode multiple files one after each other, without having to care about it.
You may want to transcode all your videotheque to another format to play them on an IPod, a Zune, a PS3 or a Xbox.
Codecs / Muxers
You have to choose the correct codecs for the device you want to transcode for.
We choose here H.264 with AAC in a MPEG-2/TS muxer as an example.
Command Lines
Windows
for %%a in (*.VOB) do "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc" -I dummy -vvv %%a --sout=#transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=1024,acodec=mp4a,ab=192,channels=2,deinterlace}:standard{access=file,mux=ts,dst=%%a.mpg} vlc:quit
Unix / Linux
vcodec="h264"
acodec="mp4a"
bitrate="1024"
arate="192"
ext="mpg"
mux="ts"
vlc="/usr/bin/vlc"
fmt="VOB"
dst="/home/user/"
for a in *$fmt; do
$vlc -I dummy -vvv "./$a" --sout "#transcode{vcodec=$vcodec,vb=$bitrate,acodec=$acodec,ab=$arate,channels=6}:standard{mux=$mux,dst=\"$dst$a.$ext\",access=file}" vlc:quit
done
