| Videolan VLC 2.0.0 is a handy tool for converting video. You can either directly use the GUI: convert/save, or put a command in a batch file for Win XP - the command below will convert any mkv video file to the h.264 codec with mpeg4 audio (use an option like --stop-time=30 to only encode the first 30 seconds):
for %%a in (*.mkv) do "D:\Apps\VLC\vlc" -I dummy -vvv "%%a" --sout=#transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=2000,acodec=mp4a,ab=192,channels=2}:standard{access=file,mux=mkv,dst="%%a".h264.mkv} vlc://quit
If you need to deinterlace the video then use this:
for %%a in (*.mkv) do "D:\Apps\VLC\vlc" -I dummy -vvv "%%a" --sout=#transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=2000,acodec=mp4a,ab=192,channels=2,deinterlace}:standard{access=file,mux=mkv,dst="%%a".h264.mkv} vlc://quit
Note that at the time of writing, VLC 2.0.1 had problems with its encoder. |
