

This is useful for Variable Bit Rate (VBR) encoded files.

The above will extract 3 minutes of mpg file from the 1 minute mark using same quality as the source file. # ffmpeg -vcodec copy -ss 00:01:00 -t 00:03:00 -i infile.mpg outfile.mpg -> this cut the file from 1 minute to 4 minutes (t=duration) # ffmpeg -i -> show info about movie file # ffmpeg -acodec libmp3lame -> use mp3 audio codec

Now, if you want to resize it for some reason (show on mobile phone): MP4, for instance to show it on a mobile device Android, or to play it om xbmc, or to import into kdenlive.įor a whole directory, type: IFS=$(echo -en "\n\b") for i in *.MTS do ffmpeg -i "$i" -vcodec mpeg4 -b:v 15M -acodec libmp3lame -b:a 192k "$i.mp4" doneįind.
