Try this python script.
I wrote it for myself. Maybe you will find it useful too. It converts files to mp4.
Because of SO rules here the complete source code:
#!/usr/bin/python
# Copyright (C) 2007-2010 CDuke
# This program is free software. You may distribute it under the terms of
# the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
# Foundation, version 2.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General
# Public License for more details.
#
# This program converts video files to mp4, suitable to be played on an iPod
# or an iPhone. It is careful about maintaining the proper aspect ratio.
from __future__ import division
from datetime import datetime
import sys
import argparse
import os
import re
import shlex
import time
from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
DEFAULT_ARGS = '-f mp4 -y -vcodec libxvid -maxrate 1000k -mbd 2 -qmin 3 -qmax 5 -g 300 -bf 0 -acodec libfaac -ac 2 -flags +mv4 -trellis 2 -cmp 2 -subcmp 2'
#DEFAULT_ARGS = '-f mp4 -y -vcodec mpeg4 -vtag xvid -maxrate 1000k -mbd 2 -qmin 3 -qmax 5 -g 300 -bf 0 -acodec libfaac -ac 2 -r 30000/1001 -flags +mv4 -trellis 2 -cmp 2 -subcmp 2'
#DEFAULT_ARGS = '-y -f mp4 -vcodec libxvid -acodec libfaac'
DEFAULT_BUFSIZE = '4096k'
DEFAULT_AUDIO_BITRATE = '128k'
DEFAULT_VIDEO_BITRATE = '400k'
FFMPEG = '/usr/bin/ffmpeg'
class device:
'''Describe properties of device'''
def __init__(self, name, width, height):
self.name = name
self.width = width
self.height = height
class videoFileInfo:
def __init__(self, width, height, duration):
self.width = width
self.height = height
self.duration = duration
devices = [device('ipod', 320, 240), device('iphone', 480, 320),
device('desire', 800, 480)]
def getOutputFileName(inputFileName, outDir):
if outDir == None:
outFileName = os.path.splitext(inputFileName)[0] + '.mp4'
else:
outFileName = os.path.join(outDir, os.path.basename(inputFileName))
return outFileName
def getVideoFileInfo(fileName):
p = Popen([FFMPEG, '-i', fileName], stdout = PIPE, stderr = PIPE)
fileInfo = p.communicate()[1]
videoRes = re.search(b'Video:.+ (\d+)x(\d+)', fileInfo)
w = float(videoRes.group(1))
h = float(videoRes.group(2))
duratMatch = re.search(b'Duration:\s+(\d+):(\d+):(\d+)\.(\d+)', fileInfo)
duration = float(duratMatch.group(1)) * 3600
duration += float(duratMatch.group(2)) * 60
duration += float(duratMatch.group(3))
duration += float(duratMatch.group(4)) / 10
fileInfo = videoFileInfo(w, h, duration)
return fileInfo
def getArguments(width, height, aspect):
args = {}
w = width
h = w // aspect
h -= (h % 2)
if h <= height:
pad = (height - h) // 2
pad -= (pad % 2)
pady = pad
padx = 0
else:
# recalculate using the height as the baseline rather than the width
h = height
w = int(h * aspect)
width -= (width % 2)
pad = (width - w) // 2
pad -= (pad % 2)
padx = pad
pady = 0
args['width'] = w
args['height'] = h
args['padx'] = padx
args['pady'] = pady
return args
def getProgressBar(perc):
convInfo = 'Converted: [{}] {:.2%} \r'
num_hashes = round(perc * 100 // 2)
bar = '=' * num_hashes + ' ' * (50 - num_hashes)
return convInfo.format(bar, perc)
def convert(inputFileName, outputFileName, args, audioBitrate, videoBitrate, devWidth, devHeight, aspect, duration):
cmd = '{ffmpeg} -i {inFile} {defaultArgs} -bufsize {bufsize} -s {width}x{height} -vf "pad={devWidth}:{devHeight}:{padx}:{pady},aspect={aspect}" -ab {audioBitrate} -b {videoBitrate} {outFile}'.format(ffmpeg=FFMPEG, inFile=inputFileName, defaultArgs=DEFAULT_ARGS, bufsize=DEFAULT_BUFSIZE, devWidth=devWidth, devHeight=devHeight, padx=args['padx'], pady=args['pady'], width=args['width'], height=args['height'], aspect=aspect, audioBitrate=audioBitrate, videoBitrate=videoBitrate, outFile=outputFileName)
# cmd = '{ffmpeg} -i {inFile} {defaultArgs} -bufsize {bufsize} -s {width}x{height} -ab {audioBitrate} -b {videoBitrate} {outFile}'.format(ffmpeg=FFMPEG, inFile=inputFileName, defaultArgs=DEFAULT_ARGS, bufsize=DEFAULT_BUFSIZE, width=args['width'], height=args['height'], audioBitrate=audioBitrate, videoBitrate=videoBitrate, outFile=outputFileName)
print(cmd)
print()
start = datetime.today()
print('Converting started at ' + str(start))
conv = Popen(shlex.split(cmd), shell=False, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
while conv.poll() is None:
out = os.read(conv.stderr.fileno(), 2048)
last = out.splitlines()[-1]
timeMatch = re.search(b'time=([^\s]+)', last)
if timeMatch:
timeDone = float(timeMatch.group(1))
perc = timeDone / duration
if sys.version_info > (3, 0):
exec("print(getProgressBar(perc), end='')")
else:
exec("print getProgressBar(perc),")
sys.stdout.flush()
# else:
# print(out)
time.sleep(0.5)
print(getProgressBar(1))
end = datetime.today()
print('Converting ended at ' + str(end))
print('Spended time: ' + str(end - start))
class mp4Converter(argparse.Action):
def __call__(self, parser, namespace, values, option_string = None):
outdir = namespace.outdir
for f in values:
outFileName = getOutputFileName(f.name, outdir)
fileInfo = getVideoFileInfo(f.name)
aspect = fileInfo.width / fileInfo.height
dev = next(d for d in devices if d.name == namespace.device)
args = getArguments(dev.width, dev.height, aspect)
convert(f.name, outFileName, args, namespace.AUDIO_BITRATE, namespace.VIDEO_BITRATE, dev.width, dev.height, aspect, fileInfo.duration)
print('file "{0}" converted successful'.format(f.name))
opts = argparse.ArgumentParser(
description = 'Converter to MP4',
epilog = 'made by CDuke 2010')
opts.add_argument('-V','--version',
action = 'version',
version = '0.0.1')
opts.add_argument('-v', '--verbose',
action = 'store_true',
default = False,
help = 'verbose')
opts.add_argument('-a', '--audio',
dest = 'AUDIO_BITRATE',
default = DEFAULT_AUDIO_BITRATE,
help = 'override default audio bitrate {0}'.format(DEFAULT_AUDIO_BITRATE))
opts.add_argument('-b', '--video',
dest = 'VIDEO_BITRATE',
default = DEFAULT_VIDEO_BITRATE,
help = 'override default video bitrate {0}'.format(DEFAULT_VIDEO_BITRATE))
opts.add_argument('-d', '--device',
choices = [d.name for d in devices],
default = 'ipod',
help = 'device that will play video')
opts.add_argument('-o', '--outdir',
help = 'write files to given directory')
opts.add_argument('file',
nargs = '+',
type = argparse.FileType('r'),
action = mp4Converter,
help = 'file that will be converted')
opts.parse_args()
