I was tired of using the web forms that my webhost provided to convert video to .flv format. So, I wrote this script which works fine and dandy:
#!/bin/bash
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# VIDEO CONVERTER (FLV) #
# gi_james@strickstuff.com #
# www.strickstuff.com #
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# all files that start with .m (eg mpeg mpg mod)
# change to whatever you want...
for file in ./*.mpg;
# encode files and rename them to FLV
do ffmpeg -i $file -ar 22050 -ab 32 -f flv -s 320x240 -aspect 16:9 -y ${file%.m*}.flv
# all done!
done
This makes it a little bit easier…
Now, since my camera shoots in 16:9 format, I decided to keep that aspect ratio, this can be changed to 4:3. We’ll see how it looks.