Help:Converting video/ffmpeg2theora

ffmpeg2theora 0.25+svn16605 - Xiph.Org libtheora 1.1 20090822 (Thusnelda)

Usage: ffmpeg2theora [options] input

General output options:
-o, --output alternative output filename
--no-skeleton disables ogg skeleton metadata output
-s, --starttime start encoding at this time (in sec.)
-e, --endtime end encoding at this time (in sec.)
-p, --preset encode file with preset.
Right now there is preview, pro and videobin. Run
'ffmpeg2theora -p info' for more informations

Video output options:
-v, --videoquality [0 to 10] encoding quality for video (default: 6)
use higher values for better quality
-V, --videobitrate encoding bitrate for video (kb/s)
--soft-target Use a large reservoir and treat the rate
as a soft target; rate control is less
strict but resulting quality is usually
higher/smoother overall. Soft target also
allows an optional -v setting to specify
a minimum allowed quality.

--two-pass Compress input using two-pass rate control
This option requires that the input to the
to the encoder is seekable and performs
both passes automatically.

--first-pass Perform first-pass of a two-pass rate
controlled encoding, saving pass data to
for a later second pass

--second-pass Perform second-pass of a two-pass rate
controlled encoding, reading first-pass
data from . The first pass
data must come from a first encoding pass
using identical input video to work
properly.

--optimize optimize video output filesize (slower)
(same as speedlevel 0)
--speedlevel encoding is faster with higher values
the cost is quality and bandwidth
- 0: Slowest (best)
- 1: Enable early skip (default)
- 2: Disable motion compensation
-x, --width scale to given width (in pixels)
-y, --height scale to given height (in pixels)
--max_size scale output frame to be within box of
given size, height optional (%d[x%d], i.e. 640x480)
--aspect define frame aspect ratio: i.e. 4:3 or 16:9
-F, --framerate output framerate e.g 25:2 or 16
--croptop, --cropbottom, --cropleft, --cropright
crop input by given pixels before resizing
-K, --keyint [1 to 2147483647] keyframe interval (default: 64)
-d --buf-delay Buffer delay (in frames). Longer delays
allow smoother rate adaptation and provide
better overall quality, but require more
client side buffering and add latency. The
default value is the keyframe interval for
one-pass encoding (or somewhat larger if
--soft-target is used) and infinite for
two-pass encoding. (only works in bitrate mode)
--no-upscaling only scale video or resample audio if input is
bigger than provided parameters

Video transfer options:
--pp Video Postprocessing, denoise, deblock, deinterlacer
use --pp help for a list of available filters.
-C, --contrast [0.1 to 10.0] contrast correction (default: 1.0)
Note: lower values make the video darker.
-B, --brightness [-1.0 to 1.0] brightness correction (default: 0.0)
Note: lower values make the video darker.
-G, --gamma [0.1 to 10.0] gamma correction (default: 1.0)
Note: lower values make the video darker.
-Z, --saturation [0.1 to 10.0] saturation correction (default: 1.0)
Note: lower values make the video grey.

Audio output options:
-a, --audioquality [-2 to 10] encoding quality for audio (default: 1)
use higher values for better quality
-A, --audiobitrate [32 to 500] encoding bitrate for audio (kb/s)
-c, --channels set number of output channels
-H, --samplerate set output samplerate (in Hz)
--noaudio disable audio from input
--novideo disable video from input

Input options:
--deinterlace force deinterlace, otherwise only material
marked as interlaced will be deinterlaced
-f, --format specify input format
--inputfps fps override input fps
--audiostream id by default the first audio stream is selected,
use this to select another audio stream
--videostream id by default the first video stream is selected,
use this to select another video stream
--sync use A/V sync from input container. Since this does
not work with all input format you have to manually
enable it if you have issues with A/V sync
Subtitles options:
--subtitles file use subtitles from the given file (SubRip (.srt) format)
--subtitles-encoding encoding set encoding of the subtitles file
supported are utf-8, utf8, iso-8859-1, latin1
--subtitles-language language set subtitles language (de, en_GB, etc)
--subtitles-category category set subtitles category (default "subtitles")
--subtitles-ignore-non-utf8 ignores any non UTF-8 sequence in UTF-8 text
--nosubtitles disables subtitles from input

Metadata options:
--artist Name of artist (director)
--title Title
--date Date
--location Location
--organization Name of organization (studio)
--copyright Copyright
--license License
--contact Contact link
--nometadata disables metadata from input
--no-oshash do not include oshash of source file(SOURCE_OSHASH)

Other options:
-P, --pid fname write the process' id to a file
-h, --help this message
--info output json info about input file, use -o to save json to file

v2v presets:
preview Video: 320x240 if fps ~ 30, 384x288 otherwise
Quality 5
Audio: Max 2 channels - Quality 1

pro Video: 720x480 if fps ~ 30, 720x576 otherwise
Quality 7
Audio: Max 2 channels - Quality 3

videobin Video: 512x288 for 16:9 material, 448x336 for 4:3 material
Bitrate 600kbs
Audio: Max 2 channels - Quality 3

padma Video: 640x360 for 16:9 material, 640x480 for 4:3 material
Quality 5
Audio: Max 2 channels - Quality 3

padma-stream Video: 128x72 for 16:9 material, 128x96 for 4:3 material
Audio: mono quality -1





Examples:
ffmpeg2theora videoclip.avi (will write output to videoclip.ogv)

ffmpeg2theora videoclip.avi --subtitles subtitles.srt (same, with subtitles)

cat something.dv | ffmpeg2theora -f dv -o output.ogv -

Encode a series of images:
ffmpeg2theora frame%06d.png -o output.ogv

Encode a video and remove the audio:
ffmpeg2theora --noaudio file.avi -o output.ogv

Live streaming from V4L Device:
ffmpeg2theora /dev/video0 -f video4linux --inputfps 15 -x 160 -y 128 -o - \
| oggfwd icast2server 8000 password /theora.ogv

Live encoding from a DV camcorder (needs a fast machine):
dvgrab - | ffmpeg2theora -f dv -x 352 -y 288 -o output.ogv -

Live encoding and streaming to icecast server:
dvgrab --format raw - \
| ffmpeg2theora -f dv -x 160 -y 128 -o /dev/stdout - \
| oggfwd icast2server 8000 password /theora.ogv