[FFmpeg-user] aac encoding coming from .mkv

[Rick C.]

On Apr 12, 2012, at 9:31 PM, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:

> Rick C. <rickcorteza <at> gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> Ok it did help here's the output:
> 
> I assume the quality is now ok.
> 
>> ffmpeg -i Apollo.18.2011.1080p.x264.MKV.AC3.DTS.Eng.NL.Subs.mkv
>> -acodec aac -strict experimental -ab 384k -map 0:v:0 -map 0:a
>> -t 120 test.mp4
> 
>> So it's giving me about half of what I input is the correct?
> 
> -strict experimental means in this case that the bitrate 
> estimation does not work (yet) in all cases.
> 
> Carl Eugen
> 

I'll double-check the quality as this was a quick test and your explanation helps me very much.  Thanks for your time!

rc