[FFmpeg-user] Run ffmpeg from Windows Explorer Right Click?

[Kieran O Leary]

On Wed, 30 Oct 2019, 03:40 Mark Filipak, <
markfilipak.windows+ffmpeg at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 10/29/2019 09:15 PM, Mike M wrote:
> > Greetings all from Australia.
> > A new member here.
> >
> > I want to use ffmpeg to clean up PVR files which have frame errors.
> > The are in the format: *NAME.TSV* (mpeg-ts)
> >
> > The command for ffmpeg is:
> > *ffmpeg -i "NAME.TSV" -c copy "NAME.TSV_"*
> >
> > Now, I want to run this command when I right-click on a video file in
> > Windows Explorer but I don't know the correct syntax for Regedit.
> > Something like:
> > *D:\\Videos\\_APPS\\ffmpeg-421\\bin\\ffmpeg.exe -i "%1" -c copy "%1_"*
> >
> > This doesn't work.
> > Can someone please help?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mike.
>
> What I do, Mike, is simpler. I add the ffmpeg command to the 'Send to'
> context menu. To do that, all you need is to put the line
> D:\Videos\_APPS\\fmpeg-421\bin\ffmpeg.exe -i "%1" -c copy "%1_"
> into a batch file, and put the batch file in
> 'C:\Users\...\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo', where '...' is
> your user account.
>

This is what I used to do as well, it's pretty handy. Probably more
flexible and simpler than editing the registry.

Best,

Kieran.