[FFmpeg-user] How to convert video.ts to video.mp4 efficiently?

[Bo Berglund]

On Tue, 13 Apr 2021 17:49:55 +0200, Bo Berglund <bo.berglund at gmail.com> wrote:

>Question:
>Is there a quicker way to just go from ts to mp4 so the file format is OK even
>though the video size remains at 1280x720?
>
>(I could live with the size even though the disk storage takes a hit...)
>Do I just take away this argument:
>
>scale=w=-4:h=%VSIZE%
>

I tried this on my Ubuntu box rather than on teh Windows PC I asked about:

It failed in a way I don't understand:

$ ffmpeg -i 2021-04-13_input09.ts -vf -c:v libx264 -preset fast -crf 20 -c:a
copy 2021-04-13_input09.mp4
ffmpeg version 4.3.2-0york0~18.04 Copyright (c) 2000-2021 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 7 (Ubuntu 7.5.0-3ubuntu1~18.04)
  configuration: --prefix=/usr --extra-version='0york0~18.04'
--toolchain=hardened --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
--incdir=/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu --arch=amd64 --enable-gpl
--disable-stripping --enable-avresample --disable-filter=resample
--enable-gnutls --enable-ladspa --enable-libaom --enable-libass
--enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-libcdio
--enable-libcodec2 --enable-libflite --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype
--enable-libfribidi --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libjack
--enable-libmp3lame --enable-libmysofa --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopenmpt
--enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-librabbitmq --enable-librsvg
--enable-librubberband --enable-libshine --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr
--enable-libspeex --enable-libsrt --enable-libssh --enable-libtheora
--enable-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx
--enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2
--enable-libxvid --enable-libzmq --enable-libzvbi --enable-lv2 --enable-omx
--enable-openal --enable-opencl --enable-opengl --enable-sdl2 --enable-libzimg
--enable-pocketsphinx --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libdrm --enable-libiec61883
--enable-chromaprint --enable-frei0r --enable-libx264 --enable-shared
  libavutil      56. 51.100 / 56. 51.100
  libavcodec     58. 91.100 / 58. 91.100
  libavformat    58. 45.100 / 58. 45.100
  libavdevice    58. 10.100 / 58. 10.100
  libavfilter     7. 85.100 /  7. 85.100
  libavresample   4.  0.  0 /  4.  0.  0
  libswscale      5.  7.100 /  5.  7.100
  libswresample   3.  7.100 /  3.  7.100
  libpostproc    55.  7.100 / 55.  7.100
Input #0, mpegts, from '2021-04-13_input09.ts':
  Duration: 01:06:00.10, start: 1.400000, bitrate: 2787 kb/s
  Program 1
    Metadata:
      service_name    : Service01
      service_provider: FFmpeg
    Stream #0:0[0x100]: Video: h264 (High) ([27][0][0][0] / 0x001B),
yuv420p(progressive), 1280x720, 30 fps, 30 tbr, 90k tbn, 60 tbc
    Stream #0:1[0x101]: Audio: aac (LC) ([15][0][0][0] / 0x000F), 44100 Hz,
stereo, fltp, 165 kb/s
[NULL @ 0x5614c4007400] Unable to find a suitable output format for 'libx264'
libx264: Invalid argument


So I am clearly doing something wrong here, but what?


-- 
Bo Berglund
Developer in Sweden