[mythtv-users] H.264 Encoding - Need for a Command Line Tool for Analyzing Video Sources

Brad DerManouelian myth at dermanouelian.com
Tue Nov 28 20:54:37 UTC 2006


On Nov 28, 2006, at 12:49 PM, Joel Turner wrote:

> I'm working on a script that will be run as a user job post recordings
> for archival purposes.  I'm particularly interested if anyone is aware
> of a tool that will identify information about a recording such as  
> video
> size, Framerate, original bitrate, movie length, progressive or
> interlaced, etc.. which I can output to a file.  I'd like to be  
> able to
> read this information in and make a decision how to encode the video
> based on these parameters.  I plan on using x264 (mencoder) and the
> profiles that Sharktooth has posted on doom9.org as a basis for  
> encoding
> the material. If I am successful, I plan on posting the script on the
> Wiki for use by the community.
>
> Any information would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --Joel

Sounds like a nice extension of nuvexport (if it doesn't already do  
that)



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