Batch Converting Files With FFmpeg and Ruby
by Joseph Jaramillo
I recently needed to burn some video files (h.264 MKV) to DVD such that the disc would work in a standalone player. After an hour googling for a set of commands to pass to ffmpeg to convert my files, I then started looking for batch scripts. It occurred to me shortly thereafter that Ruby could help. I had found a command that worked beautifully with a single file, so all that was necessary was to automate it.
It only took one line to accomplish the task:
It’d be a cinch to generalize for input video format.
Wow, I didn’t know ffmpeg could do that. I think you just solved my DVD backup problem, though I wonder if I could tickle Handbrake into doing the same thing – thanks!
Permalink: December 29th, 2009 at 6:44 pm