User adam davis - Video WTF - Questions and answers about video production, video cameras, editing, publishing, et cetera. most recent 30 from http://videowtf.com2010-07-30T18:33:48Zhttp://videowtf.com/feeds/user/371http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdfhttp://videowtf.com/questions/761/batch-conversion-software/762#762Answer by Adam Davis for Batch conversion softwareAdam Davis2010-02-06T03:10:46Z2010-02-21T18:28:50Z<p>avidemux is one option, latest update was December 2009, so it's fairly up to date. Open source, and appears to have scripting and editing capabilities, so it can at minimum handle add pre-roll and post-roll video:</p>
<p><a href="http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow">http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/</a></p>
<p>Free Video Converter is a free (but closed source) program that is said to support this functionality:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for%5Fvideo%5Ffree/" rel="nofollow">http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free/</a></p>
<p>ffmpeg supports this, according to many websites, but what I'm reading seems to indicate that you have to have a pretty good understanding of the details to get it to work with a particular camcorder's output, and I haven't found a tutorial for using it to convert AVCHD on windows.</p>
<p>Still googling for others, Wikipedia has a reasonable list of other options as well:</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVCHD#Converting" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVCHD#Converting</a></p>
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http://videowtf.com/questions/761/batch-conversion-softwareBatch conversion softwareAdam Davis2010-02-06T01:58:15Z2010-02-21T18:28:50Z
<p>I currently use Corel's Video Studio to batch convert videos to a format Vimeo can eat. It does the job, but I found that even on a quad core processor it only uses two of the cores (ie, two threads). Further, I'm converting to mpeg2 due to the limitations in the h.264 codec that comes with video studio (doesn't seem to like HD video).</p>
<p>I need software that:</p>
<ul>
<li>Does batch conversions</li>
<li>Supports HD video in and out with no problems</li>
<li>Supports <strong>avchd</strong> m2ts input</li>
<li>Is fine with 24fps</li>
<li>Can be command line scripted</li>
<li>Great support for MP4/h.264/etc codecs</li>
<li>Windows</li>
</ul>
<p>Preferably free, but I'm willing to pay for it if it's what I need and inexpensive (ie, $100 price range).</p>
<p>I'm interested in building an automated workflow, so if the software handles pre-roll, post-roll, overlay logos, titling, etc from a command line or script, even better!</p>
http://videowtf.com/questions/761/batch-conversion-software/765#765Comment by Adam DavisAdam Davis2010-02-11T05:38:20Z2010-02-11T05:38:20ZThanks, I'll upvote as soon as I get enough rep...http://videowtf.com/questions/761/batch-conversion-software/764#764Comment by Adam DavisAdam Davis2010-02-11T05:35:26Z2010-02-11T05:35:26ZThanks, I'll upvote as soon as I get enough rep...