/convertmp4

Converts all FLV and MKV video files in a directory to the MP4 container format.

Primary LanguagePython

MP4 Video Converter

Description

This program converts all FLV and MKV video files in a directory to the MP4 container format. The resulting MP4 format is suitable for playback on a range of devices including iOS (iPhone and iPad), Android, and Playstation 3.

Efficient conversion is accomplished by copying the video (H.264) and audio streams. The audio stream will be transcoded to AAC if necessary.

Requirements

The ffmpeg program must be installed and in your system path.

Usage

This program runs using Python 2.7.

positional arguments:
  input_dir   Input directory

Example:

> python convertmp4.py /path/to/videos