Re-encode hard-disk recorder videos for archiving, reducing their size.
This python script will take one or more video files and re-encode them with suitable parameters, chosen based on the properties of the source file.
You need Python 2.7 and ffmpeg. ffmpeg must have support for x265 and the Fraunhofer AAC codecs enabled.
archivevideo [-24fhinv] file...
Given one or more input video files, re-encode them to Matroska files using relatively space-saving encoding parameters. The output file will be placed in the same directory as the input file, and the input file will be moved to a subdirectory "Duplicates" in the same directory as the input file. If an error occurs, a message will be printed for that file, and work will continue with the next file specified.
-2downmix audio to stereo; default is to reencode all audio channels-4use x264 instead of x265 to encode the video-foverwrite existing output files-hprint help text-iprint info on input files, instead of transcoding them-ndon't run ffmpeg, just print what would be done-vverbose information on progress
(c) 2017 Stefan Bethke, all rights reserved. See LICENSE for the BSD 2-clause license details.