Video conversion script for Nokia N95 (and others)

[meulie]

Hi all!

This is the script I use to convert AVI files to MP4 for viewing on my Nokia N95:

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#!/usr/bin/ruby -w
#
# Copyright (C) 2007 Thomer M. Gil [http://thomer.com/]
# Thanks to Brian Moore for bugfixes.
#
# This program is free software. You may distribute it under the terms of
# the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
# Foundation, version 2.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General
# Public License for more details.
#
# This program converts video files to mp4, suitable to be played on an Nokia N95.
# It is careful about maintaining the proper aspect ratio.
#

require 'getoptlong'

DEFAULT_ARGS = "-f mp4 -vcodec libxvid -maxrate 1000 -qmin 3 -qmax 5 -bufsize 4096 -g 300 -acodec mpeg4aac"
DEFAULT_AUDIO_BITRATE = 96
DEFAULT_VIDEO_BITRATE = 768
WIDTH = 320.0
HEIGHT = 240.0

$options = {}
opts = GetoptLong.new(
  [ "-a", GetoptLong::REQUIRED_ARGUMENT ],      # audio bitrate
  [ "-h", GetoptLong::NO_ARGUMENT ],            # help
  [ "-b", GetoptLong::REQUIRED_ARGUMENT ],      # video bitrate
  [ "-v", GetoptLong::NO_ARGUMENT ]             # verbose
)
opts.each { |opt, arg| $options[opt] = arg }

if $options['-h']
  puts <<EOF
mp4ize - encode videos to mp4 for an iPod

Usage: mp4ize file1.avi [file2.mpg [file3.asf [...]]]


Options:

  -h       : this help
  -v       : verbose
  -a RATE  : override default audio bitrate (#{DEFAULT_AUDIO_BITRATE})
  -b RATE  : override default video bitrate (#{DEFAULT_VIDEO_BITRATE})
EOF
  exit
end

audio_bitrate = $options['-a'] || DEFAULT_AUDIO_BITRATE
video_bitrate = $options['-b'] || DEFAULT_VIDEO_BITRATE

ARGV.each do |infile|
  outfile = infile.dup
  ext = File.extname(outfile)
  outfile.sub!(/#{ext}$/, '.mp4')

  # open the file to figure out the aspect ratio
  w, h = nil, nil
  IO.popen("ffmpeg -i '#{infile}' 2>&1") do |pipe|
    pipe.each_line do |line|
      puts line
      if line.match(/Video:.+ (\d+)x(\d+)/)
        w, h = $1.to_f, $2.to_f
      end
    end
  end

  begin
    aspect = w/h
  rescue
    puts "Couldn't figure out aspect ratio."
    exit
  end

  height = (WIDTH / aspect.to_f).to_i
  height -= 1 if height % 2 == 1
  pad = ((HEIGHT - height.to_f) / 2.0).to_i
  pad -= 1 if pad % 2 == 1

  File.unlink(outfile) if File.exists?(outfile)
  cmd = "ffmpeg #{DEFAULT_ARGS} -i '#{infile}' -s #{WIDTH.to_i}x#{height} -padtop #{pad} -padbottom #{pad} -ab #{audio_bitrate} -b #{video_bitrate} '#{outfile}'"
  puts cmd if $options['-v']
  system cmd
end

It's probably not perfect (the original was written for some fruit-product that shows video's...), so I've posted it here in the hope that there are perhaps other people here with suggestions for improvements...

[kernelOfTruth]

*subscribes*

I haven't tried this script out but I'm already loving it now

movies on the phone - here I come

[micmac]

Don't know about the Nokias, but you could give THIS a shot as well and post if it works for you.

Regards
mic

[alienvenom]

This script sucks. It uses ruby... WTF?

Here's a simple bash script that doesn't require *yet another* language interpreter.

**anyway**

From: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=497848

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#! /bin/bash
clear
if [ -n "$1"]; then
	echo "please specify file to convert"
	
else

	if [ -n "$2"]; then
		newName=$(echo $1 | cut -d '.' -f1)
	
	else
		newName=$2
	fi

	echo "coverting $1 to $newName.mp4"

	ffmpeg -i "$1" -f mp4 -vcodec mpeg4 -b 250000 -r 15 -s 320x240 -acodec aac -ar 24000 -ab 64 -ac 2 "$newName.mp4"

fi

Also, does the N95 do XVID native? Why are you using XVID?

[predatorfreak]

Also, does the N95 do XVID native? Why are you using XVID?

XVID IS MPEG-4, it's just a different implementation. Some like XVID over libavcodec MPEG-4. I prefer libavcodec MPEG-4.

[alienvenom]

N95 does NOT support XVID. It supports MPEG-4 AVC (h264).

[yngwin]

It actually seems to support both.

[slackline]

This script sucks. It uses ruby... WTF?

Here's a simple bash script that doesn't require *yet another* language interpreter.

**anyway**

From: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=497848

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#! /bin/bash
clear
if [ -n "$1"]; then
	echo "please specify file to convert"
	
else

	if [ -n "$2"]; then
		newName=$(echo $1 | cut -d '.' -f1)
	
	else
		newName=$2
	fi

	echo "coverting $1 to $newName.mp4"

	ffmpeg -i "$1" -f mp4 -vcodec mpeg4 -b 250000 -r 15 -s 320x240 -acodec aac -ar 24000 -ab 64 -ac 2 "$newName.mp4"

fi

Also, does the N95 do XVID native? Why are you using XVID?

Just tried out this script and '-acodec aac' results in an error 'Unknown codec aac' despite ffmpeg being built with USE="aac". If you chance this to '-acodec libfaac' then the script works fine.

slack

[DeepBass909]

This script sucks. It uses ruby... WTF?

Here's a simple bash script that doesn't require *yet another* language interpreter.

**anyway**

From: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=497848

Code: Select all

#! /bin/bash
clear
if [ -n "$1"]; then
	echo "please specify file to convert"
	
else

	if [ -n "$2"]; then
		newName=$(echo $1 | cut -d '.' -f1)
	
	else
		newName=$2
	fi

	echo "coverting $1 to $newName.mp4"

	ffmpeg -i "$1" -f mp4 -vcodec mpeg4 -b 250000 -r 15 -s 320x240 -acodec aac -ar 24000 -ab 64 -ac 2 "$newName.mp4"

fi

Also, does the N95 do XVID native? Why are you using XVID?

Just tried out this script and '-acodec aac' results in an error 'Unknown codec aac' despite ffmpeg being built with USE="aac". If you chance this to '-acodec libfaac' then the script works fine.

slack

You need to replace "aac" with "libfaac", then it works.

I'm now converting my first trail video with the cmd-line of the bash-script for my Nokia N78. So far I had no luck with converting into a working version...

[slackline]

If you change this to '-acodec libfaac' then the script works fine.

slack

You need to replace "aac" with "libfaac", then it works.