Hi, When I remove the -c copy - get an error.. subtitle encoding currently only possible from text to text or bitmap to bitmap.. then it just ends.
Any way to preserve the subtitles? -Ron -----Original Message----- From: ffmpeg-user <ffmpeg-user-boun...@ffmpeg.org> On Behalf Of Paul B Mahol Sent: Friday, November 16, 2018 9:02 AM To: FFmpeg user questions <ffmpeg-user@ffmpeg.org> Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-user] 4K Compression using x.265 issues On 11/16/18, Ron Barnes <rbar...@njdevils.net> wrote: > All, > > For some reason the below command is not working right. I am unable > to compress my movie by an significant amount. > The input movie (MYMOVIE.Mkv) is just over 55GB and the resulting > output is just over 53GB. > > I thought (and I am probably wrong) that by raising or lowering the > -crf value would increase or decrease the size of my output file. No > matter what value I use, be it 18 or 28, the output file size is always the > same. > > Can anyone determine where I'm going south in order to decrease the > files's footprint (size) yet still preserve the movie quality? > > I want to take all the audio streams (only audio) and I am converting > them to mp3 because I do not have a very good sound system and the > actual 7.1 audio stream sounds awful. > > ffmpeg -i "MYMOVIE.Mkv" -c:v libx265 -preset medium -map 0 -c:a:0 > libmp3lame > -b:a:0 128k -c copy -reserve_index_space 1000k -crf 28 -s 3840x2160 > -b:v 10M -ac 2 -c:a aac -b:a 128k -metadata title="MYMOVIE" > COMPRESSED_MYMOVIE.mkv Remove: -c copy. _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-user mailing list ffmpeg-user@ffmpeg.org http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-user-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe". _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-user mailing list ffmpeg-user@ffmpeg.org http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-user-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".