Re: OT: A few ffmpeg queries

2017-09-09 Thread Jeremy Nicoll - ml gip
On 2017-09-08 12:22, Jim web wrote: I have a very high regard for ffmpeg and sox. Use them a lot as well. But life would be much easier if they had decent *user* manuals with examples and how-to's organised by task written in clear English. I agree regarding sox; at least its manual (and

Re: OT: A few ffmpeg queries

2017-09-08 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 08/09/2017 12:09, Colin Law wrote: On 8 September 2017 at 11:23, Alan Milewczyk wrote: Remember ffmeg has no customers, no-one pays for it. The documentation is maintained by the community (I assume). Documentation for open source is always a problem as few are

Re: OT: A few ffmpeg queries

2017-09-08 Thread Jim web
Continuing OT: In article <1f73afeb-dfec-001a-79a9-134a6593c...@soulman1949.com>, Alan Milewczyk wrote: > Couldn't agree more, it's the big failing of the IT industry. Manuals > detailing features are not what customers want, they require "how to" > tutorials. One of the

Re: OT: A few ffmpeg queries

2017-09-08 Thread Jeremy Nicoll - ml gip
On 2017-09-08 11:23, Alan Milewczyk wrote: Couldn't agree more, it's the big failing of the IT industry. Manuals detailing features are not what customers want, they require "how to" tutorials. Well, not the whole IT industry. IBM's manuals (and most of those from other software & hardware

Re: OT: A few ffmpeg queries

2017-09-08 Thread Colin Law
On 8 September 2017 at 11:23, Alan Milewczyk wrote: > Continuing OT for a minute.. > > On 08/09/2017 09:57, Jim web wrote: >> >> >> Its a great shame that there isn't a decent and clear *tutorial* on how to >> use ffmpeg for such things so that people can make sense of the

Re: OT: A few ffmpeg queries

2017-09-08 Thread Mark Carroll
On 08 Sep 2017, Alan Milewczyk wrote: > Couldn't agree more, it's the big failing of the IT industry. Manuals > detailing features are not what customers want, they require "how to" > tutorials. I had a look at some Youtube videos but in the end the best > help I got was from a guy on

Re: OT: A few ffmpeg queries

2017-09-08 Thread Alan Milewczyk
Continuing OT for a minute.. On 08/09/2017 09:57, Jim web wrote: Its a great shame that there isn't a decent and clear *tutorial* on how to use ffmpeg for such things so that people can make sense of the vast forest of mysterious options, switches, etc. The help/man is of little use to most

Re: OT: A few ffmpeg queries

2017-09-08 Thread Jim web
In article , Alan Milewczyk wrote: > On 07/09/2017 03:09, Vangelis forthnet wrote: > >> ffmpeg -i progname.ts -c:av copy progname.mp4 > > > > Very early in the morning here, so I'll be laconic for now :-) > > Assuming

Re: OT: A few ffmpeg queries

2017-09-07 Thread Alan Milewczyk
On 07/09/2017 03:09, Vangelis forthnet wrote: ffmpeg -i progname.ts -c:av copy progname.mp4 Very early in the morning here, so I'll be laconic for now :-) Assuming you've not mistyped it, -c:av copy is not valid and probably the reason your command is initiating video+audio transcoding... Try

Re: OT: A few ffmpeg queries

2017-09-06 Thread Vangelis forthnet
ffmpeg -i progname.ts -c:av copy progname.mp4 Very early in the morning here, so I'll be laconic for now :-) Assuming you've not mistyped it, -c:av copy is not valid and probably the reason your command is initiating video+audio transcoding... Try ffmpeg -i progname.ts -c copy

OT: A few ffmpeg queries

2017-09-06 Thread Alan Milewczyk
This is OT, so if you're offended, apologies and please ignore this e-mail! Looking for some ffmpeg advice and comments please. I have a Freesat box, a Humax Foxsat-HDR, which records TV programmes in .ts format. Each video programme also has a couple of support files: .nts files which