Video encoding with avidemux

See also

• Video encoding with Handbrake

Install

sudo apt-get install avidemux

Command-line

Command-line to encode video files that were made with a regular camera to compressed x264 avi:

avidemux --autoindex --force-alt-h264 --load "movie.MTS" --run "settings.avidemux" --save "movie.avi" --quit

Video MTS format

Example file 'settings.avidemux' for MTS format (Sony Cybershot camera):

Input: 1440x1088, AVCHD MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 video, AC3 audio, 50fps
Output: 1280x720. x264 video, mp3 audio

Note: this video is interlaced, the camera captures even pixel-lines and odd pixel-lines sequentially and puts them into one image. There is a time-difference between the two captures that will result in a distortion that needs we attempt to correct using the telecide filter.

//AD  <- Needed to identify//
var app = new Avidemux();

//** Video **
app.rebuildIndex();

//** Postproc **
app.video.setPostProc(3,3,0);
app.video.fps1000 = 50000;

//** Filters **
app.video.addFilter("telecide","order=1","back=0","chroma=0","guide=1","gthresh=10.000000","post=2","vthresh=50.000000","bthresh=50.000000","dthresh=7.000000","blend=0","nt=10","y0=0","y1=0","hints=1","show=0","debug=0");
app.video.addFilter("crop","left=0","right=0","top=4","bottom=4");
app.video.addFilter("resize","w=1280","h=720","algo=0");

//** Video Codec conf **
app.video.codecPlugin("32BCB447-21C9-4210-AE9A-4FCE6C8588AE", "x264", "2PASSBITRATE=2500", "<?xml 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//** Audio **
app.audio.reset();
app.audio.codec("Lame",128,20,"80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ");
app.audio.normalizeMode=0;
app.audio.normalizeValue=0;
app.audio.delay=0;
app.audio.mixer="NONE";
app.audio.resample=48000;
app.setContainer("MP4");
setSuccess(1);

Video MOV format

File 'settings.avidemux' for MOV format (Lexus camera):

Input: MJPG 30fps 640x480 video, 8-bit PCM 64kbps audio
Output: x264 video, mp3 audio

//AD  <- Needed to identify//
var app = new Avidemux();

//** Postproc **
app.video.setPostProc(3,3,0);
app.video.fps1000 = 30000;

//** Video Codec conf **
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//** Audio **
app.audio.reset();
app.audio.codec("Lame",128,20,"80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ");
app.audio.normalizeMode=0;
app.audio.normalizeValue=0;
app.audio.delay=0;
app.audio.mixer="NONE";
app.audio.resample=48000;
app.setContainer("MP4");
setSuccess(1);

Video mp4 format

File 'settings.avidemux' for mp4 format (Android HTC camera):

Input: 1280x720 (various framerates), H264 - MPEG-4 AVC, MPEG AAC Audio (mp4a) 48000 Hz 
Output: x264 video, aac audio

//AD  <- Needed to identify//
var app = new Avidemux();

//** Postproc **
app.video.setPostProc(3,3,0);

//** Video Codec conf **
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//** Audio **
app.audio.reset();
app.audio.codec("Faac",128,4,"80 00 00 00 ");
app.audio.normalizeMode=0;
app.audio.normalizeValue=0;
app.audio.delay=0;
app.audio.mixer="NONE";
app.audio.resample=48000;
app.setContainer("MP4");
setSuccess(1);