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One small request: Could the default ffmpeg.conf include the mpeg4 remuxing profile needed by mencoder? Right now there's a ffmpeg.conf in my export_to_ipod package, but I'd rather not overwrite ffmpeg.conf if at all possible.

 Here's what export_to_ipod currently uses:

   <profile>
    <name>Remux to MP4</name>
    <description>Remux into MP4 Container</description>
    <extension>mp4</extension>
    <video>-vcodec copy</video>
    <audio>-acodec copy</audio>
    <addswitch>-v 0</addswitch>
  </profile>
 

Coyote:

One small request: Could the default ffmpeg.conf include the mpeg4 remuxing profile needed by mencoder? Right now there's a ffmpeg.conf in my export_to_ipod package, but I'd rather not overwrite ffmpeg.conf if at all possible.

 Here's what export_to_ipod currently uses:

   <profile>
    <name>Remux to MP4</name>
    <description>Remux into MP4 Container</description>
    <extension>mp4</extension>
    <video>-vcodec copy</video>
    <audio>-acodec copy</audio>
    <addswitch>-v 0</addswitch>
  </profile>
 

added... if anyone else has a profile they'd like to add let me know. 

Did your hang problem ever get addressed?  I have the same issue with 1.2.1.0 using the winform Filewatcher.   I finally tried just running this from command lines and I get a much better result.   I then just took the export_to_ipod_ffmpeg.cmd and scheduled it via Vista's task scheduler. 

Do you know if the a task running with Vista task scheduler will interact with the itunes library?  It doesn't appear to but I didn't know if you had tried running this way.   I'm looking to trying and run all this during the night while I'm not logged on. 

it can interact with iTunes if you set the scheduled task to "run as currently logged on user"...

 ...which means it works only if you are logged on, of course.

Coyote:

x264/AAC profile does indeed work with iPod, I'd recommend the following to ensure a max bitrate of 768k and better audio quality:

 <profile>
    <name>X264 with AAC</name>
    <description>X264 with AAC (Ipod)</description>
    <extension>mp4</extension>
    <video>-async 1 -deinterlace -vcodec libx264 -b 384k -maxrate 768k -bufsize 384 -coder 0 -level 13</video>
    <audio>-acodec libfaac -ab 128k</audio>
<addswitch>-threads 2</addswitch>
  </profile>

 

It's pretty fast. Not blazingly fast like AVIVO, but still pretty good.  Takes about 7 minutes to do a half-hour show.
 

How do I call ffmpeg using a profile?  Or is this just something for DTb's ffmpeg Action?  Thanks!