Mpegplayer Video Converter Tutorial

[DJBetaWave]

So I was looking over the ways to convert videos and I noticed ffmpeg had it pretty good. I discovered a very simple way to run it with a batch file. Glad I could help all of you that always had trouble with video converting for your rockbox mpegplayer.

Setup:
Copy the code below and paste it in notepad. Save it as a .bat file and put it in the same folder as ffmpeg.exe. Example: ffmpeg converter.bat

Using:
Start it up, follow the questions on-screen.
Wait till the converting is complete and the window should disappear.
Your video has finished converting.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Code: [Select]

cls
@ECHO OFF
title ffmpeg converter
echo Input File Name
set /p "i=>"
cls
echo Resolution (WxH)
set /p "s=>"
cls
echo Video Codec (mpeg2video)
set /p "vcodec=>"
cls
echo Video Bitrate (bit/s (add '000'))
set /p "b=>"
cls
echo Audio Bitrate (kb/s)
set /p "ab=>"'
cls
echo Audio Channels (Stereo '2')
set /p "ac=>"
cls
echo Audio Samplerate Frequency (Hz '44100')
set /p "ar=>"
cls
echo Audio Codec (libmp3lame)
set /p "acodec=>"
cls
echo Output File Name
set /p "o=>"
cls
ffmpeg -i %i% -s %s% -vcodec %vcodec% -b %b% -ab %ab% -ac %ac% -ar %ar% -acodec %acodec% %o%

[AlexP]

Thanks, but this will just got lost on the forums - the wiki is for permanent information.  http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/PluginMpegplayer already has some instructions, perhaps you could integrate yours there?