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I need to do a mass-conversion of videos from a video recorder in the .mod format, to other file formats, e. g. .mp4.
How and where can I find detailed specifications and information about VLC's various CLI options and commands, required for converting between specific video and audio codecs, or formats, by means of an appropriate, tailored CLI command or a batch script?
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Batch conversion in VLC works the same regardless of whether you're converting audio or video. The process is exactly the same and contains only a few steps. The actual conversion process may take time though – video files especially are very large and even powerful computers need time to work on them.
On the command line just add vlc://quit on the end of your command.
So be patient! Here’s how to batch convert media files in VLC. Open VLC. Select Media and ‘Open multiple files’. Click Add and select all of the files you want to convert. Click the small down arrow next to Play in the bottom right. Select Convert.
It’s packed with useful features, including a quick and easy audio and video converter that’s just a few clicks away. To start converting, open VLC and click Media > Convert/Save. Click “Add” to the right of the File Selection list on the File tab. Browse to the video or audio file you want to convert and open it.
It’s easy to use VLC as a free batch video converter. Open the VLC and press “Ctrl + R”, then you can see the Convert / Savewindow. And from there, add as many files as you want to the file selection box and click on the “Convert / Save” button. Next, choose an output profile and start the batch conversion.
From VLC menu bar click on Media > Convert/ Save[Shortcut: CTRL + R] Open Media dialog boxis opened. Click on the Addbutton to browse for the files that you want to add. Then click Open.
To use VLC to convert from MOD to MP4 you can use the following command:
vlc -I dummy -vvv "MyVid.mod"
--sout=#transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=1024,acodec=mp4a,ab=192,channels=2,deinterlace}:standard{access=file,mux=ts,dst=MyVid.mp4}
... where:
-I dummy - Does not show the VLC GUI
-vvv - Gives you verbose output
--sout - Specifies the options to use when encoding to MP4
You can see a full list of VLC command line options by running vlc -H from the command line. There is also a comprehensive list online at https://wiki.videolan.org/VLC_command-line_help
If you don't have VLC installed locally or you want to outsource bulk video conversions you could always consider using a file conversion API such as https://developers.zamzar.com. This service provides a REST'ful API for file conversion, and mod to mp4 is a supported conversion.
Full disclosure: I'm the lead developer for the Zamzar API.
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Thanks, your post help me. And after i find the best response for me. On Windows, if you want to convert multiples files :
for %%a in (*.mov) do "C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" -I dummy -vvv %%a --sout=#transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=1024,acodec=mp4a,ab=192,channels=2,deinterlace}:standard{access=file,mux=ts,dst=%%a.mp4} vlc://quit
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