ffmpeg - Converting MOV files to MP4
I have just installed ffmpeg and I am trying to encode all my uploaded videos to .mp4 file. Most of the users currently upload .mov and I want to convert every video to .mp4.
I am running the command as follows:
ffmpeg -i movie.mov -vcodec copy -acodec cop out.mp4
But all I am getting is the following errors
ffmpeg version 0.8.5, Copyright (c) 2000-2011 the FFmpeg developers
built on Aug 19 2012 11:38:20 with clang 3.1 (tags/Apple/clang-318.0.61)
configuration: --enable-nonfree --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-postproc --enable-swscale --enable-avfilter --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libvorbis --enable-libtheora --enable-libfaac --enable-libxvid --enable-libx264 --enable-libvpx --enable-hardcoded-tables --enable-shared --enable-pthreads --disable-indevs --cc=clang
libavutil 51. 9. 1 / 51. 9. 1
libavcodec 53. 7. 0 / 53. 7. 0
libavformat 53. 4. 0 / 53. 4. 0
libavdevice 53. 1. 1 / 53. 1. 1
libavfilter 2. 23. 0 / 2. 23. 0
libswscale 2. 0. 0 / 2. 0. 0
libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'movie.mov':
Metadata:
major_brand : qt
minor_version : 537199360
compatible_brands: qt
creation_time : 2012-03-28 07:13:20
Duration: 00:00:26.23, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 12974 kb/s
Stream #0.0(eng): Video: mjpeg, yuvj420p, 1280x720 [PAR 72:72 DAR 16:9], 12972 kb/s, 11.67 fps, 600 tbr, 600 tbn, 600 tbc
Metadata:
creation_time : 2012-03-28 07:13:20
File 'out.mp4' already exists. Overwrite ? [y/N] y
Output #0, mp4, to 'out.mp4':
Metadata:
major_brand : qt
minor_version : 537199360
compatible_brands: qt
creation_time : 2012-03-28 07:13:20
encoder : Lavf53.4.0
Stream #0.0(eng): Video: mjpeg, yuvj420p, 1280x720 [PAR 72:72 DAR 16:9], q=2-31, 12972 kb/s, 600 tbn, 600 tbc
Metadata:
creation_time : 2012-03-28 07:13:20
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
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frame= 121 fps= 0 q=-1.0 size= 16408kB time=00:00:10.08 bitrate=13332.2kbitsframe= 306 fps= 0 q=-1.0 Lsize= 41543kB time=00:00:26.12 bitrate=13025.0kbits/s
video:41538kB audio:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.012531%
Answer
The command to just stream it to a new container (mp4) needed by some applications like Adobe Premiere Pro without encoding (fast) is:
ffmpeg -i input.mov -qscale 0 output.mp4
Alternative as mentioned in the comments, which re-encodes with best quaility (-qscale 0):
ffmpeg -i input.mov -q:v 0 output.mp4