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Evan Graham · July 7th, 2018, 10:35 AM

What is your suggestion for converting AVI drone footage to MP4? Thanks!

Evan

Cary Knoop · July 7th, 2018, 11:36 AM

Assuming the codec is H.264 I would remux the footage, i.e. copy the video stream without re-encoding.

For instance:

ffmpeg -i drone.avi -c:v copy drone.mp4

You might need additional audio options to convert or map multiple channels, the same with the metadata.

Evan Graham · July 9th, 2018, 02:43 PM

Thanks. What's the best converting software to convert AVI to MP4?

Evan

Christopher Young · July 9th, 2018, 07:55 PM

For doing exactly what you want to do on PC I use a free utility called Avidemux 64. It has a very simple easy to use GUI and can re-mux many different files types both video and audio to a wide range of wrappers including .MP4. The current version is 2.7.1 and can be found here.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/avidemux/

All you have to do is select "copy" for the video and audio content of your incoming files and then select MP4 for your output files. Just done an 5.5 minute DJI file and it took all of ten seconds to re-wrap the file to MP4.

See the attached image to give you an idea.

Chris Young

Ervin Farkas · July 30th, 2018, 04:42 PM

Sounds like Evan wants to compress to a smaller size.

I'd suggest Handbrake - it's free and it's very high quality if you have the time - meaning it can work fast for a so-so quality output or insanely slow for high quality.

Christopher Young · July 31st, 2018, 05:37 AM

In that case yes 100% agreed, Handbrake or VidCoder. Same x264 thing but more configurable.

Chris Young

July 7th, 2018, 10:35 AM	#1
Evan Graham New Boot Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 9	Converting AVI to MP4 What is your suggestion for converting AVI drone footage to MP4? Thanks! Evan

July 7th, 2018, 11:36 AM	#2
Cary Knoop Major Player Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Newark, CA Posts: 324	Re: Converting AVI to MP4 Assuming the codec is H.264 I would remux the footage, i.e. copy the video stream without re-encoding. For instance: ffmpeg -i drone.avi -c:v copy drone.mp4 You might need additional audio options to convert or map multiple channels, the same with the metadata.

July 9th, 2018, 02:43 PM	#3
Evan Graham New Boot Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 9	Re: Converting AVI to MP4 Thanks. What's the best converting software to convert AVI to MP4? Evan

July 9th, 2018, 07:55 PM	#4
Christopher Young Trustee Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 1,528	Re: Converting AVI to MP4 For doing exactly what you want to do on PC I use a free utility called Avidemux 64. It has a very simple easy to use GUI and can re-mux many different files types both video and audio to a wide range of wrappers including .MP4. The current version is 2.7.1 and can be found here. https://sourceforge.net/projects/avidemux/ All you have to do is select "copy" for the video and audio content of your incoming files and then select MP4 for your output files. Just done an 5.5 minute DJI file and it took all of ten seconds to re-wrap the file to MP4. See the attached image to give you an idea. Chris Young Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Christopher Young; July 9th, 2018 at 08:01 PM. Reason: info change

July 30th, 2018, 04:42 PM	#5
Ervin Farkas Inner Circle Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Atlanta/USA Posts: 2,515	Re: Converting AVI to MP4 Sounds like Evan wants to compress to a smaller size. I'd suggest Handbrake - it's free and it's very high quality if you have the time - meaning it can work fast for a so-so quality output or insanely slow for high quality. __________________ Ervin Farkas www.AtlantaLegalVideo.com

July 31st, 2018, 05:37 AM	#6
Christopher Young Trustee Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 1,528	Re: Converting AVI to MP4 In that case yes 100% agreed, Handbrake or VidCoder. Same x264 thing but more configurable. Chris Young