Converting a video file in arbitrary file format into MPEG4/H.264?
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I want to convert a large number of video files in various formats into .mp4 files (container MPEG-4, codec H.264). I want to do this on an Ubuntu machine, using only command-line tools and I'm willing to install packages from main, restricted, universe and multiverse.
Ideally I'd like to be able to do ...
for VIDEO_FILE in *; do
some_conversion_program $VIDEO_FILE $VIDEO_FILE.mp4
done
... and have all my video files in .mp4 format with container MPEG-4 and codec H.264.
How would you tackle this problem on an Ubuntu machine? What packages do I need to install?
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