Converter settings

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You are expected to be knowledgeable in the UNIX shell.
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Here are the command-line settings used by our Flash Media Player conversion tool (Flash Media):

Command line

Bold words must be replaced with values specific to your file. 

# Snapshot frame generation
nice /usr/local/dh/bin/ffmpeg \
   -i INPUT.AVI \
   -s WIDTHxHEIGHT \
   -vcodec image2 -vframes 1 -ss SNAPSHOT-TIME \
   OUTPUT.JPEG

# Video encoding
nice /usr/local/dh/bin/ffmpeg \
   -i INPUT.AVI \
   -s WIDTHxHEIGHT \
   -acodec libmp3lame -ab 96k -ar 44100 \
   -vcodec libx264 -vpre x264.presets -crf 30 \
   -f flv OUTPUT.FLV

x264.presets

This file must be placed temporarily in the same directory as the video. 

coder=1
flags=+loop
cmp=+chroma
partitions=+parti8x8+parti4x4+partp8x8+partb8x8
me_method=hex
subq=7
me_range=16
g=250
keyint_min=25
sc_threshold=40
i_qfactor=0.71
b_strategy=1
qcomp=0.6
qmin=10
qmax=51
qdiff=4
bf=3
refs=3
directpred=1
trellis=1
flags2=+mixed_refs+wpred+dct8x8+fastpskip
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