Converter settings

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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/bin/ffmpeg \
   -i INPUT.AVI \
   -s WIDTHxHEIGHT \
   -f image2 -vframes 1 -ss SNAPSHOT-TIME \
   OUTPUT.JPEG

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