Add options to force encoding if compatability check is faulty
Checking the video format is insufficient to ensure video codec compatibility to chromecast. A file encoded with profile High 4:4:4 Predictive@L5 doesn't play on my 2nd gen chromecast for example.
I've added a log statement to display the input video's profile, if available. Profiles like High @L4.1High @L3 are ok. But I don't know a good way to parse this field in bash, so instead I've added a command line option to force the re-encoding.
In order to get ffmpeg to actually transcode my 4:4:4 video to 4:2:0, I had to add the -pix_fmt yuv420p encoding option.
Add options to force encoding if compatability check is faulty
Checking the video format is insufficient to ensure video codec compatibility to chromecast. A file encoded with profile
High 4:4:4 Predictive@L5doesn't play on my 2nd gen chromecast for example.I've added a log statement to display the input video's profile, if available. Profiles like
High @L4.1High @L3are ok. But I don't know a good way to parse this field in bash, so instead I've added a command line option to force the re-encoding.In order to get ffmpeg to actually transcode my 4:4:4 video to 4:2:0, I had to add the
-pix_fmt yuv420pencoding option.