A script to convert video ts-files to mpg/mp4-files

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README.md

ts_convert

A script to convert ts-stream to mpg/mp4

Features

graphical selection-dialog for choosing the source files
graphical selection-dialog for choosing the output directory
Works with SD- and HD-recordings
Some receivers, like TechniSat when writing to FAT32 and NTFS formatted discs, split recordings into pieces of 1 GB. ts_convert detects this and combines automatically all related pieces to one destination file. It is sufficient to choose at least one of the split files.
The same applies for VOB-files. Just select one of the VTS_xxxx.VOB-files of the main title.
If your TV has a built-in UPnP server, it is possible to read directly from your TV over the network. For this the use of djmount is very helpful. ts_convert parses the m3u playlist files and reads the ts-file it links to.
Uses ffmpeg or avconv, whatever is available
Very fast, as streams are not re-encoded
Files converted with ts_convert can later be edited with avidemux, without losing A/V-sync

Usage

ts_convert needs the following programs:

ffmpeg (or avconv)
getopt
zenity

Make sure, they are installed.

ts_convert  - convert ts files to mpg/mp4

usage: ts_convert [OPTIONS] [video-file|m3u-file …]

     OPTIONS:
     -d|--delete       delete source files after conversion [no]
     -h|--help         show this help screen
     -n|--dryrun       do all but create files (for development)
     -o|--outdir dir   use dir as output directory, without asking
     -p|--noprogress   don't show progressbars
     -v|--version      show program name and version, then exit
     -5|--html5        transcode to HTML5-compatible HD-video (h264,aac) (slow)

     defaults are shown in square brackets

Installation

Archlinux

git clone https://git.tuxomat.eu/automat/ts_convert.git
cd ts_convert
makepkg -sic

ts_convert will be listed in your menu's multimedia-section.

other distributions

download the file install_ts_convert.sh from this side and make it executable
be sure to have curl and unzip installed.
execute ./install_ts_convert. It downloads the latest stable version and installs it to /usr/local/bin. For this it is required that you have sudo rights.

ts_convert will be listed in your menu's multimedia-section.