The script is designed to automatically transcode a movie for playback from a flash drive on a TV using FFmpeg.

Based on the parameters set in the input file, it selects an audio stream in one of the preferred languages and adds "forced" subtitles in the same language if available.

If audio in the preferred language is not available, it selects the default audio and adds subtitles in one of the preferred languages.

If needed, it will reduce the number of audio channels and video resolution so that the TV can play it without stuttering or lagging.

ffmpeg and ffprobe binaries installed in system path.

pip3 install -f requirements.txt

The script reads the configuration from the ~/.video-transcoder.toml file. If the file does not exist, the script will create it and populate it with default values when it is first run.

python3 ./recode_video.py <input_file_path>

Jan Čejka

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