Startup Guys

My First Vid.ly post! Oh My God by Mark Ronson

Make your own video universal URL at http://vid.ly

Codec Packs

Great codec list at FourCC
http://www.fourcc.org/codecs.php

And downloadable codec pack list at
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/ACE_Mega_CoDecS_Pack.htm

"moov atom not found" fix with AtomicParsley

moov atom not found
If ffmpeg gives you this error when encoding a video:

moov atom not found

Use AtomicParsley (Windows) to fix your atoms:
AtomicParsley myVideo.mp4 -P

The -P flag purges some meta data out of your video that you probably didn't know about or care about. You can also use AtomicParsley to set meta data -- artist, album, etc.

See: AtomicParsley --longhelp
AtomicParley is a simple to use command line utility. You'll be encoding with ffmpeg in no time.

Install and use the latest FFmpeg and x264

1. Install guide for Ubuntu

2. x264 ffmpeg mapping and options guide

3. Basic ffmpeg usage

4. x264 settings

5. FFmpeg A/V manipulation guide at http://howto-pages.org/ffmpeg/

6. Correcting A/V sync with http://www.kkoncepts.net/node/69

UPDATE June 2013: This guide for Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail and Linux Mint 15 Olivia will provide a local install of the latest FFmpeg tools and libraries including several external encoding and decoding libraries (codecs). This will not provide a system installation and therefore will not interfere with anything such as repository packages.

Embedding iTunes art with AtomicParsley

AtomicParsley is a lightweight command line program that can read and set iTunes-style metadata tags in MPEG-4 files & 3gp assets in 3GPP/3GPP2 files.

http://atomicparsley.sourceforge.net/

x264 Plugin for Apple Compressor

Just found this great how-to by Andy Beach, the author of Real World Video Compression.

MacUpdate has the download at http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/24173/x264encoder