Remuxing get_iplayer downloads to play on my TV

[Colin Law]

On 22 April 2012 09:53, Steve Champion <steve at stevechampion.com> wrote:
>> Mmm.  ok. Try this then:
>> ffmpeg -i programme.mp4 -vtag xvid -vcodec mpeg4 -acodec libmp3lame -sameq
>>
>
> That is about 20% smaller, but my rubbish TV can't play it :-( I think I'll
> just have to stick with what I have and be grateful that a conversion is
> possible, without whining about the size!

I have not followed all the detail of this thread, but in case it is
useful I use the following to convert to mpg so that my dvd player
will play it.
ffmpeg -i <filename> -target pal-dvd -acodec ac3_fixed <outfile>.mpg

If you are not PAL then you might want -target ntsc-vcd

Colin