How can I convert a 1080p wmv video to a 720p video?
Solution 1
Since you used an ffmpeg tag I will use that for the answer.
ffmpeg -i input.wmv -s hd720 -c:v libx264 -crf 23 -c:a aac -strict -2 output.mp4
Change the video quality by specifying a different CRF parameter. See the x264 encoding guide for more info.
Solution 2
Time has moved on a little since the original accepted answer for this question in 2012. Newer versions of FFmpeg would be better to use FFmpeg's 'scale' video filter.
I give an example below, using this filter, which also simply copies the audio track as you have requested:
ffmpeg -i input.wmv \
-c:v libx264 -preset veryslow -tune film -crf 22 -vf scale=-2:720 \
-c:a copy \
output.mp4
The -tune film
option given above can be omitted or you could try -tune animation
depending on the type of video clip you are using.
If you decided that you would like to transcode the audio a good choice would be to use the external library libfdk_aac as follows:
ffmpeg -i input.wmv \
-c:v libx264 -preset veryslow -tune film -crf 22 -vf scale=-2:720 \
-c:a libfdk_aac -b:a 128k \
output.mp4
This is certainly what I would do with a wmv file that I was scaling, you will find the results more than acceptable...
Solution 3
If you want to keep intact all the audio tracks, subtitles and so on, you should use something like this:
ffmpeg -i input.mkv \
-map 0:0 -map 0:1 -map 0:2 -map 0:3 -map 0:4 \
-vf scale=-1:720 -c:v libx264 -crf 18 -preset veryslow \
-c:a:0 copy -c:a:1 copy -c:s copy \
output.mkv
In this case, the input.mkv file has two audio tracks and two subtitles. You can specify all the audio tracks (or subtitles, or videos, etc.) one by one or as a single entity (as I specified for subtitles).
Hope it helps...
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Comments
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James over 1 year
I have a 1080p wmv video that I'd like to convert to a lower quality (preferably 720p) video. I would like to keep the audio intact. How can I accomplish this in Ubuntu?
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juanmah about 11 yearsOption 'sameq' was removed. If you are looking for an option to preserve the quality (which is not what -sameq was for), use -qscale 0 or an equivalent quality factor option.
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Cheekysoft almost 8 yearsEquivalent (showing parameter ordering):
ffmpeg -i input.mkv -map 0 -vf scale=-1:720 -c:copy -c:v libx264 -crf 18 -preset veryslow output.mkv
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andersonvom over 7 yearsAccording to ffmpeg's wiki, this can be as simple as:
ffmpeg -i input.avi -vf scale=-1:720 output.avi