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Adventures in Video Transcoding

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

A few days ago I was growing somewhat despondent while trying to find a way to convert a large quicktime MOV file that had been encoded in 720p HD into several other formats.  After fumbling around for a while and thinking I was going to have to use the commercial (and excellent) Adobe Media Encoder, I found an unexpected gem that wound up exceeding my needs and allowing me to do something truly cool.

Before I unveil the final solution, allow me to tell you a bit of what I’ve discovered along this little journey and a few of the specifics about what I needed to accomplish.

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