I’ve been using ffmpeg a lot and suffering from the lack of updated and reliable releases for Mac OS X. I’m currently using Snow Leopard version 10.6.8 and toyed around a lot with it, and now I’m sharing this work with the world.
This was compiled using a git checkout. Documentation information is inside (readme, copying, etc). This was compiled with multi-thread support.
FFMpeg for Mac OS X
dmg format. ~11MB Released 2011-07-13
Now, if you’re trying to convert your videos to play on your iPad, AppleTV, iPhone or one of apple gadgets, you can try this 1-pass command:
ffmpeg -i video.avi -vcodec libx264 -b 2600k -g 250 -s 1280x720 -f mp4 -acodec libfaac -ar 44100 -ab 192k output.mp4
Altough I prefer the 2-pass method below. Using the 1-pass I sometimes have problems with seeking, and other times the video just stops in the middle of the way, so, there you go:
ffmpeg -i video.avi -pass 1 -vcodec libx264 -b 2600k -g 250 -s 1280x720 -f mp4 -acodec libfaac -ar 44100 -ab 192k output.mp4 ffmpeg -i video.avi -pass 2 -vcodec libx264 -b 2600k -g 250 -s 1280x720 -f mp4 -acodec libfaac -ar 44100 -ab 192k output.mp4
Let me know if the package and commands worked for you.
Have fun!