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--- docs:video:archiving_mini_dv [2011/02/02 20:59] – created billh
+++ docs:video:archiving_mini_dv [2011/02/02 21:35] (current) – billh
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   - rip footage to [[#iMovie]]
-  - re-encode .dv files with [[#mpeg streamclip]] or [[#ffmpeg]]
+  - re-encode .dv files with [[#MPEG Streamclip]]
+  - [[#rename files]] according to my archive scheme
+  - I then use MediaTomb to automatically read certain directories and make these videos available for my PS3 to stream
 ===== iMovie =====
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   - Save the project and close iMovie
-===== mpeg streamclip =====
+===== MPEG Streamclip =====
-FIXME
+  - create a preset with the following:
+    * MPEG-4 container
+    * H.264 video encoding
+    * AAC audio encoding, stereo, 128 kbps
+    * 60% Quality
+    * Multipass
+    * Limit Data Rate to 1000 Kbps
+    * Deinterlace Video
+    * 640 x 480 (4:3) frame size (or 854 x 480, 16:9 for widescreen)
+  - if encoding many files
+    - go to List -> Batch List
+    - click the Add Files... button
+    - select "All Files" from the filter at the bottom
+    - go to where your iMovie project is and expand to the Media folder (or open any folder with the files you want to encode if you didn't use iMovie)
+    - select all files and click "To Batch"
+    - select Export to MPEG-4 as the task and click OK
+    - click Presets...
+    - select your preset and click Load
+    - click To Batch
+    - click start to begin encoding all files in the batch
+  - if encoding one file
+    - open a single file
+    - go to File -> Export to MPEG-4...
+    - click Presets...
+    - select your preset and click Load
+    - click Make MP4
+====== rename files ======
+All of my dv tapes are numbered, such as 001, 013, 021, etc...  I put the encoded files into a folder of the same name.  I then wrote a php script that would take the iMovie named files such as Clip 01.dv (which after encoding is probably Clip 01.mp4), and name them as 001_01.mp4.
+**rename_home_movies.php**
+<code php>
+<?php
+/* usage: php rename_home_movies.php <dirname>
+ *
+ * all files in <dirname> will be renamed if they begin with "Clip " to
+ * "dirname_" + file suffix
+ */
+if( !isset($argc) || $argc < 2 )
+	exit(basename(__FILE__) . " <dir>\n");
+if( !is_dir($argv[1]) || !is_readable($argv[1]) )
+	exit("$argv[1] is not a readable directory\n");
+$dirpath = $argv[1];
+chdir($dirpath);
+$dh = opendir($dirpath);
+$dirname = str_replace(realpath("../") . "/", "", realpath("."));
+$noFilesRenamed = true;
+while( $file = readdir($dh) ){
+	if( preg_match("/^Clip (.*)$/", $file, $matches) == 0 )
+		continue;
+	$newName = "{$dirname}_{$matches[1]}";
+	$result = rename($file, $newName);
+	// $result = true; // use this line to test
+	if( !$result ){
+		echo "FAILED to rename $file\n";
+	}else{
+		echo "renamed $file to $newName\n";
+		$noFilesRenamed = false;
+	}
+}
+closedir($dh);
+if( $noFilesRenamed )
+	echo "no files were found to rename\n";
+</code>
+===== See Also =====
+  * [[ffmpeg]]
+  * [[Quicktime]]
-===== ffmpeg =====
-FIXME