You want to keep the brooding skies of Lerwick crisp, but you don't want a 10GB file for a 1-hour episode. We will convert to MKV (Matroska), the most robust container for detective dramas.
A one-liner for extracting a specific clip. Perhaps you only want the opening credits sequence (usually from 00:01:00 to 00:03:00). shetland s07 ffmpeg
Reviewers on Reddit suggest this "stream copy" method as a best practice for quickly making files compatible with more devices. 2. Transcoding for Space (H.265/HEVC) You want to keep the brooding skies of
ffmpeg -i video.mkv -i subtitles.srt -c:v copy -c:a copy -c:s mov_text output.mp4 Perhaps you only want the opening credits sequence
If you need to change the container format from MKV to MP4 without re-encoding the video (which preserves quality and is much faster), use the -c copy flag.
Remember to organize your files logically. The mysteries on Shetland are complex; your file structure shouldn't be.
ffmpeg -i shetland_s07e01.ts