Automatic MPEG-4 transcoding

[MaeWanto]

I'm looking for a solution able to automatically transcode in MPEG-4 the files uploaded to a particular folder. I would prefer an application based on open source components ( XviD, FAAC, GPAC, MPEG4IP, etc. ) in order to customize it if needed, but any commercial product or SDK would interest me.
Thanks in advance.

[ivan_alias]

Mencoder can do this. Lots of info around on the forum about mencoder. - give search a go. Have a look into it, to automake it I use a shell script on my linux box to do exactly what you describe.

Cheers

Ivan

[MaeWanto]

Hi Ivan,

Thanks a lot for your advice.
Is MEncoder able to provide muxing and hinting features in order to produce MP4 streamable files ( from Darwin Streaming Server for instance ) ?
I would be very interested in the shell script you've developed for Linux but I'm also looking for a solution for Windows boxes. Any ideas to implement folder watch feature on Windows ?
Best regards.

[ivan_alias]

Hi

Mencoder can't output mp4 at the moment, so you'd need to mux with some other tool like mp4creator or videolan.

My shell script probably isnt much use to you, its just a bunch of commands to save me typing that I run from cron ;)