What is Videos Converter?

As you guessed it, videosConverter is a script that converts videos shot for instance by your phone or any other devices, into the x265 format.

By default, it outputs the new video files into the ./x265 directory, if none is passed as the second argument.

The conversion subsequently returns much smaller files for the same quality.

How to use?

1. Download the code using git clone https://gitlab.com/AnotherLinuxUser/videosConverter.git
2. cd videosConverter
3. Execute the node program by giving it the correct parameters:

nodejs src/videosConverter.js /path/to/phone/CameraDir /path/output/dir

Dependencies

videosConverter makes extensive use of ffmpeg and the x265 library. Hence, you need to install those dependencies firsthand, on Debian-based systems for instance, use:

• apt install ffmpeg
• apt install $(apt-cache search libx265 |grep -v 'dev\|doc' | cut -f1 -d' ') # This should return libx265-160 at the time of writing

Conversion ratio

I tested the script on 329 files totalling 74GB, and it converted those into a 14GB size directory. In average, converting your 1080p 60fps phone videos will get you a 80% compression rate!

Note: To give you an idea, it tooks approximatively 115 hours to finish on my 6 years old i3-2105 with 8GB RAM. You can see the conversion log here.

Caveat

It takes time and lots of CPU cycles to convert videos ; use a multiprocessor CPU if possible.

License

videosConverter is a GPLv3-licensed open source project.

If you find this code useful, feel free to make donation to support its development .