Ken Bass <daytooner <at> gmail.com> writes: > I need to rescale several videos. What is the best way to do that without > recoding the entire video, but maintaining quality? > > I have tried "ffmpeg -i <src.xxx> -s WxH src_new.xxx" You should really tell ffmpeg: Either the (video-) bitrate it should use: -b 1M Or the quality (this is usually not the recommended method, if you don't just want maximum quality): -qscale 2 It makes sense to also specify the audio bitrate: -ab 128k Please read ffmpeg's man page for more information! Concerning your home theater system: Are you sure that the problem is the resolution (and not the container or codec type)? I find it surprising that the system does not just down-scale the video to the maximum resolution. (Does it show very small videos without upscaling them?) Carl Eugen
