cannot play video on dvd-player

[Alain De Vos]

I use minidlna so i don't need to use a usb stick.
But my dvd-player is crashing or don't give sound.
I think i must change the video-file to use ac3 audio codec.
What is the best way to do so ?

 

[SirDice]

You want to convert the original video file? You should be able to do this with ffmpeg(1).

 

[NapoleonWils0n]

If you want a nice gui Handbrake is worth a look

HandBrake: Open Source Video Transcoder

HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder.

handbrake.fr

sudo pkg install handbrake

 

[scottro]

ffmpeg -i myvideo -c:a ac3 myconvertedfile .

As NapoleonWils0n says, HandBrake is good if you want a GUI, though you can actually use it without the GUI. (In that case, I believe the command is HandBrakeCLI).

I have a somewhat dated page that still has some useful stuff on it at https://srobb.net/dvds.html which was originally about making dvds but has extended into all sorts of stuff about multimedia.

And to make sure your version of ffmpeg has ac3, you can always do ffmpeg -codecs |grep 'ac3'