tibhannover/ffv1_migration_tool

Rosetta Migration Plugin. This script plugin migrates audiovisual files to ffv1-Video, Version 3, Matroska with LPCM-Audio. @MerleFri

ffv1MigrationTool: Rosetta Migration Plugin

This script plugin migrates audiovisual files to ffv1-Video, Version 3, Matroska with LPCM-Audio. The number of Slices per Frame is either default or can be manipulated by custom parameters.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

install FFmpeg on the server

Installing

see Rosetta SDK, Deployment and Installation

Running the Plugin

While preservation planning, choose the ffv1MigrationTool as internal plugin. You can either give no parameter (default) or work with a custom parameter.

default

When no parameter is entered, the plugin runs with default profile. This means a slice number of 16 slices.

custom parameter

The following are valid custom parameters:

• 4 - leads to 4 slices per frame
• 6 - leads to 6 slices per frame
• 9 - leads to 9 slices per frame
• 12 - leads to 12 slices per frame
• 16 - leads to 16 slices per frame
• 24 - leads to 24 slices per frame
• 30 - leads to 30 slices per frame

error codes

if migration was not successfull, an error code appears in the log

• 2 - no valid custom parameter
• 3 - more than one custom parameter, only one allowed
• other - error code from FFmpeg, migration failed althoug custom parameter was correct

Authors

• Merle Friedrich - German Nation Library of Science and Technology (TIB)

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details