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1 - download the latest video-transcode from https://github.com/donmelton/video-transcoding-scripts/archive/master.zip
2 - download cygwin for your appropriate platform at from https://cygwin.com/install.html
3 - download windows version of handbrake cli from https://handbrake.fr/downloads2.php
4 - download mkvtoolnix from https://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/downloads.html
5 - download mplayer from http://mplayerwin.sourceforge.net/downloads.html (download the 7z not the installer)
6 - download the latest 'static' ffmpeg from http://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/
7 - download mp4v2 from https://code.google.com/p/mp4v2/downloads/detail?name=mp4v2-r479-windows-binaries.zip&can=2&q=
install cygwin, just click next and use the default options
extract the ffmpeg archive and move all files in the bin directory to c:\cygwin64\bin
extract the handbrake archive and move the exe as well as the 'fonts' dir to c:\cygwin64\bin
extract the mkvtoolnix archive and move everything to c:\cygwin64\bin
extract the mp4v2 archive and navigate to the appropriate folder in bin for your platform. move all files to c:\cygwin64\bin
extract the video transcoding script archive and move all files to c:\cygwin64\home\[your username]\video-transcode
in cygwin, navigate to your video of choice by typing "cd /cygdrive/" and your drive path. For instance D:\Movies would be "cd /cygdrive/d/Movies"
type "~/transcode-video/transcode-video.sh [your file name here]" and enjoy video transcoding!
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