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For now, Hotscreen converts the videos to 480p 25fps so it doesn't use too much cpu power to play them. (especially if the overlay needs to display 10 videos at the same time)

What you want is a quality slider that let the user choose how much the video is shrunk ? I can add that in the next update.

If you want the command line to convert a video now :

ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -vf "scale=480:480:force_original_aspect_ratio=decrease,fps=25" -q:v 6 -q:a 6 output.ogg

Arctic23149 days ago

Thank you for your quick reply! Where do I put this line and how exactly does this work? Not too familiar with ffmpeg

PerfectFox265147 days ago (3 edits)

This is only if you want to do it now, by yourself. I will publish the update next week.

Open a terminal. (cmd or powershell)
Type cd "path/of/your/video/folder" For exemple : cd C:\Users\me\Videos (if your video.mp4 is in the Videos folder)
Paste the command ffmpeg -i video.mp4 -vf "scale=720:720:force_original_aspect_ratio=decrease,fps=25" -q:v 6 -q:a 6 output.ogv
You can replace :

video.mp4 is the name of your video you want to convert
720:720 are the max width and height that you desire.
fps=25 will be the the frame per second of the converted video
-q:v 6 and -q:a 6 are the quality of video and audio
output.ogv is the name of the converted video, in a format usable by Hotscreen. (.ogv)

Arctic23147 days ago

Appreciate it, looking forward to the update!

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