If you are a dedicated citizen of Erinsborough, you know that the show’s "Golden Era" debates are fierce. For me, Season 23 (2007) is peak nostalgia: the rise of Riley Parker, the Frazer/Willow drama, and the beginning of the epic Carmella Cammeniti story arc.
ffmpeg -i "neighbours_s23e01.mkv" -vf "bwdif=1" -c:v libx264 -crf 18 -c:a aac output.mp4 Those 4:3 aspect ratio files often have random black garbage on the sides. Let FFmpeg auto-detect the crop: neighbours season 23 ffmpeg
Enter —the command-line Swiss Army knife for video. If you are a dedicated citizen of Erinsborough,
ffmpeg -i "input.mkv" -af "loudnorm=I=-16:LRA=11:TP=-1.5" -c:v copy output.mkv Here is the script I ran in the terminal (Mac/Linux) to hit every file: Let FFmpeg auto-detect the crop: Enter —the command-line
But here is the problem. My digital copies of Season 23 were a mess. Mixed codecs, giant file sizes, PAL speed-up issues, and random watermark ads.
Drop a comment below—I’m partial to the Lassiter’s fire aftermath. Have an FFmpeg question for your own soap opera archives? Let me know.
ffmpeg -i "s23e02.mkv" -vf "crop=720:540:0:18" -c:v libx264 output.mp4 (Run ffprobe first to get the exact crop values for your source) Nothing worse than a jump scare from the Neighbours theme song after a quiet scene. I used the loudnorm filter to bring everything to -16 LUFS: