Make iPhone compatible video with mencoder

iPhone-mencoder.sh

mencoder input -o output.mp4 \
         -of lavf -lavfopts format=mp4 \
         -ovc x264 -x264encopts bframes=0:global_header \
         # -ss 5:00 -endpos 5:00 \
         -oac lavc -lavcopts acodec=ac3

# NOTE: THE OPTION -ovc copy SIMPLY DOES NOT WORK AND MENCODER CANNOT
# USE LIBAVCODEC PROPERLY.  DO NOT WASTE TIME ON MENCODER LEARN ffmpeg
# INSTEAD.

# Given that the input file is already in the desired format, to cut
# the video only without any transcoding.

mencoder input.mp4 -o output.mp4 \
         -of lavf -lavfopts format=mp4 \
         -ovc copy \
         -oac copy -fafmttag 0x706D \
         -ss 10:00 -endpos 5:00

# Note that 0xff, 0x706D are both audio format tags for AAC.
# See https://github.com/larsmagne/mplayer/blob/master/etc/codecs.conf


# The mencoder coming from Ubuntu repository wasn't compiled with FAAC
# support.  A mencoder with FAAC support can do the following.

mencoder input.mp4 -o output.mp4 \
         -of lavf -lavfopts format=mp4 \
         -ovc copy \
         -oac faac -faacopts object=2 \
         -ss 10:00 -endpos 5:00

iPhone-vlc.sh

# References:
#   https://www.videolan.org/streaming-features.html
#   https://wiki.videolan.org/Transcode/#Command-line
#   https://wiki.videolan.org/Streaming/#Using_the_commandline
#   https://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation:Command_line/
#   https://wiki.videolan.org/VLC_Features_Formats/
#   https://wiki.videolan.org/Codec/
#   https://wiki.videolan.org/Interface/


# Active transcoding
# 
# Note that the :start-time option doesn't work with active
# transcoding for mp4 format.
cvlc -v input \
     --sout='#transcode{vcodec=h264,acodec=mp4a}:file{dst=output.mp4}' \
     :stop-time=300 \
     'vlc://quit'

# Keep both tracks
cvlc -v input \
     --sout='#file{dst=output.mp4}' \
     :stop-time=300 \
     'vlc://quit'

# It is advisable not to use both :start-time and :stop-time at the
# same time even if it works in the absence of active transcoding,
# since the duration of the output file will be off at about 3
# seconds.  Cut the original file into two parts and cut the second
# part recursively to get accurate duration for cutting.

# Cut the file into the second part
cvlc -v input \
     --sout='#file{dst=output.mp4}' \
     :start-time=300 \
     'vlc://quit'