VLC transcode bullshit formats

vlc_screen.ps1

function x($i) { $i.Replace("`r", '').Replace("`n", '').Replace(" ",'').Replace("'", '"') }

$f = join-path (get-location) 'screen'
$l = join-path (get-location) 'log.txt'
pushd 'C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC'
./vlc.exe `
    -I dummy `
    (x "screen://") `
    (x @"
    --sout=#transcode{
        scale='1',
        fps='23.97'
    }:duplicate{
        dst=std{
            access='file',
            mux='ts',
            dst='$($f)_out.avi'
        }
    }
"@) `
    (x "--extraintf=http:logger") `
    (x "--verbose=3") `
    (x "--file-logging") `
    (x "--logfile='$l'")
popd

ls -Filter *mp4 | % { 
    pushd 'C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC'
    $f = $_.FullName; 
    $f
    ./vlc.exe `
        -I dummy `
        "-vvv" (x "'$f'") `
        (x @"
        --sout=#transcode{
            vcodec='h264',
            scale='1',
            fps='23.97',
            vb='100',
            deinterlace='0',
            acodec='none',
            vfilter=croppadd{
                croptop='110',
                cropleft='80',
                cropbottom='580',
                cropright='1470'
            }
        }:standard{
            access='file',
            mux='mp4',
            dst='$($f)_out.mp4'
        }
"@) `
        "vlc://quit"
    popd;
}

#get-process *vlc* | kill -force
#ls | % { mv $_ $_.FullName.Replace('_out.mp4','') }

vlc_transcode.ps1

function x($i) { $i.Replace("`r", '').Replace("`n", '').Replace(" ",'').Replace("'", '"') }

ls -Filter *mp4 | % { 
    pushd 'C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC'
    $f = $_.FullName; 
    $f
    ./vlc.exe `
        -I dummy `
        -vvv (x "'$f'") `
        (x @"
        --sout=#transcode{
            vcodec='h264',
            scale='0.25',
            fps='23.97',
            vb='800',
            deinterlace='1',
            acodec='mp3',
            ab='128',
            channels='2',
            samplerate='44100'
        }:standard{
            access='file',
            mux='mp4',
            dst='$($f)_out.mp4'
        }
"@)
    popd;
}

#get-process *vlc* | kill -force
#ls | % { mv $_ $_.FullName.Replace('_out.mp4','') }