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-This is a shell script to transcode stuff to h.264.
+# H264 transcoder with RPi4 hardware acceleration
+
+This is a shell script to transcode video files to h.264.
+It handles audio and subtitles gracefully.
 
 It uses the Raspberry Pi's hardware acceleration
 (`h264_v4l2m2m` codec)