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converting avi files
How can I convert a .avi file to a .mpg file, or .mov? Thanks to the wonderfully unhelpful people on #debian, I still don't have an answer after half an hour. Thanks,
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I have an odd feeling this is slightly off topic here :)
transcode is a good tool <brag> and not only because I have written parts of its mov export module :)</brag>
transcode -i infile.avi -o outfile.mov -y mov,mov -w <bitrate>
will get you a nice mjpeg+ima4 encoded mov file ...
add "-F divx" to use divx for the video. Ehe resulting files won't be readable by a default quicktime installion, they seem to work though with the 3ivx plugin.
same for mpeg just replace "-y mov,mov" with "-y mpeg2enc,mpeg2enc" haven't used the mpeg export for awhile but IIRC mpeg encoding supports some predefined profiles for dvd, vcd ... read the man page for more info :)
transcode is a good tool <brag> and not only because I have written parts of its mov export module :)</brag>
transcode -i infile.avi -o outfile.mov -y mov,mov -w <bitrate>
will get you a nice mjpeg+ima4 encoded mov file ...
add "-F divx" to use divx for the video. Ehe resulting files won't be readable by a default quicktime installion, they seem to work though with the 3ivx plugin.
same for mpeg just replace "-y mov,mov" with "-y mpeg2enc,mpeg2enc" haven't used the mpeg export for awhile but IIRC mpeg encoding supports some predefined profiles for dvd, vcd ... read the man page for more info :)
That's cool! I wish I was a skilled enough programmer right now to actually contribute to an open source project.
I just tried to compile transcode, but it's telling me that it can't find libaa.al, even though I apt-get install libaa1-dev.... I'll keep working on it and get back to you.
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I just tried to compile transcode, but it's telling me that it can't find libaa.al, even though I apt-get install libaa1-dev.... I'll keep working on it and get back to you.
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