Linux - How to convert AVI-MPEG/DVD

• Transcode (RPM-FIND results)

To convert the avi file into a mpeg file for a PAL 352x288 screen, there is different settings either use the 'man' or goto the Transcode website for viewing the conversion in more detail. The command line that I use is

transcode -i<AVI FILM> -V -y mpeg -F d -E 44100 -b 224 -fps 25 -o <OUTPUTFILENAME>

This generates two files, *.m2v (the dvd video segment) and *.mpa (the audio segment).

• -b    Audio bitrate Kbit's
• -E    Audio sampling rate (Hz)
• -F    codec (d = dvd)
• -i     input file
• -V    use internal video codec (faster but some import modules do not support this)
• -y    video, audio export modules.
• -fps  Frames per second, 25 is for PAL, 29.97 for NTSC

max_bitrate=4000000.0

transcode -i<AVI FILM> -V -y mpeg -F d,,dvd.prof -m <OUTPUTFILENAME.AC3> -A 0x2000 -fps 25 -o <OUTPUTFILENAME>

Joining the OUTPUTFILENAME's together

To join these two segments together

tcmplex -o <OUTPUT.VOB> -i <OUTPUTFILENAME.M2V> -p <OUTPUTFILENAME.MPA> -m d

If using the AC3 codec then

tcmplex -o <OUTPUT.VOB> -i <OUTPUTFILENAME.M2V> -p <OUTPUTFILENAME.AC3> -m d

Hope that helps, and this also servers as a reminder to me :)