On 05/07/2010 11:08 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > I occasionally need to convert Matroska videos to a format my > stand-alone player (an LG DVD unit) can play. I don't need to author > DVDs since the player can read from a pendrive via a USB port, but it's > fairly limited in the formats it will accept. Xvid seems to work well so > it's what I tend to use. > > The MKV files are for standard NTSC or PAL broadcast TV (not even HD in > most cases, though they could be). I've so far been unsuccessful in > hitting reasonable combination of options for producing a useful result. > I've tried ffmpeg, transcode and mencode, but the resulting videos tend > to have have noticeable blocking artefacts (despite playing with > bitrates) and severe sound synch problems. Here's a random example of > the kind of thing I've been trying: > > mencoder example.mkv -oac mp3lame -ovc xvid -xvidencopts bitrate=1000:profile=dxnhtntsc:quant_type=mpeg -vf scale=720:480 -o output.avi > > I've also messed a little with the mkv* tools, but they appear to assume > a familiarity with Matroska terminology which I would prefer not to have > to acquire. > > <rant> > Part of the problem is that all the above tools are clearly aimed at > people who know what they're doing. Those of us uninterested in a career > in multimedia technology are liable to be completely lost when > struggling with any of the (incomplete and ambiguous) manuals, not to > mention the baroque syntax of the command-line options. Why are there no > "multimedia conversion for dummies" tools in Linux as there are in > Windoze? > </rant> > > Anyway, my question is this: does anyone have a useful recipe for this > kind of thing? > > And for extra credit: how about converting FLV (Flash video)? > > poc > > I use Avidemux. It handles everything quite well -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
