all those command lines made my eyes dizzy! :) i dont think ill be able to cope with that! .
Something visual clickety i prefer. Sorry im not techie!!! On 28/01/2008, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 12:02:49PM +0000, Javad Ayaz wrote: > > ill give kino one more go and see if i miss out any option. Then ill try > > devede...since i have no other option. !!! > > > > There are always options :) > > You could (for example) use a command line tool such as ffmpeg or > mencoder. > Personally I use ffmpeg to do all my video conversion, but I appreciate > some > people don't like command line tools. > > In case you fancy having a play, here's what I do to get a good ffmpeg. I > compile ffmpeg from source because the version in the Ubuntu repositories > doesn't have everything enabled that I like to use. > > 1. Get pre-requisites to compile ffmpeg:- > > sudo apt-get install liba52-dev libdts-dev libgsm1-dev \ > libvorbis-dev libxvidcore4 libxvidcore4-dev libdc1394-dev \ > libfaac-dev liblame-dev libx264-dev libfaad2-dev \ > libtheora-dev libsdl1.2-dev > > 2. Get the source code > > wget http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/ffmpeg-export-snapshot.tar.bz2 > tar jxvf ffmpeg-export-snapshot.tar.bz2 > cd ffmpeg-export-* > > 3. Configure ffmpeg > > ./configure --enable-gpl --enable-pp --enable-pthreads \ > --enable-libvorbis --enable-liba52 \ > --enable-libgsm \ > --disable-debug --enable-shared --enable-libxvid \ > --enable-libfaac --enable-libmp3lame \ > --enable-libx264 --enable-libfaad --enable-libtheora \ > --enable-x11grab --enable-swscaler \ > --prefix=/usr/local > > 4. Compile it > > make -j3 > > (the -j3 is useful if you have a dual core machine - both cores get used > so > the compilation process is faster) > > 5. Install it > > sudo make install > > 6. Run it > > export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib/ > time ffmpeg -i foo.avi -sameq -foo.vob > > FFmpeg version SVN-r11584, Copyright (c) 2000-2008 Fabrice Bellard, et al. > configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-pp --enable-pthreads > --enable-libvorbis --enable-liba52 --enable-libgsm --disable-debug > --enable-shared --enable-libxvid --enable-libfaac --enable-libmp3lame > --enable-libx264 --enable-libfaad --enable-libtheora --enable-x11grab > --enable-swscaler --prefix=/usr/local > libavutil version: 49.6.0 > libavcodec version: 51.49.0 > libavformat version: 52.5.0 > libavdevice version: 52.0.0 > built on Jan 21 2008 11:59:59, gcc: 4.1.3 20070929 (prerelease) (Ubuntu > 4.1.2-16ubuntu2) > > Seems stream 0 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 23.98 > (65535/2733) -> 23.98 (24000/1001) > Input #0, avi, from 'foo.avi': > Duration: 01:36:38.0, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1011 kb/s > Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 624x352 [PAR 1:1 DAR 39:22], 23.98 > tb(r) > Stream #0.1: Audio: mp3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 32 kb/s > Output #0, svcd, to 'foo.vob': > Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 624x352 [PAR 1:1 DAR 39:22], > q=2-31, 200 kb/s, 23.98 tb(c) > Stream #0.1: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, 64 kb/s > Stream mapping: > Stream #0.0 -> #0.0 > Stream #0.1 -> #0.1 > Press [q] to stop encoding > frame=139013 fps=207 q=0.0 Lsize= 1764296kB time=5798.0 > bitrate=2492.8kbits/s > video:1696519kB audio:45297kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 1.290598% > > real 11m10.528s > user 10m31.567s > sys 0m11.961s > > > In the above example I converted a 1.5 hour, 700MB mpeg4-encoded avi file > to > a vob file. Note how specifying .vob made ffmpeg choose the mpeg2 video > and > mp2 audio codecs. > > Magic :) > > The -sameq parameter tells ffmpeg to try not to reduce overall video > quality during the conversion ('same quality'). > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ file foo.avi > foo.avi: RIFF (little-endian) data, AVI, 624 x 352, 23.98 fps, video: > XviD, > audio: MPEG-1 Layer 3 (stereo, 48000 Hz) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ file foo.vob > foo.vob: MPEG sequence, v2, program multiplex > > > BTW i tried windows movie maker this morning and it refused to accept > vob > > files! > > > > Out of the box Windows doesn't support mpeg2 video if I remember > correctly, > so this makes sense. > > Cheers, > Al. > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ >
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