[mythtv-users] ffmpeg avi -> mpeg conversion

[Mark Paulus]

nik gibson wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Does anyone have a viable ffmpeg command line to convert avi's  to mpeg 
> so they can be played with the  mythtv internal player?  I've been 
> struggling with ffmpeg's  seemingly  endless list of options  and I've 
> been able to convert a video, still have sound but the total time if 
> completely off.
> 
> This is the command I've been using (I'm sure I'm doing something wrong):
> ffmpeg -i "file.avi" -acodec ac3 -ab 224 -ar 48000 -ac 2 -vcodec 
> mpeg2video -b 3600 -maxrate 4500 -bufsize 224 -sameq -ss 0:6:50 -vframes 
> 3000 " file.mpg"
> 
> If anyone has a way they are doing the conversion while maintaining 
> video quality please let me know.

I use:
ffmpeg -i "file.avi" -target ntsc-svcd "file.mpg"

I've tried other target types, and I get audio/video sync problems. 
ntsc-svcd seems to give pretty good video quality, and keeps the sound 
in sync.


> 
> Thanks
> 
> -Nik-
> 
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