Have you tried ffmpeg?
http://www.ffmpeg.org
Emil
Quoting Eli Billauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hello all,
>
> After buying a video sampling card (Pinnacle PCTV Deluxe, with USB
> connection, and not so deluxe), I want to create video clips in a
> low-bitrate format which must be highly interchangable (I respect people
> who use other operating systems).
>
> Transcode is great for generating VCD MPEGS, but that's far too high
> bitrate. And it also allows to take a cut out of the source video clip,
> which is a blessing. But I want the real low-end.
>
>
> This is what I've achieved so far. The following commands give me a VCD:
>
> transcode -i $original -k -z -y mpeg2enc,mp2enc -F 1 -Z 352x288 -E 44100
> -b 224 -o $tmpfile
> tcmplex -o $outfile -i $tmpfile.m1v -p $tmpfile.mpa -m v && rm -f
> $tmpfile.m1v $tmpfile.mpa;
>
> The first command generates a video stream and an audio stream, and the
> second mixes them together. Amazingly, it works like a charm! And if you
> insist, this is how I make a VCD:
>
> vcdimager -t vcd2 $outfile
> cdrdao write --driver generic-mmc --device 0,0,0 --speed 24 videocd.cue
>
> OK, so now I want a low-end MPEG? Great, I reduced the bitrate with:
>
> transcode -i $original -k -z -y mpeg2enc,mp2enc -F 0 -Z 352x288 -E 44100
> -w 128 -b 96 -o $tmpfile
>
> Note the -w 128 flag, which says video bitrate 128 kbits/sec, and the -b
> 96 which gets the audio (mp3) down to 96 kbits/sec. The result was
> disappointing twice: First, because the file remained very large.
> Second, because the quality was indeed lousy (as expected from a low
> bitrate).
>
> Ideas, anybody?
>
> Eli
>
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