On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 08:13:16AM -0800, Patrick J. Timlick wrote: > I would try idvid on a video created by your box.
Thanks for the pointer, that helped. The current version of tovid (http://tovid.org) calls this function with "tovid id" but otherwise works like you say. After more frobbing, I ran across "mencoder", part of the mplayer suite, and that is the tool that worked. INCREDIBLY COMPLEX to use optimally, but I managed with: mencoder <infile> -ofps 20 -vf scale=320:240 -ovc xvid \ -oac mp3lame -xvidencopts bitrate=687 -o <outfile.avi> Again, that is NOT OPTIMAL, just cargo-cult cut-and-paste options, but at least it outputs a video that the player likes. Now I can learn more and optimize, build some conversion scripts for my wife (who this is for), etc. BTW, it turns out that many of the converters for these cheap player devices are based on mencoder, often ripping off and obscuring the open source code. Keith -- Keith Lofstrom [email protected] Voice (503)-520-1993 KLIC --- Keith Lofstrom Integrated Circuits --- "Your Ideas in Silicon" Design Contracting in Bipolar and CMOS - Analog, Digital, and Scan ICs _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
