Phil Ehrens wrote: > Looks like maybe you need to give it some hints: > > http://www.transcoding.org/cgi-bin/transcode?MplayerProbe
Sorry, I think I must be getting a bit dim. I saved 2 files from link, named as "mplayerprobe.sh" & "fortyeightk.sh" and chmod +x both. Then: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Video/GreenWing> sh mplayerprobe.sh GreenWing.ts > mplayerprobe.sh: eval: line 9544: syntax error near unexpected token `(' > mplayerprobe.sh: eval: line 9544: `VIDEO MPEG2(pid=560) AUDIO MPA(pid=561) NO > SUBS (yet)! PROGRAM N. 8384' > mplayerprobe.sh: line 25: [: =: unary operator expected > mplayerprobe.sh: line 26: [: =: unary operator expected > mplayerprobe.sh: line 27: [: =: unary operator expected > (standard_in) 6: parse error > -g x --import_asr -f ,0 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Video/GreenWing> but > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Video/GreenWing> mplayer -identify -frames 0 -vo null -ao > null GreenWing.ts 2>/dev/null | grep =[1-9] | more > ID_AUDIO_ID=562 > ID_AUDIO_ID=562 > ID_AUDIO_ID=562 > ID_AUDIO_ID=562 ... > ID_VIDEO_ID=560 > ID_AUDIO_ID=561 > VIDEO MPEG2(pid=560) AUDIO MPA(pid=561) NO SUBS (yet)! PROGRAM N. 8384 > ID_VIDEO_ID=560 > ID_AUDIO_ID=561 > ID_AUDIO_ID=562 > ID_VIDEO_BITRATE=10000000 > ID_VIDEO_WIDTH=704 > ID_VIDEO_HEIGHT=576 > ID_VIDEO_FPS=25.000 > ID_AUDIO_FORMAT=80 > ID_LENGTH=2412.93 > ID_AUDIO_BITRATE=192000 > ID_AUDIO_RATE=48000 > ID_AUDIO_NCH=2 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Video/GreenWing> Please can you point me in the right direction? Apologies for apparent stupidity :-( Regards, -- Richard (MQ)