Video Conversions
Introduction
mencoder is one of the most used applications along with ffmpeg to convert or encode videos.
Installation
Depending on what you will use, select only the one you wish:
If you want to create OGV (OGG/Theora) videos for HTML5, you need to install this package:
Usage
Convert a .wmv to a .avi
Convert a .mp4 to a .avi
And to convert an avi to mp4 and change to iPhone resolution:
Convert a .flv to a .mpg
The options are:
- b bitrate: set the video bitrate in kbit/s (default = 200 kb/s)
- ab bitrate: set the audio bitrate in kbit/s (default = 64)
- ar sample rate: set the audio samplerate in Hz (default = 44100 Hz)
- s size: set frame size. The format is WxH (default 160x128)
Convert to ogv
This will keep the same video information and create an ogv file with the same name.
If you want better quality: