how to convert videos into a format understood by my standalone divx-compliant dvd player (yamaha dvd-s661).
This simple line below took hours to figure out, spread over many days. sheesh.
ffmpeg -i infile.avi -vcodec mpeg4 -vtag divx -sameq out.avi
A more evolved example:
ffmpeg -i infile.avi -f avi -vcodec mpeg4 -vtag divx -acodec libmp3lame \
-s 320x240 -sameq out.avi
Vtag divx was the critical missing piece, hat tip to Anonymous Coward. Audio codec is there just in case I encounter a codec not understood by my player, might be overkill. Resizing to 320x240 pixels is because my tv is standard NTSC and only shows that much anyway. And yes I know this could lose info, but that's okay as I'm not using this for backing up dvd's, just a bunch of old stuff from tape.
using '-target dvd-ntsc' might set proper interlace settings with a minimum of fuss (and then override with above to use mpeg4) - http://www.itdp.de/transcode-users/2004-09/msg00067.html
How do I encode Xvid or DivX video with ffmpeg? - http://www.ffmpeg.org/faq.html#SEC22
For players that don't recognize "XVID", etc... - http://www.linux.com/archive/?module=comments&func=display&cid=1153583
Using ffmpeg to manipulate audio and video files - http://howto-pages.org/ffmpeg/
how to convert videos into a format understood by my standalone dvd player (yamaha).
How do I encode Xvid or DivX video with ffmpeg? - http://www.ffmpeg.org/faq.html#SEC22
For players that don't recognize "XVID", etc... - http://www.linux.com/archive/?module=comments&func=display&cid=1153583
http://howto-pages.org/ffmpeg/
how to convert videos into a format understood by my standalone divx-compliant dvd player (yamaha dvd-s661).
This simple line below took hours to figure out, spread over many days. sheesh.
ffmpeg -i infile.avi -vcodec mpeg4 -vtag divx -sameq out.avi
A more evolved example:
ffmpeg -i infile.avi -f avi -vcodec mpeg4 -vtag divx -acodec libmp3lame \
-s 320x240 -sameq out.avi
Vtag divx was the critical missing piece, hat tip to Anonymous Coward. Audio codec is there just in case I encounter a codec not understood by my player, might be overkill. Resizing to 320x240 pixels is because my tv is standard NTSC and only shows that much anyway. And yes I know this could lose info, but that's okay as I'm not using this for backing up dvd's, just a bunch of old stuff from tape.
using '-target dvd-ntsc' might set proper interlace settings with a minimum of fuss (and then override with above to use mpeg4) - http://www.itdp.de/transcode-users/2004-09/msg00067.html
How do I encode Xvid or DivX video with ffmpeg? - http://www.ffmpeg.org/faq.html#SEC22
For players that don't recognize "XVID", etc... - http://www.linux.com/archive/?module=comments&func=display&cid=1153583
Using ffmpeg to manipulate audio and video files - http://howto-pages.org/ffmpeg/