Ubuntu Encoding Help
 

Guys, I need to encode movies in the following format, using Ubuntu. Anyone can suggest me how to do that?

Thanks a lot in advance ;)

General
Complete name : /home/fabio/Scrivania/9A657D37-F545-4F9A-94FA-6967CE67C757.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 19.0 MiB
Duration : 4mn 9s
Overall bit rate : 639 Kbps
Writing application : MEncoder Sherpya-MinGW-20060312-4.1.0
Writing library : MPlayer

Video
ID : 0
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Simple@L3
Format settings, BVOP : No
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263)
Codec ID : XVID
Codec ID/Hint : XviD
Duration : 4mn 9s
Bit rate : 499 Kbps
Width : 320 pixels
Height : 240 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 22.000 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.295
Stream size : 14.8 MiB (78%)
Writing library : XviD 1.1.0 (UTC 2005-11-22)

Audio
ID : 1
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 2
Codec ID : 50
Duration : 4mn 9s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Stream size : 3.80 MiB (20%)
Alignment : Split accross interleaves
Interleave, duration : 26 ms (0.57 video frame)
Interleave, preload duration : 522 ms

viDrop does a great job at converting to .AVI for MP4 players, but it doesn't work in Linux though. I don't know of a converter that works in Linux at the moment unfortunately. What about getting WINE installed or getting a Windows emulator so you can use the viDrop software to converter?

I did find a working mencoder string. I post it here in case other people might need it:


mencoder inputfile -ofps 20 -vf-add scale=320:240 -vf-add expand=320:240:-1:-1:1 -srate 44100 -ovc xvid -xvidencopts bitrate=400:max_bframes=0:quant_type=h263:me_quali ty=4 -oac lavc -lavcopts acodec=mp2:abitrate=128 -o outputfile.avi