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.TH any2avi  "April 16, 2004" "" ""
.SH ABOUT

any2avi is a small wrapper around mencoder to make it easier to
use. so it converts almost any incoming videostream to a lot
of other videoformats.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.fam C

\fBany2avi\fP [-h] [-m \fImode\fP] [-a \fIaction\fP] [-b \fIbitrate\fP] [-s \fIscale\fP]
[-B \fItime\fP] [-E \fItime\fP|size] [-NSAC \fIstring\fP] [-o \fIname\fP] \fBinputfile\fP(s)
.fam T
.fi
.SH OPTIONS

.TP
.B
-h
display help
.TP
.B
-r configfile
file, which contains settings
.TP
.B
-G
runs \fBany2avi\fP in guimode, 
answer some dialogs
and thats it :) -> also
known as "easymode"
.TP
.B
-o \fIname\fP
outputfile
.TP
.B
-a \fIaction\fP
encodemode, default is quick
.TP
.B
-m \fImode\fP
inputmode, default is avis
.TP
.B
-v
video-only (remove audio if any)
.TP
.B
-b rate
\fIbitrate\fP (1400 default)
.TP
.B
-c codec
mpeg4 | msmpeg4
.TP
.B
-s \fIscale\fP
scalefactors (eg 640:480)
.TP
.B
-B \fItime\fP
begin (eg 1:10:02)
.TP
.B
-E \fItime\fP|mark
end (eg 30:00 or 5mb)
.TP
.B
-N text
title of the resulting avi
.TP
.B
-S text
subject of the avi
.TP
.B
-A text
artist information
.TP
.B
-C text
copyright information
.PP
-V /path/to/mencoder
-W /path/to/mplayer
-U /path/to/mpeg2enc
.SH ACTIONS

.TP
.B
help
display all actions
.TP
.B
quick
uses some quick settings
.TP
.B
good
single pass encoding with good quality
.TP
.B
2pass
2pass encoding with very good quality
.TP
.B
quick2pass
2pass quick encoding
.TP
.B
cat
appends all input files to the output.avi
works correct only with avis which are of the same
size and are encoded with the same codec
.TP
.B
repair
create a new index in an avi
.TP
.B
addinfo
adds just the info (copyrights etc)
.RE
.PP

.RS
.TP
.B
mpeg2
encoding a highquality mpeg2movie, 7500KBit/s
and 720x556 resolution
.SH MODES

.TP
.B
help
display all modes
.TP
.B
vids
input files are videostreams
.TP
.B
pics
input files are pictures
(sgi|png|tga|jpg)
.SH RCFILE

\fBany2avi\fP is available to load its defaults from a configfile
which is normaly saved at $HOME/.\fBany2avi\fP/any2avirc .
format is plain and simple and straightforward:
.PP
.nf
.fam C
    # comments
    keyword = value

.fam T
.fi
open \fBany2avi\fP with -gui and create a basic one, if you want.
.RE
.PP

.SH EXAMPLES

\fBany2avi\fP -a 2pass -m pics -o out.avi \*.jpg
.SH AUTHOR

mathias gumz < gumz at cs.uni-magdeburg.de >
.RE
.PP

.SH LINKS

.TP
.B
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/
http://www.MPlayerHQ.hu/DOCS/tech/encoding-tips.txt