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any2avi

Section: Misc. Reference Manual Pages (April 16, 2004)
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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.  

SYNOPSIS


any2avi [-h] [-m mode] [-a action] [-b bitrate] [-s scale]
[-B time] [-E time|size] [-NSAC string] [-o name] inputfile(s)
 

OPTIONS

-h
display help
-r configfile
file, which contains settings
-G
runs any2avi in guimode, answer some dialogs and thats it :) -> also known as "easymode"
-o name
outputfile
-a action
encodemode, default is quick
-m mode
inputmode, default is avis
-v
video-only (remove audio if any)
-b rate
bitrate (1400 default)
-c codec
mpeg4 | msmpeg4
-s scale
scalefactors (eg 640:480)
-B time
begin (eg 1:10:02)
-E time|mark
end (eg 30:00 or 5mb)
-N text
title of the resulting avi
-S text
subject of the avi
-A text
artist information
-C text
copyright information

-V /path/to/mencoder -W /path/to/mplayer -U /path/to/mpeg2enc  

ACTIONS

help
display all actions
quick
uses some quick settings
good
single pass encoding with good quality
2pass
2pass encoding with very good quality
quick2pass
2pass quick encoding
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
repair
create a new index in an avi
addinfo
adds just the info (copyrights etc)

mpeg2
encoding a highquality mpeg2movie, 7500KBit/s and 720x556 resolution
 

MODES

help
display all modes
vids
input files are videostreams
pics
input files are pictures (sgi|png|tga|jpg)
 

RCFILE

any2avi is available to load its defaults from a configfile which is normaly saved at $HOME/.any2avi/any2avirc . format is plain and simple and straightforward:

    # comments
    keyword = value

open any2avi with -gui and create a basic one, if you want.

 

EXAMPLES

any2avi -a 2pass -m pics -o out.avi jpg  

AUTHOR

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

 

LINKS

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


 

Index

ABOUT
SYNOPSIS
OPTIONS
ACTIONS
MODES
RCFILE
EXAMPLES
AUTHOR
LINKS

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