Author: Tony Whitmore Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] re-encoding video on linux
Stephen Rowles wrote: > All,
>
> My digital camera records video in the form of avi files, which appear to
> contain mjpg video (640x480 @ 30fps 24bpp) and aLaw audio. Which of course
> isn't any use for sites such as Facebook.
>
> so to re-encode my video I am using the following command:
>
> ffmpeg -i rmov0377.avi -sameq -vcodec mpeg2video -acodec libmp3lame
> output.mpg
>
> This produces a video file, however it doesn't appear to be the same video
> quality as the source (as -sameq would suggest). This process also
> massively reduces the file size from 44meg to 2.4meg!
>
> I realise that I will lose some quality when changing video format, but I
> wondered if there are any ffmpeg experts out there that could suggest a
> better command, or something I'm missing?
ffmpeg supports bitrate arguments for both video and audio, so try
specifying them manually. For video it is the -b argument, e.g.
