Converting mpeg to xvid

[Clanky]

I want to convert some of my previous dvb-t recording to xvid.

I've tried

ffmpeg.exe -y -i %1 -f avi -ab 224 -aspect 16:9 -ac 2 -acodec mp3 -deinterlace -vcodec xvid -qscale 5 -vtag XVID %~dpn1.avi

which works but it doesn't preserve the aspect ratio, is there any easy solution to this?

[lev]

http://www.autogk.me.uk/

DivX / XviD backup utility. With support of DVDs, MPEG2 (such as DVB captures and transport streams), MPEG1 sources along with AVI/DV sources encoding into your favourite MPEG4 format was never as easy as now!

Program features support of:
- DVD/VOBs(unencrypted from hdd), MPEG2, MPEG1, transport streams (including multi-program ones) and AVI/DV input sources
- XviD or DivX(5/6) output formats
- AC3, DTS, PCM, MPA input audio tracks
- AC3, DTS, MPA, CBR/VBR MP3 output audio tracks
- two audio tracks in AVI
- external (vobsub) or internal (burnt-in) subtitles (with support of forced subs)
- HDTV input/output resolutions(upto 1920x***) and frame rates (50/60fps)
- automatic crop and resize based on compressibility of the source to achieve best results
- automatic detection of input source: PAL, NTSC, FILM, HYBRID
- automatic deinterlacer and IVTC
- automatic split into CD-sized chunks for main video and external sub

[Clanky]

Yes I've used Autogk & it works perfectly.

What I wanted to do is let postprocessing write the batch script & copy the script to the recording folder. When I've edited out commercials, trimmed the start & end & fixed the occasional glitch, I could then click on the batch file to convert to xvid.

My daughter wants some recordings to play on her laptop so it looks like I will have to resize them. Seems like AutoGK is the easier option

[gEd]

the skiptool plugin lets you edit/create the comskip cutpoints, then add the recording to an encoding queue that calls stattik's very clever tranccoding bat file. Might be worth taking a look at it.

[lev]

Unless, you want to invest in a commercial tool, I think Autogk & the easiest & best. If you have any question you can get help on the doom9 forums:

http://forum.doom9.org/forumdisplay.php?f=28

[Uisge]

Ya might also ya a look at WinFF. It's a quite good front end for ffmpeg.

http://biggmatt.com/winff/

-Uisge