Video Tools

Convert MTS to AVI

ffmpeg -i <INPUT_FILE.mts> -threads 2 -deinterlace -f avi -r 25 -vcodec libxvid -vtag XVID  \
  -aspect 16:9 -maxrate 1800k -b 1500k -qmin 3 -qmax 5 -bufsize 4096 -mbd 2 -bf 2 -trellis -aic \
  -cmp 2 -subcmp 2 -g 300 -acodec libmp3lame -ar 48000 -ab 128k -ac 2 <OUTPUT_FILE.avi>

NOTE: Add the following lines to /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://deb-multimedia.org squeeze main non-free
deb-src http://deb-multimedia.org squeeze main non-free
deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-backports main contrib non-free

If a signature is missing use the following command:

apt-get -y --force-yes install deb-multimedia-keyring; apt-get update

From PPM to AVI

PPM to PNG

Same dir

for f in *.ppm; do f2=`basename "$f" ppm`png; echo "$f -> $f2"; convert "$f" "$f2"; done

Other dir

# Type on Origin, where ppm's are
for f in *.ppm; do f2=`basename "$f" ppm`png; echo "$f -> $f2"; convert "$f" <ending_directory>/"$f2";done

PNG to MPEG4

Same dir

mencoder mf://*.png -mf w=800:h=600:fps=25:type=png -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:mbd=2:trell -oac copy -o output.avi

Other dir

# Type on Origin, where png's are
mencoder mf://*.png -mf w=800:h=600:fps=25:type=png -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:mbd=2:trell -oac copy -o <ending-directory>/output.avi

More info

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/menc-feat-enc-images.html
http://www.tevs.eu/blog_8.html                                       

Videos from YouTube

http://www.down-tube.com/es/

Convert FLV to AVI

ffmpeg -i <INPUT_FILE.flv> <OUTPUT_FILE.avi>

Convert AVI/MPG to FLV/SWF

ffmpeg -i <INPUT_FILE.mpg> -y -f flv -ar 44100 -ab 64000 -ac 1 -acodec libmp3lame <OUTPUT_FILE.flv> 
ffmpeg -i <INPUT_FILE.avi> -y -f flv -ar 44100 -ab 64 -ac 1 SOSingleCommReal.swf <OUTPUT_FILE.swf>
mencoder -nosound -forceidx -of lavf -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=flv:vbitrate=2500:mbd=2:mv0:trell:v4mv:cbp:last_pred=3 -o <OUTPUT_FILE>.flv <INPUT_FILE>.avi