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blorg
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_ 		21. February 2006 @ 08:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Any suggestions for the easiest way to batch convert mpg to divx/xvid? Ideally I would like to have something I could just point at a directory and it would automatically convert everything based on preset criteria (shrink to 512 pixels wide and encode with quality 50). Currently I am using Auto Gordian Knot which works great but requires me to select each file individually. It's for shrinking TV recordings (hardware MPEG capture card). Thanks for any replies.
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philraz
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_ 		21. February 2006 @ 14:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
virtualdub mod using batch encode
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celtic_d
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_ 		21. February 2006 @ 19:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
mencoder with a for *.mpg command.
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blorg
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_ 		22. February 2006 @ 09:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thanks for those tips, I'll look into them - although my previous experience using VirtualDub does involve having to queue every file manually before pressing 'F7' and I'm not sure virtualdubmod is any different.

"mencoder with a for *.mpg command" sounds pretty automated - by "for *.mpg" I presume you mean use for in a DOS batch file "for %%x in (*.mpg) do mencoder %%x -options", it's not some scripting option in mencoder itself? Thanks again for the tips.
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The_OGS
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_ 		22. February 2006 @ 13:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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mencoder with a for *.mpg command
celtic_d I am an expert, and I don't know WTF you're talking about 1/2 the time...
Could you perhaps elaborate on this brief, cryptic piece of advice (stir your fingers to do some typing if you're going to bother to reply) so we can all learn?
Blorg and I are trying not to appear stupid...
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celtic_d
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_ 		22. February 2006 @ 17:42 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
blorg got it already. Yeah, no internal batch processing, but being command line based it is easy enought to do. Options can be found in the mplayer/encoder docs.
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