# test video out.avi created with: # ffmpeg -t 30 -i 2.avi -vcodec copy -acodec mp2 -ab 224k -ac 2 -ar 48000 -sameq -y out.avi # tovid output Analysis of file /work/svn/tovid/src/out.avi: 720 x 480 pixels, 23.977 fps Duration (best guess): 00:00:30 (HH:MM:SS) DIV3 video with mp2 audio ========================================================= Audio stream is already compliant with PAL DVD. No re-encoding is necessary. To force encoding, use -force ========================================================= Target format: 720 x 576 pixels, 25.000 fps m2v video with ac3 audio 5400 kbits/sec video, 224 kbits/sec audio ========================================================= Using auto-detected aspect ratio 150:100 (override with -aspect) Letterboxing vertically Input is not 25.000 fps. Framerate will be adjusted. Scaling picture to 720 x 512 Centering picture against a 720 x 576 black background ========================================================= Found compliant audio and dumping the stream. This sometimes causes errors when multiplexing; add '-force' to the tovid command line to re-encode if multiplexing fails. Copying the existing audio stream with the following command: nice -n 0 ffmpeg -i /work/svn/tovid/src/out.avi -vn -acodec copy /home/robert/tmp/out.avi.enc.0/audio.ac3 Processing started. Please wait... --- Copying compliant audio stream: 1 MB written to audio.ac3