Converting MPEG2 to MPEG4

Nonus · Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 4:18 pm Post subject: Converting MPEG2 to MPEG4

I have video taken from the input of my tv tuner card which is MPEG2, I want to convert that into a format that I can use in iMovie. The best format to convert too would be DV but I would settle for MPEG4.

I can use ffmpeg to extract the sound and convert the video but is it possible to keep the A/V together in the conversion?

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 4:19 pm Post subject:

Nonus,

You probably want transcode.
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Nonus · Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 5:03 pm Post subject:

Okay, transcode is now installed and I cringed at the man pages.

Any suggestions for how to attack this task?

I just want it to convert the mpeg2 to mpeg4 with nothing really special unless there is a couple filters that will clean the picture up a bit, since the input will be from VHS.

polle · Veteran Joined: 28 Feb 2003 Posts: 1498 Location: Belgium

can't you do that with avidemux2?

dee2 · n00b Joined: 08 Jan 2005 Posts: 71

Sorry I don't have any transcode magic for that particular task, but if you want to give mencoder a go try with

Nonus · Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 6:53 pm Post subject:

Well there are 3 programs mentioned what would be the best?

I dont need any compression of any kind just need to put the mpeg2 into a format that Quicktime can read. There is a mpeg codec pack for Quicktime but its 20US.

lusken · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 27 Mar 2003 Posts: 88

This might be a false clue, but I think projectx is made to convert tv-tuner signals to "something else". it's in portage so it should be easy to check out..

good luck

dee2 · n00b Joined: 08 Jan 2005 Posts: 71

Nonus · Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 8:37 pm Post subject:

Ill be trying the mencoder line in a bit, just have to recompile mplayer with the encode flag.

For DV, iMovie converts it when you import a video into it, was just trying to kill 2 birds with one stone and go straight to DV but its not important. Also whats the point of having a large hard drive if you arnt going to be using it. Why would you want to compress a video from VHS, its crappy enough as it is.