DivX -> VCD in Linux

[pablored]

Hi,

I have been messing around with virtualdub and tmpgenc for a while, but that is on my slower windows pc. I am currently trying to convert from divx to vcd in linux command line land.

I know all about the last stage using vcdimager to create the bin and cue files, but I am having trouble with the actual creation of the MPEG file.

I have been trying ffmpeg and mjpegtools. I thought ffmpeg was my saviour, but I am unable to resize and maintain aspect ratio (basically keep letterbox, and add black borders), also the sound is a little dodgy.

Anyone with any experience doing this kind of thing? Any penguins out there?

Cheers
Paul

[Burton]

You should be able to resize with mpeg2enc which comes with the MJPEGTOOLS or if you want to do direct DivX -> (S)vcd conversion you can use avifile with the glue patch by Alexander Oelzant at http://131.130.199.155/~aoe/mystuff/mpeg2_movie-avipatch/mpeg2_movie-avi.html

there is also a nice howto at http://www.pxh.de/fs/svcd/

good luck!

[pablored]

Thanks for the pointers!

I'll be giving this a try as soon as possible... upgrading gentoo at the moment.