Using ffmpeg to convert a avi to mpeg?

[sk545]

How exactly do i do this? I have the cvs versions of both mplayer and ffmpeg installed, but its almost next to impossible to find a tutorial on using ffmpeg. I tried this:

$ ffmpeg -i rome.avi -f mpeg rome.mpeg
Input #0, avi, from 'rome.avi':
  Duration: 00:01:16.4, bitrate: 5155 kb/s
  Stream #0.0: Video: cinepak, 400x300, 25.00 fps
  Stream #0.1: Audio: adpcm_ms, 44100 Hz, stereo, 354 kb/s
Output #0, mpeg, to 'rome.mpeg':
  Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg1video, 400x300, 25.00 fps, q=2-31, 200 kb/s
  Stream #0.1: Audio: mp2, 44100 Hz, stereo, 64 kb/s
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
  Stream #0.1 -> #0.1
Press [q] to stop encoding
Segmentation fault

Didn't work, am i even doing it right?

Thanks.

[amok13]

Try this:

ffmpeg -i file.avi -y -f vcd -vcodec mpeg1video -map 0.0:0.0 -b 1150 -s 352x240 -r 29.97 -g 12 -qmin 3 -qmax 13 -hq -acodec mp2 -ab 224 -ar 44100 -ac 2 -map 0.1:0.1 movie.mpg

I'don't know if it's what are you looking for, but I use this to convert avi to vcd (mpg)...

[sk545]

thx, actually that works pretty well..the lip-sync is off by milliseconds, but nothing unwatchable.

Oh, and what are is the command line syntax if you wanted to make a svcd with ffmpeg instead?