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lav2mpeg(1)		       MJPEG tools manual		     lav2mpeg(1)

NAME
     lav2mpeg - easy conversion of lav files to mpeg

SYNOPSIS
     lav2mpeg [ options ] lavfile1 [lavfile2 ... lavfileN]

DESCRIPTION
     lav2mpeg  is a shell script to ease the use of the mjpeg utilities, provid-
     ing a convenient way to convert from MJPEG files to popular MPEG file  for-
     mats.  It supports output in VCD, medium and high rate VCD, SVCD, high rate
     SVCD, and generic mpeg1 and mpeg2

     The  input  files	may be any combination of AVI (.avi), Quicktime (.qt) or
     editlist files so long as they are all lavtools- readable	(e.g.  MJPEG-en-
     coded AVI/Quicktime or DV type 2 AVI).

OPTIONS
     -s/S   Turn stereo off/on			 (default auto)

     -k/K   Turn keeping of raw files off/on	  (default off)

     -f/F   Turn use of fifos off/on		  (default off)

     -l/L   Turn logging of entire process off/on (default off)

     -n/N   Turn "noisy logging" off/on 	  (default off)

     -y/Y   Turn use of yuvdenoise off/on	  (default off)

     -m     one of MODES (see below)		  (default vcd)

     -e     encoding quality : 0, 1, or 2	  (default 2)

     -o     output file  ( defaults to firstInputFileName.mpg )

     -b     video bitrate in kbps  ( only used when -o is "mpeg1" or "mpeg2" )

     -a     audio bitrate in kpbs  ( only used when -o is not "vcd*" )

     -q     quality for mpeg2enc   ( only used when -o is "mpeg1" or "mpeg2" )

     -d     dimensions	XxY	     ( only used when -o is "mpeg1" or "mpeg2" )
	    defaults to same as input

MODES
     vcd -- standard VCD	(352x240 or 352x288)

     vcd_medium -- 1550kbps video VCD  (352x240 or 352x288)

     vcd_high -- 1800kbps video VCD  (352x240 or 352x288)

     svcd -- standard SVCD	 (480x480 or 480x576)

     svcd_high -- 3000kbps(max) vbr @qual=5 (480x480 or 480x576)

     mpeg1 -- honor -a -b -q -d flags default resolution same as input

     mpeg2 -- honor -a -b -q -d flags default resolution same as input

FILES
     ~/.lav2mpegrc
	    user configuration file. It is bash sourceable, and can  modify  any
	    of	the  environment variables mentioned in the ENVIRONMENT section,
	    or set the LAV2MPEG_OPTIONS variable to add default options.

ENVIRONMENT
     NICEVALthe nice value of each command, set using 'nice -n command'

     YUVSCALER
	    modify which command is called for yuvscaler

     LAV2WAVmodify which command is called for lav2wav

     MPLEX  modify which command is called for mplex

     YUVDENOISE
	    modify which command is called for yuvdenoise

     MPEG2ENC
	    modify which command is called for mpeg2enC

     AUDIOENC
	    audioenc is similar to  those  above,  however,  if  it  is  set  to
	    'mp2enc'  it  will use mp2enc rather than toolame, and set flags ap-
	    propriotely.

     NOISYLOGFILE
	    set the file used for noisy logging (-N) defaults to outputfile.log

     QUIETLOG
	    set the file used for quiet logging. defaults to lav2mpeg.log if set
	    to "" it will log only to screen

     LOGDATEdefaults to 1, set to 0 to not have the date logged in log or output
	    (see man date for more info)

     LOGDATESTR
	    will pass this on to 'date' to describe what  time	format	to  use.
	    Only used if LOGDATE is not 0

     LOGCOMMANDS
	    if	set  to  non-zero,  will log to the quite log the commands used.
	    Commands are always logged to NOISYLOGFILE if used

     LOGONLYif set to non-zero, will only log the commands it would use but  not
	    actually run any commands

     LAV2MPEGRC
	    the  lav2mpegrc file.  Only beneficial if set from environment vari-
	    able.

     VCD_MEDIUM_BR
	    video bitrate for mode=vcd_medium

     VCD_HIGH_BR
	    video bitrate for mode=vcd_high

     SVCD_HIGH_BR
	    video bitrate for mode=svcd_high

     SVCD_HIGH_QUAL
	    quality used (-q 0-30 to mpeg2enc) for SVCD_HIGH

     SVCD_HIGH_BUFFSIZE
	    buffsize (-V to mpeg2enc) used for svcd_high defaults to 100

     EXTRA_LAV2YUV
	    set extra command line arguments to lav2yuv, which will be added  on
	    the end

     EXTRA_YUVSCALER
	    set  extra	command line arguments to yuvscaler, which will be added
	    on the end

     EXTRA_MPEG2ENC
	    set extra command line arguments to mpeg2enc, which will be added on
	    the end

     EXTRA_LAV2WAV
	    set extra command line arguments to lav2wav, which will be added  on
	    the end

     EXTRA_AUDIOENC
	    set  extra command line arguments to mp2enc or toolame (depending on
	    AUDIOENC), which will be added on the end

     EXTRA_MPLEX
	    set extra command line arguments to mplex, which will  be  added  on
	    the end

     EXTRA_YUVDENOISE
	    set  extra command line arguments to yuvdenoise, which will be added
	    on the end

DIAGNOSTICS
     To simply see the commands that lav2mpeg would have called, run  'LOGONLY=1
     lav2mpeg ...'

BUGS
     Possibly.	Please let the author know.

AUTHOR
     Scott Moser <smoser at brickies dot net>

EXAMPLES
     create a VCD compliant mpeg regardless of input named file.mpg
     lav2mpeg file.avi

     create a SVCD high rate mpeg from input named out.mpg
     lav2mpeg -o out.mpg -m svcd_high file.avi

     use lav2yuv.new for instead of lav2yuv, and add the '-M MMX' flag to
     yuvscaler:
     LAV2YUV="lav2yuv.new" EXTRA_YUVSCALER="-M MMX" lav2mpeg file.avi

     Please read other examples included in documentation for .lav2mpegrc
     usage

MJPEG Tools Team		  JANUARY 2002			     lav2mpeg(1)

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