Help making a simple script for mencoder.

joney_bravo · 01-01-2007, 02:37 PM

I would like to make a simple script for mencoder. I use it to resize movies to put on my Creative Zen Vision: M.

Here is the command I use:

Code:

mencoder file1.avi -o test1.avi -vf scale=320:240 -oac mp3lame -ovc xvid -xvidencopts 
bitrate=800

I would like to somhow simplify it so that I can just run the script and type in the filename as I will be converting them to the same format every time.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

zefo · 01-01-2007, 03:37 PM

you could do it like this for instance:

#!/bin/bash
mencoder "$1" -o "$1".avi -vf scale=320:240 -oac mp3lame -ovc xvid -xvidencopts bitrate=800

joney_bravo · 01-01-2007, 04:43 PM

I'm sorry, I'm not an avid programmer. Would i put that in a file and name it "convert.sh", for example, or no? I would like to be able to run the script from the folder that I have all of my movies in and then after running the script, input the name of the file that I wish to conver and possibly the name of the output file.

Thanks

PatrickMay16 · 01-01-2007, 06:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joney_bravo

I'm sorry, I'm not an avid programmer. Would i put that in a file and name it "convert.sh", for example, or no? I would like to be able to run the script from the folder that I have all of my movies in and then after running the script, input the name of the file that I wish to conver and possibly the name of the output file.

Thanks

The .sh on the end is not required, it's up to you if you put it in the filename or not. However, it is required that you set the script file with the executable permission. Ya know... just so you know.