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Mencoder adds the extension of the original file to the output file ex: file.flv.mp4

I'm trying to convert some .flv files to .mp4 with mencoder, but it keeps adding the extension of the original file to the output file, so that I end up with file.flv.mp4. Can I simply remove the .flv extension or will I have to encode it in a different way, and if yes, then how do I prevent this from happening in the first place?

Could you post the script you use?

I have a script in $HOME/bin/ that uses mencoder. If I hadn't used the third line, I would see two extensions as well. I suspect you are not removing the extension from the input file, and tacking on .mp4 after the -o option.

Code:

#!/bin/bash

videoin="$1"

videoout="${videoin%.*}.svi"

if [ -f "$videoin" ]; then

    mencoder -vf scale=480:272 -ofps 29.97 -ffourcc XVID \

            -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128 \

            -ovc xvid \

            -xvidencopts max_bframes=0:quant_type=mpeg:bitrate=1024 \

            -af resample=44100 \

            "$videoin" \

            -o "$videoout" 

fi