converting any old dvr-ms to avi in one bloody command

[smidgey]

g'day, I've been looking around everywhere for a tool that will take my dvr-ms files and convert them to an AVI, preferably h264/mp3 encoded, or at least act as a single wrapper for a bunch of tools that can do that job whether the source is standard or high def.

I've begun making a wrapper program that uses the following other programs to do just this (out of sheer frustration):

: DVRMSToolbox to convert to MPEG
: DGIndex to demux the audio stream
: GSpot to determine whether the audio is MP1/MP2 etc or AC3
: mencoder to do the encoding

At this stage, it is not configurable, but I have had some success in throwing whatever streams I can receive at it and it doesn't flinch.

Is there anything similar to this out there already? Can I stop now? IT'S 3:30 AM AND MY EYES HURT!

[Innie808]

Hello Smidgey,

You need DVRMStoolbox in conjunction with Crunchies Utility by Arkay
Download it from here:

http://www.xpmediacentre.com.au/comm...?do=file&id=44

This will let you batch convert all your dvrms in a specified folder to AVI.

[smidgey]

yeah...

but i like h264. the one i made lets me control my mencoder command line more thoroughly

...but thankyou

if i had seen this before my little coding spree I wouldn't have bothered

[Innie808]

Hi Smidgey,

I find the quality that Crunchie produces to be more than acceptable, with 3gig compressing to around 500-600meg. I think the format is Xvid, not sure on that though.

You New to the forums?

On everypost there is thankyou button. If someone gives you good advise or answers one of your questions, you can click the "thanks" button. This is how you gain Reputation points.
IF your little tool is as good as you reckon, you might be able to share it and get some points for yourself.

Thats how the forums generally work.

[gjblack71]

I've been recently using mencoder form http://babgvant.com/forums/ShowThread.aspx?PostID=3815

It's a one pass / mp3 audio profile (that I slapped together without much knowledge of what works best to give the best quality. )

I use the command line: mencoder.exe [input] -profile X264-MP3-HQ -o [output]

where the profile (in the Mencoder.conf file) is:

[X264-MP3-HQ]
profile-desc="H.264/MP3 Good Quality"
lavdopts=threads=2
vf=pp=md,crop=704:560:4:8,scale=640:352,harddup
ovc=x264=yes
x264encopts=crf=23:subq=6: partitions=all:8x8dct:me=umh:frameref=5:bframes=3: b_pyramid:weight_b:threads=2
ffourcc=H264
oac=mp3lame=yes
lameopts=fast=yes: preset=medium
#DtbExtension=avi

Note: The space in [subq=6: partitions] is not really there - it gave me a smily and I couldn't quickly remove it so I put the sapce in.
Same for [yes: preset]
Don't know if it will matter though...