Open-source tools and use cases for video editing.

• Part of MPlayer
• Basic usage of MEncoder

• On Debian, use debian-multimedia repository:
  • add repository URL (such as www.debian-multimedia.org_lenny_main_non-free}) to sources.list};
  • synchronize package index: apt-get_update}
  • install mencoder: apt-get_install_mencoder}

• convert a MTS file (AVCHD format) to an AVI file (MPEG4)

  mencoder $MTS_FILE -oac copy -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=5000:aspect=16/9 -fps 50 -vf scale=1024:576 -ffourcc XVID -o $AVI_FILE

• convert a MTS file (AVCHD format) to a MPEG file (MPEG2)

  mencoder $MTS_FILE -oac copy -ovc lavc -of mpeg -mpegopts format=dvd -vf scale=720:576,harddup -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg2video:vrc_buf_size=1835:vrc_maxrate=9800:vbitrate=5000:keyint=15:aspect=16/9:threads=4 -ofps 50 -fps 50 -o $MPEG_FILE

• ffmpeg home page

• Kino home page

• Cinefx home page

• HandBrake home page