Mencoder

wmv2avi

• Convert WMV in MPEG-4 file (Xvid):

  mencoder video.wmv -ovc xvid -oac mp3lame -o video.avi

Script

#!/bin/bash

for file in *.wmv; do
        OutName=`basename "$file" .wmv`.avi
        if [ -f "$OutName" ]; then
                answer=""
                echo "File exists! ($OutName)"
                echo -n "(D)elete current or (s)kip converting? (default: skip) "; read answer;

                case $answer in
                        D|d)
                                rm "$OutName";
                        ;;

                        S|s|*)
                                continue;
                        ;;
                esac
        fi

        # encode
        echo "Encoding file: $OutName"
        echo "vpass 1: Please wait!"
        mencoder "$file" -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mjpeg:vpass=1 -ofps 23.0 -o "$file".temp.avi -oac copy &> /dev/null
        echo "vpass 2: Please wait!"
        mencoder "$file" -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mjpeg:vpass=2 -ofps 23.0 -o "$file".temp.avi -oac copy &> /dev/null

        echo "audio: Please wait!"
        mencoder "$file".temp.avi -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4 -ofps 23.0 -o "$OutName" -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:preset=192 &> /dev/null

        # cleanup
        rm "$file".temp.avi
done

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