[Libav-user] Convert MP4 1280x720 to MPG 1280x720

[Thomas H]

Hello Michael

That did it. Eliminated "ntsc-dvd" and now it works fine.

ffmpeg -i MyKitty.mp4 -vf scale=1280:720 -idct h264 -sameq MyKitty.mpg

Thanks for your response.

Regards
Thomas

On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 8:29 PM, Thomas H <thom1948 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Michael
>
> Thanks for the link.
>
> I have a DVD Burner program that only accepts avi, dvr_ms, mpg, mpeg,
> mpv, wmv, or asf files. I am trying to convert mp4 files to one of
> those.
> While I can convert to mpg, the mpg file is pixelated, less quality
> than the original when I compare them using VLC Media Player.
>
> Regards
> Thomas
>
> On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 5:28 PM, Michael Bradshaw
> <mbradshaw at sorensonmedia.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Thomas H <thom1948 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hello Carl.
>>>
>>> Not sure.
>>> Tried everything in the Docs and FAQ.
>>> I searched everywhere and found it on a forum.
>>> When I run:
>>> ffmpeg -i MyKitty.mp4 -vf scale=1280:720 -idct h264 -sameq -target
>>> ntsc-dvd MyKitty.mpg
>>
>> I'm curious about this. NTSC DVDs are 720x480, not 1280x720. You may
>> want to look at this:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD-Video#Frame_size_and_frame_rate
>>
>> What exactly is it that you are trying to accomplish?
>>
>> --Michael
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