Useful mencoder invocation

Posted in Linux, Scripting - February 3, 2014 - 0 Comment

mencoder -nosound mf://*.jpg -mf w=1280:h=800:type=jpg:fps=30 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=2400:mbd=2:keyint=132:v4mv:vqmin=3:lumi_mask=0.07:dark_mask=0.2:mpeg_quant:scplx_mask=0.1:tcplx_mask=0.1:naq -o output_filename.avi

Turns all the JPEG files in the directory you are currently in into a nice quality MPEG-4/AVI file. The width and height in the options after -mf should be changed to match the images. This command line also works for PNG files if you replace both instances of “jpg” with “png”.