Encoding of TV programmes...

[bat guano]

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Is there a way to tell
> get_iplayer to record TV directly to a format that my old TV can 'see' and
> play without having to post-process? If not, could you suggest some ffmpg
> settings (or other encoding app) which would do it reasonably quickly? I use
> WinFF at present...


Hi

It probably is possible to download TV programmes with get_iplayer and convert them to a different format 'on-the-fly', but I don't recommend it. :-(

Better to download the file onto hard drive and convert it later (imho).

When you decide on some suitable FFmpeg settings it's easy enough to make a preset for WinFF.
Information is here ---> http://code.google.com/p/winff/wiki/HowToMakePresets

Previous poster has provided some settings for xvid/pcm in avi.

Here is a suggestion for mpeg2/mp3 in avi.
(Change the video bitrate (-b) if you like).

ffmpeg -i filename.mp4 -vcodec mpeg2video -b 1500k -acodec libmp3lame -ab 128k filename1.avi
or
ffmpeg -i filename.mp4 -c:v mpeg2video -b:v 1500k -c:a libmp3lame -b:a 128k filename2.avi