[MPlayer-users] Coding request

[raid517]

raid517 wrote:

>
>> This exact thing is easily done on linux. Just create a file in
>> /usr/local/bin, make it executable and put in it the following lines:
>>
>> #!/bin/bash
>>
>> mencoder -ovc raw -ofps 15 -oac pcm -vf
>> scale=220:-2,expand=220:176,format=bgr16 "$1" -o "new-$1"
>>  
>>
>
> Thank man, that is a terrific help!
>
> GJ


The only problem with it though is that it doesn't work. I made the 
script fully executable andI called the script IpCoder.sh (Short for 
Ipod Encoder) and placed it in my path /usr/bin. Then I right clicked on 
a video in KDE and selected 'open with', then I selected the script I 
just made which was Ipcoder.sh. There appeared to be some harddisk 
activity - and then nothing.

Essentially I just want to do exactly as I have described above, which 
is basically to make a script that works a bit like a KDE right click 
extension (yes I know about service menus - but it would be cool to have 
a working script first) that I could use to right click on videos and 
select the executable and have the videos correctly encoded to the 
correct format for my ipod while keeping if possible the original file 
name. (Or at least perhaps only adding a small change to stop the 
original file being overwritten).

I know it's a lot to ask, but can anyone please help me out? I promise 
to distribute any script and/or executable among everyone else who 
wishes to encode videos for their Ipods and to give full and complete 
recognition for anyones work.

Thanks.

GJ