# HG changeset patch
# User jonas
# Date 1124395257 0
# Node ID c2e581684e178114f44a0213b5bd7b79dfd5f6df
# Parent  c820ccd4f5eb708a44dae5b3e8c31dcf6418297f
Aconvert allows mencoder to (easily) encode from an audio only file (hack).

diff -r c820ccd4f5eb -r c2e581684e17 TOOLS/README
--- a/TOOLS/README	Thu Aug 18 16:25:45 2005 +0000
+++ b/TOOLS/README	Thu Aug 18 20:00:57 2005 +0000
@@ -143,6 +143,21 @@
               --dvd-device device to pull the video off (default: /dev/dvd)
 
 
+aconvert
+
+Author:       Jonas Jermann
+
+Description:  A hack to allow MEncoder to read respectively encode from audio
+              only files.
+
+Usage:        aconvert <"input file"> <"output file"> <"options">
+              If no options are specified the following is assumed:
+              -oac lavc -lavcopts acodec=mp3:abitrate=192
+
+Note:         The script is probably bash dependent and it's just a quick
+              hack, feel free to improve it (or much better: fix mencoder ;).
+
+
 
 Tech scripts in the TOOLS dir
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diff -r c820ccd4f5eb -r c2e581684e17 TOOLS/aconvert
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/TOOLS/aconvert	Thu Aug 18 20:00:57 2005 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Author: Jonas Jermann
+# Description: A hack to allow mencoder to encode from an audio only file
+
+if [[ $1 == "" ]]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 <\"input file\"> <\"output file\"> <\"options\">"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+if [[ $3 == "" ]]; then
+    options="-oac lavc -lavcopts acodec=mp3:abitrate=192"
+else
+    options=$3
+fi
+ 
+mencoder -rawvideo on:w=1:h=1 -ovc copy -of rawaudio -endpos `mplayer -identify $1 -frames 0 2>&1 | grep ID_LENGTH | cut -d "=" -f 2` -audiofile $1 -o $2 $options $1