follow up - I got youtube to give me HQ:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzrTf6lZHUI&fmt=18
find ./ -name *.dv -exec \
transcode -threads 2 \
-i {} -x dv,null -o tc/a{}.mpg \
-y ffmpeg,null -F h264 --encode_fields p \
--frame_interval 400 -J fps=29:1:pre
avimerge -i [01]*.mpg cap/*.mpg -A 0 -o x.mpg
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/trip$ tcprobe -i port2sea.mpg
[tcprobe] RIFF data, AVI video
[tcprobe] summary for port2sea.mpg, (*) = not default, 0 = not detected
import frame size: -g 720x480 [720x576] (*)
frame rate: -f 29.970 [25.000] frc=4 (*)
no audio track: (use "null" import module for audio)
length: 9808 frames, frame_time=33 msec, duration=0:05:27.260
Now lets see if that works for my original goal
carl K
