.TH "AVIDEMUX" "1" "May 30, 2007" "Avidemux 2.4" "Avidemux documentation"
.SH "NAME"
Avidemux \(em a free video editor
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.PP 
\fBavidemux\fR [\fBoptions\fP]
.PP 
\fBavidemux_gtk\fR [\fBoptions\fP]
.PP 
\fBavidemux_cli\fR [\fBoptions\fP] [\fBfiles ...\fP]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP 
Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. It supports many file types, including AVI, MPG (VCD, SVCD), DVD compatible MPEG, MP4 and ASF, using a variety of codecs. Tasks can be automated using projects, job queue and powerful scripting capabilities.
.PP 
Homepage: http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/
.SH "OPTIONS"
.TP 
\fB\-\-nogui\fR
run in silent mode
.TP 
\fB\-\-listfilters\fR
list all filters by name
.TP 
\fB\-\-run\fR \fIscript\fR
load and run a script
.TP 
\fB\-\-audio\-normalize\fR \fImode\fR
activate normalization with \fImode\fR
.TP 
\fB\-\-audio\-resample\fR \fInum\fR
resample to \fInum\fR Hz
.TP 
\fB\-\-filters\fR \fIfilter\fR
load a \fIfilter\fR preset
.TP 
\fB\-\-codec\-conf\fR \fIconfig\fR
load a codec configuration
.TP 
\fB\-\-vcd\-res\fR
set to VCD resolution
.TP 
\fB\-\-svcd\-res\fR
set to SVCD resolution
.TP 
\fB\-\-dvd\-res\fR
set to DVD resolution
.TP 
\fB\-\-halfd1\-res\fR
set to 1/2 DVD resolution
.TP 
\fB\-\-save\-jpg\fR \fIfilename\fR
save to a jpeg file
.TP 
\fB\-\-begin\fR \fIframe\fR
set start \fIframe\fR
.TP 
\fB\-\-end\fR \fIframe\fR
set end \fIframe\fR
.TP 
\fB\-\-save\-unpacked\-vop\fR \fIfilename\fR
save as avi file, unpacking vop
.TP 
\fB\-\-save\-packed\-vop\fR \fIfilename\fR
save as avi file, packing vop 
.TP 
\fB\-\-save\-ogm\fR \fIfilename\fR
save as ogm file
.TP 
\fB\-\-save\-raw\-audio\fR \fIfilename\fR
save audio as\-is
.TP 
\fB\-\-save\-raw\-video\fR \fIfilename\fR
save as raw video stream (mpeg/... )
.TP 
\fB\-\-save\-uncompressed\-audio\fR \fIfilename\fR
save as uncompressed audio
.TP 
\fB\-\-load\fR \fIfilename\fR
load video or workbench
.TP 
\fB\-\-load\-workbench\fR \fIfilename\fR
load workbench file
.TP 
\fB\-\-append\fR \fIfilename\fR
append a video
.TP 
\fB\-\-save\fR \fIfilename\fR
save as avi file
.TP 
\fB\-\-save\-workbench\fR \fIfilename\fR
save as workbench file
.TP 
\fB\-\-force\-b\-frame\fR
Force detection of bframe in next loaded file
.TP 
\fB\-\-force\-alt\-h264\fR
Force use of alternate read mode for h264
.TP 
\fB\-\-force\-unpack\fR
Force detection of packed vop in next loaded file
.TP 
\fB\-\-force\-smart\fR
Engage smart copy mode with CQ=3 at next save
.TP 
\fB\-\-external\-mp3\fR \fIfilename\fR
load external mpeg audio as audio track
.TP 
\fB\-\-external\-ac3\fR \fIfilename\fR
load external ac3 audio as audio track
.TP 
\fB\-\-external\-wav\fR \fIfilename\fR
load external wav audio as audio track
.TP 
\fB\-\-no\-audio\fR
load external wav audio as audio track
.TP 
\fB\-\-audio\-delay\fR \fI+msec|\-msec\fR
set audio time shift in ms (+ or \-)
.TP 
\fB\-\-audio\-map\fR
build audio map (MP3 VBR)
.TP 
\fB\-\-audio\-bitrate\fR \fIbitrate\fR
set audio encoding \fIbitrate\fR
.TP 
\fB\-\-fps\fR \fIfps\fR
set frames per second
.TP 
\fB\-\-audio\-codec\fR \fIcodec\fR
set audio \fIcodec\fR (MP2/MP3/AC3/NONE (WAV PCM)/TWOLAME/COPY)
.TP 
\fB\-\-video\-codec\fR \fIcodec\fR
set video \fIcodec\fR (Divx/Xvid/FFmpeg4/VCD/SVCD/DVD/XVCD/XSVCD/COPY)
.TP 
\fB\-\-video\-conf\fR \fIconfig\fR
set video codec conf (cq=q|cbr=br|2pass=size)[,mbr=br][,matrix=(0|1|2|3)]
.TP 
\fB\-\-reuse\-2pass\-log\fR
reuse 2pass logfile if it exists
.TP 
\fB\-\-set\-pp\fR \fIvalue\fR \fIstrength\fR
set post processing default value, \fIvalue\fR (1=hdeblok|2=vdeblock|4=dering) and \fIstrength\fR (0\-5)
.TP 
\fB\-\-vobsub\fR \fIvobfile\fR \fIvosubfile\fR \fIifofile\fR
Create vobsub file (\fIvobfile\fR \fIvosubfile\fR \fIifofile\fR)
.TP 
\fB\-\-autosplit\fR \fInum\fR
split every \fInum\fR MBytes
.TP 
\fB\-\-info\fR
show information about loaded video and audio streams
.TP 
\fB\-\-autoindex\fR
try to generate required index files
.TP 
\fB\-\-output\-format\fR \fIformat\fR
set output \fIformat\fR (AVI|OGM|ES|PS|AVI_DUAL|AVI_UNP|...), often named as container format
.TP 
\fB\-\-rebuild\-index\fR
rebuild index with correct frame type
.TP 
\fB\-\-var\fR \fIname=value\fR
set a variable i.e. '\-\-var myvar=3'
.TP 
\fB\-\-help\fR
print a quick help
.TP 
\fB\-\-quit\fR
exit the program quickly
.TP 
\fB\-\-probePat\fR \fIprobe\fR
Probe for PAT//PMT..
.SH "CUSTOM SCRIPTS"
.TP  5
Custom encoding settings can be created with the scripting engine. Do the following steps:
.TP  5
1. Start avidemux and open any video file.
.TP  5
2. Configure you own encoding settings.
.TP  5
3. Save the settings as project (File \-> Save project as...) with suffix ".js".
.TP  5
4. Quit avidemux.
.TP  5
5. Open the project file in a simple editor and delete useless lines.
* You need the first line "//AD" and the line "app = new Avidemux()"
.br 
* and the encoding settings beginning with "app.video.codec(...)".
.TP  5
6. Save this script file with suffix ".js" in the user directory "~/.avidemux/custom".
.TP  5
7. This custom script is now available in avidemux under the menu item "Custom".
.SH "NOTES"
.PP 
For more information see Avidemux Wiki at http://www.avidemux.org/admWiki/ and Forum at http://www.avidemux.org/admForum/.
.PP 
Avidemux sources and executables are available from the project web site at http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP 
Avidemux was written by Mean <fixounet@free.fr>. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.
.PP 
This manual page was original written by Joo Martin <debian@joomart.de>, for the Debian system (but may be used by others).