Video-Convert (.02.2): This script will take multiple video files of the same type (right now: MPG, AVI, MOV, ASF) and covert them into either NTSC/PAL - dvd, svcd or vcd compliant MPEG files by using ffmpeg (http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net) or mencoder.

Installation:

• Requirements: zenity (Comes with gnome 2.4), ffmpeg (apt-get ffmpeg), transcode
  

• Place the script in the Nautilus scripts folder (/home/YourUserName/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts)

• Make sure the file is executable (chmod 740 ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/Video_Convertor2)

• Select some video files. This works well on the video files my digital camera makes

• Right-Click -> Choose Scripts -> Video_Convertor2

Background and Credits:

I came across the very nicely done audio-convert script in the Ubuntu forums http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=48007 and thought how nice it would be to not have to open each file I want to convert in avidemux manually or by using a script for each file(s) using ffmpeg. So after looking at http://g-scripts.sourceforge.net/ and some of the scripts there:

• http://g-scripts.sourceforge.net/nautilus-scripts/Multimedia/Image/NIS

• http://g-scripts.sourceforge.net/nautilus-scripts/Multimedia/Image/convert_to_jpeg

I ended up working this out with various bits and pieces of the above mentioned scripts. It is not pretty but it works for me. Have fun! (See attached file)