Widescreen of fullframe?

[Nakaleen]

I currently have setup a batch script to convert all my TV shows I record to .avi (from .ts files)

Some of my shows are in 4:3 and others are in 16:9. At the moment I have set up two folders, one for 16:9 and one for 4:3. Using ffmpeg I can convert them to avi.

The problem is that I want to do this automatic. Currently I have to look at each file and decide if it is 16:9 or 4:3 and move the files to the right folder to be converted.

I want to remove this last bit of manual usage, so the process is fully automatic. In other words I am looking for a way to tell if a tv show (the file on average as it also records 5 min before and 10 min after the show to make sure I don't miss anything) is 16:9 or 4:3 so it can move it to the right folder.

[dat720]

In mencoder you can set the size like so: scale=720:-2
This will set the vertical resolution to the correct heigh tfor the aspect of the video....

I'm not sure if this works in ffmpeg but seens ff and mencoder share much of the same source id assume it either does or has something similar.

[dat720]

Hmm maybe i lie, i can't seem to find a way to do this with ffmpeg.... maybe you should try mencoder and see if it suits your needs better.