@echo off

rem To use, simply drag and drop a video onto this .bat file, and it will
rem be transcoded to a file with the same filename with .m2v appended.

rem Some files will not be successfully transcoded. This is due to the
rem fact that mpeg2 video only allows several specific framerates.
rem If your source file frame rate doesn't comply, try adding fps=25
rem or fps=29.97 in #transcode{...,<add it here>}:es{...}

rem Set width and height below to match your player and the file

set WIDTH=176
set HEIGHT=128

rem Recommended sizes for various players and video aspects:

rem Players                        LCD Size     4:3 Video     16:9 Video
rem iriver H300 & ipod Color/Photo 220x176      224x176       224x128
rem ipod Nano                      176x132      176x128       176x96
rem ipod Video                     320x240      320x240       320x176
rem iaudio X5                      160x128      160x128       160x96

rem You may want to change the path to vlc.exe below if it is not installed
rem in this location

"C:\Progra~1\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" %1  --sout=#transcode{vcodec=mp2v,acodec=mp3,vb=256,fps=25,ab=128,samplerate=44100,width=%WIDTH%,height=%HEIGHT%}:std{access=file,mux=ps,dst=%1.mpg}