ts2avi

#!/bin/bash

#
# usage:
# ts2avi somefile.ts somefile.avi
# or
# ts2avi somefile.ts somefile.mkv
#

INPUT=$1
OUTPUT=$2

# need such 'unstripped' libs:
# libavutil-unstripped-49*
# libpostproc-unstripped-51
# libavdevice-unstripped-52
# libswscale-unstripped-0
# libavcodec-unstripped-52*
# libavformat-unstripped-52
# ffmpeg -i "$INPUT" -vcodec libxvid -b 2000k -acodec libmp3lame -ac 2 -ar 44100 -ab 128k "$OUTPUT"

ffmpeg -i "$INPUT" -vcodec libxvid -sameq -r 30 -acodec libmp3lame -ac 2 -ar 44100 -ab 128k "$OUTPUT"

# or, else just do 'copy' on the quality (with whatever we have on hand):
#ffmpeg -i "$INPUT" -vcodec copy -acodec copy "$OUTPUT"