avi_zmbv_to_720p.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
file="${1}"
bitrate=15000000
aspect_ratio=4:3
overscan_percent=10
final_height=720
final_width=960

# non-editable part
render_width=$(((final_width * (100-overscan_percent))/100))
render_height=$(((final_height * (100-overscan_percent))/100))

# announce
echo "Rendering as ${render_width} x ${render_height} encoding to ${final_width} x ${final_height}"

# go
ffmpeg -i "${file}" -acodec aac -ab 384000 -vcodec libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p -vsync vfr -bsf:a aac_adtstoasc -vf "scale=${render_width}:${render_height},pad=width=${final_width}:height=${final_height}:"'x=(ow-iw)/2:y=(oh-ih)/2' -vb "${bitrate}" -minrate "${bitrate}" -maxrate "${bitrate}" -bufsize 8000000 -g 15 -bf 2 -threads 0 -aspect "${aspect_ratio}" -y -f mp4 "${file}.mp4" || exit 1