VHS to DVD Linux - Using VLC and ffmpeg

concatdvd.sh

#!/bin/bash
if [ -z $1 ] || [ -z $2 ]; then
  echo "Usage: concatdvd CONCAT_STRING OUTPUT"
  echo "Example: concatdvd \"concat:video1.mpg|concat:video2.mpg\" out.mpg"
  exit 1
fi
ffmpeg -i $1 -c copy -f dvd $2

cutdvd.sh

#!/bin/bash

while getopts ":s:t:i:" opt; do
  case $opt in
    s)
      STARTTIME=$OPTARG
      ;;
    t)
      DURATION=$OPTARG
      ;;
    i)
      FILE=$OPTARG
      ;;
    \?)
      echo "Invalid option: -$OPTARG" >&2
      exit 1
      ;;
    :)
      echo "Option -$OPTARG requires an argument." >&2
      exit 1
      ;;
  esac
done

if [ -z $STARTTIME ] || [ -z $DURATION ] || [ -z $FILE ]; then
  echo "Usage: cutdvd -s STARTTIME -t DURATION -i FILE" >&2
  exit 1
fi

ffmpeg -i $FILE -vcodec copy -acodec copy -ss $STARTTIME -t $DURATION -f dvd cut_$FILE

encodedvd.sh

#!/bin/bash

while getopts ":s:t:i:" opt; do
  case $opt in
    s)
      STARTTIME=$OPTARG
      ;;
    t)
      DURATION=$OPTARG
      ;;
    i)
      FILE=$OPTARG
      ;;
    \?)
      echo "Invalid option: -$OPTARG" >&2
      exit 1
      ;;
    :)
      echo "Option -$OPTARG requires an argument." >&2
      exit 1
      ;;
  esac
done

if [ -z $STARTTIME ] || [ -z $DURATION ] || [ -z $FILE ]; then
  echo "Usage: encodedvd -s STARTTIME -t DURATION -i FILE" >&2
  exit 1
fi

#-vf pad=720:540:0:30:0x000000,fifo,scale=720:480
ffmpeg -ss $STARTTIME -t $DURATION -i $FILE -ss $STARTTIME -t $DURATION -i $FILE -map 1:1 -map 0:0 -target ntsc-dvd -sn -g 12 -bf 2 -strict 1 -ac 2 -aspect 1.3333333333333333 -s 720x480 -trellis 1 -mbd 2 -b:a 192k -b:v 4000k dvd_$FILE

vhsrecord.sh

#!/bin/bash

while getopts ":d:s" opt; do
  case $opt in
    d)
      DURATION=$OPTARG
      ;;
    s)
      SHUTDOWN=true
      ;;
    \?)
      echo "Invalid option: -$OPTARG" >&2
      exit 1
      ;;
    :)
      echo "Option -$OPTARG requires an argument." >&2
      exit 1
      ;;
  esac
done

if [ -z $DURATION ]; then
  echo "Usage: vhsrecord -d DURATION [-s]" >&2
  exit 1
fi

NOW=$(date +%m-%d-%y_%H%M)
vlc v4l2:///dev/video0 :v4l2-standard=NTSC :input-slave=alsa://hw:2,0 :live-caching=300 --stop-time=$DURATION --sout "#transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vb=4096,venc=ffmpeg{keyint=16,strict-rc},scale=1,acodec=a52,ab=192,fps=29.97,channels=2}:duplicate{dst=display,dst=std{access=file,mux=ps,dst=$PWD/vhs_$NOW.mpg}}" vlc://quit

if [ "$SHUTDOWN" = true ]; then
  poweroff
fi

vhsview.sh

#!/bin/bash
vlc v4l2:///dev/video0 :v4l2-standard=NTSC :input-slave=alsa://hw:2,0 :live-caching=300