MPEG-2 to MKV using FFmpeg

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• File used was MPEG-2.mpg, taken from http://www.jhepple.com/support/sample_movies1.htm
• Used the following command to convert the file: ffmpeg -i <filename>.mpg -vcodec ffv1 -acodec pcm_s16le <filename>.mkv

File/video stream properties

Significant characteristic	Original	Normalized
imageStreams	1	1
audioStreams	1	1
length	1016 frames	1018 frames
width	720 pixels	720 pixels
height	480 pixels	480 pixels
bitDepth	8
colourSpace	yuv420p	yuv420p
pixelAspectRatio	4:3	4:3
frameRate	29.97 fps	29.97 fps
interlace	yes	no (see Issue 689)

Audio stream properties

Significant characteristic	Original	Normalized
duration	33s 176ms	33s 967ms
channels	2	2
channel mapping
sampling frequency	44.1 KHz	44.1 KHz
bit depth	16	16