MPEG-1 to MKV using FFmpeg

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• File used was CLIP07.MPG ("Animal Handling"), taken from http://www.interniche.org/video_download.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	2707 frames	2707 frames
width	352 pixels	352 pixels
height	288 pixels	288 pixels
bitDepth	8
colourSpace	yuv420p	yuv420p
pixelAspectRatio	4:3	4:3
frameRate	25.000 fps	25.000 fps
interlace	no	no

Audio stream properties

Significant characteristic	Original	Normalized
duration	1mn 48s	1mn 48s
channels	2	2
channel mapping
sampling frequency	44.1 KHz	44.1 KHz
bit depth		16